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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 Moving Truck Poem Andru Defeye 2017
Language of the Moon Major Jackson 2022
b&w sonnet no. 1 giovanni singleton 2022
Timid Lover Countee Cullen 1922
When Love Becomes a Stranger Elsa Gidlow 1923
It Was Not Fate William H. A. Moore 1922
A Road for Loss Maya Abu Al-Hayyat 2022
Primer for Blacks (audio only) Gwendolyn Brooks
Song of Perfect Propriety Dorothy Parker 1926
March Moon Langston Hughes 1926
Length of Moon Arna Bontemps 1926
What’s Broken Dorianne Laux 2007
Corinthians 13:11 Jennifer Martelli 2022
Childhood Elegy Joseph O. Legaspi 2007
Promise Georgia Douglas Johnson 1922
Weaving the Round Gabriela Mistral 2003
A Fairy Tale of Blackboyhood Dāshaun Washington 2021
Beggar Boy Langston Hughes 1926
On Broadway Claude McKay 1922
Home Thoughts Claude McKay 1922

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