National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

Poisoned apples : poems for you, my pretty by Heppermann, Christine
Shout by Anderson, Laurie Halse
The Black Flamingo by Atta, Dean
Clap when you land by Acevedo, Elizabeth
Crossover by Alexander, Kwame
Bronx masquerade by Grimes, Nikki.
Across the rainbow bridge : stories of Norse gods and humans by Crossley-Holland, Kevin.
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.
Punching the air by Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
Ain't burned all the bright by Reynolds, Jason
Red hot salsa : bilingual poems on being young and Latino in the United States by

Children’s

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