African-American poets have left an indelible mark on American poetry, and their words resonate with readers across generations. Famous black poets who wrote poems about black history This ranking ...

By exploring the lives, opinions and deaths of a variety of famous poets, the book builds up a picture of what it is that makes poets want to write in the first place. Here are seven facts about ...

She thanked several people, including her famous father ... Jewel Rodgers as Nebraska's new state poet. Rodgers, 27, is the youngest and first African American person to hold that position.