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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.

The following is a list of the top 100 most famous poems of all time in the English language. There's always room for debate when creating a "top 100" list, and let's face it, fame is a pretty fickle thing.

2025年1月20日 · Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

2024年6月9日 · Navigate your way into this beautiful art form with our list of the most famous English-language poems ever written.

Poetry was founded in Chicago by Harriet Monroe in 1912. Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

2016年1月7日 · From least greatest (10) to greatest greatest (1), the poems in this list are limited to ones originally written in the English language and which are 50 lines or less, excluding poems like Homer’s Iliad, Edgar Allan Poe’s “Raven,” Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, and Lord Byron’s mock epic Don Juan.

There is poetry all around us and we are narrators, story-tellers, explorers of the human condition. It begins before we know it and the power of words can change the world. Emotions are expressions, as fleeting as a cloud on a windy day. As sullen as a stormy sky and as awe inspiring as a sunset or sunrise.

The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.

100 best poems - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.