Poems

Search our extensive curated collection of over 10,000 poems by occasion, theme, and form, or search by keyword or poet’s name in the field below.

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.

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Title	Author	Year
Entanglement	Jane Hirshfield	2015
Variations on a Psalm (audio only)	Edward Hirsch	2014
God and Me (audio only)	Edward Hirsch	2014
Haiku (audio only)	Claudia Rankine	2014
From “Citizen,” VI [On the train the woman standing]	Claudia Rankine	2014
Imaginary Waterfall	C. D. Wright	2014
Imaginary Rope	C. D. Wright	2014
Imaginary Morning Glory	C. D. Wright	2014
Imaginary México	C. D. Wright	2014
Imaginary Hollywood	C. D. Wright	2014
Obscurity and Empathy	C. D. Wright	2013
Obscurity and Voyaging	C. D. Wright	2013
Obscurity and Elegance	C. D. Wright	2013
Horse Face (audio only)	Arthur Sze	2013
Crisscross	Arthur Sze	2013
From “Manatee/Humanity [2]” (audio only)	Anne Waldman	2014
from Gossamurmur (audio only)	Anne Waldman	2013
Problem-Not-Solving	Anne Waldman	2014
Perfect for Any Occasion	Alberto Ríos	2014
Wait	Galway Kinnell	2016

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