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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
to my last period Lucille Clifton 1991
Afternoon at MacDowell Jane Kenyon 2005
Humoresque Edna St. Vincent Millay 1931
poem in praise of menstruation Lucille Clifton 1991
Christmas Away from Home Jane Kenyon 2005
Inert Perfection Edna St. Vincent Millay 1931
poem to my uterus Lucille Clifton 1991
Heavy Summer Rain Jane Kenyon 2005
Intention to Escape from Him Edna St. Vincent Millay 1931
jasper texas 1998 Lucille Clifton 1991
Mosaic of the Nativity: Serbia, Winter, 1993 Jane Kenyon 2005
To a Young Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay 1931
mulberry fields Lucille Clifton 1991
Portrait of a Figure Near Water Jane Kenyon 2005
Burning the Old Year Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
Private Beach Jane Kenyon 2005
Daily Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
far memory Lucille Clifton 1991
Persimmons Li-Young Lee 1986
4/30/92 for rodney king Lucille Clifton 1991

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