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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
For My People Margaret Walker 2017
Vaccinated Jericho Brown 2021
won’t you celebrate with me Lucille Clifton 1991
I Must Become a Menace to My Enemies June Jordan 2017
American History Michael S. Harper 1970
Still I Rise Maya Angelou 1978
Femme Futures Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha 2019
ICE Sophie Cabot Black 2025
The Insurance Representative Tells Me How Much the Baby’s Delivery Will Cost Katie Condon 2025
Goal Mae Cowdery 1927
Before Two Thresholds Arthur Fauset 1927
Whites in Congo Flee by Ferry Danielle Legros Georges 2025
My Beloved Companion, Danielle Legros Georges 2025
HOLYHEADHARRIET Ashley M. Jones 2025
My Apologies Ammiel Alcalay 2024
From “The Corpse at Stake Was a Dream We Felt Inside Of” Saretta Morgan 2024
You Know Me Valeria Ruiz 2024
On Repetition Omotara James 2024
On Crip Sin à Tes Souhaits 2024
And out of the ashes Farah Habad 2024

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