National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

Sweet people are everywhere by Walker, Alice
Woke : a young poet's call to justice by
Hello, Earth! : poems to our planet by Sidman, Joyce
Inside out & back again by Lai, Thanhha.
Dreams from many rivers : a Hispanic history of the United States told in poems by Engle, Margarita
When we were very young by Milne, A. A.
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
The last straw: kids vs. plastics by Hood, Susan
Like a dandelion by Lee, Huy Voun
Love that dog by Creech, Sharon.
Legacy : women poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Grimes, Nikki
No voice too small : fourteen young Americans making history by Metcalf, Lindsay H editor
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
They only see the outside : poems by Dakos, Kalli
Poem in my pocket by Tougas, Chris.
Other words for home by Warga, Jasmine
Ancestor approved : intertribal stories for kids by
Star child : a biographical constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
Brown girl dreaming by Woodson, Jacqueline.
For every one by Reynolds, Jason
Lullaby : for a black mother by Hughes, Langston