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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
Disarming of Shadow, Arming of Light Rachel Eliza Griffiths 2015
The Trouble Ball [excerpt] Martín Espada 2011
In the Library Charles Simic 2008
He would not stay for me, and who can wonder A. E. Housman 1939
The Battle Hymn of the Republic Julia Ward Howe 1862
Stillbirth Laure-Anne Bosselaar 2007
Monna Innominata [I loved you first] Christina Rossetti 1881
The Song of Hiawatha [Excerpt] Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1855
A Litany Gregory Orr 2002
Mermaid Song Kim Addonizio 2000
The Convergence of the Twain Thomas Hardy 1915
To a Young Poet Zaina Alsous 2025
[A rose has thorns as well as honey,] Christina Rossetti 1872
The Aim Was Song Robert Frost 1921
Untitled for a Reason Tara Betts 2022
Change on Change Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1846
Cross Langston Hughes 1922
Childhood Memories William Saphier 1920
Pestilence Philip Freneau 1795
I wanted to be surprised. Jane Hirshfield 2020

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