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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
In the Waiting Room Elizabeth Bishop 1979
won’t you celebrate with me Lucille Clifton 1991
Diving into the Wreck Adrienne Rich 1973
Still I Rise Maya Angelou 1978
Her Kind Anne Sexton 1981
Enchantment Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven 1924
I Have a Friend Anne Spencer 1927
Neighbors Anne Spencer 1927
Dusk Angelina Weld Grimké 1927
For the Candlelight Angelina Weld Grimké 1927
Whipping K. D. Harryman 2023
Theft Esther Popel 1925
Wild Thing Nickole Brown 2018
who were these goddesses Jeannette L. Clariond 2022
Ballade at Thirty-five Dorothy Parker 1926
Song of Perfect Propriety Dorothy Parker 1926
Biographies Dorothy Parker 1926
Inscription for the Ceiling of a Bedroom Dorothy Parker 1926
General Review of the Sex Situation Dorothy Parker 1926
Fighting Words Dorothy Parker 1926

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