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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
I Am the Whole Defense Mai Der Vang 2016
From “Pinplay” Anne Carson 2016
Book of Statues Richie Hofmann 2016
Prayer Judson Mitcham 2016
Mercy Tyehimba Jess 2016
not an elegy for Mike Brown Danez Smith 2016
Tsunami Chant Wang Ping 2016
Elegy Rachel Eliza Griffiths 2016
Yellow Rain Mai Der Vang 2016
Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene I [Wherefore rejoice?] William Shakespeare 2016
Hamlet, Act III, Scene II [Nay, do not think I flatter] William Shakespeare 2016
Henry VIII, Prologue [I come no more to make you laugh] William Shakespeare 2016
Skit: Sun Ra Welcomes the Fallen Ruth Ellen Kocher 2016
All the Names We Will Not Know Naomi Shihab Nye 2015
What Changes Naomi Shihab Nye 2015
Nohemi — a Song for Paris Juan Felipe Herrera 2015
Poem to the Detroit River Terry Wolverton 2015
Killing the Form Camonghne Felix 2015
The Incomprehensibility Nick Flynn
In the Absence of Sparrows Daniel Johnson 2014

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