National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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