National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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