Explore the Greatest Poetry

Cowboy poems come in many shapes and forms but all have a few unifying features. This includes storytelling, a feeling of nostalgia, and an appreciation of the natural world.

Marriage is a topic that has been of poetic interest for centuries. On this list are a few of the best poems that discuss the pros and cons of marriage.

On this list are ten of the best poems to share with a dad from a daughter’s perspective. These ten poems show love, gratitude, and appreciation for everything a father does that often goes unnoticed. 

Christian poems date back centuries and can be found in a wide variety of styles. Poets as different as Maya Angelou and Robert Herrick have penned the best Christian poems

Rumi, born Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, was a Persian poet, Sufi mystic, and scholar. Today, he is regarded as one of the most important poets in Persian history. 

Cute poems are entertaining, uplifting, and often brief. The poems on this list explore love, childhood, and nature. 

Dorothy Parker is remembered as a skilled poet, humorist, and satirist. Throughout her life, she wrote dozens of incredible and often-studied poems.

Mary Oliver was an American poet known for her many beautiful, contemplative poems about the natural world, God, and humanity. On this list are ten of the best poems she wrote throughout her career. 

On this list, readers can explore ten of the best poems ever written about the summer season penned by authors as different as Mary Oliver and Claude McKay. 

On this list, readers can explore ten of the best poems to maintain your motivation when times get tough from writers like Edgar Albert Guest and Rita Dove.

On this list, readers can explore twelve poems that utilize alliteration in different ways. These range in subject, period, and style, but each makes use of alliteration in an effective way. 

From classical poets, Homer and Virgil to contemporary poets like U. A. Fanthorpe and Anne Carson turned on the ekphrastic mode and composed some of the most excellent poems that you’ve ever read!

On this list, readers can find descriptions of ten of the best collections of poetry ever published with young readers in mind. 

Throughout history, some of the best writers across literary styles and movements have commented on what they think poetry is and should be. 

Throughout the history of the English language, poets from all walks of life have penned sad, sorrowful, and grief-filled poems. 

On this list, readers can explore ten of the best poems ever written about dark, scary, and sorrowful themes from authors as different as Louise Glück and Edward Thomas.

On this list are twenty of the most important collections of poems published throughout history, from 600 BC to the present day.

On this list, readers can explore ten of the best memorial poems in the English language. These poems explore themes of grief, mourning, and acceptance. 

On this list, readers can discover 10 of the best poems written on the subject of night. These detail the most beautiful elements and chilling fears that one might encounter.

On this list, readers can explore ten poems that share the emotions and complications associated with true love. Some are filled with pain and longing while others are inspired by a perfect passion for another person. 

From poems like ‘Romance Sonámbulo’ to ‘Al Partir,’ the incredible poems on this list were originally written in Spanish and then translated into English.

On this list, readers can explore 10 of the best poems written about heartbreak. The poets take various approaches to this important, and nearly universal, subject matter.

On this list, readers can explore 10 of the best poems ever written about the subject of sex. Some of these take an incredibly positive tone while others analyze the various complications in relationships.

On this list, readers can find 10 of the best poems that D.H. Lawrence wrote throughout his career. These explore diverse themes, utilize various poetic techniques, and are sure to appeal to a wide audience.

Below, readers can explore ten of the best poems written by Claude McKay. He is known today for his work written during the 1920s that expressed a unique perspective—that of a Black man in America, during that time. 

Throughout her life, Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote a wide variety of beautiful and memorable poems. Many of those are included on this list are ten of those. 

On this list, readers can explore ten of Louise Glück’s best-known poems. These explore powerful themes, like darkness, feminism, loss, and more.

Robert Louis Stevenson is known for his literary contributions in the 17th century in various genres. Here are his best 10 poems.

There is a haiku on this list for everyone—whether one takes pleasure from the winter season or finds themselves depressed by its winds, temperature, and colors.

On this list are 9 of the best poems about families. Some are written from the perspective of fathers and mothers and others sons and daughters.