Poetry Month

Celebrate National Poetry Month 2025. Turn to poetry to celebrate, cherish, mourn, critique, and explore the myriad bonds that family forms in our lives. Parents, pets, friendships, soulmates, siblings, plants, and beyond.

Updated March 19, 2025
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Violet bent backwards over the grass
Del Rey, Lana
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling debut book of poetry from Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass. "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety,...
Meet your family = Gikenim giniigi'igoog
Bouchard, David
Paper Book
Mother Earth, we come from her, we go to her, without her we wouldn't be here, she gives all of us life and because of her we are all one family. In many segments of Indigenous life we speak of Mother Earth, Father Sky, Grandfather Sun, and Grandmother Moon. Meet Your Family is a rhythmic poem that...
The complete tales & poems of Winnie-the-Pooh
Milne, A. A.
Audiobook
Blackstone Audio presents the unabridged collection of "A.A. Milne's Pooh Classics," performed by Peter Dennis. This audio set includes the ten stories of Winnie-the-Pooh, the ten stories of The House At Pooh Corner, the forty-four poems of When We Were Very Young, and...
This is a tiny fragile snake
Ruddock, Nicholas.
Paper Book
Fifteen poems explore close encounters with animals ... and choosing to respond tenderly. Whether it's helping a hummingbird escape, respecting a bear's habitat, admiring a heron's beauty, or giving way to ants at a picnic, the human response in these poems is to do no harm, and to help...
Queer and fearless : poems celebrating the lives of LGBTQ+ heroes
Sanders, Rob
Paper Book
Learn about the lives of some of the most important LGBTQ+ heroes in this unique picture book that combines poetry and biographical information to honor those at the forefront of LGBTQ+ history. Young readers will learn about the lives and legacies of seventeen heroes of the...

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