African American Poems | Best Poems

Browse and read this list of the most beautiful and best poems written by famous African-American Poets from the classical poetry to the latest new modern ones...

Best African-American Poetry
- "Michaelangelo" the Elder by Bob Kaufman
- (Black) Hair by Ashley M. Jones
- 1 in 2 by Danez Smith
- 13 Ways of Looking at a Black Girl by Morgan Parker
- 1975 by Anne Spencer
- 1st love song to the black girl at smart camp by Nate Marshall
- 1st Vote by Kamilah Aisha Moon
- 37 Years ago by Dr. Christopher Davis
- 50-50 by Langston Hughes
- 99 Problems by Morgan Parker
- : .or. this malus thing never to be confused with justice by Randall Horton
- A Beautiful Mind Is ATerrible Thing to Waste by Dr. Christopher Davis
- A Billet Doux by George Moses Horton
- A Black Boy Knows by Raheem William Hill
- A Black Man Talks of Reaping by Arna Bontemps
- A Blk/Woman/Speaks by Sonia Sanchez
- A Bop: Blues Alternative by G.E. Patterson
- A Brown Girl Dead by Countee Cullen
- A Choice by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- A Conceit by Maya Angelou
- A Crucifix for DeRidder by Ahmos Zu-Bolton
- A Dream by Josephine Delphine Henderson Heard
- A Dream of Elfland by Henrietta Cordelia Ray
- A dull sound, varying now and again by Forrest Hamer
- A Faithless Love by George Marion McClellan
- A Farewel To America to Mrs. S. W. by Phillis Wheatley
- A Fragment by Fenton Johnson
- A Funeral Poem on the Death of C.E. by Phillis Wheatley
- a girl named jack by Jacqueline Woodson
- A Golden Day by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Robert Frost
was an American poet. (March 26, 1874 – Jan. 29, 1963)
Maya Angelou
was an African-American poet. (April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014)
Pablo Neruda
Nobel prize chilean poet. (July 12, 1904 – Sept. 23, 1973)
Rabindranath Tagore
was an indian famous poet (May 7, 1861 – August 7, 1941)
Thomas. S. Eliot
was an English poet and critic. (Sept. 26, 1888 – Jan. 4, 1965)