National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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