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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 Passing of the Year Robert W. Service 1912
This Morning Charles Simic 1994
Trees in the Garden D. H. Lawrence 1964
Next Day Randall Jarrell 1969
I Am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra Ishmael Reed 1989
Old Story Catherine Barnett 2012
i take my glasses off Lucille Clifton 2026
As a Kid I Was Told, “Don’t Step on a Crack or You’ll Break Your Momma’s Back” Karla Cordero 2025
Empty my heart of thee — (146) Emily Dickinson 1929
Coming Out of the Shower Armen Davoudian 2024
Letters Found Near a Suicide Frank Horne 1927
Emancipation Paul Laurence Dunbar 1890
The Cataclysm Ameen Rihani 1921
The Pact Victoria Redel 2022
All the Time Blues Villanelle Tim Seibles 2022
Long Trip Langston Hughes 1926
Appalling Heart Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven 1920
Gun Control Donika Kelly 2017
The Murderess Alice Cary 1903
O Claire Wahmanholm 2020

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