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 Park (audio only)	August Kleinzahler	1995
Tranter in America (audio only)	August Kleinzahler	1995
To the Same	John Milton	1694
Mr. Flood's Party	Edwin Arlington Robinson	1921
Encouragements to a Lover	Sir John Suckling	1637
Ballad of a Wedding	Sir John Suckling	1646
Untitled [’Tis now since I sate down before]	Sir John Suckling	1848
Against Fruition	Sir John Suckling	1646
Loving and Beloved	Sir John Suckling	1646
The Retreat	Henry Vaughan	1650
Quindecagon (audio only)	Ron Silliman	2008
What [Friends ask us why] (audio only)	Ron Silliman	2008
Mercury Rising (A Visualization)	Jena Osman	2008
To the Reader	Jena Osman	2008
from Pieces of an Hour (audio only)	Anne Waldman	2008
Four Noble Truths (audio only)	Anne Waldman	2008
Peon, May I Speak Thus? (audio only)	Anne Waldman	2008
Three Airs for the Beggar's Opera, Air XXII	John Gay	1728
Zero Star Hotel [At the Smith and Jones]	Anselm Berrigan	2002
The Nonconformist’s Memorial	Susan Howe	1994

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