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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
The Next Table C. P. Cavafy 2008
To the Saguaro Cactus Tree in the Desert Rain James Wright 1992
Wilderness Carl Sandburg 1918
Dangerous Astronomy Sherman Alexie 2009
How to Read a Poem: Beginner's Manual Pamela Spiro Wagner 2009
Book 4, Ode 1 [To Venus] Horace 1673
The Barrier Claude McKay 1922
Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot [Shut, shut the door] Alexander Pope 1735
Don Juan [If from great nature's or our own abyss] George Gordon Byron 1819
Father’s Day James Tate 2008
In Vain Jack Kerouac 2006
First Things to Hand Robert Pinsky 2006
The Midnight Court [Twas my custom to stroll] Brian Merriman 2006
Hands Siv Cedering 1973
The Mad Potter John Hollander 1988
Record Katrina Vandenberg 2005
Jazz Fan Looks Back Jayne Cortez 2002
Bottom Feeders Arielle Hebert 2026
Ash Wednesday Chris Abani 2025
Rope-a-Dope Declan Ryan 2023

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