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 Lesson by Maya Angelou
- The Life of a Writer by Jalynn Harris
- The Life Of Lincoln West by Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
- The Lights at Carney’s Point by Alice Dunbar-Nelson
- The Loss of Love by Countee Cullen
- The Lost Baby poem by Lucille Clifton
- The Lost Love by Fenton Johnson
- The Lovers of the Poor by Gwendolyn Brooks
- The Lunar Lutheran by Harryette Mullen
- The Lynching by Claude McKay
- The Lyric Theatre: Lyceum of Dreams by Nikky Finney
- The Made to Order Smile by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- The Man That Poetry Made by Aberjhani
- The March's Promise by George Marion McClellan
- The Masquerader by Marcus B. Christian
- The Meek by Francine J. Harris
- The Minister by Fenton Johnson
- The Miracle of Morning by Amanda Gorman
- The Mission by Kevin Young
- The Mist Maiden by Henrietta Cordelia Ray
- The Mocking Bird by Timothy Thomas Fortune
- The Mother by Gwendolyn Brooks
- The Mother Ship is Purple by Anastacia-Reneé
- The Mothers by Robin Coste Lewis
- the mutt misses jouvay by no less than 4 hours by Aziza Barnes
- The Mystery Man in the Black Hat Speaks by Quincy Troupe
- The Near-Johannesburg Boy by Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
- The Negro Meets to Pray by Daniel Webster Davis
- The Negro Mind Reaches Out by W. E. B. Du Bois
- The Negro Mother by Langston Hughes

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)