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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
Comment Dorothy Parker 1926
Inventory Dorothy Parker 1926
Verse Reporting Late Arrival at a Conclusion Dorothy Parker 1926
Who Does This Feeling Belong To? Langston Kerman 2022
The Jester Langston Hughes 1926
Ode to Tired Bumblebees Who Fall Asleep Inside Flowers with Pollen on their Butts Luisa A. Igloria 2021
Corinthians 13:11 Jennifer Martelli 2022
Poem Not to Be Read at Your Wedding Beth Ann Fennelly 2021
American Girl Dolls Attend Mandatory Diversity Training Kortney Morrow 2020
Sage #3 Marilyn Chin 2020
Ode to Stephen Dowling Bots, Dec’d. Mark Twain 1885
The Aged Pilot Man Mark Twain 1872
Beggar Marilyn Kallet 2020
The Function of Humor in the Neighborhood Allison Pitinii Davis 2020
Why We Oppose Pockets for Women Alice Duer Miller 1915
Bliss Point or What Can Best Be Achieved by Cheese Benjamin Garcia 2020
I Tried to Write a Poem Called “Imposter Syndrome” and Failed Emilia Phillips 2020
What Big Eyes You Have Heather Christle 2019
The Respectable Folks Henry David Thoreau 1895
A Red Man’s Thoughts Tso-le-oh-woh

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