National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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