National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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