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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 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
Home Ken Cockburn 2022
Mouth Still Open Mosab Abu Toha 2022
Thou Dusky Spirit Of The Wood Henry David Thoreau 1943
Good-Night Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Gone with the Swallows Ameen Rihani 1905
The Spring Has Many Silences Laura Riding Jackson 1925
At the Spring Dawn Angelina Weld Grimké 1923
jersey fems at the philly zoo Cyrée Jarelle Johnson 2019
Much Later Gertrude Stein 1926
Morning on this Island Carolyn Forché 2020

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