National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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