10 Iconic Poems by Maya Angelou Every Black Person Should Know
Maya Angelou lived life after life in her 86 years. She was an author, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer,...
Category : Poems
I Am Accused Of Tending To The Past by Lucille Clifton
i am accused of tending to the pastas if i made it,as if i sculpted itwith my own hands. i did not.this past was waiting...
Five Inspirational Poems for Black Women
My favourite anthology is Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby, and I am fortunate to have a signed hardback copy in my collection. Busby opened...
The Union of Two by Haki R. Madhubuti
What matters is the renewing and long running kinship. Seeking common mission, willing work, memory, melody, song Marriage is an art Created by the serious,...
If You Know Her by Kwame Dawes
If you know your woman, know her rhythms, know her ways; if you paying attention to her all these years, you will know how she...
What’s the Hour of the Night? by Queen Mother Audley Moore
After four score years of freedom Our so-called leaders say The the race has made great progress And we face the dawn of day But...
The Colored Soldiers by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
If the muse were mine to tempt it And my feeble voice were strong, If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a...
Where Have You Gone by Mari Evans
Where have you gone with your confident walk with your crooked smile why did you leave me when you took your laughter and departed are...
For My People by Margaret Walker
For my people everywhere singing their slave songs repeatedly: their dirges and their ditties and their blues and jubilees, praying their prayers nightly to an...
Filthy Negroes by Jacques Roumain
It is said that there was a great deal of anger and even rage in the writings of Jacques Roumain, especially in his poem, “Filthy...