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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
Larry Levis in Provincetown Rick Hilles 2012
Advice to Passengers John Gallaher 2011
The Book of the Dead Man (Food) Marvin Bell 2011
Father Lynch Returns from the Dead Jean Valentine 2004
The Amaranth Vachel Lindsay 1914
Beyond the Years Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
All Souls' Night, 1917 Hortense King Flexner 1920
Sailing to Byzantium W. B. Yeats 1928
The Wild Iris (audio only) Louise Glück 1992
Populating Heaven Maureen N. McLane 2008
Mummy of a Lady Named JemutesonekhXXI Dynasty Thomas James 2008
I heard a Fly buzz (465) Emily Dickinson 1998
Descriptions of Heaven and Hell Mark Jarman 1981
Purgatory Maxine Kumin 1965
The Soldier Rupert Brooke 1914
Heaven for Helen Mark Doty 2005
How Can It Be I Am No Longer I Lucie Brock-Broido 1997
Beyond Even This Maggie Anderson 1991
In a Country Larry Levis 1977
That the Soul May Wax Plump May Swenson 1978

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