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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
Using Black to Paint Light: Walking Through a Matisse Exhibit Thinking about the Arctic and Matthew Henson Robin Coste Lewis 2017
The Second Beautiful Harvest Dante Micheaux 2019
From “Clarel” [Symphonies] Herman Melville 1876
From “Clarel” [The Medallion] Herman Melville 1876
From “Clarel” [The Inscription] Herman Melville 1876
From “Clarel” [The Recluse] Herman Melville 1876
Exit Strategy Kazim Ali 2019
Pilgrims Henry David Thoreau 1895
The Departure Henry David Thoreau 1895
Aspiration Adah Isaacs Menken 1868
Road Hazard Bradley Paul 2019
What an Indian Thought When He Saw the Comet Tso-le-oh-woh 1853
While Waiting for the Bus Eliot Khalil Wilson 2019
A Life Inverse Rogério Manjate 2019
The scalps of the women with the best prophecies are dry this season Ladan Osman 2019
Winter Colony Anne Sexton 1959
Turnpike // Ghost Hala Alyan 2019
Song of the Open Road, 15 Walt Whitman 1891
Song of the Open Road, 9 Walt Whitman 1891
Gate C22 Ellen Bass 2007

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