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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
Tuesday 9/11/01 Lucille Clifton 2017
When I Read the Book Walt Whitman 1891
here rests Lucille Clifton 1991
The Planting of the Apple-Tree William Cullen Bryant 1864
Night Baseball Michael Blumenthal 1984
Jenny Kiss'd Me Leigh Hunt 1838
Road Trip Kurt Brown 2010
Ashore Ernest Hilbert 2009
Whoever You Are Holding Me Now in Hand Walt Whitman 1891
To S. M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works Phillis Wheatley 1773
Peace on Earth William Carlos Williams 1917
Pillow Li-Young Lee 2001
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity John Milton 1645
Called into Play A. R. Ammons 1997
Dearest Reader Michael Palmer 1984
After Making Love We Hear Footsteps Galway Kinnell 2000
The Pigeons Padraic Colum 2026
Post Partum Nikita Deshpande 2026
When the World Tells Me There Is Nothing Good Coming out of My Mouth & I Am at My Breaking Point Anastacia-Reneé 2026
Alice Samuel Alfred Beadle 1912

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