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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
I Lost My Horse Cecily Parks 2008
How from Politeness to the Trees Cecily Parks 2008
XXIX [Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind] William Wordsworth 1815
Safe in their Alabaster Chambers (216) Emily Dickinson 1890
Tender Buttons [A Light in the Moon] Gertrude Stein 1914
Matins (audio only) Carol Frost 2003
Egon Schiele's Wife (audio only) Carol Frost 2003
Apiary IX (audio only) Carol Frost 2003
Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame (Sonnet 129) William Shakespeare 1609
The Supple Deer Jane Hirshfield 2011
For What Binds Us Jane Hirshfield 1988
The Bell Zygmunt Jane Hirshfield 2006
Each Moment a White Bull Steps Shining into the World Jane Hirshfield 1997
Embers (audio only) Henri Cole 2007
Birthday (audio only) Henri Cole 2007
Sycamores (audio only) Henri Cole 2007
Maroon Canoe Oni Buchanan 2008
The Feast David Baker 2009
Text Message Oni Buchanan 2008
Dear Lonely Animal, Oni Buchanan 2008

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