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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
The Beef Epitaph Michael Benedikt 1976
Back Beckian Fritz Goldberg 2005
Song Frank Bidart 2005
The Congressional Library [excerpt] Amy Lowell 1955
Gospel Philip Levine 2001
An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries Jupiter Hammon 1760
Before the Snake Nathaniel Tarn 2002
The Silence Philip Schultz 2002
One A.M. [excerpt] David Young 1994
Pledge Elizabeth A. I. Powell 2001
My Picture Left in Scotland Ben Jonson 1640
[I finish The Lover and we take a walk.] Nicole Tallman 2025
Compensation Claude McKay 1912
One Moment Touching All the Others Jeff Hardin 2017
Thursday 9/13/01 Lucille Clifton 2017
Memento Mori Maya C. Popa 2026
LOW FLYING PLANES [From metal and yellow underneath the tire] Hajjar Baban 2026
After Escher George Bilgere 2026
Lupines in a Yard in San Antonio, Texas Michael Kleber-Diggs 2026
Mom Refaat Alareer 2024

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