April is National Poetry Month!

poetry eggsCelebrate poetry!

Join us for...
Teen Poetry Club!
Saturday, April 10

Raise Your Voice Non-Violence Poetry @ the Knight Memorial Library
Wednesday, April 14

Poetry Publication Party
Wednesday, April 28

Children's Poetry Books
selected by PCL Children's Specialist Jennifer Romans

*can be found in the YA or adult sections

*America in Poetry: with Paintings, Drawings, Photographs, and Other Works of Art ~ edited by Charles Sullivan

America at War selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins

*And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

*Angst!: Teen Verse from the Edge edited by Karen Tom and Kiki

Behold the Umbrellaphant: and Other Poems by Jack Prelutsky

The Block by Langston Hughes

*Blushing: Expressions of Love in Poems and Letters collected by Paul B. Janeczko

A Burst of Firsts: Doers, Shakers, and Record Breakers by J. Patrick Lewis

Button Up!: Wrinkled Poems by Alice Schertle

*Clotheslines: A Collection of Poetry and Art edited by Stan Tymorek

Come with Me: Poems for a Journey by Naomi Shihab Nye

*Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States edited by Lori M. Carlson

*Crush: Love Poems by Kwame Alexander

The Cuckoo’s Haiku: and Other Birding Poems by Michael J. Rosen

Curious Cats: In Art and Poetry by The Metropolitan Museum of Art

*Curves and Angles by Brad Leithauser

*Dancing the Dream: Poems and Reflections by Michael Jackson

*Dancing with Joy: 99 Poems edited by Roger Housden

*Ego-Tripping:  and Other Poems for Young People by Nikki Giovanni

Falling Down the Page: A Book of List Poems edited by Georgia Heard

*Falling Hard: 100 Love Poems by Teenagers edited by Betsy Franco

*Famous by Kathleen Flenniken

Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex

Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art edited by Jan Greenberg

Here Is My Heart: Love Poems by William Jay Smith

Here’s a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry collected by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters

Hey, You!: Poems to Skyscrapers, Mosquitoes, and Other Fun Things selected by Paul B. Janeczko

Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat edited by Nikki Giovanni

Hoop Kings by Charles R. Smith Jr

*Hormone Jungle: Coming of Age in Middle School by Brod Bagert

*I Just Hope It’s Lethal: Poems of Sadness, Madness, and Joy collected by Liz Rosenberg & Deena November

Imaginary Gardens: American Poetry and Art for Young People edited by Charles Sullivan

Incredible Inventions selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins

*Lifelines: A Poetry Anthology Patterned on the Stages of Life selected by Leonard S. Marcus

A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

*Light - Gathering Poems edited by Liz Rosenberg

*A Lion’s Hunger: Poems of First Love by Ann Turner

Lives: Poems about Famous Americans selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins

*My Own True Name: New and Selected Poems by Pat Mora

*Neighborhood Odes by Gary Soto

Night Garden: Poems from the World of Dreams by Janet S. Wong

Oh, Grow Up!: Poems to Help You Survive Parents, Chores, School, and Other Afflictions by Florence Parry Heide and Roxanne Heide Pierce

OH, NO!:Where Are My Pants and Other Disasters: Poems edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins

*The Pain Tree: and Other Teenage Angst-Ridden Poetry compiled by Esther Pearl  Watson and Mark Todd

*Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems from WritersCorps

*Partly Cloudy: Poems of Love and Longing by Gary Soto

Pieces: A Year in Poems and Quilts by Anna Grossnickle Hines

Poetry Speaks to Children edited by Elise Paschen

*Poetry: A Thematic Approach by Sam H. Henderson and James Ward Lee

*Quiet Storm: Voices of Young Black Poets selected by Lydia Omolola Okutoro

*Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States edited  by Lori Marie Carlson

Rules of the Game: Baseball Poems by Marjorie Maddox

*The Seven Ages by Louise Gluck

She’s All That: Poems About Girls selected by Belinda Hollyer

Side by Side: New Poems Inspired by Art from Around the World edited by Jan Greenberg

Skin Deep: and Other Teenage Reflections by Angela Shelf Medearis

Sol a Sol: Bilingual Poems written and selected by Lori Marie Carlson

Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky

*The Spoken Word Revolution: Redux edited by Mark Eleveld

*The Spoken Word Revolution (Slam, Hip Hop and the Poetry of a New Generation) edited by Mark Eleveld

*Staying Alive: Real Poems for Unreal Times edited by Neil Astley

Steady Hands: Poems About Work by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

*Step Lightly: Poems for the Journey collected by Nancy Willard

Street Poems by Robert Froman

*Things I Have to Tell You: Poems and Writing by Teenage Girls edited by Betsy Franco

*Tough Boy Sonatas by Curtis L. Crisler

*Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Courdoroy Kid by Simon Armitage

Valentine Hearts: Holiday Poetry selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins

Voices: Poetry and Art from Around the World selected by Barbara Brenner

Voices of the Trojan War by Kate Hovey

The Way I Feel…Sometimes by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers

*Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo?: and Other Questions I Wish I Never Had to Ask by Jancee Dunn   [not a poetry book]

Wicked Poems edited by Roger McGough

Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art selected by Belinda Rochelle

*You Hear Me?: Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys edited by Betsy Franco

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