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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
Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws (Sonnet 19) William Shakespeare 1904
As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou growest (Sonnet 11) William Shakespeare 1904
Those hours, that with gentle work did frame (Sonnet 5) William Shakespeare 1904
On Buying and Selling Kahlil Gibran 1923
The Spires of Oxford Winifred M. Letts 2018
Poetry Claude McKay 1922
Unrest in Baton Rouge Tracy K. Smith 2018
What Do We Do—Now Ellen Hagan 2017
Kafka’s Axe & Michael’s Vest Chen Chen 2017
The Time Machine Laura Kasischke 2017
Perfect Form Kamilah Aisha Moon 2016
Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth (Sonnet 146) William Shakespeare 2016
Haunted Sonnet Hoa Nguyen 2015
I Got Heaven ... Garrett Hongo 2014
Friend, Jean Valentine 2013
A Love Lorenzo Calogero 2013
Flush or Faunus Elizabeth Barrett Browning 2013
Ghazal: In Silence Mimi Khalvati 2013
Individual Time Alice Notley 2013
here rests Lucille Clifton 1991

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