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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
Laundry Alicia Ostriker 2016
A People’s Historian Kenneth Carroll 2016
juxtaposing the black boy & the bullet Danez Smith 2016
Long Night Full Moon D. A. Powell 2016
Skit: Sun Ra Welcomes the Fallen Ruth Ellen Kocher 2016
The Exile Michael Wasson 2015
Microwave Popcorn Harmony Holiday 2015
the bullet was a girl Danez Smith 2015
Abeyance Rebecca Foust 2015
The Tradition Jericho Brown 2015
From “Citizen,” VI [I knew whatever was in front of me was happening] Claudia Rankine 2014
Do Not Speak of the Dead Cecilia Llompart 2015
Killing the Form Camonghne Felix 2015
For Trayvon Martin Reuben Jackson 2015
Before I Was a Gazan Naomi Shihab Nye 2014
From “Citizen,” VI [My brothers are notorious] Claudia Rankine 2014
Imagine Kamilah Aisha Moon 2014
Poem In Which Words Have Been Left Out Charles Jensen 2012
Rambling Afaa Michael Weaver 2007
Left Nikky Finney 2011

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