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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
Heartbeats Melvin Dixon 2017
Howl, Parts I & II Allen Ginsberg 1984
Song of Myself, V Walt Whitman 1891
Grandpa Diana Marie Delgado 2021
The Splendid Body Rebecca Lindenberg 2023
Femme Futures Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha 2019
One of His Latest Poems Yannis Ritsos 2025
Before words Dan Bellm 1999
Boy Wearing a Dress Dan Bellm 1999
Detail from “What No One Could Have Told Them” C. D. Wright 2025
What No One Could Have Told Them C. D. Wright 2025
Vegas Rave Muse David Mura 2025
Bird Tomás Q. Morín 2025
As a Kid I Was Told, “Don’t Step on a Crack or You’ll Break Your Momma’s Back” Karla Cordero 2025
Learn Your Song Gabriel Ramirez 2025
Downtown Oakland Poem Barbara Jane Reyes 2025
Caliban Theory Malcolm Friend 2025
Saturn William Wadsworth 1993
Vanitas Traci Brimhall 2025
Little Bruja Leonora Simonovis 2025

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