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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
You Can't Put Muhammad Ali in a Poem Juan Felipe Herrera 2016
Victory Sherman Alexie 2016
Polaroid: Links Stacey Lynn Brown 2016
A Perfect Game Yesenia Montilla 2016
American Pharoah Ada Limón 2016
Sports History Brett Fletcher Lauer 2016
The Rookie January Gill O’Neil 2016
The Church of Michael Jordan Jeffrey McDaniel 2016
Run Every Race as if It’s Your Last Lisa Olstein 2016
Losing the 440-Yard Dash Afaa Michael Weaver 2016
Perfect Form Kamilah Aisha Moon 2016
Ali! Ali! Khaled Mattawa 2016
All the Thoughts at a Football Game Juan Felipe Herrera 2016
Summer Triptych Linda Pastan 2015
Fast Break Edward Hirsch 1986
The Bee James Dickey 1967
After Skate Carol Muske-Dukes 2013
The First Olympic Ode [Excerpt] Pindar 1824
Rondo Janet Holmes 2011
Night Baseball Michael Blumenthal 1984

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