National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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