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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
The Great Figure William Carlos Williams 1962
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking Walt Whitman 1891
Ode on the death of a favorite cat Thomas Gray 1748
[I’m happiest now when most away] Emily Brontë 1908
Survival Guide Joy Ladin 2018
Wartime Christmas Joyce Kilmer 2017
The Desolate Field William Carlos Williams 1921
The Woman and the Flame Aimé Césaire 2011
Othello, Act I, Scene I [O, sir, content you] William Shakespeare 2016
Winter Trees William Carlos Williams 1921
To Her Portrait Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1920
Thanksgiving Turkey George Parsons Lathrop 2017
Portent William Carlos Williams 2017
From a Train Lynn Emanuel 2016
Lines: 'When the Lamp is Shattered' Percy Bysshe Shelley 1824
Greater Love Wilfred Owen 1917
The Wolf's Postscript to 'Little Red Riding Hood' Agha Shahid Ali 1987
This human life Maggie Smith 2026
On the Fifth Day Jane Hirshfield 2020
Autumn Christina Rossetti 2018

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