National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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