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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
Pieces of the Past Michelle Bitting 2026
[Farewell love and all thy laws forever] Thomas Wyatt 1557
The Heart is the capital (138) Emily Dickinson 1929
I, Lover Elsa Gidlow 1923
Kumulipo Queen Liliʻuokalani 1897
Childhood Memories William Saphier 1920
Song of the Open Road, 5 Walt Whitman 1891
The Christmas Wreath Anna de Brémont 2018
The Tuft of Flowers Robert Frost 1915
An Old Story Tracy K. Smith 2018
Ghazal Tracy K. Smith 2018
Turtle Soup Marilyn Chin 1994
Firing Squad Ilya Kaminsky 2018
Dirt Kwame Dawes 2017
Exposure Wilfred Owen 2016
What Changes Naomi Shihab Nye 2015
By the Stream Paul Laurence Dunbar 1900
Birthday Richie Hofmann 2015
El Beso Angelina Weld Grimké 1909
The Canterbury Tales, “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” [Excerpt] Geoffrey Chaucer 1478

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