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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
John Brown's Body [There were three stout pillars that held up all] Stephen Vincent Benét 1927
The Book of the Dead Man (Your Hands) Marvin Bell 2009
My Autopsy (Excerpt) Michael Dickman 2009
Untitled [Toward night] Kevin Goodan 2009
The Body Is the Victory and the Defeat of Dreams Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke 2009
In the Surgical Theatre Dana Levin 1999
Bodyweight Matthew Schwartz 2008
La Vie C’est La Vie Jessie Redmon Fauset 1922
Surf Buddha Matthew Lippman 2007
Brad Pitt Aaron Smith 2005
Privilege of Being (audio only) Robert Hass 1988
A Hand Jane Hirshfield 2001
Buddhist Barbie Denise Duhamel 1997
The Man with Night Sweats Thom Gunn 1994
Danse Russe William Carlos Williams 1962
The Soldier Rupert Brooke 1914
I Sing the Body Electric Walt Whitman 1891
Lady Lazarus Sylvia Plath 1981
homage to my hips (audio only) Lucille Clifton 1983
Love Opened a Mortal Wound Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1997

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