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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
Theme for English B Langston Hughes 1994
We Real Cool Gwendolyn Brooks 1960
Sick Shel Silverstein 2003
Moonlily Marilyn Nelson 2017
The Lonely Street William Carlos Williams 1921
Bad Hand Tony Barnstone 2022
This Time, Not an Intruder María Luisa Arroyo Cruzado 2023
Saturday Class: Janie Crawford is Grown Kelly Norman Ellis 2024
“Integrated School Books” Arpeggio A. Van Jordan 2024
Math Class Mary Crow 1996
Soul Make a Path Through Shouting Cyrus Cassells 1994
Fairy Tale Trey Moody 2023
Luke and the Frog: An American Fairytale OR What It Feels Like to Be a Parent in America Jasminne Mendez 2023
Students Fabio Pusterla 2007
Experts at Veneers Kenward Elmslie 1971
School-Teacher Nell’s Lub-Letter Claude McKay 1912
The Commodities Market Ricardo Alberto Maldonado 2019
A Thing That Happened Matt Mason 2020
Western Civ 101 Alexandria Peary 2022
The United States of Montessori Clemonce Heard 2022

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