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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
Science Robert Kelly 2006
At Night the States Alice Notley 2006
Ballade [The goat scratches so much it can't sleep] François Villon 1965
Called into Play A. R. Ammons 1997
My Great Great Etc. Uncle Patrick Henry James Tate 1972
Annunciation Jean Valentine 2004
Pigeons at Dawn Charles Simic 2005
Words and the Diminution of All Things Charles Wright 2004
The Blue Stairs Barbara Guest 2003
Tenantry George Scarbrough 1989
Vodka Joel Brouwer 2003
Sparrow, the Special Delight of My Girl Gaius Valerius Catullus 2002
My Aunts Adam Zagajewski 2002
Gods Michael Redhill 2001
This is a Wonderful Poem David Wagoner 1999
A Hermit Thrush Amy Clampitt 1997
One A.M. [excerpt] David Young 1994
Little Lion Face May Swenson 1987
[the river] Marwa Helal 2026
On the far side of pleasure Samuel Ace 2026

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