National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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