National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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