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 761 poems All Text Films Grid List Kennst du das Land By Léonie Adams Read poem → Lullaby By Léonie Adams Read poem → Many Mansions By Léonie Adams Read poem → Thought's End By Léonie Adams Read poem → Good Girl By Kim Addonizio Read by Sidonie McLaren Watch poem → Floral Birth '98 By Meriem Ahmed Read by Kayssie K Watch poem → Why Can't I Leave You? By Ai Read by Eisa Davis Watch poem → Ars Poetica #100: I Believe By Elizabeth Alexander Read poem → Butter By Elizabeth Alexander Read poem → Lychees By Meena Alexander Read poem → Postcard from Kashmir By Agha Shahid Ali Read poem → The Season of the Plains By Agha Shahid Ali Read poem → Amá Teaches Me How to Whistle By Moncho Ollin Alvarado Watch poem → Relapse Dream Ending with My Grandmother's Hands By Hala Alyan Watch poem → I Want the Confidence of By Raymond Antrobus Read poem → To Sweeten Bitter By Raymond Antrobus Read by Shakeel Haakim Watch 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 → Superhero Origin Story [S. O. S.] By Jubi Arriola-Headley Watch poem → Little Prayer By Mona Arshi Read poem → The Bird By Mona Arshi Read poem → The Lion By Mona Arshi Read by Tiffany Gray Watch poem → Writing Audio Description at the Ulster Museum By Bebe Ashley Watch 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 by Simon Callow Watch 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 → Island By Desiree C. Bailey Read poem → Ma and the Snake By Desiree C. Bailey Read poem → Malady By Desiree C. Bailey Read poem → 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next page →