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Addison, Joseph - (19)
Aiken, Conrad Potter - (100)
Akenside, Mark - (73)
Akhmatova, Anna - (32)
Alcott, Louisa May - (75)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey - (36)
Alger, Horatio - (66)
Alighieri, Dante - (100)
Allingham, William - (48)
Amichai, Yehuda - (44)
Ammons, A. R. - (31)
Amott, Lennox - (16)
Anderson, Elizabeth - (2)
Archer, Jean C. - (2)
Arnold, Matthew - (151)
Balestier, Wolcott - (0)
Barham, Richard Harris - (23)
Barnes, William - (29)
Bates, Clara Doty - (32)
Bates, Katharine Lee - (18)
Baudelaire, Charles - (236)
Behn, Aphra - (14)
Belloc, Hilaire - (61)
Benet, Stephen Vincent - (33)
Bennett, Charles Henry - (2)
Bierce, Ambrose - (16)
Blake, William - (140)
Boake, Barcroft - (36)
Boldrewood, Rolf - (0)
Bowles, William Lisle - (143)
Bradstreet, Anne - (40)
Brecht, Bertolt - (32)
Brereton, John Le Gay - (67)
Bronte, Anne - (69)
Bronte, Charlotte - (25)
Bronte, Emily - (52)
Bronte, Patrick - (12)
Brooke, Rupert - (97)
Brown, Thomas Edward - (24)
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett - (115)
Browning, Robert - (214)
Bryant, William Cullen - (132)
Burns, Robert - (503)
Burrows, Joseph - (1)
Butler, Ellis Parker - (74)
Byron, George Gordon - (189)
Campbell, John - (48)
Campbell, Thomas - (34)
Campion, Thomas - (13)
Carew, Thomas - (37)
Carleton, Will - (22)
Carman, Bliss (William) - (122)
Carmichael, Jennings (Grace) - (2)
Carr, John (Sir) - (112)
Carroll, Lewis - (74)
Carryl, Guy Wetmore - (41)
Cassels, Walter R. - (49)
Castleman, Virginia Carter - (1)
Cawein, Madison Julius - (960)
Chant, Joseph Horatio - (86)
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith - (69)
Churchill, Charles - (24)
Clare, John - (384)
Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop - (1)
Clough, Arthur Hugh - (132)
Clough, Arthur Hugh - (18)
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor - (53)
Collier, Ada Langworthy - (6)
Collins, William - (11)
Colman, George - (8)
Coolidge, Susan (Sarah Chauncey Woolsey) - (68)
Cowper, William - (308)
Crane, Walter - (150)
Crosland, Thomas William Hodgson - (13)
Cuthbertson, James Lister - (10)
Daley, Victor James - (93)
Darwin, Erasmus - (8)
Davis, Thomas Osborne - (4)
Davis, Thomas Osborne - (35)
Derham, Enid - (8)
Dickinson, Emily - (448)
Dix, William Chatterton - (1)
Dobson, Henry Austin - (101)
Doneghy, George W. - (64)
Dowson, Ernest Christopher - (76)
Doyle, Arthur Conan - (60)
Drummond, William Henry - (72)
Dyson, Edward - (95)
Edgar, Marriott - (35)
Foott, Mary Hannay - (30)
Forrest, M. - (2)
Frost, Robert Lee - (168)
Gordon, Adam Lindsay - (71)
H. H. C. C. - (1)
Harte, (Francis) Bret - (120)
Hayes, John Milton - (7)
Hebblethwaite, James - (4)
Heney, Thomas William - (4)
Herrick, Robert - (299)
Hunt, James Henry Leigh - (24)
Ide, Abijah M. - (3)
Irving, Washington - (52)
Jennings, Elizabeth - (11)
Jonson, Ben - (92)
Joyce, James - (51)
Keats, John - (147)
Kendall, Henry - (215)
Kenna, Francis - (1)
Kipling, Rudyard - (641)
Landor, Walter Savage - (103)
Lawson, Henry - (475)
Leland, Charles G. - (53)
Lowell, Robert - (16)
Masefield, John - (40)
McCrae, John - (29)
Miller, Joaquin - (19)
Milton, John - (131)
Orwell, George - (8)
Osborne, Louis Shreve - (1)
Paterson, Banjo - (227)
Poe, Edgar Allan - (84)
Pope, Alexander - (82)
Prior, Matthew - (189)
Qabbani, Nizar - (38)
Scott, (Sir) Walter - (157)
Shakespeare, William - (159)
Swinburne, Algernon Charles - (464)
Teasdale, Sara - (324)
Tennyson, Alfred Lord - (327)
Thomson, James - (10)
Thomson, James (Bysshe Vanolis) - (46)
Wells, H. G. - (0)
Whitman, Walt - (338)
Whittier, John Greenleaf - (483)
Willis, Nathaniel Parker - (12)
Wilmot, John - (39)
Wordsworth, William - (969)
Yeats, William Butler - (384)

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Public Domain Poetry & Stories by Author

Please Note: This list is not comprehensive, but is an ongoing work of the love of poetry.

Within this area you will be able to read, and give your thoughts on the poetry listed.
Please, if you find an error, let me know. - This is an ongoing site, more poetry will be added very regularly

Unfortunately, listed here are probably only the better known poets. In these modern times in which we live, there are countless poets whose work disappears into oblivion with their passing, as probably will mine when that day arrives for myself. If you have any poetry that you would like to have featured here, be-it from a passed loved one, or friend, and you have permission to do so, please feel free to contact me so that we can see about adding it to these pages. - Footnote: My poetry can be viewed under my name at Your Poetry Dot Com.

Author	Period	Poems	Stories
A. R. Ammons	(February 18, 1926 – February 25, 2001)	31	0
Abijah M. Ide	(1825 – 1873)	3	0
Ada Langworthy Collier	(1843 - ?)	6	0
Adam Lindsay Gordon	(October 19, 1833 – 24 June 1870)	71	0
Alexander Pope	(21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744)	82	0
Alfred Lord Tennyson	(August 6, 1809 – October 6, 1892)	327	0
Algernon Charles Swinburne	(April 5, 1837 – April 10, 1909)	464	7
Ambrose Bierce	(June 24, 1842 – 1914)	16	0
Anna Akhmatova	(June 23, 1889 — March 5, 1966)	32	0
Anne Bradstreet	(1612 – September 16, 1672)	40	0
Anne Bronte	(January 17, 1820 – May 28, 1849)	69	2
Aphra Behn	(July 10, 1640 – April 16, 1689)	14	0
Arthur Conan Doyle	(22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930)	60	75
Arthur Hugh Clough	(January 1, 1819 – November 13, 1861)	132	2
Arthur Hugh Clough	(January 1, 1819 – November 13, 1861)	18	0
Banjo Paterson (Andrew Barton)	(February 17, 1864 - February 5, 1941)	227	58
Barcroft Boake	(March 26, 1866 – ? May 10, 1892)	36	3
Ben Jonson	(c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637)	92	0
Bertolt Brecht	(February 10, 1898 – August 14, 1956)	32	0
Bliss Carman (William)	(April 15, 1861 - June 8, 1929)	122	0
Bret Harte (Francis)	(August 25, 1837 – May 6, 1902)	120	70
Charles Baudelaire	(April 9, 1821 - August 31, 1867)	236	2
Charles Churchill	(February, 1731 - November 4, 1764)	24	0
Charles G. Leland	(August 15, 1824 – March 20, 1903)	53	0
Charles Henry Bennett	(1829–1867)	2	2
Charlotte Bronte	(April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855)	25	4
Clara Doty Bates	(1838 - 1895)	32	0
Conrad Potter Aiken	(August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973)	100	2
Dante Alighieri	(May/June c.1265 - September 14, 1321)	100	1
Edgar Allan Poe	(January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849)	84	100
Edward Dyson	(1865-1931)	95	98
Elizabeth Anderson	()	2	0
Elizabeth Barrett Browning	(March 6, 1806 – June 29, 1861)	115	0
Elizabeth Jennings	(July 18, 1926 – October 26, 2001)	11	0
Ellis Parker Butler	(December 5, 1869 - September 13, 1937)	74	9
Emily Bronte	(July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848)	52	1
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson	(December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886)	448	0
Enid Derham	(March 24, 1882 – November 13, 1941)	8	0
Erasmus Darwin	(12 December 1731–18 April 1802)	8	0
Ernest Christopher Dowson	(2 August 1867 – 21 February 1900)	76	5
Francis Kenna	(1865 - 1932)	1	0
George Colman	(October 21, 1762–October 17, 1836)	8	0
George Gordon Byron	(22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824)	189	12
George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)	(25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950)	8	64
George W. Doneghy	()	64	0
Gilbert Keith Chesterton	(May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936)	69	34
Guy Wetmore Carryl	(March 4, 1873 – April 1, 1904)	41	0
H. G. Wells	(September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946)	0	57
H. H. C. C.	()	1	0
Henry Austin Dobson	(January 18, 1840 – September 2, 1921)	101	2
Henry Kendall	(April 18, 1839 - August 1, 1882)	215	0
Henry Lawson	(17 June 1867 - 2 September 1922)	475	164
Hilaire Belloc	(27 July 1870 – 16 July 1953)	61	3
Horatio Alger, Jr.	(January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899)	66	52
James Hebblethwaite	(22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921)	4	0
James Henry Leigh Hunt	(October 19, 1784 – August 28, 1859)	24	0
James Joyce	(2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941)	51	19
James Lister Cuthbertson	(8 May 1851 - 18 January 1910)	10	0
James Thomson	(11 September 1700 – 27 August 1748)	10	0
James Thomson - (Bysshe Vanolis)	(November 23, 1834 - June 3, 1882)	46	0
Jean C. Archer.	()	2	0
Jennings Carmichael	(24 February 1868 – 9 February 1904)	2	0
Joaquin Miller	(September 8, 1837, - February 17, 1913)	19	0
John Campbell	(6 August 1845 – 2 May 1914)	48	0
John Carr (Sir)	(1772 - 1832)	112	1
John Clare	(13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864)	384	0
John Greenleaf Whittier	(December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892)	483	0
John Keats	(31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821)	147	0
John Le Gay Brereton	(2 September 1871 - 2 February 1933)	67	0
John Masefield	(1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967)	40	0
John McCrae	(November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918)	29	0
John Milton	(December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674)	131	1
John Milton Hayes	(1884 - 1940)	7	0
John Wilmot	(April 1, 1647 - July 26, 1680)	39	0
Joseph Addison	(May 1, 1672 – June 17, 1719)	19	0
Joseph Burrows	()	1	0
Joseph Horatio Chant	(August 19, 1837 - June 8, 1928)	86	0
Katharine Lee Bates	(August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929)	18	0
Lennox Amott	()	16	0
Lewis Carroll	(January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898)	74	3
Louis Shreve Osborne	()	1	0
Louisa May Alcott	(November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888)	75	25
M. Forrest	(1872 - 1935)	2	0
Madison Julius Cawein	(23 March 1865 - 8 December 1914)	960	0
Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke	(24 April 1846—2 August 1881)	1	18
Mark Akenside	(November 9, 1721 – June 23, 1770)	73	0
Marriott Edgar	(October 5th, 1880 - May 5th, 1951)	35	0
Mary Hannay Foott	(26 September 1846 – 12 October 1918)	30	0
Matthew Arnold	(24 December 1822 - 15 April 1888)	151	3
Matthew Prior	(July 21, 1664 – September 18, 1721)	189	0
Nathaniel Parker Willis	(January 20, 1806 - January 20, 1867)	12	1
Nizar Qabbani	(21 March 1923 – 30 April 1998)	38	0
Patrick Bronte	(17 March 1777 - 7 June 1861)	12	0
Richard Harris Barham	(December 6, 1788–June 17, 1845)	23	0
Robert Browning	(May 7, 1812 – December 12, 1889)	214	6
Robert Burns	(25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796)	502	1
Robert Herrick	(Baptized - August 24, 1591- October 1674)	299	0
Robert Lee Frost	(March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963)	168	0
Robert Lowell	(March 1, 1917–September 12, 1977)	16	0
Rolf Boldrewood (Thomas Alexander Browne)	(6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915)	0	1
Rudyard Kipling	(December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936)	641	528
Rupert Brooke	(August 3, 1887 - 23 April 1915)	97	1
Samuel Taylor Coleridge	(October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834)	53	0
Sara Teasdale	(August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933)	324	0
Stephen Vincent Benet	(July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943)	33	1
Susan Coolidge (Sarah Chauncey Woolsey)	(January 29, 1835 - April 9, 1905)	68	0
Thomas Bailey Aldrich	(11 November 1836 – 19 March 1907)	36	17
Thomas Campbell	(July 27, 1777 - June 15, 1844)	34	0
Thomas Campion	(February 12, 1567 – March 1, 1620)	13	0
Thomas Carew	(1595 – March 22, 1640)	37	0
Thomas Edward Brown	(May 5, 1830 - October 29, 1897)	24	0
Thomas Osborne Davis	(October 14, 1814 - September 16, 1845)	4	0
Thomas Osborne Davis	(October 14, 1814 - September 16, 1845)	35	0
Thomas William Heney	(5 November 1862 – 19 August 192)	4	0
Thomas William Hodgson Crosland	(1865 - 1924)	13	1
Victor James Daley	(5 September 1858 – 29 December 1905)	93	0
Virginia Carter Castleman	(1864 - 1937)	1	0
Walt Whitman	(May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892)	338	0
Walter Crane	(15 August 1845 – 14 March 1915)	150	1
Walter R. Cassels	(4 September 1826 - 10 June 1907)	49	0
Walter Savage Landor	(January 30, 1775 – September 17, 1864)	103	0
Walter Scott (Sir)	(15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832)	157	7
Washington Irving	(April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859)	52	27
Will Carleton	(October 21, 1845 – December 18, 1912)	22	0
William Allingham	(March 19, 1824 or 1828 - November 18, 1889)	48	0
William Barnes	(22nd February 1801 - 7th October 1886)	29	0
William Blake	(November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827)	140	0
William Butler Yeats	(June 13, 1865 – January 28, 1939)	384	0
William Chatterton Dix	(June 14, 1837 - September 9, 1898)	1	0
William Collins	(25 December 1721 – 12 June 1759)	11	0
William Cowper	(November 26, 1731 – April 25, 1800)	308	0
William Cullen Bryant	(November 3, 1794 - June 12, 1878)	132	3
William Henry Drummond	(April 13, 1854 – April 6, 1907)	72	0
William Lisle Bowles	(September 24, 1762 - April 7, 1850)	143	0
William Shakespeare	(baptised 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616)	159	24
William Wordsworth	(April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850)	969	0
Wolcott Balestier	(December 13, 1861 - 1891)	0	21
Yehuda Amichai	(1924 - September 22, 2000)	44	0