Poetry Resources:

Bartleby: select the "Verse" tab at the top of the page, then enter your theme word in the "Search Verse" box. You will get back a list of poems that include your theme word.

Famous Poets & Poems: click on "Thematic Poems" (left) to browse through poems by theme. Great for getting theme ideas, too!

Poetry Archives: Theme Poems: select poems by theme. Many well-known and lesser-known published poets are represented on the site.

Representative Poetry Online: select "keyword search" (middle of the page), then enter your theme word in the "Concordance Search." You'll get back a list the lines containing your theme word...click "poem" on the far right to read the whole poem.