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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.

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My Easter Dove Henrietta Cordelia Ray 1910
The Paper Nautilus Marianne Moore 1923
Little Things Marion Strobel 1921
The Giant Cactus of Arizona Harriet Monroe 1914
Come Let Us Be Friends Sarah Lee Brown Fleming 1920
The Coming of Night Skipwith Cannell 1917
The Alpine Sheep Maria White Lowell 1855
A Southern Night Matthew Arnold 1861
To the Dandelion James Russell Lowell 1843
From “An Epistle” Emma Lazarus 1889
Sonnet Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. 1918
The Black Man’s Bit Leslie Pinckney Hill 1921
The Octoroon Georgia Douglas Johnson 1923
Douglas James T. Franklin 1900
Sonnet James Madison Bell 1901
Going to the Picnic Julius C. Wright 1906
Abolition of Slavery in District of Columbia James Madison Bell 1901
Apostrophe of Time James Madison Bell 1901
Sweet Singer James T. Franklin 1900
The Blind Musician James T. Franklin 1900

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