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Main article: American poetry

The list of U.S. poets lists poets with articles in Penny's Poetry Pages who were either born in the United States or published poetry while living in that country. Except where noted, the poet wrote in the English language.

A

A-Ak

1. Jonathan Aaron (born 1941)
2. Francesca Abbate
3. Henry Abbey (1842-1911), New York
4. Edwin Milton Abbott (1877-1940), Pennsylvania
5. Loureine Aber (1893-1930), Illinois
6. Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872-1956), North Carolina
7. Sam Abrams (born 1935), New York
8. Seth Abramson (born 1976)
9. Diane Ackerman (born 1948)
10. Duane Ackerson (born 1942), Oregon
11. Mercedes de Acosta (1892–1968)
12. Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913-2004)
13. Helen Adam (1909–1993)
14. John Adams (1704-1740)
15. John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
16. John Turvill Adams (1805-1882), Connecticut
17. Léonie Adams (1899-1988)
18. Betty Adcock (born 1938)
19. Kim Addonizio (born 1954)
20. James Agee (1909-1955)
21. Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969)
22. Jack Agüeros (born 1934)
23. Ai (1947-2010)
24. Conrad Aiken (1889-1973), Georgia
25. Ellery Akers (born 1946)
26. Zoë Akins (1886-1958), Missouri

Al-Am

1. George Albon (born 1954)
2. Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956)
3. Sandra Alcosser (born 1944)
4. Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888)
5. Dorothy Keeley Aldis (1896-1966)
6. Mary Aldis (1872-1949), Illinois
7. Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907), Massachusetts
8. Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962)
9. Meena Alexander (born 1951)
10. Pamela Alexander (born 1948)
11. Will Alexander (born 1948)
12. Sherman Alexie (born 1966)
13. Felipe Alfau (1902-1999)
14. Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001)
15. Kazim Ali (born 1971)
16. Karen Alkalay-Gut (born 1945)
17. William Allegrezza (born 1974)
18. Dick Allen (1939-2017)
19. Donald Allen (1912-2004)
20. Elizabeth Chase Allen (1832-1911)
21. Hervey Allen (1889-1949)
22. Ron Allen (born 1947)
23. Ellen P. Allerton (1835-1893), Wisconsin
24. Washington Allston (1779-1843)
25. Melanie Almeder (born 1965)
26. Bert Almon (born 1943), United States / Canada
27. Richard Alsop (1761-1815), Connecticut
28. Alta (Alta Gerrey) (born 1942)
29. Keith Althaus (born 1946)
30. Howard Altmann, New York
31. Julia Cooley Altrocchi (1893-1972), California
32. Alurista (born 1947)
33. Julia Álvarez (born 1950)
34. James Church Alvord, Massachusetts
35. Indran Amirthanayagam (born 1960)
36. A.R. Ammons (1926-2001)
37. Ray Amorosi (born 1946), Massachusetts

An-Az

John Ashbery

1. Michael Anania (born 1939), Nebraska
2. Lemon Andersen (born 1975), New York
3. Doug Anderson (born 1943)
4. Margaret Steele Anderson (1867-1921), Kentucky
5. Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941)
6. Victor Anderson (1917-2001)
7. Bruce Andrews (born 1948)
8. Kevin Andrews (1924-1989), United States / Greece
9. Ron Androla (born 1954), Pennsylvania
10. Ralph Angel (born 1951)
11. Maya Angelou (born 1928)
12. Talvikki Ansel (born 1962)
13. David Antin (born 1932)
14. Antler (born 1946), Wisconsin
15. "Brother Antoninus" (William Everson) (1912–1994)
16. Susanne Antonetta (born 1956)
17. Apollo Poetry (born 1983)
18. Philip Appleman (born 1926)
19. Adrian Arancibia (born 1971)
20. Ruby Archer (1873-1961)
21. Walter Conrad Arensburg (1878-1954)
22. Ken Arkind, Colorado
23. Rae Armantrout (born 1947)
24. Richard Armour (1906-1989)
25. Craig Arnold (1967-2009)
26. George Arnold (1834-1865), New York
27. Robert P. Arthur (born 1943)
28. M.K. Asante (born 1982)
29. John Ashbery (born 1927)
30. Joseph Auslander (1897–1965); husband of Audrey Wurdemann
31. Paul Auster (born 1947)
32. Mary Austin (1868-1934), California
33. Jody Azzouni (born 1954)

B

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. Leonard Bacon (1887-1954)
5. Mahnaz Badihian
6. William Baer (born 1948)
7. Robert Bagg (born 1935)
8. Martha Baird (1921-1981), New York
9. Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940)
10. David Baker (born 1954)
11. Karle Wilson Baker (1878-1960), Texas
12. John Balaban, (born 1943)
13. Peter Balakian (born 1951)
14. Christianne Balk (born 1953)
15. Jesse Ball (born 1978)
16. Micah Ballard (born 1975)
17. Mary Jo Bang (born 1946), Missouri
18. Janet Norris Bangs (1885-1971), Illinois
19. Russell Banks (born 1940)
20. Kendall Banning (1879-1944)
21. Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) (1934-2014), New Jersey
22. Walter Bargen (born 1948), Missouri
23. Elsa Barker (1869-1954), Vermont
24. Shirley Barker (1911-1965), New Hampshire
25. Coleman Barks (born 1937)
26. George Barlow (born 1948)
27. Mary Barnard (1909-2001)
28. Djuna Barnes (1892-1982)
29. Catherine Barnett (born 1960)
30. Willis Barnstone (born 1927)
31. Candy Barr (1935-2005)
32. Wilton Agnew Barrett
33. Pauline B. Barrington (born 1876)
34. Laird Barron (born 1970)
35. Elfrida De Renne Barrow (1884-1970), Georgia
36. Elizabeth Bartlett (1911-1994)
37. Helen Birch Bartlett (1883-1925), Illinois
38. Bertha Hirsch Baruch (1876-1908 fl.)
39. Todd Bash (born 1965)
40. Samiya Bashir
41. Michael Basinski (born 1950)
42. Ellen Bass, (born 1947)
43. Arlo Bates (1850-1918)
44. David Bates (1809-1870)
45. Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929), Massachusetts
46. Joseph Bathanti (born 1953), North Carolina
47. Wendy Battin (1953-2015), United States
48. Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959)
49. Grace Bauer
50. Eric Baus (born 1975)
51. Isaac Rieman Baxley (1850-1920)
52. Charles Baxter (born 1947)
53. Sylvester Baxter (1850-1927), Massachusetts

Be

1. Abel Beach (1829-1899), Iowa
2. Joseph Warren Beach (1880-1957)
3. Dan Beachy-Quick (born 1973)
4. Alfred Battle Bealle (1879-1933), Alabama
5. Jeffery Beam (born 1953), North Carolina
6. Ray Young Bear
7. Sandra Beasley (born 1980)
8. Jan Beatty (born 1952), Pennsylvania
9. Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin (1913-1995), Tenessee
10. George Beck (1749-1812), Kentucky
11. Julian Beck
12. Robin Becker (born 1951)
13. Larry Beckett (born 1947)
14. Joshua Beckman (born 1971)
15. Amy Beeder (born 1965)
16. Ethel Lynn Beers (1827-1879)
17. Erin Belieu, (born 1957)
18. Ben Belitt (1911-2003), Vermont
19. Elana Bell
20. Marvin Bell (born 1937), Iowa
21. Henry Bellamann (1882-1945)
22. Michael Benedikt (1935-2007)
23. Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943), New York; brother of William Rose Benét
24. William Rose Benét (1886-1950), New York; brother of Stephen Vincent Benét; husband of Elinor Wylie
25. Park Benjamin, Sr. (1809-1864)
26. Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902-1981), New York
27. James Berry Bensel (1856-1886), New York
28. Nelson Bentley (1918-1990), Washington
29. David Bergman (born 1950)
30. Bill Berkson {born 1939)
31. David Berman (1934-2017), New York
32. David Berman (1967-2019), New York
33. April Bernard (born 1956)
34. Charles Bernstein (born 1950)
35. Steven "Jesse" Bernstein (1950-1991)
36. Anselm Berrigan (born 1972)
37. Daniel Berrigan (born 1921)
38. Ted Berrigan (1934-1983)
39. Wendell Berry (born 1934)
40. John Berryman (1914-1972)
41. Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (born 1947), New Mexico
42. Lorraine Bethel
43. Reginald Dwayne Betts
44. 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. Tom Bishop (1952-2007), California
10. Sherwin Bitsui, (born 1975)
11. Baxter Black (born 1945)
12. Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958)
13. Paul Blackburn (1926-1971); son of Frances Frost
14. Nicole Blackman (born 1971)
15. Black Mountain poets (20th century)
16. R.P. Blackmur (1904-1965)
17. Kimberly M. Blaeser
18. Richard Blanco (born 1968)
19. Don Blanding (1894-1957), Hawaii
20. Robin Blaser (1925-2009), Canada / United States
21. Randy Blasing (born 1943)
22. Anthony Bleecker (1770-1827)
23. Adrian Blevins, (born 1964)
24. Chana Bloch (born 1940)
25. Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919)
26. Henry Ames Blood (1836-1900)
27. Laurel Blossom (born 1943), South Carolina
28. Roberts Blossom (1924-2011)
29. Michael C. Blumenthal (born 1949)
30. Robert Bly (born 1926)
31. 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. Amy Bonner (1891-1955), New York
6. Bruce Bond (born 1954)
7. Arna Bontemps (1902-1973)
8. Philip Booth (1925-2007), Maine
9. Laure-Anne Bosselaar
10. Bruce Boston (born 1943)
11. David Bottoms (born 1949), Georgia
12. Jenny Boully (born 1976)
13. A.P. Bowen
14. Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949), North Carolina
15. Edgar Bowers (1924-2000), Georgia
16. Fred G. Bowles (fl. 1899-1918)
17. Kay Boyle (1902-1992)

Br

1. Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748-1816), Pennsylvania
2. Gamaliel Bradford (1863-1932), Massachusetts
3. George Bradley (born 1953)
4. Anne Bradstreet (?1612-1672), Massachusetts
5. John G.C. Brainard (1796-1828), Connecticut
6. William Stanley Braithwaite (1878-1962)
7. William Brandon (1914-2002)
8. Richard Brautigan (18935-1984)
9. Kate Braverman (born 1950)
10. Donari Braxton (born 1982)
11. Jason Bredle (born 1976)
12. Ray Bremser (1934-1998), New York
13. Joseph Payne Brennan (1918-1990)
14. Ken Brewer (1941–2006)
15. Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710-1757), Connecticut
16. Kim Bridgford (born 1959), Connecticut
17. Robert Bringhurst, (born 1946)
18. Roscoe W. Brink
19. John Malcolm Brinnin (1916-1999)
20. Rollo Britten
21. Geoffrey Brock (born 1964)
22. Lucie Brock-Broido (born 1956)
23. James Brock (born 1958)
24. Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996),
25. Louis Daniel Brodsky (born 1941)
26. Alter Brody (1865-1981), New York
27. David Bromige (1933-2009), California
28. William Bronk (1918-1999)
29. Lynne Bronstein (born 1950)
30. Charles T. Brooks (1813-1883), Rhode Island
31. Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)
32. James Gordon Brooks (1801-1841), New York
33. Maria Gowen Brooks (?1794-1845)
34. Brother Antoninus (William Everson) (1912–1994)
35. James Broughton (1913-1999), California
36. Olga Broumas (born 1949)
37. Joel Brouwer (born 1968)
38. Alice Brown (1856-1948), Massachusetts
39. Daniel Brown, New York
40. Fleda Brown (born 1944)
41. Harriet Brown (born 1958)
42. Harry Brown (1917-1986)
43. Rita Mae Brown (born 1944)
44. Sterling A. Brown (1901-1989), Washington D.C.
45. Francis Fisher Browne (1843-1913), Illinois
46. Gertrude Hall Brownell (1863-1961)
47. Daniel Bryan (1795-1866), Virginia
48. William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), New York

Bu-By

1. Oni Buchanan (born 1975)
2. Howard Buck (1894-1947)
3. Jack Buck (1924-2002), Missouri
4. Christopher Buckley (born 1948)
5. David Budbill (born 1940)
6. Andrea Hollander Budy (born 1947)
7. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)
8. David R. Bunch (1925-2000)
9. H.C. Bunner (1885-1896), New York
10. José Antonio Burciaga (1940-1996)
11. Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), California
12. Kenneth Burke (1897-1993)
13. Ralph Burns (born 1949)
14. Vincent Godfrey Burns (1893-1979), Maryland
15. Stanley Burnshaw (1906-2005)
16. Amelia Josephine Burr (1878-1968)
17. John Burroughs (1837-1921), New York
18. Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882-1954), Wyoming
19. Stephen Burt (born 1971)
20. Raegan Butcher (born 1969)
21. Denver Butson (born 1965), New York
22. Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
23. W.E. Butts (1944-2013), New Hampshire
24. Kathryn Stripling Byer (born 1944), North Carolina
25. Witter Bynner (1881-1968)
26. Gilbert Byron (1903-1991), Maryland

C

Ca

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 (1879-1980), New York
8. Skipwith Cannell (1887-1957)
9. Garrett Caples (born 1972)
10. Joe Cardarelli (1944-1994), Maryland
11. Gladys Cardiff (born 1942)
12. Bliss Carman (1861-1929), Canada / United States
13. Neil Carpathios (born 1961)
14. Constance Carrier (1908-1991), Connecticut
15. Jim Carroll (1949-2009), New York / California
16. Hayden Carruth (1921–2008)
17. William Herbert Carruth (1859-1924), Kansas
18. Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873-1904), New York
19. Jared Carter (born 1939), Indiana
20. Nathaniel H. Carter (1787-1830), New York
21. Raymond Carver (1938–1988)
22. Alice Cary (1820-1871)
23. Phoebe Cary (1824-1871)
24. Neal Cassady (1926-1968)
25. Stacie Cassarino (born 1975)
26. Cyrus Cassells (born 1957)
27. Turner Cassity (1929-2009)
28. Ana Castillo (born 1953)
29. Sandra M. Castillo (born 1962), Florida
30. Grace Cavalieri (born 1932)
31. Madison Cawein (1865-1914), Kentucky

Ce-Cl

1. Thomas Centolella 
2. Joseph Ceravolo (1934-1988)
3. Lorna Dee Cervantes (born 1954)
4. Elizabeth M. Chandler (1807-1834), Pennsylvania
5. Tina Chang (born 1969)
6. Victoria Chang (born 1970)
7. William Ellery Channing (1818–1901)
8. Arthur Chapman (1874-1935), Colorado
9. John Jay Chapman (1862-1933)
10. Fred Chappell (born 1936)
11. Emily Thornton Charles (1845-1895), Indiana
12. Karen Chase (born 1943), Massachusetts
13. Angelico Chavez (1910-1996), New Mexico
14. Alexander Chee, Massachusetts
15. Colin Cheney (born 1978)
16. John Vance Cheney (1848-1922)
17. Peter Cherches (born 1956), New York
18. Neeli Cherkovski (born 1945), California
19. Maxine Chernoff (born 1952)
20. Bob Cherry, Alaska
21. Kelly Cherry (born 1940), Virginia
22. Ralph Cheyney (1896-1941) Pennsylvania
23. Dan Chiasson
24. James William Chichetto (born 1941)
25. William Childress (born 1933)
26. Marilyn Chin (born 1955)
27. Michael Chitwood (born 1958), North Carolina
28. Marcus B. Christian (1900-1976), Louisiana
29. Chrystos (born 1946)
30. Benjamin Church (1734-1778), Massachusetts
31. John Ciardi (1916-1986)
32. Noah Cicero (born 1980)
33. Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
34. Carson Cistulli (born 1979)
35. Amy Clampitt (1920-1994)
36. Jeff Clark (born 1971), Michigan
37. Tom Clark (born 1941)
38. Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909-1971), Nevada
39. Willis Gaylord Clark (1808-1841), Pennsylvania
40. Jack Clarke (1933-1992)
41. Sarah N. Cleghorn (1876-1959), Vermont
42. Michelle Cliff (born 1946)
43. Lucille Clifton (1936-2010)
44. Joshua Clover (born 1962)

Co

1. Florence Earle Coates (1850-1927)
2. Grace Stone Coates (1881-1976), Montana
3. Elizabeth J. Coatsworth (1893-1986)
4. Stanton A. Coblentz (1896-1982), California
5. Andrei Codrescu (born 1946)
6. Judith Ortiz Cofer (born 1952), Georgia
7. Robert P.T. Coffin (1892-1955), Maine
8. George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
9. Ira Cohen (1935-2011)
10. Nan Cohen (born 1968)
11. Jim Cohn (born 1953)
12. Kate Colby
13. Henri Cole (born 1956)
14. Norma Cole (born 1945), California
15. Peter Cole (born 1957)
16. Wanda Coleman (born 1946)
17. Michael Collier (born 1953)
18. Billy Collins (born 1941)
19. Martha Collins (born 1940)
20. Jack Collom (born 1931), Colorado
21. Betsy Colquitt (1926-2009), Texas
22. Shanna Compton (born 1970)
23. Grace Hazard Conkling (1878-1958); mother of Hilda Conkling
24. Hilda Conkling (1910-1986); daughter of Grace Hazard Conkling
25. Evan S. Connell (1924-2013)
26. Leo Connellan (1928-2001)
27. Geraldine Connolly (born 1947)
28. Gillian Conoley (born 1955)
29. Harriet Maxwell Converse (1836-1903), New York
30. J. Gordon Coogler (1865-1901), South Carolina
31. Harold Cook (born March 21, 1897)
32. Rose Terry Cooke
33. Ina Coolbrith (1841-1928), California
34. Nicole Cooley (born 1967), Louisiana; daughter of Peter Cooley
35. Peter Cooley (born 1940); father of Nicole Cooley
36. Clark Coolidge (born 1939)
37. Dennis Cooper (born 1953)
38. George Cooper (1840-1927), New York
39. Jane Cooper (1924-2007)
40. Jake Copass (1920-2006), California
41. William Corbett (born 1942)
42. Billy Corgan (born 1967)
43. Cid Corman (1924-2004)
44. Alfred Corn, (born 1943)
45. Mary Cornish (born 1948)
46. Gregory Corso (1930-2001)
47. Jayne Cortez (1934-2012), California
48. Joseph S. Cotter (1861-1949), Kentucky
49. Joe Cottonwood (born 1947)
50. Henri Coulette (1927-1988)
51. John Cournos (1881-1966)
52. Elise Cowen (1933-1962), New York
53. Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989)
54. Eleanor Rogers Cox (1865-1931)
55. Louis O. Coxe (1918-1993)

Cr-Cu

1. Michael Earl Craig
2. Steven Cramer (born 1953)
3. Christopher Pearse Cranch (1813-1892)
4. Hart Crane (1899–1932)
5. Stephen Crane, (1871-1900)
6. Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914), New York
7. Douglas Crase (born 1944)
8. Gary William Crawford (born 1953), Louisiana
9. Nelson Antrim Crawford (1881-1963)
10. Robert Creeley (1926–2005)
11. Judson Crews (1917-2010)
12. Gladys Cromwell (1885-1919), New York
13. Ernest Howard Crosby (1856-1907), New York
14. Martha Foote Crow (1854-1924)
15. Harry Crosby (1898–1929)
16. Victor Hernández Cruz (born 1949), New York
17. Brian Culhane (born 1954), New York
18. Countee Cullen (1903–1946)
19. E.E. Cummings (1894-1962)
20. James Cummins (born 1948), Ohio
21. Waring Cuney (1906-1976)
22. J.V. Cunningham (1911–1985)
23. Nora B. Cunningham (1887-1975), Kansas
24. Averill Curdy
25. Pearl Curran (1883-1937), Missouri
26. R.R. Cuscaden (1931-2005), Illinois
27. Bloodgood Cutter (1817-1906)

D

D-Da

1. H.D. (1886-1961)
2. Edward Dahlberg (1900-1977)
3. Beverly Dahlen (born 1934)
4. Steve Dalachinsky (born 1946)
5. Enid Dame (1943-2003)
6. S. Foster Damon (1893-1971)
7. Richard Henry Dana (1787-1879), Massachusetts
8. Robert Dana (1929-2010), Iowa
9. Jim Daniels (born 1956)
10. Kate Daniels (born 1953), Virginia
11. Margaret Danner (1915-1984), Illinois
12. Hugh Antoine d'Arcy (1843-1925)
13. Tina Darragh (born 1950)
14. Allen R. Darrow (1826-1906), New York
15. Robert von Dassanowsky (born 1965)
16. Guy Davenport (1927-2005)
17. Donald Davidson (poet)
18. Gustav Davidson
19. Michael Davidson (born 1944)
20. Alan Davies (born 1951)
21. Mary Carolyn Davies (1888-1940?)
22. Catherine Davis (1924-2002)
23. Christina Davis (born 1971)
24. Dale T. Davis, New York
25. Fannie Stearns Davis (1884-1958)
26. Frank Marshall Davis (1905-1987)
27. Gwen Davis (born 1936)
28. Jon Davis
29. Jordan Davis (born 1970)
30. Peter Davison (1928-2004)
31. Olena Kalytiak Davis (born 1963)
32. Richard Bingham Davis (1771-1799), New York
33. Clarence Day (1874-1935), New York
34. Charles Dazey (1855-1938), New York

De

1. Samuel Deane (1784-1834), Massachusetts
2. Jaime de Angulo (1887-1950), California
3. Connie Deanovich (born 1960)
4. Caridad de la Luz, (born 1977), New York
5. Philip F. Deaver (born 1946)
6. Madeline DeFrees, (born 1919)
7. Margaret Deland (1857-1945), Massachusetts / Maine
8. Alison Hawthorne Deming (born 1946)
9. Edwin Denby (1903-1983)
10. Anna Denise, California
11. Richard Denner (born 1941)
12. Reuel Denney (1913-1995)
13. Carl Dennis (born 1939)
14. Tory Dent (1958-2005)
15. Theodore Deppe (born 1950)
16. August Derleth (1909-1971), Wisconsin
17. Toi Derricotte (born 1941)
18. Heather Derr-Smith (born 1971)
19. Toi Derricote (born 1941)
20. Babette Deutsch (1895-1982)
21. Susan Linn DeWitt (1778-1824), New York
22. Jamie DeWolf (born 1977)

Di-Dy

Emily Dickinson

1. Jennifer K. Dick (born 1970)
2. George Dickerson (born 1933)
3. James Dickey (1923-1997), South Carolina
4. Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), Massachusetts
5. Roger Dickinson-Brown (born 1944)
6. Matthew Dickman (born 1975), (twin brother of Michael Dickman)
7. Michael Dickman (born 1975) (twin brother of Matthew Dickman)
8. Deborah Digges (1950-2009)
9. Annie Dillard (born 1945) (wife of R.H.W. Dillard)
10. R.H.W. Dillard (born 1937) (husband of Annie Dillard)
11. George H. Dillon (1906-1968)
12. Ray DiPalma (born 1943)
13. Emanuel di Pasquale (born 1943)
14. W.S. Di Piero (born 1945)
15. Diane di Prima (born1934)
16. Thomas M. Disch (1940-2008)
17. Tim Dlugos (1950-1990)
18. Patricia Dobler (1939-2004)
19. Stephen Dobyns (born 1941)
20. Will Dockery (born 1958), Georgia
21. Lee Wilson Dodd (1879-1933), Connecticut
22. Mary Mapes Dodge (1831-1905)
23. Owen Dodson (1914-1983)
24. John Dolan (born 1955)
25. Nathan Haskell Dole (1852-1935)
26. Clara G. Dolliver (fl. 1848-1891), California
27. George W. Doneghy (1848-1917). Kentucky
28. Timothy Donnelly (born 1969)
29. Jeanne D'Orge (1879-1954), California
30. Sonya Dorman (1924-2005)
31. Ed Dorn (1929-1999)
32. Doug Dorph, New York
33. Julia C.R. Dorr (1825-1913), Vermont
34. John Dos Passos (1896-1970)
35. Mark Doty (born 1953)
36. Franz Douskey
37. Rita Dove (born 1952)
38. Dorothy Dow (1897-1989), Illinois
39. Kirby Doyle
40. Joseph Rodman Drake (1795-1820)
41. Robert M. Drake, Florida
42. Glenn Ward Dresbach (1899-1968)
43. Louise Driscoll (1875-1957), New York
44. Will Allen Dromgoole
45. Celia Dropkin, Yiddish
46. Norman Dubie (born 1945)
47. W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963)
48. Bruce Ducker (born 1938), Colorado
49. Dorothy Dudley (1884-1962), Illinois
50. Peter Kane Dufault (born 1923), New York
51. Alan Dugan (1923-2003)
52. Denise Duhamel (born 1961)
53. Henry Dumas (1934-1968)
54. Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
55. Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935)
56. Robert Duncan (1919-1988)
57. Jim Dunlap (born 1945)
58. Anthony Taylor Dunn (born 1958)
59. Stephen Dunn
60. Ralph Cheever Dunning (1978-1930), France
61. Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941)
62. Job Durfee (1790-1847), Rhode Island
63. Timothy Dwight IV (1752-1817), Massachusetts / Connecticut
64. Stuart Dybek (born 1942)
65. Bob Dylan (born 1941)

E

1. Cornelius Eady (born 1954)
2. Pliny Earle (1809-1892)
3. Elaine Goodale Eastman (1863-1953), (sister of Dora Read Goodale)
4. Max Eastman (1883-1969)
5. Richard Eberhart (1904-2005)
6. David Edelstadt (1866-1892), Yiddish
7. Russell Edson (born 1935)
8. kari edwards (1954-2006)
9. Terry Ehret, (born 1955), California
10. W.D. Ehrhart (born 1948)
11. Max Ehrmann (1872-1945), Indiana
12. Larry Eigner (1927-1966)
13. Loren Eiseley (1907-1977)
14. Paul Eldridge (1888-1982), New York
15. Che Elias (born 1980), Pennsylvania
16. T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), Massachusetts / England
17. David Elliott
18. Thomas Sayers Ellis
19. John Regnault Ellyson (1854-1922), Virginia
20. James A. Emanuel (born 1921)
21. Lynn Emanuel (born 1949)
22. Emma C. Embury (1806-1863), New York
23. Claudia Emerson (1957-2014), Virginia
24. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
25. Anita Endrezze (born 1952)
26. John Engels (1931-2007)
27. Paul Engle (1908-1991), Iowa
28. Maurice English (1909-1983)
29. Thomas Dunn English (1819-1902)
30. Theodore Enslin (1925-2011), Maine
31. Daniel Mark Epstein (born 1948)
32. Elaine Equi (born 1953)
33. Louise Erdrich (born 1954)
34. Clayton Eshleman (born 1935)
35. Martín Espada (born 1957)
36. Rhina Espaillat (born 1932), New York
37. Willard R. Espy (1910-1999)
38. Jill Alexander Essbaum (born 1971)
39. Maggie Estep (1962-2014), New York
40. Jerry Estrin (1947-1993)
41. Dave Etter (1928-2015)
42. David Allan Evans (born 1940), South Dakota
43. Mari Evans (born 1923)
44. Nathaniel Evans (1742-1767), Pennsylvania
45. Landis Everson (1926-2007)
46. William Everson (Brother Antoninus) (1912-1994)
47. Peter Everwine (born 1930)

F

1. Kathy Fagan
2. B.H. Fairchild (born 1942)
3. Sumner Lincoln Fairfield (1803-1844)
4. Marcia Falk (born 1946)
5. W.C. Falkner (1826-1899), Mississippi; great-grandfather of William Faulkner
6. Roger Fanning (born 1962)
7. Norma Farber (1909-1984)
8. Patricia Fargnoli (born 1937), New Hampshire
9. John C. Farrar (1896-1974), New York
10. J.P. Farrell (1968-2010)
11. William Faulkner (1897-1962), Mississippi; great-grandson of W.C. Falkner
12. Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961)
13. Kenneth Fearing (1902-1961)
14. Frederick Feirstein (born 1940)
15. Irving Feldman (born 1928)
16. Mary Fell (born 1947)
17. Paul Fericano (born 1951)
18. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born 1919), California
19. David Ferry (born 1924)
20. Arthur Davison Ficke (1883-1945)
21. Leslie Fiedler (1917-2003)
22. Edward Field (born 1924), New York
23. Eugene Field (1850-1895), Missouri
24. Rachel Field (1894-1942)
25. James Thomas Fields
26. Annie Finch (born 1956)
27. Donald Finkel (1929-2008)
28. John Finlay (1941-1991), Alabama
29. Nikky Finney (born 1957)
30. Susan Firer (born 1948), Wisconsin
31. Fireside Poets (19th century)
32. Raymond P. Fischer (1900-1990), Illinois
33. Zoketsu Norman Fischer (born 1946)
34. Williston Fish (1858-1939), Illinois
35. Aileen Fisher (1906-2002), Colorado
36. Ann Fisher-Wirth (born 1947)
37. Molly Fisk (born 1955)
38. Robert Fitterman (born 1959)
39. Robert Fitzgerald (1910-1985)
40. Bob Flanagan (1952-1996)
41. Hildegarde Flanner (1899-1987), California
42. Kathleen Flenniken (born 1960), Washington
43. John Gould Fletcher (1886-1950), Arkansas
44. Ralph Fletcher (born 1953)
45. Hortense Flexner (1885-1973), Maine
46. Roland Flint (1934-2001)
47. Nick Flynn (born 1960)
48. Aaron Fogel (born 1947)
49. Jack Foley (born 1940)
50. Eliza Lee Follen (1787-1860), Massachusetts
51. Calvin Forbes (born 1945)
52. Carolyn Forché (born 1950)
53. Chris Forhan (born 1959)
54. John M. Ford (1957-2006)
55. Mary Weston Fordham (1843-1905), South Carolina 
56. Timothy Thomas Fortune (1856-1928)
57. Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911)
58. Sesshu Foster (born 1957)
59. FrancEyE (1922-2009), California
60. Robert Francis (1901-1987)
61. Florence Kiper Frank (1885-1976)
62. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
63. Robert Frazier (born 1951), Massachusetts
64. Joseph Freeman (1897-1965)
65. Philip Freneau (1752-1832), New Jersey
66. Nora May French (1881-1907), California
67. Frances Frost (1905-1959), Vermont / New York; mother of Paul Blackburn
68. Helen Frost (born 1949), Indiana
69. Robert Frost (1874-1963), New Hampshire
70. Gene Frumkin (1928-2007)
71. Nan Fry
72. Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2004)
73. Gloria Frym (born 1947)
74. Joanna Fuhrman (born 1972)
75. Jun Fujita (1888-1963), Illinois
76. Ethel Romig Fuller (1883-1965), Oregon
77. Henry B. Fuller (1857-1929), Illinois
78. Alice Fulton (born 1952)
79. Sol Funaroff (1911-1942)
80. Erica Funkhouser (born 1949)

G

Ga-Go

1. Ruth Gaines (1877-1952)
2. Jonathan Galassi (born 1949)
3. Kate Gale (born 1965)
4. Tess Gallagher (born 1943)
5. James Galvin (born 1951)
6. Forrest Gander (born 1956)
7. Diana Garcia (born 1950), California
8. Hamlin Garland (1880-1940)
9. Max Garland (born 1954), Wisconsin
10. Louise Ayres Garnett (1877-1937), Indiana
11. George Garrett (1929-2008)
12. Jean Garrigue (1914-1972), New York
13. Deborah Garrison (born 1965)
14. Theodosia Garrison (1874-1944), New Jersey
15. Ross Gay (born 1974)
16. Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904–1991)
17. Dan Gerber, (born 1940)
18. Amy Gerstler (born 1956)
19. David Gewanter (born 1954)
20. Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (born 1946), Alabama
21. Robert Gibb (born 1946), Pennsylvania
22. Reginald Gibbons (born 1947)
23. Dobby Gibson (born 1970)
24. Christopher Gilbert (born 1949)
25. Jack Gilbert (born 1925)
26. Sandra M. Gilbert (born 1936)
27. Strickland Gillilan (1869-1954)
28. Caroline Gilman (1794-1888), South Carolina; wife of Samuel Gilman
29. Samuel Gilman (1791-1858), South Carolina; husband of Caroline Gilman
30. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)
31. Louis Gilmore (1891-1972), Louisiana
32. Carmen Giménez Smith (born 1971)
33. Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)
34. Dana Gioia (born 1950)
35. Daniela Gioseffi (born 1941)
36. Nikki Giovanni (born 1943)
37. Peter Gizzi (born 1959)
38. Jody Gladding (born 1955)
39. Renee Gladman (born 1971)
40. Richard Butler Glaenzer (1876-1937), Illinois
41. Elton Glaser (born 1945)
42. Michael S. Glaser (born 1943), Maryland
43. Jesse Glass (born 1954)
44. Lyle Glazier (1911-2004)
45. Greg Glazner
46. Louise Glück (born 1943)
47. Thomas Godfrey (1736-1763), Pennsylvania
48. Patricia Goedicke, (1931-2006)
49. Douglas Goetsch (born 1963), New York
50. Philip Becker Goetz (1870-1950), New York
51. Michael Gold (1894-1967), New York
52. Albert Goldbarth (born 1948)
53. Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961)
54. Laurence Goldstein (born 1943)
55. Gabriel Gomez
56. Rodolfo Gonzales (1928-2005), Spanish
57. Rigoberto González (born 1970)
58. Dora Read Goodale (1866-1953), sister of Elaine Goodale Eastman
59. Kevin Goodan
60. Arthur Goodenough (1871-1936), Vermont
61. Alice Goodman (born 1952), wife of Sir Geoffrey Hill
62. Paul Goodman (1911-1972), New York
63. Armistead C. Gordon (1855-1931), Virginia
64. Edythe Mae Gordon (?1897–1980), Massachusetts
65. Hedwig Gorski (born 1949)
66. Janice Gould (born 1949), Washington

Gr-Gy

1. David Graham
2. Jorie Graham (born 1950)
3. Judy Grahn (born 1940)
4. Jason Gray
5. Samuel Green (born 1948), Washington
6. Roger Greenwald, Canada
7. Grace Greenwood (1823-1904), New York
8. Debora Greger (born 1949)
9. Linda Gregerson (born 1950)
10. Linda Gregg (born 1942)
11. Horace Gregory (1898-1982)
12. Robert Grenier (born 1941)
13. Eamon Grennan (born 1941)
14. Susan Griffin (born 1943), California
15. William Griffith (1878-1936)
16. Nikki Grimes (born 1950)
17. Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1958)
18. Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837-1914)
19. Eliza Griswold (born 1973)
20. L.D. Groban (1947-2011), Illinois
21. Allen Grossman (1932-2014)
22. Jennifer Grotz (born 1971)
23. Louis Grudin (1898-1993), New York
24. Bob Grumman (born 1941), Florida
25. Gabriel Gudding (born 1966)
26. Charles Guenther (1920-2008), Missouri
27. Barbara Guest (1920-2006)
28. Edgar Guest (1891-1959), Michigan
29. Louise Imogen Guiney (1861-1920)
30. Arthur Guiterman
31. Charles Gullans (1929-1993), California
32. Thom Gunn (1929-2004), England / United States
33. R.S. Gwynn (born 1948)
34. Brion Gysin (1916-1986)

H

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), New Hampshire
12. Gertrude Hall (1863-1961)
13. Hazel Hall (1886-1924), Oregon
14. Judith Hall (born 1951)
15. Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867), New York
16. Mark Halliday (born 1949)
17. Nathalie Handal (born 1969)
18. Daniel Halpern (born 1945)
19. Moyshe-Leyb Halpern (1886-1932), Yiddish
20. Barbara Hamby (born 1952)
21. Forrest Hamer (born 1956), California
22. Sam Hamill (born 1943)
23. David Osborne Hamilton (1893-1953)
24. Saskia Hamilton (born 1967)
25. Dennis M. Hammes (1945-1980), Minnesota
26. Jupiter Hammon (1711-1805?)
27. Eleanor Hammond (1890-1950), Oregon
28. Mac Hammond (1926-1977), New York
29. Joy Harjo (born 1951)
30. Frances Harper (1825-1911)
31. William Harmon (born 1938), North Carolina
32. John Milton Harney (1789-1825), Kentucky
33. Michael S. Harper (born 1938)
34. Jim Harrison (born 1937), Michigan
35. Carla Harryman (born 1952)
36. Lawrence Hart (1901-1996), California
37. Bret Harte (1836-1902)
38. Hartford Wits (18th century), Connecticut
39. Marsden Hartley (1877-1943), Maine
40. Sadakichi Hartmann (1867-1944)
41. Matthea Harvey (born 1973)
42. Ruth Harwood (1896-1959), California
43. Lola Haskins
44. Robert Hass (born 1941), California
45. Robert Bernard Hass (born 1962), Pennsylvania
46. Gwendolen Haste (1889-1979)
47. Katherine Hastings, California
48. Kaylin Haught (born 1947)
49. Christian Hawkey (born 1969)
50. Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934)
51. Robert Hayden (1913-1980), Michigan
52. Terrance Hayes (born 1971)
53. Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830-1886), South Carolina
54. William Shakespeare Hays (1837-1907), Kentucky

He

1. Trebor Healey (born 1962), California
2. Eloise Klein Healy (born 1943)
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 Adelle Hedge Coke (born 1958)
10. Lyn Hejinian (born 1941)
11. Michael Heller (born 1937)
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. David Henderson (born 1942), New York
17. Tom Hendricks, Texas
18. Brian Henry (born 1972)
19. Gordon Henry (born 1955)
20. Nancy A. Henry (born 1961)
21. Oliver Herford
22. Duane L. Herrmann (born 1951), Kansas
23. Victor Hernández Cruz (born 1949), New York
24. Juan Felipe Herrera (born 1948)
25. Robert Hershon
26. William Heyen (born 1940)
27. DuBose Heyward (1885-1940), South Carolina

Hi

1. Leland Hickman (1934-1991), California
2. Bob Hicok (born 1960)
3. Dick Higgins (1938-1998)
4. Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911), Massachusetts
5. Scott Hightower (born 1952)
6. Brewster Higley (1823-1911), Kansas
7. Conrad Hilberry (born 1928)
8. Ernest Hilbert (born 1970)
9. Geoffrey Hill (1932-2016), husband of Alice Goodman
10. Leslie Pinckney Hill (1880-1960), Pennsylvania
11. Donora Hillard (born 1982)
12. Brenda Hillman (born 1951)
13. Robert Hillyer (1895-1961)
14. Carl Wendell Hines Jr. (born 1940), Indiana
15. Ellen Hinsey
16. Edward Hirsch (born 1950)
17. Jane Hirshfield (born 1953)
18. Jack Hirschman (born 1933)
19. George Hitchcock (1914-2010)
20. H.L. Hix (born 1960)

Ho

1. Tony Hoagland (born 1953)
2. John Hodgen, Massachusetts
3. Allen Hoey (1952 - 2010)
4. Daniel Hoffman (born 1928)
5. John Hoffman (1928-1952), New York / California
6. Roald Hoffmann (born 1937)
7. Linda Hogan (born 1947)
8. Jonathan Holden, Kansas
9. Raymond Holden (1894-1972), New York
10. John Hollander (born 1929)
11. Horace Holley (1882-1960)
12. Anselm Hollo (born 1934)
13. Joseph Cephas Holly (1825-1855), New York
14. Bill Holm (1943-2009), Minnesota
15. Bob Holman (born 1948), New York
16. M. Carl Holman (1919-1988)
17. Janet Holmes
18. John Holmes (1904-1962), Massachusetts
19. John Clellon Holmes (1926-1988)
20. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)
21. Dennis Holt (born 1942), California
22. Cathy Park Hong (born 1976)
23. Garrett Hongo (born 1951)
24. Edwin Honig (1919 -2011)
25. Paul Hoover (born 1946)
26. Lemuel Hopkins (1750-1801), Connecticut
27. Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791), Pennsylvania
28. Robert Horan (born 1922)
29. George Moses Horton (?1797-1884), North Carolina
30. Joan Houlihan
31. Roy Temple House (1878-1963), Oklahoma
32. Dale M. Houstman (born 1950), Minnesota
33. Margaret Bell Houston (1876-1966), Texas
34. Richard Howard (born 1929)
35. Robert E. Howard (1906–1936)
36. Fanny Howe (born 1940), sister of Susan Howe
37. Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)
38. LeAnne Howe (born 1951)
39. Marie Howe (born 1950)
40. Rick Howe (died 2007), Georgia / Arkansas
41. Susan Howe (born 1937), sister of Fanny Howe
42. Christopher Howell (born1945), Massachusetts / Washington
43. Emma Howell (1981-2001), Washington
44. William Dean Howells (1837-1920)
45. Barbara Howes (1914-1996), Vermont
46. Helen Hoyt (1887-1972)

Hu-Hy

1. Thomas Hubbard (born 1938)
2. Andrew Hudgins (born 1951)
3. Joyce Huff
4. Detrick Hughes (born 1966)
5. Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
6. Richard Hugo (1923–1982)
7. Lynda Hull (1954-1994)
8. T.R. Hummer (born 1950)
9. David Humphreys (1752-1818), Connecticut
10. Rolfe Humphries (1894-1969)
11. Constance Hunting (1925-2006)
12. Cynthia Huntington (born 1951), New Hampshire
13. Daniel Huntington (1788-1858), Massachusetts
14. Siri Hustvedt
15. 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 (1895-1963)
7. P. Inman
8. Scharmel Iris (1889-1967)
9. Mark Irwin (born 1953)

J

1. Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885)
2. Laura Riding Jackson (1901-1991)
3. Major Jackson (born 1970)
4. Michael Jackson (1958-2009)
5. Josephine Jacobsen (1905-2003), Maryland
6. Afdhere Jama (born 1980)
7. J.J. Jameson (born 1940), Illinois
8. Patricia Janus (1932-2006), New York
9. Rhoda Janzen
10. Mark Jarman (born 1952)
11. Lisa Jarnot (born 1967)
12. Randall Jarrell (1914-1965)
13. Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (born 1967)
14. Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962)
15. Louis Jenkins (born 1942), Minnesota
16. Tudor Jenks (1857-1922), New York
17. V.J. Jerome (1896-1965)
18. Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909), Maine
19. Sophie Jewett (1861-1909), New York
20. Ted Joans (1928-2003)
21. Orrick Johns (1887-1946)
22. Denis Johnson (born 1949)
23. Fenton Johnson (1888-1958), Illinois
24. Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880-1966)
25. Helene Johnson
26. James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
27. Josephine W. Johnson (1910-1990)
28. Kate Knapp Johnson, New York
29. Robert Underwood Johnson (1853-1937)
30. Ronald Johnson (1935-1998)
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 (born 1973)
38. Thomas S. Jones, Jr. (1882-1932)
39. Erica Jong (born 1942)
40. A. Van Jordan (born 1965)
41. Judy Jordan (born 1961)
42. June Jordan (1936-2002)
43. Andrew Joron
44. Lawrence Joseph (born 1948)
45. Matthew Josephson (1899-1978)
46. Fady Joudah (born 1971)
47. Anna Journey (born 1980); wife of David St. John
48. Frank Judge
49. Margaret Judson (died 1963)
50. A.M. Juster (born 1956)
51. Donald Justice (1925-2004)

K

1. Jim Kacian (born 1953)
2. Mohja Kahf (born 1967)
3. Mary Elizabeth Kail (1828-1890)
4. Joseph Kalar (1906-1972), Minnesota
5. Sheema Kalbasi (born 1972)
6. Chester Kallman (1921-1975)
7. Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977)
8. Lenore Kandel (1932-2009), California
9. Katia Kapovich (born 1960)
10. Mary Karr (born 1955)
11. Julia Kasdorf (born 1962), Pennsylvania
12. Laura Kasischke (born 1961)
13. Richard Katrovas (born 1953)
14. Janet Kauffman (born 1945)
15. Bob Kaufman (1925-1986)
16. Herbert Kaufman (1878-1947)
17. Shirley Kaufman (born 1923)
18. Sarah Kay (born 1988)
19. Douglas Kearney
20. W.B. Keckler (born 1966)
21. John Keene (born 1965)
22. Weldon Kees (1914-1955)
23. Bill Keith (1929-2004)
24. Brigit Pegeen Kelly (born 1951)
25. Robert Kelly (born 1935)
26. Fanny Kemble (1809-1893)
27. Harry Kemp (1883-1960), Massachusetts
28. X.J. Kennedy (born 1929)
29. Richard Kenney (born 1948)
30. Maurice Kenny (born 1929), New York
31. Jane Kenyon (1947-1995)
32. Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
33. Stephen Kessler (born 1947), California
34. Francis Scott Key (1779-1843), Maryland
35. Kerry Shawn Keys (born 1946)
36. D. Kildare (1934-2005)
37. Aline Kilmer (1888-1941), New Jersey, wife of Joyce Kilmer
38. Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918), New Jersey, husband of Aline Kilmer
39. Myung Mi Kim (born 1957)
40. Suji Kwock Kim (born 1969)
41. James Kimbrell (born 1967)
42. Haven Kimmel (born 1965)
43. Ben King (1857-1894), Michigan
44. Galway Kinnell (born 1927)
45. Elizabeth C. Kinney (1810-1889), mother of Edmund Clarence Stedman
46. Sally Bruce Kinsolving (1876-1962), Maryland
47. Susan Kinsolving
48. Mary Kinzie (born 1944)
49. David Kirby (born 1944)
50. H.T. Kirby-Smith (born 1938)
51. Karl Kirchwey (born 1956)
52. Adam Kirsch (born 1976)
53. Lincoln Kirstein (1907-1996)
54. Carolyn Kizer (born 1925)
55. August Kleinzahler (born 1949)
56. Joanna Klink
57. William Kloefkorn (1932-2011)
58. Etheridge Knight (1933-1991)
59. Henry C. Knight (1789-1835), Massachusetts
60. Bill Knott (born 1940)
61. Kenneth Koch (1925-2002)
62. Ruth Ellen Kocher (born 1965)
63. Ron Koertge (born 1940), California
64. Wayne Koestenbaum (born 1958)
65. John Koethe (born 1945)
66. Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1947)
67. Ted Kooser, (born 1939), Nebraska
68. Steve Kowit (1938-2015), California
69. Aaron Kramer (1921-1997)
70. Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, (born 1946), Virginia
71. Alfred Kreymborg (1883-1966)
72. Maxine Kumin (born 1925)
73. Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006)
74. Karla Kuskin (1932-2009)
75. Laurie Kutchins
76. Stephen Kuusisto, (born 1955)
77. Joanne Kyger (born 1934)

L

L-Le

1. Philip Lamantia (1927-2005), California
2. Jonathan Lamas (born 1974)
3. Ben Hur Lampman (1886-1934), Oregon
4. Fran Landesman (1927-2011)
5. Susanna Lang, Illinois
6. Joseph Langland (1917-2007)
7. Sidney Lanier (1842–1881)
8. Lucy Larcom (1824-1893), Massachusetts
9. Ring Lardner (1885-1933)
10. Joan Larkin (born 1939)
11. Lance Larsen (born 1961), Utah
12. Katherine Larson
13. James Lasdun (born 1958)
14. Dorothea Lasky (born 1978)
15. George Parsons Lathrop (1851-1898)
16. Richmond Lattimore (1906-1984)
17. Sanders Anne Laubenthal (1943-2002)
18. James Laughlin, (1914-1997)
19. Ann Lauterbach (born 1942)
20. Dorianne Laux (born 1952)
21. James Lavilla-Havelin (born 1948)
22. Anne Mary Lawler (1908-1980), Pennsylvania
23. Robert Lax (1915-2000)
24. Emma Lazarus (1849-1887), New York
25. Sydney Lea (born 1942)
26. Julie Lechevsky, Virginia
27. Agnes Lee (1868-1939), Illinois
28. David Lee (born 1944)
29. Eleanor Percy Lee (1819-1849), Mississippi
30. Karen An-hwei Lee (born 1973)
31. Li-Young Lee (born 1957)
32. Malka Lee (1904-1976), Yiddish
33. Muna Lee (1895-1965), Puerto Rico
34. Kelly Le Fave (born 1959)
35. David Lehman (born 1948)
36. Brad Leithauser (born 1953)
37. Lemon (born 1975), New York
38. Sue Lenier (born 1957)
39. Phil LeNoir (1882-1923)
40. Aya de Leon (born 1967), California
41. William Ellery Leonard (1876-1944), Wisconsin
42. Eleanor Lerman (born 1952), New York
43. Ben Lerner, (born 1979)
44. David Lerner (1951-1997), New York
45. Jimmy Lerner (born 1951)
46. Jenniffer Lesh (born 1973)
47. Rika Lesser (born 1953)
48. Denise Levertov (1923-1997)
49. Jan Heller Levi (born 1954)
50. Dana Levin (born 1965)
51. Mark Levine (born 1965)
52. Philip Levine (born 1928)
53. Larry Levis (1946-1996)
54. D.A. Levy (1942-1968), Ohio
55. William Levy (born 1939)
56. Alonzo Lewis (1794-1861), Massachusetts
57. Janet Lewis (1899-1998)
58. J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942)

Li-Ly

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1. Lyn Lifshin (1942-2019), New York
2. Charles Lillard (1944-1997), California / Canada
3. Shirley Geok-lin Lim (born 1944)
4. Ada Limón (born 1976)
5. Tao Lin (born 1983)
6. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Illinois
7. Frannie Lindsay (born 1949)
8. Sarah Lindsay
9. Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), Illinois
10. Moira Linehan (born 1945), Massachusetts
11. Amon Liner (1940-1976), North Carolina
12. William James Linton (1812-1897), Connecticut
13. Sara Jane Lippincott (1823-1904), New York
14. Lawrence Lipton (1898-1975)
15. Grace Denio Litchfield (1849-1944), New York
16. Matt Little (born 1991)
17. Sophia Little (1799-1893), Massachusetts
18. Timothy Liu (born 1965)
19. Henry Livingston, Jr. (1748-1828), New York
20. George Cabot Lodge (1873-1909), Massachusetts
21. Ron Loewinsohn (born 1937), California
22. John Logan (1923-1987)
23. William Logan (poet) (born 1950)
24. Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994), New York
25. James Longenbach
26. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), Maine, Massachusetts
27. David Longworth (1766-1821), New York
28. Phillip Lopate (born 1943)
29. Audre Lorde, (1934-1992)
30. Adrian C. Louis (born ca. 1947)
31. Dick Lourie (born 1937), New York
32. H.P.Lovecraft (1890-1937)
33. Samuel Loveman (1882-1976)
34. John Lovett (1761-1818), New York
35. Denise Low (born 1949), Kansas
36. Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
37. James Russell Lowell (1819-1891), Massacusetts; husband of Maria White Lowell
38. Maria White Lowell (1821-1853), Massachusetts; wife of James Russell Lowell
39. Robert Lowell (1917-1977)
40. Walter Lowenfels (1897-1976)
41. Mina Loy (1882-1966)
42. Felipe Luciano (born 1947), New York
43. Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836-1870)
44. Susan Ludvigson (born 1942), South Carolina
45. Marek W. Lugowski (1959-2020), Illinois
46. Sheryl Luna, Texas
47. Lydia Lunch (born 1959), New York
48. Deacon Lunchbox (1950-1992). Georgia
49. George Lunt (1803-1885), Massachusetts
50. Masiela Lusha (born 1985)
51. Thomas Lux (born 1946)
52. William Whittingham Lyman, Jr. (1885-1983)
53. Henry Lyman
54. Thomas P. Lynch (born 1948)

M

Ma

1. Lewis MacAdams (born 1944)
2. Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890-1967), California
3. Percy MacKaye (1875-1956)
4. Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947)
5. Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982)
6. Jackson Mac Low (1922-2004)
7. Valerie Macon (born 1950), North Carolina
8. Naomi Long Madgett (born 1923)
9. Haki Madhubuti (born 1942)
10. John Gillespie Magee, Jr. (1922-1941)
11. Amit Majmudar, Ohio
12. Clarence Major (born 1936)
13. Gerard Malanga (born 1943), New York
14. Dora Malech (born 1981)
15. Taylor Mali (born 1965)
16. Douglas Malloch (1877-1938), Michigan
17. Frank Richard Maloney (1945-2009)
18. Tom Mandel (born 1942)
19. Sarah Manguso (born 1974)
20. Randall Mann (born 1972)
21. Maurice Manning (born 1966)
22. Djelloul Marbrook (born 1934)
23. Morton Marcus (1936-2009)
24. Joseph Moncure March (1899-1977)
25. Gary Margolis, Vermont
26. Paul Mariani (born 1940)
27. Edwin Markham (1852-1940)
28. Jeannette Marks (1875-1964)
29. Earl Bowman Marlatt (1892-1976), Indiana
30. Don Marquis (1878-1937)
31. Jack Marshall (born 1936)
32. Camille Martin (born 1956), United States / Canada
33. Charles Martin (born 1942)
34. Dionisio D. Martinez (born 1956)
35. Paul Martinez Pompa
36. Cate Marvin (born 1969)
37. David Mason (born 1954)
38. Matt Mason (born 1968), Nebraska
39. Steve Mason (1940-2005)
40. Clinton Joseph Masseck (1886-1948), Missouri
41. William Bryan Massey III
42. Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950)
43. Dan Masterson (born 1934)
44. Florence Ripley Mastin (1886-1968), New York
45. William Matchett (born 1923), Washington
46. Adrian Matejka (born 1971)
47. Harry Mathews (born 1930)
48. Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947)
49. Khaled Mattawa (born 1964)
50. Sebastian Matthews (born 1965)
51. William Matthews (1942-1997)
52. John Matthias (born 1941)
53. Kevin Max (born 1967)
54. Bernadette Mayer (born 1945)
55. Frances Mayes (born 1940?)

Mc

1. Janet McAdams (born 1957)
2. John C. M'Call (1793-1846), Pennsylvania
3. Robert McAlmon (1895-1956)
4. Dick McBride (1928-2012)
5. Linda McCarriston
6. Jack McCarthy (1939-2013), Massachusetts
7. J.D. McClatchy (born 1945)
8. George Marion McClellan (1860-1934)
9. Michael McClure (born 1932), California
10. Davis McCombs (born 1969)
11. Orma McCormick (1906-1988), Michigan
12. Edna Wahlert McCourt (1867-1964)
13. John Luckey McCreery (1835-1906)
14. Walt McDonald (born 1934)
15. Jill McDonough (born 1972)
16. Colleen J. McElroy (born 1935)
17. Michael McFee (born 1954), North Carolina
18. Bryant H. McGill (born 1969)
19. Phyllis McGinley (1905-1978)
20. James McGirt (1874-1930)
21. Karyna McGlynn (born 1977)
22. Mac McGovern (born 1950)(poet/author)
23. Michael McGovern (1848-1933), Ohio
24. Campbell McGrath
25. Thomas McGrath (1916-1990)
26. James McHenry (1765-1845), Ireland / United States, Pennsylvania
27. Heather McHugh (born 1948)
28. Claude McKay (1889-1948). Jamaica / United States, New York
29. Louis McKee (1951-2011), Pennsylvania
30. Irene McKinney (1939-2012), West Virginia
31. Rod McKuen (born 1933),
32. Isaac McLellan (1806-1899)
33. James McMichael (born 1939)
34. Mark McMorris (born 1960), Jamaica / United States
35. Wesley McNair (born 1941), Maine
36. Louise McNeill (1911-1993), West Virginia
37. Sandra McPherson (born 1943)
38. Joyelle McSweeney (born 1976)

Me-Ml

1. Jane Mead (born 1958)
2. A.B. Meek (1814-1865), Alabama
3. Joshua Mehigan (born 1969)
4. Grenville Mellen (1799-1841), Maine
5. David Meltzer (born 1957), California
6. Herman Melville (1819-1891)
7. Philip Memmer, New York
8. Samuel Menashe (1925-2011)
9. Adah Isaacs Menken (1835-1868)
10. Nancy Mercado (born 1959), New York
11. William Meredith (1919-2007)
12. Billy Merrell (born 1982)
13. Eve Merriam (1916-1992)
14. James Merrill (1926-1995)
15. Stuart Merrill (1863-1915)
16. Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
17. W.S. Merwin (born 1927)
18. Tom Meschery (born 1938)
19. Sarah Messer (born 1966)
20. Douglas Messerli (born 1947)
21. Philip Metres (born 1970)
22. Henry Meyer (1840-1925), Pennsylvania Dutch
23. Robert Mezey (born 1935)
24. William Michaelian (born 1956)
25. Max Michelson (1880-1953)
26. Diane Middlebrook (1939-2007)
27. Scudder Middleton (1888-1959), New York
28. Lloyd Mifflin (1846-1921), Pennsylvania
29. Josephine Miles (1911-1985), California
30. Joseph Millar
31. Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)
32. Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942)
33. E. Ethelbert Miller (born 1950)
34. Greg Miller (bon 1957)
35. Jane Miller (born 1949)
36. Jen Miller (born 1972)
37. Joaquin Miller (1837-1913)
38. Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956)
39. May Miller (1899-1995)
40. Tim Miller (born 1979)
41. Vassar Miller (1924-1998), Texas
42. Meade Minnegerode (1887-1967)
43. Chelsey Minnis (born 1970)
44. Deborah A. Miranda (born 1961)
45. Gary Miranda
46. Judson Mitcham (born 1948), Georgia
47. John Kearsley Mitchell (1798-1858), Pennsylvania
48. Ruth Comfort MItchell (1882-1954), California
49. Stephen Mitchell (born 1943)
50. Susan Mitchell (born 1944)
51. Florence Kilpatrick Mixter (1877-1949)
52. Ange Mlinko (born 1969)

Mo-My

Marianne Moore

1. H.D. Moe (born 1937)
2. Anis Mojgani (born 1977)
3. N. Scott Momaday (born 1934)
4. Paul Monette (1945-1995)
5. Mong-Lan
6. Harriet Monroe (1860-1936), Illinois
7. Marion Montgomery (1925-2011), Georgia
8. José Montoya (born 1932), California
9. William Vaughn Moody (1869-1910)
10. Charles Leonard Moore (1854-1925), Pennsylvania
11. Clara Jessup Moore (1824-1889), Pennsylvania
12. Clement Clark Moore (1779-1863), New York
13. Daniel Moore (born 1940)
14. Hannah Augusta Moore (born 1828), Maine
15. Jacqueline S. Moore (1926-2002)
16. Jessica Care Moore (born 1971)
17. Julia A. Moore (1847-1920), Michigan
18. Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
19. Richard O. Moore (born 1920)
20. Todd Moore (1937-2010)
21. Lizelia Moorer (fl. 1895-1907), South Carolina
22. Pat Mora (born 1942)
23. Barbara Moraff (born 1939), Vermont
24. Moore Moran (1931-2011), California
25. Elizabeth Seydel Morgan (born 1939), Virginia
26. Frederick Morgan (1922-2004), New York
27. Robert Morgan (born 1944), North Carolina
28. Robin Morgan (born 1941)
29. Christopher Morley (1890-1957)
30. Hilda Morley (1916-1998)
31. George Pope Morris (1802-1864), New York
32. Harrison S. Morris (1858-1948), Pennsylvania
33. Richard Morris
34. Tracie Morris
35. Jim Morrison (1943-1971)
36. Rusty Morrison (born 1956), California
37. Bradford Morrow (born 1951), New York
38. Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (1893-1955)
39. Samuel French Morse (1916-1985)
40. Valzhyna Mort (born 1981), Belarusian
41. Viggo Mortensen (born 1958)
42. Anna Moschovakis
43. Howard Moss (1922-1987), New York
44. Jeff Moss (1942-1998)
45. Stanley Moss (born 1925), New York
46. Thylias Moss (born 1954)
47. John Most (born 1977), New York
48. Louise Chandler Moulton (1835-1908)
49. Anna Cora Mowatt (1819-1870)
50. Jennifer Moxley (born 1964)
51. Lisel Mueller (born 1924)
52. Dhan Gopal Mukerji (1890-1936), India / United States
53. Harryette Mullen (born 1953)
54. Charles Muñoz (born 1926)
55. Charles R. Murphy (1884-1936), Pennsylvania
56. Erin Murphy
57. Sheila Murphy (born 1951)
58. Timothy Murphy (born 1951), Minnesota
59. Ada Foster Murray (1856-1936), New Jersey; mother of Aline Kilmer
60. Joan Murray (1917-1942)
61. Joan Murray (born 1945)
62. Pauli Murray
63. Charles Hamilton Musgrove (1871-1926), Kentucky
64. Carol Muske-Dukes (born 1945)
65. Eileen Myles (born 1949)

N

Ogden Nash

1. Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)
2. James Nack (1809-1879), New York
3. Nora Naranjo-Morse (born 1953) New Mexico
4. Ogden Nash (1902-1971), New York
5. Leonard E. Nathan (1924-2007), California
6. John Neal (1793-1876), Maine
7. John G. Neihardt (1881-1973), Nebraska
8. Joel Nelson (born 1945), Texas
9. Marilyn Nelson (born 1946), Connecticut
10. Maggie Nelson (born 1973), California
11. Howard Nemerov (1920–1991)
12. Arthur Nersesian (born 1958), New York
13. Kenn Nesbitt (born 1962)
14. Arthur H. Nethercot (1895-1981), Illinois
15. F.A. Nettelbeck (1950-2011)
16. Richard Newman (born 1966), Missouri
17. Richard Jeffrey Newman (born 1962), New York
18. New York School (20th century)
19. Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974)
20. Hoa Nguyen (born 1967)
21. Louise Townsend Nicholl (1890-1981), New Jersey
22. Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970), Wisconsin
23. Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)
24. John Frederick Nims (1913-1999)
25. Lucille M. Nixon (1908-1963)
26. Eric Nord (1919-1989), California
27. Jessica Nordell
28. Kathleen Norris (born 1947)
29. Harold Norse (1916-2009)
30. Charles North (born 1941), New York
31. Jessica Nelson North (1891-1988)
32. Jim Northrup (born 1943), Wisconsin
33. Harry Northup (born 1940)
34. Grace Fallow Norton (1876-1926)
35. Alice Notley (born 1945)
36. Idra Novey (born 1978)
37. Medora Addison Nutter (born 1891)
38. Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952)

O

Frank O'Hara

1. Richard Oakley, New York
2. William Oandasan (1947-1992), California
3. Objectivist poets (20th century), New York
4. Edward J. O'Brien (1890-1941)
5. Geoffrey O'Brien (born 1948), New York
6. Geoffrey G. O'Brien (born 1969)
7. Ed Ochester (born 1939)
8. Gloria Oden (1923-2011), Maryland
9. Charles L. O'Donnell (1884-1934), Indiana
10. Blanche Oelrichs (1890-1950)
11. Ron Offen (1930-2010), Illinois
12. Frank O'Hara (1926-1966), New York
13. Sharon Olds (born 1942)
14. Mary Oliver (born 1935)
15. Tillie Olsen (1912-2007)
16. Alix Olson (born 1975)
17. Charles Olson (1910-1970)
18. David O'Neil (1874-1947), United States / France
19. George O'Neil (1896-1940)
20. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)
21. George Oppen (1906-1984), husband of Mary Oppen
22. Mary Oppen (1908-1990), wife of George Oppen
23. James Oppenheim (1882-1932)
24. Joel Oppenheimer (1930-1988), New York
25. Mary Rose O'Reilley, Minnesota
26. John Boyle O'Reilly (1844-1890), Massachusetts
27. Peter Oresick (born 1955), Pennsylvania
28. Steve Orlen (1942-2010)
29. Meghan O'Rourke (born 1946), New York
30. David Orr (born 1974)
31. Gregory Orr (born 1947)
32. Simon J. Ortiz (born 1941), New Mexico
33. Jacqueline Osherow (born 1956)
34. Jena Osman (born 1963)
35. Alicia Ostriker (born 1937)
36. Eliza A. Otis (1833-1904)
37. Laurence Overmire (born 1957)
38. Rochelle Owens (born 1936), New York

P

Pa-Pl

1. Robert Pack (born 1929)
2. Ron Padgett (born 1942)
3. Robert Treat Paine Jr. (1773-1811), Massachusetts
4. Grace Paley (1922-2007)
5. Cheryl Pallant (born 1960)
6. Condé Benoist Pallen (1858-1929), Missouri
7. Michael Palmer (born 1943)
8. Eric Pankey (born 1959)
9. Suzanne Paola (born 1956)
10. Deborah Paredez (born 1970), Texas
11. Jay Parini (born 1948)
12. Dorothy Parker (1893-1967), New York
13. Thomas William Parsons (1819-1892), Massachusetts
14. Lee Passarella (born 1949), Georgia
15. Linda Pastan (born 1932)
16. Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972)
17. Luther Patrick (1894-1957), Alabama
18. Ricardo Pau-Llosa (born 1954), Florida
19. James Kirke Paulding (1779-1860), New York
20. Peter Payack (born 1950), Massachusetts
21. John Howard Payne (1791-1852), New York / England
22. Josephine Preston Peabody (1874-1922)
23. Richard Peabody
24. Molly Peacock (born 1947)
25. James Larkin Pearson (1879-1981), North Carolina
26. Harry Thurston Peck (1856-1914), New York
27. Samuel Minturn Peck (1854-1938), Alabama
28. Bryan Penberthy (born 1976)
29. Michael Pendragon (born 1963), New York
30. Rob Penny (1941-2003), Pennsylvania
31. James Gates Percival (1795-1856)
32. Eleanor Percy Lee (1819-1849), Mississippi
33. William Alexander Percy (1885-1942), Mississipps
34. Willie Perdomo
35. Peter Pereira (born 1959)
36. Sam Pereira (born 1949)
37. Bob Perelman
38. Lucia Perillo (born 1958)
39. Alice N. Persons (born 1952), Maine
40. Robert Peters
41. Marc Petersen, California
42. Paulann Petersen (born 1942), Oregon
43. W.T. Pfefferle (born 1958)
44. Alex Phillips (born 1977), Massachusetts
45. Carl Phillips (born 1959)
46. Wanda Phipps (born 1960), New York
47. Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836-1919)
48. Anthony Piccione (1939-2001), New York
49. Henry Pickering (1781-1831), Massachusetts
50. Catherine Pierce (born 1978), Mississippi
51. Marge Piercy (born 1936)
52. John Pierpoint (1785-1866)
53. Josephine Pinckney (1895-1957), South Carolina
54. Helen Pinkerton (born 1927), California; wife of Wesley Trimpi
55. Edward Coote Pinkney (1802-1828), Maryland
56. Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945)
57. Robert Pinsky (born 1940)
58. Nick Piombino (born 1942), New York
59. Edwin Ford Piper (1871-1939), Iowa
60. Vanessa Place (born 1968)
61. Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
62. Ann Plato, Connecticut
63. Stanley Plumly (born 1939)
64. Sterling D. Plumpp (born 1940)

Po-Pr

Edgar Allan Poe

1. John Poch (born 1966)
2. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
3. Robert Polito (born 1951)
4. Katha Pollitt (born 1949)
5. Ralph Pomeroy (1926-1999)
6. Paul Martinez Pompa
7. Marie Ponsot (born 1921)
8. Aaron Poochigian (born 1973)
9. Alexander Posey (1873-1908), Oklahoma
10. Joshua Poteat (born 1971); husband of Allison Titus
11. Carol Potter
12. Charles Potts (1943)
13. A. Poulin, Jr. (1938-1996), New York
14. Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
15. D.A. Powell (born 1963)
16. Kevin Powell (born 1966)
17. Julien de Lallande Poydras (1746-1824), Louisiana, French
18. Minnie Bruce Pratt (born 1946)
19. Jack Prelutsky (born 1940)
20. Caleb Prentiss (1771-1838), Maine
21. Elizabeth Prentiss (1818-1878)
22. Reynolds Price (1933-2011), North Carolina
23. V.B. Price (born 1940)
24. N.H. Pritchard (1939-1996), New York
25. Edna Dean Proctor (1827-1923), New Hampshire / Massachusetts
26. Frederic Prokosch
27. Kevin Prufer (born 1969)
28. Wyatt Prunty (born 1947)
29. Christina Pugh

Q

1. George Quasha (born 1942)

R

Ra-Ri

1. Sun Ra (1914-1993)
2. Lawrence Raab (born 1946). Massachusetts
3. Anna Rabinowitz
4. Kevin Rabas
5. Burton Raffel
6. Sam Ragan (1915-1996), North Carolina
7. Henry Rago (1915-1969), Illinois
8. Dachine Rainer (1921-2000)
9. Carl Rakosi (1903-2004)
10. Bin Ramke (born 1947)
11. Lee Ranaldo (born 1956)
12. Dudley Randall (1914-2000)
13. James Ryder Randall (1839-1908)
14. Julia Randall (1923-2005)
15. Claudia Rankine (born 1963)
16. John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974), Tennessee
17. Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti (born 1966)
18. Barbara Ras (born 1949)
19. Ron Rash (born 1953), South Carolina
20. Stephen Ratcliffe (born 1948), California
21. Chelsea Rathburn (born 1975)
22. Beatrice Ravenel (1870-1956), South Carolina
23. Linda Ravenswood
24. David Ray (born 1932)
25. H. Cordelia Ray (1852-1916), New York
26. Thomas Buchanan Read (1822-1872)
27. Janice Rebibo, Hebrew
28. Liam Rector (1949-2007)
29. Spencer Reece (born 1963)
30. Edward Bliss Reed (1872-1940), Connecticut
31. Ishmael Reed (born 1938)
32. John Reed (1887-1920)
33. Lou Reed (1942-2013)
34. Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856-1935), Maryland
35. Pam Rehm (born 1967)
36. AE Reiff, Pennsylvania
37. Ariana Reines (born 1982)
38. James Reiss (born 1941)
39. Naomi Replansky (born 1918), New York
40. Paul Reps (1895-1990)
41. Augustus Julian Requier (1825-1887), Alabama
42. Joan Retallack (born 1941)
43. Carter Revard (born 1931)
44. Donald Revell (born 1954)
45. Eben E. Rexford (1848-1916), Wisconsin
46. Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982)
47. Barbara Jane Reyes (born 1971)
48. Charles Reznikoff (1894-1976)
49. William Henry Rhodes (1822-1876)
50. René Ricard (born 1946)
51. Cale Young Rice (1872-1943), Kentucky
52. Oliver Rice (1921-2016), Florida
53. Stan Rice (1942-2002)
54. Adrienne Rich (born 1929)
55. H. Thompson Rich (1893-1974), New York
56. Beah Richards (1920-2000)
57. George Richards (?1755-1814), Massachusetts
58. Laura E. Richards (1850-1943), Maine
59. Monica Richards (born 1965)
60. James Richardson (born 1950)
61. Lola Ridge (1873-1941)
62. Laura Riding (1901-1991)
63. Atsuro Riley (born 1960)
64. James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916), Indiana
65. Alberto Ríos (born 1952), Arizona
66. Jessie B. Rittenhouse (1869-1948), New York
67. David Rivard (born 1953)
68. Tomás Rivera (1935-1984)
69. Amélie Rives (1863-1945), Virginia

Ro-Ry

1. Doren Robbins (born 1949), California / Oregon
2. Ed Roberson (born 1939)
3. Elizabeth Madox Roberts (1881-1941), Kentucky
4. Ellwood Roberts (1846-1921), Pennsylvania
5. James J. Roberts (born 1947)
6. Howard W. Robertson (born 1947), Oregon
7. Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935)
8. Harriet Hanson Robinson (1825-1911), Massachusetts
9. Kit Robinson (born 1949)
10. John Pierre Roche (1889-1960), Illinois
11. David Roderick (born 1970)
12. Carolyn M. Rodgers (1940-2010), Illinois
13. Edouard Roditi (1910-1992)
14. Luis J. Rodriguez (born 1954)
15. Theodore Roethke (1908-1963)
16. Karla Rogers
17. Pattiann Rogers (born 1940)
18. Steve Roggenbuck (born 1987)
19. Matthew Rohrer (born 1970)
20. Henry Rollins (born 1961)
21. David Romtvedt, Wyoming
22. Martha Ronk (born 1940), California
23. Kathleen Rooney
24. E. Merrill Root (1895-1973)
25. William Pitt Root (born 1941)
26. Lee Ann Roripaugh? (born 1965)
27. James Rorty (1890-1973)
28. Wendy Rose (born 1948)
29. Raymond Roseliep
30. Franklin Rosemont (1943-2009), Illinois; husband of Penelope Rosemont
31. Penelope Rosemont (born 1942), Illinois; wife of Franklin Rosemont
32. Joel Rosenberg (born 1943)
33. Liz Rosenberg (born 1955)
34. David H. Rosenthal (1945-1992)
35. Bruce Ross, Canada / United States, Maine
36. J. Allyn Rosser
37. Jerome Rothenberg (born 1931)
38. Michael Rothenberg
39. Thomas Rowley, Vermont
40. Gibbons Ruark (born 1941), North Carolina
41. Mark Rudman (born 1948)
42. Mary Ruefle (born 1952)
43. Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980)
44. Nipsey Russell (1918-2005)
45. Archibald Rutledge (1883-1973), South Carolina
46. Vern Rutsala (1934-2014), Oregon
47. Carl Hancock Rux, New York
48. Abram Ryan (1838-1886)
49. Kay Ryan (born 1945)
50. Michael Ryan (born 1946)

S

Sa-Sc

1. Marx G. Sabel (1894-1934)
2. William A. Sackett (1951)
3. Peter Sacks (born 1950)
4. Ira Sadoff (born 1945)
5. Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 1954)
6. David St. John (born 1949); husband of Anna Journey
7. Primus St. John (born 1939)
8. Michael Salinger (born 1962), Ohio
9. Ralph Salisbury (born 1924)
10. Mary Jo Salter (born 1954)
11. Benjamin Saltman (1927–1999)
12. Francis Saltus Saltus (1849-1889), New York
13. Sonia Sanchez (born 1934)
14. Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)
15. Ed Sanders (born 1939)
16. Robert C. Sands (1799-1832), New York
17. Margaret Sangster (1838-1912), New York
18. George Santayana (1863-1952)
19. Edward Sapir (1884-1939)
20. Lew Sarett (1888-1954)
21. Epes Sargent (1813-1880)., Massachusetts
22. Aram Saroyan (born 1943)
23. Stephen Sartarelli (born 1954)
24. May Sarton (1912-1995)
25. Minot Judson Savage (1841-1918), father of Philip Henry Savage
26. Philip Henry Savage (1868-1899), Massachusetts, son of Minot Judson Savage
27. Jeannine Savard (born 1950)
28. John Godfrey Saxe
29. Leslie Scalapino (1947-2010)
30. Maxine Scates (born 1949)
31. Ruth Lisa Schechter (1918-1989), New York
32. Andrew Schelling (born 1953)
33. Peter Schjeldahl (born 1942), New York.
34. Michael Schmidt (born 1947), England
35. Dennis Schmitz (born 1937), California
36. Gjertrud Schnackenberg (born 1953)
37. Dan Schneider (born 1965)
38. Isidor Schneider (1896-1976)
39. Pat Schneider (born 1934)
40. Steven Schneider
41. Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842), Michigan
42. E.M. Schorb (born 1940)
43. Penelope Scambly Schott (born 1942)
44. Philip Schultz (born 1945), New York
45. Susan Polis Schutz (born 1944)
46. James Schuyler (1923–1991), New York
47. Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966)
48. Lloyd Schwartz (born 1941)
49. Patricia Roth Schwartz (born 1946)
50. Ruth L. Schwartz (born 1962)
51. Armand Schwerner (1927-1999), New York
52. Clinton Scollard (1860-1932), New York
53. Evelyn Scott (1893-1963), New York
54. Winfield Townley Scott (1910-1968)
55. Robert Paine Scripps (1895-1938)
56. James Scully (born 1937)

Se-Si

1. Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810-1876)
2. Peter Sears (born 1937), Oregon
3. Peter Seaton (1942 – 2010), New York
4. Roger Sedarat (born 1971)
5. Alan Seeger (1888-1916)
6. Tim Seibles (born 1955)
7. Frederick Seidel (born 1936)
8. Hugh Seidman (born 1940)
9. Rebecca Seiferle (born 1951)
10. Martha Serpas (born 1965)
11. Nina Serrano (born 1934), California
12. Vijay Seshadri (born 1954)
13. Dr. Seuss (1904-1991)
14. Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
15. Tom Sexton (born 1940), Alaska
16. Ntozake Shange (born 1948)
17. Ravi Shankar (born 1975)
18. Alan Shapiro (born 1952)
19. David Shapiro (born 1947)
20. Harvey Shapiro (1924-2013), New York
21. Karl Shapiro (1913–2000)
22. G.S. Sharat Chandra (1935-2000)
23. Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970)
24. Frances Shaw (1872-1937), Illinois
25. Scott Shaw
26. John Augustus Shea (1802-1845), Ireland / New York
27. Laurie Sheck
28. Julie Sheehan
29. Odell Shepard (1884-1967), Connecticut
30. Reginald Shepherd (1963-2008)
31. Laura Sherry (1876-1947), Wisconsin
32. Pearl Andelson Sherry (1899-1966), Illinois
33. Jason Shinder (1955-2008)
34. Evie Shockley
35. Jane Shore (born 1947)
36. Aaron Shurin (born 1947)
37. Shoshauna Shy, Wisconsin
38. Eli Siegel (1902-1978)
39. Robert Siegel (1939-2012)
40. Cedar Sigo (born 1978), Washington
41. Lydia Sigourney (1791-1865), Connecticut
42. Eleni Sikélianòs (born 1991)
43. Richard Siken (born 1967)
44. Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948)
45. Edward Rowland Sill (1841-1887)
46. Ron Silliman (born 1946)
47. Murray Silverstein (born 1943)
48. Shel Silverstein (1930–1999)
49. Charles Simic (born 1938)
50. Jim Simmerman (1952-2006), Arizona
51. William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870), South Carolina
52. Marge Simon (born 1942)
53. Louis Simpson (born 1923)
54. John Sinclair (born 1941), Michigan
55. Marilyn Singer (born 1948)
56. Hal Sirowitz (born 1949), New York

Sk-Sp

1. Robert F. Skillings (1819-1902), Maine
2. Judith Skillman (born 1954)
3. Myra Sklarew (born 1934), Maryland
4. Floyd Skloot (born 1947)
5. Ed Skoog (born 1971)
6. David R. Slavitt (born 1935)
7. Mary B.C. Slade (1826-1882), Massachusetts
8. Tom Sleigh (born 1953)
9. e. smith sleigh (born 1977), New Mexico
10. Arabella Eugenia Smith (1844-1916)
11. Bruce Smith (born 1946)
12. Charlie Smith (born 1947), Georgia
13. Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961), California
14. Dave Smith (born 1942)
15. Edwin E. Smith (born 1968)
16. Elbert H. Smith
17. Elihu Hubbard Smith (1771-1798), Connecticut / New York
18. Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806-1893), New York
19. Langdon Smith (1858-1908)
20. Lewis Worthington Smith (1866-1947), Iowa
21. Marc Smith (born 1949), Illinois
22. Margaret D. Smith (born 1958)
23. Maurine Smith (died 1919), Illinois
24. Patricia Smith (born 1955)
25. Patti Smith (born 1946)
26. R.T. Smith (born 1947)
27. Rod Smith (born 1962)
28. Rolland G. Smith, New York
29. Ron Smith, Virginia
30. Tracy K. Smith (born 1972)
31. Welton Smith (1940-2006)
32. William Jay Smith (born 1918)
33. Paul Smyth (1944-2006)
34. Florence D. Snelling, Massachusetts
35. Tom Snelling (1949-2014), Georgia
36. Ann Snodgrass
37. W.D. Snodgrass (1926-2009)
38. Carol Snow (born 1949), California
39. Edward Snow
40. Eliza R. Snow (1804-1887), Utah
41. Craig Snyder
42. Gary Snyder (born 1930)
43. Laurel Snyder
44. Gustaf Sobin (1935-2005), France
45. Roberto Solis (born 1945)
46. Cathy Song (born 1955)
47. Gilbert Sorrentino (1929-2006)
48. Gary Soto (born 1952)
49. Solomon Southwick (1773-1839), New York
50. Lisa Russ Spaar
51. Juliana Spahr (born 1966)
52. John Spaulding
53. Herman Spector (1905-1959), New York
54. A.B. Spellman (born 1935)
55. Anne Spencer (1882–1975)
56. Theodore Spencer (1902-1949)
57. Leonora Speyer (1872-1956), New York
58. Jack Spicer (1925-1965), California
59. Harriet Prescott Spofford (1835-1891), Massachusetts
60. Henry Sandford Spofford (1845-1868), New York
61. Charles Sprague (1791-1875), Massachusetts
62. Jane Springer

St-Sz

1. Kim Stafford (born 1949), Oregon, son of William Stafford
2. William Stafford (1914–1993), Kansas, father of Kim Stafford
3. A.E. Stallings (born 1968)
4. Ann Stanford (1916–1987)
5. Frank Stanford (1948–1978)
6. George Stanley (born 1934), California / British Columbia
7. Frank L. Stanton (1857-1927), Georgia
8. Henry T. Stanton (1834-1899), Kentucky
9. Joseph Stanton (born 1949)
10. George Starbuck (1931-1996)
11. Victor Starbuck (1887-1935), North Carolina
12. William Force Stead (1884-1967)
13. Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908), son of Elizabeth Clementine Stedman
14. Elizabeth Clementine Stedman (1810-1889), mother of Edmund Clarence Stedman
15. Timothy Steele (born 1948)
16. Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
17. Edward Steinhardt (born 1961), Missouri
18. Mattie Stepanek (1990-2004)
19. Shelby Stephenson (born 1938), North Carolina
20. George Sterling (1869-1926),  California
21. Gerald Stern (born 1925)
22. Augusta Emma Stetson (1842–1928)
23. C.J. Stevens (born 1927)
24. James Thomas Stevens (born 1966)
25. Thomas Wood Stevens (1880-1942)
26. Wallace Stevens (1880–1955), Connecticut
27. Anne Stevenson (born 1933), England / America
28. Susan Stewart (born 1952)
29. W. Gregory Stewart (born 1950), California
30. Trumbull Stickney (1874-1904)
31. John Stigall (1951-2009)
32. James Still (1906-2001), Kentucky
33. Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909), California
34. Elizabeth Stoddard (1823-1902), New York; wife of Richard Henry Stoddard
35. Lorimer Stoddard (1863-1901), New York; son of Richard and Elizabeth Stoddard
36. Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903), New York; husband of Elizabeth Stoddard
37. Donna J. Stone (1933–1994)
38. Preston Mark Stone (born 1973)
39. Ruth Stone (born 1915)
40. Charles Wharton Stork (1881-1971)
41. William Wetmore Story (1819-1895), United States / Italy
42. Adrien Stoutenburg (1916-1982)
43. Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), Connecticut
44. John Straley (born 1953), Alaska
45. Mark Strand (born 1934)
46. Peter Streckfus (born 1969)
47. Stephanie Strickland (born 1942)
48. Marion Strobel (1895-1967), Illinois
49. Joseph Stroud (born 1943)
50. Lucien Stryk (born 1924)
51. Jesse Stuart (1907-1984), Kentucky
52. Ruth McEnery Stuart (1849-1917)
53. Michael Sturdy (born 1969)
54. Shawn Sturgeon (born 1965)
55. Virgil Suárez (born 1962), Florida
56. Ira Sukrungruang (born 1976), Florida
57. A.M. Sullivan (1896–1980)
58. Sekou Sundiata (1948-2007), New York
59. Joyce Sutphen (born 1949), Minnesota
60. Barton Sutter (born 1949), Minnesota
61. Mary Swander (born 1950), Iowa
62. Thomas Burnett Swann (1928-1976)
63. John Swanwick (1740-1798), Pennsylvania
64. Robert Sward (born 1933), Canada / United States
65. John Sweet (born 1968), New York
66. Cole Swensen (born 1955)
67. Karen Swenson (born 1936)
68. May Swenson (1913–1989)
69. Arthur Sze (born 1950)
70. Larissa Szporluk (born 1967)
71. Mary Szybist (born 1970)
72. Stacy Szymaszek (born 1969)

T

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. Mary TallMountain (1918-1994), Alaska / California
6. Amber Tamblyn (born 1983)
7. Margo Tamez (born 1962), Texas
8. Paul Tanaquil (1898-1972)
9. Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)
10. Luci Tapahonso (born 1953)
11. Anne Tardos
12. Nathaniel Tarn (born 1928), England / United States
13. Allen Tate (1899-1979)
14. James Tate (1943-2015)
15. Bayard Taylor (1825-1878)
16. Bert Leston Taylor (1866-1921), Illinois
17. Bruce Taylor (born 1947), Wisconsin
18. Edward Taylor (1645-1729), Massachusetts
19. Edward Robeson Taylor (1838-1923)
20. Eleanor Ross Taylor (1920-2011)
21. Henry S. Taylor (born 1942)
22. Marilyn Taylor, Wisconsin
23. Michelle Tea (born 1971), California
24. Brian Teare (born 1974)
25. Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)
26. Michael Teig (born 1968)
27. Robbie Q. Telfer (born 1980), Illinois
28. Todd Temkin (born 1964), United States / Chile
29. Elaine Terranova (born 1939)
30. Dabney Carr Terrell (1801-1827), Kentucky
31. Maria Terrone (born 1951), New York
32. Lucy Terry (1730-1821), Massachusetts
33. Steve Tesich (1942-1996)
34. Celia Thaxter (1835-1894), New Hampshire
35. Ernest Thayer (1863-1940)
36. Scofield Thayer (1889-1982)
37. William Roscoe Thayer (1859-1923)
38. Edith M. Thomas (1854-1925)
39. Lewis Thomas (1913-1993)
40. Lorenzo Thomas (1944-2005)
41. Clara Ann Thompson (1869-1949), Ohio
42. Dunstan Thompson (1918-1975), United States / England
43. Maurice Thompson (1844-1901), Indiana
44. William Irwin Thompson (born 1938)
45. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
46. N. Howard Thorp (1867-1940), New Mexico

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 (born 1976), Virginia; wife of Joshua Poteat
6. Melvin B. Tolson (1898-1966)
7. Stephen Tomajczyk (born 1960)
8. Lee Tonouchi (born circa 1972), Hawaii
9. Jean Toomer (1894-1967)
10. Ridgely Torrence (1874-1950)
11. Rodney Torreson (born 1951), Michigan
12. Rodrigo Toscano
13. Nick Tosches (born 1949)
14. Tony Tost (born 1975)
15. Cecil Touchon (born 1956)
16. Charles Hanson Towne (1877-1949), New York
17. Bill Tremblay (born 1940)
18. Natasha Trethewey (born 1966)
19. Arlene Tribbia, Illinois
20. Wesley Trimpi (1928-2014), California; husband of Helen Pinkerton
21. David Trinidad (born 1953)
22. Quincy Troupe (born 1939)
23. John Trumbull (1750-1831), Connecticut
24. David Tucker (born 1947), New Jersey
25. St. George Tucker (1752-1827), Virginia
26. Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821-1873), Massachusetts
27. Jewell Bothwell Tull (1889-1963), Iowa
28. Lewis Turco (born 1934)
29. Gavin Turnbull (1765-1816), Scotland / South Carolina
30. Brian Turner (born 1967)
31. Nancy Byrd Turner (1880-1971)
32. Genya Turovskaya (born 1973), New York
33. Malka Heifetz Tussman (1893-1987), Yiddish
34. Mark Twain (1835-1910)
35. Chase Twichell (born 1950)
36. E. Donald Two-Rivers (1945-2008), Illinois
37. Michael Tyrell (born 1974), New York
38. Henry Tyrrell (born 1859), New York

U

Louis Untermeyer

1. John Curtis Underwood (1874-1949), New Mexico
2. David Unger (born 1950)
3. Jean Starr Untermeyer (1886-1970), wife of Louis Untermeyer
4. Louis Untermeyer (1885-1977), husband of Jean Starr Untermeyer
5. John Updike (1932-2009)
6. Thomas Cogswell Upham (1799-1872), Maine
7. Charles Upton (born 1948)
8. Luís Alberto Urrea (born 1955)
9. Amy Uyematsu (born 1947)

V

1. Laurence Vail (1891-1968), United States / France
2. Catherynne M. Valente (born 1979)
3. Jean Valentine (born 1934), New York
4. Sheldon Vanauken (1914-1996)
5. Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931)
6. Mark Van Doren (1894-1972)
7. Mona Van Duyn (1921-2004)
8. Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933)
9. Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003)
10. Janine Pommy Vega (1942-2010)
11. Jones Very (1813-1880)
12. George Sylvester Viereck (1884-1962); father of Peter Viereck
13. Peter Viereck (1916-2006); son of George Sylvester Viereck
14. Luisa Villani (born 1964), California
15. Julia Vinograd (1943-2018), California
16. Paul Violi (1944-2011), New York
17. Nick Virgilio (1928-1989), New Jersey
18. Gerald Vizenor (born 1934)
19. Ellen Bryant Voigt (born 1943)
20. Karen Volkman (born 1967)
21. Judith Vollmer (born 1951)
22. Ocean Vuong (born 1988)

W

Wa

1. Catherine Wagner (born 1969)
2. David Wagoner (born 1926), Washington
3. Buddy Wakefield (born 1974)
4. Diane Wakoski (born 1937)
5. Diane Wald, Massachusetts
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. Margaret Walker (1915-1998)
15. Ronald Wallace (born 1945), Wisconsin
16. Tony Wallace, Massachusetts
17. Martin Walls (born 1970), England / New York
18. Ernest Walsh (1895-1926), United States / France
19. Eda Lou Walton (1894-1961), New York
20. Clarence A. Walworth (1820-1900)
21. Connie Wanek, (born 1952), Minnesota
22. BJ Ward (born 1967), New Jersey
23. Diane Ward (born 1956)
24. Catherine Ann Warfield (1816-1877), Mississippi
25. Emily Warn. Washington
26. Gretchen Warren (1868-1961), Massachusetts
27. Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989)
28. Rosanna Warren (born 1953)
29. David Atwood Wasson (1823-1887)
30. Michael Waters (born 1949)
31. William Jon Watkins (born 1942)
32. Minor Watson (1941 fl.)
33. Bob Watt (1925-2012), Wisconsin
34. Barrett Watten (born 1948)
35. Willard Wattles (1888-1950), Florida
36. April Halprin Wayland (born 1954)

We-Wh

Walt Whitman

1. Afaa M. Weaver (born 1951)
2. John V.A. Weaver (1893-1938)
3. Charles Harper Webb (born 1952)
4. Jim Webb (born 1945), Kentucky
5. Rebecca Wee
6. Paul Francis Webster (1907-1984), California
7. Bruce Weigl (born 1949)
8. Eliot Weinberger (born 1949), New York
9. Hannah Weiner (1928-1997)
10. Joshua Weiner
11. Paul Weinman (1940-2015)
12. Theodore Weiss (1916-2003), New Jersey
13. Don Welch (born 1939), Nebraska
14. James Welch (1940-2003), Montana
15. Lew Welch (1926-1971?)
16. Marjorie Welish (born 1944)
17. Amos Russel Wells (1862-1933), Massachusetts
18. Carolyn Wells (1862-1942)
19. Joe Wenderoth (born 1966)
20. Glenway Wescott (1901-1987), United States / France
21. Paul West (born 1930), England / United States
22. Mildred Weston (1905-1998), Washington
23. Rachel Wetzsteon (1967-2009), New York
24. Philip Whalen (1923-2002), California
25. Mark Whalon (1886-1956), Vermont
26. Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
27. John Wheatcroft (born 1925), Pennsylvania
28. Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), Massachusetts
29. Susan Wheeler (born 1955)
30. John Hall Wheelock (1886-1978)
31. John Wheelwright (1897-1940)
32. E.B. White (1899-1985)
33. Edward Lucas White (1866-1934), Maryland
34. Hervey White (1866-1944)
35. Gary J. Whitehead (born 1965), New Jersey
36. Ruth Whitman (1922-1999)
37. Sarah Helen Whitman (1803-1878), Rhode Island
38. Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
39. A.D.T. Whitney (1824-1906), Massachusetts
40. Reed Whittemore (1919-2012)
41. John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)

Wi-Wy

William Carlos Williams

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 (1794-1827)
7. Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919)
8. Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1843)
9. Amos N. Wilder (1895-1983)
10. Charlotte Wilder (1898-1980)
11. Florence Wilkinson (born 1878), New York
12. Marguerite Wilkinson (1883-1928), Illinois
13. Nancy Willard (born 1936)
14. Charles Willeford (1919-1988)
15. C.K. Williams (1936-2015), New Jersey
16. Jonathan Williams (1929-2008), North Carolina
17. Miller Williams (1930-2015), Arkansas
18. Oscar Williams (1900-1964)
19. Paul O. Williams (1935-2009)
20. Philip Lee Williams (born 1950), Georgia
21. Sarah Williams
22. Saul Williams (born 1972)
23. Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
24. William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), New Jersey
25. Greg Williamson (born 1964)
26. Elizabeth Willis (born 1961)
27. Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867)
28. Forceythe Willson (1837-1867), Kentucky
29. Eleanor Wilner, (born 1937)
30. Edmund Wilson (1893-1972)
31. Emily Wilson (born 1968)
32. Peter Lamborn Wilson (born 1945)
33. Christian Wiman, (born 1966)
34. Terence Winch (born 1945), Washington, DC
35. Septimus Winner (1827-1902), Pennsylvania
36. Anne Winters
37. Yvor Winters (1900-1968)
38. Sam Witt (born 1970)
39. Warren Woessner (born 1944), Wisconsin
40. Larry Woiwode (born 1941), North Dakota
41. David Wojahn (born 1953)
42. Adolf Wolff (1883-1944), New York
43. Rebecca Wolff (born 1967)
44. John Barton Wolgamot
45. Sholeh Wolpé (born 1962)
46. Terry Wolverton (born 1954)
47. Nellie Wong (born 1934), California
48. Charles E.S. Wood (1852-1944), Oregon
49. Clement Wood (1888-1950), New York
50. Susan Wood (born 1946)
51. George E. Woodberry (1852-1930)
52. E.A. Woodward (born 1858), Ohio
53. Samuel Woodworth (1784-1832)
54. Gamel Woolsey (1895-1968)
55. Bryan Thao Worra (born 1973)
56. Patience Worth
57. C.D. Wright, (born 1949)
58. Charles Wright (born 1935)
59. Elizur Wright (1804-1885)
60. Franz Wright (born 1953)
61. James Wright (1927–1980)
62. Jay Wright (born 1935)
63. Kirby Wright (born 1955), Hawai'i
64. Richard Wright (1908–1960)
65. Robert Wrigley (born 1951)
66. Mark Wunderlich (born 1968)
67. Audrey Wurdemann (1911-1960); great-great-granddaughter of Percy Bysshe Shelley; wife of Joseph Auslander
68. Edith Wyatt (1873-1958), Illinois
69. John Allan Wyeth (1894-1981)
70. Elinor Wylie (1885-1928)

X

1. Emanuel Xavier (born 1971)

Y

1. Mitsuye Yamada (born 1923)
2. Lois-Ann Yamanaka (born 1961), Hawaii
3. Leo Yankevich (born 1961)
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)
16. Joy Yourcenar (1963-2016)

Z

1. Matthew Zapruder (born 1967)
2. Lisa Zaran (born 1969)
3. Cynthia Zarin (born 1959)
4. Marya Zaturenska (1902-1982)
5. Bill Zavatsky (born 1943)
6. Andrew Zawacki (born 1972)
7. Ofelia Zepeda (born 1952), Arizona
8. Calvin Ziegler (1854-1930), Pennsylvania Dutch
9. Joaquin Zihuatanejo
10. Paul Zimmer (born 1934)
11. Paul Edwin Zimmer (1943-1997)
12. Ahmos Zu-Bolton (1943-2005)
13. Rachel Zucker (born 1971), New York
14. Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978)
15. Martha Zweig

See also

• American poetry
• List of English language poets
• List of years in poetry
• Academy of American Poets

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