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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
Proem Octavio Paz 1986
I’d Like a Little Flashlight Rachel Zucker 2011
Poem Rachel Zucker 2009
Night School Micah Ballard 2011
Speedway Cedar Sigo 2011
Q & A Terence Winch 2011
National Laureate Robert Fitterman 2009
Robert Harms Paints the Surface of Little Fresh Pond Mark Doty 2010
The more Alice reaches out, the more her dream-rushes Jenny Boully 2010
Redaction Carmen Giménez 2010
crossword Valzhyna Mort 2010
Emily Dickinson to the Rescue Michael Dickman 2010
The Secrets of Poetry Linda Gregg 2009
45 I Give Up My Identity Jerome Rothenberg 2003
what it means to be avant-garde [excerpt] David Antin 1993
Wheeling Motel Franz Wright 2010
Anybody Can Write a Poem Bradley Paul 2010
Musical Instrument Luis Cernuda 2010
Behind Perfume, Only Solitude Liz Waldner 2009
The Last Slow Days of Summer Phillip Lopate 2009

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