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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
Primer for Blacks (audio only) Gwendolyn Brooks
He Had His Dream Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Nude Young Dancer Langston Hughes 1926
Disillusion Langston Hughes 1926
Moon Over Gaza Naomi Shihab Nye 2019
The Three Birds of the Milky Way Donika Kelly 2017
Artless Brenda Shaughnessy 2012
Professional Spanish Knocks on the Door Elisabet Velasquez 2021
Born. Living. Will. Die. Camonghne Felix 2021
Escape Georgia Douglas Johnson 1925
The New Moon Langston Hughes 1922
Love in the City José Martí 2002
The Tired Worker Claude McKay 1922
Salmon-Fishing Robinson Jeffers 1935
Francis Turner Edgar Lee Masters 1915
What I Think About When Someone Uses “Pussy” as a Synonym for “Weak” Beth Ann Fennelly 2017
Rain William Saphier 1920
Yesterday and To-morrow Paul Laurence Dunbar 1905
Fool’s Gold Ted Mathys 2020
Octopus Empire Marilyn Nelson 2019

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