Updated: Apr 22

Happy National Poetry Month! Poetry is extremely significant to our society and culture, and it is important that we all are aware of the beauty poetry provides in today’s world. Here are six poignant books, for readers young and old, to celebrate National Poetry Month!

1. Hope is the Thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson

2. Poems from Homeroom: A Writer’s Place to Start by Kathi Appelt

3. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

4. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman

5. Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next Generation edited by Brett Fletcher Lauer and Lynn Melnick

6. Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

Happy Reading!

Neerja & Nidhi