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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
the lost baby poem Lucille Clifton 1991
[Sonnets are full of love, and this my tome] Christina Rossetti 1881
Pilgrimage Natasha Trethewey 2006
Bond and Free Robert Frost 1916
What He Thought Heather McHugh 1994
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner Randall Jarrell 1969
Notes from the Other Side Jane Kenyon 1993
As Time Goes By Billy Collins 2025
My Love Must Be As Free Henry David Thoreau 1943
Keep A-Pluggin' Away Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Coffee Matthew Dickman 2017
Summoning the Body that Is Mine When I Shut My Eyes Jenny Johnson 2017
Phenomenal Woman (audio only) Maya Angelou 1978
The Canterbury Tales, “The Knight’s Tale,” Book I [Excerpt] Geoffrey Chaucer 1478
Mr. Macklin’s Jack O’Lantern David McCord 1952
The Secret Denise Levertov 1966
Father Outside Nick Flynn 2004
As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII [Blow, blow, thou winter wind] William Shakespeare 1623
I begin the day thinking Taylor Byas 2025
The Bridge Elisa Gabbert 2025

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