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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
The Marathon Runner Fenton Johnson 1927
Dawn Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Tamales on Christmas Christian Robinson 2022
Trap Music David Tomas Martinez 2021
Uriel Ralph Waldo Emerson 1847
Circe H.D. 2018
real poem (personal statement) Rachel Zucker 2014
The Good Moolly Cow [excerpt] Eliza Lee Follen 1832
Summer in the South Paul Laurence Dunbar 1903
Gunga Din Rudyard Kipling 1892
Flying Sarah Arvio 2002
To a Poor Old Woman William Carlos Williams 1962
The Concrete River Luis J. Rodríguez 1990
Fireworks Edith Sitwell 1918
American Sonnet for the New Year Terrance Hayes 2022
Declaration Tracy K. Smith 2018
Double Exposure May Swenson 2016
What Changes Naomi Shihab Nye 2015
The Woodlice Aracelis Girmay 2015
The Wall Hanging I Never Noticed Dorothea Lasky 2014

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