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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
Song on May Morning John Milton 1645
The Phoenix Hafez 1876
Return John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester 1714
Tender Buttons [A Chair] Gertrude Stein 1914
Exquisite Candidate Denise Duhamel 1997
Eighth Air Force Randall Jarrell 1969
Love Incarnate Frank Bidart 1997
Last Supper Charles Wright 2005
The Little Mute Boy Federico García Lorca 1955
They’ll spend the summer Joshua Beckman 2004
Carrowmore Lucie Brock-Broido 1997
If the Owl Calls Again John Haines 1993
The Lost Pilot James Tate 1967
Blue May Swenson 1994
The Plaid Dress Edna St. Vincent Millay 2001
Words Dana Gioia 2001
Deportation Brenda Cárdenas 2025
Da Normalization of War Lee A. Tonouchi 2021
I Have Built a Garden … Diana Bellessi 2026
​​In Memoriam [±That after all this I have still chosen life.] Jimin Seo 2026

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