Books for National Poetry Month

"This April marks the 20th anniversary of National Poetry Month, which was inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996. Over the years, National Poetry Month has become the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry's vital place in our culture." (cited from Poets.org) 

• The Best American Poetry 2015
• Breezeway: New Poems by John Ashbery
• The Essential Ginsburg by Allen Ginsberg
• The Complete Poetry by Maya Angelou
• Ramblings: Poetry & Prose from the Hudson Valley Writers Workshop
• Collected Poems of Samuel Beckett by Samuel Beckett
• Splitting an Order by Ted Kooser
• Blue Horse: Poems by Mary Oliver
• Midnight Whispers by Victoria Wiegand
• Aimless Love by Billy Collins
• Walking Home by Simon Armitage
• Cradle of the American Circus: Poems from Somers, NY by Jo Pitkin
• Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton by Lucille Clifton

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