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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
Caprice Countee Cullen 1925
Advice to Youth Countee Cullen 1925
Song for a Banjo Dance Langston Hughes 1926
Beggar Boy Langston Hughes 1926
All the Lives We Are Dasha Kelly Hamilton
To unravel a torment you must begin somewhere Luisa A. Igloria 2018
eat Roscoe Burnems 2018
A Body’s Universe of Big Bangs Leslie Contreras Schwartz 2020
Poem from Pastoral; or, the Inquisition of Memories (Memories walk around dressed as old men.) Giannina Braschi 1988
A Poem from Pastoral; or, the Inquisition of Memories (I make the affirmation.) Giannina Braschi 1988
YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PRISON! Sasha Debevec-McKenney 2020
Praise Angelo Geter 2020
Blue Impala Laura Tohe 2014
When the Virus Comes Angelo Geter 2020
Life and Art Aldous Huxley 1920
Sage #3 Marilyn Chin 2020
Assurance James Oppenheim 1924
The Way We Love Something Small Kimberly Blaeser 2020
Fool’s Gold Ted Mathys 2020
Vest Jane Hirshfield 2020

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