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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
The Ballad of Reading Gaol Oscar Wilde 1898
Diving into the Wreck Adrienne Rich 1973
Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene I [O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth] William Shakespeare 2016
A Small Needful Fact Ross Gay 2016
Wasteland: on the California Wildfires Forrest Gander 2020
The Charge of the Light Brigade Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1854
The Pedlar Charlotte Mew 1921
Whites in Congo Flee by Ferry Danielle Legros Georges 2025
Dusk Hannah Arendt 2024
For Girls Who Run Through Storms like Buffalos, Knowing It’s the Quickest Way Through Tanaya Winder 2024
On “The Wonder Years,” Wayne Punches Kevin Again Abbie Kiefer 2024
Another Gaza Reel Haleh Liza Gafori 2023
Dedication Debra Weinstein 1996
Kin: First Responders Tameka Cage Conley 2024
Ekphrasis On “The New York Times” Headline “Understanding the Middle East Through the Animal Kingdom” Emily Khilfeh 2024
without a word Trish Salah 2024
Family of Origin Content Warning K. Iver 2023
New Orleans Love Poem Nicole Cooley 2023
Mother Water Ash Nicole Cooley 2023
Sixteen Years to the Day Another Hurricane Reverses Nicole Cooley 2023

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