LISTEN UP!: SPOKEN WORD POETRY
edited by Zoë Anglesey
Nine lives, nine voices.

COOL SALSA: BILINGUAL POEMS ON GROWING UP LATINO IN THE UNITED STATES
edited by Lori M. Carlson
A fiesta of colors and flavors.

ROOM ENOUGH FOR LOVE: THE COMPLETE POEMS OF I AM WINGS AND BURIED ALIVE
by Ralph J. Fletcher
Falling in and out of love.

HOWL AND OTHER POEMS
by Allen Ginsberg
Crazy beatnik poetry.

THE DREAM KEEPER AND OTHER POEMS: INCLUDING SEVEN ADDITIONAL POEMS
by Langston Hughes
Powerfully simple.

MOVIN: TEEN POETS TAKE VOICE
edited By Dave Johnson
Ear catching.

THE PAIN TREE, AND OTHER ANGST RIDDEN POETRY
by Esther Watson and Mark Todd
Dramatic. Despairing. Hopeful?

SLAM
edited by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Poetry out loud!

FEAR OF DREAMING: THE SELECTED POEMS OF JIM CARROLL
by Jim Carroll
The author of the “The Basketball Diaries” also writes some very edgy poetry.

THE SPOKEN WORD REVOLUTION: SLAM, HIP-HOP AND THE POETRY OF A NEW GENERATION
edited by Mark Eleveld
Includes a CD.

POETSPEAK
by Paul B. Janeczko
Poems by 62 different poets, grouped by theme or mood.

BEAT VOICES: AN ANTHOLOGY OF BEAT POETRY
edited by David Kherdian
Collection of groundbreaking poetry from the 1950’s and early 1960’s.

WHAT HAVE YOU LOST?
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Over 100 different poems explore many different types of loss.

THE ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE
by Tupac Shakur
Teenage writings of this late, great rap star.

BEHIND THE WHEEL: POEMS ABOUT DRIVING
by Janet Wong
The ups and downs of teenage driving, including taking the test and getting pulled over for the first time.