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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
Confessions: My Father, Hummingbirds, and Frantz Fanon Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2010
Spring Rachel Kyung-Joo Shin 2025
My life had stood a loaded gun (143) Emily Dickinson 1929
Angels with Guns Guarding the Gates of Heaven Richard Michelson 2023
practice ol(d) blk girl magic avery r. young 2019
And out of the ashes Farah Habad 2024
anyways im radicalized now aeon ginsberg 2024
I Remember Carol Ann Carl 2024
After Bob Across the Street Fires His Gun at a Tree to Scare Off a Raccoon While My Son and I Walk, Rachel Shows Me Night Heron Chicks Avni Vyas 2024
summer, somewhere Danez Smith 2016
ER S/P GSW Paul Hlava Ceballos 2023
On the day of the trial Black America lost, again KB Brookins 2023
Luke and the Frog: An American Fairytale OR What It Feels Like to Be a Parent in America Jasminne Mendez 2023
Drought Essay Isabel Neal 2023
Nike of Samothrace Mark Irwin 2022
Threshold Divya Victor 2021
The Inflammation Nikky Finney 2022
How We Lived Emma Trelles 2020
A Thing That Happened Matt Mason 2020
“Uvalde Shooting Highlights Role of Doors in Security Plans” Deborah Paredez 2022

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