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Search our extensive curated collection of more than ten thousand poems by occasion (Autumn to Easter, Veterans Day to Valentine’s Day, etc.), theme (love, nature, sports, etc.), and form (sonnets, haiku, etc.), or search by keyword or poet’s name in the field below.

Title Author Year
Zombie Blues Villanelle Tim Seibles 2016
Song for Equal Suffrage Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1911
Left Nikky Finney 2011
A Short Note to My Very Critical and Well-Beloved Friends and Comrades June Jordan 2017
Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind Carl Sandburg 1922
American History Michael S. Harper 1970
What Changes Naomi Shihab Nye 2015
Mercy Tyehimba Jess 2016
In a Country Larry Levis 1977
Thoughts in Jail Katharine Rolston Fisher 1918
Militants to Certain Other Women Katharine Rolston Fisher 1918
Rally Elizabeth Alexander 2018
The Sound of Their Names Ellen Bass 2020
United Naomi Shihab Nye 2016
Abomunist Manifesto Bob Kaufman 2019
The Disappeared Cecilia Vicuña 2021
Testimony: 1968 Rita Dove 2020
Common Things Christopher Kondrich 2019
Modern Declaration Edna St. Vincent Millay 1931
How to Take a Life Janel Pineda 2026

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