Poems

Search our extensive curated collection of over 10,000 poems by occasion, theme, and form, or search by keyword or poet’s name in the field below.

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.

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Title	Author	Year
December Moon	Brenda Hillman	2010
Raven's Last Dream	Red Hawk	2010
Beach Walk	Henri Cole	2007
Red Lilies	Barbara Guest	2008
Caesarion	C. P. Cavafy	2008
Joan (audio only)	Eileen Myles	2009
Tender Buttons [Apple]	Gertrude Stein	1914
The Body Is the Victory and the Defeat of Dreams	Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke	2009
Degrees of Gray in Phillipsburg (audio only)	Richard Hugo	1969
The New-England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving Day	Lydia Maria Child	1844
Winter Twilight	Anne Porter	2006
Tender Buttons [A Light in the Moon]	Gertrude Stein	1914
The Good Provider	Sarah Gambito	2009
Syntax	Reginald Shepherd	2003
Not Merely Because of the Unknown That Was Stalking Toward Them [But the rocking chair]	Jenny Boully	2008
Loving and Beloved	Sir John Suckling	1646
When I consider every thing that grows (Sonnet 15)	William Shakespeare	1609
Mother Night	James Weldon Johnson	1922
Cherry Tomatoes	Sandra Beasley	2008
God's World	Edna St. Vincent Millay	1912

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