African American Poets

ANGELOU
BRAITHWAITE
BROOKS
CLIFTON
CULLEN
DANLEY
DOVE
DUNBAR
EADY
EMANUEL
GIOVANNI
GREENFIELD
GRIMKE
HUGHES
JOHNSON
KOMUNYAKAA
MCKAY
NELSON
SHANGE
SMITH
WALKER
WHEATLEY

The names of some favorite African American poets

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F R S R K R J E L U N T A Y N
X Z C E A D Y H T O U U H O Q
L P L E Y I R G A L D R S C T
C D I N N S T U E E X L L F S
Q U F F U I K H H G E N E S M
M O T I M L N O W N C D U D I
J P O E O C O N O A J J N N T
N E N L K X Z K A R I X A E H
E V O D A N L E Y V B T M L J
X W D C I N O S N H O J E L H
T W Q J B W A L K E R I Q U U
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Word X Y Direction
ANGELOU  1010n
BRAITHWAITE  88se
BROOKS  1112nw
CLIFTON  36s
CULLEN  1415n
DANLEY  412e
DOVE  412w
DUNBAR  116n
EADY  45e
EMANUEL  1313n
GIOVANNI  1315nw
GREENFIELD  44s
GRIMKE  1315w
HUGHES  88n
JOHNSON  1113w
KOMUNYAKAA  57n
MCKAY  115e
NELSON  109ne
SHANGE  136n
SMITH  157s
WALKER  614e
WHEATLEY  99n