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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
Unspooled Carla Rachel Sameth 2021
The Dustbowl Kenward Elmslie 1971
Mahogany Vanessa Jimenez Gabb 2023
I Give You My Heart Ricardo Alberto Maldonado 2017
哀 / Sad Paisley Rekdal 2023
Sixth-Grade Hockey on the Greenfield Rink Paul Mariani 2020
The Moon Is in Labor Gail Wronsky 2023
For the Candlelight Angelina Weld Grimké 1927
Drifting Olivia Ward Bush-Banks 1899
The Wolf Emily Pauline Johnson 1917
Wild Horses Drink from the River of History Lois Roma-Deeley 2022
Trying Too Hard to Write a Poem Sitting on the Beach Philip Whalen 2007
Menopause C. Prudence Arceneaux 2022
Primer for Blacks (audio only) Gwendolyn Brooks
I Am Bound, I Am Bound, For A Distant Shore Henry David Thoreau 1943
The Change Has Come Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Ballad Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Lullaby Dorothy Parker 1926
March Moon Langston Hughes 1926
A Prayer Paul Laurence Dunbar 1922

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