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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.

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far memory Lucille Clifton 1991
Persimmons Li-Young Lee 1986
4/30/92 for rodney king Lucille Clifton 1991
The Gift Li-Young Lee 1986
The Traveling Onion Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
the earth is a living thing Lucille Clifton 1991
Little Father Li-Young Lee 2001
The Rider Naomi Shihab Nye 1998
here rests Lucille Clifton 1991
A Story Li-Young Lee 1990
Letter Written In Black Water and Pearl Jake Adam York 2013
Wedding Cake Naomi Shihab Nye 1998
Otherwise Jane Kenyon 2005
Mnemonic Li-Young Lee 1986
Acrostic Lewis Carroll 1861
Alone for a Week Jane Kenyon 2005
Eating Together Li-Young Lee 1986
Man Eating Jane Kenyon 2005
From Blossoms Li-Young Lee 1986
Childhood is the Kingdom Where Nobody Dies Edna St. Vincent Millay 1931

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