List of poets from the United States

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

• Henry Abbey (1842–1911)
• Sam Abrams (born 1935)
• Seth Abramson (born 1976)
• Diane Ackerman (born 1956)
• 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)
• 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)
• Sherman Alexie (born 1966)
• Felipe Alfau (1902–1999)
• Alice Corbin Henderson (1881–1949)
• William Allegrezza (born 1974)
• Dick Allen (born 1939)
• Donald Allen (1912–2004)
• Elizabeth Chase 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)
• Victor Anderson (1917-2001)
• Bruce Andrews (born 1948)
• Kevin Andrews (writer) (1924 – 1989)
• Ron Androla (born 1954)
• Ralph Angel (born 1951)
• Maya Angelou (born 1928)
• David Antin (born 1932)
• Antler (born 1946)
• Susanne Antonetta (born 1956)
• Philip Appleman (born 1926)
• Adrian Arancibia (born 1971)
• Rae Armantrout (born 1947)
• Richard Armour (poet) (1906–1989)
• Craig Arnold (born 1967)
• Robert P. Arthur (born 1943)
• M. K. Asante, Jr. (born 1982)
• John Ashbery (born 1927)
• Augusta Emma Stetson (1842–1928)
• Joseph Auslander (1897–1965)
• Paul Auster (born 1947)
• James L. Avery, Sr. (born 1948)
• Sevan Aydinian (born 1983)
• Jody Azzouni (born 1954)

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)
• 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)
• 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

• Lois-Ann Yamanaka (born 1961)
• Leo Yankevich (born 1961)
• John Yau (born 1950)
• 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)
• Calvin Ziegler (1854–1930)
• Joaquin Zihuatanejo
• Louis Zukofsky (1904–1978)

See also

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