National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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