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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
Theme for English B Langston Hughes 1994
Middle Passage Robert Hayden 2017
This Is Not a Small Voice Sonia Sanchez 2018
Gate A-4 Naomi Shihab Nye 2008
I, Too Langston Hughes 1994
On the Pulse of Morning Maya Angelou 1993
Paul Revere’s Ride Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1861
Howl, Parts I & II Allen Ginsberg 1984
One Today Richard Blanco 2016
Grandpa Diana Marie Delgado 2021
In This Place (An American Lyric) Amanda Gorman 2018
Let America Be America Again Langston Hughes 1994
Lift Every Voice and Sing James Weldon Johnson 1917
ICE Sophie Cabot Black 2025
Verses in the Wind Mariposa Fernández 2025
American Abyss Cynthia Dewi Oka 2025
Thirst Petition Farid Matuk 2025
Prime Claire Millikin 2024
American Quartet Ed Roberson 2025
War Gary Copeland Lilley 2025

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