National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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