National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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