National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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