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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
Heritage Emissary Threa Almontaser 2020
If You’re Going to Look Like a Wolf They Have to Love You More Than They Fear You. Abigail Chabitnoy 2019
A Benign Self-Portrait N. Scott Momaday 2019
Christmas Eve Ella Higginson 2017
She Was Fed Turtle Soup Lois Red Elk 2017
Soul Train Allison Joseph 2017
Sorrow Edna St. Vincent Millay 2017
The Captive Dove Anne Brontë 2017
Prison Reginald Dwayne Betts 2016
Gabriel Adrienne Rich 2016
The Bee James Dickey 1967
Autumn Amy Lowell 1919
The Dandelion Vachel Lindsay 1916
They that have power to hurt and will do none (Sonnet 94) William Shakespeare 1609
Ghazal of the Better-Unbegun Heather McHugh 1999
Touching and Being Touched Jenny George 2026
disagreement María Auxiliadora Álvarez 2025
From “The Windy City” Carl Sandburg 1928
Parable Nickole Brown 2024
Hope Clara Ann Thompson 1908

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