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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 Negro Speaks of Rivers Langston Hughes 1994
Middle Passage Robert Hayden 2017
What I Am Terrance Hayes 1999
A Far Cry from Africa Derek Walcott 2007
Remember Joy Harjo 1983
On the Pulse of Morning Maya Angelou 1993
i know the grandmother one had hands Jaki Shelton Green 2019
Femme Futures Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha 2019
Kissing in Vietnamese Ocean Vuong 2016
When the World Tells Me There Is Nothing Good Coming out of My Mouth & I Am at My Breaking Point Anastacia-Reneé 2026
The Dawning of the Age Tracie Morris 2026
Arwald the King Tracie Morris 2026
Ancestor Syndrome Mary-Alice Daniel 2026
From “With Al-Hudoud” [From above, stolen] Siwar Masannat 2026
Lessons at the Legendary Institute for Yarn Spinning Rigoberto González 2026
Two-Faced Memory Sharan Strange 2026
a graphic Ed Roberson 2026
Background, or, How to Look at a Mountain Gabeba Baderoon 2026
The Pigeons Rose from the Floor of the Earth; A Clamoring of Wings to Disturb the Silence Matthew Shenoda 2026
The Teeth on My Wrist Elizabeth Bradfield 2026

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