Poems is one of Haper's biggest commercial success. In these poems she described the harsh living conditions of many. She was active in other types of social reform and was a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Those experience inspired her poems.

Poems is a collection of Haper's poems. It contains Haper's 36 poems. Those poems are on miscellaneous subjects.

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825–February 22, 1911) was an African-American abolitionist, poet and author. She was also active in other types of social reform and was a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, which advocated the federal government taking a role in progressive reform.