Select "Works Search," then "Type of Work: Poem" (pull down), adding other limiters as known/desired: title, author, publication year, century, language, gender, nationality, and ethnicity.
You can search URSUS by author, title or subject to find books of poetry in the URSUS system. The same search can be repeated in MaineCat by clicking on the "Search MaineCat" link from within URSUS.
Keyword "poems" or "poetry," perhaps combined with an author's last name.
Subject headings (samples):
African Americans -- Poetry
Children's poetry
Poetry
Canadian poetry
Poets, American -- Maine
Love poetry, Latin -- Translations into English
American poetry
