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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
The Anactoria Poem Sappho 2007
Novel Arthur Rimbaud 2002
Archaic Torso of Apollo Rainer Maria Rilke 1995
Love at First Sight Wisława Szymborska 2016
The Old Song of the Blood Humberto Ak’abal 2024
“[Lady of all powers]” Enheduana 1994
The Wolves Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy 1910
The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter Li Bai 1916
Practical Activities Dario Bellezza 2025
A Relocation Dario Bellezza 2025
To Anna Maria Ortese Dario Bellezza 2025
1. (white man’s ghoul / april 28 2015) Gunnar Wærness 2024
29. (planet of the apes / december 10 2014) Gunnar Wærness 2024
36. (empire / february 13 2015) Gunnar Wærness 2024
The Wandering Song Rubén Darío 2008
Sphinx Else Lasker-Schüler 2025
Put Out My Eyes Rainer Maria Rilke 1905
From “A Crown of Fruits” (VI. Cashew) Severo Sarduy 2021
From “A Crown of Fruits” (I. Cherimoya) Severo Sarduy 2021
[Pull out of me more than what was left out] Severo Sarduy 2021

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