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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
Text Messages Jordan Davis 2010
Harlem Shadows Claude McKay 1921
To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars Richard Lovelace 1649
Peace on Earth William Carlos Williams 1917
The Talking Back of Miss Valentine Jones: Poem # one June Jordan 1989
The Forest Susan Stewart 1995
Afton Water Robert Burns 1791
Lucinda Matlock Edgar Lee Masters 1915
Briefly It Enters, and Briefly Speaks Jane Kenyon 1986
Incurable Dorothy Parker 1928
First Time Brushing Teeth Next to You Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2024
[A rose has thorns as well as honey,] Christina Rossetti 1872
Winter Anne Bradstreet 1650
Love Sleep Elsa Gidlow 1923
Day-Dreams Dorothy Parker 1926
Observation Dorothy Parker 1926
How to Apologize Ellen Bass 2021
23 Reasons Why Mexicanos Can Still Be Found in a Walmart Alessandra Narváez Varela 2021
Together Carrie Williams Clifford 1922
I wanted to be surprised. Jane Hirshfield 2020

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