National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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