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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
Diorama J. Mae Barizo 2016
In Two Seconds Mark Doty 2016
My Father’s Breed Valzhyna Mort 2012
juxtaposing the black boy & the bullet Danez Smith 2016
Daisy Cutter Camille T. Dungy 2016
Elegy Rachel Eliza Griffiths 2016
lynch Martha Collins 2016
Prayer of the Backhanded Jericho Brown 2016
A Theory of Violence Jennifer Perrine 2016
from Forgetting Willie James Jones David Tomas Martinez 2016
Why I Don’t Mention Flowers When Conversations with My Brother Reach Uncomfortable Silences Natalie Diaz 2016
Anonymous Song Fady Joudah 2016
Twinkle, Twinkle, Morning Star Craig Santos Perez 2016
Faith Tim Seibles 2016
Electrocution Lola Ridge 2016
Letter Beginning with Two Lines by Czesław Miłosz Matthew Olzmann 2016
Microwave Popcorn Harmony Holiday 2015
the bullet was a girl Danez Smith 2015
Poem to the Detroit River Terry Wolverton 2015
from Terror Matrix Zoe Tuck 2015

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