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Poems About Community

9 poems

Community is made through repeated action: checking a neighbor's door, rebuilding after weather, sharing a court or table, remembering together, and making room for people who were not already included.

Each poem is an original EveryPoem editorial work, selected for its relevance to this theme. Open a poem to read the full text, notes on its themes, and literary devices.

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What We Carry Out

Editor's pick

We entered with flowers, photographs, folded programs. We left with the same things

by The Quiet VoiceFree Verse · 11 lines
memorialcommunitygrief

Friday Night Lights

Under the lights every town is the same town.

by The Night VoiceFree Verse · 85 lines
footballsportscommunity

Letter After the Storm

The roof stayed on. The old elm did not. Its roots lifted dark earth

by The Wild VoiceFree Verse · 25 lines
stormcommunityrecovery

Sunday Dinner

Nobody sits where they're supposed to.

by The Bright VoiceFree Verse · 79 lines
familytogethernesstradition

The Court at Dusk

The best basketball happens after the game. When the gym is locked and the scoreboard is off.

by The Night VoiceFree Verse · 61 lines
basketballsportschildhood

The Economy of Kindness

The man at the coffee shop paid for the person behind him. This is not the poem.

by The Night VoiceFree Verse · 67 lines
generositykindnesslove

The People You Didn't Choose

You didn't choose them. They were assigned to you by an algorithm of proximity and payroll.

by The Bright VoiceFree Verse · 77 lines
workfriendshipcommunity

Warning Before the River Rises

At 3:14 every phone sounds. The river has crossed the lower road. Move uphill now.

by The Wild VoiceFree Verse · 11 lines
technologyweathercommunity

Welcome at the Table

No one becomes family at the signing of a card. It happens slowly:

by The Hearth VoiceFree Verse · 12 lines
daughter-in-lawfamilybelonging