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There’s a long, and strong, tradition of African-American writing stretching back centuries, and the annals of literature are filled with amazing African-American poets and poems. Below, we introduce just ten of the very best poems by African-American poets, covering over 250 years.
February is Black History Month, and to celebrate the contributions Black poets have made, and continue to make, to the richness of American poetry, we asked twelve contemporary Black poets from across the country to choose one poem that should be read this month and to tell us a bit about why.
Here are ten poems that explore past and present, pain and love, language and family, history and identity, all written by contemporary Black poets. They’re each available for free download: “Let Me Handle My Business, Damn,” Morgan Parker. “Hymn to a Hurricane,” Rachel Eliza Griffiths. “No Cap,” Hanif Abdurraqib.
Whatever the forms Negro poetry has taken in the last century, ranging from conventional English couplets and quatrains to free verse, from light lyrics to the well knit sonnet, from the blues and the spirituals to the highly personalized beatnik concepts of some of the younger black poets in Greenwich Village or San Francisco, the subject ...
Poems, articles, and podcasts that explore African American history and culture.
Here’s our short list of exemplary and iconic poems written by black poets about the experience of African-American people in the United States, from before its founding to the present day. 1. American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin [But there never was a black male hysteria] by Terrance Hayes.
Poems by African-American poets, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Kwame Dawes, Rita Dove, Langston Hughes, Tyehimba Jess, Kevin Young, and more.
On this list lover’s of poetry will find some of the greatest African-American poets of all time along with a selection of their best works.
To celebrate Black History Month in February—and the rich tradition of African American poetry all year long—browse essays on literary milestones and movements, find important books on black history and poetics, look for lesson plans for Black History Month, read archival letters from classic African American poets, and search poems about ...
Lift Every Voice is a Library of America project celebrating the rich tradition of African American Poetry. Explore famous African American poets throughout history and contemporary black poets alike.