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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
Be Kind Michael Blumenthal 2011
On Halloween Janet Little 1792
Let Birds Linda Gregg 2009
Dirge Thomas Lovell Beddoes 1851
The Problem Ralph Waldo Emerson 1847
Evening Hawk Robert Penn Warren 1985
Te Deum Charles Reznikoff 1976
O Little Root of a Dream Paul Celan 2000
Sandwich Kazim Ali 2026
Erasers Meghan O’Rourke 2026
Memory Poem Marlanda Dekine 2026
[You were so small in my hands] Mosab Abu Toha 2025
Morning After The Election Regie Cabico 2024
From “Vita Nuova” [To every captive soul and gentle heart] Dante Alighieri 2024
Sent & scented with 10 emoticons Tan Lin 2024
The Truth About a Lie Leonora Speyer 1922
Ode to Goby Juliana Spahr 2023
The Night Before I Leave Home Elisa Gonzalez 2023
[to keep knowing] Aracelis Girmay 2023
Carbon Dating Billy Collins 2022

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