2013 Poetry by African-Americans

1.
Rice: Poems
Rice: Poems 4.43 avg rating — 117 ratings
2.
Hemming the Water
Hemming the Water 4.23 avg rating — 118 ratings
3.
She Has a Name
She Has a Name 4.32 avg rating — 62 ratings
4.
\blak\ \al-fə bet\
\blak\ \al-fə bet\ 4.21 avg rating — 38 ratings
5.
The World Is Round: Poems
The World Is Round: Poems 4.28 avg rating — 108 ratings
6.
What We Ask Of Flesh
What We Ask Of Flesh 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings
7.
The Cineaste: Poems
The Cineaste: Poems 3.75 avg rating — 102 ratings
8.
The Collected Poems of Ai
The Collected Poems of Ai
by: Ai
4.28 avg rating — 72 ratings
9.
Autogeography: Poems
Autogeography: Poems 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings
10.
The Big Smoke
The Big Smoke 4.04 avg rating — 519 ratings
11.
Hum (ALA Notable Books for Adults)
Hum (ALA Notable Books for Adults) 4.32 avg rating — 784 ratings
12.
TwERK
TwERK 4.21 avg rating — 130 ratings
13.
Scratching the Ghost: Poems
Scratching the Ghost: Poems 4.35 avg rating — 75 ratings
14.
Urban Tumbleweed: Notes from a Tanka Diary
Urban Tumbleweed: Notes from a Tanka Diary 3.90 avg rating — 337 ratings
15.
After This We Go Dark
After This We Go Dark 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
16.
Duppy Conqueror: New and Selected Poems
Duppy Conqueror: New and Selected Poems 4.38 avg rating — 55 ratings
17.
Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers
Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers 4.53 avg rating — 243 ratings
18.
The Homesteader
The Homesteader really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
19.
History and Other Poems
History and Other Poems 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
20.
Loose Change
Loose Change 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
21.
Silverchest: Poems
Silverchest: Poems 4.13 avg rating — 282 ratings
22.
Dear Hero,
Dear Hero, 4.36 avg rating — 28 ratings
23.
King Me
King Me 4.36 avg rating — 385 ratings
24.
The Government of Nature (Pitt Poetry Series)
The Government of Nature (Pitt Poetry Series) 4.50 avg rating — 30 ratings
25.
Darktown Follies
Darktown Follies really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Voices Beyond Bondage: An Anthology of Verse by African Americans of the 19th Century
Voices Beyond Bondage: An Anthology of Verse by African Americans of the 19th Century 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
27.
Lilies in the Valley
Lilies in the Valley 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
28.
Ain't No Grave
Ain't No Grave 4.53 avg rating — 47 ratings