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
As I Step Over a Puddle at the End of Winter, I Think of an Ancient Chinese Governor (audio only)	James Wright	1964
Let Us Go Then	Ciaran Carson	2010
Anybody Can Write a Poem	Bradley Paul	2010
Spring in New Hampshire	Claude McKay	1920
Bullfight critics ranked in rows [excerpt]	Domingo Ortega	1962
Jugglers	Francisco Aragón	2000
Raven's Last Dream	Red Hawk	2010
Our flag	Carl Adamshick	2010
Beach Walk	Henri Cole	2007
Red Lilies	Barbara Guest	2008
Caesarion	C. P. Cavafy	2008
Joan (audio only)	Eileen Myles	2009
Tender Buttons [Apple]	Gertrude Stein	1914
The Body Is the Victory and the Defeat of Dreams	Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke	2009
The New-England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving Day	Lydia Maria Child	1844
Winter Twilight	Anne Porter	2006
Tender Buttons [A Light in the Moon]	Gertrude Stein	1914
The Good Provider	Sarah Gambito	2009
Syntax	Reginald Shepherd	2003
Not Merely Because of the Unknown That Was Stalking Toward Them [But the rocking chair]	Jenny Boully	2008

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