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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
I Could Be a Whale Shark Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2018
maggie and milly and molly and may E. E. Cummings 1956
Diving into the Wreck Adrienne Rich 1973
To the Sea Anis Mojgani 2023
O Captain! My Captain! Walt Whitman 1891
Not Waving but Drowning Stevie Smith 1972
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus William Carlos Williams 1962
Poems of Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, L Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer 1891
Skull Song Genevieve Taggard 1923
from “outgoing tide—” Pattie McCarthy 2023
My Friend, Her Grandson Pia Täavila-Borsheim 2023
On Finding My Father’s First Essay Brandy Nālani McDougall 2008
I ask about what falls away Jason Magabo Perez 2023
Winter of Tumult and Artifact Lauren Camp 2023
Duo-Tang Kenward Elmslie 1971
Shirley Temple Surrounded by Lions Kenward Elmslie 1971
[Backlit by the glitter-chopped horizon,] Killarney Clary 2023
Ming the Clam Cynthia Arrieu-King 2023
Sneaky Pete Kenward Elmslie 1975
Like a Bulrush Marianne Moore 1924

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