The 379 Most Critically Acclaimed Poetry Books since 1968

How are these books selected?
The goal of this list is to highlight books praised by the Black community. To appear on this list, a book must have earned an "honor" which includes winning a recognized literary award, appearing on an AALBC or BLK bestseller list, or being selected for inclusion on a prominent book club's reading list. Sources used to compile this list include, but are not limited to, these awards.
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  1. Konbit by Sony Ton-Aime (2026)
  2. She Outgrew the Wound by r.h. Sin (2026)
  3. To All the Women I’ve Ever Loved by Billy Chapata (2026)
  4. A Love Tap by Bernardo Wade (2025)
  5. Blue Opening: Poems by Chet’la Sebree (2025)
  6. Cord Swell by Brittny Ray Crowell (2025)
  7. Death Does Not End at the Sea by Gbenga Adesina (2025)
  8. Death of the First Idea: Poems by Rickey Laurentiis (2025)
  9. Doggerel: Poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts (2025)
  10. Florida Water: Poems by aja monet (2025)
  11. Glory, Too: Poems by Nikki Grimes (2025)
  12. Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems by Patricia Smith (2025)
  13. Joy in the Belly of a Riot: Poems, Prayers, Memories, and Meditations by Barbara Fant (2025)
  14. Morning Night: Poems on Spirit, Race, and Nature by Larry Ward (2025)
  15. My Dear Wildflower by r.h. Sin (2025)
  16. Natural History: Poems by Brandon Kilbourne (2025)
  17. New Moons: Phases of Healing by r.h. Sin (2025)
  18. Night Watch: Poems by Kevin Young (2025)
  19. Nursery Rhymes in Black: Poems by Latorial Faison (2025)
  20. Resting Bitch Face: Poems by Taylor Byas (2025)
  21. Savings Time: Poems by Roya Marsh (2025)
  22. Scorched Earth: Poems by Tiana Clark (2025)
  23. Shade Is a Place by MaKshya Tolbert (2025)
  24. The Natural Order of Things: Poems by Donika Kelly (2025)
  25. The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things by Nikki Giovanni (2025)
  26. The Thing about Falling: Poems by Tarriona Ball (2025)
  27. A Midnight Moon by r.h. Sin (2024)
  28. Autobiomythography of by Ayokunle Falomo (2024)
  29. Black Bell by Alison C. Rollins (2024)
  30. Blade by Blade by Danusha Laméris (2024)
  31. Blues in Stereo: The Early Works of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes (2024)
  32. Bluff: Poems by Danez Smith (2024)
  33. Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman (2024)
  34. For There Is Always Light: A Journal by Amanda Gorman (2024)
  35. Good Dress by Brittany Rogers (2024)
  36. Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves by J. Drew Lanham (2024)
  37. Load in Nine Times: Poems by Frank X. Walker (2024)
  38. Magic Enuff: Poems by Tara M. Stringfellow (2024)
  39. Polkadot Wounds by Anthony Vahni Capildeo (2024)
  40. Room Swept Home by Remica Bingham-Risher (2024)
  41. Scattered Snows, to the North: Poems by Carl Phillips (2024)
  42. Silver: Poems by Rowan Ricardo Phillips (2024)
  43. Song of My Softening by Omotara James (2024)
  44. Spectral Evidence: Poems by Gregory Pardlo (2024)
  45. Terminal Maladies by Okwudili Nebeolisa (2024)
  46. The Freedom of Forward by Morgan Richard Olivier (2024)
  47. This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets by Kwame Alexander (2024)
  48. We Alive, Beloved: Poems by Frederick Joseph (2024)
  49. What I Should’ve Texted by Pierre Alex Jeanty (2024)
  50. Above Ground by Clint Smith (2023)
  51. Excuse Me as I Kiss the Sky by Rudy Francisco (2023)
  52. Hawk by Vivian Ayers (2023)
  53. Her. Vol. 3 by Pierre Alex Jeanty (2023)
  54. I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times: Poems by Taylor Byas (2023)
  55. Playlist for the Apocalypse: Poems by Rita Dove (2023)
  56. Relations: An Anthology of African and Diaspora Voices by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond (2023)
  57. Side Notes from the Archivist: Poems by Anastacia-Reneé (2023)
  58. So to Speak by Terrance Hayes (2023)
  59. Suddenly We by Evie Shockley (2023)
  60. The Beloved Community by Patricia Spears Jones (2023)
  61. The Ferguson Report: An Erasure by Nicole Sealey (2023)
  62. The Strength That Stays by Morgan Richard Olivier (2023)
  63. Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020 by Carl Phillips (2023)
  64. This Day Is Dark by r.h. Sin (2023)
  65. Tisa: New-Generation African Poets, a Chapbook Box Set by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani (2023)
  66. Trace Evidence: Poems by Charif Shanahan (2023)
  67. Unshuttered: Poems by Patricia Smith (2023)
  68. When I Waked, I Cried to Dream Again: Poems by A. Van Jordan (2023)
  69. You Are Only Just Beginning: Lessons for the Journey Ahead by Morgan Harper Nichols (2023)
  70. A Peculiar People by Steven Willis (2022)
  71. Best Barbarian: Poems by Roger Reeves (2022)
  72. Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head: Poems by Warsan Shire (2022)
  73. Bluest Nude: Poems by Ama Codjoe (2022)
  74. Civil Rights Queen by Tomiko Brown-Nagin (2022)
  75. Claim Tickets for Stolen People by Quintin Collins (2022)
  76. Concentrate: Poems by Courtney Faye Taylor (2022)
  77. Everyday Mojo Songs of Earth: New and Selected Poems, 2001-2021 by Yusef Komunyakaa (2022)
  78. Golden Ax by Rio Cortez (2022)
  79. Grocery Shopping with My Mother by Kevin Powell (2022)
  80. How I Found Love Behind the Catcher’s Mask: Poems by E. Ethelbert Miller (2022)
  81. Muse Found in a Colonized Body by Yesenia Montilla (2022)
  82. Null Landing by isaiah a. hines (2022)
  83. Plans for Sentences by Renee Gladman (2022)
  84. The Ways Poems of Affirmation, Remembrance, Reflection and Wonder by Everett Hoagland (2022)
  85. To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness by Robin Coste Lewis (2022)
  86. Velvet Dragonflies by Billy Chapata (2022)
  87. We Are Not Wearing Helmets: Poems by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor (2022)
  88. A More Perfect Union by Teri Ellen Cross Davis (2021)
  89. Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans (2021)
  90. Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman (2021)
  91. Cosmic Deputy: Poetry & Context by Kalamu ya Salaam (2021)
  92. Duende: Poems, 1966—Now by Quincy Troupe (2021)
  93. For All The Things I Never Got To Say by Fanta Ballo (2021)
  94. I Am the Rage by Martina McGowan (2021)
  95. I Remember Death by Its Proximity to What I Love by Mahogany L. Browne (2021)
  96. Long Rain by Lenard D. Moore (2021)
  97. Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose by Nikki Giovanni (2021)
  98. No Ruined Stone by Shara McCallum (2021)
  99. Perfect Black by Crystal Wilkinson (2021)
  100. Punks: New & Selected Poems by John Keene (2021)
  101. Refractive Africa by Will Alexander (2021)
  102. Second Line Home: New Orleans Poems by Mona Lisa Saloy (2021)
  103. She Fits Inside These Words: Volume 4 by r.h. Sin (2021)
  104. Sho by Douglas Kearney (2021)
  105. Sonia Sanchez Collected Poems by Sonia Sanchez (2021)
  106. Tragic City by Clemonce Heard (2021)
  107. We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting for: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness by Alice Walker (2021)
  108. What Noise Against the Cane by Desiree C. Bailey (2021)
  109. When Your Wife Has Tommy John Surgery and Other Baseball Stories: Poems by E. Ethelbert Miller (2021)
  110. Winter Roses After Fall by r.h. Sin and Robert M. Drake (2021)
  111. African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song by Kevin Young (2020)
  112. Fantasia for the Man in Blue by Tommye Blount (2020)
  113. Flowers on the Moon by Billy Chapata (2020)
  114. I Am New Orleans: 36 Poets Revisit Marcus Christian’s Definitive Poem by Kalamu ya Salaam (2020)
  115. Jump the Clock: New & Selected Poems by Erica Hunt (2020)
  116. Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry by John Murillo (2020)
  117. Love from the Vortex & Other Poems by Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz (2020)
  118. Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose by Nikki Giovanni (2020)
  119. Pale Colors in a Tall Field: Poems by Carl Phillips (2020)
  120. Seeing the Body: Poems by Rachel Eliza Griffiths (2020)
  121. She’s Strong, But She’s Tired: Volume 3 by r.h. Sin (2020)
  122. Taught by Women: Poems as Resistance Language: New and Selected by Haki Madhubuti (2020)
  123. The Age of Phillis by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers (2020)
  124. We Want Our Bodies Back by jessica Care moore (2020)
  125. White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia by Kiki Petrosino (2020)
  126. & More Black by t’ai freedom ford (2019)
  127. 1919 by Eve L. Ewing (2019)
  128. A Fortune for Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib (2019)
  129. Apologies That Never Came by Pierre Alex Jeanty (2019)
  130. Build Yourself a Boat by Camonghne Felix (2019)
  131. Exiles of Eden by Ladan Osman (2019)
  132. Felon: Poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts (2019)
  133. Honeyfish by Lauren K. Alleyne (2019)
  134. I: New and Selected Poems by Toi Derricotte (2019)
  135. Library of Small Catastrophes by Alison C. Rollins (2019)
  136. Mistress by Chet’la Sebree (2019)
  137. Night Angler by Geffrey Davis (2019)
  138. Syncope by Asiya Wadud (2019)
  139. The Crazy Bunch by Willie Perdomo (2019)
  140. The Tradition by Jericho Brown (2019)
  141. Wade in the Water: Poems (paperback) by Tracy K. Smith (2019)
  142. A Good Cry: What We Learn from Tears and Laughter by Nikki Giovanni (2018)
  143. American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes (2018)
  144. Approaching the Fields: Poems by Chanda Feldman (2018)
  145. Confessions of a Barefaced Woman by Allison Joseph (2018)
  146. Crosslight for Youngbird by Asiya Wadud (2018)
  147. Divida by Monica Hand (2018)
  148. Doe Songs by Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné (2018)
  149. Door of No Return by Neal Hall (2018)
  150. Ghost, Like a Place by Iain Haley Pollock (2018)
  151. If God Invented Baseball: Poems by E. Ethelbert Miller (2018)
  152. Indecency by Justin Phillip Reed (2018)
  153. Mend: Poems by Kwoya Fagin Maples (2018)
  154. Monument: Poems New and Selected by Natasha Trethewey (2018)
  155. Pardon My Heart: Poems by Marcus Jackson (2018)
  156. Refuse: Poems by Julian Randall (2018)
  157. Semiautomatic by Evie Shockley (2018)
  158. Strut by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie (2018)
  159. Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart by Alice Walker (2018)
  160. The Gospel According to Wild Indigo by Cyrus Cassells (2018)
  161. A Beautiful Composition of Broken by r.h. Sin (2017)
  162. Don’t Call Us Dead: Poems by Danez Smith (2017)
  163. Her by Pierre Alex Jeanty (2017)
  164. In the Language of My Captor by Shane McCrae (2017)
  165. Incendiary Art: Poems by Patricia Smith (2017)
  166. Madwoman by Shara McCallum (2017)
  167. Revise the Psalm: Work Celebrating the Writing of Gwendolyn Brooks by Quraysh Ali Lansana and Sandra Jackson-Opoku (2017)
  168. Whiskey Words & a Shovel I by r.h. Sin (2017)
  169. Wild Beauty: New and Selected Poems by Ntozake Shange (2017)
  170. attraversiamo by Monique Ferrell (2016)
  171. Bestiary: Poems by Donika Kelly (2016)
  172. Blue Laws: Selected and Uncollected Poems, 1995-2015 by Kevin Young (2016)
  173. Cannibal by Safiya Sinclair (2016)
  174. Collected Poems: 1974–2004 by Rita Dove (2016)
  175. Counting Descent by Clint Smith (2016)
  176. House of Lords and Commons: Poems by Ishion Hutchinson (2016)
  177. Kingston Buttercup by Ann-Margaret Lim (2016)
  178. Olio by Tyehimba Jess (2016)
  179. The Repenters by Kevin Jared Hosein (2016)
  180. Thief in the Interior by Phillip B. Williams (2016)
  181. Bastards of the Reagan Era by Reginald Dwayne Betts (2015)
  182. Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (Pitt Poetry Series) by Ross Gay (2015)
  183. Forest Primeval: Poems by Vievee Francis (2015)
  184. From Pain 2 Poetry: The Naked Truth Volume 3 by The Bag Lady Experience (2015)
  185. Heaven: Poems by Rowan Ricardo Phillips (2015)
  186. Honest Engine: Poems by Kyle Dargan (2015)
  187. How to Be Drawn by Terrance Hayes (2015)
  188. In This House by Loretta Diane Walker (2015)
  189. It Seems Like a Mighty Long Time: Poems by Angela Jackson (2015)
  190. Lighting the Shadow by Rachel Eliza Griffiths (2015)
  191. Providential by Colin Channer (2015)
  192. Reconnaissance: Poems by Carl Phillips (2015)
  193. Redbone by Mahogany L. Browne (2015)
  194. S O S: Poems 1961-2013 by Amiri Baraka (2015)
  195. The Complete Poetry by Maya Angelou (2015)
  196. The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes (2015)
  197. Voyage of the Sable Venus: and Other Poems by Robin Coste Lewis (2015)
  198. Wife by Tiphanie Yanique (2015)
  199. Wild Hundreds by Nate Marshall (2015)
  200. Book Of Hours: Poems by Kevin Young (2014)
  201. Brief Evidence of Heaven: Poems from the Life of Anna Murray Douglass by M. Nzadi Keita (2014)
  202. Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine (2014)
  203. City of Eternal Spring (Pitt Poetry Series) by Afaa Michael Weaver (2014)
  204. Digest (Stahlecker Selections) by Gregory Pardlo (2014)
  205. In Shadowed Bliss by Alexander Andrews (2014)
  206. Revising the Storm (A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America) by Geffrey Davis (2014)
  207. Sounding Ground by Vladimir Lucien (2014)
  208. Sunlight Through Bullet Holes by jessica Care moore (2014)
  209. Tears For My Ancestors (Volume 1) by Malik Canty (2014)
  210. The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon (Poets, Penguin) by Willie Perdomo (2014)
  211. The Feel Trio by Fred Moten (2014)
  212. The New Testament by Jericho Brown (2014)
  213. The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013 by Derek Walcott (2014)
  214. We Didn’t Know Any Gangsters by Brian Gilmore (2014)
  215. Bury My Clothes by Roger Bonair-Agard (2013)
  216. Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid by Nikki Giovanni (2013)
  217. Darktown Follies: Poems by Amaud Jamaul Johnson (2013)
  218. Duppy Conqueror: New and Selected Poems by Kwame Dawes (2013)
  219. Home/Bass: Poems by Sterling D. Plumpp (2013)
  220. Hum (Ala Notable Books for Adults) by Jamaal May (2013)
  221. King Me by Roger Reeves (2013)
  222. Oracabessa by Lorna Goodison (2013)
  223. The Big Smoke (Poets, Penguin) by Adrian Matejka (2013)
  224. The Cineaste: Poems by A. Van Jordan (2013)
  225. The Collected Poems of Ai by Ai Ogawa (2013)
  226. The Granta Book of the African Short Story by Helon Habila (2013)
  227. The Sky’s Wild Noise: Selected Essays by Rupert Roopnaraine (2013)
  228. Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers by Frank X. Walker (2013)
  229. Appalachian Elegy: Poetry And Place (Kentucky Voices) by bell hooks (2012)
  230. Ardency: A Chronicle Of The Amistad Rebels by Kevin Young (2012)
  231. Fast Animal by Tim Seibles (2012)
  232. Fault Lines by Kendel Hippolyte (2012)
  233. Honoring Genius: Gwendolyn Brooks: The Narrative of Craft, Art, Kindness and Justice by Haki Madhubuti (2012)
  234. If One of Us Should Fall (Pitt Poetry Series) by Nicole Terez Dutton (2012)
  235. Maybe the Saddest Thing: Poems (National Poetry) by Marcus Wicker (2012)
  236. Speak Water by Truth Thomas (2012)
  237. The Collected Poems Of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 by Lucille Clifton (2012)
  238. The Ground: Poems by Rowan Ricardo Phillips (2012)
  239. The new black (Wesleyan Poetry Series) by Evie Shockley (2012)
  240. Thrall: Poems by Natasha Trethewey (2012)
  241. Afro Clouds & Nappy Rain: The Curtis Brown Poems by James B. Golden (2011)
  242. Head Off & Split: Poems by Nikky Finney (2011)
  243. Intimate Thoughts by Darrin DeWitt Henson (2011)
  244. Karma’s Footsteps by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie (2011)
  245. Last Seen (Felix Pollak Prize In Poetry) by Jacqueline Jones LaMon (2011)
  246. Life On Mars: Poems by Tracy K. Smith (2011)
  247. Mule & Pear by Rachel Eliza Griffiths (2011)
  248. Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry, Literacy, & Social Justice in Classroom & Community by Georgia A. Popoff and Quraysh Ali Lansana (2011)
  249. The Armageddon of Funk by Michael Warr (2011)
  250. The Chameleon Couch: Poems by Yusef Komunyakaa (2011)
  251. The Twelve Foot Neon Woman by Loretta Collins Klobah (2011)
  252. The Undertaker’s Daughter by Toi Derricotte (2011)
  253. When Angels Speak of Love by bell hooks (2011)
  254. White Egrets: Poems by Derek Walcott (2011)
  255. Bicycles: Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni (2010)
  256. Born Palestinian, Born Black: & The Gaza Suite by Suheir Hammad (2010)
  257. Crave Radiance: New And Selected Poems 1990-2010 by Elizabeth Alexander (2010)
  258. Lighthead (Poets, Penguin) by Terrance Hayes (2010)
  259. No Surrender: Poems by Ai Ogawa (2010)
  260. Sonata Mulattica: Poems by Rita Dove (2010)
  261. The 100 Best African American Poems by Nikki Giovanni (2010)
  262. Liberation Narratives: New And Collected Poems: 1966-2009 by Haki Madhubuti (2009)
  263. On The Imperial Highway: New And Selected Poems by Jayne Cortez (2009)
  264. Open Interval (Pitt Poetry Series) by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon (2009)
  265. Speak Low: Poems by Carl Phillips (2009)
  266. Bass Cathedral by Nathaniel Mackey (2008)
  267. Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith (2008)
  268. Breaking Poems by Suheir Hammad (2008)
  269. Honoring the Ancestors by James E. Cherry (2008)
  270. Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott by Jill Scott (2008)
  271. Please (First Book) by Jericho Brown (2008)
  272. The Headless Saints (Inland Seas) by Myronn Hardy (2008)
  273. Acolytes: Poems by Nikki Giovanni (2007)
  274. Bouquet of Hungers: Poems by Kyle Dargan (2007)
  275. Duende: Poems by Tracy K. Smith (2007)
  276. Homegirls and Handgrenades by Sonia Sanchez (2007)
  277. Rock And Fire - Love Poetry From The Core by Marc Lacy (2007)
  278. Selected Poems by Derek Walcott (2007)
  279. The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 by Nikki Giovanni (2007)
  280. The Guide Signs: Book One and Book Two by Jay Wright (2007)
  281. The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South (Cave Canem Anthology) by Nikky Finney (2007)
  282. They Shall Run: Harriet Tubman Poems by Quraysh Ali Lansana (2007)
  283. Totem (Apr Honickman 1St Book Prize) by Gregory Pardlo (2007)
  284. We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting for: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness by Alice Walker (2007)
  285. Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer by Maya Angelou (2006)
  286. Chocolate Thoughts: Short Stories, Essays and Poetry from the Hearts and Minds of Real Black Men by S. James Guitard (2006)
  287. Dream of a Word: The Tia Chucha Press Poetry Anthology by Quraysh Ali Lansana and Toni Asante Lightfoot (2006)
  288. Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me by Maya Angelou (2006)
  289. Native Guard: Poems by Natasha Trethewey (2006)
  290. Splay Anthem by Nathaniel Mackey (2006)
  291. Teahouse Of The Almighty (National Poetry) by Patricia Smith (2006)
  292. We Speak Your Names: A Celebration by Pearl Cleage (2006)
  293. Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem by Maya Angelou (2005)
  294. Leadbelly by Tyehimba Jess (2005)
  295. Tears for Water: Poetry & Lyrics by Alicia Keys (2005)
  296. The Maverick Room: Poems by Thomas Sayers Ellis (2005)
  297. The Oxford Anthology of African-American Poetry by Arnold Rampersad and Hilary Herbold (2005)
  298. The Rest Of Love: Poems by Carl Phillips (2005)
  299. The Sport of the Gods: and Other Essential Writings (Modern Library Classics) by Paul Laurence Dunbar (2005)
  300. Furious Flower: African-American Poetry from the Black Arts Movement to the Present by Joanne V. Gabbin (2004)
  301. Run Toward Fear: New Poems and a Poet’s Handbook by Haki Madhubuti (2004)
  302. Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde by Alexis De Veaux (2004)
  303. 10 Tongues: Poems by Reginald Harris (2003)
  304. Jelly Roll: A Blues by Kevin Young (2003)
  305. The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, 1968-1998 by Nikki Giovanni (2003)
  306. The Devil’s Garden by Adrian Matejka (2003)
  307. Beyond Greens and Cornbread: Reflections on African American Christian Identity by Diane Givens Moffett (2002)
  308. From The Devotions: Poems by Carl Phillips (2002)
  309. Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems by Nikki Giovanni (2002)
  310. Sleeping with the Dictionary (New California Poetry) by Harryette Mullen (2002)
  311. Brutal Imagination: Poems by Cornelius Eady (2001)
  312. Mercurochrome by Wanda Coleman (2001)
  313. Plot (Grove Press Poetry Series) by Claudia Rankine (2001)
  314. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems, 1990-2000 by Al Young (2001)
  315. Blessing The Boats: New And Selected Poems 1988-2000 (American Poets Continuum) by Lucille Clifton (2000)
  316. Ceremonies: Prose And Poetry by Essex Hemphill (2000)
  317. Collected Poems Of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde (2000)
  318. Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems (Bluestreak) by Sonia Sanchez (2000)
  319. Storms Beneath the Skin by Regie Gibson (2000)
  320. The Lyrics Of Lowly Life by Paul Laurence Dunbar (2000)
  321. Vice: New and Selected Poems by Ai Ogawa (2000)
  322. Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday by Angela Y. Davis (1999)
  323. Like the Singing Coming off the Drums: Love Poems (Bluestreak) by Sonia Sanchez (1999)
  324. She by Saul Williams (1999)
  325. Teducation: Selected Poems by Ted Joans (1999)
  326. The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur (1999)
  327. 360° A Revolution of Black Poets by Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander (1998)
  328. Configurations: New & Selected Poems, 1958-1998 by Clarence Major (1998)
  329. Heartlove: Wedding and Love Poems by Haki Madhubuti (1998)
  330. One less road to travel: A collection of poetry by Nichole L. Shields (1998)
  331. Safari West: Poems by John A. Williams (1998)
  332. The Seventh Octave : The Early Writings of Saul Stacy Williams by Saul Williams (1998)
  333. All Saints: New and Selected Poems by Brenda Marie Osbey (1997)
  334. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange (1997)
  335. Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni (1997)
  336. Poems: Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou (1997)
  337. The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems by Marilyn Nelson (1997)
  338. The Words Don't Fit In My Mouth by jessica Care moore (1997)
  339. American Dreams by Sapphire (1996)
  340. Avalanche by Quincy Troupe (1996)
  341. Mother Love: Poems by Rita Dove (1996)
  342. Poems: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing? by Maya Angelou (1996)
  343. The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1995 by Nikki Giovanni (1996)
  344. The Terrible Stories (American Poets Continuum) by Lucille Clifton (1996)
  345. Where a Nickel Costs a Dime: Poems by Willie Perdomo (1996)
  346. Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women by Maya Angelou (1995)
  347. The Collected Poems Of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes (1995)
  348. On Call by Miguel Algarin (1994)
  349. The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance: Poems, 1987-1992 by Audre Lorde (1994)
  350. Neon Vernacular: New And Selected Poems by Yusef Komunyakaa (1993)
  351. Magic City by Yusef Komunyakaa (1992)
  352. The Eye In The Ceiling: Poems by Eugene B. Redmond (1992)
  353. Heroism in the New Black Poetry: Introductions and Interviews by D. H. Melhem (1991)
  354. Hipology: Horizons in Poetry by Ron Alle and Stella Crews (1990)
  355. Selected Poems of Langston Hughes: A Classic Collection of Poems by a Master of American Verse by Langston Hughes (1990)
  356. The Homeplace: Poems by Marilyn Nelson (1990)
  357. From the Pyramids to the Projects: Poems of Genocide and Resistance! by Askia M. Toure (1989)
  358. Never As Strangers by Laini Mataka (1988)
  359. Cruelty/Killing Floor (Classic Reprint Series) by Ai Ogawa (1987)
  360. Sin by Ai Ogawa (1986)
  361. The Essential Etheridge Knight (Pitt Poetry Series) by Etheridge Knight (1986)
  362. Thomas and Beulah by Rita Dove (1986)
  363. Solo in the Boxcar Third Floor E by Angela Jackson (1985)
  364. Time’s Now/Ya Es Tiempo by Miguel Algarin (1985)
  365. American Journal: Poems by Robert Hayden (1982)
  366. Three Pieces by Ntozake Shange (1982)
  367. Bodies and Soul by Al Young (1981)
  368. Snake Back Solos by Quincy Troupe (1979)
  369. And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems by Maya Angelou (1978)
  370. Resurrections by Gloria Oden (1978)
  371. Mouth on Paper by Jayne Cortez (1977)
  372. how i got ovah by Carolyn Marie Rodgers (1975)
  373. Belly Song and Other Poems by Etheridge Knight (1973)
  374. Conjure; Selected Poems, 1963-1970 by Ishmael Reed (1972)
  375. Afrodisia;: New poems by Ted Joans (1970)
  376. We a BaddDDD People. by Sonia Sanchez (1970)
  377. Words in the Mourning Time: Poems by Robert Hayden (1970)
  378. Black Poetry by Dudley Randall (1969)
  379. In the Mecca by Gwendolyn Brooks (1968)