National Poetry Month

Adult

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

Young Adult

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

Children’s

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