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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.

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A

A-Ak

  1. Jonathan Aaron (born 1941)
  2. Francesca Abbate
  3. Henry Abbey (1842-1911), New York
  4. Loureine Aber (1893-1930), Illinois
  5. Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872-1956), North Carolina
  6. Sam Abrams (born 1935), New York
  7. Seth Abramson (born 1976)
  8. Diane Ackerman (born 1956)
  9. Duane Ackerson (born 1942), Oregon
  10. Mercedes de Acosta (18931968)
  11. Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913-2004)
  12. Helen Adam (19091993)
  13. John Adams (1704-1740)
  14. John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
  15. John Turvill Adams (1805-1882), Connecticut
  16. Léonie Adams (1899-1988)
  17. Betty Adcock (born 1938)
  18. Kim Addonizio (born 1954)
  19. James Agee (1909-1955)
  20. Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969)
  21. Jack Agüeros (born 1934)
  22. Ai (1947-2010)
  23. Conrad Aiken (1889-1973), Georgia
  24. Ellery Akers (born 1946)
  25. 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. Washington Allston (1779-1843)
  24. Melanie Almeder (born 1965)
  25. Bert Almon (born 1943), United States / Canada
  26. Richard Alsop (1761-1815), Connecticut
  27. Alta (Alta Gerrey) (born 1942)
  28. Keith Althaus (born 1946)
  29. Howard Altmann, New York
  30. Julia Cooley Altrocchi (1893-1972), California
  31. Alurista (born 1947)
  32. Julia Álvarez (born 1950)
  33. James Church Alvord, Massachusetts
  34. Indran Amirthanayagam (born 1960)
  35. A.R. Ammons (1926-2001)
  36. Ray Amorosi (born 1946), Massachusetts

An-Az

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  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. Philip Appleman (born 1926)
  18. Adrian Arancibia (born 1971)
  19. Ruby Archer (1873-1961)
  20. Walter Conrad Arensburg (1878-1954)
  21. Ken Arkind, Colorado
  22. Rae Armantrout (born 1947)
  23. Richard Armour (1906-1989)
  24. Craig Arnold (1967-2009)
  25. George Arnold (1834-1865), New York
  26. Robert P. Arthur (born 1943)
  27. M.K. Asante (born 1982)
  28. John Ashbery (born 1927)
  29. Joseph Auslander (1897–1965); husband of Audrey Wurdemann
  30. Paul Auster (born 1947)
  31. Mary Austin (1868-1934), California
  32. Sevan Aydinian (born 1983)
  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)

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. Nelson Bentley (1918-1990), Washington
  28. David Bergman (born 1950)
  29. Bill Berkson {born 1939)
  30. David Berman (born 1967)
  31. April Bernard (born 1956)
  32. Charles Bernstein (born 1950)
  33. Steven "Jesse" Bernstein (1950-1991)
  34. Anselm Berrigan (born 1972)
  35. Daniel Berrigan (born 1921)
  36. Ted Berrigan (1934-1983)
  37. Wendell Berry (born 1934)
  38. John Berryman (1914-1972)
  39. Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (born 1947), New Mexico
  40. Lorraine Bethel
  41. Reginald Dwayne Betts
  42. 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 (18321919)
  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 (19412006)
  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. Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882-1954), Wyoming
  18. Stephen Burt (born 1971)
  19. Raegan Butcher (born 1969)
  20. Denver Butson (born 1965), New York
  21. Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
  22. W.E. Butts (1944-2013), New Hampshire
  23. Kathryn Stripling Byer (born 1944), North Carolina
  24. Witter Bynner (1881-1968)
  25. 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 (19381988)
  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. Jane Cooper (1924-2007)
  39. Jake Copass (1920-2006), California
  40. William Corbett (born 1942)
  41. Billy Corgan (born 1967)
  42. Cid Corman (1924-2004)
  43. Alfred Corn, (born 1943)
  44. Mary Cornish (born 1948)
  45. Gregory Corso (1930-2001)
  46. Jayne Cortez (1934-2012), California
  47. Joseph S. Cotter (1861-1949), Kentucky
  48. Joe Cottonwood (born 1947)
  49. Henri Coulette (1927-1988)
  50. John Cournos (1881-1966)
  51. Elise Cowen (1933-1962), New York
  52. Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989)
  53. Eleanor Rogers Cox (1865-1931)
  54. 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 (18991932)
  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 (19262005)
  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 (18981929)
  16. Victor Hernández Cruz (born 1949), New York
  17. Brian Culhane (born 1954), New York
  18. Countee Cullen (19031946)
  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. Robert von Dassanowsky (born 1965)
  15. Guy Davenport (1927-2005)
  16. Donald Davidson (poet)
  17. Gustav Davidson
  18. Michael Davidson (born 1944)
  19. Alan Davies (born 1951)
  20. Mary Carolyn Davies (1888-1940?)
  21. Catherine Davis (1924-2002)
  22. Christina Davis (born 1971)
  23. Dale T. Davis, New York
  24. Fannie Stearns Davis (1884-1958)
  25. Frank Marshall Davis (1905-1987)
  26. Gwen Davis (born 1936)
  27. Jon Davis
  28. Jordan Davis (born 1970)
  29. Peter Davison (1928-2004)
  30. Olena Kalytiak Davis (born 1963)
  31. Richard Bingham Davis (1771-1799), New York
  32. Clarence Day (1874-1935), 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

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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. Timothy Donnelly (born 1969)
  28. Jeanne D'Orge (1879-1954), California
  29. Sonya Dorman (1924-2005)
  30. Ed Dorn (1929-1999)
  31. Doug Dorph, New York
  32. Julia C.R. Dorr (1825-1913), Vermont
  33. John Dos Passos (1896-1970)
  34. Mark Doty (born 1953)
  35. Franz Douskey
  36. Rita Dove (born 1952)
  37. Dorothy Dow (1897-1989), Illinois
  38. Kirby Doyle
  39. Joseph Rodman Drake (1795-1820)
  40. Glenn Ward Dresbach (1899-1968)
  41. Louise Driscoll (1875-1957), New York
  42. Will Allen Dromgoole
  43. Celia Dropkin, Yiddish
  44. Norman Dubie (born 1945)
  45. W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963)
  46. Bruce Ducker (born 1938), Colorado
  47. Dorothy Dudley (1884-1962), Illinois
  48. Peter Kane Dufault (born 1923), New York
  49. Alan Dugan (1923-2003)
  50. Denise Duhamel (born 1961)
  51. Henry Dumas (1934-1968)
  52. Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
  53. Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935)
  54. Robert Duncan (1919-1988)
  55. Jim Dunlap (born 1945)
  56. Anthony Taylor Dunn (born 1958)
  57. Stephen Dunn
  58. Ralph Cheever Dunning (1978-1930), France
  59. Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941)
  60. Job Durfee (1790-1847), Rhode Island
  61. Timothy Dwight IV (1752-1817), Massachusetts / Connecticut
  62. Stuart Dybek (born 1942)
  63. 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 (19041991)
  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. Alice Goodman (born 1952), wife of Sir Geoffrey Hill
  61. Paul Goodman (1911-1972), New York
  62. Armistead C. Gordon (1855-1931), Virginia
  63. Hedwig Gorski (born 1949)
  64. 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. Grace Greenwood (1823-1904), New York
  7. Debora Greger (born 1949)
  8. Linda Gregerson (born 1950)
  9. Linda Gregg (born 1942)
  10. Horace Gregory (1898-1982)
  11. Robert Grenier (born 1941)
  12. Eamon Grennan (born 1941)
  13. Susan Griffin (born 1943), California
  14. William Griffith (1878-1936)
  15. Nikki Grimes (born 1950)
  16. Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1958)
  17. Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837-1914)
  18. Eliza Griswold (born 1973)
  19. L.D. Groban (1947-2011), Illinois
  20. Allen Grossman (1932-2014)
  21. Jennifer Grotz (born 1971)
  22. Louis Grudin (1898-1993), New York
  23. Bob Grumman (born 1941), Florida
  24. Gabriel Gudding (born 1966)
  25. Charles Guenther (1920-2008), Missouri
  26. Barbara Guest (1920-2006)
  27. Edgar Guest (1891-1959), Michigan
  28. Louise Imogen Guiney (1861-1920)
  29. Arthur Guiterman
  30. Charles Gullans (1929-1993), California
  31. Thom Gunn (1929-2004), England / United States
  32. R.S. Gwynn (born 1948)
  33. 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. 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. Carl Wendell Hines Jr. (born 1940), Indiana
  13. Ellen Hinsey
  14. Edward Hirsch (born 1950)
  15. Jane Hirshfield (born 1953)
  16. Jack Hirschman (born 1933)
  17. George Hitchcock (1914-2010)
  18. 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. (18091894)
  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 (19021967)
  6. Richard Hugo (19231982)
  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 (19052006)
  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 (18421881)
  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

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

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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. Jacqueline S. Moore (1926-2002)
  15. Jessica Care Moore (born 1971)
  16. Julia A. Moore (1847-1920), Michigan
  17. Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
  18. Richard O. Moore (born 1920)
  19. Todd Moore (1937-2010)
  20. Lizelia Moorer (fl. 1895-1907), South Carolina
  21. Pat Mora (born 1942)
  22. Barbara Moraff (born 1939), Vermont
  23. Moore Moran (1931-2011), California
  24. Elizabeth Seydel Morgan (born 1939), Virginia
  25. Frederick Morgan (1922-2004), New York
  26. Robert Morgan (born 1944), North Carolina
  27. Robin Morgan (born 1941)
  28. Christopher Morley (1890-1957)
  29. Hilda Morley (1916-1998)
  30. George Pope Morris (1802-1864), New York
  31. Harrison S. Morris (1858-1948), Pennsylvania
  32. Richard Morris
  33. Tracie Morris
  34. Jim Morrison (1943-1971)
  35. Rusty Morrison (born 1956), California
  36. Bradford Morrow (born 1951), New York
  37. Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (1893-1955)
  38. Samuel French Morse (1916-1985)
  39. Valzhyna Mort (born 1981), Belarusian
  40. Viggo Mortensen (born 1958)
  41. Anna Moschovakis
  42. Howard Moss (1922-1987), New York
  43. Jeff Moss (1942-1998)
  44. Stanley Moss (born 1925), New York
  45. Thylias Moss (born 1954)
  46. Louise Chandler Moulton (1835-1908)
  47. Anna Cora Mowatt (1819-1870)
  48. Jennifer Moxley (born 1964)
  49. Lisel Mueller (born 1924)
  50. Dhan Gopal Mukerji (1890-1936), India / United States
  51. Harryette Mullen (born 1953)
  52. Charles Muñoz (born 1926)
  53. Charles R. Murphy (1884-1936), Pennsylvania
  54. Erin Murphy
  55. Sheila Murphy (born 1951)
  56. Timothy Murphy (born 1951), Minnesota
  57. Ada Foster Murray (1856-1936), New Jersey; mother of Aline Kilmer
  58. Joan Murray (1917-1942)
  59. Joan Murray (born 1945)
  60. Pauli Murray
  61. Charles Hamilton Musgrove (1871-1926), Kentucky
  62. Carol Muske-Dukes (born 1945)
  63. Eileen Myles (born 1949)

N

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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 (19201991)
  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

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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. Bryan Penberthy (born 1976)
  28. Michael Pendragon (born 1963), New York
  29. Rob Penny (1941-2003), Pennsylvania
  30. James Gates Percival (1795-1856)
  31. Eleanor Percy Lee (1819-1849), Mississippi
  32. William Alexander Percy (1885-1942), Mississipps
  33. Willie Perdomo
  34. Peter Pereira (born 1959)
  35. Sam Pereira (born 1949)
  36. Bob Perelman
  37. Lucia Perillo (born 1958)
  38. Alice N. Persons (born 1952), Maine
  39. Robert Peters
  40. Marc Petersen, California
  41. Paulann Petersen (born 1942), Oregon
  42. W.T. Pfefferle (born 1958)
  43. Alex Phillips (born 1977), Massachusetts
  44. Carl Phillips (born 1959)
  45. Wanda Phipps (born 1960), New York
  46. Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836-1919)
  47. Anthony Piccione (1939-2001), New York
  48. Henry Pickering (1781-1831), Massachusetts
  49. Catherine Pierce (born 1978), Mississippi
  50. Marge Piercy (born 1936)
  51. John Pierpoint (1785-1866)
  52. Josephine Pinckney (1895-1957), South Carolina
  53. Helen Pinkerton (born 1927), California; wife of Wesley Trimpi
  54. Edward Coote Pinkney (1802-1828), Maryland
  55. Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945)
  56. Robert Pinsky (born 1940)
  57. Nick Piombino (born 1942), New York
  58. Edwin Ford Piper (1871-1939), Iowa
  59. Vanessa Place (born 1968)
  60. Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
  61. Ann Plato, Connecticut
  62. Stanley Plumly (born 1939)
  63. Sterling D. Plumpp (born 1940)

Po-Pr

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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. Edna Dean Proctor (1827-1923), New Hampshire / Massachusetts
  25. Frederic Prokosch
  26. Kevin Prufer (born 1969)
  27. Wyatt Prunty (born 1947)
  28. 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 (18881974), 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. Henrietta Cordelia Ray (1852-1915), New York
  26. Thomas Buchanan Read (1822-1872)
  27. Janice Rebibo, Hebrew
  28. Liam Rector (1949-2007)
  29. Spencer Reece (born 1963)
  30. Ishmael Reed (born 1938)
  31. John Reed (1887-1920)
  32. Lou Reed (1942-2013)
  33. Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856-1935), Maryland
  34. Pam Rehm (born 1967)
  35. AE Reiff, Pennsylvania
  36. Ariana Reines (born 1982)
  37. James Reiss (born 1941)
  38. Naomi Replansky (born 1918), New York
  39. Paul Reps (1895-1990)
  40. Joan Retallack (born 1941)
  41. Carter Revard (born 1931)
  42. Donald Revell (born 1954)
  43. Eben E. Rexford (1848-1916), Wisconsin
  44. Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982)
  45. Barbara Jane Reyes (born 1971)
  46. Charles Reznikoff (1894-1976)
  47. William Henry Rhodes (1822-1876)
  48. René Ricard (born 1946)
  49. Cale Young Rice (1872-1943), Kentucky
  50. Oliver Rice (1921-2016), Florida
  51. Stan Rice (1942-2002)
  52. Adrienne Rich (born 1929)
  53. H. Thompson Rich (1893-1974), New York
  54. Beah Richards (1920-2000)
  55. George Richards (?1755-1814), Massachusetts
  56. Laura E. Richards (1850-1943), Maine
  57. Monica Richards (born 1965)
  58. James Richardson (born 1950)
  59. Lola Ridge (1873-1941)
  60. Laura Riding (1901-1991)
  61. Atsuro Riley (born 1960)
  62. James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916), Indiana
  63. Alberto Ríos (born 1952), Arizona
  64. Jessie B. Rittenhouse (1869-1948), New York
  65. David Rivard (born 1953)
  66. Tomás Rivera (1935-1984)
  67. 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. James J. Roberts (born 1947)
  5. Howard W. Robertson (born 1947), Oregon
  6. Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935)
  7. Harriet Hanson Robinson (1825-1911), Massachusetts
  8. Kit Robinson (born 1949)
  9. John Pierre Roche (1889-1960), Illinois
  10. David Roderick (born 1970)
  11. Carolyn M. Rodgers (1940-2010), Illinois
  12. Edouard Roditi (1910-1992)
  13. Luis J. Rodriguez (born 1954)
  14. Theodore Roethke (1908-1963)
  15. Karla Rogers
  16. Pattiann Rogers (born 1940)
  17. Steve Roggenbuck (born 1987)
  18. Matthew Rohrer (born 1970)
  19. Henry Rollins (born 1961)
  20. David Romtvedt, Wyoming
  21. Martha Ronk (born 1940), California
  22. Kathleen Rooney
  23. E. Merrill Root (1895-1973)
  24. William Pitt Root (born 1941)
  25. Lee Ann Roripaugh? (born 1965)
  26. James Rorty (1890-1973)
  27. Wendy Rose (born 1948)
  28. Raymond Roseliep
  29. Franklin Rosemont (1943-2009), Illinois; husband of Penelope Rosemont
  30. Penelope Rosemont (born 1942), Illinois; wife of Franklin Rosemont
  31. Joel Rosenberg (born 1943)
  32. Liz Rosenberg (born 1955)
  33. David H. Rosenthal (1945-1992)
  34. Bruce Ross, Canada / United States, Maine
  35. J. Allyn Rosser
  36. Jerome Rothenberg (born 1931)
  37. Michael Rothenberg
  38. Thomas Rowley (1721-1796), Vermont
  39. Gibbons Ruark (born 1941), North Carolina
  40. Mark Rudman (born 1948)
  41. Mary Ruefle (born 1952)
  42. Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980)
  43. Nipsey Russell (1918-2005)
  44. Archibald Rutledge (1883-1973), South Carolina
  45. Vern Rutsala (1934-2014), Oregon
  46. Carl Hancock Rux, New York
  47. Abram Ryan (1838-1886)
  48. Kay Ryan (born 1945)
  49. 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 (19422010), 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. Judith Skillman (born 1954)
  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. e. smith sleigh (born 1977), New Mexico
  8. Arabella Eugenia Smith (1844-1916)
  9. Bruce Smith (born 1946)
  10. Charlie Smith (born 1947), Georgia
  11. Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961), California
  12. Dave Smith (born 1942)
  13. Edwin E. Smith (born 1968)
  14. Elbert H. Smith
  15. Elihu Hubbard Smith (1771-1798), Connecticut / New York
  16. Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806-1893), New York
  17. Langdon Smith (1858-1908)
  18. Lewis Worthington Smith (1866-1947), Iowa
  19. Marc Smith (born 1949), Illinois
  20. Margaret D. Smith (born 1958)
  21. Maurine Smith (died 1919), Illinois
  22. Patricia Smith (born 1955)
  23. Patti Smith (born 1946)
  24. R.T. Smith (born 1947)
  25. Rod Smith (born 1962)
  26. Rolland G. Smith, New York
  27. Ron Smith, Virginia
  28. Tracy K. Smith (born 1972)
  29. Welton Smith (1940-2006)
  30. William Jay Smith (born 1918)
  31. Paul Smyth (1944-2006)
  32. Florence D. Snelling, Massachusetts
  33. Ann Snodgrass
  34. W.D. Snodgrass (1926-2009)
  35. Carol Snow (born 1949), California
  36. Edward Snow
  37. Eliza R. Snow (1804-1887), Utah
  38. Craig Snyder
  39. Gary Snyder (born 1930)
  40. Laurel Snyder
  41. Gustaf Sobin (1935-2005), France
  42. Roberto Solis (born 1945)
  43. Cathy Song (born 1955)
  44. Gilbert Sorrentino (1929-2006)
  45. Gary Soto (born 1952)
  46. Solomon Southwick (1773-1839), New York
  47. Lisa Russ Spaar
  48. Juliana Spahr (born 1966)
  49. John Spaulding
  50. Herman Spector (1905-1959), New York
  51. A.B. Spellman (born 1935)
  52. Anne Spencer (1882–1975)
  53. Theodore Spencer (1902-1949)
  54. Leonora Speyer (1872-1956), New York
  55. Jack Spicer (1925-1965), California
  56. Harriet Prescott Spofford (1835-1891), Massachusetts
  57. Henry Sandford Spofford (1845-1868), New York
  58. Charles Sprague (1791-1875), Massachusetts
  59. 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 (19481978)
  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 (19131989)
  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

U

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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. Paul Violi (1944-2011), New York
  16. Nick Virgilio (1928-1989), New Jersey
  17. Gerald Vizenor (born 1934)
  18. Ellen Bryant Voigt (born 1943)
  19. Karen Volkman (born 1967)
  20. Judith Vollmer (born 1951)
  21. 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

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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 (18191892)
  39. A.D.T. Whitney (1824-1906), Massachusetts
  40. Reed Whittemore (1919-2012)
  41. John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)

Wi-Wy

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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 (19271980)
  62. Jay Wright (born 1935)
  63. Kirby Wright (born 1955), Hawai'i
  64. Richard Wright (19081960)
  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

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