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
- On Being Free by Anastacia-Reneé
- On Blueness by Joshua Bennett
- On Broadway by Claude McKay
- On Confessionalism by John Murillo
- On Disappearing by Major Jackson
- On Earth, I is, Will Be, Me by Jasmine Reid
- On Friendship by Phillis Wheatley
- On getting through it by Toni Bee
- On Hearing 'The Girl with the Flaxen Hair' by Nikki Giovanni
- On Imagination by Phillis Wheatley
- On Liberty and Slavery by George Moses Horton
- On Magical Realism by John Murillo
- On Messrs Hussey and Coffin by Phillis Wheatley
- On Metaphor by John Murillo
- On Negative Capability by John Murillo
- On Paper by Jacqueline Woodson
- On Quiet Feet by Nikki Grimes
- On Recollection by Phillis Wheatley
- On Removing the Wedding Band by Major Jackson
- On Spring by George Moses Horton
- On the Birth of a Black / Baby / Boy by Etheridge Knight
- On the Bus Two Women Argue by Claudia Rankine
- On the Consequences of Happy Marriages by George Moses Horton
- On the Death of a Young Gentleman by Phillis Wheatley
- On The Death Of A Young Lady Of Five Years Of Age by Phillis Wheatley
- On The Death Of Dr. Samuel Marshall by Phillis Wheatley
- On The Death Of J. C. An Infant by Phillis Wheatley
- On The Death of Mr. Snider Murder'd By Richardson by Phillis Wheatley
- On The Death Of Rev. Mr. George Whitefield by Phillis Wheatley
- On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell by Phillis Wheatley
