I AM THE DARKER BROTHER: AN ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POEMS BY NEGRO AMERICANS
edited by Arnold Adoff
First published in 1968, this anthology exposes the quintessential African American, a proud, lonely, vulnerable yet independent human being who has forged out of hardship that combination of endurance, understanding and spirit called soul.

WILDLY ROMANTIC: THE ENGLISH ROMANTIC POETS – THE MAD, THE BAD, AND THE DANGEROUS
by Catherine M. Andronik
In the early 1800s, poetry could land a person in jail. Those who tried to change the world through their poems risked notoriety, or courted it. Among the most subversive were a group of young writers known as the Romantics: Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth and John Keats. These rebels believed poetry should express strong feelings in ordinary language. And they were barely out of their teens when their words changed literature forever.

HOW TO (UN)CAGE A GIRL
by Francesca Lia Block
A celebration of girls and women in a three part poetry collection that is powerful, hopeful, authentic, and universal.

RED HOT SALSA: BILINGUAL POEMS ON BEING YOUNG AND LATINO IN THE UNITED STATES
edited by Lori Marie Carlson
Latino poets tell us, in English and in Spanish, who they are, where they are, and what their hopes are for the future.

LOVE: SELECTED POEMS
by e.e. cummings
This collection of poems by e.e. cummings explores all the terrains of love, lust, romance and seduction.

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME: STORIES AND POEMS ABOUT BOYS
by Sharon G. Flake
In nine stories and 13 poems, Flake gives readers insight into the minds of a diverse group of adolescent African-American males. These unforgettable characters come to life in this poignant, funny, and often searing collection of urban male voices.

SPLIT IMAGE: A STORY IN POEMS
by Mel Glenn
A series of poems reflect the thoughts and feelings of various people–students, the librarian, parents, the principal and others about the seemingly perfect Laura Li and her life inside and out of Tower High School.

BLUE LIPSTICK: CONCRETE POEMS
by John Grandits
Jessie's a girl with strong opinions, and she isn't shy about sharing them. Her funny, sarcastic take on high school life is revealed through concrete poetry: words, ideas, type and design that combine to make pictures and patterns.

YOUR OWN, SYLVIA: A VERSE PORTRAIT OF SYLVIA PLATH
by Stephanie Hemphill
In 1963, young American poet Sylvia Plath died by her own hand and passed into myth. Hemphill interprets the people, events, influences and art that made up her brief life.

MORE THAN FRIENDS: POEMS FROM HIM AND HER
by Sara Holbrook and Allan Wolf
From the first furtive looks across the classroom, to the blossom of new romance, to the final flameout, teenage love is loaded with awkwardness, uncertainty, dreams, conflict, and pure bliss. Acclaimed poets Sara Holbrook and Allan Wolf combine their considerable talents to explore these feelings and struggles by creating the voices of a girl and boy in the throes of affection.

REQUIEM: POEMS OF THE TEREZÍN GHETTO
by Paul B. Janeczko
Poet Janeczko gives voice to the heartrending creative community of the Czech concentration camp known as Terezín in this stirring new collection that goes inside the walls of the notorious camp to portray the indomitable spirit of those incarcerated there.

A JETBLACK SUNRISE: POEMS ABOUT WAR AND CONFLICT
compiled by Jan Mark
Provocative and sobering, this collection of poems reflects the timeless nature of courage and barbarity in war, full of raw emotion that paints a vivid new picture of war and conflict.

DIZZY IN YOUR EYES: POEMS ABOUT LOVE
by Pat Mora
An original collection of poems, each with a different teen narrator sharing unique thoughts, moments, sadness, or heart's desire.

HERE IN HARLEM: POEMS IN MANY VOICES
by Walter Dean Myers
These fifty-four poems, all in different voices but written by one hand, do sing. They make a joyful noise as the author honors the people–the nurses, students, soldiers and ministers–of his beloved hometown, Harlem.

TIME YOU LET ME IN: 25 POETS UNDER 25
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Nye presents an anthology of poets under the age of 25, each of whom contribute four poems.

19 VARIETIES OF GAZELLE: POEMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
by Naomi Shihab Nye
The author writes about her experiences as an Arab-American, and of visiting the Middle East.

A MAZE ME: POEMS FOR GIRLS
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Life is a tangle of twisting paths. Some short. Some long. There are dead ends. And there are choices. And wrong turns, and detours, and yield signs, and instruction booklets, and star maps, and happiness, and loneliness. And friends. And sisters. And love. And poetry. Life is a maze. You are a maze. Amazed.

NIGHT IS GONE, DAY IS STILL COMING: STORIES AND POEMS BY AMERICAN INDIAN TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS
edited by Annette Piña Ochoa, Betsy Franco, and Traci L. Gourdine
Open this revelatory anthology of poetry, prose, and memoir and listen to the voices of today's young American Indians, ages eleven to twenty-two, from many nations across the country.

POETRY SPEAKS: WHO I AM
edited by Elise Paschen
More than 100 remarkable poems about you, who you are, and who you are becoming. Dive in-find the poem you love, the one that makes you angry, the one that makes you laugh, or the one that knocks the wind out of you.

THE COMPLETE TALES AND POEMS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE
by Edgar Allan Poe
All of the tales by the master of the detective and the macabre story. 53 of his best-known poems plus essays and criticisms.

I JUST HOPE IT'S LETHAL: POEMS OF SADNESS, MADNESS, AND JOY
collected by Liz Rosenberg and Deena November
The teenage years are a time filled with sadness, madness, joy, and all the messy stuff in between. Sometimes it feels that every day brings a new struggle, a new concern, a new reason to stay in bed with the shades drawn. But between moments of despair and confusion often come times of great clarity and insight, when you might think, like the poet Rumi, "Whoever's calm and sensible is insane!"

A FIRE IN MY HANDS: POEMS
by Gary Soto
Twenty-one poems about the themes of life. Each is preceded by a personal anecdote.

PARTLY CLOUDY: POEMS OF LOVE AND LONGING
by Gary Soto
Poet Gary Soto captures the voices of young people as they venture toward their first kiss, brood over bruised hearts, and feel the thrill of first love.

WÁCHALE!: POETRY AND PROSE ABOUT GROWING UP LATINO IN AMERICA
edited by Ilan Stavans
A bilingual collection of poems, stories, and other writings which celebrates diversity among Latinos.

FREE STALLION: POEMS
by Amber Tamblyn
Amber Tamblyn, best known as an actress, is also an accomplished poet who was mentored by Beat poets such as Jack Hirschman and Michael McClure. Incisive and passionate, these poems represent Amber's unique perspective on universal issues of relationships, loss and self-discovery.

TRUTH AND LIES: AN ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS
edited by Patrice Vecchione
Drawing on poets from Margaret Atwood to Langston Hughes, from Walt Whitman to Yevgeny Yevtusenko, she shows how truth is necessary, but how it can hurt, how lies may kill, and yet can soothe. The poems touch on a range of motivations and emotions including fear, guilt, forgiveness, trust, pride and anger. Some express surprising truths while others reveal painful lies.

GIRL COMING IN FOR A LANDING: A NOVEL IN POEMS
by April Halprin Wayland
A collection of over 100 poems recounting the ups and downs of one adolescent girl's school year.

CITY OF ONE: YOUNG WRITERS SPEAK TO THE WORLD
from WritersCorps, edited by Colette DeDonato
More than 100 young writers express themselves through a common theme: peace. The exploration ranges from the personal to the communal to the political. These poets and authors have a lot to say about their communities, about the struggle for social change, and about peace in the world.

SLAM
edited by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Not your average poetry book. It's your words, side by side with the rants of the Beat poets, the verses of Shakespeare, the rhymes of hip-hop, and much more.

NOVELS IN VERSE