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 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
- The Negro Singer by James David Corrothers
- The Negro Speaks Of Rivers by Langston Hughes
- The New Day by Fenton Johnson
- The New Jerusalem by George Marion McClellan
- the new rumbón by Tato Laviera
- The Night-Fire by Claude McKay
- The Nomad's Vision: Ode to a Skylark Dressed in Black by Aberjhani
- The Northernmost Road by C. S. Giscombe
- The Old Front Gate by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- The Old Marrieds by Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
- The Only Way to Fight the Plague is Decency by Cyrus Cassells
- The Oppressionists by Jayne Cortez
- The Orange Alert by Douglas Kearney
- The Painting After Lunch by Clarence Major
- The Pantry by Afaa Michael Weaver
- The Paradox by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- The Parting Kiss by Josephine Delphine Henderson Heard
- The Penelope Metaphor by Kyla Marshell
- The Perfect Orchestra by Henrietta Cordelia Ray
- The Plateau by Claude McKay
- The Poet as Setting by Douglas Kearney