Happy National Poetry Month! Poetry has a rich history as an oral tradition, and there’s still something singular about hearing poems read out loud. The following collections are available in audio and print so you can follow along while hearing the poems read by the poets themselves.
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A Somali-British writer looks at generational trauma, Black girlhood and womanhood in this collection of political and personal poetry.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.
A young woman in Brooklyn wrestles with her sexuality and first queer relationship in this debut collection of prose poems and rhyming couplets.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.
A poetry collection that explores alienation and identity in America through an immigrant’s lens.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby, eAudio on Libby, and in eAudio on Hoopla.
Vulnerable poems that examine religious and cultural violence against women and imagine a world of full female autonomy and liberation.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.
A collection of poems by Allen Ginsberg, a central figure of the beat movement, including the famous incendiary and revolutionary Howl.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Hoopla, in eAudio on Libby, and in eAudio on Hoopla.
Born from the loss of a close friend, this collection is a grief-tinged celebration of friendship and queer community.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby, in eAudio on Libby, and in eAudio on Hoopla.
The effects of harassment and oppression are explored in linguistically inventive poems by an award-winning indigenous writer.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.
Poems that reckon with loss, transience, family, and the generational effects of war by celebrated breakout writer Ocean Vuong.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.