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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
canvas and mirror Evie Shockley 2010
Languages Carl Sandburg 1916
The Wild Iris (audio only) Louise Glück 1992
Six Words Lloyd Schwartz 2003
Milton [Excerpt] William Blake 1811
Going There Jack Gilbert 2001
The Mystic's Christmas John Greenleaf Whittier 1882
Memorial Day for the War Dead Yehuda Amichai 1977
The Slave’s Complaint George Moses Horton 1829
Helen in Egypt, Eidolon, Book III: 4 H.D. 1982
Fireflies Maya C. Popa 2026
i take my glasses off Lucille Clifton 2026
Dementia Is a New Way to Be Buddhist Kelli Russell Agodon 2025
Slipshape Lena Khalaf Tuffaha 2024
Everything is Exactly the Same as it Was the Day Before Ina Cariño 2023
Don’t You Wanna Patricia Smith 2020
The Old Swimmin' Hole James Whitcomb Riley 1883
A Song of the Road José Santos Chocano 1920
Lady, Lady Anne Spencer 1925
Wasteland: on the California Wildfires Forrest Gander 2020

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