National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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