The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country.
A
- Henry Abbey ( 1842– 1911)
- Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956)
- Sam Abrams (born 1935)
- Seth Abramson (born 1976)
- Diane Ackerman (born 1948)
- Duane Ackerson (1942–2020)
- 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)
- Julie Agoos (born 1956)
- Ai ( 1947– 2010)
- Conrad Aiken ( 1889– 1973)
- 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)
- Dick Allen (1939–2017)
- Donald Allen ( 1912– 2004)
- Elizabeth Akers Allen ( 1832– 1911)
- Ron Allen (1947–2010)
- Washington Allston ( 1779– 1843)
- Alta (Alta Gerrey) (born 1942)
- Alurista (born 1947)
- Julia Álvarez (born 1950)
- Indran Amirthanayagam (born 1960)
- A.R. Ammons ( 1926– 2001)
- Maggie Anderson (born 1948)
- Maria Frances Anderson (1819–1895)
- Victor Anderson (1917–2001)
- Bruce Andrews (born 1948)
- Kevin Andrews ( 1924– 1989)
- Ron Androla (born 1954)
- Ralph Angel (1951–2020)
- Maya Angelou ( 1928– 2014)
- David Antin (1932–2016)
- Antler (born 1946)
- Susanne Antonetta (born 1956)
- Philip Appleman (1926–2020)
- Rae Armantrout (born 1947)
- Richard Armour (1906–1989)
- Craig Arnold (1967–2009)
- Rebecca Aronson
- Elizabeth Barr Arthur (1884–1971)
- John Ashbery (1927–2017)
- Joseph Auslander (1897–1965)
- Paul Auster (born 1947)
- James L. Avery Sr. (1948–2013)
- Jody Azzouni (born 1954)
B
- Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952)
- Bellamy Bach (pseudonym used by a group of writers)
- Joseph M. Bachelor (1889–1947)
- Margaret Lucy Shands Bailey (1812–1888)
- Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940)
- David Baker (born 1954)
- Julia K. Wetherill Baker (1858–1931)
- John Balaban (born 1943)
- Jesse Ball (born 1978)
- Mary Canfield Ballard (1852–1927)
- Addie L. Ballou (1837–1916)
- Charles Bane Jr. (born 1951)
- Russell Banks (born 1940)
- Melissa Elizabeth Riddle Banta (1834–1907)
- Amiri Baraka (a.k.a. Leroi Jones) (1934–2014)
- Coleman Barks (born 1937)
- Joel Barlow (1754–1812)
- Anita Barnard (born 1960)
- Mary Barnard (1909–2001)
- Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)
- Jim Barnes (born 1933)
- Annie Wall Barnett (1859–1942)
- Catherine Barnett (born 1960)
- 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)
- Isaac Rieman Baxley (1850–1920)
- Charles Baxter (born 1947)
- Abel Beach (1829–1899)
- Ray Young Bear (born 1950)
- Anthony Bearden (1913–1966)
- Paul Beatty (born 1962)
- Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin (c. 1913–1995)
- George Beck (1749–1812)
- Julian Beck (1925–1985)
- Larry Beckett (born 1947)
- Joshua Beckman (born 1971)
- Lou Singletary Bedford (1837–unknown)
- Ethel Lynn Beers (1827–1879)
- Erin Belieu (born 1967)
- Marvin Bell (1937–2020)
- Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921)
- Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)
- William Rose Benét (1886–1950)
- Park Benjamin Sr. (1809–1864)
- John Bensko
- Nelson Bentley (1918–1990)
- Bill Berkson (1939–2016)
- David Berman (1967–2019)
- 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)
- Helen Louisa Bostwick Bird (1826–1907)
- Elizabeth Bishop ( 1911– 1979)
- John Peale Bishop (1892–1944)
- Morris Bishop (1893–1973)
- Sherwin Bitsui (born 1975)
- Baxter Black (1945–2022)
- Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958)
- Paul Blackburn ( 1926– 1971)
- Nicole Blackman (born 1971)
- Kimberly M. Blaeser (born 1955)
- 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)
- Annie R. Blount (1839–unknown)
- Robert Bly (born (1926–2021)
- Maxwell Bodenheim (1892–1954)
- Louise Bogan (1897–1970)
- Arna Bontemps (1902–1973)
- Michelle Boisseau (1955–2017)
- 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)
- Virginia Frazer Boyle (1863–1938)
- William Brandon (1914–2002)
- Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612– 1672)
- Mae Bramhall (c. 1861 – 1897)
- Adelia Pope Branham (1861–1917)
- Beth Brant (born 1941)
- Giannina Braschi (born 1953)
- Richard Brautigan ( 1935– 1984)
- Kate Braverman (1950–2019)
- Donari Braxton (born 1982)
- Joseph Payne Brennan ( 1918– 1990)
- Ken Brewer ( 1941– 2006)
- Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710–c. 1757)
- Kim Bridgford (born 1959)
- Besmilr Brigham (1913–2000)
- John Malcolm Brinnin ( 1916– 1999)
- Eve Brodlique ( 1867– 1949)
- Joseph Brodsky ( 1940– 1996)
- Louis Daniel Brodsky (1941–2014)
- David Bromige (1933–2009)
- William Bronk ( 1918– 1999)
- Charles Timothy Brooks (1813–1883)
- Gwendolyn Brooks ( 1917– 2000)
- Maria Gowen Brooks (c. 1795– 1845)
- Alice Williams Brotherton (1848–1930)
- Olga Broumas (born 1949)
- Alice Brown (1856–1948)
- Harry Brown (1917–1986)
- Rita Mae Brown (born 1944)
- Emma Alice Browne (1835–1890)
- Francis Fisher Browne (1843–1913)
- William Cullen Bryant ( 1794– 1878)
- Jack Buck (1924–2002)
- David Budbill (born 1940)
- Charles Bukowski ( 1920– 1994)
- Gelett Burgess (1866–1951)
- Julia de Burgos (1914–1953)
- Eudora Stone Bumstead (1860–1892)
- 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)
- Ellis Parker Butler (1869–1937)
- Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
- W. E. Butts (1944–2013)
- Kathryn Stripling Byer (1944–2017)
- 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)
- Francesca Anna Canfield (1803–1833)
- Skipwith Cannell (1887–1957)
- Joe Cardarelli (1944–1994)
- Will Carleton (1845–1912)
- Thomas John Carlisle (1913–1992)
- 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)
- Marietta Stanley Case (1845–1900)
- Cyrus Cassells (born 1957)
- Ana Castillo (born 1953)
- Sandra M. Castillo
- 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)
- Angélico Chávez (1910–1996)
- Alexander Chee (born 1967)
- Neeli Cherkovski (born 1945)
- Maxine Chernoff (born 1952)
- Kelly Cherry (1940–2022)
- James Wm. Chichetto (born 1941)
- William Childress (1933–2022)
- Emelie C. S. Chilton (1838–1864)
- Khendum Choden
- Franny Choi (born 1989)
- Chrystos (born 1946)
- John Ciardi (1916–1986)
- Noah Cicero (born 1980)
- Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
- Carson Cistulli (born 1979)
- Amy Clampitt (1920–1994)
- Tom Clark (born 1941–2018)
- Walter Van Tilburg Clark ( 1909– 1971)
- John Lee Clark (born 1978)
- 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 (1927–2009)
- Shanna Compton (born 1970)
- Hilda Conkling (1910–1986)
- Evan S. Connell (1924–2013)
- Leo Connellan ( 1928– 2001)
- Gillian Conoley (born 1955)
- Victor Contoski (born 1936)
- 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 (1942–2018)
- Billy Corgan (born 1967)
- Cid Corman ( 1924– 2004)
- Alfred Corn (born 1943)
- Gregory Corso ( 1930– 2001)
- Jayne Cortez (1934–2012)
- 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)
- Alice Arnold Crawford (1850–1874)
- Gary William Crawford (born 1953)
- Robert Creeley ( 1926– 2005)
- Judson Crews (1917–2010)
- Harry Crosby ( 1898– 1929)
- Anne Virginia Culbertson (1857–1918)
- Countee Cullen ( 1903– 1946)
- E. E. Cummings ( 1894– 1962)
- James Cummins
- J.V. Cunningham (1911–1985)
- John Curl (born 1940)
- Jen Currin
- Bloodgood Cutter (1817–1906)
D
- Beverly Dahlen (born 1934)
- Steve Dalachinsky (1946–2019)
- Enid Dame (1943–2003)
- S. Foster Damon (1893–1971)
- Jim Daniels (born 1956)
- Elizabeth Otis Dannelly (1838–1896)
- Hugh Antoine d'Arcy (1842–1925)
- Annie McCarer Darlington (1836–1907)
- 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 (born 1952)
- 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 (1919–2015)
- Alice S. Deletombe (1854–1929)
- 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)
- Diane Di Prima (1934–2020)
- Jennifer K Dick (born 1970)
- George Dickerson (1933–2015)
- 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 ( 1937–2023)
- George Dillon (1906–1968)
- Hiram Powers Dilworth (1878—1975)
- Ray DiPalma (1943–2016)
- Thomas M. Disch ( 1940– 2008)
- Yana Djin (born 1969)
- Patricia Dobler (1939–2004)
- Stephen Dobyns (born 1941)
- Mary Ann Hanmer Dodd (1813–1878)
- 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)
- Catherine Doty
- Mark Doty (born 1953)
- Alice May Douglas (1865–1943)
- Marian Douglas (1842-1913)
- Franz Douskey (born 1941)
- Rita Dove (born 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 (1923–2013)
- Amanda Ruter Dufour (1822–1899)
- Alan Dugan ( 1923– 2003)
- Denise Duhamel (born 1961)
- Michael Dumanis (born 1976)
- Henry Dumas (1934–1968)
- Paul Laurence Dunbar ( 1872– 1906)
- Robert Duncan ( 1919–1988)
- Emma Bedelia Dunham (1826–1910)
- Jim Dunlap (born 1945)
- Stephen Dunn (1939–2021)
- Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941)
- Job Durfee (1790–1847)
- Stuart Dybek (born 1942)
- Bob Dylan (born 1941)
E
- 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 (1921–2013)
- Lynn Emanuel (born 1949)
- Claudia Emerson (born 1957)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 1803– 1882)
- Paul Engle (1908–1991)
- Theodore Enslin (1925–2011)
- Daniel Mark Epstein (born 1948)
- Elaine Equi (born 1953)
- Clayton Eshleman (1935–2021)
- Martín Espada (born 1957)
- Willard R. Espy (1910–1999)
- Maggie Estep (1963–2014)
- David Allan Evans (born 1940)
- Mari Evans (1923–2017)
- Landis Everson ( 1926– 2007)
- William Everson, Brother Antoninus ( 1912– 1994)
- Eve Ewing (born 1986)
F
- Ruth Fainlight (born 1931)
- B. H. Fairchild (born 1942)
- Noah Falck (born 1977)
- William Clark Falkner (c. 1825–1889)
- Joel Fallon (1931–2016)
- Roger Fanning (born 1962)
- Norma Farber (1909–1984)
- Patricia Fargnoli (1937–2021)
- John C. Farrar (1896–1974)
- Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961)
- Kenneth Fearing (1902–1961)
- Frederick Feirstein (born 1940)
- Irving Feldman (born 1928)
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021)
- Bessie Alexander Ficklen (1861–1945)
- Eugene Field (1850–1895)
- Rachel Field (1894–1942)
- James T. Fields (1817–1881)
- Annie Finch (born 1956)
- Mike Finley (1950–2020)
- Charles C. Finn (born 1941)
- Max Finstein (1924–1982)
- Ann Fisher-Wirth (born 1947)
- Ray Fitzgerald
- 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 (died 2016)
- Gloria Frym (born 1947)
- Alice Fulton (born 1952)
G
- Georgie Starbuck Galbraith (1909–1980)
- Vi Gale (1917–2007)
- Tess Gallagher (born 1943)
- James Galvin (born 1951)
- Forrest Gander (born 1956)
- Deborah Garrison (born 1965)
- Dan Gerber (born 1940)
- Amy Gerstler (born 1956)
- Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (born 1946)
- Dobby Gibson (born 1969)
- Jack Gilbert (1925–2012)
- Annie Somers Gilchrist (1841–1912)
- 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 (born 1948)
- Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961)
- Laurence Goldstein (born 1943)
- Jose B. Gonzalez (born 1967)
- Rigoberto González (born 1970)
- Rodolfo Gonzales (1928–2005)
- Goodale Sisters
- Kevin Goodan
- Alice Goodman (born 1958)
- Paul Goodman (1911–1972)
- Hedwig Gorski (born 1949)
- Hannah Flagg Gould (1789–1865)
- Janice Gould (1949–2019)
- David Graham
- Jorie Graham (born 1950)
- Judy Grahn (born 1940)
- Alex Grant
- Adelia Cleopatra Graves (1821–1895)
- Jane Lewers Gray (1796-1871)
- Julia Boynton Green (1861–1957)
- Samuel Green (born 1948)
- Debora Greger (born 1949)
- Linda Gregerson (born 1950)
- Linda Gregg (1942–2019)
- 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 (1932–2014)
- 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
- H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961)
- Rachel Hadas (born 1948)
- Elizabeth Hadaway
- Hermann Hagedorn (1882–1964)
- Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949)
- Lucie Caroline Hager (1853–1903)
- Richard Hague (born 1947)
- Kimiko Hahn (born 1955)
- John Haines (1924–2011)
- Donald Hall (1928–2018)
- Louisa Jane Hall (1802–1892)
- Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867)
- Moyshe-Leyb Halpern (1886–1932)
- Barbara Hamby (born 1952)
- Jupiter Hammon (1711–c. 1806)
- William Harmon (born 1938)
- Belle R. Harrison (1856-1940)
- Jim Harrison (1937–2017)
- Carla Harryman (born 1952)
- Alamgir Hashmi (born 1951)
- Robert Hass (born 1941)
- Katherine Hastings
- William K. Hathaway (born 1944)
- 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 (born 1943)
- 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)
- S. M. I. Henry (1839–1900)
- Oliver Herford (1863–1935)
- Harvey Hess (1939–2012)
- William Heyen (born 1940)
- Grace Hibbard (ca. 1835 – 1911)
- Leland Hickman ( 1934– 1991)
- Bob Hicok (born 1960)
- Dick Higgins (1938–1998)
- Scott Hightower (born 1952)
- Conrad Hilberry (1928–2017)
- Robert Hillyer (1895–1961)
- Ellen Hinsey (born 1960)
- Edward Hirsch (born 1950)
- Jane Hirshfield (born 1953)
- Jack Hirschman (1933–2021)
- George Hitchcock (1914–2010)
- H. L. Hix (born 1960)
- Tony Hoagland (1953–2018)
- Allen Hoey (1952–2010)
- Linda Hogan (born 1947)
- Daniel Hoffman (1923–2013)
- Roald Hoffmann (born 1937)
- John Hollander (1929–2013)
- Bill Holm (1943–2009)
- Bob Holman (born 1948)
- M. Carl Holman (1919–1988)
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ( 1809– 1894)
- Dennis Holt (born 1942)
- Garrett Hongo (born 1951)
- Edwin Honig (1919–2011)
- Lemuel Hopkins (1750–1801)
- Jay Hopler (born 1970)
- George Moses Horton (1797–1884)
- Joan Houlihan
- Diana Der Hovanessian (1934–2018)
- Richard Howard ( 1929– 1922)
- Robert E. Howard (1906–1936)
- Emeline Harriet Howe (1844–1934)
- Fanny Howe (born 1940)
- Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910)
- Marie Howe (born 1950)
- Susan Howe (born 1937)
- Elizabeth Orpha Sampson Hoyt (1828–1912)
- 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)
- Abby B. Hyde (1799–1872)
- Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896–1983)
I–J
- David Ignatow ( 1914– 1997)
- Arthur Crew Inman (1895–1963)
- P. Inman (born 1947)
- Mary E. Ireland (1834–1927)
- Sarah S. Jacobs (1813–1902)
- Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003)
- Ethel Jacobson (1899–1991)
- Afdhere Jama (born 1980)
- Maria James (1793–1868)
- J. J. Jameson
- Marc Jampole (born 1950)
- Patricia Janus (1932–2006)
- Lisa Jarnot (born 1967)
- Randall Jarrell ( 1914– 1965)
- Robinson Jeffers ( 1887– 1962)
- Isadore Gilbert Jeffery (1840–1919)
- Paul Jessup (born 1977)
- Ted Joans (1928–2003)
- Orrick Glenday Johns (1887–1946)
- Denis Johnson (1949–2017)
- Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880–1966)
- Helene Johnson (1906–1995)
- James Weldon Johnson ( 1871– 1938)
- Josephine Winslow Johnson (1910–1990)
- Kent Johnson (born 1955)
- Kimberly Johnson (born 1971)
- Robert Underwood Johnson ( 1853– 1937)
- Richard Jones
- Sarah Jones (born 1973)
- Julie Joosten
- 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)
- 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 (1923–2016)
- Sarah Kay
- W. B. Keckler (born 1966)
- John Keene (born 1965)
- Weldon Kees ( 1914– 1955)
- Bill Keith (1929–2004)
- Brigit Pegeen Kelly (born 1951)
- X. J. Kennedy (born 1929)
- Richard Kenney (born 1948)
- Maurice Kenny (1929–2016)
- Jane Kenyon (1947–1995)
- Jack Kerouac ( 1922– 1969)
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- Francis Scott Key (1779–1843)
- Laurel Elizabeth Keyes (d. 1983)
- Alicia Keys (born 1981)
- Kerry Shawn Keys (born 1946)
- D. Kildare (1934–2005)
- Aline Murray Kilmer (1888–1941)
- Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918)
- Val Kilmer (born 1959)
- Suji Kwock Kim (born 1969)
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- James Kimbrell (born 1967)
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- Burt Kimmelman (born 1947)
- Galway Kinnell (1927–2014)
- Susan Kinsolving
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- David Kirby (born 1944)
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- Lincoln Kirstein ( 1907– 1996)
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- August Kleinzahler (born 1949)
- William Kloefkorn (1932–2011)
- Etheridge Knight ( 1933– 1991)
- Kenneth Koch ( 1925– 2002)
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- Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1947)
- Mary Koncel
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- Alfred Kreymborg (1883–1966)
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- Stanley Kunitz ( 1905– 2006)
- Laurie Kutchins
- Stephen Kuusisto (born 1955)
- Joanne Kyger (1934–2017)
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- Philip Lamantia (1927–2005)
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- Richmond Lattimore (1906–1984)
- Sanders Anne Laubenthal (1943–2002)
- James Laughlin ( 1914– 1997)
- Ann Lauterbach (born 1942)
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- James Lavilla-Havelin
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- William P. Lawrence (1930–2005)
- Robert Lax ( 1915– 2000)
- Emma Lazarus (1849–1887)
- Kelly Le Fave (born 1959)
- David Lee (born 1966)
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- Lemon (born 1975)
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- Ben Lerner (born 1979)
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- 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 (1939–2019)
- Alonzo Lewis (1794–1861)
- Charles Lillard (1944–1997)
- Shirley Geok-lin Lim (born 1944)
- Tao Lin (born 1983)
- Sarah Lindsay (born 1958)
- Vachel Lindsay ( 1879– 1931)
- Amon Liner (1940–1976)
- Sara Jane Lippincott (1823–1904)
- Diane Lockward
- Patricia Lockwood (born 1982)
- George Cabot Lodge (1873–1909)
- Ron Loewinsohn (1937–2014)
- John Logan ( 1923– 1987)
- Lily Augusta Long (1862–1927)
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- James Longenbach
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ( 1807– 1882)
- Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
- Marguerite St. Leon Loud (1812-1889)
- Trisha Low
- 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 (1946–2017)
- Henry Lyman
- William Whittingham Lyman Jr (a.k.a. Jack Lyman) (1885–1983)
- Thomas Lynch (born 1948)
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- Jackson Mac Low (1922–2004)
- Lewis MacAdams (1944–2020)
- Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890–1967)
- Percy MacKaye (1875–1956)
- Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947)
- Archibald MacLeish ( 1892– 1982)
- Naomi Long Madgett (1923–2020)
- 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)
- Tom Mandel (born 1942)
- Helen Adelia Manville (1839–1912)
- Djelloul Marbrook (born 1934)
- Joseph Moncure March (1899–1977)
- Morton Marcus ( 1936– 2009)
- Paul Mariani (born 1940)
- 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 (1930–2017)
- William Matthews ( 1942– 1997)
- John Matthias (born 1941)
- Kevin Max (born 1967)
- Julia Harris May (1833–1912)
- Bernadette Mayer (born 1945)
- Frances Mayes (born 1940)
- Ben Mazer (born 1964)
- Janet McAdams (born 1957)
- Robert McAlmon (1895–1956)
- J. D. McClatchy (born 1945)
- Michael McClure (1932–2020)
- 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 (1933–2015)
- Paula McLain (born 1965)
- Georgie A. Hulse McLeod (1827–1890)
- 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 (1937–2016)
- Herman Melville ( 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)
- Helen Maud Merrill (1865–1943)
- James Merrill ( 1926– 1995)
- Stuart Merrill ( 1863– 1915)
- Thomas Merton ( 1915– 1968)
- W. S. Merwin (1927–2019)
- Tom Meschery (born 1938)
- Sharon Mesmer (born 1960)
- Sarah Messer (born 1966)
- Henry Meyer (1840–1925)
- Robert Mezey (1935–2020)
- 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 (born 1949)
- Jen Miller (born 1972)
- Joaquin Miller ( 1837– 1913)
- Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956)
- May Miller (1899–1995)
- Minnie Myrtle Miller (1842–1882)
- Tim Miller (born 1958)
- Vassar Miller (1924–1998)
- Tyler Mills (born 1983)
- S. Isadore Miner (1863–1910)
- 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)
- Melissa Morphew (born 1963)
- 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)
- George Frederick Morgan ( 1922– 2004)
- A. F. Moritz (born 1947)
- Hilda Morley ( 1916– 1998)
- Richard Morris (1939–2003)
- Tracie Morris
- Jim Morrison ( 1943– 1971)
- Bradford Morrow (born 1951)
- Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (1873–1955)
- 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)
- Jennifer Moxley (born 1964)
- Lisel Mueller ( 1924–2020)
- Harryette Mullen (born 1953)
- William D. Mundell (1912–1997)
- Charles Muñoz (1926–2018)
- Erin Murphy
- Sheila Murphy (born 1951)
- Pauli Murray (1910–1985)
- Christopher Mwashinga (born 1965)
- Eileen Myles (born 1949)
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- Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
- Angel Nafis (born 1988)
- 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)
- Annie Neugebauer
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974)
- Rebecca S. Nichols (born 1819)
- Claire Nicolas White (1925–2020)
- 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
- Sara Louisa Oberholtzer (1841–1930)
- Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1890–1941)
- Geoffrey G. O'Brien (born 1969)
- Ed Ochester (born 1939)
- Jessie Fremont O'Donnell (1860–1897)
- Blanche Oelrichs (1890–1950)
- Ron Offen (1930–2010)
- Frank O'Hara ( 1926– 1966)
- Sharon Olds (born 1942)
- Martha Capps Oliver (1845–1917)
- Mary Oliver (1935–2019)
- 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 (1955–2016)
- Gregory Orr (born 1947)
- Alicia Ostriker (born 1937)
P
- Ron Padgett (born 1942)
- Luis Palés Matos (1898–1959)
- Grace Paley (1922–2007)
- Cheryl Pallant
- Condé Benoist Pallen (1858–1929)
- Fanny Purdy Palmer (1839–1923)
- Michael Palmer (born 1943)
- Jay Parini (born 1948)
- Dorothy Parker ( 1893– 1967)
- Lee Passarella
- Linda Pastan ( 1932–2023)
- Kenneth Patchen ( 1911– 1972)
- Josephine Preston Peabody (1874–1922)
- Richard Peabody
- Molly Peacock (born 1947)
- Harry Thurston Peck (1856–1914)
- Dr. Lucy Creemer Peckham (1842–1923)
- V. Penelope Pelizzon
- Bryan Penberthy (born 1976)
- Rob Penny (1941–2003)
- James Gates Percival (1795–1856)
- William Alexander Percy (1885–1942)
- Eleanor Percy Lee (1819–1849)
- Sam Pereira (born 1949)
- Bob Perelman (born 1947)
- Lucia Perillo (1958–2016)
- Mary Elizabeth Perley (1863–?)
- Alice N. Persons (born 1952)
- Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845–1921)
- Robert Peters (1924–2014)
- Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1890–1964)
- Carl Phillips (born 1959)
- Marge Piercy ( born 1936)
- Nick Piombino (born 1942)
- Robert Pinsky ( 1940)
- 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
- Prentice Powell
- Marie Ponsot (1921–2019)
- Marion Manville Pope (1859–1930)
- 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)
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- George Quasha (born 1942)
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- Kevin Rabas
- Burton Raffel (1928–2015)
- 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)
- Ron Rash (born 1953)
- Stephen Ratcliffe (born 1948)
- David Ray (born 1932)
- Paul Ré (born 1950)
- 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 (1941–2016)
- Naomi Replansky (1918–2023)
- Paul Reps (1895–1990)
- Carter Revard (1931–2022)
- Donald Revell (born 1954)
- Eben E. Rexford (1848–1916)
- Kenneth Rexroth ( 1905– 1982)
- Charles Reznikoff ( 1894– 1976)
- William Henry Rhodes (1822–1876)
- René Ricard (1946–2014)
- Cale Young Rice (1872–1943)
- Rosella Rice (1827–1888)
- Stan Rice (1942–2002)
- Adrienne Rich (1929–2012)
- Beah Richards (1920–2000)
- Laura E. Richards (1850–1943)
- William Nauns Ricks (1876–1948)
- Lola Ridge ( 1873– 1941)
- Laura Riding (1901–1991)
- Charles P. Ries (born 1952)
- James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916)
- Alberto Ríos (born 1952)
- Laura Jacinta Rittenhouse (1841–1911)
- Tomás Rivera (1935–1984)
- Richard Robbins
- 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)
- Adelaide Day Rollston (1854–1941)
- David Romtvedt
- Raymond Roseliep (1917–1983)
- Franklin Rosemont (1943–2009)
- J. Allyn Rosser (born 1957)
- Terry Rossio (born 1960)
- Jerome Rothenberg (born 1931)
- Michael Rothenberg (born 1951)
- Anne Rouse (born 1954)
- Thomas Rowley (1721–1796)
- Gibbons Ruark (born 1941)
- Ellen Sergeant Rude (1838–1916)
- 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)
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- 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)
- Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer (1812–1894)
- 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 (1937–2019)
- Gjertrud Schnackenberg (born 1953)
- Elio Schneeman (1961–1997)
- Dan Schneider (born 1965)
- Pat Schneider (1934–2020)
- 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
- Diane Seuss (born 1956)
- Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) ( 1904– 1991)
- Elizabeth Sewell (1919–2001)
- Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
- Tom Sexton (born 1940)
- Ntozake Shange (1948–2018)
- Ravi Shankar (born 1975)
- Mary Eulalie Fee Shannon (1824–1855)
- David Shapiro (born 1947)
- Karl Shapiro (1913–2000)
- G. S. Sharat Chandra (1935–2000)
- Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970)
- Scott Shaw (born 1958)
- Robert Shelby (1935–2016)
- Kate Brownlee Sherwood (1841–1914)
- Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873–1962)
- Aaron Shurin (born 1947)
- Eli Siegel (1902–1978)
- Lydia Sigourney (1791–1865)
- Eleni Sikelianos
- Richard Siken (born 1967)
- Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948)
- Edward Rowland Sill (1841–1887)
- Hilda Siller (1861–1945)
- Ron Silliman (born 1946)
- Murray Silverstein (born 1943)
- Shel Silverstein (1930–1999)
- Charles Simic (1938–2023)
- Jim Simmerman (1952–2006)
- William Gilmore Simms (1806–1870)
- Marge Simon (born 1942)
- Louis Simpson (1923–2012)
- Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000)
- Carrie Bell Sinclair (1839-1883)
- 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)
- Elbert H. Smith
- Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806–1893)
- Langdon Smith (1858–1908)
- Jeanie Oliver Davidson Smith (1836–1925)
- Marc Smith (born 1949)
- Margaret Smith (born 1948)
- Martha Pearson Smith (1836–?)
- Patti Smith (born 1946)
- R. T. Smith (born 1947)
- Rod Smith (born 1962)
- Rolland Smith (born 1941)
- Tracy K. Smith (born 1972)
- William Jay Smith (1918–2015)
- W. D. Snodgrass (1926–2009)
- Eliza R. Snow (1804–1887)
- Craig Snyder
- Gary Snyder (born 1930)
- Laurel Snyder (born 1974)
- Gustaf Sobin (1935–2005)
- Roberto Solis (born 1945)
- Gilbert Sorrentino (1929–2006)
- Gary Soto (born 1952)
- Juliana Spahr (born 1966)
- Harriet Mabel Spalding (1862–1935)
- Susan Marr Spalding (1841–1908)
- Anne Spencer (1882–1975)
- Jack Spicer (1925–1965)
- Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921)
- Cornelia Laws St. John (?–1902)
- 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)
- Rowena Granice Steele (1824–1901)
- Evaleen Stein (1863–1923)
- Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
- Edward Steinhardt (born 1961)
- Mattie Stepanek (1990–2004)
- Elizabeth Willisson Stephen (1856–1925)
- George Sterling (1869–1926)
- Gerald Stern (1925–2022)
- Augusta Emma Stetson (1842–1928)
- C. J. Stevens ( 1927–2021)
- James Thomas Stevens (born 1966)
- Wallace Stevens (1880–1955)
- Anne Stevenson (1933–2020)
- Margo Taft Stever
- Joffre Stewart (1925–2019)
- Susan Stewart (born 1952)
- Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904)
- John Stigall (1951–2009)
- James Still (1906–2001)
- Cornelia Laws St. John (died 1902)
- Annis Boudinot Stockton (1736–1801)
- Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909)
- Lavinia Stoddard (1787–1820)
- 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 (1924–2013)
- Jesse Stuart (1907–1984)
- Elma Stuckey (1907–1988)
- Melissa Studdard (born 1969)
- Shawn Sturgeon (born 1965)
- 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 ( 1933– 2022)
- Cole Swensen (born 1955)
- Karen Swenson (born 1936)
- May Swenson ( 1913– 1989)
- Thomas Thackeray Swinburne (1865–1926)
- Arthur Sze (born 1950)
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- Eileen Tabios (born 1960)
- John Taggart (born 1942)
- Ronald Talney
- Amber Tamblyn (born 1983)
- Luci Tapahonso (born 1953)
- Nathaniel Tarn (born 1928)
- Allen Tate ( 1899– 1979)
- James Tate (1943–2015)
- Bayard Taylor (1825–1878)
- Bert Leston Taylor (1866–1921)
- Edward Taylor (1645–1729)
- Elkanah East Taylor (1888–1945)
- Minnetta Theodora Taylor (1860–1911)
- 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)
- Clara Ann Thompson (1869–1949)
- Dunstan Thompson (1918–1975)
- E. S. L. Thompson (1848–1944)
- Lady Gwen Thompson (1928–1986)
- Maurice Thompson (1844–1901)
- William Irwin Thompson (1938–2020)
- Henry David Thoreau ( 1817– 1862)
- Tamara Thorne (born 1957)
- Laura M. Hawley Thurston (1812–1842)
- Gary Tillery (born 1947)
- Richard Tillinghast (born 1940)
- Lydia H. Tilton (1839–1915)
- Henry Timrod ( 1828– 1867)
- Melvin B. Tolson ( 1898– 1966)
- Lee Tonouchi (born c. 1972)
- Nick Tosches (1949–2019)
- Tony Tost (born 1975)
- Ann Townsend (born 1962)
- 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)
- Mary Frances Tyler Tucker (1837–1902)
- Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821–1873)
- Lewis Turco (born 1934)
- Brian Turner (born 1967)
- Genya Turovskaya
- Emma Rood Tuttle (1839–1916)
- Chase Twichell (born 1950)
- Sarah Lowe Twiggs (1839–1920)
- E. Donald Two-Rivers (d. 2008)
U–V
- Louis Untermeyer ( 1885– 1977)
- John Updike (1932–2009)
- Charles Upton (born 1948)
- Amy Uyematsu (1947–2023)
- Catherynne M. Valente (born 1979)
- Jean Valentine (1934–December 2020)
- Sallie Ada Vance (ca. 1840 - unknown)
- Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931)
- Mark Van Doren ( 1894– 1972)
- Mona Van Duyn ( 1921– 2004)
- Ellen Oliver Van Fleet ( 1842– 1893)
- 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)
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- Buddy Wakefield (born 1974)
- Diane Wakoski (born 1937)
- Diane Wald
- Anne Waldman (born 1945)
- Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935)
- Keith Waldrop ( 1932–2023)
- Alice Walker (born 1944)
- Margaret Walker (1915–1998)
- Minnie Gow Walsworth (1859–1947)
- Connie Wanek (born 1952)
- BJ Ward (born 1967)
- Diane Ward (born 1956)
- Julia Rush Cutler Ward (1796–1824)
- Katharine Augusta Ware (1797-1813)
- Mary Ware (writer) (1828–1915)
- Catherine Anne Warfield (1816–1877)
- Emily Warn
- Robert Penn Warren ( 1905– 1989)
- Raees Warsi (born 1963)
- William John Watkins (born 1942)
- Barrett Watten (born 1948)
- Jim Webb
- Rebecca Wee
- Eliot Weinberger (born 1949)
- Hannah Weiner (1928–1997)
- ruth weiss (1928–2020)
- Theodore Weiss ( 1916– 2003)
- James Welch (1940–2003)
- Lew Welch (1926–c. 1971)
- Joe Wenderoth (born 1966)
- Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958)
- Kanye West (born 1977)
- Paul West (1930–2015)
- Philip Whalen (1923–2002)
- Mark Whalon (1886–1956)
- John Wheatcroft (1925–2017)
- Phillis Wheatley ( 1753– 1784)
- Cora Stuart Wheeler (1852–1897)
- John Hall Wheelock (1886–1978)
- John Brooks Wheelwright (1897–1940)
- Edward Lucas White (1866–1934)
- Laura Rosamond White(1844–1922)
- 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 (1921–2017)
- 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 (1936–2015)
- 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)
- Anne Elizabeth Wilson (1901–1946)
- Dede Wilson (born 1937)
- Edmund Wilson (1895–1972)
- Ibbie McColm Wilson (1834–1908)
- Peter Lamborn Wilson (a.k.a. Hakim Bey) (born 1945)
- Christian Wiman (born 1966)
- Dale Wimbrow (1895–1954)
- Anne Winters
- Yvor Winters (1900–1968)
- Jeneverah M. Winton (1837–1904)
- Sam Witt (born 1970)
- Larry Woiwode (born 1941)
- John Barton Wolgamot (c.1910–c.1980)
- Nellie Wong (born 1934)
- George Edward Woodberry (1855–1930)
- Eddie Woods (born 1940)
- Samuel Woodworth (1784–1842)
- Gamel Woolsey (1895–1968)
- Abba Goold Woolson (1838–1921)
- Bryan Thao Worra (born 1973)
- Patience Worth (Pearl Lenore Curran) (1883–1937)
- Jane T. Worthington (1821–1847)
- C. D. Wright (1949–2016)
- Charles Wright (born 1935)
- Franz Wright (1953–2015)
- James Wright ( 1927– 1980)
- Jay Wright (born 1935)
- Kirby Wright
- Richard Wright ( 1908– 1960)
- Susanna Wright (1697–1784)
- Robert Wrigley (born 1951)
- Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)
X–Z
- Wendy Xu (born 1987)
- Lois-Ann Yamanaka (born 1961)
- Leo Yankevich (born 1961)
- John Yau (born 1950)
- Al Young ( 1939–2021)
- 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 (born 1971)
- Louis Zukofsky ( 1904– 1978)
See also
- Academy of American Poets
- American poetry
- List of English-language poets
- List of Jewish American poets
- List of poets
- List of years in poetry
- Poetry Foundation
- Poetry Society of America
External links
- Guide to the Darrell Kerr Correspondence with American Poets and Publishers. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country.
A
- Henry Abbey ( 1842– 1911)
- Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956)
- Sam Abrams (born 1935)
- Seth Abramson (born 1976)
- Diane Ackerman (born 1948)
- Duane Ackerson (1942–2020)
- 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)
- Julie Agoos (born 1956)
- Ai ( 1947– 2010)
- Conrad Aiken ( 1889– 1973)
- 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)
- Dick Allen (1939–2017)
- Donald Allen ( 1912– 2004)
- Elizabeth Akers Allen ( 1832– 1911)
- Ron Allen (1947–2010)
- Washington Allston ( 1779– 1843)
- Alta (Alta Gerrey) (born 1942)
- Alurista (born 1947)
- Julia Álvarez (born 1950)
- Indran Amirthanayagam (born 1960)
- A.R. Ammons ( 1926– 2001)
- Maggie Anderson (born 1948)
- Maria Frances Anderson (1819–1895)
- Victor Anderson (1917–2001)
- Bruce Andrews (born 1948)
- Kevin Andrews ( 1924– 1989)
- Ron Androla (born 1954)
- Ralph Angel (1951–2020)
- Maya Angelou ( 1928– 2014)
- David Antin (1932–2016)
- Antler (born 1946)
- Susanne Antonetta (born 1956)
- Philip Appleman (1926–2020)
- Rae Armantrout (born 1947)
- Richard Armour (1906–1989)
- Craig Arnold (1967–2009)
- Rebecca Aronson
- Elizabeth Barr Arthur (1884–1971)
- John Ashbery (1927–2017)
- Joseph Auslander (1897–1965)
- Paul Auster (born 1947)
- James L. Avery Sr. (1948–2013)
- Jody Azzouni (born 1954)
B
- Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952)
- Bellamy Bach (pseudonym used by a group of writers)
- Joseph M. Bachelor (1889–1947)
- Margaret Lucy Shands Bailey (1812–1888)
- Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940)
- David Baker (born 1954)
- Julia K. Wetherill Baker (1858–1931)
- John Balaban (born 1943)
- Jesse Ball (born 1978)
- Mary Canfield Ballard (1852–1927)
- Addie L. Ballou (1837–1916)
- Charles Bane Jr. (born 1951)
- Russell Banks (born 1940)
- Melissa Elizabeth Riddle Banta (1834–1907)
- Amiri Baraka (a.k.a. Leroi Jones) (1934–2014)
- Coleman Barks (born 1937)
- Joel Barlow (1754–1812)
- Anita Barnard (born 1960)
- Mary Barnard (1909–2001)
- Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)
- Jim Barnes (born 1933)
- Annie Wall Barnett (1859–1942)
- Catherine Barnett (born 1960)
- 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)
- Isaac Rieman Baxley (1850–1920)
- Charles Baxter (born 1947)
- Abel Beach (1829–1899)
- Ray Young Bear (born 1950)
- Anthony Bearden (1913–1966)
- Paul Beatty (born 1962)
- Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin (c. 1913–1995)
- George Beck (1749–1812)
- Julian Beck (1925–1985)
- Larry Beckett (born 1947)
- Joshua Beckman (born 1971)
- Lou Singletary Bedford (1837–unknown)
- Ethel Lynn Beers (1827–1879)
- Erin Belieu (born 1967)
- Marvin Bell (1937–2020)
- Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921)
- Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)
- William Rose Benét (1886–1950)
- Park Benjamin Sr. (1809–1864)
- John Bensko
- Nelson Bentley (1918–1990)
- Bill Berkson (1939–2016)
- David Berman (1967–2019)
- 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)
- Helen Louisa Bostwick Bird (1826–1907)
- Elizabeth Bishop ( 1911– 1979)
- John Peale Bishop (1892–1944)
- Morris Bishop (1893–1973)
- Sherwin Bitsui (born 1975)
- Baxter Black (1945–2022)
- Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958)
- Paul Blackburn ( 1926– 1971)
- Nicole Blackman (born 1971)
- Kimberly M. Blaeser (born 1955)
- 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)
- Annie R. Blount (1839–unknown)
- Robert Bly (born (1926–2021)
- Maxwell Bodenheim (1892–1954)
- Louise Bogan (1897–1970)
- Arna Bontemps (1902–1973)
- Michelle Boisseau (1955–2017)
- 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)
- Virginia Frazer Boyle (1863–1938)
- William Brandon (1914–2002)
- Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612– 1672)
- Mae Bramhall (c. 1861 – 1897)
- Adelia Pope Branham (1861–1917)
- Beth Brant (born 1941)
- Giannina Braschi (born 1953)
- Richard Brautigan ( 1935– 1984)
- Kate Braverman (1950–2019)
- Donari Braxton (born 1982)
- Joseph Payne Brennan ( 1918– 1990)
- Ken Brewer ( 1941– 2006)
- Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710–c. 1757)
- Kim Bridgford (born 1959)
- Besmilr Brigham (1913–2000)
- John Malcolm Brinnin ( 1916– 1999)
- Eve Brodlique ( 1867– 1949)
- Joseph Brodsky ( 1940– 1996)
- Louis Daniel Brodsky (1941–2014)
- David Bromige (1933–2009)
- William Bronk ( 1918– 1999)
- Charles Timothy Brooks (1813–1883)
- Gwendolyn Brooks ( 1917– 2000)
- Maria Gowen Brooks (c. 1795– 1845)
- Alice Williams Brotherton (1848–1930)
- Olga Broumas (born 1949)
- Alice Brown (1856–1948)
- Harry Brown (1917–1986)
- Rita Mae Brown (born 1944)
- Emma Alice Browne (1835–1890)
- Francis Fisher Browne (1843–1913)
- William Cullen Bryant ( 1794– 1878)
- Jack Buck (1924–2002)
- David Budbill (born 1940)
- Charles Bukowski ( 1920– 1994)
- Gelett Burgess (1866–1951)
- Julia de Burgos (1914–1953)
- Eudora Stone Bumstead (1860–1892)
- 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)
- Ellis Parker Butler (1869–1937)
- Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
- W. E. Butts (1944–2013)
- Kathryn Stripling Byer (1944–2017)
- 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)
- Francesca Anna Canfield (1803–1833)
- Skipwith Cannell (1887–1957)
- Joe Cardarelli (1944–1994)
- Will Carleton (1845–1912)
- Thomas John Carlisle (1913–1992)
- 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)
- Marietta Stanley Case (1845–1900)
- Cyrus Cassells (born 1957)
- Ana Castillo (born 1953)
- Sandra M. Castillo
- 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)
- Angélico Chávez (1910–1996)
- Alexander Chee (born 1967)
- Neeli Cherkovski (born 1945)
- Maxine Chernoff (born 1952)
- Kelly Cherry (1940–2022)
- James Wm. Chichetto (born 1941)
- William Childress (1933–2022)
- Emelie C. S. Chilton (1838–1864)
- Khendum Choden
- Franny Choi (born 1989)
- Chrystos (born 1946)
- John Ciardi (1916–1986)
- Noah Cicero (born 1980)
- Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
- Carson Cistulli (born 1979)
- Amy Clampitt (1920–1994)
- Tom Clark (born 1941–2018)
- Walter Van Tilburg Clark ( 1909– 1971)
- John Lee Clark (born 1978)
- 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 (1927–2009)
- Shanna Compton (born 1970)
- Hilda Conkling (1910–1986)
- Evan S. Connell (1924–2013)
- Leo Connellan ( 1928– 2001)
- Gillian Conoley (born 1955)
- Victor Contoski (born 1936)
- 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 (1942–2018)
- Billy Corgan (born 1967)
- Cid Corman ( 1924– 2004)
- Alfred Corn (born 1943)
- Gregory Corso ( 1930– 2001)
- Jayne Cortez (1934–2012)
- 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)
- Alice Arnold Crawford (1850–1874)
- Gary William Crawford (born 1953)
- Robert Creeley ( 1926– 2005)
- Judson Crews (1917–2010)
- Harry Crosby ( 1898– 1929)
- Anne Virginia Culbertson (1857–1918)
- Countee Cullen ( 1903– 1946)
- E. E. Cummings ( 1894– 1962)
- James Cummins
- J.V. Cunningham (1911–1985)
- John Curl (born 1940)
- Jen Currin
- Bloodgood Cutter (1817–1906)
D
- Beverly Dahlen (born 1934)
- Steve Dalachinsky (1946–2019)
- Enid Dame (1943–2003)
- S. Foster Damon (1893–1971)
- Jim Daniels (born 1956)
- Elizabeth Otis Dannelly (1838–1896)
- Hugh Antoine d'Arcy (1842–1925)
- Annie McCarer Darlington (1836–1907)
- 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 (born 1952)
- 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 (1919–2015)
- Alice S. Deletombe (1854–1929)
- 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)
- Diane Di Prima (1934–2020)
- Jennifer K Dick (born 1970)
- George Dickerson (1933–2015)
- 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 ( 1937–2023)
- George Dillon (1906–1968)
- Hiram Powers Dilworth (1878—1975)
- Ray DiPalma (1943–2016)
- Thomas M. Disch ( 1940– 2008)
- Yana Djin (born 1969)
- Patricia Dobler (1939–2004)
- Stephen Dobyns (born 1941)
- Mary Ann Hanmer Dodd (1813–1878)
- 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)
- Catherine Doty
- Mark Doty (born 1953)
- Alice May Douglas (1865–1943)
- Marian Douglas (1842-1913)
- Franz Douskey (born 1941)
- Rita Dove (born 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 (1923–2013)
- Amanda Ruter Dufour (1822–1899)
- Alan Dugan ( 1923– 2003)
- Denise Duhamel (born 1961)
- Michael Dumanis (born 1976)
- Henry Dumas (1934–1968)
- Paul Laurence Dunbar ( 1872– 1906)
- Robert Duncan ( 1919–1988)
- Emma Bedelia Dunham (1826–1910)
- Jim Dunlap (born 1945)
- Stephen Dunn (1939–2021)
- Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941)
- Job Durfee (1790–1847)
- Stuart Dybek (born 1942)
- Bob Dylan (born 1941)
E
- 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 (1921–2013)
- Lynn Emanuel (born 1949)
- Claudia Emerson (born 1957)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 1803– 1882)
- Paul Engle (1908–1991)
- Theodore Enslin (1925–2011)
- Daniel Mark Epstein (born 1948)
- Elaine Equi (born 1953)
- Clayton Eshleman (1935–2021)
- Martín Espada (born 1957)
- Willard R. Espy (1910–1999)
- Maggie Estep (1963–2014)
- David Allan Evans (born 1940)
- Mari Evans (1923–2017)
- Landis Everson ( 1926– 2007)
- William Everson, Brother Antoninus ( 1912– 1994)
- Eve Ewing (born 1986)
F
- Ruth Fainlight (born 1931)
- B. H. Fairchild (born 1942)
- Noah Falck (born 1977)
- William Clark Falkner (c. 1825–1889)
- Joel Fallon (1931–2016)
- Roger Fanning (born 1962)
- Norma Farber (1909–1984)
- Patricia Fargnoli (1937–2021)
- John C. Farrar (1896–1974)
- Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961)
- Kenneth Fearing (1902–1961)
- Frederick Feirstein (born 1940)
- Irving Feldman (born 1928)
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021)
- Bessie Alexander Ficklen (1861–1945)
- Eugene Field (1850–1895)
- Rachel Field (1894–1942)
- James T. Fields (1817–1881)
- Annie Finch (born 1956)
- Mike Finley (1950–2020)
- Charles C. Finn (born 1941)
- Max Finstein (1924–1982)
- Ann Fisher-Wirth (born 1947)
- Ray Fitzgerald
- 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 (died 2016)
- Gloria Frym (born 1947)
- Alice Fulton (born 1952)
G
- Georgie Starbuck Galbraith (1909–1980)
- Vi Gale (1917–2007)
- Tess Gallagher (born 1943)
- James Galvin (born 1951)
- Forrest Gander (born 1956)
- Deborah Garrison (born 1965)
- Dan Gerber (born 1940)
- Amy Gerstler (born 1956)
- Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (born 1946)
- Dobby Gibson (born 1969)
- Jack Gilbert (1925–2012)
- Annie Somers Gilchrist (1841–1912)
- 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 (born 1948)
- Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961)
- Laurence Goldstein (born 1943)
- Jose B. Gonzalez (born 1967)
- Rigoberto González (born 1970)
- Rodolfo Gonzales (1928–2005)
- Goodale Sisters
- Kevin Goodan
- Alice Goodman (born 1958)
- Paul Goodman (1911–1972)
- Hedwig Gorski (born 1949)
- Hannah Flagg Gould (1789–1865)
- Janice Gould (1949–2019)
- David Graham
- Jorie Graham (born 1950)
- Judy Grahn (born 1940)
- Alex Grant
- Adelia Cleopatra Graves (1821–1895)
- Jane Lewers Gray (1796-1871)
- Julia Boynton Green (1861–1957)
- Samuel Green (born 1948)
- Debora Greger (born 1949)
- Linda Gregerson (born 1950)
- Linda Gregg (1942–2019)
- 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 (1932–2014)
- 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
- H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961)
- Rachel Hadas (born 1948)
- Elizabeth Hadaway
- Hermann Hagedorn (1882–1964)
- Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949)
- Lucie Caroline Hager (1853–1903)
- Richard Hague (born 1947)
- Kimiko Hahn (born 1955)
- John Haines (1924–2011)
- Donald Hall (1928–2018)
- Louisa Jane Hall (1802–1892)
- Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867)
- Moyshe-Leyb Halpern (1886–1932)
- Barbara Hamby (born 1952)
- Jupiter Hammon (1711–c. 1806)
- William Harmon (born 1938)
- Belle R. Harrison (1856-1940)
- Jim Harrison (1937–2017)
- Carla Harryman (born 1952)
- Alamgir Hashmi (born 1951)
- Robert Hass (born 1941)
- Katherine Hastings
- William K. Hathaway (born 1944)
- 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 (born 1943)
- 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)
- S. M. I. Henry (1839–1900)
- Oliver Herford (1863–1935)
- Harvey Hess (1939–2012)
- William Heyen (born 1940)
- Grace Hibbard (ca. 1835 – 1911)
- Leland Hickman ( 1934– 1991)
- Bob Hicok (born 1960)
- Dick Higgins (1938–1998)
- Scott Hightower (born 1952)
- Conrad Hilberry (1928–2017)
- Robert Hillyer (1895–1961)
- Ellen Hinsey (born 1960)
- Edward Hirsch (born 1950)
- Jane Hirshfield (born 1953)
- Jack Hirschman (1933–2021)
- George Hitchcock (1914–2010)
- H. L. Hix (born 1960)
- Tony Hoagland (1953–2018)
- Allen Hoey (1952–2010)
- Linda Hogan (born 1947)
- Daniel Hoffman (1923–2013)
- Roald Hoffmann (born 1937)
- John Hollander (1929–2013)
- Bill Holm (1943–2009)
- Bob Holman (born 1948)
- M. Carl Holman (1919–1988)
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ( 1809– 1894)
- Dennis Holt (born 1942)
- Garrett Hongo (born 1951)
- Edwin Honig (1919–2011)
- Lemuel Hopkins (1750–1801)
- Jay Hopler (born 1970)
- George Moses Horton (1797–1884)
- Joan Houlihan
- Diana Der Hovanessian (1934–2018)
- Richard Howard ( 1929– 1922)
- Robert E. Howard (1906–1936)
- Emeline Harriet Howe (1844–1934)
- Fanny Howe (born 1940)
- Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910)
- Marie Howe (born 1950)
- Susan Howe (born 1937)
- Elizabeth Orpha Sampson Hoyt (1828–1912)
- 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)
- Abby B. Hyde (1799–1872)
- Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896–1983)
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- David Ignatow ( 1914– 1997)
- Arthur Crew Inman (1895–1963)
- P. Inman (born 1947)
- Mary E. Ireland (1834–1927)
- Sarah S. Jacobs (1813–1902)
- Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003)
- Ethel Jacobson (1899–1991)
- Afdhere Jama (born 1980)
- Maria James (1793–1868)
- J. J. Jameson
- Marc Jampole (born 1950)
- Patricia Janus (1932–2006)
- Lisa Jarnot (born 1967)
- Randall Jarrell ( 1914– 1965)
- Robinson Jeffers ( 1887– 1962)
- Isadore Gilbert Jeffery (1840–1919)
- Paul Jessup (born 1977)
- Ted Joans (1928–2003)
- Orrick Glenday Johns (1887–1946)
- Denis Johnson (1949–2017)
- Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880–1966)
- Helene Johnson (1906–1995)
- James Weldon Johnson ( 1871– 1938)
- Josephine Winslow Johnson (1910–1990)
- Kent Johnson (born 1955)
- Kimberly Johnson (born 1971)
- Robert Underwood Johnson ( 1853– 1937)
- Richard Jones
- Sarah Jones (born 1973)
- Julie Joosten
- June Jordan (1936–2002)
- Pierre Joris (born 1946)
- Andrew Joron
- Lawrence Joseph (born 1948)
- Matthew Josephson (1899–1978)
- Frank Judge
- Donald Justice (1925–2004)
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- 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 (1923–2016)
- Sarah Kay
- W. B. Keckler (born 1966)
- John Keene (born 1965)
- Weldon Kees ( 1914– 1955)
- Bill Keith (1929–2004)
- Brigit Pegeen Kelly (born 1951)
- X. J. Kennedy (born 1929)
- Richard Kenney (born 1948)
- Maurice Kenny (1929–2016)
- 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)
- D. Kildare (1934–2005)
- Aline Murray Kilmer (1888–1941)
- Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918)
- Val Kilmer (born 1959)
- Suji Kwock Kim (born 1969)
- Harriet McEwen Kimball (1834–1917)
- James Kimbrell (born 1967)
- Haven Kimmel (born 1965)
- Burt Kimmelman (born 1947)
- Galway Kinnell (1927–2014)
- Susan Kinsolving
- Mary Kinzie (born 1944)
- David Kirby (born 1944)
- H. T. Kirby-Smith (born 1938)
- 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)
- Mary Koncel
- 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 (1934–2017)
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- Philip Lamantia (1927–2005)
- Fran Landesman (1927–2011)
- D. L. Lang (born 1983)
- 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)
- Margaret Wynne Lawless (1847–1926)
- 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)
- Mary Elizabeth Lee (1819–1849)
- 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 (1939–2019)
- Alonzo Lewis (1794–1861)
- Charles Lillard (1944–1997)
- Shirley Geok-lin Lim (born 1944)
- Tao Lin (born 1983)
- Sarah Lindsay (born 1958)
- Vachel Lindsay ( 1879– 1931)
- Amon Liner (1940–1976)
- Sara Jane Lippincott (1823–1904)
- Diane Lockward
- Patricia Lockwood (born 1982)
- George Cabot Lodge (1873–1909)
- Ron Loewinsohn (1937–2014)
- John Logan ( 1923– 1987)
- Lily Augusta Long (1862–1927)
- Naomi Long Madgett ( 1923–2020)
- James Longenbach
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ( 1807– 1882)
- Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
- Marguerite St. Leon Loud (1812-1889)
- Trisha Low
- 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 (1946–2017)
- Henry Lyman
- William Whittingham Lyman Jr (a.k.a. Jack Lyman) (1885–1983)
- Thomas Lynch (born 1948)
M
- Jackson Mac Low (1922–2004)
- Lewis MacAdams (1944–2020)
- Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890–1967)
- Percy MacKaye (1875–1956)
- Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947)
- Archibald MacLeish ( 1892– 1982)
- Naomi Long Madgett (1923–2020)
- 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)
- Tom Mandel (born 1942)
- Helen Adelia Manville (1839–1912)
- Djelloul Marbrook (born 1934)
- Joseph Moncure March (1899–1977)
- Morton Marcus ( 1936– 2009)
- Paul Mariani (born 1940)
- 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 (1930–2017)
- William Matthews ( 1942– 1997)
- John Matthias (born 1941)
- Kevin Max (born 1967)
- Julia Harris May (1833–1912)
- Bernadette Mayer (born 1945)
- Frances Mayes (born 1940)
- Ben Mazer (born 1964)
- Janet McAdams (born 1957)
- Robert McAlmon (1895–1956)
- J. D. McClatchy (born 1945)
- Michael McClure (1932–2020)
- 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 (1933–2015)
- Paula McLain (born 1965)
- Georgie A. Hulse McLeod (1827–1890)
- 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 (1937–2016)
- Herman Melville ( 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)
- Helen Maud Merrill (1865–1943)
- James Merrill ( 1926– 1995)
- Stuart Merrill ( 1863– 1915)
- Thomas Merton ( 1915– 1968)
- W. S. Merwin (1927–2019)
- Tom Meschery (born 1938)
- Sharon Mesmer (born 1960)
- Sarah Messer (born 1966)
- Henry Meyer (1840–1925)
- Robert Mezey (1935–2020)
- 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 (born 1949)
- Jen Miller (born 1972)
- Joaquin Miller ( 1837– 1913)
- Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956)
- May Miller (1899–1995)
- Minnie Myrtle Miller (1842–1882)
- Tim Miller (born 1958)
- Vassar Miller (1924–1998)
- Tyler Mills (born 1983)
- S. Isadore Miner (1863–1910)
- 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)
- Melissa Morphew (born 1963)
- 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)
- George Frederick Morgan ( 1922– 2004)
- A. F. Moritz (born 1947)
- Hilda Morley ( 1916– 1998)
- Richard Morris (1939–2003)
- Tracie Morris
- Jim Morrison ( 1943– 1971)
- Bradford Morrow (born 1951)
- Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (1873–1955)
- 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)
- Jennifer Moxley (born 1964)
- Lisel Mueller ( 1924–2020)
- Harryette Mullen (born 1953)
- William D. Mundell (1912–1997)
- Charles Muñoz (1926–2018)
- Erin Murphy
- Sheila Murphy (born 1951)
- Pauli Murray (1910–1985)
- Christopher Mwashinga (born 1965)
- Eileen Myles (born 1949)
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- Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
- Angel Nafis (born 1988)
- 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)
- Annie Neugebauer
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974)
- Rebecca S. Nichols (born 1819)
- Claire Nicolas White (1925–2020)
- 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
- Sara Louisa Oberholtzer (1841–1930)
- Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1890–1941)
- Geoffrey G. O'Brien (born 1969)
- Ed Ochester (born 1939)
- Jessie Fremont O'Donnell (1860–1897)
- Blanche Oelrichs (1890–1950)
- Ron Offen (1930–2010)
- Frank O'Hara ( 1926– 1966)
- Sharon Olds (born 1942)
- Martha Capps Oliver (1845–1917)
- Mary Oliver (1935–2019)
- 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 (1955–2016)
- Gregory Orr (born 1947)
- Alicia Ostriker (born 1937)
P
- Ron Padgett (born 1942)
- Luis Palés Matos (1898–1959)
- Grace Paley (1922–2007)
- Cheryl Pallant
- Condé Benoist Pallen (1858–1929)
- Fanny Purdy Palmer (1839–1923)
- Michael Palmer (born 1943)
- Jay Parini (born 1948)
- Dorothy Parker ( 1893– 1967)
- Lee Passarella
- Linda Pastan ( 1932–2023)
- Kenneth Patchen ( 1911– 1972)
- Josephine Preston Peabody (1874–1922)
- Richard Peabody
- Molly Peacock (born 1947)
- Harry Thurston Peck (1856–1914)
- Dr. Lucy Creemer Peckham (1842–1923)
- V. Penelope Pelizzon
- Bryan Penberthy (born 1976)
- Rob Penny (1941–2003)
- James Gates Percival (1795–1856)
- William Alexander Percy (1885–1942)
- Eleanor Percy Lee (1819–1849)
- Sam Pereira (born 1949)
- Bob Perelman (born 1947)
- Lucia Perillo (1958–2016)
- Mary Elizabeth Perley (1863–?)
- Alice N. Persons (born 1952)
- Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845–1921)
- Robert Peters (1924–2014)
- Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1890–1964)
- Carl Phillips (born 1959)
- Marge Piercy ( born 1936)
- Nick Piombino (born 1942)
- Robert Pinsky ( 1940)
- 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
- Prentice Powell
- Marie Ponsot (1921–2019)
- Marion Manville Pope (1859–1930)
- 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)
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- George Quasha (born 1942)
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- Kevin Rabas
- Burton Raffel (1928–2015)
- 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)
- Ron Rash (born 1953)
- Stephen Ratcliffe (born 1948)
- David Ray (born 1932)
- Paul Ré (born 1950)
- 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 (1941–2016)
- Naomi Replansky (1918–2023)
- Paul Reps (1895–1990)
- Carter Revard (1931–2022)
- Donald Revell (born 1954)
- Eben E. Rexford (1848–1916)
- Kenneth Rexroth ( 1905– 1982)
- Charles Reznikoff ( 1894– 1976)
- William Henry Rhodes (1822–1876)
- René Ricard (1946–2014)
- Cale Young Rice (1872–1943)
- Rosella Rice (1827–1888)
- Stan Rice (1942–2002)
- Adrienne Rich (1929–2012)
- Beah Richards (1920–2000)
- Laura E. Richards (1850–1943)
- William Nauns Ricks (1876–1948)
- Lola Ridge ( 1873– 1941)
- Laura Riding (1901–1991)
- Charles P. Ries (born 1952)
- James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916)
- Alberto Ríos (born 1952)
- Laura Jacinta Rittenhouse (1841–1911)
- Tomás Rivera (1935–1984)
- Richard Robbins
- 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)
- Adelaide Day Rollston (1854–1941)
- David Romtvedt
- Raymond Roseliep (1917–1983)
- Franklin Rosemont (1943–2009)
- J. Allyn Rosser (born 1957)
- Terry Rossio (born 1960)
- Jerome Rothenberg (born 1931)
- Michael Rothenberg (born 1951)
- Anne Rouse (born 1954)
- Thomas Rowley (1721–1796)
- Gibbons Ruark (born 1941)
- Ellen Sergeant Rude (1838–1916)
- 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)
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- 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)
- Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer (1812–1894)
- 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 (1937–2019)
- Gjertrud Schnackenberg (born 1953)
- Elio Schneeman (1961–1997)
- Dan Schneider (born 1965)
- Pat Schneider (1934–2020)
- 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
- Diane Seuss (born 1956)
- Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) ( 1904– 1991)
- Elizabeth Sewell (1919–2001)
- Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
- Tom Sexton (born 1940)
- Ntozake Shange (1948–2018)
- Ravi Shankar (born 1975)
- Mary Eulalie Fee Shannon (1824–1855)
- David Shapiro (born 1947)
- Karl Shapiro (1913–2000)
- G. S. Sharat Chandra (1935–2000)
- Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970)
- Scott Shaw (born 1958)
- Robert Shelby (1935–2016)
- Kate Brownlee Sherwood (1841–1914)
- Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873–1962)
- Aaron Shurin (born 1947)
- Eli Siegel (1902–1978)
- Lydia Sigourney (1791–1865)
- Eleni Sikelianos
- Richard Siken (born 1967)
- Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948)
- Edward Rowland Sill (1841–1887)
- Hilda Siller (1861–1945)
- Ron Silliman (born 1946)
- Murray Silverstein (born 1943)
- Shel Silverstein (1930–1999)
- Charles Simic (1938–2023)
- Jim Simmerman (1952–2006)
- William Gilmore Simms (1806–1870)
- Marge Simon (born 1942)
- Louis Simpson (1923–2012)
- Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000)
- Carrie Bell Sinclair (1839-1883)
- 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)
- Elbert H. Smith
- Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806–1893)
- Langdon Smith (1858–1908)
- Jeanie Oliver Davidson Smith (1836–1925)
- Marc Smith (born 1949)
- Margaret Smith (born 1948)
- Martha Pearson Smith (1836–?)
- Patti Smith (born 1946)
- R. T. Smith (born 1947)
- Rod Smith (born 1962)
- Rolland Smith (born 1941)
- Tracy K. Smith (born 1972)
- William Jay Smith (1918–2015)
- W. D. Snodgrass (1926–2009)
- Eliza R. Snow (1804–1887)
- Craig Snyder
- Gary Snyder (born 1930)
- Laurel Snyder (born 1974)
- Gustaf Sobin (1935–2005)
- Roberto Solis (born 1945)
- Gilbert Sorrentino (1929–2006)
- Gary Soto (born 1952)
- Juliana Spahr (born 1966)
- Harriet Mabel Spalding (1862–1935)
- Susan Marr Spalding (1841–1908)
- Anne Spencer (1882–1975)
- Jack Spicer (1925–1965)
- Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921)
- Cornelia Laws St. John (?–1902)
- 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)
- Rowena Granice Steele (1824–1901)
- Evaleen Stein (1863–1923)
- Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
- Edward Steinhardt (born 1961)
- Mattie Stepanek (1990–2004)
- Elizabeth Willisson Stephen (1856–1925)
- George Sterling (1869–1926)
- Gerald Stern (1925–2022)
- Augusta Emma Stetson (1842–1928)
- C. J. Stevens ( 1927–2021)
- James Thomas Stevens (born 1966)
- Wallace Stevens (1880–1955)
- Anne Stevenson (1933–2020)
- Margo Taft Stever
- Joffre Stewart (1925–2019)
- Susan Stewart (born 1952)
- Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904)
- John Stigall (1951–2009)
- James Still (1906–2001)
- Cornelia Laws St. John (died 1902)
- Annis Boudinot Stockton (1736–1801)
- Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909)
- Lavinia Stoddard (1787–1820)
- 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 (1924–2013)
- Jesse Stuart (1907–1984)
- Elma Stuckey (1907–1988)
- Melissa Studdard (born 1969)
- Shawn Sturgeon (born 1965)
- 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 ( 1933– 2022)
- Cole Swensen (born 1955)
- Karen Swenson (born 1936)
- May Swenson ( 1913– 1989)
- Thomas Thackeray Swinburne (1865–1926)
- Arthur Sze (born 1950)
T
- Eileen Tabios (born 1960)
- John Taggart (born 1942)
- Ronald Talney
- Amber Tamblyn (born 1983)
- Luci Tapahonso (born 1953)
- Nathaniel Tarn (born 1928)
- Allen Tate ( 1899– 1979)
- James Tate (1943–2015)
- Bayard Taylor (1825–1878)
- Bert Leston Taylor (1866–1921)
- Edward Taylor (1645–1729)
- Elkanah East Taylor (1888–1945)
- Minnetta Theodora Taylor (1860–1911)
- 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)
- Clara Ann Thompson (1869–1949)
- Dunstan Thompson (1918–1975)
- E. S. L. Thompson (1848–1944)
- Lady Gwen Thompson (1928–1986)
- Maurice Thompson (1844–1901)
- William Irwin Thompson (1938–2020)
- Henry David Thoreau ( 1817– 1862)
- Tamara Thorne (born 1957)
- Laura M. Hawley Thurston (1812–1842)
- Gary Tillery (born 1947)
- Richard Tillinghast (born 1940)
- Lydia H. Tilton (1839–1915)
- Henry Timrod ( 1828– 1867)
- Melvin B. Tolson ( 1898– 1966)
- Lee Tonouchi (born c. 1972)
- Nick Tosches (1949–2019)
- Tony Tost (born 1975)
- Ann Townsend (born 1962)
- 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)
- Mary Frances Tyler Tucker (1837–1902)
- Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821–1873)
- Lewis Turco (born 1934)
- Brian Turner (born 1967)
- Genya Turovskaya
- Emma Rood Tuttle (1839–1916)
- Chase Twichell (born 1950)
- Sarah Lowe Twiggs (1839–1920)
- E. Donald Two-Rivers (d. 2008)
U–V
- Louis Untermeyer ( 1885– 1977)
- John Updike (1932–2009)
- Charles Upton (born 1948)
- Amy Uyematsu (1947–2023)
- Catherynne M. Valente (born 1979)
- Jean Valentine (1934–December 2020)
- Sallie Ada Vance (ca. 1840 - unknown)
- Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931)
- Mark Van Doren ( 1894– 1972)
- Mona Van Duyn ( 1921– 2004)
- Ellen Oliver Van Fleet ( 1842– 1893)
- 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
- Buddy Wakefield (born 1974)
- Diane Wakoski (born 1937)
- Diane Wald
- Anne Waldman (born 1945)
- Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935)
- Keith Waldrop ( 1932–2023)
- Alice Walker (born 1944)
- Margaret Walker (1915–1998)
- Minnie Gow Walsworth (1859–1947)
- Connie Wanek (born 1952)
- BJ Ward (born 1967)
- Diane Ward (born 1956)
- Julia Rush Cutler Ward (1796–1824)
- Katharine Augusta Ware (1797-1813)
- Mary Ware (writer) (1828–1915)
- Catherine Anne Warfield (1816–1877)
- Emily Warn
- Robert Penn Warren ( 1905– 1989)
- Raees Warsi (born 1963)
- William John Watkins (born 1942)
- Barrett Watten (born 1948)
- Jim Webb
- Rebecca Wee
- Eliot Weinberger (born 1949)
- Hannah Weiner (1928–1997)
- ruth weiss (1928–2020)
- Theodore Weiss ( 1916– 2003)
- James Welch (1940–2003)
- Lew Welch (1926–c. 1971)
- Joe Wenderoth (born 1966)
- Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958)
- Kanye West (born 1977)
- Paul West (1930–2015)
- Philip Whalen (1923–2002)
- Mark Whalon (1886–1956)
- John Wheatcroft (1925–2017)
- Phillis Wheatley ( 1753– 1784)
- Cora Stuart Wheeler (1852–1897)
- John Hall Wheelock (1886–1978)
- John Brooks Wheelwright (1897–1940)
- Edward Lucas White (1866–1934)
- Laura Rosamond White(1844–1922)
- 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 (1921–2017)
- 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 (1936–2015)
- 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)
- Anne Elizabeth Wilson (1901–1946)
- Dede Wilson (born 1937)
- Edmund Wilson (1895–1972)
- Ibbie McColm Wilson (1834–1908)
- Peter Lamborn Wilson (a.k.a. Hakim Bey) (born 1945)
- Christian Wiman (born 1966)
- Dale Wimbrow (1895–1954)
- Anne Winters
- Yvor Winters (1900–1968)
- Jeneverah M. Winton (1837–1904)
- Sam Witt (born 1970)
- Larry Woiwode (born 1941)
- John Barton Wolgamot (c.1910–c.1980)
- Nellie Wong (born 1934)
- George Edward Woodberry (1855–1930)
- Eddie Woods (born 1940)
- Samuel Woodworth (1784–1842)
- Gamel Woolsey (1895–1968)
- Abba Goold Woolson (1838–1921)
- Bryan Thao Worra (born 1973)
- Patience Worth (Pearl Lenore Curran) (1883–1937)
- Jane T. Worthington (1821–1847)
- C. D. Wright (1949–2016)
- Charles Wright (born 1935)
- Franz Wright (1953–2015)
- James Wright ( 1927– 1980)
- Jay Wright (born 1935)
- Kirby Wright
- Richard Wright ( 1908– 1960)
- Susanna Wright (1697–1784)
- Robert Wrigley (born 1951)
- Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)
X–Z
- Wendy Xu (born 1987)
- Lois-Ann Yamanaka (born 1961)
- Leo Yankevich (born 1961)
- John Yau (born 1950)
- Al Young ( 1939–2021)
- 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 (born 1971)
- Louis Zukofsky ( 1904– 1978)
See also
- Academy of American Poets
- American poetry
- List of English-language poets
- List of Jewish American poets
- List of poets
- List of years in poetry
- Poetry Foundation
- Poetry Society of America
External links
- Guide to the Darrell Kerr Correspondence with American Poets and Publishers. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.