National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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