April is National Poetry Month. Our buyers have compiled a list of new and notable poetry collections, local poets and poems for children to keep you rhyming and reading all month long.

 

THE HILL WE CLIMB by Amanda Gorman

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WRITTEN AFTER A MASSACRE IN THE YEAR 2018 by Daniel Borzutzky

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100 POEMS TO BREAK YOUR HEART by Edward Hirsch

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AMERICAN MELANCHOLY by Joyce Carol Oates

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GOD I FEEL MODERN TONIGHT by Catherine Cohen

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WHEN THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD WAS SUBDUED OUR SONGS CAME THROUGH edited by Joy Harjo

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THE LOST SPELLS by Robert MacFarlane

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AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY edited by Kevin Young

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LOCAL POETS

SECOND STORY by Denise Duhamel

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YA TE VEO by P. Scott Cunningham

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TORTILLERA by Caridad Moro-Gronlier

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XX by Campbell McGrath

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HOW TO LOVE A COUNTRY by Richard Blanco

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SKIRTED by Julie Marie Wade

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UNDERSEA by Maureen Seaton

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THINGS AS IT IS by Chase Twichell

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POETRY BOOKS FOR KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS

LIFE DOESN’T FRIGHTEN ME by Maya Angelou

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EVERYTHING COMES NEXT by Naomi Shihab Nye

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ENCHANTED AIR by Margarita Engle

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SAY HER NAME by Zetta Elliott

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FOR EVERY ONE by Jason Reynolds

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BROWN GIRL DREAMING by Jacqueline Woodson

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THE POET X by Elizabeth Acevedo

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WE ARE THE ASHES, WE ARE THE FIRE by Joy McCullough

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YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE EVERYTHING by Diana Whitney

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EMILY WRITES by Jane Yolen

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LEGACY WOMEN POETS OF HARLEM RENAISSANCE by Nikki Grimes

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