• Poem

  Poem 001: Introduction to Poetry

  • Contributor: Collins, Billy
• Poem

  Poem 002: The Good Life

  • Contributor: Smith, Tracy K.
• Poem

  Poem 003: Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Rezervation

  • Contributor: Diaz, Natalie
• Poem

  Poem 004: Question

  • Contributor: Swenson, May
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  Poem 005: Thanks

  • Contributor: Komunyakaa, Yusef
• Poem

  Poem 006: How Bright It Is

  • Contributor: Turner, Brian
• Poem

  Poem 007: "Do You Have Any Advice For Those of Us Just Starting Out?"

  • Contributor: Koertge, Ron
• Poem

  Poem 008: Numbers

  • Contributor: Cornish, Mary
• Poem

  Poem 009: The Cord

  • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Leanne
• Poem

  Poem 010: At the Un-National Monument Along the Canadian Border

  • Contributor: Stafford, William E.
• Poem

  Poem 011: Can We Touch Your Hair?

  • Contributor: Jackson, Skye
• Poem

  Poem 012: The Bat

  • Contributor: Roethke, Theodore
• Poem

  Poem 013: Did I Miss Anything?

  • Contributor: Wayman, Tom
• Poem

  Poem 014: Neglect

  • Contributor: Smith, R. T.
• Poem

  Poem 015: The Poet

  • Contributor: Wayman, Tom
• Poem

  Poem 016: Radio

  • Contributor: Blossom, Laurel
• Poem

  Poem 017: Bad Day

  • Contributor: Ryan, Kay
• Poem

  Poem 018: The Farewell

  • Contributor: Field, Edward
• Poem

  Poem 019: The Partial Explanation

  • Contributor: Simic, Charles
• Poem

  Poem 020: Wife

  • Contributor: Limón, Ada
• Poem

  Poem 021: Wheels

  • Contributor: Daniels, Jim
• Poem

  Poem 022: Remora, Remora

  • Contributor: Lux, Thomas
• Poem

  Poem 023: Tour

  • Contributor: Snow, Carol
• Poem

  Poem 024: After Us

  • Contributor: Wanek, Connie
• Poem

  Poem 025: Domestic Work, 1937

  • Contributor: Trethewey, Natasha
• Poem

  Poem 026: Before She Died

  • Contributor: Chase, Karen
• Poem

  Poem 027: Poetry

  • Contributor: Paterson, Don
• Poem

  Poem 028: American Cheese

  • Contributor: Daniels, Jim
• Poem

  Poem 029: Advice from the Experts

  • Contributor: Knott, Bill
• Poem

  Poem 030: One Morning

  • Contributor: Grennan, Eamon
• Poem

  Poem 031: Walking Home

  • Contributor: Howe, Marie
• Poem

  Poem 032: Rabbits and Fire

  • Contributor: Ríos, Alberto
• Poem

  Poem 033: The Meadow

  • Contributor: Johnson, Kate Knapp
• Poem

  Poem 034: The Summer I Was Sixteen

  • Contributor: Connolly, Geraldine
• Poem

  Poem 035: Hand Shadows

  • Contributor: Cornish, Mary
• Poem

  Poem 036: El Florida Room

  • Contributor: Blanco, Richard
• Poem

  Poem 037: She Didn't Mean to Do It

  • Contributor: Fried, Daisy
• Poem

  Poem 038: Cartoon Physics, part 1

  • Contributor: Flynn, Nick
• Poem

  Poem 039: Snow

  • Contributor: Berman, David
• Poem

  Poem 040: Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter

  • Contributor: Bly, Robert
• Poem

  Poem 041: Halloween

  • Contributor: Hammond, Mac
• Poem

  Poem 042: The Poetry of Bad Weather

  • Contributor: Greger, Debora
• Poem

  Poem 043: The Green One Over There

  • Contributor: Kapovich, Katia
• Poem

  Poem 044: A Man I Knew

  • Contributor: Levine, Margaret
• Poem

  Poem 045: Nights

  • Contributor: Hart, Kevin
• Poem

  Poem 046: Grammar

  • Contributor: Hoagland, Tony
• Poem

  Poem 047: Fault

  • Contributor: Koertge, Ron
• Poem

  Poem 048: Thanks For Remembering Us

  • Contributor: Gioia, Dana
• Poem

  Poem 049: Because You Left Me a Handful of Daffodils

  • Contributor: Garland, Max
• Poem

  Poem 050: Otherwise

  • Contributor: Kenyon, Jane
• Poem

  Poem 051: A Little Girl Tugs at the Tablecloth

  • Contributor: Szymborska, Wisława
• Poem

  Poem 052: Love Poem With Toast

  • Contributor: Williams, Miller
• Poem

  Poem 053: The Blue Bowl

  • Contributor: Kenyon, Jane
• Poem

  Poem 054: Song

  • Contributor: Grennan, Eamon
• Poem

  Poem 055: Biscuit

  • Contributor: Kenyon, Jane
• Poem

  Poem 056: Red Wing

  • Contributor: Millar, Joseph
• Poem

  Poem 057: White-Eyes

  • Contributor: Oliver, Mary
• Poem

  Poem 058: To Help the Monkey Cross the River,

  • Contributor: Lux, Thomas
• Poem

  Poem 059: Lesson

  • Contributor: Hamer, Forrest
• Poem

  Poem 060: Football

  • Contributor: Jenkins, Louis
• Poem

  Poem 061: Sister Cat

  • Contributor: Mayes, Frances
• Poem

  Poem 062: The Bagel

  • Contributor: Ignatow, David
• Poem

  Poem 063: Making a Fist

  • Contributor: Nye, Naomi Shihab
• Poem

  Poem 064: For My Daughter

  • Contributor: Ignatow, David
• Poem

  Poem 065: I've Been Known

  • Contributor: Duhamel, Denise
• Poem

  Poem 066: The Moon

  • Contributor: Bly, Robert
• Poem

  Poem 067: Eddie Priest's Barbershop & Notary

  • Contributor: Young, Kevin
• Poem

  Poem 068: Bringing My Son to the Police Station to be Fingerprinted

  • Contributor: Shy, Shoshauna
• Poem

  Poem 069: The Space Heater

  • Contributor: Olds, Sharon
• Poem

  Poem 070: Sentimental Moment or Why Did the Baguette Cross the Road?

  • Contributor: Hershon, Robert
• Poem

  Poem 071: Smoking

  • Contributor: Glaser, Elton
• Poem

  Poem 072: Gratitude to Old Teachers

  • Contributor: Bly, Robert
• Poem

  Poem 073: Love Song

  • Contributor: Muske-Dukes, Carol
• Poem

  Poem 074: The Revolt of the Turtles

  • Contributor: Dunn, Stephen
• Poem

  Poem 075: To a Daughter Leaving Home

  • Contributor: Pastan, Linda
• Poem

  Poem 076: June 11

  • Contributor: Lehman, David
• Poem

  Poem 077: A Birthday Candle

  • Contributor: Justice, Donald
• Poem

  Poem 078: Doing Without

  • Contributor: Ray, David
• Poem

  Poem 079: Birthday

  • Contributor: Plumly, Stanley
• Poem

  Poem 080: Reckless Poem

  • Contributor: Oliver, Mary
• Poem

  Poem 081: After Years

  • Contributor: Kooser, Ted
• Poem

  Poem 082: Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper

  • Contributor: Espada, Martín
• Poem

  Poem 083: Turtle

  • Contributor: Ryan, Kay
• Poem

  Poem 084: Knowledge

  • Contributor: Memmer, Philip
• Poem

  Poem 085: Fight

  • Contributor: Blossom, Laurel
• Poem

  Poem 086: Sure

  • Contributor: Tribbia, Arlene
• Poem

  Poem 087: The Distances

  • Contributor: Rago, Henry W.
• Poem

  Poem 088: How To Tell Your Mother There Will Be No Grandkids In Her Future

  • Contributor: Sukrungruang, Ira
• Poem

  Poem 089: On the Psychological Effect of Living with Houseplants

  • Contributor: Bishop, Stephanie
• Poem

  Poem 090: A New Poet

  • Contributor: Pastan, Linda
• Poem

  Poem 091: Timely Enumerations Concerning Sri Lanka

  • Contributor: Rice, Oliver
• Poem

  Poem 092: Birth Day

  • Contributor: Paschen, Elise
• Poem

  Poem 093: Do You Love Me?

  • Contributor: Wrigley, Robert
• Poem

  Poem 094: Slumnight

  • Contributor: Inez, Colette
• Poem

  Poem 095: The Halls

  • Contributor: Halliday, Mark
• Poem

  Poem 096: Second Estrangement

  • Contributor: Girmay, Aracelis
• Poem

  Poem 097: The Hymn of a Fat Woman

  • Contributor: Huff, Joyce
• Poem

  Poem 098: My Father's Hats

  • Contributor: Irwin, Mark
• Poem

  Poem 099: Exotic Treats

  • Contributor: McKee, Laura
• Poem

  Poem 100: Loud Music

  • Contributor: Dobyns, Stephen
• Poem

  Poem 101: Some Clouds

  • Contributor: Kowit, Steve
• Poem

  Poem 102: When Death Comes

  • Contributor: Oliver, Mary
• Poem

  Poem 103: Decades

  • Contributor: Stern, Gerald
• Poem

  Poem 104: To Stammering

  • Contributor: Koch, Kenneth
• Poem

  Poem 105: Today

  • Contributor: O'Hara, Frank
• Poem

  Poem 106: The Grammar Lesson

  • Contributor: Kowit, Steve
• Poem

  Poem 107: Blind

  • Contributor: Webb, Charles Harper
• Poem

  Poem 108: In the Well

  • Contributor: Hudgins, Andrew
• Poem

  Poem 109: Fast Break

  • Contributor: Hirsch, Edward
• Poem

  Poem 110: On a Cape May Warbler Who Flew Against My Window

  • Contributor: Grennan, Eamon
• Poem

  Poem 111: The Kitchen Shears Speak

  • Contributor: Balk, Christianne
• Poem

  Poem 112: Slow Children at Play

  • Contributor: Woloch, Cecilia
• Poem

  Poem 113: Lift Your Right Arm

  • Contributor: Cherches, Peter
• Poem

  Poem 114: Machines

  • Contributor: Donaghy, Michael
• Poem

  Poem 115: The Death of Santa Claus

  • Contributor: Webb, Charles Harper
• Poem

  Poem 116: Cat Scat

  • Contributor: Grennan, Eamon
• Poem

  Poem 117: Ladies and Gentlemen in Outer Space

  • Contributor: Padgett, Ron
• Poem

  Poem 118: Notice

  • Contributor: Kowit, Steve
• Poem

  Poem 119: The Courtesy of the Blind

  • Contributor: Szymborska, Wisława
• Poem

  Poem 120: The Swan at Edgewater Park

  • Contributor: Schwartz, Ruth L.
• Poem

  Poem 121: The Hand

  • Contributor: Ruefle, Mary
• Poem

  Poem 122: Soccer Moms

  • Contributor: Muldoon, Paul
• Poem

  Poem 123: Coffee in the Afternoon

  • Contributor: Ríos, Alberto
• Poem

  Poem 124: Morning

  • Contributor: Oliver, Mary
• Poem

  Poem 125: Animals

  • Contributor: Williams, Miller
• Poem

  Poem 126: God Says Yes To Me

  • Contributor: Haught, Kaylin
• Poem

  Poem 127: Hate Poem

  • Contributor: Sheehan, Julie
• Poem

  Poem 128: An Apology

  • Contributor: Bergmann, F.J.
• Poem

  Poem 129: Bedecked

  • Contributor: Redel, Victoria
• Poem

  Poem 130: A Toast to the Baltimore Oriole

  • Contributor: McKay, Don
• Poem

  Poem 131: I Ask My Mother to Sing

  • Contributor: Lee, Li-Young
• Poem

  Poem 132: Leaving the Island

  • Contributor: Pastan, Linda
• Poem

  Poem 133: The Summer Day

  • Contributor: Oliver, Mary
• Poem

  Poem 134: Ode to Dirt

  • Contributor: Olds, Sharon
• Poem

  Poem 135: Video Blues

  • Contributor: Salter, Mary Jo
• Poem

  Poem 136: We Lived Happily During the War

  • Contributor: Kaminsky, Ilya
• Poem

  Poem 137: Morning Swim

  • Contributor: Kumin, Maxine
• Poem

  Poem 138: This Moment

  • Contributor: Boland, Eavan
• Poem

  Poem 139: How Many Times

  • Contributor: Howe, Marie
• Poem

  Poem 140: The Dead

  • Contributor: Mitchell, Susan
• Poem

  Poem 141: The End and the Beginning

  • Contributor: Szymborska, Wisława
• Poem

  Poem 142: Tinnitus

  • Contributor: Wrigley, Robert
• Poem

  Poem 143: The secretary chant

  • Contributor: Piercy, Marge
• Poem

  Poem 144: Family Photo Around Xmas Tree

  • Contributor: Lux, Thomas
• Poem

  Poem 145: Proof of Life

  • Contributor: Hoagland, Tony
• Poem

  Poem 146: Blue Willow

  • Contributor: Gladding, Jody
• Poem

  Poem 147: Tuesday 9:00 AM

  • Contributor: Butson, Denver
• Poem

  Poem 148: Happiness

  • Contributor: Kenyon, Jane
• Poem

  Poem 149: Dress Rehearsal

  • Contributor: Kreitler, Brandon
• Poem

  Poem 150: 96 Vandam

  • Contributor: Stern, Gerald
• Poem

  Poem 151: My Moral Life

  • Contributor: Halliday, Mark
• Poem

  Poem 152: It Took All My Energy

  • Contributor: Wallace, Tony
• Poem

  Poem 153: Once upon a Time There Was a Man

  • Contributor: Hammond, Mac
• Poem

  Poem 154: Aunties

  • Contributor: Young, Kevin
• Poem

  Poem 155: A Walk in Kensington Gardens

  • Contributor: Porter, Dorothy
• Poem

  Poem 156: Dandelion

  • Contributor: Lechevsky, Julie
• Poem

  Poem 157: Ox Cart Man

  • Contributor: Hall, Donald
• Poem

  Poem 158: Forgotten Planet

  • Contributor: Dorph, Doug
• Poem

  Poem 159: Loyal

  • Contributor: Matthews, William
• Poem

  Poem 160: Something

  • Contributor: Valvis, James
• Poem

  Poem 161: Gone

  • Contributor: Grennan, Eamon
• Poem

  Poem 162: Herd Of Buffalo Crossing The Missouri On Ice

  • Contributor: Matthews, William
• Poem

  Poem 163: Mentor

  • Contributor: Murphy, Timothy
• Poem

  Poem 164: Unconditional Day

  • Contributor: Lechevsky, Julie
• Poem

  Poem 165: The Rider

  • Contributor: Nye, Naomi Shihab
• Poem

  Poem 166: Kyrie

  • Contributor: Tranströmer, Tomas
• Poem

  Poem 167: The Last Wolf

  • Contributor: TallMountain, Mary
• Poem

  Poem 168: Gee, You're So Beautiful That It's Starting to Rain

  • Contributor: Brautigan, Richard
• Poem

  Poem 169: Shakespearean Sonnet

  • Contributor: Gwynn, R. S.
• Poem

  Poem 170: Summer in a Small Town

  • Contributor: Gregg, Linda
• Poem

  Poem 171: Entrance

  • Contributor: Gioia, Dana
• Poem

  Poem 172: How to Listen

  • Contributor: Jackson, Major
• Poem

  Poem 173: Immortality

  • Contributor: Mueller, Lisel
• Poem

  Poem 174: Our Other Sister

  • Contributor: Harrison, Jeffrey
• Poem

  Poem 175: Gretel

  • Contributor: Hollander, Andrea
• Poem

  Poem 176: How to Change a Frog Into a Prince

  • Contributor: Denise, Anna
• Poem

  Poem 177: Eagle Plain

  • Contributor: Francis, Robert
• Poem

  Poem 178: End of April

  • Contributor: Levin, Phillis
• Poem

  Poem 179: Bike Ride with Older Boys

  • Contributor: Kasischke, Laura
• Poem

  Poem 180: Break

  • Contributor: Laux, Dorianne