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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
Youth Georgia Douglas Johnson 1922
Memphis Blues Sterling A. Brown 1922
Waikīkī Returns Christy Passion 2022
Preparation Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Jealousy Ameen Rihani 1905
After the Quarrel Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Disillusion Langston Hughes 1926
Again it is September Jessie Redmon Fauset 1917
Glory Gbenga Adesina 2020
May-Day Ralph Waldo Emerson 1867
Waiting for a Number Peter Balakian 2020
Bliss Point or What Can Best Be Achieved by Cheese Benjamin Garcia 2020
i know the grandmother one had hands Jaki Shelton Green 2019
Mountains Henry David Thoreau 1843
The Centenarian’s Story Walt Whitman
A Red Man’s Thoughts Tso-le-oh-woh
White Chairs Krystyna Dąbrowska, Karen Kovacik 2019
O’ Noblesse O’ Nikky Finney 2019
War Within Myself Daniel K. 2019
November Cotton Flower Jean Toomer 1923

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