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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H A W A L K E R N E L S O N I
L M K H U G H E S O G Y E O W
M W U C E E G N A H S T N E D
L E I N M A R Q W A I N B B V
B M N W A U T Y C A F E H K D
E H N B N Y D L W G K Y J O G
V V A W U A O H E M X E O M J
O F V I E S T K I Y U L K U R
D R O O L I I R S Q Z N W N J
U R I P A N G E L O U A L Y R
N X G R E E N F I E L D D A C
B O B R O O K S M I T H J K S
A N E L L U C L I F T O N A Y
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Word X Y Direction
ANGELOU  511e
BRAITHWAITE  88ne
BROOKS  313e
CLIFTON  814e
CULLEN  714w
DANLEY  1212n
DOVE  110n
DUNBAR  110s
EADY  59ne
EMANUEL  54s
GIOVANNI  312n
GREENFIELD  412e
GRIMKE  711ne
HUGHES  43e
JOHNSON  147nw
KOMUNYAKAA  1410s
MCKAY  55nw
NELSON  92e
SHANGE  114w
SMITH  813e
WALKER  32e
WHEATLEY  32se