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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
How to Apologize Ellen Bass 2021
Revolutionary Letter #1 Diane di Prima 1971
Heritage Countee Cullen 1922
Breathe. As in. (shadow) Rosamond S. King 2019
Echo Christina Rossetti 1899
Detail of the Woods Richard Siken 2011
The Woman and the Flame Aimé Césaire 2011
Personal Poem Frank O’Hara 1964
Will V-Day Be Me-Day Too? Langston Hughes 1994
Sisyphus Shara Lessley 2026
The courage that my mother had Edna St. Vincent Millay 1954
in lieu of a poem, i’d like to say Danez Smith 2019
On Eating and Drinking Kahlil Gibran 1923
The Giver of Stars Amy Lowell 1914
Summer Rain Amy Lowell 1919
Shadows Langston Hughes 1923
Blue-Butterfly Day Robert Frost 1923
Unwished For Shira Erlichman 2019
On Prayer Kahlil Gibran 1923
The African Picnic Elizabeth Alexander 2017

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