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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
I Dare You Dorianne Laux 2023
I want Jordan Jace 2022
In the old age black was not counted fair (Sonnet 127) William Shakespeare 1904
A Bell, Still Unrung Safiya Sinclair 2016
Practice Standing Unleashed and Clean Patricia Smith 2016
Zombie Blues Villanelle Tim Seibles 2016
Wild Swans Edna St. Vincent Millay 1921
I Didn’t Apologize to the Well Mahmoud Darwish 2007
The Niagara River Kay Ryan 2005
Birds Appearing in a Dream Michael Collier 2006
The Talking Back of Miss Valentine Jones: Poem # one June Jordan 1989
American Sonnet (10) Wanda Coleman 1993
“There Is No Such Thing as the Past” [iii] Pádraig Ó Tuama 2026
Drought Season W. J. Herbert 2026
The Thrill of the Chase Forrest Fenn
The End Wilfred Owen 2018
The Forest Reverie Edgar Allan Poe 2018
Nature George Herbert 2017
The First Person Who Will Live to Be One Hundred and Fifty Years Old Has Already Been Born Nicole Sealey 2017
We Should Make a Documentary About Spades Terrance Hayes 2017

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