- Afaa M. Weaver...
Afaa Michael Weaver, formerly known as Michael S. Weaver, was born in 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland, to working class parents.
- African American Poets and Poetry...
Here you will find African American poets such as Rita Dove, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes and other Famous and Contemporary Black Poets.
- African Proverbs CD...
African proverbs, African wisdom, African Proverbs CD.
- African Proverbs - Sayings and Stories...
African Proverbs , African Sayings, African Stories.
- Afrika Poetry Theatre...
APT Community News, information, events, reviews "POWER OF THE WORD". The Afrikan Poetry Theatre online daily.
- Afroetry...
Afrocentric poetry that educates & motivates.
- AfroPoets.net...
Links to famous African-American poets such as Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, etc.
- Akili Amina ...
Akili Amina writer/author/poet, her work has been published in Literary magazines, along with her first
book "African Heritage, American Experience".
- Alexx Thompson...
Welcome to the poetry and photography site of Alexx Thompson.
- Allmypoems.com...
Where poetic expression lives.
- Al Young...
Poet and novelist Al Young was born on May 31, 1939, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He attended the University of Michigan and received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1969.
- Amanda Johnston...
Amanda Johnston, Poet / Performer.
- Ana-Maurine Lara...
A website dedicated to the works of Ana-Maurine Lara.
- Ancient-Art-of-Facts...
The mystical, magical, (ever) fantastical, imaginative mind of The Writing Moor. Your source for innovative & creative Black Literature.
- Antuan Rene' Simmons Southern Poet...
Poetry website of Antuan Rene’ Simmons. Features list of famous spoken word artists, and spoken word internet radio stations.
- AtlantaRed.com...
The best web site for amateur poets, poetry, and poetry contests.
- Aya de Leon...
Aya is the East Bay Express Readers' Pick for Best Slam Poet!
- Beyonder’s Universe...
Beyonder is a Poet & multimedia artist/educator. He uses literature as his canvas and digital arts as his paintbrush. View Beyonder's powerful work & watch interviews with other groundbreaking creatives.
- Blackbutterfly Poetry and Art ...
Words are forever as Love and Life. Blackbutterfly Poetry Words forever the Love and Life of Blackbuterfly Poetry Words are forever as Love and Life.
- Black Poems...
Poems that portray different aspects of the black experience, race relations, and the human condition, but the poetry may touch upon subjects not race-related in any sense.
- Black Poetry...
Submit your poetry to this website for all to enjoy.
- Black Poetry Cafe and Black Poems...
Black-Poetry.com Where Black Meets Ink and the Greatest Black Poems Online.
- BlackPoetVentures.com ...
BlackPoetVentures.com is your connection to promoting, supporting and enhancing the oral tradition artistry of poety and spoken word movements of the African Diaspora.
- Born Again Black Poetry...
Eloise Bibb, Sterling Brown, William Wells Brown, Olivia Ward Bush, James Edwin Campbell, Waverly Turner Carmichael to name a few.
- Bruce George Media...
Bruce George is a visionary, executive producer, writer, poet and activist. His work has been published in major magazines, anthologies, and literary publications.
- ButtaFli...
I have just published my first poetry book titled Eclexstasy: A Collection of Real Life, Love & Erotic Words of Art.
- Candice Preau, Poet, Actress, Columnist, Author...
Showcasing the artistic talent of Candice Preau, an emerging writer in Texas. View poetry, columns, published books and acting/screenwriting endeavors!
- Carl Hancock Rux...
Poet/performer Carl Hancock Rux crossed the disciplines of poetry, music, dance and theater in order to achieve what one critic describes as a "dizzying oral artistry.
- Carl Phillips...
Carl Phillips was born in 1959. He is the author of numerous books of poetry, most recently Quiver of Arrows: Selected Poems 1986-2006 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2007) and Riding Westward (2006).
- Cave Canem...
Cave Canem is committed to the discovery and cultivation of new voices in African American poetry.
- Central Elements...
Central elements is a artist collective that features music poetry art and film by artists from all over the world.
- Cheryl Clarke...
Cheryl Clarke was born in 1947 in Washington, DC. She received a B.A. from Howard University and an M.A., M.S.W., and Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Her books of poetry include Experimental Love (Firebrand Books, 1993)
- Claudia Rankine...
Claudia Rankine was born in Jamaica in 1963. She earned her B.A. in English from Williams College and her M.F.A. in poetry from Columbia University. She is the author of four collections of poetry, including Don’t Let Me Be Lonely (Graywolf 2004)
- Contemporary Poetry by Daboetry...
Everybody Needs A Lil' Dab Of Doo!!
- Cornelius Eady...
Cornelius Eady was born and raised in Rochester, New York, in 1954. He attended Monroe Community College and Empire State College. He is the author of Brutal Imagination (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2001)
- Cynthia Highsmith Hooks...
Cynthia's work has been published in several anthologies and featured on the TB2 site, but only recently began circulating her work for publication.
- Cyrus Cassells
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Cyrus Cassells was born in 1957 in Dover, Delaware, and received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1979. He is the author of Beautiful Signor (Copper Canyon Press, 1997), which won the Lambda Literary Award; Soul Make a Path Through Shouting (1994)
- Daboetrism by Daboetry ...
Daboetrism is a nu kind of poetry, with a Dabby twist.
- Daria's Web Site of Culture...
Poetry, dedicated to Black Kings and Queens.
- Dasun Shine...
This is the birthplace of random thoughts that ran dumb thoughts to speak truth to power. A palace of prosaic graffiti where Hiphop journalistics windmill on the creative cardboard of computer screens.
- DCSouth's Xanga Site...
DCSouth's official website.
- Devorah Major...
Served as San Francisco Poet Laureate 2002 through 2006. In in addition to being a poet she is a performer, lecturer, fiction and creative non-fiction writer, and editor.
- Discover
Kai...
The purpose of the site is to discover the intimate thoughts and experiences of a writer and to allow the reader to read, comment and contribute to the development of works of fiction.
- Distinguished Poetry–The Gift with a Lift...
Sylvia Larane Green, poet/author of the inspirational poem
collection, Gift of Life, writes and designs unique, inspiring poetry gifts for almost any occasion or sentiment.
- Douglas Kearney...
Douglas Kearney. Poet. Performer. Librettist. Educator.
- Elizabeth Alexander...
Elizabeth Alexander was born in 1962 in Harlem, New York, and grew up in Washington, D.C. She received a B.A. from Yale University, an M.A. from Boston University (where she studied with Derek Walcott), and a Ph.D. in English.
- Eloquence: Rhythm & Renaissance...
Eloquence: Rhythm & Renaissance encourages personal growth, appreciation for nature and spirituality. It is further interspersed with cultural poems and references that elevate and liberate.
- Erotic Expressions...
At Erotic Expressions.net you'll find poetry, short stories, dating tips, relationship advice, romantic ideas and more.
- Evie Shockley...
Evie Shockley is the author of one book of poetry, a half-red sea (Carolina Wren Press, 2006), and two poetry chapbooks, 31 words * prose poems (Belladonna* Books, 2007) and The Gorgon Goddess(Carolina Wren Press, 2001).
- FloetfreStyl ...
Deep, cutting, real raw prose from dynamic literary artist. Dedicated to the betterment of mankind through exported knowledge in rhyme. Motivation, relationships, black history, chemistry, spirituality, and human behavior in poetry.
- Frank X Walker...
Frank X Walker, Kentucky writer and founder of the Affrilachian Poets, author of Black Box, Buffalo Dance: the Journey of York, and Affrilachia.
- Gem Ministry...
Gem Ministry is a website of Christian poetry. It is dedicated to the glory of God and wishes to tell others about Jesus.
- Ghettosoul...
Poetry and photographs.
- Harryette Mullen
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Harryette Mullen was born in Florence, Alabama, and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. She has earned degrees in English and in Literature from the University of Texas, Austin, and the University of California, Santa Cruz.
- Illutopia...
illutopia is an online community where Poets, Authors, Comdians and even Musicians hang out and enjoy one another's talents, networkk, share connections and resources.
- Imani Tolliver...
Imani Tolliver is a poet, visual artist, educator and an advocate of the arts.
- Jarita Davis...
A website dedicated to Jarita Davis, her works and events.
- Jericho Brown...
The Jericho Brown website includes biographical information, sample poems, reviews of his work, a schedule of his appearances, and contact information.
- Karen Gibson...
This Performers poetic exploration of lyrics, intricately laced into a funky and melodic backdrop.
- JoAnne McFarland: Art & Poetry...
Artist and poet JoAnne McFarland offers an intriguing combination of poetry, painting and collage on her site.
- John Keene...
John Keene is the author of ANNOTATIONS. His poetry, fiction and prose have appeared in many publications, including most recently BRIDGE, FENCE, NOCTURNES.
- Karen S. Williams...
Poet Karen S. Williams is a writer, teacher and speaker. A Cave Canem Fellow, she is the author of Elegy For A Scarred Shoulder.
- Kenneth Henry aka Insite...
This website gives an overview of the highly anticipated poetry book by the well known, well respected, home grown, and intellected lost poet-InSite.
- Kevin Simmonds...
San Francisco Writer and Musician.
- Kevin Young...
Kevin Young was born 1970 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He received his B.A. from Harvard University in 1992, where he took poetry workshops with Lucie Brock-Broido and Seamus Heaney, and his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Brown University in 1996.
- Kola Boof...
Exciting new voice in literature, remarkably beautiful collection of poetry, "EVERY LITTLE BIT HURTS" has never been released in America--until now!
- Lita Hooper...
Hello and welcome to my website. Feel free to look around!
- Love Poems And Quotes...
Romantic love poems, love quotes, famous quotes, friendship poems, etc. Free love poetry contest.
- Lucille Clifton...
Lucille Clifton was born in Depew, New York, on June 27, 1936. Her first book of poems, Good Times, was rated one of the best books of the year by the New York Times in 1969.
- Lyrical Storm...
My website page is for my poetry and other collective merchandise for sale.
- Major Jackson...
Major Jackson is the author of two collections of poetry: Hoops (Norton: 2006) and Leaving Saturn (University of Georgia: 2002)
- MANTRA...
Motion, Artistic Nuances, Tantric Realities and Anthology. My life through poetry.
- Marilyn Nelson...
Marilyn Nelson was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 26, 1946, to Melvin M. Nelson, a U.S. serviceman in the Air Force, and Johnnie Mitchell Nelson, a teacher.
- Marjorie Booker...
Marjorie Booker's official website.
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Who Will Cry for the Little Boy?
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The Rose That Grew from Concrete
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The Complete Collected Poems of Maya
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Foolish/Unfoolish: Reflections on Love
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Bronx Masquerade
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The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes...
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Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and...
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Phenomenal Woman
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf |
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Love to Langston
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Jelly Roll |
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God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse...
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Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems...
by Eloise Greenfield |
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And Still I Rise
by Maya Angelou |
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Blessing the Boats: New and Selected...
by Lucille Clifton |
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Harlem: A Poem (Caldecott Honor Book)
by Walter Dean Myers |
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American Dreams
by Sapphire |
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Locomotion
by Jacqueline Woodson |
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Hip Logic (National Poetry Series)
by Terrance Hayes |
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Omeros
by Derek Walcott |
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Love Poems
by Nikki Giovanni |
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Selected Poems
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A Tisket, a Tasket
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Transbluesency:
Selected Poetry
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