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
Eternity	George Marion McClellan	1916
An Indian Love Song	Bertrand N. O. Walker	1924
The Fugitive’s Wife	Frances Ellen Watkins Harper	1857
A Song	Lucretia Maria Davidson	1841
Tired	Fenton Johnson	1920
On The Death Of Dr. Benjamin Franklin	Philip Freneau	1790
The Indian Burying Ground	Philip Freneau	1795
Fool’s Gold	Ted Mathys	2020
The Contrast	Frances Ellen Watkins Harper	1857
A New Spinning Song	Margaret Widdemer	1915
The Woman of Charm	Alice Duer Miller	1915
A Bridge on Account of Sex: A Trans Woman Speaks to Susan B. Anthony on the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment	Joy Ladin	2020
A Miniature	Mary Jo Bang	2020
Ask Me Why I Love You	Walter Everette Hawkins	1920
The Artist Signs Her Masterpiece, Immodestly	Danielle DeTiberus	2020
What Big Eyes You Have	Heather Christle	2019
A Guide To Usage: Mine	Monica Youn	2018
Prayer to Be Still and Know	Nickole Brown	2019
The Visit	Ralph Waldo Emerson	1847
Insomnia Etiquette	Rita Dove	2012

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