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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
From “Clarel” [The Pillow] Herman Melville 1876
Glamor on the West Streets / Silver Over Everything Hanif Abdurraqib 2019
From “Clarel” [The Medallion] Herman Melville 1876
From “Clarel” [The Recluse] Herman Melville 1876
Rose Window Herman Melville 2019
In a Church of Padua Herman Melville 2019
Fragments of a Lost Gnostic Poem of the 12th Century Herman Melville 2019
The College Colonel Herman Melville 1900
Conscience Henry David Thoreau 1895
My Prayer Henry David Thoreau 1895
The Theologian’s Tale; The Legend Beautiful Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 2019
When Bad Things Happen to Good People Lynn Melnick 2019
White Chairs Krystyna Dąbrowska, Karen Kovacik 2019
Confession Krystyna Dąbrowska, Karen Kovacik 2019
Outcast Claude McKay 1922
Paper Cuts Natalie Scenters-Zapico 2019
Like Any Messiah Taken Unaware by Death Aisha al-Saifi 2019
Siesta Spencer Reece 2019
What Will You Do? Rainer Maria Rilke 1922
Sacrifice Ed Madden 2011

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