National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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