National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

Ain't burned all the bright by Reynolds, Jason
Poisoned apples : poems for you, my pretty by Heppermann, Christine
Bronx masquerade by Grimes, Nikki.
Home is not a country by Elhillo, Safia
Every body looking by Iloh, Candice.
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
Crossover by Alexander, Kwame
Crank by Hopkins, Ellen.
Clap when you land by Acevedo, Elizabeth
The Black Flamingo by Atta, Dean
Punching the air by Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
Shout by Anderson, Laurie Halse
Here in Harlem : poems in many voices by Myers, Walter Dean

Children’s

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