For more information on black poets, and to read some incredible poetry, go to Africanamericanpoetry.org, or theroot.com, or poets.org, or curiosityshots.com – or search for the many other sites available.
HERE IS A SHORT LIST OF SOME POETS I ENJOY TO GET YOU STARTED:
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Rita Dove
- Langston Hughes
- Lucille Clifton
- June Jordan
- Claudia Rankine
- Derek Walcott
- Kate Rushin
- Nikki Giovanni
- Sterling A Brown
- Maya Angelou
- Paul Lawrence Dunbar
- Tracy K Smith
- Claude McKay
- Robert Hayden
- Ntozake Shange
- Sonia Sanchez
- Jerico Brown
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