Poems

Search our extensive curated collection of over 10,000 poems by occasion, theme, and form, or search by keyword or poet’s name in the field below.

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.

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Title	Author	Year
Going Back	Roger Mitchell	2025
“Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Before the Wood”	John Berryman	2025
Democracy	Dorianne Laux	2006
Memorial Day	Clara Ann Thompson	1908
the density of history …	R. Erica Doyle	2017
Our Country	Julia Ward Howe	1899
Before Marching, and After	Thomas Hardy	1916
To Hell Gate	James Thomas Stevens	2025
Prairie Knights Casino	Teresa Dzieglewicz	2025
From “The Southland’s Charms and Freedom’s Magnitude” (56)	Albery Allson Whitman	1901
From “The Southland’s Charms and Freedom’s Magnitude” (35)	Albery Allson Whitman	1901
From “The Southland’s Charms and Freedom’s Magnitude” (25)	Albery Allson Whitman	1901
From “The Southland’s Charms and Freedom’s Magnitude” (14)	Albery Allson Whitman	1901
From “The Southland’s Charms and Freedom’s Magnitude” (13)	Albery Allson Whitman	1901
From “The Southland’s Charms and Freedom’s Magnitude” (11)	Albery Allson Whitman	1901
From “The Southland’s Charms and Freedom’s Magnitude” (10)	Albery Allson Whitman	1901
Lee	Elaine Equi	2025
Light Year	Josephine Miles	1983
Row	Josephine Miles	1983
Mendocino	Clarence Major	2002

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