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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
We Manage Most When We Manage Small Linda Gregg 2008
How the Pope Is Chosen (audio only) James Tate 1996
The Words Under the Words Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
The Phoenix Hafez 1876
Restless Ghost Eric Pankey 2008
“Ferrum” [Excerpt] M. NourbeSe Philip 2008
The Hand of Glory: The Nurse's Story Richard Harris Barham 1840
The Widening Sky Edward Hirsch 2003
A Christmas Carol George Wither 1622
Albany Ron Silliman 1983
Summer Holiday Robinson Jeffers 1995
San Sepolcro Jorie Graham 1995
Portrait in Georgia Jean Toomer 1923
Working Late Louis Simpson 1988
The Odyssey, Book XXIII [The Trunk of the Olive Tree] Homer 1961
Carrowmore Lucie Brock-Broido 1997
Breakfast Minnie Bruce Pratt 2003
God Went to Beauty School Cynthia Rylant 2003
In Memoriam, [To Sleep I give my powers away] Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1850
The Plaid Dress Edna St. Vincent Millay 2001

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