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.

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.

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Title	Author	Year
Two Sewing	Hazel Hall	1921
What Things Want	Robert Bly	2012
in the decision of a beginning [3]	Rusty Morrison	2011
The Nurse	Michael Blumenthal	2011
Poem	Alice Notley	2008
Mother’s Day	David Young	2011
The Enkindled Spring	D. H. Lawrence	1916
Gravity and Center	Henri Cole	2007
The Next Table	C. P. Cavafy	2008
The Book of the Dead Man (Fungi)	Marvin Bell	2009
Tender Buttons [Apple]	Gertrude Stein	1914
Since Nine O’Clock	C. P. Cavafy	2009
Untitled [You did say, need me less and I'll want you more]	Marilyn Hacker	1986
To the Dead in the Grave-Yard Under My Window	Adelaide Crapsey	1913
Surreptitious Kissing	Denis Johnson	1994
The Old Year	John Clare	1845
Envoi	William Meredith	1997
First Things to Hand	Robert Pinsky	2006
California Plush	Frank Bidart	1973
Talking to Patrizia	Kenneth Koch	1994

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