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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
Today I Am Full of Birds Lyz Soto 2024
Ironing the Spider Sasha Dugdale 2017
The Tamer of Steeds William Rose Benét 1919
First Time Brushing Teeth Next to You Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2024
Parable Nickole Brown 2024
Lightning Bug Colin Pope 2024
When the Fact of Your Gaze Means Nothing, Then You Are Truly Alongside Donika Kelly 2024
[The lamp is like a capsized ship]: Two Voices Muse over the Speaker Alessandra Lynch 2024
A Blind Beggar-Musician of Anatolia Willis Barnstone 2015
An Island Willis Barnstone 2015
The Paper Nautilus Marianne Moore 1923
Beast in the Apartment Tony Barnstone 2014
The Alpine Sheep Maria White Lowell 1855
Emesis Keetje Kuipers 2024
Lobster Anthony Walton 2003
After Bob Across the Street Fires His Gun at a Tree to Scare Off a Raccoon While My Son and I Walk, Rachel Shows Me Night Heron Chicks Avni Vyas 2024
Santa Tarantula Jordan Pérez 2024
On Seventh Avenue at Stop-Time Herman Beavers 2024
In the Woods of Language, She Collects Beautiful Sticks Valzhyna Mort 2024
And You . . . Jason Allen-Paisant 2024

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