African American Poetry: A Digital AnthologyMain MenuFull Text Collection: Books Published by African American Poets, 1870-1928Long list of 100+ full texts books of poetry available on this "Anthology"Author Pages: Bios and Full Text CollectionsList of African American poets onAfrican American Periodical Poetry (1900-1928)A collection of African Amerian Periodical Poetry, mostly focused on 1900-1928Areas of Interest: Topics and ThemesAfrican American Poetry: Anthologies of the 1920sPoetry by African American Women (1890-1930): A Reader and GuideOpen access textbook introducing readers to Poetry by Black WomenExploring Datasets related to African American poetryAbout This Site: Mission Statement, Contributors, and Recent UpdatesAn account of the history and evolution of this site by the site editor.Further Reading / Works CitedAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
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12022-01-08T08:40:59-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e12132Intertext Tagplain2023-12-20T12:55:59-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Below is a collection of poems by African American authors that highlight a dialogue with other writers, including writers from the Anglo-American Canon. Writers like Countee Cullen and William Stanley Braithwaite were particularly aware of their status as poets in a tradition, and the large number of such poems by Cullen listed below reflects his thoughtful, sometimes anguished, self-reflexivity. (See our Countee Cullen author page)
For other poets, the attitude towards great Romantic poets and writers like Shakespeare was a little more irreverent.
12022-01-10T15:32:54-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Fenton Johnson, "A Little Dreaming" (Full Text) (1913)3plain2023-12-20T13:41:33-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-08T09:18:38-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Countee Cullen, "For Paul Laurence Dunbar" (1925)3plain2023-05-30T10:02:22-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-05-21T07:17:11-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Angelina Weld Grimke, "To the Dunbar High School (A Sonnet)" (1917)3Also known as Angelina W. Grimke, Angelina Grimkeplain2024-07-15T10:20:45-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-08T09:18:00-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Countee Cullen, "For Hazel Hall, American Poet" (1925)3plain2024-07-09T14:41:44-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45
12024-05-17T13:00:16-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Frances E.W. Harper, "Eliza Harris" (1853/1854)3Poem by Frances E.W. Harper first published in Frederick Douglass' Paper, December 1853plain2025-06-11T12:57:50-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-08T09:19:08-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Countee Cullen, "For Joseph Conrad" (1925)3plain2024-07-09T14:42:27-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45
12023-06-22T10:47:15-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Eloise A. Bibb, "Eliza In Uncle Tom's Cabin)" (1895)2plain2024-01-11T06:35:56-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-06-12T12:12:21-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Maurice N. Corbett, "White Friends" (1914)2plain2024-07-22T16:25:44-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45
12024-04-23T20:14:40-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Hubert Harrison, "The Black Man's Burden" (1915)2plain2024-04-23T20:29:21-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-07-11T13:30:00-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45Townsend Allen, "The New Battle Hymn" (1903)1plain2024-07-11T13:30:00-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45
12024-07-11T13:31:43-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45Townsend Allen, "The New Battle Hymn" (1903)1plain2024-07-11T13:31:43-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45
12024-04-12T13:10:01-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Marie Brown Frazier, "To Langston Hughes" (1928)1plain2024-04-12T13:10:01-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-06-19T09:09:50-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1H. Cordelia Ray, "Sonnets" (1893)1Small collection of Sonnets by H. Cordelia Ray, Self-published in New Yorkplain2024-06-19T09:09:50-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-02-08T13:56:21-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1T. Thomas Fortune, "Edgar Allen Poe" (1905)1plain2024-02-08T13:56:21-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-07-26T13:41:53-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Katherine D. Tillman, "Phyllis Wheately" (1902)1Poem about Phillis Wheatleyplain2024-07-26T13:41:53-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-12-20T13:02:05-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1James D. Corrothers, "The Dream and the Song" (1922)1plain2023-12-20T13:02:05-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-07-10T12:13:13-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45A. Ashburn, "Uncle Joe on Shakespeare" (1907)1plain2024-07-10T12:13:13-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45
12024-07-11T13:09:50-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45Dwight Fairfield, "A Modern Othello" (1902)1plain2024-07-11T13:09:50-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45