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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
Longings Nellie Rathbone Bright 1927
[Gaza has become a funeral home] Mosab Abu Toha 2025
Railroad Avenue Langston Hughes 1926
Elevator Boy Langston Hughes 1926
Finality Edward S. Silvera 1926
A Southern Road Helene Johnson 1926
Surrender Angelina Weld Grimké 2025
A Thistle Will Do Omar Berrada 2025
The Language of the Soul Silas Xavier Floyd 1904
A Favorite Dish Silas Xavier Floyd 1904
A Plea for the Day Silas Xavier Floyd 1904
If I Had a Million Samuel Alfred Beadle 1904
once a marine biologist told me octopuses have three hearts Denice Frohman 2018
Funk (#49 song) Lily Painter 2025
After Youna Kwak 2025
January Aldrin Regina Valdez 2025
playing america in spring m.s. RedCherries 2025
Things Said When He Was Gone Blanche Taylor Dickinson 1927
Time Mae Cowdery 1927
He Made Me Sing Gertrude P. McBrown 1927

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