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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
A Line-storm Song Robert Frost 1913
The Weary Blues Langston Hughes 1926
Morning in the Burned House Margaret Atwood 1995
On Living Nâzim Hikmet 1994
I Could Be a Whale Shark Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2018
Batter my heart, three person'd God (Holy Sonnet 14) John Donne 1633
Theme for English B Langston Hughes 1994
The Negro Speaks of Rivers Langston Hughes 1994
Throwing Children Ross Gay 2023
Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Frank O’Hara 1964
Dream Variations Langston Hughes 1994
In the Waiting Room Elizabeth Bishop 1979
[The cry of the cicada] Matsuo Basho 1690
At the Zoo William Makepeace Thackeray 1863
Dear March—Come in—(1320) Emily Dickinson 1890
Haunted Houses Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1858
Halloween Robert Burns 1785
The moon rose over the bay. I had a lot of feelings. Donika Kelly 2017
Christmas Bells Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1865
"The world is a beautiful place" Lawrence Ferlinghetti 2017

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