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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
Next Time Ask More Questions Naomi Shihab Nye 2015
My Proteins Jane Hirshfield 2015
Dear J. Kazim Ali 2013
Suicide of a Moderate Dictator Elizabeth Bishop 2006
Mennonites Julia Spicher Kasdorf 1992
To Althea, from Prison Richard Lovelace 1649
Chansons Innocentes: I E. E. Cummings 1976
[Like the very gods] Sappho 1949
Petrichor Reginald Dwayne Betts 2026
Touching and Being Touched Jenny George 2026
1943 Nicholas Christopher 2025
Peter Quince at the Clavier Wallace Stevens 1923
Season of Grief Khadijah Queen 2023
From “This Household of Earthly Nature; An Essay” Cody-Rose Clevidence 2023
Gitanjali 10 Rabindranath Tagore 1916
Gitanjali 4 Rabindranath Tagore 1916
The Flight of the Crows Emily Pauline Johnson 1917
Shadow River Emily Pauline Johnson 1917
Men Say They Know Many Things Henry David Thoreau 1943
Sick4Sick torrin a. greathouse 2022

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