List of U.S. poets

The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country. Except where noted, the poet wrote in the English language.

A

 * 1) Francesca Abbate
 * 2) Henry Abbey (1842–1911)
 * 3) Sam Abrams (born 1935), New York
 * 4) Seth Abramson (born 1976)
 * 5) Diane Ackerman (born 1956)
 * 6) Duane Ackerson (born 1942), Oregon
 * 7) Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968)
 * 8) Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004)
 * 9) Helen Adam (1909–1993)
 * 10) John Adams (1704–1740)
 * 11) John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
 * 12) Léonie Adams (1899–1988)
 * 13) Betty Adcock (born 1938)
 * 14) Kim Addonizio (born 1954)
 * 15) James Agee (1909–1955)
 * 16) Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969)
 * 17) Jack Agüeros (born 1934)
 * 18) Ai (1947-2010)
 * 19) Conrad Aiken (1889-1973), Georgia
 * 20) Ellery Akers (born 1946)
 * 21) Zoë Akins (1886-1958)
 * 22) George Albon (born 1954)
 * 23) Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956)
 * 24) Sandra Alcosser (born 1944)
 * 25) Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888)
 * 26) Dorothy Keeley Aldis (1896-1966)
 * 27) Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962)
 * 28) Meena Alexander (born 1951)
 * 29) Pamela Alexander (born 1948)
 * 30) Will Alexander (born 1948)
 * 31) Sherman Alexie (born 1966)
 * 32) Felipe Alfau (1902–1999)
 * 33) Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001)
 * 34) Kazim Ali (born 1971)
 * 35) Karen Alkalay-Gut (born 1945)
 * 36) William Allegrezza (born 1974)
 * 37) Dick Allen (born 1939)
 * 38) Donald Allen (1912–2004)
 * 39) Elizabeth Chase Allen (1832 – 1911)
 * 40) Ron Allen (born 1947)
 * 41) Washington Allston (1779 – 1843)
 * 42) Melanie Almeder (born 1965)
 * 43) Bert Almon (born 1943), United States / Canada
 * 44) Alta (Alta Gerrey) (born 1942)
 * 45) Keith Althaus (born 1946)
 * 46) Howard Altmann, New York
 * 47) Alurista (born 1947)
 * 48) Julia Álvarez (born 1950)
 * 49) Indran Amirthanayagam (born 1960)
 * 50) A.R. Ammons (1926-2001)
 * 51) Ray Amorosi (born 1946), Massachusetts
 * 52) Doug Anderson (born 1943)
 * 53) Victor Anderson (1917-2001)
 * 54) Bruce Andrews (born 1948)
 * 55) Kevin Andrews (1924 – 1989), United States / Greece
 * 56) Ron Androla (born 1954), Pennsylvania
 * 57) Ralph Angel (born 1951)
 * 58) Maya Angelou (born 1928)
 * 59) Talvikki Ansel
 * 60) David Antin (born 1932)
 * 61) Antler (born 1946)
 * 62) "Brother Antoninus" &mdash; William Everson (1912–1994)
 * 63) Susanne Antonetta (born 1956)
 * 64) Philip Appleman (born 1926)
 * 65) Adrian Arancibia (born 1971)
 * 66) Walter Conrad Arensburg (1878-1954)
 * 67) Rae Armantrout (born 1947)
 * 68) Richard Armour (1906–1989)
 * 69) Craig Arnold (1967-2009)
 * 70) Robert P. Arthur (born 1943)
 * 71) M.K. Asante (born 1982)
 * 72) John Ashbery (born 1927)
 * 73) Joseph Auslander (1897–1965)
 * 74) Paul Auster (born 1947)
 * 75) Sevan Aydinian (born 1983)
 * 76) Jody Azzouni (born 1954)

Ba

 * 1) Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952), New Mexico
 * 2) Bellamy Bach (pseudonym used by a group of writers)
 * 3) Joseph M. Bachelor (1889–1947)
 * 4) Mahnaz Badihian
 * 5) William Baer (born 1948)
 * 6) Martha Baird (1921-1981), New York
 * 7) Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940)
 * 8) David Baker (born 1954)
 * 9) John Balaban, (born 1943)
 * 10) Peter Balakian (born 1951)
 * 11) Jesse Ball (born 1978)
 * 12) Micah Ballard (born 1975)
 * 13) Mary Jo Bang (born 1946), Missouri
 * 14) Russell Banks (born 1940)
 * 15) Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) (born 1934)
 * 16) Elsa Barker (1869-1954), Vermont
 * 17) Coleman Barks (born 1937)
 * 18) George Barlow
 * 19) Mary Barnard (1909-2001)
 * 20) Djuna Barnes (1892-1982)
 * 21) Catherine Barnett (born 1960)
 * 22) Willis Barnstone (born 1927)
 * 23) Candy Barr (1935-2005)
 * 24) Laird Barron (born 1970)
 * 25) Bertha Hirsch Baruch (fl. 1876-1908)
 * 26) Todd Bash (born 1965)
 * 27) Samiya Bashir
 * 28) Michael Basinski (born 1950)
 * 29) Ellen Bass, (born 1947)
 * 30) Arlo Bates (1850-1918)
 * 31) David Bates (1809-1870)
 * 32) Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929), Massachusetts
 * 33) Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959)
 * 34) Grace Bauer
 * 35) Eric Baus (born 1975)
 * 36) Charles Baxter (born 1947)

Be

 * 1) Abel Beach (1829-1899), Iowa
 * 2) Joseph Warren Beach (1880-1957)
 * 3) Dan Beachy-Quick (born 1973)
 * 4) Ray Young Bear
 * 5) Sandra Beasley (born 1980)
 * 6) Jan Beatty
 * 7) Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin (?1913-1995), Tenessee
 * 8) George Beck (1749-1812), Kentucky
 * 9) Julian Beck
 * 10) Robin Becker (born 1951)
 * 11) Larry Beckett (born 1947)
 * 12) Joshua Beckman (born 1971)
 * 13) Ethel Lynn Beers (1827-1879)
 * 14) Erin Belieu, (born 1957)
 * 15) Ben Belitt (1911-2003), Vermont
 * 16) Elana Bell
 * 17) Marvin Bell (born 1937), Iowa
 * 18) Michael Benedikt (1935-2007)
 * 19) Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943)
 * 20) William Rose Benét (1886-1950)
 * 21) Park Benjamin, Sr. (1809-1864)
 * 22) Nelson Bentley (1918-1990), Washington
 * 23) Bill Berkson {born 1939)
 * 24) David Berman (born 1967)
 * 25) April Bernard (born 1956)
 * 26) Charles Bernstein (born 1950)
 * 27) Steven "Jesse" Bernstein (1950–1991)
 * 28) Anselm Berrigan (born 1972)
 * 29) Daniel Berrigan (born 1921)
 * 30) Ted Berrigan (1934–1983)
 * 31) Wendell Berry (born 1934)
 * 32) John Berryman (1914–1972)
 * 33) Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (born 1947), New Mexico
 * 34) Lorraine Bethel
 * 35) Reginald Dwayne Betts
 * 36) Helen Bevington (1906-2001), North Carolina

Bi-Bl

 * 1) Jill Bialosky
 * 2) Frank Bidart (born 1939)
 * 3) Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
 * 4) Linda Bierds (born 1945)
 * 5) David Biespiel
 * 6) George Bilgere (born 1951)
 * 7) Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
 * 8) John Peale Bishop (1892-1944)
 * 9) Sherwin Bitsui, (born 1975)
 * 10) Baxter Black (born 1945)
 * 11) Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958)
 * 12) Paul Blackburn (1926–1971)
 * 13) Nicole Blackman (born 1971)
 * 14) Black Mountain poets (20th century)
 * 15) Richard P. Blackmur (1904-1965)
 * 16) Kimberly M. Blaeser
 * 17) Richard Blanco (born 1968)
 * 18) Don Blanding (1894-1957), Hawaii
 * 19) Robin Blaser (1925-2009), Canada / United States
 * 20) Randy Blasing (born 1943)
 * 21) Anthony Bleecker (1770-1827)
 * 22) Adrian Blevins, (born 1964)
 * 23) Chana Bloch (born 1940)
 * 24) Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919)
 * 25) Henry Ames Blood (1836-1900)
 * 26) Roberts Blossom (1924-2011)
 * 27) Robert Bly (born 1926)
 * 28) D.A. Blyler (born 1967)

Bo

 * 1) Maxwell Bodenheim (1892-1954)
 * 2) Jean Boese (1925-2004), Louisiana
 * 3) Louise Bogan (1897-1970)
 * 4) George Henry Boker (1823-1890)
 * 5) Bruce Bond (born 1954)
 * 6) Arna Bontemps (1902-1973)
 * 7) Philip Booth (1925-2007), Maine
 * 8) Laure-Anne Bosselaar
 * 9) Bruce Boston (born 1943)
 * 10) David Bottoms (born 1949)
 * 11) Jenny Boully (born 1976)
 * 12) Edgar Bowers (1924-2000)
 * 13) Fred G. Bowles (fl. 1899-1918)
 * 14) Kay Boyle (1902–1992)

Br

 * 1) Gamaliel Bradford (1863-1932)
 * 2) George Bradley (born 1953)
 * 3) Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612–1672), Massachusetts
 * 4) William Stanley Braithwaite (1878-1962)
 * 5) William Brandon (1914-1922)
 * 6) Richard Brautigan (1935–1984)
 * 7) Kate Braverman
 * 8) Donari Braxton
 * 9) Joseph Payne Brennan (1918–1990)
 * 10) Ken Brewer (1941–2006)
 * 11) Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710-1757), Connecticut
 * 12) Kim Bridgford
 * 13) Robert Bringhurst, (born 1946)
 * 14) John Malcolm Brinnin (1916-1999)
 * 15) Geoffrey Brock (born 1964)
 * 16) Lucie Brock-Broido (born 1956)
 * 17) James Brock (born 1958)
 * 18) Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996),
 * 19) Louis Daniel Brodsky (born 1941)
 * 20) David Bromige (1933 - )
 * 21) William Bronk (1918-1999)
 * 22) Charles Timothy Brooks
 * 23) Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)
 * 24) Maria Gowen Brooks (?1794-1845)
 * 25) "Brother Antoninus" &mdash; William Everson (1912–1994)
 * 26) James Broughton (1913-1999), California
 * 27) Olga Broumas (born 1949)
 * 28) Joel Brouwer (born 1968)
 * 29) Alice Brown (writer)
 * 30) Fleda Brown (born 1944)
 * 31) Harriet Brown (born 1958)
 * 32) Rita Mae Brown
 * 33) Sterling A. Brown (1901-1989), Washington D.C.
 * 34) Francis Fisher Browne
 * 35) William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878), New York

Bu-By

 * 1) Oni Buchanan (born 1975)
 * 2) Jack Buck
 * 3) Christopher Buckley (born 1948)
 * 4) David Budbill (born 1940)
 * 5) Andrea Hollander Budy (born 1947)
 * 6) Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)
 * 7) David R. Bunch
 * 8) Henry Cuyler Bunner
 * 9) José Antonio Burciaga
 * 10) Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), California
 * 11) Kenneth Burke (1897-1993)
 * 12) Ralph Burns (born 1949)
 * 13) Stanley Burnshaw (1906-2005)
 * 14) Amelia Josephine Burr
 * 15) Maxwell Struthers Burt
 * 16) Stephen Burt
 * 17) Raegan Butcher
 * 18) Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
 * 19) W.E. Butts
 * 20) Witter Bynner (1881-1968)
 * 21) Gilbert Byron (1903-1991), Maryland

C

 * 1) Scott Cairns (born 1954)
 * 2) Alex Caldiero (born 1949)
 * 3) James Edwin Campbell (1867-1896), Ohio
 * 4) Mary Baine Campbell
 * 5) Peter Campion (born 1976)
 * 6) Rafael Campo (born 1964)
 * 7) Melville Henry Cane
 * 8) Skipwith Cannell (1887-1957)
 * 9) Garrett Caples (born 1972)
 * 10) Joe Cardarelli
 * 11) Gladys Cardiff (born 1942)
 * 12) Bliss Carman (1861-1929), Canada / United States
 * 13) Neil Carpathios (born 1961)
 * 14) Jim Carroll
 * 15) Hayden Carruth, (1921–2008)
 * 16) William Herbert Carruth (1859-1924), Kansas
 * 17) Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873-1904)
 * 18) Jared Carter
 * 19) Raymond Carver (1938–1988)
 * 20) Alice Cary (1820-1871)
 * 21) Phoebe Cary (1824-1871)
 * 22) Stacie Cassarino (born 1975)
 * 23) Cyrus Cassells (born 1957)
 * 24) Turner Cassity (1929-2009)
 * 25) Ana Castillo (born 1953)
 * 26) Sandra M. Castillo (born 1962), Florida
 * 27) Grace Cavalieri (born 1932)
 * 28) Madison Cawein (1865-1914), Kentucky
 * 29) Thomas Centolella
 * 30) Joseph Ceravolo (1934-1988)
 * 31) Lorna Dee Cervantes (born 1954)
 * 32) Tina Chang (born 1969)
 * 33) Victoria Chang (born 1970)
 * 34) William Ellery Channing (1818–1901)
 * 35) Arthur Chapman (1874-1935)
 * 36) John Jay Chapman
 * 37) Fred Chappell (born 1936)
 * 38) Alexander Chee
 * 39) Colin Cheney (born 1978)
 * 40) Neeli Cherkovski (born 1945)
 * 41) Maxine Chernoff (born 1952)
 * 42) Bob Cherry
 * 43) Kelly Cherry
 * 44) Chrystos
 * 45) Angélico Chávez
 * 46) Dan Chiasson
 * 47) James William Chichetto (born 1941)
 * 48) William Childress
 * 49) Marilyn Chin (born 1955)
 * 50) Marcus B. Christian (1900-1976), Louisiana
 * 51) John Ciardi (1916–1986)
 * 52) Noah Cicero
 * 53) Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
 * 54) Carson Cistulli (born 1979)
 * 55) Amy Clampitt (1920-1994)
 * 56) Tom Clark (born 1941)
 * 57) Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909-1971)
 * 58) Jack Clarke (1933-1992)
 * 59) Michelle Cliff (born 1946)
 * 60) Lucille Clifton (1936–2010)
 * 61) Joshua Clover (born 1962)
 * 62) Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927)
 * 63) Grace Stone Coates (1881–1976)
 * 64) Stanton A. Coblentz
 * 65) Andrei Codrescu (born 1946)
 * 66) Judith Ortiz Cofer (born 1952), Georgia
 * 67) Robert P.T. Coffin
 * 68) George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
 * 69) Ira Cohen
 * 70) Nan Cohen
 * 71) Jim Cohn
 * 72) Kate Colby
 * 73) Henri Cole (born 1956)
 * 74) Norma Cole (born 1945), California
 * 75) Peter Cole (born 1957)
 * 76) Wanda Coleman (born 1946)
 * 77) Michael Collier (born 1953)
 * 78) Billy Collins (born 1941)
 * 79) Martha Collins (born 1940)
 * 80) Jack Collom (born (1931), Colorado
 * 81) Betsy Colquitt (born 1927)
 * 82) Shanna Compton (born 1970)
 * 83) Grace Hazard Conkling (1878-1958)
 * 84) Hilda Conkling (1910-1986)
 * 85) Evan S. Connell
 * 86) Leo Connellan (1928–2001)
 * 87) Gillian Conoley (born 1955)
 * 88) Harriet Maxwell Converse (1836-1903), New York
 * 89) J. Gordon Coogler
 * 90) Rose Terry Cooke
 * 91) Ina Coolbrith (1841-1928), California
 * 92) Clark Coolidge
 * 93) Dennis Cooper
 * 94) Jane Cooper (1924-2007)
 * 95) Jake Copass
 * 96) William Corbett
 * 97) Billy Corgan
 * 98) Cid Corman (1924-2004)
 * 99) Alfred Corn, (born 1943)
 * 100) Gregory Corso (1930-2001)
 * 101) Jayne Cortez (born 1936)
 * 102) Joseph Seamon Cotter (1861-1949), Kentucky
 * 103) Joe Cottonwood
 * 104) Henri Coulette (1927-1988)
 * 105) John Cournos
 * 106) Elise Cowen
 * 107) Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989)
 * 108) Louis O. Coxe
 * 109) Michael Earl Craig
 * 110) Steven Cramer (born 1953)
 * 111) Christopher Pearse Cranch (1813-1892)
 * 112) Hart Crane (1899–1932)
 * 113) Stephen Crane, (1871-1900)
 * 114) Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914)
 * 115) Douglas Crase (born 1944)
 * 116) Gary William Crawford
 * 117) Robert Creeley (1926–2005)
 * 118) Judson Crews (1917-2010)
 * 119) Ernest Howard Crosby (1856-1907)
 * 120) Harry Crosby (1898–1929)
 * 121) Victor Hernández Cruz (born 1949), New York
 * 122) Brian Culhane (born 1954), New York
 * 123) Countee Cullen (1903–1946)
 * 124) E.E. Cummings (1894-1962)
 * 125) Waring Cuney (1906-1976)
 * 126) J.V. Cunningham (1911–1985)
 * 127) Averill Curdy
 * 128) Bloodgood Cutter

D-De

 * 1) H.D. (1886-1961)
 * 2) Edward Dahlberg (1900-1977)
 * 3) Beverly Dahlen (born 1934)
 * 4) Steve Dalachinsky
 * 5) Enid Dame
 * 6) S. Foster Damon
 * 7) Richard Henry Dana (1787-1879), Massachusetts
 * 8) Jim Daniels (born 1956)
 * 9) Kate Daniels (born 1953), Virginia
 * 10) Margaret Danner (1915-1984), Illinois
 * 11) Hugh Antoine d'Arcy
 * 12) Tina Darragh (born 1950)
 * 13) Robert von Dassanowsky (born 1965)
 * 14) Guy Davenport
 * 15) Donald Davidson (poet)
 * 16) Gustav Davidson
 * 17) Michael Davidson (born 1944)
 * 18) Alan Davies (born 1951)
 * 19) Mary Carolyn Davies (1888-1940?)
 * 20) Dale Davis (poet)
 * 21) Frank Marshall Davis (1905-1987)
 * 22) Gwen Davis
 * 23) Jon Davis (poet)
 * 24) Jordan Davis (born 1970)
 * 25) Peter Davison (1928-2004)
 * 26) Olena Kalytiak Davis (born 1963)
 * 27) Clarence Day
 * 28) Jaime de Angulo
 * 29) Connie Deanovich (born 1960)
 * 30) Caridad de la Luz
 * 31) Philip F. Deaver
 * 32) Madeline DeFrees, (born 1919)
 * 33) Margaret Deland (1857-1945)
 * 34) Alison Hawthorne Deming (born 1946)
 * 35) Edwin Denby (1903-1983)
 * 36) Richard Denner
 * 37) Reuel Denney
 * 38) Carl Dennis (born 1939)
 * 39) Tory Dent (1958-2005)
 * 40) Theodore Deppe (born 1950)
 * 41) Toi Derricotte (born 1941)
 * 42) Heather Derr-Smith (born 1971)
 * 43) Toi Derricote (born 1941)
 * 44) Babette Deutsch (1895-1982)

Di-Dy

 * 1) Jennifer K Dick
 * 2) George Dickerson
 * 3) James Dickey (1923–1997), South Carolina
 * 4) Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), Massachusetts
 * 5) Roger Dickinson-Brown (born 1944)
 * 6) Matthew Dickman (born 1975)
 * 7) Michael Dickman (born 1975)
 * 8) Deborah Digges (1950-2009)
 * 9) Annie Dillard (born 1945)
 * 10) R.H.W. Dillard (born 1937)
 * 11) George Dillon
 * 12) Ray DiPalma (born 1943)
 * 13) Emanuel di Pasquale (born 1943)
 * 14) W.S. Di Piero (born 1945)
 * 15) Diane di Prima (born 1934)
 * 16) Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008)
 * 17) Tim Dlugos (1950-1990)
 * 18) Patricia Dobler
 * 19) Stephen Dobyns (born 1941)
 * 20) Will Dockery (born 1958), Georgia
 * 21) Mary Mapes Dodge (1831-1905)
 * 22) Owen Dodson
 * 23) John Dolan (writer)
 * 24) Nathan Haskell Dole
 * 25) Clara G. Dolliver (fl. 1848-1891), California
 * 26) Timothy Donnelly (born 1969)
 * 27) Sonya Dorman
 * 28) Ed Dorn (1929–1999)
 * 29) Julia Caroline Dorr
 * 30) Mark Doty (born 1953)
 * 31) Franz Douskey
 * 32) Rita Dove (born 1952)
 * 33) Kirby Doyle
 * 34) Joseph Rodman Drake (1795-1820)
 * 35) Will Allen Dromgoole
 * 36) Celia Dropkin
 * 37) Norman Dubie (born 1945)
 * 38) W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963)
 * 39) Bruce Ducker
 * 40) Peter Kane Dufault
 * 41) Alan Dugan (1923–2003)
 * 42) Denise Duhamel (born 1961)
 * 43) Henry Dumas (1934-1968)
 * 44) Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
 * 45) Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935)
 * 46) Robert Duncan (1919-1988)
 * 47) Jim Dunlap
 * 48) Stephen Dunn
 * 49) Rachel Blau DuPlessis
 * 50) Job Durfee
 * 51) Stuart Dybek (born 1942)
 * 52) Bob Dylan (born 1941)

E

 * 1) Cornelius Eady (born 1954)
 * 2) Pliny Earle (physician)
 * 3) Max Eastman (1883-1969)
 * 4) Richard Eberhart (1904-2005)
 * 5) David Edelstadt
 * 6) Russell Edson (born 1935)
 * 7) kari edwards (1954-2006)
 * 8) Terry Ehret, (born 1955)
 * 9) W.D. Ehrhart (born 1948)
 * 10) Max Ehrmann
 * 11) Larry Eigner (1927-1996)
 * 12) Loren Eiseley
 * 13) Che Elias
 * 14) T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)
 * 15) David Elliott
 * 16) Thomas Sayers Ellis
 * 17) James Emanuel
 * 18) Lynn Emanuel (born 1949)
 * 19) Claudia Emerson (born 1957)
 * 20) Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
 * 21) Anita Endrezze (born 1952)
 * 22) John Engels (1931-2007)
 * 23) Paul Engle (1908-1991), Iowa
 * 24) Thomas Dunn English (1819-1902)
 * 25) Theodore Enslin (1925-2011), Maine
 * 26) Daniel Mark Epstein
 * 27) Elaine Equi
 * 28) Louise Erdrich (born 1954)
 * 29) Clayton Eshleman (born 1935)
 * 30) Martín Espada (born 1957)
 * 31) Rhina Espaillat (born 1932), New York
 * 32) Willard R. Espy
 * 33) Jill Alexander Essbaum (born 1971)
 * 34) Maggie Estep
 * 35) Jerry Estrin (1947–1993)
 * 36) David Allan Evans
 * 37) Mari Evans (born 1923)
 * 38) Landis Everson (1926 – 2007)
 * 39) William Everson (Brother Antoninus) (1912-1994)
 * 40) Peter Everwine (born 1930)

F

 * 1) Ruth Fainlight
 * 2) B.H. Fairchild (born 1942)
 * 3) William Clark Falkner
 * 4) Roger Fanning
 * 5) Norma Farber (1909-1984)
 * 6) Patricia Fargnoli
 * 7) John C. Farrar
 * 8) J.P. Farrell (1968-2010)
 * 9) William Faulkner (1897-1962)
 * 10) Jessie Redmon Fauset
 * 11) Kenneth Fearing (1902-1961)
 * 12) Frederick Feirstein (born 1940)
 * 13) Irving Feldman (born 1928)
 * 14) Mary Fell (born 1947)
 * 15) Paul Fericano
 * 16) Lawrence Ferlinghetti, (born 1919), California
 * 17) David Ferry (born 1924)
 * 18) Arthur Davison Ficke (1883-1945)
 * 19) Leslie Fiedler (1917-2003)
 * 20) Edward Field (born 1924), New York
 * 21) Eugene Field (1850-1895), Missouri
 * 22) Rachel Field (1894-1942)
 * 23) James Thomas Fields
 * 24) Annie Finch (born 1956)
 * 25) Donald Finkel (1929-2008)
 * 26) Nikky Finney (born 1957)
 * 27) Susan Firer (born 1948), Wisconsin
 * 28) Fireside Poets (19th century)
 * 29) Zoketsu Norman Fischer (born 1946)
 * 30) Ann Fisher-Wirth
 * 31) Robert Fitterman (born 1959)
 * 32) Robert Fitzgerald (1910-1985)
 * 33) Bob Flanagan
 * 34) John Gould Fletcher (1886-1950), Arkansas
 * 35) Ralph Fletcher (born 1953)
 * 36) Roland Flint
 * 37) Nick Flynn (born 1960)
 * 38) Jack Foley (born 1940)
 * 39) Eliza Lee Follen (1787-1860), Massachusetts
 * 40) Calvin Forbes (born 1945)
 * 41) Carolyn Forché (born 1950)
 * 42) John M. Ford
 * 43) Timothy Thomas Fortune (1856-1928)
 * 44) Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911)
 * 45) Sesshu Foster (born 1957)
 * 46) FrancEye (Frances Dean Smith)
 * 47) Robert Francis (1901-1987)
 * 48) Florence Kiper Frank (1885-1976)
 * 49) Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
 * 50) Robert Frazier
 * 51) Joseph Freeman (1897-1965)
 * 52) Philip Freneau (1752-1832)
 * 53) Robert Frost (1874–1963), New Hampshire
 * 54) Gwen Frostic
 * 55) Gene Frumkin (1928-2007)
 * 56) Nan Fry
 * 57) Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2004)
 * 58) Gloria Frym (born 1947)
 * 59) Joanna Fuhrman (born 1972)
 * 60) Alice Fulton (born 1952)
 * 61) Erica Funkhouser (born 1949)

G

 * 1) Jonathan Galassi (born 1949)
 * 2) Kate Gale (born 1965)
 * 3) Tess Gallagher (born 1943)
 * 4) James Galvin (born 1951)
 * 5) Forrest Gander (born 1956)
 * 6) Diana Garcia (born 1950), California
 * 7) Hamlin Garland (1880-1940)
 * 8) George Garrett (1929-2008)
 * 9) Jean Garrigue (1914-1972), New York
 * 10) Deborah Garrison (born 1965)
 * 11) Ross Gay (born 1974)
 * 12) Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904–1991)
 * 13) Dan Gerber, (born 1940)
 * 14) Amy Gerstler (born 1956)
 * 15) David Gewanter (born 1954)
 * 16) Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (born 1946), Alabama
 * 17) Robert Gibb (born 1946), Pennsylvania
 * 18) Dobby Gibson (born 1970)
 * 19) Christopher Gilbert (born 1949)
 * 20) Jack Gilbert (born 1925)
 * 21) Sandra M. Gilbert (born 1936)
 * 22) Strickland Gillilan (1869-1954)
 * 23) Caroline Gilman (1794-1888), Massachusetts
 * 24) Carmen Giménez Smith (born 1971)
 * 25) Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)
 * 26) Dana Gioia (born 1950)
 * 27) Daniela Gioseffi (born 1941)
 * 28) Nikki Giovanni (born 1943)
 * 29) Peter Gizzi (born 1959)
 * 30) Renee Gladman (born 1971)
 * 31) Elton Glaser (born 1945)
 * 32) Jesse Glass (born 1954)
 * 33) Lyle Glazier (b. 8 May 1911, d. 21 Oct 2004)
 * 34) Greg Glazner
 * 35) Louise Glück (born 1943)
 * 36) Patricia Goedicke, (1931–2006)
 * 37) Albert Goldbarth (born 1948)
 * 38) Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961)
 * 39) Laurence Goldstein
 * 40) Gabriel Gomez
 * 41) Rodolfo Gonzales
 * 42) Rigoberto González (born 1970)
 * 43) Elaine Goodale
 * 44) Kevin Goodan
 * 45) Alice Goodman
 * 46) Paul Goodman (1911-1972), New York
 * 47) Hedwig Gorski (born 1949)
 * 48) Janice Gould
 * 49) David Graham
 * 50) Jorie Graham (born 1950)
 * 51) Judy Grahn (born 1940)
 * 52) Jason Gray
 * 53) Samuel Green (born 1948), Washington
 * 54) Debora Greger (born 1949)
 * 55) Linda Gregerson (born 1950)
 * 56) Linda Gregg (born 1942)
 * 57) Horace Gregory (1898-1982)
 * 58) Robert Grenier (poet)
 * 59) Eamon Grennan (born 1941)
 * 60) Susan Griffin (born 1943), California
 * 61) Nikki Grimes (born 1950)
 * 62) Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1958)
 * 63) Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837-1914)
 * 64) Eliza Griswold (born 1973)
 * 65) Lee Groban
 * 66) Allen Grossman (born 1932)
 * 67) Jennifer Grotz (born 1971)
 * 68) Gabriel Gudding
 * 69) Charles Guenther (1920–2008)
 * 70) Barbara Guest (1920–2006)
 * 71) Edgar Guest (1891–1959)
 * 72) Louise Imogen Guiney (1861-1920)
 * 73) Arthur Guiterman
 * 74) Thom Gunn (1929-2004), England / United States
 * 75) R.S. Gwynn (born 1948)
 * 76) Brion Gysin (1916–1986)

Ha

 * 1) Marilyn Hacker (born 1942)
 * 2) Rachel Hadas (born 1948)
 * 3) Elizabeth Hadaway
 * 4) Hermann Hagedorn (1882-1964)
 * 5) Jessica Hagedorn
 * 6) Richard Hague
 * 7) Kimiko Hahn (born 1955)
 * 8) Susan Hahn (born 1941)
 * 9) John Haines (1924-2011), Alaska
 * 10) Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879)
 * 11) Donald Hall (born 1928)
 * 12) Irma P. Hall
 * 13) Judith Hall
 * 14) Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867), New York
 * 15) Mark Halliday (born 1949)
 * 16) Daniel Halpern (born 1945)
 * 17) Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
 * 18) Barbara Hamby (born 1952)
 * 19) Sam Hamill (born 1943)
 * 20) Saskia Hamilton (born 1967)
 * 21) Dennis M. Hammes (1945-1980), Minnesota
 * 22) Jupiter Hammon (1711-1805?)
 * 23) Jeff Hardy
 * 24) Joy Harjo (born 1951)
 * 25) Frances Harper (1825-1911)
 * 26) William Harmon (born 1938), North Carolina
 * 27) Michael S. Harper (born 1938)
 * 28) Jim Harrison (born 1937)
 * 29) Carla Harryman (born 1952)
 * 30) Sadakichi Hartmann (1867-1944)
 * 31) Matthea Harvey (born 1973)
 * 32) Lola Haskins
 * 33) Robert Hass (born 1941)
 * 34) Katherine Hastings
 * 35) Christian Hawkey (born 1969)
 * 36) Julian Hawthorne
 * 37) Robert Hayden (1913-1980)
 * 38) Terrance Hayes (born 1971)
 * 39) Paul Hamilton Hayne
 * 40) William Shakespeare Hays

He

 * 1) Trebor Healey
 * 2) Eloise Klein Healy
 * 3) Tom Healy (born 1961)
 * 4) Vicki Hearne (1946-2001)
 * 5) Todd Hearon
 * 6) James Hearst (1900-1983), Iowa
 * 7) Anthony Hecht (1923-2004)
 * 8) Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965)
 * 9) Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958)
 * 10) Lyn Hejinian (born 1941)
 * 11) Michael Heller
 * 12) Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
 * 13) Graham Lee Hemminger (1895-1949)
 * 14) Essex Hemphill (1957-1995)
 * 15) Alice Corbin Henderson (1881-1949), New Mexico
 * 16) Brian Henry (born 1972)
 * 17) Gordon Henry (born 1955)
 * 18) Nancy A. Henry
 * 19) Oliver Herford
 * 20) Victor Hernández Cruz (born 1949), New York
 * 21) Juan Felipe Herrera (born 1948)
 * 22) Robert Hershon
 * 23) William Heyen

Hi

 * 1) Leland Hickman (1934-1991)
 * 2) Bob Hicok (born 1960)
 * 3) Dick Higgins
 * 4) Scott Hightower (born 1952)
 * 5) Brewster Higley (1823-1911), Kansas
 * 6) Conrad Hilberry (born 1928)
 * 7) Ernest Hilbert (born 1970)
 * 8) Geoffrey Hill (born 1932)
 * 9) Donora Hillard (born 1982)
 * 10) Brenda Hillman (born 1951)
 * 11) Robert Hillyer (1895-1961)
 * 12) Ellen Hinsey
 * 13) Edward Hirsch (born 1950)
 * 14) Jane Hirshfield (born 1953)
 * 15) Jack Hirschman (born 1933)
 * 16) George Hitchcock (1914-2010)
 * 17) H.L. Hix

Ho

 * 1) Allen Hoey (born 1952)
 * 2) Linda Hogan (born 1947)
 * 3) Tony Hoagland (born 1953)
 * 4) Daniel Hoffman (born 1928)
 * 5) Roald Hoffmann
 * 6) Jonathan Holden, Kansas
 * 7) John Hollander (born 1929)
 * 8) Horace Holley (1882-1960)
 * 9) Anselm Hollo (born 1934)
 * 10) Joseph Cephas Holly (1825-1855), New York
 * 11) Bill Holm (1943-2009), Minnesota
 * 12) Bob Holman (born 1948), New York
 * 13) M. Carl Holman
 * 14) Janet Holmes
 * 15) John Holmes (1904-1962), Massachusetts
 * 16) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)
 * 17) Dennis Holt (born 1942)
 * 18) Cathy Park Hong (born 1976)
 * 19) Garrett Hongo (born 1951)
 * 20) Edwin Honig (1919 -2011)
 * 21) Paul Hoover (born 1946)
 * 22) Robert Horan (born 1922)
 * 23) George Moses Horton (?1797-1884), North Carolina
 * 24) Joan Houlihan
 * 25) Richard Howard (born 1929)
 * 26) Robert E. Howard (1906–1936)
 * 27) Fanny Howe (born 1940)
 * 28) Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)
 * 29) LeAnne Howe (born 1951)
 * 30) Marie Howe (born 1950)
 * 31) Rick Howe (died 2007), Georgia / Arkansas
 * 32) Susan Howe (born 1937)
 * 33) William Dean Howells (1837-1920)
 * 34) Barbara Howes (1914-1996), Vermont
 * 35) Helen Hoyt (1887-1972)

Hu-Hy

 * 1) Thomas Hubbard (born 1938)
 * 2) Andrew Hudgins (born 1951)
 * 3) Detrick Hughes (born 1966)
 * 4) Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
 * 5) Richard Hugo (1923–1982)
 * 6) Lynda Hull (1954-1994)
 * 7) T.R. Hummer (born 1950)
 * 8) Rolfe Humphries (1894-1969)
 * 9) Constance Hunting (1925–2006)
 * 10) Cynthia Huntington (born 1951), New Hampshire
 * 11) Siri Hustvedt
 * 12) Susan Hutton (born 1968)

I

 * 1) Lawson Fusao Inada (born 1938)
 * 2) David Ignatow (1914-1997), New York
 * 3) Catherine Imbriglio, Rhode Island
 * 4) Lawson Fusao Inada (born 1938), Oregon
 * 5) Colette Inez (born 1931)
 * 6) Arthur Crew Inman
 * 7) P. Inman
 * 8) Scharmel Iris (1889-1967)

J

 * 1) Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885)
 * 2) Laura Riding Jackson (1901-1991)
 * 3) Major Jackson (born 1970)
 * 4) Josephine Jacobsen (1905-2003), Maryland
 * 5) Afdhere Jama
 * 6) James Cummins
 * 7) J.J. Jameson
 * 8) Patricia Janus
 * 9) Rhoda Janzen
 * 10) Joseph Jarman
 * 11) Mark Jarman (born 1952)
 * 12) Lisa Jarnot (born 1967)
 * 13) Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)
 * 14) Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (born 1967)
 * 15) Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)
 * 16) Louis Jenkins (born 1942), Minnesota
 * 17) V.J. Jerome (1896-1965)
 * 18) Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909), Maine
 * 19) Sophie Jewett (1861-1909), New York
 * 20) Ted Joans
 * 21) Orrick Johns (1887-1946)
 * 22) Fenton Johnson (1888-1958), Illinois
 * 23) Denis Johnson (born 1949)
 * 24) Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880-1966)
 * 25) Helene Johnson
 * 26) James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)
 * 27) Josephine Winslow Johnson
 * 28) Robert Underwood Johnson (1853-1937)
 * 29) Ronald Johnson (1935-1998)
 * 30) Kathryn Johnston (2007–2010)
 * 31) Troy Jollimore
 * 32) Hettie Jones (born 1934)
 * 33) LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) (born 1934)
 * 34) Richard Jones (born 1953), Illinois
 * 35) Robert L. Jones, Texas
 * 36) Rodney Jones (born 1950)
 * 37) Sarah Jones (stage)
 * 38) Erica Jong (born 1942)
 * 39) A. Van Jordan (born 1965)
 * 40) Judy Jordan (born 1961)
 * 41) June Jordan (1936-2002)
 * 42) Pierre Joris
 * 43) Andrew Joron
 * 44) Lawrence Joseph (born 1948)
 * 45) Matthew Josephson
 * 46) Fady Joudah (born 1971)
 * 47) Frank Judge
 * 48) A.M. Juster (born 1956)
 * 49) Donald Justice (1925-2004)

K

 * 1) Jim Kacian
 * 2) Mohja Kahf (born 1967)
 * 3) Mary Elizabeth Kail(1828-1890)
 * 4) Joseph Kalar (1906-1972), Minnesota
 * 5) Sheema Kalbasi
 * 6) Chester Kallman (1921-1975)
 * 7) Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977)
 * 8) Lenore Kandel
 * 9) Katia Kapovich (born 1960)
 * 10) Mary Karr (born 1955)
 * 11) Julia Kasdorf (born 1962)
 * 12) Laura Kasischke (born 1961)
 * 13) Janet Kauffman (born 1945)
 * 14) Bob Kaufman (1925–1986)
 * 15) Herbert Kaufman
 * 16) Shirley Kaufman (born 1923)
 * 17) Sarah Kay (poet)
 * 18) Douglas Kearney
 * 19) W.B. Keckler
 * 20) John Keene (writer)
 * 21) Weldon Kees (1914-1955)
 * 22) Brigit Pegeen Kelly (born 1951)
 * 23) Robert Kelly (born 1935)
 * 24) Fanny Kemble (1809-1893)
 * 25) Jamie Kennedy (poet)
 * 26) X.J. Kennedy (born 1929)
 * 27) Richard Kenney (born 1948)
 * 28) Maurice Kenney
 * 29) Jane Kenyon (1947-1995)
 * 30) Jack Kerouac (1922–1969)
 * 31) Sophie Kerr
 * 32) Stephen Kessler (born 1947), California
 * 33) Francis Scott Key (1779-1843), Maryland
 * 34) Laurel Elizabeth Keyes
 * 35) Kerry Shawn Keys (born 1946)
 * 36) Bill Keith
 * 37) D. Kildare
 * 38) Aline Kilmer (1888-1941), New Jersey
 * 39) Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918), New Jersey
 * 40) H.T. Kirby-Smith
 * 41) Myung Mi Kim (born 1957)
 * 42) Suji Kwock Kim (born 1969)
 * 43) James Kimbrell (born 1967)
 * 44) Haven Kimmel
 * 45) Ben King (1857-1894), Michigan
 * 46) Galway Kinnell (born 1927)
 * 47) Susan Kinsolving
 * 48) Mary Kinzie (born 1944)
 * 49) David Kirby (born 1944)
 * 50) Karl Kirchwey (born 1956)
 * 51) Adam Kirsch (born 1976)
 * 52) Lincoln Kirstein (1907–1996)
 * 53) Carolyn Kizer (born 1925)
 * 54) August Kleinzahler (born 1949)
 * 55) Joanna Klink
 * 56) William Kloefkorn (1932-2011)
 * 57) Etheridge Knight (1933–1991)
 * 58) Bill Knott (born 1940)
 * 59) Kenneth Koch (1925–2002)
 * 60) Ruth Ellen Kocher
 * 61) Wayne Koestenbaum (born 1958)
 * 62) John Koethe (born 1945)
 * 63) Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1947)
 * 64) Ted Kooser, (born 1939)
 * 65) Aaron Kramer (1921-1997)
 * 66) Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, (born 1946)
 * 67) Alfred Kreymborg (1883-1966)
 * 68) Maxine Kumin (born 1925)
 * 69) Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006)
 * 70) Karla Kuskin (1932-2009)
 * 71) Laurie Kutchins
 * 72) Stephen Kuusisto, (born 1955)
 * 73) Joanne Kyger (born 1934)

L

 * 1) Philip Lamantia (1927-2005), California
 * 2) Fran Landesman
 * 3) Joseph Langland
 * 4) Sidney Lanier (1842–1881)
 * 5) Lucy Larcom (1824-1893), Massachusetts
 * 6) Ring Lardner (1885-1933)
 * 7) Joan Larkin (born 1939)
 * 8) Lance Larsen (born 1961), Utah
 * 9) Katherine Larson
 * 10) James Lasdun (born 1958)
 * 11) Dorothea Lasky (born 1978)
 * 12) George Parsons Lathrop
 * 13) Richmond Lattimore (1906-1984)
 * 14) Sanders Anne Laubenthal
 * 15) James Laughlin, (1914-1997)
 * 16) Ann Lauterbach (born 1942)
 * 17) Dorianne Laux (born 1952)
 * 18) James Lavilla-Havelin
 * 19) Anne Mary Lawler (1908-1980)
 * 20) William P. Lawrence
 * 21) Robert Lax (1915-2000)
 * 22) Emma Lazarus (1849-1887), New York
 * 23) Sydney Lea (born 1942)
 * 24) Kelly Le Fave
 * 25) David Lee (born 1944)
 * 26) Eleanor Percy Lee (1819-1849), Mississippi
 * 27) Karen An-hwei Lee (born 1973)
 * 28) Li-Young Lee (born 1957)
 * 29) Malka Lee
 * 30) David Lehman (born 1948)
 * 31) Brad Leithauser (born 1953)
 * 32) Lemon (poet)
 * 33) Sue Lenier (born 1957)
 * 34) Aya de Leon
 * 35) William Ellery Leonard (1876-1944), Wisconsin
 * 36) Eleanor Lerman (born 1952), New York
 * 37) Ben Lerner, (born 1979)
 * 38) David Lerner
 * 39) Jimmy Lerner
 * 40) Rika Lesser (born 1953)
 * 41) Denise Levertov (1923-1997)
 * 42) Jan Heller Levi (born 1954)
 * 43) Dana Levin (born 1965)
 * 44) Mark Levine (born 1965)
 * 45) Philip Levine (born 1928)
 * 46) Larry Levis (1946-1996)
 * 47) D.A. Levy
 * 48) William Levy
 * 49) Alonzo Lewis
 * 50) Janet Lewis (1899-1998)
 * 51) J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942)
 * 52) Charles Lillard
 * 53) Shirley Geok-lin Lim
 * 54) Ada Limón (born 1976)
 * 55) Tao Lin (born 1983)
 * 56) Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
 * 57) Frannie Lindsay (born 1949)
 * 58) Sarah Lindsay
 * 59) Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931)
 * 60) Moira Linehan
 * 61) Amon Liner
 * 62) William James Linton (1812-1897), Connecticut
 * 63) Sara Jane Lippincott
 * 64) Lawrence Lipton (1898-1975)
 * 65) Timothy Liu (born 1965)
 * 66) Henry Livingston, Jr. (1748-1828), New York
 * 67) Jonathan Lamas
 * 68) George Cabot Lodge (1873-1909)
 * 69) Ron Loewinsohn
 * 70) John Logan (1923-1987)
 * 71) William Logan (poet) (born 1950)
 * 72) Naomi Long Madgett (born 1923)
 * 73) James Longenbach
 * 74) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
 * 75) Phillip Lopate (born 1943)
 * 76) Audre Lorde, (1934-1992)
 * 77) Adrian C. Louis (born ca. 1947)
 * 78) Dick Lourie (born 1937)
 * 79) Denise Low (born 1949), Kansas
 * 80) Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
 * 81) James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
 * 82) Maria White Lowell
 * 83) Robert Lowell (1917-1977)
 * 84) Walter Lowenfels
 * 85) Mina Loy (1882-1966)
 * 86) Felipe Luciano
 * 87) Sheryl Luna, Texas
 * 88) Lydia Lunch
 * 89) Deacon Lunchbox (1950-1992). Georgia
 * 90) Masiela Lusha
 * 91) Thomas Lux (born 1946)
 * 92) William Whittingham Lyman, Jr. (1885-1983)
 * 93) Henry Lyman
 * 94) Thomas Lynch (born 1948)

M

 * 1) Lewis MacAdams (born 1944)
 * 2) Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre
 * 3) Percy MacKaye
 * 4) Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947)
 * 5) Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982)
 * 6) Jackson Mac Low (1922-2004)
 * 7) Naomi Long Madgett
 * 8) Haki Madhubuti (born 1942)
 * 9) John Gillespie Magee, Jr. (1922-1941)
 * 10) Amit Majmudar, Ohio
 * 11) Clarence Major (born 1936)
 * 12) Gerard Malanga (born 1943), New York
 * 13) Dora Malech (born 1981)
 * 14) Taylor Mali (born 1965)
 * 15) Frank Richard Maloney
 * 16) Tom Mandel (born 1942)
 * 17) Sarah Manguso (born 1974)
 * 18) Randall Mann (born 1972)
 * 19) Maurice Manning (born 1966)
 * 20) Djelloul Marbrook
 * 21) Morton Marcus (1936-2009)
 * 22) Joseph Moncure March
 * 23) Paul Mariani (born 1940)
 * 24) Edwin Markham (1852-1940)
 * 25) Don Marquis (1878-1937)
 * 26) Jack Marshall (born 1936)
 * 27) Camille Martin
 * 28) Charles Martin (born 1942)
 * 29) Dionisio D. Martinez (born 1956)
 * 30) Paul Martinez Pompa
 * 31) Cate Marvin (born 1969)
 * 32) David Mason (born 1954)
 * 33) Matt Mason
 * 34) Steve Mason
 * 35) Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950)
 * 36) Dan Masterson (born 1934)
 * 37) Adrian Matejka (born 1971)
 * 38) Harry Mathews
 * 39) Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947)
 * 40) Khaled Mattawa (born 1964)
 * 41) Sebastian Matthews (born 1965)
 * 42) William Matthews (1942-1997)
 * 43) John Matthias (born 1941)
 * 44) Kevin Max
 * 45) Bernadette Mayer (born 1945)
 * 46) Frances Mayes
 * 47) Janet McAdams
 * 48) Robert McAlmon
 * 49) Linda McCarriston
 * 50) Jack McCarthy
 * 51) J.D. McClatchy (born 1945)
 * 52) Michael McClure (born 1932), California
 * 53) John Luckey McCreery (1835-1906)
 * 54) Walt McDonald (born 1934)
 * 55) Jill McDonough (born 1972)
 * 56) Colleen J. McElroy (born 1935)
 * 57) Michael McFee (born 1954), North Carolina
 * 58) Bryant H. McGill (born 1969)
 * 59) Phyllis McGinley (1905-1978)
 * 60) James McGirt (1874-1930)
 * 61) Karyna McGlynn (born 1977)
 * 62) Mac McGovern (born 1950)(poet/author)
 * 63) Michael McGovern
 * 64) Campbell McGrath
 * 65) Thomas McGrath (1916–1990)
 * 66) Heather McHugh (born 1948)
 * 67) Claude McKay (1889-1948). Jamaica / United States
 * 68) Louis McKee
 * 69) Irene McKinney (1939-2012), West Virginia
 * 70) Rod McKuen (born 1933),
 * 71) James McMichael (born 1939)
 * 72) Mark McMorris (born 1960), Jamaica / United States
 * 73) Wesley McNair (born 1941), Maine
 * 74) Louise McNeill
 * 75) Sandra McPherson (born 1943)
 * 76) Joyelle McSweeney (born 1976)
 * 77) Jane Mead (born 1958)
 * 78) Alexander Beaufort Meek
 * 79) Abel Meeropol
 * 80) Joshua Mehigan (born 1969)
 * 81) David Meltzer
 * 82) Herman Melville (born 1819-1891)
 * 83) Samuel Menashe (1925-2011)
 * 84) Adah Isaacs Menken (1835-1868)
 * 85) Nancy Mercado (born 1959)
 * 86) William Meredith (1919-2007)
 * 87) Billy Merrell
 * 88) Eve Merriam (1916-1992)
 * 89) James Merrill (1926-1995)
 * 90) Stuart Merrill (1863-1915)
 * 91) Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
 * 92) W.S. Merwin (born 1927)
 * 93) Tom Meschery
 * 94) Sarah Messer (born 1966)
 * 95) Philip Metres (born 1970)
 * 96) Henry Meyer (1840-1925)
 * 97) Robert Mezey
 * 98) William Michaelian (born 1956)
 * 99) Diane Middlebrook
 * 100) Josephine Miles (1911-1985), California
 * 101) Joseph Millar
 * 102) Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)
 * 103) Alice Duer Miller
 * 104) E. Ethelbert Miller (born 1950)
 * 105) Jane Miller (born 1949)
 * 106) Rev. Jen Miller
 * 107) Joaquin Miller (1837–1913)
 * 108) Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956)
 * 109) May Miller
 * 110) Tim Miller
 * 111) Vassar Miller
 * 112) Meade Minnegerode (1887-1967)
 * 113) Chelsey Minnis (born 1970)
 * 114) Deborah A. Miranda (born 1961)
 * 115) Gary Miranda
 * 116) Judson Mitcham (born 1948), Georgia
 * 117) John Kearsley Mitchell
 * 118) Stephen Mitchell (born 1943)
 * 119) Susan Mitchell (born 1944)
 * 120) Ange Mlinko (born 1969)
 * 121) H.D. Moe (born 1937)
 * 122) Anis Mojgani (born 1977)
 * 123) N. Scott Momaday (born 1934)
 * 124) Paul Monette (1945-1995)
 * 125) Mong-Lan
 * 126) Harriet Monroe (1860-1936), Illinois
 * 127) Marion Montgomery
 * 128) José Montoya
 * 129) William Vaughn Moody (1869-1910)
 * 130) Charles Leonard Moore
 * 131) Clara Jessup Moore
 * 132) Clement Clark Moore (1779-1863), New York
 * 133) Daniel Moore
 * 134) Jacqueline S. Moore
 * 135) Jessica Care Moore
 * 136) Julia A. Moore (1847-1920), Michigan
 * 137) Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
 * 138) Richard O. Moore (born 1920)
 * 139) Lizelia Moorer (fl. 1895-1907), South Carolina
 * 140) Pat Mora (born 1942)
 * 141) Barbara Moraff (born 1939), Vermont
 * 142) Frederick Morgan (1922-2004), New York
 * 143) Robert Morgan (born 1944), North Carolina
 * 144) Robin Morgan (born 1941)
 * 145) Christopher Morley (1890-1957)
 * 146) Hilda Morley (1916-1998)
 * 147) George Pope Morris (1802-1864),
 * 148) Richard Morris
 * 149) Tracie Morris
 * 150) Jim Morrison (1943-1971)
 * 151) Bradford Morrow
 * 152) Elizabeth Cutter Morrow
 * 153) Samuel French Morse (1916-1985)
 * 154) Valzhyna Mort (born 1981), Belarusian
 * 155) Anna Moschovakis
 * 156) Thylias Moss (born 1954)
 * 157) Jennifer Moxley (born 1964)
 * 158) Viggo Mortensen
 * 159) Howard Moss (1922-1987), New York
 * 160) Jeff Moss (1942-1998)
 * 161) Stanley Moss (born 1925), New York
 * 162) Thylias Moss
 * 163) Louise Chandler Moulton
 * 164) Anna Cora Mowatt
 * 165) Jennifer Moxley (born 1964)
 * 166) Lisel Mueller (born 1924)
 * 167) Harryette Mullen (born 1953)
 * 168) Charles Muñoz
 * 169) Erin Murphy
 * 170) Sheila Murphy (born 1951)
 * 171) Timothy Murphy (born 1951), Minnesota
 * 172) Joan Murray (born 1945)
 * 173) Pauli Murray
 * 174) Carol Muske-Dukes (born 1945)
 * 175) Eileen Myles (born 1949)

N

 * 1) Vladimir Nabokov
 * 2) Ogden Nash (1902–1971)
 * 3) Leonard E. Nathan (1924-2007), California
 * 4) John Neal
 * 5) John G. Neihardt (1881-1973), Nebraska
 * 6) Jill Neimark
 * 7) Joel Nelson (born 1945), Texas
 * 8) Marilyn Nelson (born 1946), Connecticut
 * 9) Howard Nemerov (1920–1991)
 * 10) Arthur Nersesian
 * 11) Kenn Nesbitt (born 1962)
 * 12) F.A. Nettelbeck (born 1950)
 * 13) Celeste Newbrough
 * 14) Richard Newman (born 1966), Missouri
 * 15) New York School (20th century)
 * 16) Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974)
 * 17) Hoa Nguyen (born 1967)
 * 18) Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970), Wisconsin
 * 19) Audrey Niffenegger
 * 20) John Frederick Nims (1913-1999)
 * 21) Lucille Nixon
 * 22) Eric "Big Daddy" Nord
 * 23) Jessica Nordell
 * 24) Kathleen Norris (born 1947)
 * 25) Charles North (born 1941), New York
 * 26) Jessica Nelson North
 * 27) Jim Northrup (writer)
 * 28) Harry Northup (born 1940)
 * 29) Grace Fallow Norton (1876-1926)
 * 30) Alice Notley (born 1945)
 * 31) Idra Novey (born 1978)
 * 32) Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952)

O

 * 1) William Oandasan (1947-1992), California
 * 2) Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien
 * 3) Geoffrey G. O'Brien
 * 4) Objectivist poets (20th century)
 * 5) Ed Ochester (born 1939)
 * 6) David E. Oprava
 * 7) Blanche Oelrichs
 * 8) Ron Offen
 * 9) Frank O'Hara (1926–1966)
 * 10) Sharon Olds (born 1942)
 * 11) Mary Oliver (born 1935)
 * 12) Tillie Olsen (1912-2007)
 * 13) Alix Olson
 * 14) Charles Olson (1910–1970)
 * 15) Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)
 * 16) George Oppen (1908–1984)
 * 17) Mary Oppen (1908–1990)
 * 18) James Oppenheim (1882-1932)
 * 19) Joel Oppenheimer (1930-1988), New York
 * 20) Mary Rose O'Reilley, Minnesota
 * 21) John Boyle O'Reilly (1844-1890), Massachusetts
 * 22) Peter Oresick
 * 23) Steve Orlen (1942-2010)
 * 24) Meghan O'Rourke (born 1946)
 * 25) David Orr (born 1974)
 * 26) Gregory Orr (born 1947)
 * 27) Simon J. Ortiz (born 1941), New Mexico
 * 28) Jacqueline Osherow (born 1956)
 * 29) Jena Osman (born 1963)
 * 30) Alicia Ostriker (born 1937)

Pa-Pl

 * 1) Robert Pack (born 1929)
 * 2) Ron Padgett (born 1942)
 * 3) Grace Paley (1922-2007)
 * 4) Cheryl Pallant
 * 5) Condé Benoist Pallen
 * 6) Michael Palmer (born 1943)
 * 7) Eric Pankey (born 1959)
 * 8) Suzanne Paola (born 1956)
 * 9) Deborah Paredez, Texas
 * 10) Jay Parini (born 1948)
 * 11) Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)
 * 12) Thomas William Parsons (1819-1892)
 * 13) Lee Passarella
 * 14) Linda Pastan (born 1932)
 * 15) Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972)
 * 16) Ricardo Pau-Llosa (born 1954), Florida
 * 17) John Howard Payne (1791-1852), United States
 * 18) Josephine Preston Peabody (1874-1922)
 * 19) Richard Peabody
 * 20) Molly Peacock (born 1947)
 * 21) Harry Thurston Peck
 * 22) Bryan Penberthy
 * 23) Rob Penny
 * 24) James Gates Percival
 * 25) Eleanor Percy Lee
 * 26) William Alexander Percy
 * 27) Willie Perdomo
 * 28) Peter Pereira (born 1959)
 * 29) Sam Pereira (born 1949)
 * 30) Bob Perelman
 * 31) Lucia Perillo (born 1958)
 * 32) Alice N. Persons
 * 33) Robert Peters
 * 34) Carl Phillips (born 1959)
 * 35) Wanda Phipps
 * 36) Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836-1919)
 * 37) Anthony Piccione
 * 38) Marge Piercy (born 1936)
 * 39) John Pierpoint (1785-1866)
 * 40) Josephine Pinckney
 * 41) Edward Coote Pinkney
 * 42) Clarissa Pinkola Estés
 * 43) Robert Pinsky (born 1940)
 * 44) Nick Piombino
 * 45) Vanessa Place (born 1968)
 * 46) Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
 * 47) Ann Plato, Connecticut
 * 48) Stanley Plumly (born 1939)
 * 49) Sterling D. Plumpp (born 1940)

Po-Pr

 * 1) John Poch (born 1966)
 * 2) Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
 * 3) Lanny Poffo
 * 4) Robert Polito (born 1951)
 * 5) Katha Pollitt (born 1949)
 * 6) Ralph Pomeroy (poet)
 * 7) Paul Martinez Pompa
 * 8) Marie Ponsot (born 1921)
 * 9) Aaron Poochigian (born 1973)
 * 10) Carol Potter
 * 11) Charles Potts (1943)
 * 12) A. Poulin, Jr. (1938-1996), New York
 * 13) Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
 * 14) D.A. Powell (born 1963)
 * 15) Kevin Powell
 * 16) Julien de Lallande Poydras
 * 17) Minnie Bruce Pratt (born 1946)
 * 18) Jack Prelutsky (born 1940)
 * 19) Elizabeth Prentiss
 * 20) Reynolds Price (1933-2011), North Carolina
 * 21) V.B. Price (born 1940)
 * 22) Frederic Prokosch
 * 23) Kevin Prufer (born 1969)
 * 24) Wyatt Prunty (born 1947)

Q

 * 1) George Quasha (born 1942)

Ra-Ri

 * 1) Lawrence Raab (born 1946). Massachusetts
 * 2) Anna Rabinowitz
 * 3) Kevin Rabas
 * 4) Burton Raffel
 * 5) Sam Ragan
 * 6) Dachine Rainer (1921-2000)
 * 7) Carl Rakosi (1903-2004)
 * 8) Bin Ramke (born 1947)
 * 9) Lee Ranaldo
 * 10) Dudley Randall (1914-2000)
 * 11) James Ryder Randall
 * 12) Julia Randall (1924-2005)
 * 13) Claudia Rankine (born 1963)
 * 14) John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)
 * 15) Sadi Ranson
 * 16) Barbara Ras (born 1949)
 * 17) Ron Rash (born 1953), South Carolina
 * 18) Stephen Ratcliffe (born 1948)
 * 19) Chelsea Rathburn (born 1975)
 * 20) Linda Ravenswood
 * 21) David Ray (born 1932)
 * 22) Thomas Buchanan Read
 * 23) Janice Rebibo
 * 24) Liam Rector (1949-2007)
 * 25) Spencer Reece (born 1963)
 * 26) Ishmael Reed (born 1938)
 * 27) John Reed (1887-1920)
 * 28) Lou Reed (born 1942)
 * 29) Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856-1935), Maryland
 * 30) Pam Rehm (born 1967)
 * 31) Naomi Replansky
 * 32) Paul Reps
 * 33) Joan Retallack (born 1941)
 * 34) Carter Revard (born 1931)
 * 35) Donald Revell (born 1954)
 * 36) Eben E. Rexford
 * 37) Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982)
 * 38) Barbara Jane Reyes (born 1971)
 * 39) Charles Reznikoff (1894-1976)
 * 40) William Henry Rhodes
 * 41) René Ricard
 * 42) Cale Young Rice
 * 43) Stan Rice
 * 44) Adrienne Rich (born 1929)
 * 45) Beah Richards
 * 46) Laura E. Richards
 * 47) Monica Richards
 * 48) James Richardson (born 1950)
 * 49) Lola Ridge (1873-1941)
 * 50) Laura Riding (1901-1991)
 * 51) James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916)
 * 52) Alberto Ríos (born 1952)
 * 53) Jessie B. Rittenhouse (1869-1948)
 * 54) David Rivard (born 1953)
 * 55) Tomás Rivera
 * 56) Amélie Louise Rives

Ro-Ry

 * 1) Ed Roberson (born 1939)
 * 2) Elizabeth Madox Roberts (1881-1941), Kentucky
 * 3) James J. Roberts (born 1947)
 * 4) Howard W. Robertson
 * 5) Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935)
 * 6) Kit Robinson (born 1949)
 * 7) David Roderick (born 1970)
 * 8) Carolyn M. Rodgers (1940-2010), Illinois
 * 9) Edouard Roditi
 * 10) Luis J. Rodriguez (born 1954)
 * 11) Theodore Roethke (1908-1963)
 * 12) Pattiann Rogers (born 1940)
 * 13) Matthew Rohrer (born 1970)
 * 14) Henry Rollins
 * 15) David Romtvedt
 * 16) Martha Ronk (born 1940)
 * 17) Kathleen Rooney
 * 18) William Pitt Root (born 1941)
 * 19) Lee Ann Roripaugh? (born 1965)
 * 20) Wendy Rose (born 1948)
 * 21) Raymond Roseliep
 * 22) Franklin Rosemont (born 1943)
 * 23) Liz Rosenberg (born 1955)
 * 24) J. Allyn Rosser
 * 25) Terry Rossio
 * 26) Jerome Rothenberg (born 1931)
 * 27) Michael Rothenberg
 * 28) Anne Rouse (born 1954)
 * 29) Thomas Rowley (1721-1796)
 * 30) Thomas Rowley (poet)
 * 31) Gibbons Ruark (born 1941)
 * 32) Mark Rudman (born 1948)
 * 33) Mary Ruefle (born 1952)
 * 34) Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980)
 * 35) Nipsey Russell
 * 36) Archibald Rutledge
 * 37) Vern Rutsala (born 1934), Oregon
 * 38) Carl Hancock Rux
 * 39) Abram Joseph Ryan
 * 40) Kay Ryan (born 1945)
 * 41) Michael Ryan (born 1946)
 * 42) Cynthia Ryland (born 1954)

Sa-Sc

 * 1) Peter Sacks (born 1950)
 * 2) Ira Sadoff (born 1945)
 * 3) Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 1954)
 * 4) David St. John (born 1949)
 * 5) Primus St. John (born 1939)
 * 6) Michael Salinger
 * 7) Ralph Salisbury (born 1924)
 * 8) Mary Jo Salter (born 1954)
 * 9) Benjamin Saltman (1927–1999)
 * 10) Francis Saltus Saltus
 * 11) Sonia Sanchez (born 1934)
 * 12) Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)
 * 13) Ed Sanders (born 1939)
 * 14) Robert Charles Sands
 * 15) Margaret Sangster (1838-1912), New York
 * 16) George Santayana (1863-1952)
 * 17) Lew Sarett (1888-1954)
 * 18) Epes Sargent (1813-1880)., Massachusetts
 * 19) Aram Saroyan (born 1943)
 * 20) Stephen Sartarelli (born 1954)
 * 21) May Sarton (1912-1995)
 * 22) Minot Judson Savage
 * 23) Jeannine Savard
 * 24) John Godfrey Saxe
 * 25) Leslie Scalapino (1947-2010)
 * 26) Maxine Scates (born 1949)
 * 27) Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath
 * 28) Andrew Schelling (born 1953)
 * 29) Peter Schjeldahl
 * 30) Michael Schmidt (born 1947), England
 * 31) Dennis Schmitz (born 1937)
 * 32) Gjertrud Schnackenberg (born 1953)
 * 33) Dan Schneider
 * 34) Pat Schneider (born 1934)
 * 35) Steven Schneider
 * 36) Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842)
 * 37) Philip Schultz (born 1945), New York
 * 38) Susan Polis Schutz
 * 39) James Schuyler (1923–1991), New York
 * 40) Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966)
 * 41) Lloyd Schwartz (born 1941)
 * 42) Patricia Roth Schwartz
 * 43) Ruth L. Schwartz (born 1962)
 * 44) Armand Schwerner
 * 45) Winfield Townley Scott (1910-1968)
 * 46) James Scully (born 1937)

Se-Si

 * 1) Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810-1876)
 * 2) Peter Seaton (1942 – 2010)
 * 3) Alan Seeger (1888-1916)
 * 4) Calvin Seerveld
 * 5) Tim Seibles (born 1955)
 * 6) Frederick Seidel (born 1936)
 * 7) Hugh Seidman (born 1940)
 * 8) Rebecca Seiferle (born 1951)
 * 9) Martha Serpas (born 1965)
 * 10) Nina Serrano (born 1934), California
 * 11) Vijay Seshadri (born 1954)
 * 12) Dr. Seuss
 * 13) Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
 * 14) Tom Sexton
 * 15) Ntozake Shange (born 1948)
 * 16) Ravi Shankar (born 1975)
 * 17) Alan Shapiro (born 1952)
 * 18) David Shapiro (born 1947)
 * 19) Harvey Shapiro (1924-2013), New York
 * 20) Karl Shapiro (1913–2000)
 * 21) G.S. Sharat Chandra
 * 22) Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970)
 * 23) Scott Shaw
 * 24) Laurie Sheck
 * 25) Julie Sheehan
 * 26) Reginald Shepherd (1963-2008)
 * 27) Jason Shinder (1955-2008)
 * 28) Evie Shockley
 * 29) Jane Shore (born 1947)
 * 30) Aaron Shurin (born 1947)
 * 31) Eli Siegel (1902-1978)
 * 32) Robert Siegel (born 1939)
 * 33) Cedar Sigo (born 1978), Washington
 * 34) Lydia Sigourney (1791-1865), Connecticut
 * 35) Eleni Sikélianòs (born 1991)
 * 36) Richard Siken (born 1967)
 * 37) Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948)
 * 38) Edward Rowland Sill
 * 39) Ron Silliman (born 1946)
 * 40) Murray Silverstein
 * 41) Shel Silverstein (1930–1999)
 * 42) Charles Simic (born 1938)
 * 43) Jim Simmerman
 * 44) William Gilmore Simms
 * 45) Marge Simon
 * 46) Louis Simpson (born 1923)
 * 47) John Sinclair (born 1941), Michigan
 * 48) Marilyn Singer (born 1948)
 * 49) Hal Sirowitz (born 1949)

Sk-Sp

 * 1) Judith Skillman
 * 2) Myra Sklarew (born 1934), Maryland
 * 3) Floyd Skloot (born 1947)
 * 4) Ed Skoog (born 1971)
 * 5) David R. Slavitt (born 1935)
 * 6) Tom Sleigh (born 1953)
 * 7) Arabella Eugenia Smith (1844-1916)
 * 8) Bruce Smith (born 1946)
 * 9) Charlie Smith (born 1947), Georgia
 * 10) Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961), California
 * 11) Dave Smith (born 1942)
 * 12) Edwin E. Smith
 * 13) Elbert H. Smith
 * 14) Elizabeth Oakes Smith
 * 15) Langdon Smith
 * 16) Marc Kelly Smith (born 1949), Illinois
 * 17) Margaret Smith (poet)
 * 18) Patricia Smith (born 1955)
 * 19) Patti Smith (born 1946)
 * 20) R.T. Smith (born 1947)
 * 21) Rod Smith (born 1962)
 * 22) Rolland Smith
 * 23) Tracy K. Smith (born 1972)
 * 24) Welton Smith (1940-2006)
 * 25) William Jay Smith (born 1918)
 * 26) Paul Smyth (1944-2006)
 * 27) Ann Snodgrass
 * 28) W.D. Snodgrass (1926-2009)
 * 29) Edward Snow
 * 30) Eliza Roxcy Snow
 * 31) Craig Snyder
 * 32) Gary Snyder (born 1930)
 * 33) Laurel Snyder
 * 34) Gustaf Sobin (1935–2005)
 * 35) Roberto Solis
 * 36) Cathy Song (born 1955)
 * 37) Gilbert Sorrentino (1929-2006)
 * 38) Gary Soto (born 1952)
 * 39) Lisa Russ Spaar
 * 40) Juliana Spahr (born 1966)
 * 41) John Spaulding
 * 42) Herman Spector (1905-1959), New York
 * 43) A.B. Spellman (born 1935)
 * 44) Anne Spencer (1882–1975)
 * 45) Theodore Spencer (1902-1949)
 * 46) Jack Spicer (1925-1965), California
 * 47) Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford
 * 48) Jane Springer

St-Sz

 * 1) Kim Stafford
 * 2) William Stafford (1914–1993), Kansas
 * 3) A.E. Stallings (born 1968)
 * 4) Ann Stanford (1916–1987)
 * 5) Frank Stanford (1948–1978)
 * 6) Henry Throop Stanton
 * 7) Joseph Stanton (born 1949)
 * 8) George Starbuck (1831-1996)
 * 9) William Force Stead (1884-1967)
 * 10) Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908)
 * 11) Elizabeth Clementine Stedman
 * 12) Timothy Steele (born 1948)
 * 13) Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
 * 14) Edward Steinhardt (born 1961)
 * 15) Mattie Stepanek
 * 16) George Sterling (1869-1926)
 * 17) Gerald Stern (born 1925)
 * 18) Augusta Emma Stetson (1842–1928)
 * 19) C.J. Stevens (born 1927)
 * 20) James Thomas Stevens
 * 21) Wallace Stevens (1880–1955)
 * 22) Anne Stevenson (born 1933), England / America
 * 23) Susan Stewart (born 1952)
 * 24) Trumbull Stickney (1874-1904)
 * 25) John Stigall
 * 26) James Still
 * 27) Charles Warren Stoddard
 * 28) Elizabeth Stoddard (1823-1902), New York
 * 29) Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903), New York
 * 30) Dejan Stojanović (born 1959)
 * 31) Donna J. Stone (1933–1994)
 * 32) Ruth Stone (born 1915)
 * 33) William Wetmore Story
 * 34) Adrien Stoutenberg (1916-1982)
 * 35) Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), Connecticut
 * 36) Mark Strand (born 1934)
 * 37) Peter Streckfus (born 1969)
 * 38) Stephanie Strickland (born 1942)
 * 39) Marion Strobel (1895-1967), Illinois
 * 40) Joseph Stroud (born 1943)
 * 41) Lucien Stryk (born 1924)
 * 42) Jesse Stuart
 * 43) Michael Sturdy
 * 44) Virgil Suárez (born 1962), Florida
 * 45) A.M. Sullivan
 * 46) Sekou Sundiata
 * 47) Joyce Sutphen (born 1949), Minnesota
 * 48) Barton Sutter (born 1949), Minnesota
 * 49) Mary Swander (born 1950), Iowa
 * 50) Thomas Burnett Swann
 * 51) John Swanwick
 * 52) Robert Sward (born 1933), Canada / United States
 * 53) Cole Swensen (born 1955)
 * 54) Karen Swenson (born 1936)
 * 55) May Swenson (1913–1989)
 * 56) Arthur Sze (born 1950)
 * 57) Larissa Szporluk (born 1967)
 * 58) Mary Szybist (born 1970)
 * 59) Stacy Szymaszek (born 1969)

Ta-Th

 * 1) John Banister Tabb (1845-1909), Maryland
 * 2) Eileen Tabios (born 1960)
 * 3) Genevieve Taggard (1894-1948)
 * 4) John Taggart (born 1942)
 * 5) Amber Tamblyn
 * 6) Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)
 * 7) Luci Tapahonso
 * 8) Anne Tardos
 * 9) Nathaniel Tarn (born 1928), England / United States
 * 10) Allen Tate (1899-1979)
 * 11) James Tate (born 1943)
 * 12) Bayard Taylor
 * 13) Bert Leston Taylor
 * 14) Edward Taylor (1645-1729), Massachusetts
 * 15) Edward Robeson Taylor (1838-1923)
 * 16) Eleanor Ross Taylor (1920-2011)
 * 17) Henry S. Taylor (born 1942)
 * 18) Marilyn Taylor, Wisconsin
 * 19) Michelle Tea (born 1971), California
 * 20) Brian Teare (born 1974)
 * 21) Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)
 * 22) Michael Teig (born 1968)
 * 23) Robbie Q. Telfer
 * 24) Todd Temkin (born 1964)
 * 25) Elaine Terranova (born 1939)
 * 26) Maria Terrone (born 1951), New York
 * 27) Lucy Terry
 * 28) Steve Tesich
 * 29) Celia Thaxter (1835-1894), New Hampshire
 * 30) Ernest Thayer (1863-1940)
 * 31) Scofield Thayer
 * 32) William Roscoe Thayer
 * 33) Edith M. Thomas (1854-1925)
 * 34) Lewis Thomas
 * 35) Lorenzo Thomas (1944-2005)
 * 36) Dunstan Thompson
 * 37) Lady Gwen Thompson
 * 38) Maurice Thompson
 * 39) William Irwin Thompson
 * 40) Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
 * 41) Tamara Thorne (born 1957)

Ti-Ty

 * 1) Richard L. Tierney (born 1936)
 * 2) Eunice Tietjens (1884-1944)
 * 3) Richard Tillinghast (born 1940)
 * 4) Henry Timrod (1828-1867)
 * 5) Allison Titus
 * 6) Melvin B. Tolson (1898-1966)
 * 7) Stephen Tomajczyk
 * 8) Lee Tonouchi
 * 9) Jean Toomer (1894-1967)
 * 10) Ridgely Torrence (1874-1950)
 * 11) Rodney Torreson (born 1951), Michigan
 * 12) Rodrigo Toscano
 * 13) Nick Tosches
 * 14) Tony Tost
 * 15) Cecil Touchon (born 1956)
 * 16) William Tremblay
 * 17) Natasha Trethewey (born 1966)
 * 18) David Trinidad (born 1953)
 * 19) Quincy Troupe (born 1939)
 * 20) John Trumbull (poet)
 * 21) David Tucker
 * 22) Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821-1873), Massachusetts
 * 23) Lewis Turco (born 1934)
 * 24) Brian Turner (born 1967)
 * 25) Genya Turovskaya
 * 26) Mark Twain (1835-1910)
 * 27) Chase Twichell (born 1950)
 * 28) E. Donald Two-Rivers
 * 29) Michael Tyrell (born 1974), New York

U

 * 1) David Unger (born 1950)
 * 2) Jean Starr Untermeyer (1886-1970)
 * 3) Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977)
 * 4) John Updike (1932-2009)
 * 5) Charles Upton (born 1948)
 * 6) Luís Alberto Urrea (born 1955)
 * 7) Amy Uyematsu (born 1947)

V

 * 1) Catherynne M. Valente (born 1979)
 * 2) Jean Valentine (born 1934), New York
 * 3) Sheldon Vanauken 1914-1996)
 * 4) Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931)
 * 5) Mark Van Doren (1894-1972)
 * 6) Mona Van Duyn (1921-2004)
 * 7) Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933)
 * 8) Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003)
 * 9) Janine Pommy Vega (1942-2010)
 * 10) Jones Very (1813-1880)
 * 11) George Sylvester Viereck (1884-1962)
 * 12) Peter Viereck (1916-2006)
 * 13) Paul Violi (1944-2011)
 * 14) Nick Virgilio (1928-1989)
 * 15) Gerald Vizenor (born 1934)
 * 16) Ellen Bryant Voigt (born 1943)
 * 17) Karen Volkman (born 1967)
 * 18) Judith Vollmer (born 1951)

Wa

 * 1) Catherine Wagner (born 1969)
 * 2) David Wagoner (born 1926), Washington
 * 3) Buddy Wakefield
 * 4) Diane Wakoski (born 1937)
 * 5) Diane Wald
 * 6) Alfred Islay Walden (1847-1884)
 * 7) Anne Waldman (born 1945)
 * 8) Liz Waldner
 * 9) G.C. Waldrep (born 1968)
 * 10) Keith Waldrop (born 1932)
 * 11) Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935)
 * 12) Alice Walker (born 1944)
 * 13) Jeanne Murray Walker (born 1944)
 * 14) Lonie Walker
 * 15) Margaret Walker (1915-1998)
 * 16) Ronald Wallace (born 1945), Wisconsin
 * 17) Martin Walls (born 1970), England / United States, New York
 * 18) Clarence A. Walworth (1820-1900)
 * 19) Connie Wanek, (born 1952)
 * 20) BJ Ward
 * 21) Diane Ward
 * 22) Catherine Ann Warfield (1816-1877)
 * 23) Emily Warn. Washington
 * 24) Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989)
 * 25) Rosanna Warren (born 1953)
 * 26) David Atwood Wasson (1823-1887)
 * 27) Michael Waters (born 1949)
 * 28) William John Watkins
 * 29) Bob Watt (1925-2012), Wisconsin
 * 30) Barrett Watten (born 1948)
 * 31) April Halprin Wayland (born 1954)

We-Wh

 * 1) Afaa M. Weaver (born 1951)
 * 2) Charles Harper Webb
 * 3) Jim Webb
 * 4) Rebecca Wee
 * 5) Bruce Weigl (born 1949)
 * 6) Eliot Weinberger (born 1949), New York
 * 7) Hannah Weiner (1928-1997)
 * 8) Joshua Weiner
 * 9) Theodore Weiss (1916-2003), New Jersey
 * 10) Don Welch (born 1939), Nebraska
 * 11) James Welch (1940-2003), Montana
 * 12) Lew Welch (1926-1971?)
 * 13) Marjorie Welish (born 1944)
 * 14) Carolyn Wells (1862-1942)
 * 15) Joe Wenderoth
 * 16) Paul West (poet)
 * 17) Rachel Wetzsteon (1967-2009), New York
 * 18) Philip Whalen (1923-2002), California
 * 19) Mark Whalon
 * 20) Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
 * 21) John Wheatcroft
 * 22) Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), Massachusetts
 * 23) Susan Wheeler (born 1955)
 * 24) John Hall Wheelock (1886-1978)
 * 25) John Wheelwright (1897-1940)
 * 26) E.B. White (1899-1985)
 * 27) Edward Lucas White
 * 28) Hervey White (1866-1944)
 * 29) Gary J. Whitehead (born 1965)
 * 30) Ruth Whitman
 * 31) Sarah Helen Whitman (1803-1878), Rhode Island
 * 32) Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
 * 33) Adeline Dutton Train Whitney (1824-1906), Massachusetts
 * 34) Reed Whittemore (1919-2012)
 * 35) John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)

Wi-Wy

 * 1) Margaret Widdemer (1884-1978)
 * 2) John Wieners (1934-2002)
 * 3) Dara Wier (born 1949)
 * 4) Anne Pierson Wiese (born 1964)
 * 5) Richard Wilbur (born 1921)
 * 6) Carlos Wilcox
 * 7) Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919)
 * 8) Richard Henry Wilde
 * 9) Charlotte Wilder
 * 10) Nancy Willard (born 1936)
 * 11) Charles Willeford
 * 12) C.K. Williams (born 1936)
 * 13) Jonathan Williams (1929-2008), North Carolina
 * 14) Miller Williams (born 1930), Arkansas
 * 15) Oscar Williams (1900-1964)
 * 16) Paul O. Williams
 * 17) Philip Lee Williams (born 1950)
 * 18) Sarah Williams
 * 19) Saul Williams (born 1972)
 * 20) Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
 * 21) William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
 * 22) Greg Williamson (born 1964)
 * 23) Elizabeth Willis (born 1961)
 * 24) Nathaniel Parker Willis
 * 25) Eleanor Wilner, (born 1937)
 * 26) Edmund Wilson (1893-1972)
 * 27) Emily Wilson (born 1968)
 * 28) Peter Lamborn Wilson (born 1945)
 * 29) Christian Wiman, (born 1966)
 * 30) Anne Winters
 * 31) Yvor Winters (1900-1968)
 * 32) Sam Witt
 * 33) Warren Woessner (born 1944)
 * 34) Larry Woiwode
 * 35) David Wojahn (born 1953)
 * 36) Rebecca Wolff (born 1967)
 * 37) John Barton Wolgamot
 * 38) Sholeh Wolpé (born 1962)
 * 39) Terry Wolverton (born 1954)
 * 40) Nellie Wong
 * 41) E.A. Woodward, Ohio
 * 42) Susan Wood (born 1946)
 * 43) George E. Woodberry (1852-1930)
 * 44) Samuel Woodworth
 * 45) Gamel Woolsey
 * 46) Bryan Thao Worra
 * 47) Patience Worth
 * 48) C.D. Wright, (born 1949)
 * 49) Charles Wright (born 1935)
 * 50) Franz Wright (born 1953)
 * 51) James Wright (1927–1980)
 * 52) Jay Wright (born 1935)
 * 53) Kirby Wright (born 1955), Hawai'i
 * 54) Richard Wright (1908–1960)
 * 55) Robert Wrigley (born 1951)
 * 56) Mark Wunderlich (born 1968)
 * 57) John Allan Wyeth (1894-1981)
 * 58) Elinor Wylie (1885-1928)

X

 * 1) Emanuel Xavier (born 1971)

Y

 * 1) Mitsuye Yamada (born 1923)
 * 2) Lois-Ann Yamanaka (born 1961)
 * 3) Leo Yankevich
 * 4) John Yau (born 1950)
 * 5) Stephen Yenser (born 1941)
 * 6) David Yezzi (born 1966)
 * 7) Jane Yolen (born 1939)
 * 8) Jake Adam York (1972-2012)
 * 9) Monica Youn (born 1971)
 * 10) Al Young (born 1939)
 * 11) C. Dale Young (born 1969)
 * 12) David Young (born 1936)
 * 13) Dean Young (born 1955)
 * 14) Kevin Young (born 1970)
 * 15) Ray Young Bear (born 1950)

Z

 * 1) Matthew Zapruder (born 1967)
 * 2) Cynthia Zarin (born 1959)
 * 3) Marya Zaturenska (1902-1982)
 * 4) Bill Zavatsky (born 1943)
 * 5) Andrew Zawacki (born 1972)
 * 6) Ofelia Zepeda (born 1952), Arizona
 * 7) Calvin Ziegler (1854-1930)
 * 8) Joaquin Zihuatanejo
 * 9) Paul Zimmer (born 1934)
 * 10) Paul Edwin Zimmer (1943-1997)
 * 11) Rachel Zucker (born 1971), New York
 * 12) Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978)
 * 13) Martha Zweig