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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
Diagnostic Quiz for Human Ghost James Fujinami Moore 2024
From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me immortal] Tarafa 1922
From “Dark Joys” Stephen Kuusisto 2024
When the Fact of Your Gaze Means Nothing, Then You Are Truly Alongside Donika Kelly 2024
[The lamp is like a capsized ship]: Two Voices Muse over the Speaker Alessandra Lynch 2024
The Nightingale Willis Barnstone 2015
Spirit Has a Beginning Willis Barnstone 2015
The Secret Reader Willis Barnstone 2015
The Building Willis Barnstone 2015
Spinoza in the Ghetto Willis Barnstone 2015
Madagascar Barbara Henning 2015
The Palace of Forty Pillars Armen Davoudian 2024
2-Sided Map Shows Line Where Falling Bodies Will Land Brenda Shaughnessy 2024
You’re the Top Ellen Bass 2024
To the Dandelion James Russell Lowell 1843
Parable of the South Pole Buddha Tony Barnstone 2014
Lobster Anthony Walton 2003
In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa Ada Limón 2024
Sonnet Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. 1918
Walking Beside the Cemetery, Olivia Street, Key West Jacqueline Allen Trimble 2024

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