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American poets and poems

The American poets gathered here range from expansive public address to compressed private lyric. Their poems return to democracy, landscape, spiritual argument, grief, labor, and self-invention.

The list is based on verified United States place records in Poem Explorer’s current corpus.

7 poets706 poemsPublic-domain source editions

Poets in this collection

  1. Edgar Allan PoeAmerican Romanticism · 50 poems
  2. Emily DickinsonAmerican Romanticism · 446 poems
  3. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowAmerican Romanticism · 39 poems
  4. Kahlil GibranModern mysticism · 87 poems
  5. Paul Laurence DunbarAmerican Realism · 9 poems
  6. Ralph Waldo EmersonTranscendentalism · 5 poems
  7. Walt WhitmanAmerican Romanticism · 67 poems

Selected poems

120 starting points, with featured poems first.

  1. A Psalm of LifeHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 37 lines
  2. Annabel LeeEdgar Allan Poe · 41 lines
  3. Because I could not stop for DeathEmily Dickinson · 20 lines
  4. BrahmaRalph Waldo Emerson · 16 lines
  5. Celestial LoveRalph Waldo Emerson · 107 lines
  6. ChildrenHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 36 lines
  7. Common ThingsPaul Laurence Dunbar · 20 lines
  8. GodKahlil Gibran · 26 lines
  9. GodsWalt Whitman · 32 lines
  10. Hope is the thing with feathersEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  11. I heard a fly buzz when I diedEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  12. I taste a liquor never brewedEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  13. I'm nobody! Who are you?Emily Dickinson · 8 lines
  14. Life's TragedyPaul Laurence Dunbar · 16 lines
  15. Little Brown BabyPaul Laurence Dunbar · 32 lines
  16. Loss and GainRalph Waldo Emerson · 16 lines
  17. LoveKahlil Gibran · 20 lines
  18. Merry AutumnPaul Laurence Dunbar · 40 lines
  19. MiraclesWalt Whitman · 37 lines
  20. MithridatesRalph Waldo Emerson · 34 lines
  21. My Little March GirlPaul Laurence Dunbar · 24 lines
  22. O Captain! My Captain!Walt Whitman · 24 lines
  23. Ode to BeautyRalph Waldo Emerson · 99 lines
  24. On ChildrenKahlil Gibran · 34 lines
  25. On GivingKahlil Gibran · 86 lines
  26. On Joy and SorrowKahlil Gibran · 40 lines
  27. On LoveKahlil Gibran · 78 lines
  28. On WorkKahlil Gibran · 92 lines
  29. Poem of Remembrance for a Girl or a BoyWalt Whitman · 33 lines
  30. Song for All Seas, All ShipsWalt Whitman · 27 lines
  31. SympathyPaul Laurence Dunbar · 21 lines
  32. The Children's HourHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 40 lines
  33. The ForerunnerKahlil Gibran · 29 lines
  34. The Landlord's Tale; Paul Revere's RideHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 130 lines
  35. The Rainy DayHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 15 lines
  36. The RavenEdgar Allan Poe · 113 lines
  37. There's a certain slant of lightEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  38. To a Locomotive in WinterWalt Whitman · 26 lines
  39. To EvaRalph Waldo Emerson · 24 lines
  40. To HelenEdgar Allan Poe · 15 lines
  41. To HelenEdgar Allan Poe · 66 lines
  42. To----Edgar Allan Poe · 12 lines
  43. UlalumeEdgar Allan Poe · 94 lines
  44. When I heard at the Close of the DayWalt Whitman · 27 lines
  45. Woods in WinterHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 28 lines
  46. 'T is little I could care for pearlsEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  47. 'T is so much joy! 'T is so much joy!Emily Dickinson · 18 lines
  48. 'T is sunrise, little maid, hast thouEmily Dickinson · 14 lines
  49. 'T is whiter than an Indian pipeEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  50. 'T was a long parting, but the timeEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  51. 'T was just this time last year I diedEmily Dickinson · 24 lines
  52. 'T WAS later when the summer wentEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  53. 'T was such a little, little boatEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  54. "GOING to him! Happy letter! Tell himEmily Dickinson · 24 lines
  55. "Whose are the little beds," I askedEmily Dickinson · 28 lines
  56. A bird came down the walkEmily Dickinson · 20 lines
  57. A Boston BalladWalt Whitman · 49 lines
  58. A charm invests a faceEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  59. A clock stopped -- not the mantel'sEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  60. A death-blow is a life-blow to someEmily Dickinson · 4 lines
  61. A deed knocks first at thoughtEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  62. A dew sufficed itselfEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  63. A door just opened on a streetEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  64. A DreamEdgar Allan Poe · 16 lines
  65. A Dream Within a DreamEdgar Allan Poe · 24 lines
  66. A drop fell on the apple treeEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  67. A face devoid of love or graceEmily Dickinson · 6 lines
  68. A lady red upon the hillEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  69. A light exists in springEmily Dickinson · 20 lines
  70. A little road not made of manEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  71. A long, long sleep, a famous sleepEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  72. A modest lot, a fame petiteEmily Dickinson · 6 lines
  73. A murmur in the trees to noteEmily Dickinson · 20 lines
  74. A narrow fellow in the grassEmily Dickinson · 24 lines
  75. A PæanEdgar Allan Poe · 44 lines
  76. A poor torn heart, a tattered heartEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  77. A precious, mouldering pleasure 't isEmily Dickinson · 28 lines
  78. A route of evanescenceEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  79. A sepal, petal, and a thornEmily Dickinson · 6 lines
  80. A shady friend for torrid daysEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  81. A sickness of this world it most occasionsEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  82. A sloop of amber slips awayEmily Dickinson · 4 lines
  83. A solemn thing it was, I saidEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  84. A something in a summer's dayEmily Dickinson · 33 lines
  85. A spider sewed at nightEmily Dickinson · 9 lines
  86. A thought went up my mind to-dayEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  87. A throe upon the featuresEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  88. A toad can die of light!Emily Dickinson · 8 lines
  89. A train went through a burial gateEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  90. A ValentineEdgar Allan Poe · 20 lines
  91. A Woman Waits for MeWalt Whitman · 48 lines
  92. A word is deadEmily Dickinson · 6 lines
  93. A wounded deer leaps highestEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  94. Adieu to a SoldierWalt Whitman · 17 lines
  95. Adrift! A little boat adrift!Emily Dickinson · 13 lines
  96. Afraid? Of whom am I afraid?Emily Dickinson · 12 lines
  97. After a hundred yearsEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  98. Afternoon in FebruaryHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 24 lines
  99. Al AaraafEdgar Allan Poe · 424 lines
  100. All overgrown by cunning mossEmily Dickinson · 20 lines
  101. Alter? When the hills doEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  102. AmbitionKahlil Gibran · 20 lines
  103. Ample make this bedEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  104. An altered look about the hillsEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  105. An April DayHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 32 lines
  106. An awful tempest mashed the airEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  107. An EnigmaEdgar Allan Poe · 14 lines
  108. An everywhere of silverEmily Dickinson · 4 lines
  109. An Old Man’s Thought of SchoolWalt Whitman · 20 lines
  110. And When my Joy was BornKahlil Gibran · 15 lines
  111. Angels in the early morningEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  112. Apparently with no surpriseEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  113. Arcturus is his other name,Emily Dickinson · 28 lines
  114. Are friends delight or pain?Emily Dickinson · 6 lines
  115. As by the dead we love to sitEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  116. As children bid the guest good-nightEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  117. As far from pity as complaintEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  118. As I Sat Alone by Blue Ontario’s ShoresWalt Whitman · 456 lines
  119. As if some little Arctic flowerEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  120. As imperceptibly as griefEmily Dickinson · 16 lines