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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
Black Rhinoceros Edward Hirsch 2014
Brokeheart: Just like that Patrick Rosal 2014
poem in praise of menstruation Lucille Clifton 1991
The Good Moolly Cow [excerpt] Eliza Lee Follen 1832
The Niagara River Kay Ryan 2005
A Litany Gregory Orr 2002
Stealing The Scream Monica Youn 2003
Baseball and Writing Marianne Moore 1961
Mermaid Song Kim Addonizio 2000
The Anactoria Poem Sappho 1949
Drought Season W. J. Herbert 2026
The Crying of Water Arthur Symons 1901
The Veteran Dorothy Parker 1926
A Far Country Leslie Pinckney Hill 1921
Night Sky Don Bogen 2019
Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye (Sonnet 62) William Shakespeare 1904
Song Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1878
My 24 Hour Version Lois Red Elk 2017
Autumn, New York, 1999 Patricia Spears Jones 2016
How Do I Know When a Poem Is Finished? Naomi Shihab Nye 2008

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