Poems

Search our extensive curated collection of over 10,000 poems by occasion, theme, and form, or search by keyword or poet’s name in the field below.

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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Title	Author	Year
The day is gone, and all its sweets are gone	John Keats	1819
The Eve of St. Agnes, XXIII, [Out went the taper as she hurried in]	John Keats	1820
[Girl] [Eyes] [Foreigner]	Caroline Crumpacker	2002
Craftsman of Wine Bowls	C. P. Cavafy	2008
Caesarion	C. P. Cavafy	2008
The Next Table	C. P. Cavafy	2008
The Snail	William Cowper	1731
Epitaph on a Hare	William Cowper	1783
Ah! Sunflower	William Blake	1794
Nothing in That Drawer	Ron Padgett	1990
The Cruel Mother	Anonymous	1690
Come, said my Soul	Walt Whitman	1874
The Task, Book II, A Time-Piece [excerpt]	William Cowper	1785
Olney Hymns, XLVIII [Joy and Peace in Believing]	William Cowper	1779
Olney Hymns, I, [Walking with God]	William Cowper	1779
Olney Hymns, XXXII [The Shining Light]	William Cowper	1779
Olney Hymns, IX [The Contrite Heart]	William Cowper	1779
Paradise Lost, Book VI, Lines 801–866	John Milton	1667
The Task, Book I, The Sofa [excerpt]	William Cowper	1785
The Yoke	Frank Bidart	1997

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