National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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
Every body looking by Iloh, Candice.
Punching the air by Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
Bronx masquerade by Grimes, Nikki.
Crossover by Alexander, Kwame
Shout by Anderson, Laurie Halse
Across the rainbow bridge : stories of Norse gods and humans by Crossley-Holland, Kevin.
The Black Flamingo by Atta, Dean
Clap when you land by Acevedo, Elizabeth
Crank by Hopkins, Ellen.
Home is not a country by Elhillo, Safia
Red hot salsa : bilingual poems on being young and Latino in the United States by

Children’s

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