National Poetry Month

Adult

African American poetry : 250 years of struggle & song by
Milk and honey by Kaur, Rupi
Call us what we carry : poems by Gorman, Amanda
Homie : poems by Smith, Danez
The new one : painfully true stories from a reluctant dad by Birbiglia, Mike
Snow approaching on the Hudson : poems by Kleinzahler, August
Say her name by Elliott, Zetta
Committed to memory: 100 best poems to memorize by
Poet warrior : a memoir by Harjo, Joy
Heart talk : poetic wisdom for a better life by Wade, Cleo.
Citizen : an American lyric by Rankine, Claudia
If they come for us : poems by Asghar, Fatimah
Goldenrod : poems by Smith, Maggie
Postcolonial love poem by Diaz, Natalie
The flame : poems, notebooks, lyrics, drawings by Cohen, Leonard
Vulnerable AF : poems by Ball, Tarriona
Night sky with exit wounds by Vuong, Ocean
Long way down by Reynolds, Jason
Dearly : new poems by Atwood, Margaret
When the light of the world was subdued, our songs came through : a Norton Anthology of Native Nations poetry by Harjo, Joy.
Returning the sword to the stone by Leidner, Mark
The tradition by Brown, Jericho
All dogs are good : poems and memories by Peppernell, Courtney.
Devotions : the selected poems of Mary Oliver by Oliver, Mary
Obit : Poems by Chang, Victoria
Some things I still can't tell you : poems by Collins, Misha.
Border lines : poems of migration by
Good bones by Smith, Maggie
You don't have to be everything : poems for girls becoming themselves by Whitney, Diana.
The princess saves herself in this one by Lovelace, Amanda.
You better be lightning by Gibson, Andrea (Poet)
How to fly (in ten thousand easy lessons) : poetry by Kingsolver, Barbara
Home body by Kaur, Rupi
The hill we climb : an inaugural poem for the country by Gorman, Amanda
Ordinary light : a memoir by Smith, Tracy K.
Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri

Young Adult

Shout by Anderson, Laurie Halse
Here in Harlem : poems in many voices by Myers, Walter Dean
Every body looking by Iloh, Candice.
Clap when you land by Acevedo, Elizabeth
Home is not a country by Elhillo, Safia
Punching the air by Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
Ain't burned all the bright by Reynolds, Jason
The Black Flamingo by Atta, Dean
Poisoned apples : poems for you, my pretty by Heppermann, Christine
Bronx masquerade by Grimes, Nikki.
Across the rainbow bridge : stories of Norse gods and humans by Crossley-Holland, Kevin.
Red hot salsa : bilingual poems on being young and Latino in the United States by
Crank by Hopkins, Ellen.
Crossover by Alexander, Kwame

Children’s

Like a dandelion by Lee, Huy Voun
Everything comes next : collected and new poems by Nye, Naomi Shihab
Ancestor approved : intertribal stories for kids by
The last straw: kids vs. plastics by Hood, Susan
Inside out & back again by Lai, Thanhha.
They only see the outside : poems by Dakos, Kalli
For every one by Reynolds, Jason
When we were very young by Milne, A. A.
Star child : a biographical constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
Legacy : women poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Grimes, Nikki
Hello, Earth! : poems to our planet by Sidman, Joyce
Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein. by Silverstein, Shel
Lullaby : for a black mother by Hughes, Langston
No voice too small : fourteen young Americans making history by Metcalf, Lindsay H editor
Love that dog by Creech, Sharon.
Sweet people are everywhere by Walker, Alice
Brown girl dreaming by Woodson, Jacqueline.
The dirt book : poems about animals that live beneath our feet by Harrison, David L.
Woke : a young poet's call to justice by
The Arabic quilt : an immigrant story by Khalil, Aya
Other words for home by Warga, Jasmine
Niños : poems for the lost children of Chile by Ferrada, María José
Poem in my pocket by Tougas, Chris.
Dreams from many rivers : a Hispanic history of the United States told in poems by Engle, Margarita
Rebound by Alexander, Kwame