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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
Song for a Banjo Dance Langston Hughes 1926
a force is a push or a pull (5.8 million puerto ricans in america) Giovannai Rosa 2023
This Body Renée Watson 2019
First Wedding Dance Marcelo Hernandez Castillo 2018
The Electric Slide is Not a Dance, Man! Porsha Olayiwola 2019
Night at the Roller Palace January Gill O’Neil 2018
Soul Train Allison Joseph 2017
M. Degas Teaches Art & Science at Durfee Intermediate School, Detroit 1942 (audio only) Philip Levine 1991
Baseline Caleb Femi 2023
Dance Alfred Kreymborg 1916
To Midnight Nan at Leroy's Langston Hughes 1926
Club 2718 Taylor Johnson 2018
South Street Lewis Grandison Alexander 1927
Scotty and the Rib Tips Bob Holman 2024
Delayza’s Necklace Max Early 2024
Bullpen Cornelius Eady 2024
Default Taupou Grace Iwashita-Taylor 2024
Under the Spell of Conjunto Vickie Vértiz 2023
I’m Fly Glenis Redmond 2016
Neh Tsoi Joseph Bruchac 2023

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