'Excerpt from "Brief Notes On Staying // No One is Making Their Best Work When They Want To Die"' by Hanif Abdurraqib
'my dad asks "how come black folk can't just write about flowers?"' by Aziza Barnes
'Some of My Worst Wounds' by Lorna Goodison
'Art vs. Trade' by James Weldon Johnson
'These Poems' by June Jordan
'Dear You,' by Glenis Redmond
'because there should be love' by Evie Shockley
'The Sticking Point' by Lynne Thompson
'How Poems Are Made / A Discredited View' by Alice Walker
'Indigo On' by Saul Williams
'poem in praise of menstruation' by Lucille Clifton
'fat girl Confuses Food & Therapy, Again' by Diamond Forde
'Excerpt from "Hunger"' by Roxane Gay
'What It Do Done Red' by Douglas Kearney
'Anodyne' by Yusef Komunyakaa
'I Am Too Pretty For Some Ugly Laws' by Lateef McLeod
'A Study in Perspective' by Constance Merritt
'Excerpt from "Between the World and Me" 1' by Ta-Nehisi Coates
'Fuck / Shakespeare' by Inua Ellams
'Excerpt from "The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as told to Alex Haley"' by Alex Haley & Malcolm X
'Nothing' by Krysten Hill
'This is Not a Small Voice' by Sonia Sanchez
'Imperatives for Carrying On in the Aftermath' by Natasha Trethewey
'reading' by Jacqueline Woodson
'Excerpt from "The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as told to Alex Haley"' by Alex Haley & Malcolm X
'Cento Between the Ending and the End' by Cameron Awkward-Rich
'Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward' by Gwendolyn Brooks
'Duplex' by Jericho Brown
'The Hill We Climb' by Amanda Gorman
'Selah' by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
'Mercy' by Tyehimba Jess
'Insha'Allah' by Danusha Laméris
'Excerpt from "Long Walk to Freedom: Autobiography of Nelson Mandela"' by Nelson Mandela
'Heaven Be a Xanax' by Morgan Parker
'little prayer' by Danez Smith
'Prayer' by Tracy K. Smith
'On Being Brought from Africa to America' by Phillis Wheatley
'failed avoidance of 'the body' in a poem' by Destiny O. Birdsong
'How to Tell My Dad that I Kissed a Man' by F. Douglas Brown
'Excerpt from "Between the World and Me" 1' by Ta-Nehisi Coates
'Dear Mama (4)' by Wanda Coleman
'Fruit Of The Flower' by Countee Cullen
'Learning Whitney' by Tyree Daye
'Ode to Gossips' by Safia Elhillo
'I Turn the Volume Down Because Beyonce Says Fuck in Car While I Drive My Daughter to School' by William Evans
'Those Winter Sundays' by Robert Hayden
'Nothing' by Krysten Hill
'Summer' by Robin Coste Lewis
'Public Domain' by Alison C. Rollins
'Biting Back' by Patricia Smith
'Imperatives for Carrying On in the Aftermath' by Natasha Trethewey
'Excerpt from "Brief Notes On Staying // No One is Making Their Best Work When They Want To Die"' by Hanif Abdurraqib
'failed avoidance of 'the body' in a poem' by Destiny O. Birdsong
'To the Young Who Want to Die' by Gwendolyn Brooks
'Heartbeats' by Melvin Dixon
'Nothing' by Krysten Hill
'Heaven Be a Xanax' by Morgan Parker
'Weather' by Claudia Rankine
'Know Thy Lonely Girl' by Arisa White
'Joy #1' by Alyesha Wise
'Afro-Latina' by Elizabeth Acevedo
'Still I Rise' by Maya Angelou
'That Girl' by Marquesha Babers
'Mixed Bitch' by Tiana Clark
'Excerpt from "Between The World And Me" 2' by Ta-Nehisi Coates
'Ode to Gossips' by Safia Elhillo
'I come from the fire city' by Eve L. Ewing
'Thank God I Can't Drive' by Camonghne Felix
'Excerpt from "Their Eyes Were Watching God"' by Zora Neale Hurston
'A sestina for a black girl who does not know how to braid hair' by Raych Jackson
'A Short Note to My Very Critical and Well-Beloved Friends and Comrades' by June Jordan
'Diaspora #1' by Khalypso
'Don't Pretty Me' by Nabila Lovelace
'Pomegranate Means Grenade' by Jamaal May
'Ode to a Dominican Breakfast' by Yesenia Montilla
'Excerpt from "Song of Solomon" 1' by Toni Morrison
'This is Not a Small Voice' by Sonia Sanchez
'Excerpt from "Me Against the World"' by Tupac Shakur
'Love After Love' by Derek Walcott
'On Being Brought from Africa to America' by Phillis Wheatley
'Excerpt from "Giovanni's Room"' by James Baldwin
'Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward' by Gwendolyn Brooks
'Song for the People' by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
'RuPaul Gives The Black Girl Miracle Her First Lesson in Realness' by Tonya Ingram
'praise song' by Nate Marshall
'Woo Woo Roll Deep' by Angel Nafis
'Twerk Villanelle' by Porsha Olayiwola
'Someday I'll Love Roger Reeves' by Roger Reeves
'This is Not a Small Voice' by Sonia Sanchez
'I Think I'll Call it Morning' by Gil Scott-Heron
'because there should be love' by Evie Shockley
'Prayer' by Tracy K. Smith
'Shout Out' by Sekou Sundiata
'Joy #1' by Alyesha Wise
'body without the "d"' by Justice Ameer
'Cento Between the Ending and the End' by Cameron Awkward-Rich
'Excerpt from "Giovanni's Room"' by James Baldwin
'How to Tell My Dad that I Kissed a Man' by F. Douglas Brown
'Duplex' by Jericho Brown
'pansexual' by Britteney Black Rose Kapri
'Diaspora #1' by Khalypso
'Beauty is My Revenge' by Kokumo
'Ode to a Dominican Breakfast' by Yesenia Montilla
'Twerk Villanelle' by Porsha Olayiwola
'Excerpt from "Giovanni's Room"' by James Baldwin
'Heart to Heart' by Rita Dove
'Love, I'm Done with You' by Ross Gay
'I Take Master Card (Charge Your Love To Me)' by Nikki Giovanni
'Gallery Songs' by Natalie J. Graham
'pansexual' by Britteney Black Rose Kapri
'Diaspora #1' by Khalypso
'Excerpt From Belly Song' by Etheridge Knight
'Love Elegy in the Chinese Garden, with Koi' by Nathan McClain
'A Study in Perspective' by Constance Merritt
'Hon or We have both traveled from the other side of some hill, one side of which we may wish we could forget' by Anis Mojgani
'Twerk Villanelle' by Porsha Olayiwola
'Someday I'll Love Roger Reeves' by Roger Reeves
'Selfish' by Jill Scott
'Object Permanence' by Nicole Sealey
'because there should be love' by Evie Shockley
'Love After Love' by Derek Walcott
'my dad asks "how come black folk can't just write about flowers?"' by Aziza Barnes
'working title' by Mahogany L. Browne
'Untitled' by Dave Chappelle
'Excerpt from "Between The World And Me" 2' by Ta-Nehisi Coates
'Flu Season' by Justin A. Davis
'Why I don't write about George Floyd' by Toi Derricotte
'George Floyd' by Terrance Hayes
'i'm just doing my job' by Aja Monet
'We Are Not Responsible' by Harryette Mullen
'Excerpt from "Citizen”' by Claudia Rankine
'Weather' by Claudia Rankine
'Boy Breaking Glass' by Gwendolyn Brooks
'The Hill We Climb' by Amanda Gorman
'Single Lines Looking Forward. or One Monostich Past 45' by francine j. harris
'Excerpt from "Let America be America Again"' by Langston Hughes
'I Am Too Pretty For Some Ugly Laws' by Lateef McLeod
'Booker T. and W.E.B' by Dudley Randall
'Excerpt from "The Fire Next Time: My Dungeon Shook"' by James Baldwin
'my dad asks "how come black folk can't just write about flowers?"' by Aziza Barnes
'The Pedestrian' by Tommye Blount
'Excerpt from "Between the World and Me" 1' by Ta-Nehisi Coates
'Excerpt from "Between The World And Me" 2' by Ta-Nehisi Coates
'Thank God I Can't Drive' by Camonghne Felix
'Nothing' by Krysten Hill
'Excerpt from "Let America be America Again"' by Langston Hughes
'Hoodie' by January Gill O'Neil
'Black History' by Gil Scott-Heron
'On Evaluating Black Privilege' by Crystal Valentine
'Still I Rise' by Maya Angelou
'That Girl' by Marquesha Babers
'Excerpt from "The Fire Next Time: My Dungeon Shook"' by James Baldwin
'Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward' by Gwendolyn Brooks
'Excerpt from "Parable of the Sower"' by Octavia E. Butler
'Confronting Hatred' by Rudy Francisco
'The Hill We Climb' by Amanda Gorman
'Excerpt from "How It Feels To Be Colored Me"' by Zora Neale Hurston
'RuPaul Gives The Black Girl Miracle Her First Lesson in Realness' by Tonya Ingram
'Wishes' by Georgia Douglas Johnson
'Pomegranate Means Grenade' by Jamaal May
'If We Must Die' by Claude McKay
'I Am Too Pretty For Some Ugly Laws' by Lateef McLeod
'Excerpt from "Song of Solomon" 2' by Toni Morrison
'Riding in Cars With Black Girls or Pantoum for Police' by Imani Sims
'Be Nobody's Darling' by Alice Walker
'Joy #1' by Alyesha Wise
'That Girl' by Marquesha Babers
'poem in praise of menstruation' by Lucille Clifton
'I Take Master Card (Charge Your Love To Me)' by Nikki Giovanni
'Cardi B Tells Me About Myself' by Eboni Hogan
'Sanctuary' by Donika Kelly
'Diaspora #1' by Khalypso
'Beauty is My Revenge' by Kokumo
'Don't Pretty Me' by Nabila Lovelace
'Ugly' by Warsan Shire
'The Sticking Point' by Lynne Thompson
'Imperatives for Carrying On in the Aftermath' by Natasha Trethewey
'Excerpt from "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens"' by Alice Walker
'Know Thy Lonely Girl' by Arisa White