Poems

Search our extensive curated collection of over 10,000 poems by occasion, theme, and form, or search by keyword or poet’s name in the field below.

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.

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Title	Author	Year
Americano	Emanuel Xavier	2002
Step Two: Higher Power	Hala Alyan	2019
from "Like Nebraska"	Sophie Klahr	2019
At the Carnival	Anne Spencer	1922
Heart	Catherine Bowman	2006
Going Back	Roger Mitchell	2025
Democracy	Dorianne Laux	2006
To Francisco X. Alarcón (1954–2016)	Eduardo C. Corral	2020
The American middle class …	Dawn Lundy Martin	2016
To Hell Gate	James Thomas Stevens	2025
Prairie Knights Casino	Teresa Dzieglewicz	2025
From “The Southland’s Charms and Freedom’s Magnitude” (56)	Albery Allson Whitman	1901
From “The Southland’s Charms and Freedom’s Magnitude” (35)	Albery Allson Whitman	1901
From “The Southland’s Charms and Freedom’s Magnitude” (25)	Albery Allson Whitman	1901
From “The Southland’s Charms and Freedom’s Magnitude” (14)	Albery Allson Whitman	1901
From “The Southland’s Charms and Freedom’s Magnitude” (13)	Albery Allson Whitman	1901
From “The Southland’s Charms and Freedom’s Magnitude” (11)	Albery Allson Whitman	1901
From “The Southland’s Charms and Freedom’s Magnitude” (10)	Albery Allson Whitman	1901
Lee	Elaine Equi	2025
Light Year	Josephine Miles	1983

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