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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
Lines on a Skull Ravi Shankar 2012
Water Ralph Waldo Emerson 1867
‘The child is father to the man.’ Gerard Manley Hopkins 2011
My Father Scott Hightower 2010
We’ll Go No More a-Roving William Ernest Henley 1893
Come Slowly—Eden (211) Emily Dickinson 1890
Poem Beginning with a Line by John Ashbery Randall Mann 2004
Ballade [I die of thirst beside the fountain] François Villon 1965
Words Dana Gioia 2001
Poem for the Dead (Including My Mom) Nicole Tallman 2023
Low Tide on Grand Pré Bliss Carman 2026
At the BBQ Spot Tara Betts 2026
Burning Candle Austin Araujo 2026
A Good Doctor Michael Dickman 2025
XX [A white curtain turning in an open window] Charles Reznikoff 1927
“Patriot Henry Loves His Country. Ay” John Berryman 2025
The Thing Dead on the Road Brian Gyamfi 2025
How To Forget Nancy Miller Gomez 2024
The Negro’s “America” Frank Barbour Coffin 1897
The City Lights Lucy Larcom 1900

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