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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
My Friend, Her Grandson Pia Täavila-Borsheim 2023
The Hermit Claude McKay 1912
To a Comrade Claude McKay 1912
Poor Fauvette Paul Mariani 2022
The Luzumiyat of Abu’l-Ala, XXXVI Al-Ma‘arri 1920
Negro Woman Lewis Grandison Alexander 1926
her aint even at de funeral avery r. young 2023
Workworn Emily Pauline Johnson 1917
Tears Luis G. Dato 1926
Parting Luis G. Dato 1926
The Washer-Woman Otto Leland Bohanan 1922
Blight Arna Bontemps 1922
Two-An’-Six Claude McKay 1922
“So Quietly” Leslie Pinckney Hill 1922
Before Sleep Elsa Gidlow 1923
O Black and Unknown Bards James Weldon Johnson 1922
Sandy Star William Stanley Braithwaite 1922
’Weh Down Souf Daniel Webster Davis 1922
The Road To The Bow James D. Corrothers 1922
When Ol’ Sis’ Judy Pray James Edwin Campbell 1922

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