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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
I May After Leaving You Walk Quickly or Even Run Matthea Harvey 2006
A Poem about Intelligence for My Brothers and Sisters (audio only) June Jordan 1992
Dusting Marilyn Nelson 1994
Age and Death Emma Lazarus 1888
Honey Arielle Greenberg 2005
5 & 7 & 5 Anselm Hollo 2001
Song of Myself John Canaday 2002
One A.M. [excerpt] David Young 1994
Tears in Sleep Louise Bogan 1923
Nikolaus Mardruz to his Master Ferdinand, Count of Tyrol, 1565 Richard Howard 1994
Bottom Feeders Arielle Hebert 2026
Do Not Run Farnaz Fatemi 2024
The Dance of the Lambs and the Birds Ameen Animashaun 2025
Over the Wall Refaat Alareer 2024
The Archivist Salaam Green 2025
Graduation Speech Given in a Dream Dan Beachy-Quick 2025
[You were so small in my hands] Mosab Abu Toha 2025
Christmas on the Border, 1929 Alberto Ríos 2024
PLEASURE Rick Barot 2024
I am the daughter my mother raised to confront them Margo Tamez 2024

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