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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
Shirley Temple Surrounded by Lions Kenward Elmslie 1971
Revelation Blanche Taylor Dickinson 1927
To Her Portrait Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1920
Jealousy Ameen Rihani 1905
The Brass Bed Ameen Rihani 1905
Advice to Youth Countee Cullen 1925
For a Preacher Countee Cullen 1925
Flying Down the Five heidi andrea restrepo rhodes 2020
Dumb-Bells John Crowe Ransom 1919
On Retirement Philip Freneau 1786
Like Others Jane Hirshfield 2020
The Respectable Folks Henry David Thoreau
Rich People in Paintings, Jennifer Key 2019
Anna May Wong Rates the Runway Sally Wen Mao 2019
The Bathers, Cassis Garrett Hongo 2018
Her Makeup Face Garrett Hongo 2018
from “Compliments” Chelsey Minnis 2018
In Particular Djuna Barnes 2016
Christmas Eve: My Mother Dressing Toi Derricotte 2012
Bread and Cake Kevin Prufer 2014

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