National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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