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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
Like the Swift Flight James Davis May 2019
Hurry Marie Howe 2017
For It Felt Like Power Carl Phillips 2017
Gray Eraser Joan Naviyuk Kane 2017
Patience D. H. Lawrence 2017
In the Little Old Market-Place Ford Madox Ford 2017
Hunch Jay Parini 2016
His Morning Meditations Jay Parini 2016
How Do I Know When a Poem Is Finished? Naomi Shihab Nye 2008
She Is Overheard Singing Edna St. Vincent Millay 1919
The Patient Gillian Conoley 2011
That Everything’s Inevitable Katy Lederer 2008
Peace Gerard Manley Hopkins 1918
Each Moment a White Bull Steps Shining into the World Jane Hirshfield 1997
Patience Kay Ryan 2000
Pigeons at Dawn Charles Simic 2005
Aubade: Some Peaches, After Storm Carl Phillips 2004
It Happens Like This James Tate 2003
Bright Star John Keats 1838

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