African American Poetry

My favorite poem in the collection we read in class today was Life Doesn't Frighten Me by Maya Angelou.  I feel like anyone reading the verses can relate at some point in their life.  "That new classroom where Boys all pull my hair...they don't frighten me at all."  The disscusion about African American poets today also interested me a great deal.  Angelou, Brooks, Cullen and Hughes all have different styles and sounds, but every one of the poems we read by them are amazing. The Harlem Renaissance really brought some amazing art to the American scene!