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The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

B

Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952)
Bellamy Bach (pseudonym used by a group of writers)
Joseph M. Bachelor (1889–1947)
Mahnaz Badihian (pen name: Oba)
Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940)
David Baker (born 1954)
John Balaban (born 1943)
Jesse Ball (born 1978)
Russell Banks (born 1940)
Amiri Baraka (aka Leroi Jones) (born 1934)
Coleman Barks (born 1937)
Mary Barnard (1909–2001)
Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)
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)
Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959)
Eric Baus (born 1975)
Charles Baxter (born 1947)
Abel Beach (1829–1899)
Ray Young Bear (born 1950)
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 1957)
Marvin Bell (born 1937)
Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)
William Rose Benét (1886–1950)
Park Benjamin (1809–1864)
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
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)
D. A. Blyler (born 1967)
Maxwell Bodenheim (1892–1954)
Jean Boese (1925–2004)
Louise Bogan (1897–1970)
Arna Bontemps (1902–1973)
Bruce Boston (born 1943)
David Bottoms (born 1949)
Jenny Boully (born 1976)
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)
James Brock (born 1958)
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)
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994)
David R. Bunch (1925–2000)
Henry Cuyler Bunner (1855–1896)
José Antonio Burciaga (1940–1996)
Stanley Burnshaw (1906–2005)
Amelia Josephine Burr (1878–1968)
Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882–1954)
Raegan Butcher (born 1969)
Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
W. E. Butts
Witter Bynner (1881–1968)
Gilbert Byron (1903–1991)

C

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)
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)
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)
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 (born 1946)
Billy Collins (born 1941)
Betsy Colquitt (born 1927)
Shanna Compton (born 1970)
Hilda Conkling (1910–1986)
Evan S. Connell (born 1924)
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 (1926–2005)
Judson Crews (born 1917)
Harry Crosby (1898–1929)
Countee Cullen (1903–1946)
E. E. Cummings (1894–1962)
J.V. Cunningham (1911–1985)
Bloodgood Cutter (1817–1906)

D

Bob Dylan (born 1941)
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 von Dassanowsky (born 1965)
Guy Davenport (1927–2005)
Donald Davidson (1893–1968)
Gustav Davidson (1895–1971)
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)
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)
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)
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)

E

Cornelius Eady (born 1954)
Pliny Earle (1809–1892)
Richard Eberhart (1904–2005)
David Edelstadt (1866–1892)
Russell Edson (born 1935)
kari edwards (1954–2006)
Terry Ehret (born 1955)
Max Ehrmann (1872–1945)
Larry Eigner (1927–1996)
Loren Eiseley (1907–1977)
Che Elias (born 1980)
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)
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

Ruth Fainlight (born 1931)
B. H. Fairchild (born 1942)
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)
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)
FrancEye (Frances Dean Smith) (1922–2009)
Robert Frazier (born 1951)
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

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)
Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (born 1946)
Jack Gilbert (born 1925)
Strickland Gillilan (1869–1954)
Vicky Gilpin
Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)
Daniela Gioseffi (born 1941)
Nikki Giovanni (born 1943)
Michael Gizzi (1949–2010)
Peter Gizzi (born 1959)
Jesse Glass (born 1954)
Louise Glück (born 1943)
Patricia Goedicke (1931–2006)
Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961)
Laurence Goldstein (born 1943)
Rodolfo Gonzales (1928–2005)
Rigoberto González (born 1970)
Goodale Sisters
- Dora Read Goodale (1866–1953)
- Elaine Goodale (1863–1953)
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)
Linda Gregerson (born 1950)
Linda Gregg (born 1942)
Debora Greger (born 1949)
Horace Gregory (1898–1982)
Robert Grenier (born 1941)
Susan Griffin (born 1943)
Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1948)
Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914)
Allen Grossman (born 1932)
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

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)
Jeff Hardy (born 1977)
William Harmon (born 1938)
Jim Harrison (born 1937)
Carla Harryman (born 1952)
Robert Hass (born 1941)
Katherine Hastings
Julian Hawthorne (1846–1934)
Robert Hayden (1913–1980)
Terrance Hayes (born 1971)
Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830–1886)
William Shakespeare Hays (1837–1907)
Trebor Healey
Eloise Klein Healy
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)
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)
George Moses Horton (1797–1884)
Joan Houlihan
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)

I-J

David Ignatow (1914–1997)
Arthur Crew Inman (1895–1963)
P. Inman (born 1947)
Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003)
Afdhere Jama (born 1980)
James Cummins
J. J. Jameson
Patricia Janus (1932–2006)
Lisa Jarnot (born 1967)
Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)
Robinson Jeffers, (1887–1962)
Ted Joans (1928–2003)
Orrick Glenday Johns (1887–1946)
Denis Johnson (born 1949)
Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880–1966)
Helene Johnson (1906–1995)
Josephine Winslow Johnson (1910–1990)
James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)
Robert Underwood Johnson (1853–1937)
Kathryn Johnston (2007–2010)
Richard Jones
Sarah Jones (born 1973)
June Jordan (1936–2002)
Pierre Joris (born 1946)
Andrew Joron
Lawrence Joseph (born 1948)
Matthew Josephson (1899–1978)
Frank Judge
Donald Justice (1925–2004)

K

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)
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)
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)
H. T. Kirby-Smith (born 1938)
Suji Kwock Kim (born 1969)
Haven Kimmel (born 1965)
Galway Kinnell (born 1927)
Susan Kinsolving
Mary Kinzie (born 1944)
David Kirby (born 1944)
Lincoln Kirstein (1907–1996)
Carolyn Kizer (born 1925)
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 (born 1925)
Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006)
Laurie Kutchins
Stephen Kuusisto (born 1955)
Joanne Kyger (born 1934)

L

Philip Lamantia (1927–2005)
Fran Landesman (1927–2011)
Joseph Langland (1917–2007)
Sidney Lanier (1842–1881)
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)
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 (born 1928)
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)
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 (aka Jack Lyman) (1885–1983)
Henry Lyman
Thomas Lynch (born 1948)

M

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)
Frank Richard Maloney (1945–2009)
Tom Mandel (born 1942)
Djelloul Marbrook (born 1934)
Morton Marcus (1936–2009)
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)
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)
Michael McFee
Bryant H. McGill (born 1969)
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)
James McMichael (born 1939)
Wesley McNair (born 1941)
Louise McNeill (1911–1993)
Alexander Beaufort Meek (1814–1865)
Abel Meeropol (aka 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)
James Merrill (1926–1995)
Stuart Merrill (1863–1915)
Thomas Merton (1915–1968)
W. S. Merwin (born 1927)
Tom Meschery (born 1938)
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)
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)
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 (born 1932)
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)
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)
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)

N

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)
Celeste Newbrough (born 1939)
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

Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1890–1941)
Geoffrey G. O'Brien
Ed Ochester (born 1939)
David E. Oprava (born 1973)
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 (aka Jacob Hammer) (1930–1988)
Peter Oresick
Gregory Orr (born 1947)
Alicia Ostriker (born 1937)

P

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)
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 (born 1924)
Marge Piercy (1936)
Nick Piombino (born 1942)
Robert Pinsky (1940)
Carl Phillips (born 1959)
Wanda Phipps (born 1960)
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)
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

George Quasha (born 1942)

R

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)
Wayne Ray (born 1950)
Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872)
Janice Rebibo (born 1950)
Spencer Reece
Ishmael Reed (born 1938)
Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856–1935)
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 (born 1929)
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)
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

Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 1954)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
William Jay Smith (born 1918)
W. D. Snodgrass (born 1926)
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)
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)
William Wetmore Story (1819–1895)
Mark Strand (born 1934)
Joseph Stroud (born 1943)
Lucien Stryk
Jesse Stuart (1907–1984)
Michael Sturdy (born 1969)
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

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)
Robbie Q. Telfer
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)
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

David Unger (born 1950)
Louis Untermeyer (born 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 (born 1894–1972)
Mona Van Duyn (born 1921–2004)
Sheldon Vanauken (born 1914–1996)
Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003)
Janine Pommy Vega (1942–2010)
Jones Very (born 1813–1880)
George Sylvester Viereck (born 1884–1962)
Peter Viereck (born 1916–2006)
Nick Virgilio (born 1928–1989)
Gerald Vizenor (born 1934)
Judith Vollmer (born 1951)

W

Buddy Wakefield (born 1974)
Diane Wakoski (born 1937)
Diane Wald
Anne Waldman (born 1945)
Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935)
Keith Waldrop (born 1932)
Alice Walker (born 1944)
Lonie Walker
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)
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)
Joe Wenderoth
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 (born 1919)
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)
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)
Sarah Williams (1837–1868)
William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)
Elizabeth Willis (born 1961)
Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867)
Eleanor Wilner (born 1937)
Edmund Wilson (1895–1972)
Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey) (born 1945)
Christian Wiman (born 1966)
Anne Winters
Yvor Winters (1900–1968)
Sam Witt (born 1970)
Larry Woiwode (born 1941)
John Barton Wolgamot
Nellie Wong (born 1934)
George Edward Woodberry (1855–1930)
Eddie Woods (born 1940)^[1]
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)
Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)

X-Z

References

^ Database (undated). "Eddie Woods Papers, Circa 1957-2009 M1386". Online Archive of California. Retrieved March 28, 2012. "Eddie Woods (b. 1940, in New York) moved into this cultural circle in the early 1970s."

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