Black poets

10 poems by Lucille Clifton, chronicler of African-American experience, poet of the Chicago Black Renaissance. #BlackPoets #Lucille Clifton

Let America be America again.Let it be the dream it used to be.Let it be the pioneer on the plainSeeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—Let it be that great strong land of loveWhere never kings connive nor tyrants schemeThat any man be crushed by one above. (It never was America to me.) O, let my land be a land where LibertyIs crowned with no false patriotic wreath,But opportunity is real, and life is…

Black excellence | Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, and playwrite.

Black poetry is something that should be celebrated every day. Black poets have contributed, and continue to contribute, to the richness of poetry. Here’s a list of Black poets that you should check out.

This Spring, Nepantla: An Anthology for Queer Poets of Color (Nightboat Books, May 2018) was released in collaboration with Lambda Literary. The anthology is the first of its kind in the English sp…

“In a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, love exists. I'm grateful to know that it exists.”— Maya Angelou, “Rainbow in the Cloud...