The month of April is National Poetry Month. Take some time and read a poem or two, or a whole book! Below are some books that you can peruse to celebrate poetry month! (Note, OhioLINK and SearchOhio lending is unavailable until the end of April, so take note of those titles and request them in May to keep poetry month going!)

For more information and ways to celebrate you can visit the Academy of American Poets' national poetry month website. 

Cover ArtHow We Became Human by Joy Harjo
Call Number: 811.54 Har 2002
ISBN: 9780393325348
Publication Date: 2004-01-17
Cover ArtDevotions by Mary Oliver
Call Number: Request it via OhioLINK (click the link in the title)
ISBN: 9780399563249
Publication Date: 2017-10-10
 
 
 
Cover ArtNo Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay; Sophia Janowitz (Illustrator)
Call Number: 811.6 Kay
ISBN: 9781938912085
Publication Date: 2020-11-10
 
 
 
Cover ArtCall Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
Call Number: 811.6 Gor
ISBN: 9780593465066
Publication Date: 2021-12-07
 
 
 
Cover ArtWe Hope This Reaches You in Time by R. H. Sin; Samantha King Holmes
Call Number: Request it via SearchOhio (click the link in the title)
ISBN: 1524855766
Publication Date: 2020-01-14
 
 
 
Cover ArtA Fortune for Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib
Call Number: Request it via OhioLINK (click the link in the title)
ISBN: 9781947793439
Publication Date: 2019-09-03
 
 
Cover ArtIf Not, Winter by Sappho; Anne Carson (Translator)
Call Number: Request it via OhioLINK (click the link in the title)
ISBN: 9780375410673
Publication Date: 2002-08-27
 
 
 
Cover ArtLeaves of Grass 1860 by Walt Whitman; Jason Stacy (Editor)
Call Number: eBook (click title to read)
ISBN: 9781587298257
Publication Date: 2009-09-01
 
 
 
Cover ArtThe Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Call Number: 811.32 Poe
ISBN: 0679600078
Publication Date: 1992-09-05
 
 
 
Cover ArtThe Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou
Call Number: 811.54 Ang 1994
ISBN: 9780679428954
Publication Date: 1994-09-13
 
 
 
Cover ArtAriel by Sylvia Plath
Call Number: 811.54 Pla 1965
ISBN: 0060908904
Publication Date: 1992-04-01
 
 
 
Cover ArtThe Collected Poems of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde
Call Number: 811.54 Lor
ISBN: 0393040909
Publication Date: 1997-09-01
 
 
 
Cover ArtDon't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
Call Number: Request it via OhioLINK (click the link in the title)
ISBN: 9781555977856
Publication Date: 2017-09-05
 
 
Cover ArtNight Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
Call Number: eBook (click title to read)
ISBN: 9781556594953
Publication Date: 2016-04-05
 
 
Cover ArtThe Tiny Journalist by Naomi Shihab Nye
Call Number: eBook (click title to read)
ISBN: 9781942683728
Publication Date: 2019-04-16