National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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