Books for National Poetry Month

By Coll Rowe | February 28 2025 | English Language Arts

For National Poetry Month in April, we are spotlighting poetry collections and books about poetry by authors who share culture, beauty, and emotion through their work.

Poetry Month – Middle School Titles

Poetry Month – High School Titles

Poems
9780593447437
Radiant poems that celebrate Black Southern womanhood and the many ways magic lives in the bonds between mothers, daughters, and sisters, from the bestselling author of Memphis.“God can stay asleep /these women in my life are magic enuff”
$17.00 US
Jun 25, 2024
Paperback
112 Pages
Dial Press Trade Paperback

9780143137832
A stunning, multimorphic work of poetry and prose about Indigenous identity
$20.00 US
Jul 16, 2024
Paperback
144 Pages
Penguin Books

9780593644690
“A gorgeously kind, wonderfully gentle, and unfailingly compassionate depiction of OCD...bursting with light.”— Ashley Woodfolk, critically acclaimed author of NOTHING BURNS AS BRIGHT AS YOUExploring the harsh reality of OCD and violent intrusive thoughts in stunning, lyrical writing, this novel-in-verse conjures a haunting yet hopeful portrait of a girl on the edge. From the author of Dear Medusa, which New York Times bestselling author Samira Ahmed called “a fierce and brightly burning feminist roar.”
$13.99 US
Apr 01, 2025
Paperback
464 Pages
Ember

9781681378282
Seminal, inspired translations of one of the greatest poets of all time by Edna St. Vincent Millay and George Dillon, now available in a sleek new edition.
$20.00 US
May 21, 2024
Paperback
288 Pages
NYRB Poets

9780744080834
An accessible guide to the most important poems ever written— from the Epic of Gilgamesh to The Waste Land—and the poets behind them
$29.99 US
Nov 07, 2023
Hardcover
336 Pages
DK

9780593623862
A propulsive YA novel in verse that blends the contemporary magic of Jandy Nelson with the simmering feminist rage of Laurie Halse Anderson’s Shout
$19.99 US
Mar 25, 2025
Hardcover
336 Pages
Viking Books for Young Readers

113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift
9780593982419
An anthology of brand-new poems inspired by Taylor Swift songs, from a powerhouse group of contemporary poets, including Kate Baer, Maggie Smith, and Joy Harjo.
$26.00 US
Dec 03, 2024
Hardcover
304 Pages
Ballantine Books

9781101908358
A greatest-hits selection from some of the most popular poets of the Romantic movement, including Goethe, Schiller, Schlegel, and Heine, in a gorgeously jacketed small hardcover
$20.00 US
Apr 02, 2024
Hardcover
256 Pages
Everyman's Library