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
- Romance by Claude McKay
- Rosa Parks by Nikki Giovanni
- Rose Solitude by Jayne Cortez
- Rulers by Fenton Johnson
- Russet by Kevin Young
- Russian Cathedral by Claude McKay
- Rwanda: Where Tears Have No Power by Haki R. Madhubuti
- Sadie and Maud by Gwendolyn Brooks
- Said to Have Been Heard to Say Hush by Nathaniel Mackey
- Salutamus by Sterling Allen Brown
- Salvation, in B# by Afaa Michael Weaver
- Samaria Rice, Mother of Tamir by Kamilah Aisha Moon
- Sanctuary by Donika Kelly
- Sandy: Aesthetic Memory by Randall Horton
- Saturday's Child by Countee Cullen
- say it with your whole black mouth by Danez Smith
- Scabs by Marcus B. Christian
- Scarf by Rita Dove
- Sci-Fi by Tracy K. Smith
- Scottsboro Sunset by Marcus B. Christian
- Scrapple by Afaa Michael Weaver
- Sea Calm by Langston Hughes
- Search for the New Land by Morgan Parker
- Seduction by Nikki Giovanni
- Seeing the Body: Volume by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
- Self-Portrait by Afaa Michael Weaver
- Self-Portrait as a Body, a Sea by Donika Kelly
- Self-Portrait with Afro, Fall 1970 by Ama Codjoe
- Self-Portrait with Braid by Ama Codjoe
- Senses of Heritage by Ntozake Shange

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)