National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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