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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
Fantasy Gwendolyn Bennett 1927
You Tell Us What to Do Faiz Ahmed Faiz 1991
Porch Swing in September Ted Kooser 2005
The Cabbage Ruth Stone 2004
Shedding Skin Harryette Mullen 1981
Tar C. K. Williams 1994
The Cleaving Li-Young Lee 1990
Roman Candles Poetic X 2026
“[Lady of all powers]” Enheduana 1994
Truth Victor Hugo 2025
The Solitary Night Han Yong-un 1926
Poem in Which My Mother Snapped Denise Duhamel 2025
The American Flag Nicolás Heredia y Mota 1892
Mothers Arrange Their Aches at Night Maya Abu Al-Hayyat 2022
The Deserted Plantation Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Long Trip Langston Hughes 1926
The Waiting Jane Wong 2021
Insomniami Ariel Francisco 2021
Wasteland: on the California Wildfires Forrest Gander 2020
Summer Magic Leslie Pinckney Hill 1922

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