April is National Poetry Month 🕮
“We need mental and spiritual food along the way as much as we need food, clothing, and shelter - that is where poetry comes in. Poetry always appears at times of transition, transformation, and shift, and for times of grieving, for getting work done, and for joy."
- Joy Harjo, 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States serving three terms from 2019 to 2022
Celebrate National Poetry Month by diving into Special Collection and Research's trove of poetical works!
The Oklahoma Room currently features materials from the our curated library, as well as historical items from the archives of the Bob Duncan Folklore Collection and the John Dunning III Collection.
Oklahoma Room Books:
4 poets of Oklahoma by Laura Dewey Finley
A Cheyenne Sketchbook : Selected Poems 1970-1991 by Lance Henson
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems by Joy Harjo
A History of Kindness by Linda Hogan
Natural Spring : A Collection of Poems by Judy Gilley
Poetry of a Forlorn Soldier by Charles Floyd Coltrane
String Theory by Jenny Yang Cropp
Tallchief Poems by Elise Paschen
The Dust Bowl Revisited : Poems of Rural Oklahoma by Dorothy Alexander
Thistle Down and Prairie Rose : Poems by Bess Truitt
The Witch Deer : Poems of the Oklahoma Indians by Maggie Culver Fry
These Are the Words by Max Gonzalez
Yon-doo-shah-we-ah (nubbins) by Bertrand N.O. Walker
She Had Some Horses by Joy Harjo
This Book, This Hill, These People: Poems by Lynn Riggs
The Red Earth Poetry Magazine. : V.1 (1944) - V.3 (1946) edited by Bess Truitt and George Rossman
Let us know who your favorite poet is or which poem you can't live without - we may just feature your recommendations on our next blog post! Email us at Special.Collections@MetroLibrary.org with your responses. Also, feel free to send us your thoughts or ideas for future articles and posts!
All images showcased here are part of Metro Library’s Special Collections and Research archives.
