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The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country.
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A
- Henry Abbey (1842β1911)
- Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872β1956)
- Sam Abrams (born 1935)
- Seth Abramson (born 1976)
- Diane Ackerman (born 1948)
- Duane Ackerson (1942β2020)
- Mercedes de Acosta (1893β1968)
- Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913β2004)
- Helen Adam (1909β1993)
- John Adams (1704β1740)
- LΓ©onie Adams (1899β1988)
- Kim Addonizio (born 1954)
- James Agee (1909β1955)
- Deborah Ager (born 1971)
- Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969)
- Julie Agoos (born 1956)
- Ai (1947β2010)
- Conrad Aiken (1889β1973)
- Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956)
- Amos Bronson Alcott (1799β1888)
- Louisa May Alcott (1832β1888)
- Sherman Alexie (born 1966)
- Felipe Alfau (1902β1999)
- Kazim Ali (born 1971)
- Dick Allen (1939β2017)
- Donald Allen (1912β2004)
- Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832β1911)
- Ron Allen (1947β2010)
- Washington Allston (1779β1843)
- Alta (Alta Gerrey) (born 1942)
- Alurista (born 1947)
- Julia Γlvarez (born 1950)
- Indran Amirthanayagam (born 1960)
- A.R. Ammons (1926β2001)
- Maggie Anderson (born 1948)
- Maria Frances Anderson (1819β1895)
- Victor Anderson (1917β2001)
- Bruce Andrews (born 1948)
- Kevin Andrews (1924β1989)
- Ron Androla (born 1954)
- Ralph Angel (1951β2020)
- Maya Angelou (1928β2014)
- David Antin (1932β2016)
- Antler (born 1946)
- Susanne Antonetta (born 1956)
- Philip Appleman (1926β2020)
- Rae Armantrout (born 1947)
- Richard Armour (1906β1989)
- Craig Arnold (1967β2009)
- Rebecca Aronson
- Elizabeth Barr Arthur (1884β1971)
- John Ashbery (1927β2017)
- Joseph Auslander (1897β1965)
- Paul Auster (born 1947)
- James L. Avery Sr. (1948β2013)
- Jody Azzouni (born 1954)
B
- Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952)
- Bellamy Bach (pseudonym used by a group of writers)
- Joseph M. Bachelor (1889β1947)
- Margaret Lucy Shands Bailey (1812β1888)
- Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940)
- David Baker (born 1954)
- Julia K. Wetherill Baker (1858β1931)
- John Balaban (born 1943)
- Jesse Ball (born 1978)
- Mary Canfield Ballard (1852β1927)
- Addie L. Ballou (1837β1916)
- Charles Bane Jr. (born 1951)
- Russell Banks (born 1940)
- Melissa Elizabeth Riddle Banta (1834β1907)
- Amiri Baraka (a.k.a. Leroi Jones) (1934β2014)
- Coleman Barks (born 1937)
- Joel Barlow (1754β1812)
- Anita Barnard (born 1960)
- Mary Barnard (1909β2001)
- Djuna Barnes (1892β1982)
- Jim Barnes (born 1933)
- Annie Wall Barnett (1859β1942)
- Catherine Barnett (born 1960)
- Laird Barron (born 1970)
- Bertha Hirsch Baruch
- Todd Bash (born 1965)
- Ellen Bass (born 1947)
- Arlo Bates (1850β1918)
- David Bates (1809β1870)
- Harriet Bates (1856β1886), wrote under the name Eleanor Putnam
- Joseph Bathanti (born 1953)
- Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959)
- Isaac Rieman Baxley (1850β1920)
- Charles Baxter (born 1947)
- Abel Beach (1829β1899)
- Ray Young Bear (born 1950)
- Anthony Bearden (1913β1966)
- Paul Beatty (born 1962)
- Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin (c. 1913β1995)
- George Beck (1749β1812)
- Julian Beck (1925β1985)
- Larry Beckett (born 1947)
- Joshua Beckman (born 1971)
- Lou Singletary Bedford (1837βunknown)
- Ethel Lynn Beers (1827β1879)
- Erin Belieu (born 1967)
- Marvin Bell (1937β2020)
- Hester A. Benedict (1838β1921)
- Stephen Vincent BenΓ©t (1898β1943)
- William Rose BenΓ©t (1886β1950)
- Park Benjamin Sr. (1809β1864)
- John Bensko
- Nelson Bentley (1918β1990)
- Bill Berkson (1939β2016)
- David Berman (1967β2019)
- Charles Bernstein (born 1950)
- Steven Jesse Bernstein (1950β1991)
- Anselm Berrigan (born 1972)
- Ted Berrigan (1934β1983)
- Wendell Berry (born 1934)
- John Berryman (1914β1972)
- Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (born 1947)
- Eva Best (1851β1925)
- Lorraine Bethel
- Helen Bevington (1906β2001)
- Frank Bidart (born 1939)
- Ambrose Bierce (1842βc. 1913)
- Linda Bierds (born 1945)
- David Biespiel (born 1964)
- Helen Louisa Bostwick Bird (1826β1907)
- Elizabeth Bishop (1911β1979)
- John Peale Bishop (1892β1944)
- Morris Bishop (1893β1973)
- Sherwin Bitsui (born 1975)
- Baxter Black (1945β2022)
- Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958)
- Paul Blackburn (1926β1971)
- Nicole Blackman (born 1971)
- Kimberly M. Blaeser (born 1955)
- Brian Blanchfield (born 1973)
- Don Blanding (1894β1957)
- Robin Blaser (1925β2009)
- Anthony Bleecker (1770β1827)
- Adrian Blevins (born 1964)
- Benjamin Paul Blood (1832β1919)
- Henry Ames Blood (1836β1900)
- Roberts Blossom (1924β2011)
- Annie R. Blount (1839βunknown)
- Robert Bly (born (1926β2021)
- Maxwell Bodenheim (1892β1954)
- Louise Bogan (1897β1970)
- Arna Bontemps (1902β1973)
- Michelle Boisseau (1955β2017)
- Laure-Anne Bosselaar
- Bruce Boston (born 1943)
- David Bottoms (born 1949)
- Jenny Boully (born 1976)
- Geoff Bouvier (born 1969)
- Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949)
- Edgar Bowers (1924β2000)
- Kay Boyle (1902β1992)
- Virginia Frazer Boyle (1863β1938)
- William Brandon (1914β2002)
- Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612β1672)
- Mae Bramhall (c. 1861 β 1897)
- Adelia Pope Branham (1861β1917)
- Beth Brant (born 1941)
- Giannina Braschi (born 1953)
- Richard Brautigan (1935β1984)
- Kate Braverman (1950β2019)
- Donari Braxton (born 1982)
- Joseph Payne Brennan (1918β1990)
- Ken Brewer (1941β2006)
- Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710βc. 1757)
- Kim Bridgford (born 1959)
- Besmilr Brigham (1913β2000)
- John Malcolm Brinnin (1916β1999)
- Eve Brodlique (1867β1949)
- Joseph Brodsky (1940β1996)
- Louis Daniel Brodsky (1941β2014)
- David Bromige (1933β2009)
- William Bronk (1918β1999)
- Charles Timothy Brooks (1813β1883)
- Gwendolyn Brooks (1917β2000)
- Maria Gowen Brooks (c. 1795β1845)
- Alice Williams Brotherton (1848β1930)
- Olga Broumas (born 1949)
- Alice Brown (1856β1948)
- Harry Brown (1917β1986)
- Rita Mae Brown (born 1944)
- Emma Alice Browne (1835β1890)
- Francis Fisher Browne (1843β1913)
- William Cullen Bryant (1794β1878)
- Jack Buck (1924β2002)
- David Budbill (born 1940)
- Charles Bukowski (1920β1994)
- Gelett Burgess (1866β1951)
- Julia de Burgos (1914β1953)
- Eudora Stone Bumstead (1860β1892)
- David R. Bunch (1925β2000)
- Henry Cuyler Bunner (1855β1896)
- JosΓ© Antonio Burciaga (1940β1996)
- Gelett Burgess (1866β1951)
- Stanley Burnshaw (1906β2005)
- Amelia Josephine Burr (1878β1968)
- Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882β1954)
- Raegan Butcher (born 1969)
- Ellis Parker Butler (1869β1937)
- Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
- W. E. Butts (1944β2013)
- Kathryn Stripling Byer (1944β2017)
- Witter Bynner (1881β1968)
- Gilbert Byron (1903β1991)
C
- Alex Caldiero (born 1949)
- James Edwin Campbell (1867β1896)
- Mary Baine Campbell
- Melville Henry Cane (1879β1980)
- Francesca Anna Canfield (1803β1833)
- Skipwith Cannell (1887β1957)
- Joe Cardarelli (1944β1994)
- Will Carleton (1845β1912)
- Thomas John Carlisle (1913β1992)
- Jim Carroll (1949β2009)
- Hayden Carruth (1921β2008)
- Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873β1904)
- Jared Carter (born 1939)
- Willa Cather (1873β1947)
- Raymond Carver (1938β1988)
- Phoebe Cary (1824β1871)
- Marietta Stanley Case (1845β1900)
- Cyrus Cassells (born 1957)
- Ana Castillo (born 1953)
- Sandra M. Castillo
- Madison Cawein (1865β1914)
- Thomas Centolella
- Joseph Ceravolo (1934β1988)
- Catherine Chandler (born 1950)
- Tina Chang (born 1969)
- William Ellery Channing (1818β1901)
- Arthur Chapman (1874β1935)
- John Jay Chapman (1862β1933)
- Fred Chappell (born 1936)
- AngΓ©lico ChΓ‘vez (1910β1996)
- Alexander Chee (born 1967)
- Neeli Cherkovski (July 1, 1945 β March 19, 2024)
- Maxine Chernoff (born 1952)
- Kelly Cherry (1940β2022)
- James Wm. Chichetto (born 1941)
- William Childress (1933β2022)
- Emelie C. S. Chilton (1838β1864)
- Khendum Choden
- Franny Choi (born 1989)
- Chrystos (born 1946)
- John Ciardi (1916β1986)
- Noah Cicero (born 1980)
- Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
- Carson Cistulli (born 1979)
- Amy Clampitt (1920β1994)
- Tom Clark (born 1941β2018)
- Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909β1971)
- John Lee Clark (born 1978)
- John Clarke (1933β1992)
- Lucille Clifton (1936β2010)
- Joshua Clover (born 1962)
- Florence Earle Coates (1850β1927)
- Grace Stone Coates (1881β1976)
- Stanton A. Coblentz (1896β1982)
- Andrei Codrescu (born 1946)
- Robert P. T. Coffin (1892β1955)
- Ira Cohen (1935β2011)
- Nan Cohen (born 1968)
- Jim Cohn (born 1953)
- Henri Cole (born 1956)
- Norma Cole (born 1945)
- Wanda Coleman (1946β2014)
- Billy Collins (born 1941)
- Martha Collins (1940βpresent)
- Betsy Colquitt (1927β2009)
- Shanna Compton (born 1970)
- Hilda Conkling (1910β1986)
- Evan S. Connell (1924β2013)
- Leo Connellan (1928β2001)
- Gillian Conoley (born 1955)
- Victor Contoski (born 1936)
- J. Gordon Coogler (1865β1901)
- Rose Terry Cooke (1827β1892)
- Ina Coolbrith (1841β1928)
- Clark Coolidge (born 1939)
- Dennis Cooper (born 1953)
- Jake Copass (1920β2006)
- William Corbett (1942β2018)
- Billy Corgan (born 1967)
- Cid Corman (1924β2004)
- Alfred Corn (born 1943)
- Gregory Corso (1930β2001)
- Jayne Cortez (1934β2012)
- Gerald Costanzo
- Joe Cottonwood (born 1947)
- Henri Coulette (1927β1988)
- John Cournos (1881β1966)
- Elise Cowen (1933β1962)
- Louis O. Coxe (1918β1993)
- Christopher Pearse Cranch (1813β1892)
- Hart Crane (1899β1932)
- Stephen Crane (1871β1900)
- Adelaide Crapsey (1878β1914)
- Alice Arnold Crawford (1850β1874)
- Gary William Crawford (born 1953)
- Robert Creeley (1926β2005)
- Judson Crews (1917β2010)
- Harry Crosby (1898β1929)
- Anne Virginia Culbertson (1857β1918)
- Countee Cullen (1903β1946)
- E. E. Cummings (1894β1962)
- James Cummins
- J.V. Cunningham (1911β1985)
- John Curl (born 1940)
- Jen Currin
- Bloodgood Cutter (1817β1906)
D
- Beverly Dahlen (born 1934)
- Steve Dalachinsky (1946β2019)
- Enid Dame (1943β2003)
- S. Foster Damon (1893β1971)
- Jim Daniels (born 1956)
- Elizabeth Otis Dannelly (1838β1896)
- Hugh Antoine d'Arcy (1842β1925)
- Annie McCarer Darlington (1836β1907)
- Tina Darragh (born 1950)
- Robert Dassanowsky (born 1960)
- Guy Davenport (1927β2005)
- Chad Davidson (born 1970)
- Donald Davidson (1893β1968)
- Gustav Davidson (1895β1971)
- Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808β1825)
- Michael Davidson (born 1944)
- Alan Davies (born 1951)
- Dale Davis
- Gwen Davis (born 1936)
- Jon Davis (born 1952)
- Clarence Day (1874β1935)
- Jaime de Angulo (1887β1950)
- Caridad de la Luz (born 1977)
- Michelle Regalado Deatrick
- Philip F. Deaver (born 1946)
- Madeline DeFrees (1919β2015)
- Alice S. Deletombe (1854β1929)
- Edwin Denby (1903β1983)
- Richard Denner (born 1941)
- Reuel Denney (1913β1995)
- Carl Dennis (born 1939)
- Tory Dent (1958β2005)
- Babette Deutsch (1895β1982)
- Jamie DeWolf (born 1977 as Jamie Kennedy)
- Diane Di Prima (1934β2020)
- Jennifer K Dick (born 1970)
- George Dickerson (1933β2015)
- James Dickey (1923β1997)
- Emily Dickinson (1830β1886)
- Roger Dickinson-Brown (born 1944)
- Matthew Dickman (born 1975)
- Michael Dickman (born 1975)
- Annie Dillard (born 1945)
- R. H. W. Dillard (1937β2023)
- George Dillon (1906β1968)
- Hiram Powers Dilworth (1878β1975)
- Ray DiPalma (1943β2016)
- Thomas M. Disch (1940β2008)
- Yana Djin (born 1969)
- Patricia Dobler (1939β2004)
- Stephen Dobyns (born 1941)
- Mary Ann Hanmer Dodd (1813β1878)
- Owen Dodson (1914β1983)
- John Dolan (born 1955)
- Nathan Haskell Dole (1852β1935)
- Sonya Dorman (1924β2005)
- Ed Dorn (1929β1999)
- Julia Caroline Dorr (1825β1913)
- Catherine Doty
- Mark Doty (born 1953)
- Alice May Douglas (1865β1943)
- Marian Douglas (1842-1913)
- Franz Douskey (born 1941)
- Rita Dove (born 1952)
- Kirby Doyle (1932β2003)
- Joseph Rodman Drake (1795β1820)
- Will Allen Dromgoole (1860β1934)
- Celia Dropkin (1887β1956)
- Norman Dubie (born 1945)
- Bruce Ducker (born 1938)
- Peter Kane Dufault (1923β2013)
- Amanda Ruter Dufour (1822β1899)
- Alan Dugan (1923β2003)
- Denise Duhamel (born 1961)
- Michael Dumanis (born 1976)
- Henry Dumas (1934β1968)
- Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872β1906)
- Robert Duncan (1919β1988)
- Emma Bedelia Dunham (1826β1910)
- Jim Dunlap (born 1945)
- Stephen Dunn (1939β2021)
- Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941)
- Job Durfee (1790β1847)
- Stuart Dybek (born 1942)
- Bob Dylan (born 1941)
E
- Cornelius Eady (born 1954)
- Pliny Earle (1809β1892)
- Richard Eberhart (1904β2005)
- David Edelstadt (1866β1892)
- Russell Edson (1935β2014)
- kari edwards (1954β2006)
- Terry Ehret (born 1955)
- Max Ehrmann (1872β1945)
- Larry Eigner (1927β1996)
- Loren Eiseley (1907β1977)
- T. S. Eliot (1888β1965)
- James Emanuel (1921β2013)
- Lynn Emanuel (born 1949)
- Claudia Emerson (born 1957)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803β1882)
- Paul Engle (1908β1991)
- Theodore Enslin (1925β2011)
- Daniel Mark Epstein (born 1948)
- Elaine Equi (born 1953)
- Clayton Eshleman (1935β2021)
- MartΓn Espada (born 1957)
- Willard R. Espy (1910β1999)
- Maggie Estep (1963β2014)
- David Allan Evans (born 1940)
- Mari Evans (1923β2017)
- Landis Everson (1926β2007)
- William Everson, Brother Antoninus (1912β1994)
- Eve Ewing (born 1986)
F
- Ruth Fainlight (born 1931)
- B. H. Fairchild (born 1942)
- Noah Falck (born 1977)
- William Clark Falkner (c. 1825β1889)
- Joel Fallon (1931β2016)
- Roger Fanning (born 1962)
- Norma Farber (1909β1984)
- Patricia Fargnoli (1937β2021)
- John C. Farrar (1896β1974)
- Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882β1961)
- Kenneth Fearing (1902β1961)
- Frederick Feirstein (born 1940)
- Irving Feldman (born 1928)
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919β2021)
- Bessie Alexander Ficklen (1861β1945)
- Eugene Field (1850β1895)
- Rachel Field (1894β1942)
- James T. Fields (1817β1881)
- Annie Finch (born 1956)
- Mike Finley (1950β2020)
- Charles C. Finn (born 1941)
- Max Finstein (1924β1982)
- Ann Fisher-Wirth (born 1947)
- Ray Fitzgerald
- Bob Flanagan (1952β1996)
- John Gould Fletcher (1886β1950)
- Roland Flint (1934β2001)
- Nick Flynn (born 1960)
- Jack Foley (born 1940)
- Carolyn ForchΓ© (born 1950)
- John M. Ford (1957β2006)
- Sam Walter Foss (1858β1911)
- Sarah Fox (born 1966)
- FrancEye (Frances Dean Smith) (1922β2009)
- Gregory Fraser (born 1963)
- Robert Frazier (born 1951)
- Grace Beacham Freeman (1916β2002)
- Joseph Lewis French (1858β1936)
- Philip Freneau (1752β1832)
- Emily Kendal Frey (born 1976)
- Robert Frost (1874β1963)
- Gwen Frostic (1906β2001)
- Gene Frumkin (1928β2007)
- Nan Fry (died 2016)
- Gloria Frym (born 1947)
- Alice Fulton (born 1952)
G
- Georgie Starbuck Galbraith (1909β1980)
- Vi Gale (1917β2007)
- Tess Gallagher (born 1943)
- James Galvin (born 1951)
- Forrest Gander (born 1956)
- Deborah Garrison (born 1965)
- Dan Gerber (born 1940)
- Amy Gerstler (born 1956)
- Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (born 1946)
- Dobby Gibson (born 1969)
- Jack Gilbert (1925β2012)
- Annie Somers Gilchrist (1841β1912)
- Strickland Gillilan (1869β1954)
- Allen Ginsberg (1926β1997)
- Daniela Gioseffi (born 1941)
- Nikki Giovanni (born 1943)
- David Gitin (1941β2015)
- Michael Gizzi (1949β2010)
- Peter Gizzi (born 1959)
- Jesse Glass (born 1954)
- Louise GlΓΌck (born 1943)
- Patricia Goedicke (1931β2006)
- Albert Goldbarth (born 1948)
- Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961)
- Laurence Goldstein (born 1943)
- Jose B. Gonzalez (born 1967)
- Rigoberto GonzΓ‘lez (born 1970)
- Rodolfo Gonzales (1928β2005)
- Goodale Sisters
- Kevin Goodan
- Alice Goodman (born 1958)
- Paul Goodman (1911β1972)
- Hedwig Gorski (born 1949)
- Hannah Flagg Gould (1789β1865)
- Janice Gould (1949β2019)
- David Graham
- Jorie Graham (born 1950)
- Judy Grahn (born 1940)
- Alex Grant
- Adelia Cleopatra Graves (1821β1895)
- Jane Lewers Gray (1796-1871)
- Julia Boynton Green (1861β1957)
- Samuel Green (born 1948)
- Debora Greger (born 1949)
- Linda Gregerson (born 1950)
- Linda Gregg (1942β2019)
- Horace Gregory (1898β1982)
- Robert Grenier (born 1941)
- Susan Griffin (born 1943)
- Hannah Griffitts (1727β1817)
- Mariela Griffor (born 1961)
- Angelina Weld GrimkΓ© (1880β1948)
- Charlotte Forten GrimkΓ© (1837β1914)
- Allen Grossman (1932β2014)
- Dorothea Grossman (1937β2012)
- Gabriel Gudding (born 1966)
- Charles Guenther (1920β2008)
- Barbara Guest (1920β2006)
- Edgar Guest (1891β1959)
- Louise Imogen Guiney (1861β1920)
- Arthur Guiterman (1871β1943)
- R. S. Gwynn (born 1948)
- Beth Gylys (born 1964)
- Brion Gysin (1916β1986)
H
- H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886β1961)
- Rachel Hadas (born 1948)
- Elizabeth Hadaway
- Hermann Hagedorn (1882β1964)
- Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949)
- Lucie Caroline Hager (1853β1903)
- Richard Hague (born 1947)
- Kimiko Hahn (born 1955)
- John Haines (1924β2011)
- Donald Hall (1928β2018)
- Louisa Jane Hall (1802β1892)
- Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790β1867)
- Moyshe-Leyb Halpern (1886β1932)
- Barbara Hamby (born 1952)
- Jupiter Hammon (1711βc. 1806)
- William Harmon (born 1938)
- Belle R. Harrison (1856-1940)
- Jim Harrison (1937β2017)
- Carla Harryman (born 1952)
- Alamgir Hashmi (born 1951)
- Louis Hasley (1906β1986)
- Robert Bernard Hass (born 1962)
- Robert Hass (born 1941)
- Katherine Hastings
- William K. Hathaway (born 1944)
- Julian Hawthorne (1846β1934)
- Robert Hayden (1913β1980)
- Terrance Hayes (born 1971)
- Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830β1886)
- Tony Haynes (born 1960)
- William Shakespeare Hays (1837β1907)
- Steve Healey (born 1966)
- Trebor Healey
- Eloise Klein Healy (born 1943)
- Josephine D. Heard (1861βc. 1921)
- Anthony Hecht (1923β2004)
- Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965)
- Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958)
- Lyn Hejinian (born 1941)
- Michael Heller (born 1937)
- Essex Hemphill (1957β1995)
- Alice Corbin Henderson (1881β1949)
- Nancy A. Henry (born 1961)
- S. M. I. Henry (1839β1900)
- Oliver Herford (1863β1935)
- Harvey Hess (1939β2012)
- William Heyen (born 1940)
- Grace Hibbard (ca. 1835 β 1911)
- Leland Hickman (1934β1991)
- Bob Hicok (born 1960)
- Dick Higgins (1938β1998)
- Scott Hightower (born 1952)
- Conrad Hilberry (1928β2017)
- Robert Hillyer (1895β1961)
- Ellen Hinsey (born 1960)
- Edward Hirsch (born 1950)
- Jane Hirshfield (born 1953)
- Jack Hirschman (1933β2021)
- George Hitchcock (1914β2010)
- H. L. Hix (born 1960)
- Tony Hoagland (1953β2018)
- Allen Hoey (1952β2010)
- Linda Hogan (born 1947)
- Daniel Hoffman (1923β2013)
- Roald Hoffmann (born 1937)
- John Hollander (1929β2013)
- Bill Holm (1943β2009)
- Bob Holman (born 1948)
- M. Carl Holman (1919β1988)
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809β1894)
- Dennis Holt (born 1942)
- Garrett Hongo (born 1951)
- Edwin Honig (1919β2011)
- Lemuel Hopkins (1750β1801)
- Jay Hopler (born 1970)
- George Moses Horton (1797β1884)
- Joan Houlihan
- Diana Der Hovanessian (1934β2018)
- Richard Howard (1929β1922)
- Robert E. Howard (1906β1936)
- Emeline Harriet Howe (1844β1934)
- Fanny Howe (born 1940)
- Julia Ward Howe (1819β1910)
- Marie Howe (born 1950)
- Susan Howe (born 1937)
- Elizabeth Orpha Sampson Hoyt (1828β1912)
- Helen Hoyt (1887β1972)
- Detrick Hughes (born 1966)
- Langston Hughes (1902β1967)
- Richard Hugo (1923β1982)
- Constance Hunting (1925β2006)
- Cynthia Huntington
- Siri Hustvedt (born 1955)
- Abby B. Hyde (1799β1872)
- Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896β1983)
IβJ
- David Ignatow (1914β1997)
- Arthur Crew Inman (1895β1963)
- P. Inman (born 1947)
- Mary E. Ireland (1834β1927)
- Sarah S. Jacobs (1813β1902)
- Josephine Jacobsen (1908β2003)
- Ethel Jacobson (1899β1991)
- Afdhere Jama (born 1980)
- Maria James (1793β1868)
- J. J. Jameson
- Marc Jampole (born 1950)
- Patricia Janus (1932β2006)
- Lisa Jarnot (born 1967)
- Randall Jarrell (1914β1965)
- Robinson Jeffers (1887β1962)
- Isadore Gilbert Jeffery (1840β1919)
- Paul Jessup (born 1977)
- Ted Joans (1928β2003)
- Orrick Glenday Johns (1887β1946)
- Denis Johnson (1949β2017)
- Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880β1966)
- Helene Johnson (1906β1995)
- James Weldon Johnson (1871β1938)
- Josephine Winslow Johnson (1910β1990)
- Kent Johnson (born 1955)
- Kimberly Johnson (born 1971)
- Robert Underwood Johnson (1853β1937)
- Richard Jones
- Sarah Jones (born 1973)
- Julie Joosten
- June Jordan (1936β2002)
- Pierre Joris (born 1946)
- Andrew Joron
- Lawrence Joseph (born 1948)
- Matthew Josephson (1899β1978)
- Frank Judge
- Donald Justice (1925β2004)
K
- Jim Kacian (born 1953)
- Mary Elizabeth Kail (1828β1890)
- Sheema Kalbasi (born 1972)
- Chester Kallman (1921β1975)
- Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977)
- Lenore Kandel (1932β2009)
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- Henry Lyman
- William Whittingham Lyman Jr (a.k.a. Jack Lyman) (1885β1983)
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- Tom Mandel (born 1942)
- Helen Adelia Manville (1839β1912)
- Djelloul Marbrook (born 1934)
- Joseph Moncure March (1899β1977)
- Morton Marcus (1936β2009)
- Paul Mariani (born 1940)
- Edwin Markham (1852β1940)
- Don Marquis (1878β1937)
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- Harry Mathews (1930β2017)
- William Matthews (1942β1997)
- John Matthias (born 1941)
- Kevin Max (born 1967)
- Julia Harris May (1833β1912)
- Bernadette Mayer (born 1945)
- Frances Mayes (born 1940)
- Ben Mazer (born 1964)
- Janet McAdams (born 1957)
- Robert McAlmon (1895β1956)
- J. D. McClatchy (born 1945)
- Michael McClure (1932β2020)
- Shane McCrae (born 1975)
- Laura McCullough (born 1960)
- Catfish McDaris (born 1953)
- Michael McFee
- Karyna McGlynn (born 1977)
- Michael McGovern (1848β1933)
- Campbell McGrath (born 1962)
- Thomas McGrath (1916β1990)
- Heather McHugh (born 1948)
- Claude McKay (1889β1948)
- Louis McKee (1951β2011)
- Rod McKuen (1933β2015)
- Paula McLain (born 1965)
- Georgie A. Hulse McLeod (1827β1890)
- James McMichael (born 1939)
- Wesley McNair (born 1941)
- Louise McNeill (1911β1993)
- Joyelle McSweeney (born 1977)
- Alexander Beaufort Meek (1814β1865)
- Abel Meeropol (a.k.a. Lewis Allan) (1903β1986)
- David Meltzer (1937β2016)
- Herman Melville (1819β1890)
- Samuel Menashe (1925β2011)
- Nancy Mercado (born 1959)
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- Christopher Merrill (born 1957)
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- Stuart Merrill (1863β1915)
- Donna Marie Merritt (born 1965)
- Thomas Merton (1915β1968)
- W. S. Merwin (1927β2019)
- Tom Meschery (born 1938)
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- Henry Meyer (1840β1925)
- Robert Mezey (1935β2020)
- William Michaelian (born 1956)
- Diane Middlebrook (1939β2007)
- Josephine Miles (1911β1985)
- Joseph Millar
- Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892β1950)
- Alice Duer Miller (1874β1942)
- Greg Miller (born 1957)
- Jane Miller (born 1949)
- Jen Miller (born 1972)
- Joaquin Miller (1837β1913)
- Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956)
- May Miller (1899β1995)
- Minnie Myrtle Miller (1842β1882)
- Tim Miller (born 1958)
- Vassar Miller (1924β1998)
- Tyler Mills (born 1983)
- S. Isadore Miner (1863β1910)
- Deborah A. Miranda
- Gary Miranda (born 1939)
- John Kearsley Mitchell (1798β1858)
- Susan Mitchell (born 1944)
- Anis Mojgani (born 1977)
- Paul Monette (1945β1995)
- Mong-Lan
- Marion Montgomery (1925β2011)
- Melissa Morphew (born 1963)
- JosΓ© Montoya (1932β2013)
- William Vaughn Moody (1869β1910)
- Clara Jessup Moore (1824β1899)
- Charles Leonard Moore (1854β1925)
- Daniel Moore (born 1940)
- Jacqueline S. Moore (1926β2002)
- Jessica Care Moore (born 1971)
- Julia A. Moore (1847β1920)
- Marianne Moore (1887β1972)
- Milcah Martha Moore (1740β1829)
- Pat Mora (born 1942)
- Barbara Moraff (born 1939)
- George Frederick Morgan (1922β2004)
- A. F. Moritz (born 1947)
- Hilda Morley (1916β1998)
- Richard Morris (1939β2003)
- Tracie Morris
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- Bradford Morrow (born 1951)
- Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (1873β1955)
- Viggo Mortensen (born 1958)
- Howard Moss (1922β1987)
- Thylias Moss (born 1954)
- Stephen Motika (born 1977)
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- Anna Cora Mowatt (1819β1870)
- Jennifer Moxley (born 1964)
- Lisel Mueller (1924β2020)
- Harryette Mullen (born 1953)
- William D. Mundell (1912β1997)
- Charles MuΓ±oz (1926β2018)
- Erin Murphy
- Sheila Murphy (born 1951)
- Pauli Murray (1910β1985)
- Christopher Mwashinga (born 1965)
- Eileen Myles (born 1949)
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- Vladimir Nabokov (1899β1977)
- Angel Nafis (born 1988)
- Ogden Nash (1902β1971)
- John Neal (1793β1876)
- John Neihardt (1881β1973)
- Jill Neimark
- Howard Nemerov (1920β1991)
- Arthur Nersesian (born 1958)
- Kenn Nesbitt (born 1962)
- F. A. Nettelbeck (1950β2011)
- Annie Neugebauer
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974)
- Rebecca S. Nichols (born 1819)
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- Lorine Niedecker (1903β1970)
- Audrey Niffenegger (born 1963)
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- Lucille Nixon (1908β1963)
- Eric "Big Daddy" Nord (1919β1989)
- Jessica Nordell
- Charles North (born 1941)
- Jessica Nelson North (1891β1988)
- Jim Northrup (born 1943)
- Harry Northup (born 1940)
- Alice Notley (born 1945)
- Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952)
O
- Sara Louisa Oberholtzer (1841β1930)
- Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1890β1941)
- Geoffrey G. O'Brien (born 1969)
- Ed Ochester (born 1939)
- Jessie Fremont O'Donnell (1860β1897)
- Blanche Oelrichs (1890β1950)
- Ron Offen (1930β2010)
- Frank O'Hara (1926β1966)
- Sharon Olds (born 1942)
- Martha Capps Oliver (1845β1917)
- Mary Oliver (1935β2019)
- Alix Olson (born 1975)
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- George Oppen (1908β1984)
- Mary Oppen (1908β1990)
- James Oppenheim (1882β1932)
- Joel Oppenheimer (a.k.a. Jacob Hammer) (1930β1988)
- Peter Oresick (1955β2016)
- Gregory Orr (born 1947)
- Alicia Ostriker (born 1937)
P
- Ron Padgett (born 1942)
- Luis PalΓ©s Matos (1898β1959)
- Grace Paley (1922β2007)
- Cheryl Pallant
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- Michael Palmer (born 1943)
- Jay Parini (born 1948)
- Dorothy Parker (1893β1967)
- Lee Passarella
- Linda Pastan (1932β2023)
- Kenneth Patchen (1911β1972)
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- Richard Peabody
- Molly Peacock (born 1947)
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- V. Penelope Pelizzon
- Bryan Penberthy (born 1976)
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- William Alexander Percy (1885β1942)
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- Sam Pereira (born 1949)
- Bob Perelman (born 1947)
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- Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1890β1964)
- Carl Phillips (born 1959)
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- Clarissa Pinkola EstΓ©s (born 1945)
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- Carol Potter
- Charles Potts (1943)
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- Kevin Powell (born 1966)
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- Jack Prelutsky (1940)
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- Reynolds Price (1933β2011)
- Frederic Prokosch (1909β1989)
- Kevin Prufer (born 1969)
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- George Quasha (born 1942)
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- Kevin Rabas
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- Kenneth Rexroth (1905β1982)
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- Stan Rice (1942β2002)
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- Richard Robbins
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- Luis J. Rodriguez (born 1954)
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- Matthew Rohrer (born 1970)
- Henry Rollins (born 1961)
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- David Romtvedt
- Raymond Roseliep (1917β1983)
- Franklin Rosemont (1943β2009)
- J. Allyn Rosser (born 1957)
- Terry Rossio (born 1960)
- Jerome Rothenberg (born 1931)
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- Anne Rouse (born 1954)
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- Gibbons Ruark (born 1941)
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- Mary Ruefle (born 1952)
- Muriel Rukeyser (1913β1980)
- Nipsey Russell (1918β2005)
- Archibald Rutledge (1883β1973)
- Carl Hancock Rux
- Abram Joseph Ryan (1838β1886)
- Kay Ryan (born 1945)
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- Benjamin Alire SΓ‘enz (born 1954)
- Albert Saijo (1926β2011)
- Michael Salinger (born 1962)
- Mary Jo Salter (born 1954)
- Benjamin Saltman (1927β1999)
- Francis Saltus Saltus (1849β1889)
- Carl Sandburg (1878β1967)
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- Sherod Santos (born 1948)
- Aram Saroyan (born 1943)
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- John Godfrey Saxe (1816β1887)
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- Dan Schneider (born 1965)
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- James Schuyler (1923β1991)
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- Patricia Roth Schwartz (born 1946)
- Armand Schwerner (1927β1999)
- Peter Seaton (1942β2010)
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- Calvin Seerveld (born 1930)
- Frederick Seidel (born 1936)
- Hugh Seidman (born 1940)
- Rebecca Seiferle
- Martha Serpas
- Diane Seuss (born 1956)
- Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) (1904β1991)
- Elizabeth Sewell (1919β2001)
- Anne Sexton (1928β1974)
- Tom Sexton (born 1940)
- Ntozake Shange (1948β2018)
- Ravi Shankar (born 1975)
- Mary Eulalie Fee Shannon (1824β1855)
- David Shapiro (born 1947)
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- G. S. Sharat Chandra (1935β2000)
- Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970)
- Scott Shaw (born 1958)
- Robert Shelby (1935β2016)
- Kate Brownlee Sherwood (1841β1914)
- Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873β1962)
- Aaron Shurin (born 1947)
- Eli Siegel (1902β1978)
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- Eleni Sikelianos
- Richard Siken (born 1967)
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- Ron Silliman (born 1946)
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- Shel Silverstein (1930β1999)
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- Jim Simmerman (1952β2006)
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- Marge Simon (born 1942)
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- Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939β2000)
- Carrie Bell Sinclair (1839-1883)
- John Sinclair (born 1941)
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- Elbert H. Smith
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- Marc Smith (born 1949)
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- Eliza R. Snow (1804β1887)
- Craig Snyder
- Gary Snyder (born 1930)
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- Roberto Solis (born 1945)
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- Kim Stafford (born 1949)
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- Rowena Granice Steele (1824β1901)
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- Gertrude Stein (1874β1946)
- Edward Steinhardt (born 1961)
- Mattie Stepanek (1990β2004)
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- George Sterling (1869β1926)
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- James Thomas Stevens (born 1966)
- Wallace Stevens (1880β1955)
- Anne Stevenson (1933β2020)
- Margo Taft Stever
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- Susan Stewart (born 1952)
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- Charles Warren Stoddard (1843β1909)
- Lavinia Stoddard (1787β1820)
- Dejan StojanoviΔ (born 1959)
- Donna J. Stone (1933β1994)
- Ruth Stone (1915β2011)
- Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born 1968)
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- Mark Strand (1934β2014)
- Joseph Stroud (born 1943)
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- Jesse Stuart (1907β1984)
- Elma Stuckey (1907β1988)
- Melissa Studdard (born 1969)
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- Aloysius Michael Sullivan (1896β1980)
- Sekou Sundiata (1948β2007)
- Barton Sutter
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- Cole Swensen (born 1955)
- Karen Swenson (born 1936)
- May Swenson (1913β1989)
- Thomas Thackeray Swinburne (1865β1926)
- Arthur Sze (born 1950)
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- Eileen Tabios (born 1960)
- John Taggart (born 1942)
- Ronald Talney
- Amber Tamblyn (born 1983)
- Luci Tapahonso (born 1953)
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- James Tate (1943β2015)
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- Edward Taylor (1645β1729)
- Elkanah East Taylor (1888β1945)
- Minnetta Theodora Taylor (1860β1911)
- Michelle Tea (born 1971)
- Sara Teasdale (1884β1933)
- Michael Teig (born 1968)
- Todd Temkin (born 1964)
- Elaine Terranova (born 1939)
- Lucy Terry (c. 1730β1821)
- Steve Tesich (1942β1996)
- Celia Thaxter (1835β1894)
- Ernest Thayer (1863β1940)
- Scofield Thayer (1889β1982)
- William Roscoe Thayer (1859β1923)
- Edith M. Thomas (1854β1925)
- Lewis Thomas (1913β1993)
- Lorenzo Thomas (1944β2005)
- Clara Ann Thompson (1869β1949)
- Dunstan Thompson (1918β1975)
- E. S. L. Thompson (1848β1944)
- Lady Gwen Thompson (1928β1986)
- Maurice Thompson (1844β1901)
- William Irwin Thompson (1938β2020)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817β1862)
- Tamara Thorne (born 1957)
- Laura M. Hawley Thurston (1812β1842)
- Gary Tillery (born 1947)
- Richard Tillinghast (born 1940)
- Lydia H. Tilton (1839β1915)
- Henry Timrod (1828β1867)
- Melvin B. Tolson (1898β1966)
- Lee Tonouchi (born c. 1972)
- Nick Tosches (1949β2019)
- Tony Tost (born 1975)
- Ann Townsend (born 1962)
- Patricia Traxler
- William Tremblay (born 1940)
- Natasha Trethewey (born 1966)
- Tony Trigilio (born 1966)
- David Trinidad (born 1953)
- AmΓ©lie Rives Troubetzkoy (1863β1945)
- Quincy Troupe (born 1939)
- John Trumbull (1750β1831)
- Mary Frances Tyler Tucker (1837β1902)
- Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821β1873)
- Lewis Turco (born 1934)
- Brian Turner (born 1967)
- Genya Turovskaya
- Emma Rood Tuttle (1839β1916)
- Chase Twichell (born 1950)
- Sarah Lowe Twiggs (1839β1920)
- E. Donald Two-Rivers (d. 2008)
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- Louis Untermeyer (1885β1977)
- John Updike (1932β2009)
- Charles Upton (born 1948)
- Amy Uyematsu (1947β2023)
- Catherynne M. Valente (born 1979)
- Jean Valentine (1934βDecember 2020)
- Sallie Ada Vance (ca. 1840 - unknown)
- Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931)
- Mark Van Doren (1894β1972)
- Mona Van Duyn (1921β2004)
- Ellen Oliver Van Fleet (1842β1893)
- Sheldon Vanauken (1914β1996)
- Robert Vasquez (born 1955)
- Reetika Vazirani (1962β2003)
- Janine Pommy Vega (1942β2010)
- Jones Very (1813β1880)
- George Sylvester Viereck (1884β1962)
- Peter Viereck (1916β2006)
- Nick Virgilio (1928β1989)
- Gerald Vizenor (born 1934)
- Judith Vollmer (born 1951)
W
- Buddy Wakefield (born 1974)
- Diane Wakoski (born 1937)
- Diane Wald
- Anne Waldman (born 1945)
- Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935)
- Keith Waldrop (1932β2023)
- Alice Walker (born 1944)
- Margaret Walker (1915β1998)
- Minnie Gow Walsworth (1859β1947)
- Connie Wanek (born 1952)
- BJ Ward (born 1967)
- Diane Ward (born 1956)
- Julia Rush Cutler Ward (1796β1824)
- Katharine Augusta Ware (1797-1813)
- Mary Ware (writer) (1828β1915)
- Catherine Anne Warfield (1816β1877)
- Emily Warn
- Robert Penn Warren (1905β1989)
- Raees Warsi (born 1963)
- William John Watkins (born 1942)
- Barrett Watten (born 1948)
- Jim Webb (1945β2018)
- Rebecca Wee
- Eliot Weinberger (born 1949)
- Hannah Weiner (1928β1997)
- ruth weiss (1928β2020)
- Theodore Weiss (1916β2003)
- James Welch (1940β2003)
- Lew Welch (1926βc. 1971)
- Joe Wenderoth (born 1966)
- Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958)
- Kanye West (born 1977)
- Paul West (1930β2015)
- Philip Whalen (1923β2002)
- Mark Whalon (1886β1956)
- John Wheatcroft (1925β2017)
- Phillis Wheatley (1753β1784)
- Cora Stuart Wheeler (1852β1897)
- John Hall Wheelock (1886β1978)
- John Brooks Wheelwright (1897β1940)
- Edward Lucas White (1866β1934)
- Laura Rosamond White(1844β1922)
- Gary J. Whitehead (born 1965)
- Ruth Whitman (1922β1999)
- Walt Whitman (1819β1892)
- Adeline Dutton Train Whitney (1824β1906)
- Reed Whittemore (1919β2012)
- John Greenleaf Whittier (1807β1892)
- Margaret Widdemer (1884β1978)
- John Wieners (1934β2002)
- Richard Wilbur (1921β2017)
- Carlos Wilcox (1794β1827)
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850β1919)
- Peter Wild (1940β2009)
- Richard Henry Wilde (1789β1847)
- Charlotte Wilder (1898β1980)
- Charles Willeford (1919β1988)
- C. K. Williams (1936β2015)
- Jonathan Williams (1929β2008)
- Oscar Williams (1900β1964)
- Paul O. Williams (1935β2009)
- Philip Lee Williams (born 1950)
- William Carlos Williams (1883β1963)
- Elizabeth Willis (born 1961)
- Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806β1867)
- Eleanor Wilner (born 1937)
- Anne Elizabeth Wilson (1901β1946)
- Dede Wilson (born 1937)
- Edmund Wilson (1895β1972)
- Ibbie McColm Wilson (1834β1908)
- Peter Lamborn Wilson (a.k.a. Hakim Bey) (born 1945)
- Christian Wiman (born 1966)
- Dale Wimbrow (1895β1954)
- Vernice Wineera (born 1938)
- Anne Winters
- Yvor Winters (1900β1968)
- Jeneverah M. Winton (1837β1904)
- Sam Witt (born 1970)
- Larry Woiwode (born 1941)
- John Barton Wolgamot (c.1910βc.1980)
- Nellie Wong (born 1934)
- George Edward Woodberry (1855β1930)
- Eddie Woods (born 1940)
- Samuel Woodworth (1784β1842)
- Gamel Woolsey (1895β1968)
- Abba Goold Woolson (1838β1921)
- Bryan Thao Worra (born 1973)
- Patience Worth (Pearl Lenore Curran) (1883β1937)
- Jane T. Worthington (1821β1847)
- C. D. Wright (1949β2016)
- Charles Wright (born 1935)
- Franz Wright (1953β2015)
- James Wright (1927β1980)
- Jay Wright (born 1935)
- Kirby Wright
- Richard Wright (1908β1960)
- Susanna Wright (1697β1784)
- Robert Wrigley (born 1951)
- Elinor Wylie (1885β1928)
XβZ
- Wendy Xu (born 1987)
- Lois-Ann Yamanaka (born 1961)
- Leo Yankevich (born 1961)
- John Yau (born 1950)
- Al Young (1939β2021)
- C. Dale Young (born 1969)
- Dean Young (born 1955)
- Kevin Young (born 1970)
- Matthew Zapruder (born 1967)
- Marya Zaturenska (1902β1982)
- Andrew Zawacki (born 1972)
- Calvin Ziegler (1854β1930)
- Joaquin Zihuatanejo (born 1971)
- Louis Zukofsky (1904β1978)
See also
- Academy of American Poets
- American poetry
- List of English-language poets
- List of Jewish American poets
- List of poets
- List of years in poetry
- Poetry Foundation
- Poetry Society of America
External links
- Guide to the Darrell Kerr Correspondence with American Poets and Publishers. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.