Famous Poems

Heartfelt Classic Poems by Famous Poets

Poetry turns words into art. Poetry speaks to the soul in a way everyday conversation cannot. Poetry can hurt and it can heal. Poetry can express emotions even in the most intensely joyous or grievous times. Many famous poems are famous for just that reason. Who could forget the sometimes passionate and sometimes melancholy words of poets like Edgar Allen Poe, Maya Angelou, and Emily Dickinson? They open our eyes and our hearts to times past, while reminding us that human nature remains essentially the same no matter when or where one lives.

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1 The Invitation By Oriah Mountain Dreamer

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2 If By Rudyard Kipling

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3 Death Is Nothing At All By Henry Scott-Holland

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4 Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep By Clare Harner

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5 [i Carry Your Heart With Me(i Carry It In] By E.E. Cummings

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6 Still I Rise By Maya Angelou

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7 Phenomenal Woman By Maya Angelou

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8 A Child Of Mine By Edgar A. Guest

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9 Have You Earned Your Tomorrow By Edgar A. Guest

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10 Solitude By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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11 Invictus By William Ernest Henley

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12 See It Through By Edgar A. Guest

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13 Sick By Shel Silverstein

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14 If You Forget Me By Pablo Neruda

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15 Alone By Maya Angelou

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16 I Love You By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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17 Keep Going By Edgar A. Guest

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18 Good Timber By Douglas Malloch

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19 When Great Trees Fall By Maya Angelou

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20 When I Die I Want Your Hands On My Eyes By Pablo Neruda

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21 Tonight I Can Write The Saddest Lines By Pablo Neruda

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22 Equipment By Edgar A. Guest

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23 The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost

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24 I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud By William Wordsworth

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25 Dreams By Langston Hughes

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26 Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening By Robert Frost

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27 One Hundred Love Sonnets By Pablo Neruda

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28 The Stick-Together Families By Edgar A. Guest

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29 A Psalm Of Life By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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30 Love's Language By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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31 It Couldn't Be Done By Edgar A. Guest

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32 Human Family By Maya Angelou

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33 Be The Best Of Whatever You Are By Douglas Malloch

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34 How Do I Love Thee? By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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35 Hug O' War By Shel Silverstein

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36 Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost

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37 If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking By Emily Dickinson

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38 Don't Go Far Off, Not Even For A Day By Pablo Neruda

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39 Life Doesn't Frighten Me By Maya Angelou

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40 Mother To Son By Langston Hughes

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41 Being Brave At Night By Edgar A. Guest

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42 Listen To The MUSTN'TS By Shel Silverstein

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43 A Friend's Greeting By Edgar A. Guest

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44 Life's Scars By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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45 'Twas The Night Before Christmas By Clement Clarke Moore

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46 Caged Bird By Maya Angelou

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47 Annabel Lee By Edgar Allan Poe

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48 Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night By Dylan Thomas

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49 Time Does Not Bring Relief (Sonnet II) By Edna St. Vincent Millay

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50 Remember By Christina Rossetti

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51 But You Didn't By Merrill Glass

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52 The Three Little Pigs By Roald Dahl

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53 The Pig By Roald Dahl

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54 Cinderella By Roald Dahl

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55 Little Red Riding Hood And The Wolf By Roald Dahl

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56 Snowball By Shel Silverstein

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57 Television By Roald Dahl

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58 Winter Morning Poem By Ogden Nash

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59 Now We Are Six By A. A. Milne

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60 The Mountain And The Squirrel By Ralph Waldo Emerson

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61 Wind On The Hill By A. A. Milne

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62 Messy Room By Shel Silverstein

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63 The People Upstairs By Ogden Nash

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64 Sneezles By A. A. Milne

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65 Dirty Face By Shel Silverstein

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66 Halfway Down By A. A. Milne

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67 The Moon By Robert Louis Stevenson

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68 Friends By Abbie Farwell Brown

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69 The Spider And The Fly By Mary Howitt

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70 Waiting At The Window By A. A. Milne

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71 The Rainbow By Christina Rossetti

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72 When Tomorrow Starts Without Me By David Romano

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73 Tulips By Sylvia Plath

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74 Windows By Jessie B. Rittenhouse

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75 Thanksgiving By Edgar A. Guest

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76 The Little Boy And The Old Man By Shel Silverstein

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77 Sea Fever By John Masefield

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78 Alone By Edgar Allan Poe

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79 A Word To Husbands By Ogden Nash

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80 Vespers By A. A. Milne

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81 My Shadow By Robert Louis Stevenson

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82 The Swing By Robert Louis Stevenson

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83 A Wonderful Bird Is The Pelican By Dixon Lanier Merritt

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84 If I Were King By A. A. Milne

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