Skip to main content
Poets.org

mobileMenu

  • Poems
  • Poets
  • Poem-a-Day
  • National Poetry Month
  • Materials for Teachers
  • Literary Seminars
  • American Poets Magazine

Main navigation

  • Poets.org
  • Academy of American Poets
  • National Poetry Month
  • American Poets Magazine

User account menu

  • Log in
  • Membership
  • Donate
Donate
Poets.org

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.

Page submenu block

  • find poems
  • find poets
  • poem-a-day
  • literary seminars
  • materials for teachers
  • poetry near you

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
Merciles Beaute Geoffrey Chaucer 1375
Sonnet 7 [The soote season, that bud and bloom forth brings] Henry Howard 1557
Sonnet 8 [Set me where as the sun doth parch the green] Henry Howard 1557
Sonnet 101 [Ways apt and new to sing of love I’d find] Petrarch 1374
Sonnet 12 [Alas, so all things now do hold their peace] Henry Howard 1557
A Drinking Song W. B. Yeats 1916
When I Heard at the Close of Day Walt Whitman 1891
Voices Sharon Olds 2010
it was a dream Lucille Clifton 1992
sisters Lucille Clifton 1989
my dream about being white Lucille Clifton 1989
the lost women Lucille Clifton 1989
Ulysses [excerpt] James Joyce 1922
Harlem Shadows Claude McKay 1921
Phyllis Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Oread H.D. 1915
Famous Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
The Words Under the Words Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
Negotiations with a Volcano Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
Indigestible Phillip Lopate 2009

Pagination

  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹‹
  • …
  • Page 659
  • Page 660
  • Page 661
  • Page 662
  • …
  • Next page ››
  • Last page Last »

Newsletter Sign Up

Support Us

  • Become a Member
  • Donate Now
  • Get Involved
  • Make a Bequest
  • Advertise with Us

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Tumblr
  • SoundCloud
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Footer

  • poets.org

    • Find Poems
    • Find Poets
    • Poetry Near You
    • Jobs for Poets
    • Literary Seminars
    • Privacy Policy
    • Press Center
    • Advertise
  • academy of american poets

    • About Us
    • Programs
    • Prizes
    • First Book Award
    • James Laughlin Award
    • Ambroggio Prize
    • Chancellors
    • Staff
  • national poetry month

    • Poetry & the Creative Mind
    • Dear Poet Project
    • Poster
    • 30 Ways to Celebrate
    • Sponsorship
  • american poets

    • Books Noted
    • Essays
    • Advertise
© Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038
poets .org