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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
To a Comrade Claude McKay 1912
My Mom’s Been Asking for a Happy Poem All My Life Jennifer Givhan 2023
Poor Fauvette Paul Mariani 2022
Gitanjali 20 Rabindranath Tagore 1913
The Luzumiyat of Abu’l-Ala, XXXVI Al-Ma‘arri 1920
[When you told us our glances, soft, timid, and mild,] Wallada bint al-Mustakfi 1796
[When night draws on, remembering keeps me wakeful] al-Khansāʾ 1922
Rain Fugue Jessie Redmon Fauset 1924
Letters Found Near a Suicide 1927
Negro Woman Lewis Grandison Alexander 1926
Homesick Blues Langston Hughes 1927
her aint even at de funeral avery r. young 2023
The Harp of Broken Strings John Rollin Ridge 1850
Workworn Emily Pauline Johnson 1917
The Swallow Luis G. Dato 1926
Unforgotten Luis G. Dato 1926
Tears Luis G. Dato 1926
Lost Glimpses Luis G. Dato 1926
Parting Luis G. Dato 1926
The Lost Bird Carolina Coronado 1878

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