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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
Background, or, How to Look at a Mountain Gabeba Baderoon 2026
When Dawn Comes to the City Claude McKay 1922
For the Candlelight Angelina Weld Grimké 1927
dream where every black person is standing by the ocean Danez Smith 2022
The Weavers Were the First to Know Arielle Taitano Lowe 2022
Crossing the Line E. Ethelbert Miller 2022
Masochism of the Knees Jackie Wang 2021
Ode to Sitting in a Booth Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2021
If You Should Go Countee Cullen 1922
Hybrida: A Zuihitsu Tina Chang 2019
Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word! Edna St. Vincent Millay 1922
The Little Peach Eugene Field 1889
The Twelve-Forty-Five Joyce Kilmer 2018
Thaw Edward Thomas
In Brazil Tracy K. Smith 2018
Epitaph Jim Moore 2018
Two Set Out on Their Journey Galway Kinnell 2018
Pedestrian Samuel Amadon 2017
Morning Song Sara Teasdale 1920
Staring into the Sun Jennifer Grotz 2017

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