National Poetry Month Books for Teens

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Inheritance : a visual poem

By Acevedo, Elizabeth, author.

They tell me to "fix" my hair. And by fix, they mean straighten, the...

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Nearer my freedom : the interesting life...

By Edinger, Monica, 1952- author.

"Permit me to lay at your feet the following genuine Narrative . . ....

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Home is not a country

By Elhillo, Safia, author.

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD * A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR ...

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These are the words

By Gill, Nikita, author.

An empowering feminist collection for teens and young adults, writte...

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How the boogeyman became a poet

By Keith, Anthony R., Jr., author.

Odyssey Award for Audiobook Excellence Winner Poet, writer, and hip-...

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Abuela, don't forget me

By Ogle, Rex, author.

A Finalist for the 2023 YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction A...

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The unboxing of a Black girl

By Shanté, Angela, author.

Written as a collection of vignettes and poetry, The Unboxing of a B...

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Wearing my mother's heart

By Thakur, Sophia, author.

Performance poet Sophia Thakur offers a powerful new collection touc...

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Paint me like I am : teen poems from Wri...

By WritersCorps.

Today my name is colorful. Yesterday my name was dead souls. Tomor...

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You don't have to be everything : poems ...

By Whitney, Diana, 1973- editor.

Poems to Turn to Again and Again - from Amanda Gorman, Sharon Olds, ...