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
Alack, what poverty my Muse brings forth (Sonnet 103)	William Shakespeare	1904
Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault (Sonnet 89)	William Shakespeare	1904
Was it the proud full sail of his great verse (Sonnet 86)	William Shakespeare	1904
Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid (Sonnet 79)	William Shakespeare	1904
So oft I invoke thee for my Muse (Sonnet 78)	William Shakespeare	1904
My Son Asks for the Story About When We Were Birds	Joe Wilkins	2018
Plain Advice	Jeff Gundy	2018
Sonnet II	Alan Seeger	2018
Field Manœuvres	Richard Aldington	2018
A Shropshire Lad, VII	A. E. Housman	2018
She Walketh Veiled and Sleeping	Charlotte Perkins Gilman	1911
The Dream That I Told My Mother-in-Law	Elizabeth Alexander	2018
You Are So Articulate With Your Hands	Joshua Bennett	2018
What New Name	Kazim Ali	2018
On Small Talk	Marcus Wicker	2018
The Shroud	Edna St. Vincent Millay	2018
Tomorrow and Tomorrow Again	Craig Morgan Teicher	2018
Reservoirs	David Welch	2018
December 29	Max Ritvo	2018
Sexy poem to cover my bases	Emily Hunerwadel	2018

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