National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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