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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
wishes for sons Lucille Clifton 1991
Carentan O Carentan Louis Simpson 1988
Of Seals, and Our Smiles Michael Benedikt 1984
The Black Riviera Mark Jarman 1990
Mama’s Promise Marilyn Nelson 1985
The Czar's Last Christmas Letter: A Barn in the Urals Norman Dubie 1983
In Every Direction Ralph Angel 1995
The Huron Ruth Herschberger 1969
Since Hanna Moved Away Judith Viorst 1981
My Friends W. S. Merwin 1963
Salvage Amy Clampitt 1997
Honky Tonk in Cleveland, Ohio Carl Sandburg 1922
Mortal Limit Robert Penn Warren 1985
Fog Amy Clampitt 1997
Sojourns in the Parallel World Denise Levertov 1996
To Brooklyn Bridge Hart Crane 1933
The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo Edward Lear 1877
Infidelity Stanley Plumly 1989
Call Me Ishmael Jackson Mac Low 1972
Freeway 280 Lorna Dee Cervantes 1981

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