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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
Slow through the Dark Paul Laurence Dunbar 1903
What Comes Carolyn Forché 2020
[we fight back to control the outside] kari edwards 2016
Personal History Adrienne Su 2019
Sleeping Beauty Nick Flynn 2019
In a Country Larry Levis 1977
Let Me Not Lose My Dream Georgia Douglas Johnson 1922
Poet's Work Lorine Niedecker 2002
Einstein’s Mother Tracy K. Smith 2020
Jaguar Song Arthur Sze 2021
II [Doom is dark and deeper than any sea-dingle.] W. H. Auden 1930
Love in the City José Martí 2002
A Violet Darkness Najwan Darwish 2024
In Time of War Carolyn Forché 2020
Toy Peacock in Teak Birdcage Pimone Triplett 2026
Insurrecto Chris Santiago 2022
Incantation of the First Order Rita Dove 2021
September 11 Giannina Braschi 2001
Untethered Allison Joseph 2020
A Southern Road Helene Johnson 1926

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