National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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