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
- History by Amiri Baraka
- History by Camille Rankine
- Holiday Letter for a Poet Gone to War by Aberjhani
- Home Thoughts by Claude McKay
- Homecoming by Jay Wright
- Homing Swallows by Claude McKay
- Hope by Alice Dunbar-Nelson
- Horn by Alan King
- Horror Vacui by Camille Rankine
- Host by Jericho Brown
- Hotbed 66 by Nikky Finney
- How Delicious to Say It by Vievee Francis
- How It Feels by Alan King
- How Long, O Lord! by Fenton Johnson
- How on Earth by Tyrone Williams
- How to Listen by Major Jackson
- Howdy Do by Fenton Johnson
- Howdy, Honey, Howdy by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Human Family by Maya Angelou
- Humanity by Miz P Floes
- Hunchback Girl: She Thinks Of Heaven by Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
- Hunger by Alan King
- Hunger by Ama Codjoe
- Hurricane Song by Kevin Young
- Hustle by John Murillo
- I Am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra by Ishmael Reed
- I Am Bound for de Kingdom by Marlanda Dekine
- I Am New Orleans by Marcus B. Christian
- I am New York City by Jayne Cortez
- I Am Not Ready To Die Yet by Aracelis Girmay

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)