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
- The Ancestors Explain How Envy Grew by Afaa Michael Weaver
- The Angel's Visit by Charlotte Louise Forten Grimké
- The Appaloosa by Afaa Michael Weaver
- The Aureole by Nikky Finney
- The Autumn Cat by Marcus B. Christian
- The Ayes Have It by Tiana Clark
- The B Network by Haki R. Madhubuti
- The Ballad of Rudolph Reed by Gwendolyn Brooks
- The Ballad Of The Landlord by Langston Hughes
- The banjo Player by Fenton Johnson
- The Barrier by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- The Barrier by Claude McKay
- The Basketball Star by Ahmos Zu-Bolton
- The Bean Eaters by Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
- the best story is about home because that’s the story part by Nate Marshall
- The Best Time by Mahogany L. Browne
- The Bird Has Vanished by Timothy Thomas Fortune
- The Bistro Styx by Rita Dove
- The Black Cock by Ishmael Reed
- The Black Finger by Angelina Weld Grimke
- The Black Man’s Altar Call by Steven L. Chapman
- The Black Maria by Aracelis Girmay
- The Black Sampson by Josephine Delphine Henderson Heard
- The Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde
- The Black Woman’s Tears Swap Meet Is Open Every Day by Douglas Kearney
- The Blackstone Rangers by Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
- The Blessed Angels by Toi Derricotte
- The Blue by Camille T. Dungy
- The Blue Terrance by Terrance Hayes
- The Blue Terrance by Terrance Hayes

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)