National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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