Travis Nichols has humbly put together a really wonderful comprehensive list of must-read Black History Month Poems for the Huffington Post. Please check it out here: Great Poems for Black History Month.
Some of my personal favorites from the list are “Unholy Women” by Chris Abani, “Flounder” by Natasha Trethewey, and “Gwendolyn Brooks” by one of my favorite poets, Haki Madhubuti.
*artwork by Krista Franklin.