Each April has marked National Poetry Month since it was first organized by the American Academy of Poets in 1996. In celebration of its 25th Anniversary, our staff have highlighted a diverse range of poetry anthologies from our collection. They can be borrowed by following the links below:
A Theory of Birds – Zaina Alsous
The Prophet – Khalil Gibran
Hoops – Major Jackson
Obit – Victoria Chang
The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni – Nikki Giovanni
Poems that Touch the Heart – A. L. Alexander
Selected Poetry of Emily Dickinson – Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems – Walt Whitman
Good Poems – Garrison Keillor
140 Twitter Poems – Christopher Carmona
The Poetry of Robert Frost – Robert Frost
Tough Boy Sonatas – Curtis L. Crisler
Ink Knows No Borders – Patrice Vecchione and Alyssa Raymond
50: Thorns & Blossoms – Julie Marie Todd
Poetry for Young People – Maya Angelou
The Raven and Other Poems and Stories – Edgar Allen Poe
Fantasia for the Man in Blue – Tommye Blout
Alabanza - Martín Espada
Guillotine – Eduardo C. Corral
The Tradition – Jericho Brown
Felon – Reginald Dwayne Betts
Silencer – Marcus Wicker
Unaccompanied – Javier Zamora
Uprock Headspin Scramble and Dive – Patrick Rosal
Mala of the Heart – Ravi Nathwani and Kate Vogt
Vivas to Those Who Have Failed – Martín Espada
Be Recorder – Carmen Giménez Smith
The Tradition – Jericho Brown
The Best Poems of the English Language – Harold Bloom