Poems Explore our poems Our growing archive extends from past to present, gathering celebrated poets of history alongside great contemporary writers Showing 1-40 of 347 poems All Text Films Grid List Floral Birth '98 By Meriem Ahmed Read by Kayssie K Watch poem → Ars Poetica #100: I Believe By Elizabeth Alexander Read poem → Butter By Elizabeth Alexander Read poem → I Want the Confidence of By Raymond Antrobus Read poem → To Sweeten Bitter By Raymond Antrobus Read poem → Two Guns in the Sky for Daniel Harris By Raymond Antrobus Read poem → Dover Beach By Matthew Arnold Read poem → Isolation: To Marguerite By Matthew Arnold Read poem → The Buried Life By Matthew Arnold Read poem → To Marguerite: Continued By Matthew Arnold Read poem → Little Prayer By Mona Arshi Read poem → The Bird By Mona Arshi Read poem → The Illegitimate By ATMOS Collective Watch poem → As I Walked Out One Evening By W. H. Auden Read by Peter Halstead Watch poem → from Academic Graffiti By W. H. Auden Read poem → Funeral Blues By W. H. Auden Read poem → In Memory of W. B. Yeats By W. H. Auden Read poem → Lullaby By W. H. Auden Read poem → O Tell Me the Truth About Love By W. H. Auden Read poem → September 1, 1939 By W. H. Auden Read poem → Song of the Master and Boatswain By W. H. Auden Read poem → The Unknown Citizen By W. H. Auden Read by Bobby Hirston Watch poem → Who’s Who By W. H. Auden Read poem → Life By Anna Lætitia Barbauld Read poem → Washing Day By Anna Lætitia Barbauld Read poem → 10 Things I Want To Say to a Black Woman By Joshua Bennett Read by Samuel Yakura Watch poem → Fantasy By Gwendolyn Bennett Read poem → Nocturne By Gwendolyn Bennett Read poem → The Republic of Motherhood By Liz Berry Watch poem → Auguries of Innocence By William Blake Read poem → The Sick Rose By William Blake Read poem → Imaginary Exile By Richard Blanco Read poem → Contemplations By Anne Bradstreet Read poem → The Author to Her Book By Anne Bradstreet Read poem → The Flesh and the Spirit By Anne Bradstreet Read poem → Bullet Points By Jericho Brown Read poem → Crossing By Jericho Brown Read poem → Duplex (A poem is a gesture toward home) By Jericho Brown Read poem → Stake By Jericho Brown Read poem → The Tradition By Jericho Brown Read poem → 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next page →