Skip to main content
Poets.org

mobileMenu

  • Poems
  • Poets
  • Poem-a-Day
  • National Poetry Month
  • Materials for Teachers
  • Academy of American Poets
  • American Poets Magazine

Main navigation

  • Poets.org
  • Academy of American Poets
  • National Poetry Month
  • American Poets Magazine

User account menu

  • Log in
  • Membership
  • Donate
Donate
Donate
Poets.org

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.

Page submenu block

  • find poems
  • find poets
  • poem-a-day
  • library (texts, books & more)
  • materials for teachers
  • poetry near you

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
Gate A-4 Naomi Shihab Nye 2008
Almost Majnun Semaj Brown 2019
September 11 Giannina Braschi 2001
Jakarta, January Sarah Kay 2019
Monday Sundown 9/17/01 Lucille Clifton 2017
Sunday Morning 9/16/01 Lucille Clifton 2017
Saturday 9/15/01 Lucille Clifton 2017
Friday 9/14/01 Lucille Clifton 2017
Thursday 9/13/01 Lucille Clifton 2017
Wednesday 9/12/01 Lucille Clifton 2017
Tuesday 9/11/01 Lucille Clifton 2017
thirteen ways of looking at the towers: a 9/11 poem ten years later (audio only) Evie Shockley 2013
Delta Flight 659 Denise Duhamel 2009
Don't Let Me Be Lonely [On the bus two women argue] Claudia Rankine 2004
Credible Information, 1999 - 2003 Mark Pawlak 2000
Hum Ann Lauterbach 2005
Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100 Martín Espada 2003
Checkmate Lucio Mariani 2003

Newsletter Sign Up

Support Us

  • Become a Member
  • Donate Now
  • Get Involved
  • Make a Bequest
  • Advertise with Us
  • Poets Shop

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Tumblr
  • SoundCloud
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Footer

  • poets.org

    • Find Poems
    • Find Poets
    • Poetry Near You
    • Jobs for Poets
    • Read Stanza
    • Privacy Policy
    • Press Center
    • Advertise
  • academy of american poets

    • About Us
    • Programs
    • Prizes
    • First Book Award
    • James Laughlin Award
    • Ambroggio Prize
    • Chancellors
    • Staff
  • national poetry month

    • Poetry & the Creative Mind
    • Dear Poet Project
    • Poster
    • 30 Ways to Celebrate
    • Sponsorship
  • american poets

    • Books Noted
    • Essays
    • Advertise
© Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038
poets .org