National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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