National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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