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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
a note on the body Danez Smith 2017
A Woman Sleeps on an Island Marjorie Agosín 2016
Ballad of Forgotten Places Olga Orozco 2016
From “Fast Speaking Woman, Part 1” Anne Waldman 2016
My Doubt Jane Hirshfield 2016
Losing It Margaret Gibson 2014
The Things Donald Hall 2011
The Trouble Ball [excerpt] Martín Espada 2011
The Fisherman W. B. Yeats 1916
The Vampire Bride [I am come-I am come!] Henry Thomas Liddell 1833
In the Library Charles Simic 2008
Sonnet 2 Gwendolyn Bennett 1927
Monna Innominata [I loved you first] Christina Rossetti 1881
A Litany Gregory Orr 2002
Shirt Robert Pinsky 1990
A Farewell to America Phillis Wheatley 1773
The Collar George Herbert 1633
How to Continue Loving the World Despite Years of Impediment Marcus Wicker 2026
The Swan, No. 3 (Hilma af Klint) Victoria Chang 2025
Self-Portrait as Combination Taco Bell / Pizza Hut / KFC Aaron Tyler Hand 2024

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