National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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