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
- Democracy by Langston Hughes
- Denigration by Harryette Mullen
- Depression by Sonia Sanchez
- Derrick Poem (The Lost World) by Terrance Hayes
- Descant by Tyrone Williams
- Designer Kisses by Major Jackson
- Desire by Alice Walker
- Desire’s Persistence by Jay Wright
- Destiny by Haki R. Madhubuti
- Determined Invisibility by Mendi Lewis Obadike
- Detroit Conference of Unity and Art by Nikki Giovanni
- Did Anyone Ever Ask any One of Nikita’s Daughters by Francine J. Harris
- Differences by Danez Smith
- Dinner Guest: Me by Langston Hughes
- Dirty Deal Blues by Kevin Young
- Disarming of Shadow, Arming of Light by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
- Discrepancies Regarding My Mother's Departure by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
- Distinction by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Ditty by Kevin Young
- Dog Star by Kevin Young
- Dokuya: Poisoned Arrow by Natasha Marin
- Domestic by Carl Phillips
- Don't You Wonder, Sometimes ? by Tracy K. Smith
- Don’t Be Like Those Who Ask For Everything by Alice Walker
- Don’t Tell Me that I talk too Much! by Arnold Spilka
- Double Dutch by Gregory Pardlo
- Douglas by Fenton Johnson
- Douglass by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Down Like a Shot by Aziza Barnes
- Down To Eldorado by Fenton Johnson
