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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 Woman Who Wanted a Child Holly Karapetkova 2010
Answer July Emily Dickinson 1862
The Pool Bryher 1922
You Are Not She Elsa Gidlow 1923
our general banality fahima ife 2022
Bird in Hand Jasmine Gibson 2022
Karaoke Lounge (audio only) Cathy Park Hong
from “When the Rooster Announces the Dawn of Another Day” Alain Mabanckou 2022
A triolet Sadakichi Hartmann 1904
At the Lindens Shiver in Autumn Dreams Sadakichi Hartmann 1904
The Pirate Sadakichi Hartmann 1904
Bird Saver Alexandria Peary 2014
[The city breaks in houses to the sea, uneasy with waves,] Charles Reznikoff 1920
Preparation Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
The Philistine Ameen Rihani 1905
For the Bird Singing before Dawn Kim Stafford 2022
Independent Blossoms Ameen Rihani 1905
Jealousy Ameen Rihani 1905
Mr. Chairman Takes His Leave Rosemary Catacalos 2022
My Love Must Be As Free Henry David Thoreau 1943

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