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
- Melancholia by C. Dale Young
- Melancholia by Laurence Dunbar
- Mementos of a Summer Day by Chasity Gunn
- Memorial by Claude McKay
- Memphis Resurrection by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
- Men by Maya Angelou
- Mercy by Nikki Giovanni
- Mercy Beach by Kamilah Aisha Moon
- Mercy, Mercy, Me by John Murillo
- Merry Autumn by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Merry-Go-Round by Langston Hughes
- Meta-A and the A of Absolutes by Jay Wright
- Metropolis by Marcus B. Christian
- Midnight Air in Louisville by Afaa Michael Weaver
- Mighty Pawns by Major Jackson
- Mignon by Henrietta Cordelia Ray
- Millennial by Countee Cullen
- Million Man March Poem by Maya Angelou
- Minnesota Fats Describes His Youth by Elizabeth Alexander
- Mirama by Timothy Thomas Fortune
- Miss Liza's Banjer by Daniel Webster Davis
- Missing My Old School, My Old Life, My Old Family by Nikki Grimes
- Misty Friday Morning by Alan King
- Mnemonic Geography by C. S. Giscombe
- Molly Means by Margaret Walker
- Momma Welfare Roll by Maya Angelou
- Mommy, Mommy, Mommy by Anastacia-Reneé
- Monday by Duriel E. Harris
- Money Won’t Change It (but time will take you on) by Cornelius Eady
- Moon for Aisha by Kamilah Aisha Moon

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)