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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
Pietà Rainer Maria Rilke 1922
On Laws Kahlil Gibran 1923
Invocation Jane Johnston Schoolcraft 1860
Oughta Be a Woman June Jordan 2017
The Church of Michael Jordan Jeffrey McDaniel 2016
Zombie Blues Villanelle Tim Seibles 2016
January William Carlos Williams 2016
Only as the Day Is Long Dorianne Laux 2015
A Winter Blue Jay Sara Teasdale 2014
As a Portent David Baker 2014
Blue Dementia Yusef Komunyakaa 2011
When I Heard at the Close of Day Walt Whitman 1891
Song of the Son Jean Toomer 1923
Two Countries Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
I’m a Fool to Love You Cornelius Eady 1997
Afton Water Robert Burns 1791
The Changing Light Lawrence Ferlinghetti 2000
Why paint night over nightless day? Jalal al-Din Rumi 2022
First Time Brushing Teeth Next to You Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2024
Singularity Marissa Davis 2020

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