Poems

Search our extensive curated collection of over 10,000 poems by occasion, theme, and form, or search by keyword or poet’s name in the field below.

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.

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Title	Author	Year
The Nursing Home	E. M. Schorb	2000
Days of Rome	Gerard Malanga	2001
New York Notes	Harvey Shapiro	2001
A Path Between Houses	Greg Rappleye	2000
There are Days	John Montague	2001
Of Politics, & Art	Norman Dubie	2000
To the Tune of “Telling My Most Intimate Feelings”	Li Qingzhao	2000
Bantams in Pine-Woods	Wallace Stevens	1954
Pledge	Elizabeth A. I. Powell	2001
Identity of Images	Robert Desnos	1997
Mostly Mick Jagger	Catie Rosemurgy	2001
The Wash	Sarah Getty	1996
The Ferryer (audio only)	Sharon Olds	1992
Satellite Convulsions	Ben Doller	2000
The Lover	Reetika Vazirani	1999
A Calculus of Readiness	Liz Waldner	2000
Gardens of Sand and Cactus	Walt McDonald	1998
For K. J., Leaving and Coming Back	Marilyn Hacker	1994
Shadows in the Water	Thomas Traherne	1910
Little Lion Face	May Swenson	1987

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