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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
Beyond the Years Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Knows how to forget! (433) Emily Dickinson 1890
Snow Song Frank Dempster Sherman 1897
The Thread of Life Christina Rossetti 1881
Someone Dennis O’Driscoll 2005
In General Pattiann Rogers 2004
My Father’s Hats Mark Irwin 2004
Yellow Stars and Ice Susan Stewart 1981
Haiku Ambulance Richard Brautigan 1989
Trying to Write a Dog Poem in a House with Two Cats Billy Collins 2025
Just the other day, Jalal al-Din Rumi 2022
The Soul’s Desire Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada 1847
The Black Outside Joy Priest 2024
The Indian’s Awakening Zitkála-Šá 1916
To Mars from Arizona Alberto Ríos 2023
Tenebris Angelina Weld Grimké 1927
Grandfather A. Van Jordan 2022
The Birds’ Lullaby Emily Pauline Johnson 1917
Rose Song Anne Reeve Aldrich 1889
California Rafael Campo 2020

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