National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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