National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

Dreams from many rivers : a Hispanic history of the United States told in poems by Engle, Margarita
Hello, Earth! : poems to our planet by Sidman, Joyce
The dirt book : poems about animals that live beneath our feet by Harrison, David L.
Like a dandelion by Lee, Huy Voun
Sweet people are everywhere by Walker, Alice
Love that dog by Creech, Sharon.
Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein. by Silverstein, Shel
The last straw: kids vs. plastics by Hood, Susan
Niños : poems for the lost children of Chile by Ferrada, María José
Rebound by Alexander, Kwame
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
They only see the outside : poems by Dakos, Kalli
Legacy : women poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Grimes, Nikki
Poem in my pocket by Tougas, Chris.
Other words for home by Warga, Jasmine
Ancestor approved : intertribal stories for kids by
The Arabic quilt : an immigrant story by Khalil, Aya
Brown girl dreaming by Woodson, Jacqueline.
Inside out & back again by Lai, Thanhha.
When we were very young by Milne, A. A.
Lullaby : for a black mother by Hughes, Langston
Everything comes next : collected and new poems by Nye, Naomi Shihab
For every one by Reynolds, Jason
Woke : a young poet's call to justice by