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ONLY poems listed here or in the current printed anthology are eligible for the 2012-2013 Poetry Out Loud competition. More information here.

The Negro Speaks of Rivers

By Langston Hughes

The New Colossus

By Emma Lazarus

The New Decalogue

By Ambrose Bierce

The Night of the Shirts

By W. S. Merwin

Nocturne

By Li-Young Lee

A Noiseless Patient Spider

By Walt Whitman

Not for That City

By Charlotte Mew

Not Waving but Drowning

By Stevie Smith
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