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Inheritance : A Visual Poem
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Interweaving a powerful message of self-love, an award-winning author and poet celebrates the beauty and meaning of natural Black hair through her most famous spoken-word poem brought to a lushly illustrated picture book form.
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When the Stars Wrote Back : Poems
by Trista Mateer
The Instagram sensation and award-winning author of The Dogs I Have Kissed combines original material with fan favorites in a compilation of short, evocative poems on such subjects as growing up, healing from trauma and the many forms of love.
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These Are the Words
by Nikita Gill
Taking you on a journey through the seasons of the soul, in this collection Nikita gives you the words to help heal from your first breakup, to celebrate finding your family, to understand first love, to express your anger and your joy, to fight for what you believe in and to help you break some rules to be your truest self.
Gorgeously illustrated throughout by Nikita herself and featuring seasonal astrological poetry, this collection is an achingly beautiful, stunningly warm and fearless expression of truth from one of the most influential and well-known voices in modern poetry.
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Shout : A Poetry Memoir
by Laurie Halse Anderson
A poetic memoir and urgent call-to-action by the award-winning author of Speak blends free-verse reflections with deeply personal stories from her life to rally today's young people to stand up and fight the abuses, censorship and hatred of today's world.
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Concrete Kids
by Amyra Leâon
Concrete Kids is an exploration of love and loss, melody and bloodshed. Musician, playwright, and educator Amyra Leâon takes us on a poetic journey through her childhood in Harlem, as she navigates the intricacies of foster care, mourning, self-love, and resilience.
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Say Her Name
by Zetta Elliott
Inspired by the African American Policy Forum's #SayHerName campaign and the works of such notables as Lucille Clifton and Nikki Giovanni, a collection of poems stands as a tribute to Black Lives Matter activists and victims of police brutality.
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Ain't Burned All the Bright
by Jason Reynolds
This smash-up of art and text visually captures what it is to be Black in America—and what it means to REALLY breath.
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How I Discovered Poetry
by Marilyn Nelson
A powerful and thought-provoking Civil Rights era memoir from one of America’s most celebrated poets.
Looking back on her childhood in the 1950s, Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Marilyn Nelson tells the story of her development as an artist and young woman through fifty eye-opening poems. Readers are given an intimate portrait of her growing self-awareness and artistic inspiration along with a larger view of the world around her: racial tensions, the Cold War era, and the first stirrings of the feminist movement.
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Dizzy In Your Eyes : Poems About Love
by Pat Mora
The award-winning author of A Library for Juana presents a collection of 50 poems featuring teen narrators who share their thoughts about love or heartbreak, in a volume that also explores a variety of poetic forms.
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Wearing My Mother's Heart
by Sophia Thakur
Taking readers on an emotionally charged journey through the lives of women in the past and considering what it means to be a woman today, this powerful new poetry collection touches upon topics such as identity, race, politics, mental health and self-love.
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Dark Testament : Poems
by Crystal Simone Smith
Searching for resilience and hope, an award-winning poet gives voice to the mournful dead, crafting a masterwork that unmasks a dialogue of tragic truths about the lives of those taken unjustly and too soon.
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