| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| EBON | Black: Poet. |
| EBON | Black: Poet |
| EBON | Black, to a poet |
| EBONS | Hard black woods: Poet. |
| SABLED | Clad in black: Poet. |
| EBON | Black to a poet |
| EBON | Deep black, to a poet |
| EBON | Black, to an old poet |
| RITADOVE | First black U.S. Poet Laureate |
| NIKKI | "Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea" poet Giovanni |
| PHILLISWHEATLEY | First published black woman poet in America |
| SONIA | Poet Sanchez of the Black Arts Movement |
| GWENDOLYNBROOKS | First black poet to win a Pulitzer Prize |
