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
That the Soul May Wax Plump	May Swenson	1978
The Nature of a Mirror (audio only)	Robert Penn Warren	1977
M. Degas Teaches Art & Science at Durfee Intermediate School, Detroit 1942 (audio only)	Philip Levine	1991
Deer, 6:00 AM	Sarah Getty	1996
Satellite Convulsions	Ben Doller	2000
Tug	Ben Doller	2000
The Daze	Mary Ruefle	2000
To me that man seems like a god in heaven (51)	Gaius Valerius Catullus	1989
Epistle from Mrs. Yonge to Her Husband	Lady Mary Wortley Montagu	1724
Adolescence II	Rita Dove	1993
My Picture Left in Scotland	Ben Jonson	1640
On the Skeleton of a Hound	James Wright	1992
Sonnet Substantially Like the Words of F Rodriguez One Position Ahead of Me on the Unemployment Line	Jack Agüeros	1991
The Dragonfly (audio only)	Louise Bogan	1968
Walking Back Up Depot Street	Minnie Bruce Pratt	1999
Homage to Sharon Stone	Lynn Emanuel	1999
In the Bathroom Mirror	Ralph Burns	1996
Ode to a Dressmaker’s Dummy	Donald Justice	1991
Nocturnal (Many a Night Burned to Dawn)	Ahmad Shamlou	2025
Story—A Cold	Yoo Heekyung , Stine An	2026

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