YOUNG ADULT POETRY BOOKS

Young Adult Poetry Books give voice to the emotional needs of young adults. Young adult literature deals with the issues of adolescence and coming of age. Adolescence is an age when a person goes through a strange phase of life between childhood and adulthood. Young Adult Poetry Books give expression to the mental turmoil and experiences of a teen caught between childhood innocence and knowledge of maturity.

Young Adult Poetry Books are written both by adult and teen writers. The themes of Young Adult Poetry books are coming of age, transformation of life, coping with contemporary life and family, teen romance, experiences of life, charms of new adventures, change of perceptions and illumination through practical experiences.

Young Adult Poetry Books

• The Gazer's Spirit: Poems Speaking to Silent Works of Art edited by John Hollander
• Things I Have to Tell You: Poems and Writing by Teenage Girls edited by Betsy Franco
• Voices: Poetry and Art From Around the World edited by Barbara Brenner
• Words with Wings: a Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art edited by Belinda Rochelle
• I am the Darker Brother: an Anthology of Modern Poems by African Americans edited by Arnold Adoff
• The Whispering Wind: Poetry by Young American Indians edited by Terry Allen


• Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States by Lori Carlson
• I Wouldn't Thank You for a Valentine: Poems for Young Feminists by Carol Ann Duffy
• Pierced by a Ray of Sun: Poems about the Times we Feel Alone by Ruth Gordon
• Rising Voices: Writings of Young Native Americans edited by Arlene Hirschfedler
• The Music of What Happens: Poems that Tell Stories by Paul Janeczko
• Beat Voices: an Anthology of Beat Poetry edited by David Kherdian
• Waltzing on Water: Poetry by Women edited by Norma Fox
• This Same Sky: a Collection of Poems from Around the World by N.S. Nye
• Poems for a Small Planet: Contemporary American Nature Poetry edited by Robert Pack
• Mindscapes: Poems for the Real World edited by Richard Peck
• War and the Pity of War Neil Philip

Young Adult Poetry Books are equally enjoyed by young adults and adults.