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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
Trying to Write a Dog Poem in a House with Two Cats Billy Collins 2025
The Tired Worker Claude McKay 1922
Changing Is Not Vanishing Carlos Montezuma 1916
On Quitting Edgar Guest 1912
Personals C. D. Wright 2002
Song of Myself, 16 Walt Whitman 1891
job prescription Evie Shockley 2024
Song of Myself, 14 Walt Whitman 1891
Macbeth, Act II, Scene III [Here's a knocking indeed] William Shakespeare 2016
From “1915: The Trenches” Conrad Aiken 1917
The Corn Husker Emily Pauline Johnson 1917
Ode to Tired Bumblebees Who Fall Asleep Inside Flowers with Pollen on Their Butts Luisa A. Igloria 2021
Poet's Work Lorine Niedecker 2002
The White-headed Woodpecker Sean Hill 2021
A Situation for Mrs. Biswas Prageeta Sharma 2010
Immigrant Song at a Food Truck Weijia Pan 2025
Song of Myself, 47 Walt Whitman 1891
Labor Jericho Brown 2010
Daily Life Susan Wood 2011
From “Be Recorder” Carmen Giménez 2019

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