do now! by Victoria Valletutti

do now! by Victoria Valletutti https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see what do you know about poetry? What are some american poets you know? en-us 2018-02-27 14:44:54 UTC 2026-02-18 13:56:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Optimplaces.png https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251532750 I know that poetry is used to express feelings in an abstract, and more personal way. I don't really know any American poets.]]> 2018-04-13 13:13:43 UTC https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251532750 Poetry is art in the form of writing used to express oneself. I know poets like Walt Whitman Emily Dickinson. Edgar Allen Po. Gary Snyder https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251532907 2018-04-13 13:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251532907 Poetry is a play on words to help express a deeper feeling. I don't know much poets, though I read a lot of poetry. https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251532949 2018-04-13 13:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251532949 Poetry iz cools https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251532963

Henry Abbey (1842–1911)

Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956)

Sam Abrams (born 1935)

Seth Abramson (born 1976)

Diane Ackerman (born 1948)

Duane Ackerson (born 1942)

Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968)

Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004)

Helen Adam (1909–1993)

John Adams (1704–1740)

Léonie Adams (1899–1988)

Kim Addonizio (born 1954)

James Agee (1909–1955)

Deborah Ager (born 1971)

Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969)

Ai (1947–2010)

Conrad Aiken (1889–1973)

Salman Akhtar (born 1946)

Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956)

Amos Bronson Alcott, (1799–1888)

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)

Sherman Alexie (born 1966)

Felipe Alfau (1902–1999)

Kazim Ali (born 1971)

William Allegrezza (born 1974)

Dick Allen (born 1939)

Donald Allen (1912–2004)

Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911)

Ron Allen (born 1947)

Washington Allston (1779–1843)

Alurista (born 1947)

Julia Álvarez (born 1950)

Alta (Alta Gerrey) (born 1942)

Indran Amirthanayagam (born 1960)

A.R. Ammons (1926–2001)

Maggie Anderson (born 1948)

Victor Anderson (1917–2001)

Bruce Andrews (born 1948)

Kevin Andrews (writer) (1924–1989)

Ron Androla (born 1954)

Ralph Angel (born 1951)

Maya Angelou (1928–2014)

David Antin (born 1932)

Antler (born 1946)

Susanne Antonetta (born 1956)

Philip Appleman (born 1926)

Rae Armantrout (born 1947)

Richard Armour (1906–1989)

Craig Arnold (1967–2009)

Rebecca Aronson

Robert P. Arthur (born 1943)

M. K. Asante, Jr. (born 1982)

John Ashbery (1927-2017)

Augusta Emma Stetson (1842–1928)

Joseph Auslander (1897–1965)

Paul Auster (born 1947)

James L. Avery, Sr. (born 1948)

Jody Azzouni (born 1954)

B[edit]

Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952)
Bellamy Bach (pseudonym used by a group of writers)
Joseph M. Bachelor (1889–1947)
Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940)
David Baker (born 1954)
Julia K. Wetherill Baker (1858–1931)
John Balaban (born 1943)
Jesse Ball (born 1978)
Addie L. Ballou (1837–1916), American poet and suffragist
Russell Banks (born 1940)
Joel Barlow (1754–1812)
Amiri Baraka (a.k.a. Leroi Jones) (1934–2014)
Coleman Barks (born 1937)
Mary Barnard (1909–2001)
Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)
Jim Barnes (writer) (born 1933)
Catherine Barnett (born 1960)
Candy Barr (1935–2005)
Laird Barron (born 1970)
Bertha Hirsch Baruch
Todd Bash (born 1965)
Ellen Bass (born 1947)
Arlo Bates (1850–1918)
David Bates (1809–1870)
Harriet Bates (1856–1886), wrote under the name Eleanor Putnam
Joseph Bathanti (born 1953)
Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959)
Eric Baus (born 1975)
Charles Baxter (born 1947)
Abel Beach (1829–1899)
Ray Young Bear (born 1950)
Anthony Bearden (1913–1966)
Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin (c. 1913–1995)
George Beck (1749–1812)
Julian Beck (1925–1985)
Larry Beckett (born 1947)
Joshua Beckman
Ethel Lynn Beers (1827–1879)
Erin Belieu (born 1967)
Marvin Bell (born 1937)
Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)
William Rose Benét (1886–1950)
Park Benjamin, Sr. (1809–1864)
John Bensko
Nelson Bentley (1918–1990)
Bill Berkson (born 1939)
David Berman (musician) (born 1967)
Charles Bernstein (born 1950)
Steven Jesse Bernstein (1950–1991)
Anselm Berrigan (born 1972)
Ted Berrigan (1934–1983)
Wendell Berry (born 1934)
John Berryman (1914–1972)
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (born 1947)
Lorraine Bethel
Helen Bevington (1906–2001)
Frank Bidart (born 1939)
Ambrose Bierce (1842–c. 1913)
Linda Bierds (born 1945)
David Biespiel (born 1964)
Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958)
John Peale Bishop (1892–1944)
Sherwin Bitsui (born 1975)
Baxter Black (born 1945)
Paul Blackburn (1926–1971)
Nicole Blackman (born 1971)
Kimberly M. Blaeser
Brian Blanchfield (born 1973)
Don Blanding (1894–1957)
Robin Blaser (1925–2009)
Anthony Bleecker (1770–1827)
Adrian Blevins (born 1964)
Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919)
Henry Ames Blood (1836–1900)
Roberts Blossom (1924–2011)
Robert Bly (born 1926)
Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612–1672)
Maxwell Bodenheim (1892–1954)
Jean Boese (1925–2004)
Louise Bogan (1897–1970)
Arna Bontemps (1902–1973)
Laure-Anne Bosselaar
Bruce Boston (born 1943)
David Bottoms (born 1949)
Jenny Boully (born 1976)
Geoff Bouvier (born 1969)
Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949)
Edgar Bowers (1924–2000)
Kay Boyle (1902–1992)
William Brandon (1914–2002)
Beth Brant (born 1941)
Giannina Braschi (born 1953)
Richard Brautigan (1935–1984)
Kate Braverman (born 1950)
Donari Braxton
Joseph Payne Brennan (1918–1990)
Ken Brewer (1941–2006)
Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710–c. 1757)
Kim Bridgford (born 1959)
Robert Bringhurst (born 1946)
John Malcolm Brinnin (1916–1999)
Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996)
Louis Daniel Brodsky (born 1941)
David Bromige (1933–2009)
William Bronk (1918–1999)
Charles Timothy Brooks (1813–1883)
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000)
Maria Gowen Brooks (c. 1795–1845)
Olga Broumas (born 1949)
Alice Brown (1856–1948)
Rita Mae Brown (born 1944)
Francis Fisher Browne (1843–1913)
William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
Jack Buck (1924–2002)
David Budbill (born 1940)
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951)
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994)
David R. Bunch (1925–2000)
Henry Cuyler Bunner (1855–1896)
José Antonio Burciaga (1940–1996)
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951)
Stanley Burnshaw (1906–2005)
Amelia Josephine Burr (1878–1968)
Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882–1954)
Raegan Butcher (born 1969)
Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
Ellis Parker Butler (1869–1937)
W. E. Butts (1944–2013)
Witter Bynner (1881–1968)
Kathryn Stripling Byer (born 1944)
Gilbert Byron (1903–1991)

C[edit]

Alex Caldiero (born 1949)
James Edwin Campbell (1867–1896)
Mary Baine Campbell
Melville Henry Cane (1879–1980)
Skipwith Cannell (1887–1957)
Joe Cardarelli (1944–1994)
Will Carleton (1845–1912)
Jim Carroll (1949–2009)
Hayden Carruth (1921–2008)
Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873–1904)
Jared Carter (born 1939)
Willa Cather (1873–1947)
Raymond Carver (1938–1988)
Phoebe Cary (1824–1871)
Cyrus Cassells (born 1957)
Sandra M. Castillo
Ana Castillo (born 1953)
Madison Cawein (1865–1914)
Thomas Centolella
Joseph Ceravolo (1934–1988)
Catherine Chandler (born 1950)
Tina Chang (born 1969)
William Ellery Channing (1818–1901)
Arthur Chapman (1874–1935)
John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)
Fred Chappell (born 1936)
Alexander Chee
Neeli Cherkovski (born 1945)
Maxine Chernoff (born 1952)
Bob Cherry
Kelly Cherry (born 1940)
Chrystos (born 1946)
Angélico Chávez (1910–1996)
Khendum Choden
James Wm. Chichetto (born 1941)
William Childress (born 1933)
John Ciardi (1916–1986)
Noah Cicero (born 1980)
Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
Carson Cistulli (born 1979)
Amy Clampitt (1920–1994)
Tom Clark (born 1941)
Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909–1971)
John Clarke (1933–1992)
Lucille Clifton (1936–2010)
Joshua Clover (born 1962)
Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927)
Grace Stone Coates (1881–1976)
Stanton A. Coblentz (1896–1982)
Andrei Codrescu (born 1946)
Robert P. T. Coffin (1892–1955)
Ira Cohen (1935–2011)
Nan Cohen (born 1968)
Jim Cohn (born 1953)
Henri Cole (born 1956)
Norma Cole (born 1945)
Wanda Coleman (1946-2014)
Billy Collins (born 1941)
Martha Collins (1940–present)
Betsy Colquitt (born 1927)
Shanna Compton (born 1970)
Hilda Conkling (1910–1986)
Evan S. Connell (1924–2013)
Leo Connellan (1928–2001)
Gillian Conoley (born 1955)
J. Gordon Coogler (1865–1901)
Rose Terry Cooke (1827–1892)
Ina Coolbrith (1841–1928)
Clark Coolidge (born 1939)
Dennis Cooper (born 1953)
Jake Copass (1920–2006)
William Corbett (born 1942)
Billy Corgan (born 1967)
Cid Corman (1924–2004)
Alfred Corn (born 1943)
Gregory Corso (1930–2001)
Jayne Cortez (born 1936)
Gerald Costanzo
Joe Cottonwood (born 1947)
Henri Coulette (1927–1988)
John Cournos (1881–1966)
Elise Cowen (1933–1962)
Louis O. Coxe (1918–1993)
Christopher Pearse Cranch (1813–1892)
Hart Crane (1899–1932)
Stephen Crane (1871–1900)
Adelaide Crapsey (1878–1914)
Gary William Crawford (born 1953)
Robert Creeley (1926–present)
Robert Creeley (1926–2005)
Judson Crews (born 1917)
Harry Crosby (1898–1929)
Countee Cullen (1903–1946)
E. E. Cummings (1894–1962)
J.V. Cunningham (1911–1985)
John Curl (born 1940)
Jen Currin
Bloodgood Cutter (1817–1906)

D[edit]

Beverly Dahlen (born 1934)
Hugh Antoine d'Arcy (1842–1925)
H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961)
Steve Dalachinsky (born 1946)
Enid Dame (1943–2003)
S. Foster Damon (1893–1971)
Jim Daniels (born 1956)
Tina Darragh (born 1950)
Robert Dassanowsky (born 1960)
Guy Davenport (1927–2005)
Chad Davidson (born 1970)
Donald Davidson (1893–1968)
Gustav Davidson (1895–1971)
Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808–1825)
Michael Davidson (born 1944)
Alan Davies (born 1951)
Dale Davis
Gwen Davis (born 1936)
Jon Davis
Clarence Day (1874–1935)
Jaime de Angulo (1887–1950)
Caridad de la Luz (born 1977)
Michelle Regalado Deatrick
Philip F. Deaver (born 1946)
Madeline DeFrees (born 1919)
Edwin Denby (1903–1983)
Richard Denner (born 1941)
Reuel Denney (1913–1995)
Carl Dennis (born 1939)
Tory Dent (1958–2005)
Babette Deutsch (1895–1982)
Jamie DeWolf (born 1977 as Jamie Kennedy)
Jennifer K Dick (born 1970)
George Dickerson (born 1933)
James Dickey (1923–1997)
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
Roger Dickinson-Brown (born 1944)
Matthew Dickman (born 1975)
Michael Dickman (born 1975)
Annie Dillard (born 1945)
R. H. W. Dillard (born 1937)
George Dillon (1906–1968)
Ray DiPalma (born 1943)
Diane Di Prima (born 1934)
Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008)
Patricia Dobler (1939–2004)
Stephen Dobyns (1941)
Owen Dodson (1914–1983)
John Dolan (born 1955)
Nathan Haskell Dole (1852–1935)
Sonya Dorman (1924–2005)
Ed Dorn (1929–1999)
Julia Caroline Dorr (1825–1913)
Mark Doty (born 1953)
Franz Douskey
Rita Dove (1952)
Kirby Doyle (1932–2003)
Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)
Will Allen Dromgoole (1860–1934)
Celia Dropkin (1887–1956)
Norman Dubie (born 1945)
Bruce Ducker (born 1938)
Peter Kane Dufault (born 1923)
Alan Dugan (born 1923–2003)
Denise Duhamel (born 1961)
Michael Dumanis (born 1976)
Henry Dumas (1934–1968)
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)
Robert Duncan (1919–1988)
Jim Dunlap (born 1945)
Stephen Dunn (born 1939)
Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941)
Job Durfee (1790–1847)
Stuart Dybek (born 1942)
Bob Dylan (born 1941)

E[edit]

Cornelius Eady (born 1954)
Pliny Earle (1809–1892)
Richard Eberhart (1904–2005)
David Edelstadt (1866–1892)
Russell Edson (1935–2014)
kari edwards (1954–2006)
Terry Ehret (born 1955)
Max Ehrmann (1872–1945)
Larry Eigner (1927–1996)
Loren Eiseley (1907–1977)
T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)
James Emanuel (born 1921)
Lynn Emanuel (born 1949)
Claudia Emerson (born 1957)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
Paul Engle (1908–1991)
Theodore Enslin (born 1925)
Daniel Mark Epstein (born 1948)
Elaine Equi (born 1953)
Clayton Eshleman (born 1935)
Martín Espada (born 1957)
Willard R. Espy (1910–1999)
Maggie Estep (born 1963)
Jerry Estrin (1947–1993)
David Allan Evans (born 1940)
Mari Evans (born 1923)
Landis Everson (1926–2007)
William Everson, Brother Antoninus (1912–1994)

F[edit]

Mike Finley (born 1950)
Ruth Fainlight (born 1931)
B. H. Fairchild (born 1942)
Noah Falck (born 1977)
William Clark Falkner (c. 1825–1889)
Roger Fanning (born 1962)
Norma Farber (1909–1984)
Patricia Fargnoli
John C. Farrar (1896–1974)
Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961)
Kenneth Fearing (1902–1961)
Frederick Feirstein (born 1940)
Irving Feldman (born 1928)
Paul Fericano (born 1951)
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born 1919)
Eugene Field (1850–1895)
Rachel Field (1894–1942)
James Thomas Fields (1817–1881)
Annie Finch (born 1956)
Charles C. Finn (born 1941)
Max Finstein (1924–1982)
Ann Fisher-Wirth (born 1947)
Bob Flanagan (1952–1996)
John Gould Fletcher (1886–1950)
Roland Flint (1934–2001)
Nick Flynn (born 1960)
Jack Foley (born 1940)
Carolyn Forché (born 1950)
John M. Ford (1957–2006)
Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911)
Sarah Fox (born 1966)
FrancEye (Frances Dean Smith) (1922–2009)
Gregory Fraser (born 1963)
Robert Frazier (born 1951)
Grace Beacham Freeman (1916–2002)
Joseph Lewis French (1858–1936)
Philip Freneau (1752–1832)
Emily Kendal Frey (born 1976)
Robert Frost (1874–1963)
Gwen Frostic (1906–2001)
Gene Frumkin (1928–2007)
Nan Fry
Gloria Frym (born 1947)
Alice Fulton (born 1952)

G[edit]

Tess Gallagher (born 1943)
James Galvin (born 1951)
Forrest Gander (born 1956)
Deborah Garrison (born 1965)
Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904–1991)
Dan Gerber (born 1940)
Amy Gerstler (born 1956)
Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (born 1946)
Dobby Gibson (born 1969)
Jack Gilbert (1925–2012)
Strickland Gillilan (1869–1954)
Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)
Daniela Gioseffi (born 1941)
Nikki Giovanni (born 1943)
David Gitin (1941–2015)
Michael Gizzi (1949–2010)
Peter Gizzi (born 1959)
Jesse Glass (born 1954)
Louise Glück (born 1943)
Patricia Goedicke (1931–2006)
Albert Goldbarth
Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961)
Laurence Goldstein (born 1943)
Rodolfo Gonzales (1928–2005)
Rigoberto González (born 1970)
Goodale Sisters
Kevin Goodan
Alice Goodman (born 1958)
Paul Goodman (1911–1972)
Hedwig Gorski (born 1949)
Janice Gould (born 1949)
David Graham
Jorie Graham (born 1950)
Judy Grahn (born 1940)
Alex Grant, Scottish American poet, teacher
Linda Gregerson (born 1950)
Linda Gregg (born 1942)
Debora Greger (born 1949)
Horace Gregory (1898–1982)
Robert Grenier (born 1941)
Susan Griffin (born 1943)
Hannah Griffitts (1727–1817)
Mariela Griffor (born 1961)
Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1948)
Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914)
Allen Grossman (born 1932)
Dorothea Grossman (1937–2012)
Gabriel Gudding (born 1966)
Charles Guenther (1920–2008)
Barbara Guest (1920–2006)
Edgar Guest (1891–1959)
Louise Imogen Guiney (1861–1920)
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943)
R. S. Gwynn (born 1948)
Beth Gylys (born 1964)
Brion Gysin (1916–1986)

H[edit]

Rachel Hadas (born 1948)
Hermann Hagedorn (1882–1964)
Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949)
Richard Hague (born 1947)
Kimiko Hahn (born 1955)
John Haines (1924–2011)
Donald Hall (born 1928)
Irma P. Hall (born 1935)
Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867)
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern (1886–1932)
Barbara Hamby (born 1952)
Jupiter Hammon (1711–c. 1806)
William Harmon (born 1938)
Jim Harrison (born 1937)
Carla Harryman (born 1952)
Alamgir Hashmi (born 1951)
Robert Hass (born 1941)
Katherine Hastings
Julian Hawthorne (1846–1934)
Robert Hayden (1913–1980)
Terrance Hayes (born 1971)
Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830–1886)
Tony Haynes (born 1960)
William Shakespeare Hays (1837–1907)
Steve Healey (born 1966)
Trebor Healey
Eloise Klein Healy
Josephine D. Heard (1861–c. 1921)
Anthony Hecht (1923–2004)
Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965)
Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958)
Lyn Hejinian (born 1941)
Michael Heller (born 1937)
Essex Hemphill (1957–1995)
Alice Corbin Henderson (1881–1949)
Nancy A. Henry (born 1961)
Oliver Herford (1863–1935)
Harvey Hess (1939–2012)
William Heyen (born 1940)
Leland Hickman (1934–1991)
Bob Hicok (born 1960)
Dick Higgins (1938–1998)
Scott Hightower (born 1952)
Conrad Hilberry (born 1928)
Robert Hillyer (1895–1961)
Ellen Hinsey (born 1960)
Edward Hirsch (born 1950)
Jane Hirshfield (born 1953)
Jack Hirschman (born 1933)
George Hitchcock (1914–2010)
H. L. Hix (born 1960)
Allen Hoey (1952–2010)
Linda Hogan (born 1947)
Tony Hoagland (born 1953)
Daniel Hoffman (born 1923)
Roald Hoffmann (born 1937)
John Hollander (born 1929)
Bill Holm (1943–2009)
Bob Holman
M. Carl Holman (1919–1988)
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)
Dennis Holt (born 1942)
Garrett Hongo (born 1951)
Edwin Honig (1919–2011)
Jay Hopler (born 1970)
George Moses Horton (1797–1884)
Joan Houlihan
Diana Der Hovanessian (1934–2018)
Richard Howard (born 1929)
Robert E. Howard (1906–1936)
Fanny Howe (born 1940)
Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910)
Marie Howe (born 1950)
Susan Howe (born 1937)
Helen Hoyt (1887–1972)
Detrick Hughes (born 1966)
Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
Richard Hugo (1923–1982)
Constance Hunting (1925–2006)
Cynthia Huntington
Siri Hustvedt (born 1955)
Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896–1983)

I–J[edit]

K[edit]

Jim Kacian (born 1953)
Mary Elizabeth Kail (1828–1890)
Sheema Kalbasi (born 1972)
Chester Kallman (1921–1975)
Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977)
Lenore Kandel (1932–2009)
Vim Karenine(born 1933)
Mary Karr (born 1955)
Julia Kasdorf (born 1962)
Laura Kasischke (born 1961)
Janet Kauffman (born 1945)
Herbert Kaufman (1878–1947)
Shirley Kaufman (born 1923)
Sarah Kay
W. B. Keckler (born 1966)
John Keene (born 1965)
Weldon Kees (1914–1955)
Brigit Pegeen Kelly (born 1951)
X. J. Kennedy (born 1929)
Richard Kenney (born 1948)
Maurice Kenny (born 1929)
Jane Kenyon (1947–1995)
Jack Kerouac (1922–1969)
Sophie Kerr (1880–1965)
Francis Scott Key (1779–1843)
Laurel Elizabeth Keyes (d. 1983)
Alicia Keys (born 1981)
Kerry Shawn Keys (born 1946)
Bill Keith (1929–2004)
D. Kildare (1934–2005)
Aline Murray Kilmer (1888–1941)
Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918)
Val Kilmer (born 1959)
Burt Kimmelman (born 1947)
H. T. Kirby-Smith (born 1938)
Suji Kwock Kim (born 1969)
Haven Kimmel (born 1965)
Galway Kinnell (1927–2014)
Susan Kinsolving
Mary Kinzie (born 1944)
David Kirby (born 1944)
Lincoln Kirstein (1907–1996)
Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014)
August Kleinzahler (born 1949)
William Kloefkorn (1932–2011)
Etheridge Knight(1933–1991)
Kenneth Koch (1925–2002)
Ruth Ellen Kocher (born 1965)
Wayne Koestenbaum (born 1958)
Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1947)
Ted Kooser (born 1939)
Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (born 1946)
Alfred Kreymborg (1883–1966)
Maxine Kumin (1925–2014)
Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006)
Laurie Kutchins
Stephen Kuusisto (born 1955)
Joanne Kyger (born 1934)

L[edit]

Philip Lamantia (1927–2005)
Fran Landesman (1927–2011)
Joseph Langland (1917–2007)
Sidney Lanier (1842–1881)
Rebecca Hammond Lard (1772–1855)
Bruce Larkin (born 1957)
Dorothea Lasky (born 1978)
George Parsons Lathrop (1851–1898)
Richmond Lattimore (1906–1984)
Sanders Anne Laubenthal (1943–2002)
James Laughlin (1914–1997)
Ann Lauterbach (born 1942)
Dorianne Laux (born 1952)
James Lavilla-Havelin
Anne Mary Lawler (1908–1980)
William P. Lawrence (1930–2005)
Robert Lax (1915–2000)
Emma Lazarus (1849–1887)
Kelly Le Fave (born 1959)
David Lee (born 1966)
Li-Young Lee (born 1957)
Malka Lee (1904–1976)
Lemon (born 1975)
Aya de Leon (born 1967)
Eleanor Lerman (born 1952)
Ben Lerner (born 1979)
David Lerner (1951–1997)
Jimmy Lerner (born 1951)
Rika Lesser (born 1953)
Denise Levertov (1923–1997)
Dana Levin (born 1965)
Philip Levine (1928–2015)
Larry Levis (1946–1996)
D. A. Levy (1942–1968)
William Levy (born 1939)
Alonzo Lewis (1794–1861)
Charles Lillard (1944–1997)
Shirley Geok-lin Lim (born 1944)
Tao Lin (born 1983)
Sarah Lindsay
Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)
Amon Liner (1940–1976)
Sara Jane Lippincott (1823–1904)
Jonathan Lamas (born 1974)
Diane Lockward
George Cabot Lodge (1873–1909)
Ron Loewinsohn (born 1937)
John Logan (1923–1987)
Naomi Long Madgett (born 1923)
James Longenbach
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
Amy Lowell (1874–1925)
James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
Maria White Lowell (1821–1853)
Robert Lowell (1917–1977)
Walter Lowenfels (1897–1976)
Mina Loy (1882–1966)
Felipe Luciano (born 1948)
Lydia Lunch (born 1959)
Masiela Lusha (born 1985)
Thomas Lux (born 1946)
William Whittingham Lyman Jr (a.k.a. Jack Lyman) (1885–1983)
Henry Lyman
Thomas Lynch (born 1948)

M[edit]

Christopher Mwashinga (born 1965)
Lewis MacAdams (born 1944)
Jackson Mac Low (1922–2004)
Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890–1967)
Percy MacKaye (1875–1956)
Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947)
Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)
Naomi Long Madgett (born 1923)
Haki R. Madhubuti (born 1942)
John Gillespie Magee, Jr. (1922–1941)
Clarence Major (born 1936)
Dora Malech (born 1981)
Taylor Mali (born 1965)
Douglas Malloch (born 1877)
Frank Richard Maloney (1945–2009)
Tom Mandel (born 1942)
Djelloul Marbrook (born 1934)
Morton Marcus (1936–2009)
Paul Mariani (born 1940)
Joseph Moncure March (1899–1977)
Edwin Markham (1852–1940)
Don Marquis (1878–1937)
Camille Martin (born 1956)
David Mason (born 1954)
Matt Mason (born 1962)
Steve Mason (1940–2005)
Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950)
Harry Mathews (born 1930)
William Matthews (1942–1997)
John Matthias (born 1941)
Kevin Max (born 1967)
Bernadette Mayer (born 1945)
Ben Mazer (born 1964)
Frances Mayes (born 1940)
Janet McAdams
Robert McAlmon (1895–1956)
Jack McCarthy (born 1939)
J. D. McClatchy (born 1945)
Michael McClure (born 1932)
Shane McCrae (born 1975)
Laura McCullough (born 1960)
Catfish McDaris (born 1953)
Michael McFee
Karyna McGlynn (born 1977)
Michael McGovern (1848–1933)
Campbell McGrath (born 1962)
Thomas McGrath (1916–1990)
Heather McHugh (born 1948)
Claude McKay (1889–1948)
Louis McKee (1951–2011)
Rod McKuen (born 1933)
Paula McLain
James McMichael (born 1939)
Wesley McNair (born 1941)
Louise McNeill (1911–1993)
Joyelle McSweeney (born 1977)
Alexander Beaufort Meek (1814–1865)
Abel Meeropol (a.k.a. Lewis Allan) (1903–1986)
David Meltzer (born 1937)
Herman Melville (born 1819–1890)
Samuel Menashe (1925–2011)
Nancy Mercado (born 1959)
William Meredith (1919–2007)
Billy Merrell (born 1982)
Eve Merriam (1916–1992)
Christopher Merrill (born 1957)
James Merrill (1926–1995)
Stuart Merrill (1863–1915)
Thomas Merton (1915–1968)
W. S. Merwin (born 1927)
Tom Meschery (born 1938)
Sharon Mesmer (born 1960)
Sarah Messer (born 1966)
Henry Meyer (1840–1925)
Robert Mezey (born 1935)
William Michaelian (born 1956)
Diane Middlebrook (1939–2007)
Josephine Miles (1911–1985)
Joseph Millar
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)
Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942)
Greg Miller (born 1957)
Jane Miller
Jen Miller (born 1972)
Joaquin Miller (1837–1913)
Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956)
May Miller (1899–1995)
Tim Miller (born 1958)
Vassar Miller (1924–1998)
Tyler Mills (born 1983)
Deborah A. Miranda
Gary Miranda (born 1939)
John Kearsley Mitchell (1798–1858)
Susan Mitchell (born 1944)
Anis Mojgani (born 1977)
Paul Monette (1945–1995)
Mong-Lan
Marion Montgomery (1925–2011)
José Montoya (1932–2013)
William Vaughn Moody (1869–1910)
Clara Jessup Moore (1824–1899)
Charles Leonard Moore (1854–1925)
Daniel Moore (born 1940)
Jacqueline S. Moore (1926–2002)
Jessica Care Moore (born 1971)
Julia A. Moore (1847–1920)
Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
Milcah Martha Moore (1740–1829)
Pat Mora (born 1942)
Barbara Moraff (born 1939)
A. F. Moritz (born 1947)
Hilda Morley (1916–1998)
George Frederick Morgan (1922–2004)
Richard Morris (1939–2003)
Tracie Morris
Jim Morrison (1943–1971)
Bradford Morrow (born 1951)
Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (1873–1955)
Jennifer Moxley (born 1964)
Viggo Mortensen (born 1958)
Howard Moss (1922–1987)
Thylias Moss (born 1954)
Stephen Motika (born 1977)
Louise Chandler Moulton (1835–1908)
Anna Cora Mowatt (1819–1870)
Lisel Mueller (born 1924)
Harryette Mullen (born 1953)
Charles Muñoz (born 1926)
Erin Murphy
Sheila Murphy (born 1951)
Pauli Murray (1910–1985)
Eileen Myles (born 1949)
- Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
- Ogden Nash (1902–1971)
- John Neal (1793–1876)
- John Neihardt (1881–1973)
- Jill Neimark
- Howard Nemerov (1920–1991)
- Arthur Nersesian (born 1958)
- Kenn Nesbitt (born 1962)
- F. A. Nettelbeck (1950–2011)
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974)
- Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970)
- Audrey Niffenegger (born 1963)
- John Frederick Nims (1913–1999)
- Lucille Nixon (1908–1963)
- Eric "Big Daddy" Nord (1919–1989)
- Jessica Nordell
- Charles North (born 1941)
- Jessica Nelson North (1891–1988)
- Jim Northrup (born 1943)
- Harry Northup (born 1940)
- Alice Notley (born 1945)
- Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952)
O[edit]
- Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1890–1941)
- Geoffrey G. O'Brien (born 1969)
- Ed Ochester (born 1939)
- Blanche Oelrichs (1890–1950)
- Ron Offen (1930–2010)
- Frank O'Hara (1926–1966)
- Sharon Olds (born 1942)
- Mary Oliver (born 1935)
- Alix Olson (born 1975)
- Charles Olson (1910–1970)
- George Oppen (1908–1984)
- Mary Oppen (1908–1990)
- James Oppenheim (1882–1932)
- Joel Oppenheimer (a.k.a. Jacob Hammer) (1930–1988)
- Peter Oresick
- Gregory Orr (born 1947)
- Alicia Ostriker (born 1937)
P[edit]
- Ron Padgett (born 1942)
- Grace Paley (1922–2007)
- Cheryl Pallant
- Condé Benoist Pallen (1858–1929)
- Michael Palmer (born 1943)
- Jay Parini (born 1948)
- Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)
- Lee Passarella
- Linda Pastan (born 1932)
- Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972)
- Josephine Preston Peabody (1874–1922)
- Richard Peabody
- Molly Peacock (born 1947)
- Harry Thurston Peck (1856–1914)
- V. Penelope Pelizzon
- Bryan Penberthy (born 1976)
- Rob Penny (1941–2003)
- James Gates Percival (1795–1856)
- Eleanor Percy Lee (1819–1849)
- William Alexander Percy (1885–1942)
- Sam Pereira (born 1949)
- Bob Perelman (born 1947)
- Lucia Perillo
- Alice N. Persons (born 1952)
- Robert Peters (1924–2014)
- Marge Piercy (1936)
- Nick Piombino (born 1942)
- Robert Pinsky (1940)
- Carl Phillips (born 1959)
- Anthony Piccione (1939–2001)
- John Pierpont (1785–1866)
- Josephine Pinckney (1895–1957)
- Edward Coote Pinkney (1802–1828)
- Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945)
- Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
- Lanny Poffo (born 1954)
- Robert Polito (born 1951)
- Felix Pollak (1909–1987)
- Ralph Pomeroy (1926–1999)
- Paul Martínez Pompa
- Marie Ponsot (born 1921)
- Carol Potter
- Charles Potts (1943)
- Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
- Kevin Powell (born 1966)
- Julien de Lallande Poydras (1746–1824)
- Jack Prelutsky (1940)
- Elizabeth Prentiss (1818–1878)
- Reynolds Price (1933–2011)
- Frederic Prokosch (1909–1989)
- Kevin Prufer (born 1969)
Q[edit]
- George Quasha (born 1942)
R[edit]
- Kevin Rabas
- Burton Raffel (born 1928)
- Sam Ragan (1915–1996)
- Carl Rakosi (1903–2004)
- Lee Ranaldo (born 1956)
- Dudley Randall (1914–2000)
- James Ryder Randall (1839–1908)
- Julia Randall (1924–2005)
- Claudia Rankine (born 1963)
- John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)
- Sadi Ranson
- Ron Rash (born 1953)
- Stephen Ratcliffe (born 1948)
- Linda Ravenswood (born 1969)
- David Ray (born 1932)
- Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872)
- Janice Rebibo (born 1950)
- Spencer Reece
- Ishmael Reed (born 1938)
- Ennis Rees (1925–2009)
- Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856–1935)
- James Reiss (born 1941)
- Naomi Replansky (born 1918)
- Paul Reps (1895–1990)
- Carter Revard (born 1931)
- Donald Revell (born 1954)
- Eben E. Rexford (1848–1916)
- Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982)
- Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976)
- William Henry Rhodes (1822–1876)
- René Ricard (born 1946)
- Cale Young Rice (1872–1943)
- Stan Rice (1942–2002)
- Adrienne Rich (1929–2012)
- Beah Richards (1920–2000)
- Laura E. Richards (1850–1943)
- Monica Richards
- Lola Ridge (1873–1941)
- Laura Riding (1901–1991)
- James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916)
- Alberto Ríos (born 1952)
- Tomás Rivera (1935–1984)
- Richard Robbins
- James J. Roberts (born 1947)
- Howard W. Robertson (born 1947)
- Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)
- Edouard Roditi (1910–1992)
- Luis J. Rodriguez (born 1954)
- Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)
- Pattiann Rogers (born 1940)
- Matthew Rohrer (born 1970)
- Henry Rollins (born 1961)
- David Romtvedt
- Ronald Talney
- Raymond Roseliep (1917–1983)
- Franklin Rosemont (1943–2009)
- J. Allyn Rosser (born 1957)
- Terry Rossio (born 1960)
- Jerome Rothenberg (born 1931)
- Michael Rothenberg
- Anne Rouse (born 1954)
- Thomas Rowley (1721–1796)
- Gibbons Ruark (born 1941)
- Mary Ruefle (born 1952)
- Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980)
- Nipsey Russell (1918–2005)
- Archibald Rutledge (1883–1973)
- Carl Hancock Rux
- Abram Joseph Ryan (1838–1886)
- Kay Ryan (born 1945)
- Michael Ryan (born 1946)
S[edit]
- Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 1954)
- Albert Saijo (1926–2011)
- Michael Salinger (born 1962)
- Mary Jo Salter (born 1954)
- Benjamin Saltman (1927–1999)
- Francis Saltus Saltus (1849–1889)
- Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)
- Robert Charles Sands (1799–1832)
- Sherod Santos (born 1948)
- Aram Saroyan (born 1943)
- May Sarton (1912–1995)
- Minot Judson Savage (1841–1918)
- Jeannine Savard (born 1950)
- John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887)
- Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath (born 1958)
- Hermann Georg Scheffauer (1876–1927)
- Peter Schjeldahl (born 1942)
- Michael Schmidt (born 1947)
- Dennis Schmitz (born 1937)
- Gjertrud Schnackenberg (born 1953)
- Dan Schneider (born 1965)
- Pat Schneider (born 1934)
- Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842)
- Philip Schultz (born 1945)
- Susan Polis Schutz (born 1944)
- James Schuyler (1923–1991)
- Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966)
- Patricia Roth Schwartz (born 1946)
- Armand Schwerner (1927–1999)
- Peter Seaton (1942–2010)
- Alan Seeger (1888–1916)
- Calvin Seerveld (born 1930)
- Frederick Seidel (born 1936)
- Hugh Seidman (born 1940)
- Rebecca Seiferle
- Martha Serpas
- Dr. Seuss (1904–1991)
- Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
- Tom Sexton(born 1940)
- Ntozake Shange (born 1948)
- Ravi Shankar (born 1975)
- David Shapiro (born 1947)
- Karl Shapiro (1913–2000)
- G. S. Sharat Chandra (1935–2000)
- Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970)
- Scott Shaw (born 1958)
- Aaron Shurin (born 1947)
- Eli Siegel (1902–1978)
- Lydia Sigourney (1791–1865)
- Eleni Sikelianos
- Richard Siken
- Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948)
- Edward Rowland Sill (1841–1887)
- Ron Silliman (born 1946)
- Murray Silverstein (born 1943)
- Shel Silverstein (1930–1999)
- Charles Simic (born 1938)
- Jim Simmerman (1952–2006)
- William Gilmore Simms (1806–1870)
- Marge Simon (born 1942)
- Louis Simpson (born 1923)
- Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000)
- John Sinclair (born 1941)
- Hal Sirowitz (born 1949)
- Judith Skillman (born 1954)
- Myra Sklarew (born 1934)
- Ed Skoog (born 1971)
- Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961)
- Edwin E. Smith (born 1968)
- Elbert H. Smith
- Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806–1893)
- Langdon Smith (1858–1908)
- Marc Smith (born 1949)
- Margaret Smith (born 1948)
- Patti Smith (born 1946)
- R. T. Smith (born 1947)
- Rod Smith (born 1962)
- Rolland Smith
- Tracy K. Smith (born 1972)
- Damon J. Smith (Rafa Selase)
- William Jay Smith (born 1918)
- W. D. Snodgrass (1926–2009)
- Eliza R. Snow (1804–1887)
- Craig Snyder
- Laurel Snyder (born 1974)
- Gary Snyder (born 1930)
- Gustaf Sobin (1935–2005)
- Roberto Solis (born 1945)
- Gilbert Sorrentino (1929–2006)
- Gary Soto (born 1952)
- Juliana Spahr (born 1966)
- Anne Spencer (1882–1975)
- Jack Spicer (1925–1965)
- Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921)
- Kim Stafford (born 1949)
- William Stafford (1914–1993)
- Ann Stanford (1916–1987)
- Frank Stanford (1948–1978)
- Henry Throop Stanton (1834–1899)
- George Starbuck (1931–1996)
- William Force Stead (1884–1967)
- Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833–1908)
- Elizabeth Clementine Stedman (1810–1889)
- Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
- Edward Steinhardt (born 1961)
- Mattie Stepanek (1990–2004)
- George Sterling (1869–1926)
- Gerald Stern (born 1925)
- C. J. Stevens (born 1927)
- James Thomas Stevens (born 1966)
- Wallace Stevens (1880–1955)
- Anne Stevenson (born 1933)
- Joffre Stewart (born 1925)
- Susan Stewart (born 1952)
- Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904)
- John Stigall (1951–2009)
- James Still (1906–2001)
- Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909)
- Dejan Stojanović (born 1959)
- Donna J. Stone (1933–1994)
- Ruth Stone (1915–2011)
- Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born 1968)
- William Wetmore Story (1819–1895)
- Mark Strand (1934–2014)
- Joseph Stroud (born 1943)
- Lucien Stryk
- Jesse Stuart (1907–1984)
- Elma Stuckey (1907–1988)
- Melissa Studdard (born 1969)
- Julie Suk (born 1924)
- Aloysius Michael Sullivan (1896–1980)
- Sekou Sundiata (1948–2007)
- Barton Sutter
- Thomas Burnett Swann (1928–1976)
- John Swanwick (1740–1798)
- Robert Sward (born 1933)
- Cole Swensen (born 1955)
- Karen Swenson (born 1936)
- May Swenson (1913–1989)
- Arthur Sze (born 1950)
T[edit]
- Eileen Tabios (born 1960)
- John Taggart (born 1942)
- Amber Tamblyn (born 1983)
- Luci Tapahonso (born 1953)
- Nathaniel Tarn (born 1928)
- Allen Tate (1899–1979)
- James Tate (born 1943)
- Bayard Taylor (1825–1878)
- Bert Leston Taylor (1866–1921)
- Edward Taylor (1645–1729)
- Michelle Tea (born 1971)
- Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)
- Michael Teig (born 1968)
- Todd Temkin (born 1964)
- Elaine Terranova (born 1939)
- Lucy Terry (c. 1730–1821)
- Steve Tesich (1942–1996)
- Celia Thaxter (1835–1894)
- Ernest Thayer (1863–1940)
- Scofield Thayer (1889–1982)
- William Roscoe Thayer (1859–1923)
- Edith M. Thomas (1854–1925)
- Lewis Thomas (1913–1993)
- Lorenzo Thomas (1944–2005)
- Dunstan Thompson (1918–1975)
- Lady Gwen Thompson (1928–1986)
- Maurice Thompson (1844–1901)
- William Irwin Thompson (born 1938)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
- Tamara Thorne (born 1957)
- Richard Tillinghast (born 1940)
- Henry Timrod (1828–1867)
- Melvin B. Tolson (1898–1966)
- Stephen Tomajczyk (born 1960)
- Lee Tonouchi (born c. 1972)
- Nick Tosches (born 1949)
- Tony Tost (born 1975)
- Patricia Traxler
- William Tremblay (born 1940)
- Natasha Trethewey (born 1966)
- David Trinidad (born 1953)
- Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy (1863–1945)
- Quincy Troupe (born 1939)
- John Trumbull (1750–1831)
- Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821–1873)
- Lewis Turco (born 1934)
- Brian Turner (born 1967)
- Genya Turovskaya
- Chase Twichell (born 1950)
- E. Donald Two-Rivers (died 2008)
U–V[edit]
- David Unger (born 1950)
- Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977)
- Charles Upton (born 1948)
- Amy Uyematsu (born 1947)
- Catherynne M. Valente (born 1979)
- Jean Valentine (born 1934)
- Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931)
- Mark Van Doren (1894–1972)
- Mona Van Duyn (1921–2004)
- Sheldon Vanauken (1914–1996)
- Robert Vasquez (born 1955)
- Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003)
- Janine Pommy Vega (1942–2010)
- Jones Very (1813–1880)
- George Sylvester Viereck (1884–1962)
- Peter Viereck (1916–2006)
- Nick Virgilio (1928–1989)
- Gerald Vizenor (born 1934)
- Judith Vollmer (born 1951)
W[edit]
- Buddy Wakefield (born 1974)
- Diane Wakoski (born 1937)
- Diane Wald
- Anne Waldman (born 1945)
- Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935)
- Keith Waldrop (born 1932)
- Alice Walker (born 1944)
- Margaret Walker (1915–1998)
- Connie Wanek (born 1952)
- BJ Ward (born 1967)
- Diane Ward (born 1956)
- Catherine Anne Warfield (1816–1877)
- Emily Warn
- Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)
- Raees Warsi (born 1963)
- William John Watkins
- Barrett Watten (born 1948)
- Jim Webb
- Rebecca Wee
- Hannah Weiner (1928–1997)
- Eliot Weinberger (born 1949)
- James Welch (1940–2003)
- Lew Welch (1926–c. 1971)
- Jerry Wemple (born 1960)
- Joe Wenderoth
- Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958)
- Theodore Weiss (1916–2003)
- Paul West (born 1930)
- Philip Whalen (1923–2002)
- Mark Whalon (1886–1956)
- John Wheatcroft(born 1925)
- Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784)
- John Hall Wheelock (1886–1978)
- John Brooks Wheelwright (1897–1940)
- Edward Lucas White (1866–1934)
- Gary J. Whitehead (born 1965)
- Ruth Whitman (1922–1999)
- Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
- Adeline Dutton Train Whitney (1824–1906)
- Reed Whittemore (1919–2012)
- John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
- Margaret Widdemer (1884–1978)
- John Wieners (1934–2002)
- Richard Wilbur (born 1921)
- Carlos Wilcox (1794–1827)
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919)
- Peter Wild (1940–2009)
- Richard Henry Wilde (1789–1847)
- Charlotte Wilder (1898–1980)
- Charles Willeford (1919–1988)
- C. K. Williams (born 1936)
- Jonathan Williams (1929–2008)
- Oscar Williams (1900–1964)
- Paul O. Williams (1935–2009)
- Philip Lee Williams (born 1950)
- William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)
- Elizabeth Willis (born 1961)
- Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867)
- Eleanor Wilner (born 1937)
- Dede Wilson (born 1937)
- Edmund Wilson (1895–1972)
- Peter Lamborn Wilson (a.k.a. Hakim Bey) (born 1945)
- Christian Wiman (born 1966)
- Dale Wimbrow (1895–1954)
- Anne Winters
- Yvor Winters (1900–1968)
- Sam Witt (born 1970)
- Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819–March 26, 1892)
- Larry Woiwode (born 1941)
- John Barton Wolgamot
- Nellie Wong (born 1934)
- George Edward Woodberry (1855–1930)
- Eddie Woods (born 1940)
- Samuel Woodworth (1784–1842)
- Gamel Woolsey (1895–1968)
- Bryan Thao Worra (born 1973)
- Patience Worth (Pearl Lenore Curran) (1883–1937)
- C. D. Wright (born 1949)
- Charles Wright (born 1935)
- Franz Wright (born 1953)
- James Wright (1927–1980)
- Jay Wright (born 1935)
- Kirby Wright
- Richard Wright (author) (1908–1960)
- Susanna Wright (1697–1784)
- Robert Wrigley (born 1951)
- Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)
X–Z[edit]
- Lois-Ann Yamanaka (born 1961)
- Leo Yankevich (born 1961)
- John Yau (born 1950)
- Yictove (1946-2007)
- Al Young (born 1939)
- C. Dale Young (born 1969)
- Dean Young (born 1955)
- Kevin Young (born 1970)
- Matthew Zapruder (born 1967)
- Marya Zaturenska (1902–1982)
- Andrew Zawacki (born 1972)
- G.F. Zaimis
- Calvin Ziegler (1854–1930)
- Joaquin Zihuatanejo
- Louis Zukofsky (1904–1978)
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    - Ronald Talney
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    - Abram Joseph Ryan (1838–1886)
    - Kay Ryan (born 1945)
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    - Mary Jo Salter (born 1954)
    - Benjamin Saltman (1927–1999)
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    - May Sarton (1912–1995)
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    - Yictove (1946-2007)
    - Al Young (born 1939)
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      - Luis J. Rodriguez (born 1954)
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      - Henry Rollins (born 1961)
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      - Ronald Talney
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      - Franklin Rosemont (1943–2009)
      - J. Allyn Rosser (born 1957)
      - Terry Rossio (born 1960)
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      - Albert Saijo (1926–2011)
      - Michael Salinger (born 1962)
      - Mary Jo Salter (born 1954)
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      - Francis Saltus Saltus (1849–1889)
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      - Cole Swensen (born 1955)
      - Karen Swenson (born 1936)
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      - Chase Twichell (born 1950)
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        Elizabeth Clementine Stedman (1810–1889)
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        James Thomas Stevens (born 1966)
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        James Tate (born 1943)
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        Bert Leston Taylor (1866–1921)
        Edward Taylor (1645–1729)
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        Michael Teig (born 1968)
        Todd Temkin (born 1964)
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        Richard Tillinghast (born 1940)
        Henry Timrod (1828–1867)
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        Stephen Tomajczyk (born 1960)
        Lee Tonouchi (born c. 1972)
        Nick Tosches (born 1949)
        Tony Tost (born 1975)
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        Natasha Trethewey (born 1966)
        David Trinidad (born 1953)
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        Quincy Troupe (born 1939)
        John Trumbull (1750–1831)
        Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821–1873)
        Lewis Turco (born 1934)
        Brian Turner (born 1967)
        Genya Turovskaya
        Chase Twichell (born 1950)
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I don't know any poets so I just put Friedrich Schiller.]]> 2018-04-13 13:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251533063 https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251533406 Poetry is art with words. My favorite American poets are Emily Dickinson and Edgar Allan Poe]]> 2018-04-13 13:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251533406 someones feelings and expressions in art form https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251533462 2018-04-13 13:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251533462 it rhymes https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251533855 2018-04-13 13:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251533855 https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251534698 POETRY IS A BEAUTIFUL ART]]> 2018-04-13 13:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251534698 poetry is a type of writing that expresses the writers feeling https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251534995 2018-04-13 13:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251534995 https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251535260 rap but fancy

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]]> 2018-04-13 13:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251536913 Poetry is a type of writing https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251537000 2018-04-13 13:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/251537000 https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/623293233 2020-06-12 00:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/623293233 https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/623293299 2020-06-12 00:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/623293299 https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/623293335 2020-06-12 00:02:40 UTC https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/623293335 Krystal https://padlet.com/valletuttiv/is947xr15see/wish/1181217166 The flowers are diying
The spirits are flying
Only guns are alowed
Every day I get scared when the go KAPOW

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