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
To a Mouse, Robert Burns 1786
Lines: 'When the Lamp is Shattered' Percy Bysshe Shelley 1824
Ode on the death of a favorite cat Thomas Gray 1748
This human life Maggie Smith 2026
Words Whispered to a Child Under Siege Joseph Fasano 2024
To Her Portrait Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1920
The Colored Soldiers Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Modern Love: XXX George Meredith 1909
Winter Trees William Carlos Williams 1921
The Kiss Sara Teasdale 1917
The Collar George Herbert 1633
A Winter Evening Alexander Pushkin 1910
our happiness Eileen Myles 2014
Only a Dad Edgar Guest 1916
As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame Gerard Manley Hopkins 1880
For a Daughter Who Leaves Janice Mirikitani 2002
In the not-not-woods Malia Maxwell 2026
Gitanjali 36 Rabindranath Tagore 1916
On the Fifth Day Jane Hirshfield 2020
Autumn Christina Rossetti 2018

Pagination

  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹‹
  • …
  • Page 72
  • Page 73
  • Page 74
  • Page 75
  • …
  • 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
    • Sponsorship
  • american poets

    • Books Noted
    • Essays
    • Advertise
© Academy of American Poets, 195 Broadway 9th Floor, New York, NY 10007
poets .org