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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
I Never Wanted to Die Dorianne Laux 2021
Grief Dream Carol Muske-Dukes 2021
Life and Death Carrie Williams Clifford 1922
44 Questions to Ask While Bingeing Kemi Alabi 2021
Obituary Generator Mariah Bosch 2021
A Brown Girl Dead Countee Cullen 1925
In Response to the Murder of Eleven Jews, Including a Ninety-Seven Year-Old Said to Be a Holocaust Survivor, Who Wasn’t Achy Obejas 2021
23 Reasons Why Mexicanos Can Still Be Found in a Walmart Alessandra Narváez Varela 2021
Advice for Using Blood in a Poem Albert Abonado 2021
Blood and Bones Mahtem Shiferraw 2021
Naming the Baby Yesenia Montilla 2021
In the Vault of Morning Canisia Lubrin 2021
To a Dead Friend Langston Hughes 1922
Disbelief Kamilah Aisha Moon 2021
There Will Be No Funeral Janice Lobo Sapigao 2021
It Doesn’t Take Much Margaret Gibson 2021
on holding rose water beyza ozer 2021
That is solemn we have ended,— (87) Emily Dickinson 2020
winter solstice R. Erica Doyle 2020
So Call it Grace Michael Wasson 2020

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