National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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