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
Far Edge	Nancy Mitchell	2002
Cold Morning	Eamon Grennan	2002
Letter Home	Natasha Trethewey	2002
Regenerative	Ken Babstock	2001
Tiny Clay Doll with No Arms	Ray Gonzalez	2001
Night Train Through Inner Mongolia	Anthony Piccione	2002
In the Girls' Room	Wendy Mnookin	2002
Basket of Figs	Ellen Bass	2002
What Was Given	Richard Foerster	2002
This Living Hand [excerpt]	Dean Young	2001
psalm	Alicia Ostriker	2001
Survivors—Found	Joan Murray	2001
Conversion	Lise Goett	2002
Chrysalis	Joan Murray	2002
From “Red Foxes”	Robert McDowell	2001
Ants [excerpt]	Joanie Mackowski	2001
Report from the Skinhouse	Jan Beatty	2001
Spirit Cabinet [excerpt]	David Wojahn	2001
Curriculum Vitae	Lisel Mueller	1996
The Empty Quarter	John Canaday	2002

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