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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
Bang-Bang Tango Kenward Elmslie 1975
Bio Kenward Elmslie 1975
Sappho for Everybody Maxe Crandall 2023
Carbon Dating Billy Collins 2022
The Luzumiyat of Abu’l-Ala, LVI Al-Ma‘arri 1920
Prayer of the Shy Forest Jennifer L. Knox 2023
Continental Breakfast Nkosi Nkululeko 2023
Puck Goes to Court Fenton Johnson 1927
One Boy Told Me Naomi Shihab Nye 1998
Canadian Born Emily Pauline Johnson 1917
[Whenever I Make a New Poem,] Lew Welch 2012
Why Adam Sinned Alex Rogers 1922
Hills of Bureaucracy Alexandria Peary 2022
They Part Dorothy Parker 1926
Love Song Dorothy Parker 1926
One Perfect Rose Dorothy Parker 1926
Social Note Dorothy Parker 1926
Folk Tune Dorothy Parker 1926
Verse for a Certain Dog Dorothy Parker 1926
De Profundis Dorothy Parker 1926

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