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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
The Wound-Dresser Walt Whitman 1891
Election Day, November, 1884 Walt Whitman 1891
The Condoleezza Suite [Excerpt] Nikky Finney 2011
Poem In Which Words Have Been Left Out Charles Jensen 2012
Many Asked Me Not to Forget Them Naomi Shihab Nye 2011
Left Nikky Finney 2011
Fellini in Purgatory Jean Valentine 2004
Poem for Larry Craig Kenneth Goldsmith 2007
To Roosevelt Rubén Darío 1903
Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind Carl Sandburg 1922
Delicate Cluster Walt Whitman 1891
Talking About New Orleans Jayne Cortez 2009
Praise Song for the Day Elizabeth Alexander 2009
America James Monroe Whitfield 1853
America Claude McKay 1921
Thanksgiving Letter from Harry Carl Dennis 2007
Election Year Donald Revell 2007
As I Walk These Broad Majestic Days Walt Whitman 1891
How We Did It (audio only) Muriel Rukeyser 1976
Exquisite Candidate Denise Duhamel 1997

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