# Poetry books about american poetry

**3** poetry books that explore american poetry, drawn from the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Genre:** Poetry  ·  **Theme:** american poetry
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## Poetry american poetry reading list

- [Ariel](https://readinglist.school/book/ariel) by Sylvia Plath _(Grades 11–12 · pub 1965)_
- [Poems](https://readinglist.school/book/poems) by Elizabeth Bishop _(Grades 11–12 · pub 1983)_
- [The Butterfly Jar](https://readinglist.school/book/the-butterfly-jar) by Jeffrey Moss _(Grades 3–5 · pub 1989)_

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