National Poetry Month 2025 - Books for Adults

Updated March 26, 2025
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Bluff : poems
Smith, Danez
Paper Book
FINALIST FOR THE 2025 PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY FINALIST FOR THE 2024 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR POETRY FINALIST FOR THE 2025 ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY WINNER OF THE 2025 MINNESOTA BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY Written after two years of artistic silence,...
Don't call us dead : poems
Smith, Danez
Paper Book
Finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry Winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection "[Smith's] poems are enriched to the point of volatility, but they pay out, often, in sudden joy."--The New Yorker Award-winning poet Danez Smith is...
Something about Living: National Book Award Winner
Khalaf Tuffaha, Lena
Paper Book
Winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Poetry 2025 ALA Notable Book Winner of the 2025 Washington State Book Award for Poetry 2025 Arab American Book Award Winner (George Ellenbogen Poetry Award) Winner of the 2022 Akron Poetry Prize It's nearly impossible to...
This is the honey : an anthology of contemporary Black poets
Alexander, Kwame
Paper Book
In this comprehensive and vibrant poetry anthology, bestselling author and poet Kwame Alexander curates a collection of anthems for our time, at turns tender and piercing, and deeply inspiring throughout. Featuring work from well-loved poets such as Claudia Rankine, Ross Gay, Jericho Brown,...
Water, Water: Poems
Collins, Billy
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From the former Poet Laureate of the United States and New York Times bestselling author of Aimless Love comes a wondrous new collection of poems focused on the joys and mysteries of daily life. "Among the best poems that [Billy] Collins has...
You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
Limon, Ada
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Big Reads Selection A 2024 NPR "Books We Love" Selection "Whoever you are, you will find yourself and your own world in the expansiveness of this collection." -Margaret Renkl, New York Times ...

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