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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
Message to My Sistah Joe Balaz 2022
Life is a Place Where it's Forbidden to Live Jackie Wang 2021
Kumulipo Queen Liliʻuokalani 1897
I Want the Wide American Earth Carlos Bulosan 1950
My Sister Teaches Me How to Ululate Seema Yasmin 2018
When The Patient Asked For A White Doctor Seema Yasmin
Tagaq Sutra Kazim Ali 2020
from “The Voice of Sheila Chandra” Kazim Ali 2020
from “The Voice of Sheila Chandra” Kazim Ali 2020
from “The Voice of Sheila Chandra” Kazim Ali 2020
Hybrida: A Zuihitsu Tina Chang 2019
Revolutionary Kiss Tina Chang 2019
How Music Stays in the Body Lee Herrick 2018
The Poem You’ve Been Waiting For Tarfia Faizullah 2016
Sugar Tina Chang 2020
One Vote Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2020
That All, Everyone, Each in Being Mai Der Vang 2020
[‘Twas the new moon!] Matsuo Basho
[Ah! the waving lespedeza,] Matsuo Basho 1686
[I come weary,] Matsuo Basho 1688

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