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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 Village Blacksmith Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Unknown Citizen W. H. Auden 1940
so you want to be a writer? Charles Bukowski 2003
Blues Elizabeth Alexander 1996
Afterthought Tove Ditlevsen 2025
Welder B. H. Fairchild 2023
High Stakes Yesenia Montilla 2025
Bent, Spindled and Mutilated Kevin C. McHugh 2013
Failed Poems Jessica Abughattas 2025
Olympus Matthew Olzmann 2025
Vintage Vanity Terrance Hayes 2025
Letter to the Editor Saretta Morgan 2025
To a Young Poet Zaina Alsous 2025
Elevator Boy Langston Hughes 1926
With a Copy of Shelley Harriet Monroe 1900
Holiday cheer or holiday void— Haleh Liza Gafori 2024
Hibernal Babette Deutsch 1925
Herald Josephine Miles 1983
túmba la caña jibarito Edwin Torres 2024
Supply and Demand Clarence Major 2022

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