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Public Domain Poetry & Stories.

Welcome to Public Domain Poetry and Stories. Here you will find poetry and stories that are now in the public domain, from past literary greats of historic times. It contains poetry from poets, stories, essays and other literature from many authors.
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

We have:- 30,903 Poems and 2,021 Stories/Essays (with 10,402 Chapters) on site.

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.




20 Random Poems
TitleAuthorReads
Here's To Thy Health, My Bonnie Lass.Robert Burns208
MusicMadison Julius Cawein251
Invitation To A Young But Learned Friend To Abandon Archaeology For The Moment, And Play Once More With His Neglected Muse.James Elroy Flecker188
A Friend In The Garden.Juliana Horatia Ewing179
Gain And Gettings.Robert Herrick76
Translations. - Contentment. (From Claudius.)George MacDonald15
There Is A Bondage Worse, Far Worse, To BearWilliam Wordsworth372
The Treasure-DiggerJohann Wolfgang von Goethe106
Elegy On A Rhinoceros (Recently Deceased)John Kendall (Dum-Dum)116
Sonnet.Thomas Gent137
Sing Me The Old Songs, Mother.Freeman Edwin Miller40
A Letter To Lady Margaret Cavendish Holles-Harley, When A ChildMatthew Prior417
Lines, Sent To A Gentleman Whom He Had Offended.Robert Burns187
Ecclesiastical Sonnets - Part II. - IX - As Faith Thus Sanctified The Warrior's CrestWilliam Wordsworth294
God, And Lord.Robert Herrick59
The Singing GirlAlfred Joyce Kilmer (Joyce)137
A Ballad Of The Two KnightsSara Teasdale1034
Sonnet XI.Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch)28
PowerRalph Waldo Emerson131
A Request To The GracesRobert Herrick704



20 Random Stories Etc.
TitleAuthorReads
Apollo's MarketRichard Le Gallienne60
From Sea To Sea - The Smith Administration - The Killing Of Hatim TaiRudyard Kipling244
Three Sundays In A WeekEdgar Allan Poe497
The Gold-Stealers - A Story Of Waddy - Chapter IIIEdward Dyson301
The Astonishing History of Troy TownArthur Thomas Quiller-Couch10
Benno’s Little BosherEdward Dyson446
John Jenkins or The Smoker ReformedBret Harte (Francis)293
The Amateur GardenerBanjo Paterson (Andrew Barton)333
The Man From Archangel.Arthur Conan Doyle169
A Sketch Of MateshipHenry Lawson1334
On The Strength Of A LikenessRudyard Kipling252
A Nice Cup Of TeaGeorge Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)356
King Richard the Third (Richard III)William Shakespeare692
The Ring Of Thoth.Arthur Conan Doyle166
As You Like ItWilliam Shakespeare507
FilmerH. G. Wells1167
Heaven And Earth; A Mystery.George Gordon Byron246
Alicia's DiaryThomas Hardy133
The Fringes Of The Fleet - Hunters And FishersRudyard Kipling204
At A Boxing BoutEdward Dyson302



10 Random Authors.
AuthorPeriod# Poems# Stories
1. Thomas Runciman(1841 - 1909)230
2. John Masefield(1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967)400
3. Enid Derham(March 24, 1882 – November 13, 1941)80
4. Ringgold Wilmer Lardner(March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933)300
5. Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch)(July 20, 1304 – July 19, 1374)3750
6. Robert William Service(January 16, 1874 – September 11, 1958)760
7. Clara Doty Bates(1838 - 1895)320
8. Louisa May Alcott(November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888)7825
9. A. R. Ammons(February 18, 1926 – February 25, 2001)310
10. Walt Whitman(May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892)3380

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