National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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