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)
- Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956)
- Sam Abrams (born 1935)
- Seth Abramson (born 1976)
- Diane Ackerman (born 1948)
- Duane Ackerson (born 1942)
- Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968)
- Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004)
- Helen Adam (1909–1993)
- John Adams (1704–1740)
- Léonie Adams (1899–1988)
- Kim Addonizio (born 1954)
- James Agee (1909–1955)
- Deborah Ager (1971 - present)
- Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969)
- Ai (1947–2010)
- Conrad Aiken (1889–1973)
- Salman Akhtar (born 1946)
- Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956)
- Amos Bronson Alcott, (1799–1888)
- Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888)
- Sherman Alexie (born 1966)
- Felipe Alfau (1902–1999)
- Kazim Ali (born 1971)
- William Allegrezza (born 1974)
- Dick Allen (born 1939)
- Donald Allen (1912–2004)
- Elizabeth 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)
- Maggie Anderson (1948 - present)
- Victor Anderson (1917–2001)
- Bruce Andrews (born 1948)
- Kevin Andrews (writer) (1924–1989)
- Ron Androla (born 1954)
- Ralph Angel (born 1951)
- Maya Angelou (1928–2014)
- David Antin (born 1932)
- Antler (born 1946)
- Susanne Antonetta (born 1956)
- Philip Appleman (born 1926)
- Rae Armantrout (born 1947)
- Richard Armour (1906–1989)
- Craig Arnold (1967–2009)
- Rebecca Aronson
- Robert P. Arthur (born 1943)
- M. K. Asante, Jr. (born 1982)
- John Ashbery (born 1927)
- Augusta Emma Stetson (1842–1928)
- Joseph Auslander (1897–1965)
- Paul Auster (born 1947)
- James L. Avery, Sr. (born 1948)
- 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)
- Julia K. Wetherill Baker (1858–1931)
- John Balaban (born 1943)
- Jesse Ball (born 1978)
- Addie L. Ballou (1837–1916), American poet and suffragist
- Russell Banks (born 1940)
- Joel Barlow (1754 - 1812)
- Amiri Baraka (aka Leroi Jones) (1934-2014)
- 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)
- Harriet Bates (1856–1886), wrote under the name Eleanor Putnam
- Joseph Bathanti (born 1953)
- Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959)
- Eric Baus (born 1975)
- Charles Baxter (born 1947)
- Abel Beach (1829–1899)
- Ray Young Bear (born 1950)
- Anthony Bearden (1913-1966)
- Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin (c. 1913–1995)
- George Beck (1749–1812)
- Julian Beck (1925–1985)
- Larry Beckett (born 1947)
- Joshua Beckman
- Ethel Lynn Beers (1827–1879)
- Erin Belieu (born 1957)
- Marvin Bell (born 1937)
- Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)
- William Rose Benét (1886–1950)
- Park Benjamin, Sr. (1809–1864)
- John Bensko
- Nelson Bentley (1918–1990)
- Bill Berkson (born 1939)
- David Berman (musician) (born 1967)
- Charles Bernstein (born 1950)
- Steven Jesse Bernstein (1950–1991)
- Anselm Berrigan (born 1972)
- Ted Berrigan (1934–1983)
- Wendell Berry (born 1934)
- John Berryman (1914–1972)
- Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (born 1947)
- Lorraine Bethel
- Helen Bevington (1906–2001)
- Frank Bidart (born 1939)
- Ambrose Bierce (1842–c. 1913)
- Linda Bierds (born 1945)
- David Biespiel (born 1964)
- Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
- Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958)
- John Peale Bishop (1892–1944)
- Sherwin Bitsui (born 1975)
- Baxter Black (born 1945)
- Paul Blackburn (1926–1971)
- Nicole Blackman (born 1971)
- Kimberly M. Blaeser
- Brian Blanchfield (born 1973)
- Don Blanding (1894–1957)
- Robin Blaser (1925–2009)
- Anthony Bleecker (1770–1827)
- Adrian Blevins (born 1964)
- Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919)
- Henry Ames Blood (1836–1900)
- Roberts Blossom (1924–2011)
- Robert Bly (born 1926)
- Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612–1672)
- Maxwell Bodenheim (1892–1954)
- Jean Boese (1925–2004)
- Louise Bogan (1897–1970)
- Arna Bontemps (1902–1973)
- Laure-Anne Bosselaar (6)(2006 - present)
- Bruce Boston (born 1943)
- David Bottoms (born 1949)
- Jenny Boully (born 1976)
- Geoff Bouvier (born 1969)
- Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949)
- Edgar Bowers (5)(1924 - 2000)
- Kay Boyle (1902–1992)
- William Brandon (1914–2002)
- Beth Brant (born 1941)
- Giannina Braschi (born 1953)
- Richard Brautigan (1935–1984)
- Kate Braverman (born 1950)
- Donari Braxton
- Joseph Payne Brennan (1918–1990)
- Ken Brewer (1941–2006)
- Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710–c. 1757)
- Kim Bridgford (born 1959)
- Robert Bringhurst (born 1946)
- John Malcolm Brinnin (1916–1999)
- 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)
- Gelett Burgess (1866 - 1951)
- Charles Bukowski (1920–1994)
- David R. Bunch (1925–2000)
- Henry Cuyler Bunner (1855–1896)
- José Antonio Burciaga (1940–1996)
- Gelett Burgess (1866 - 1951)
- Stanley Burnshaw (1906–2005)
- Amelia Josephine Burr (1878–1968)
- Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882–1954)
- Raegan Butcher (born 1969)
- Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
- Ellis Parker Butler (72)(1869 - 1937)
- W. E. Butts (1944–2013)
- Witter Bynner (1881–1968)
- Kathryn Stripling Byer (born 1944)
- 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)
- Willa Cather (1873 - 1947)
- Raymond Carver (1938–1988)
- Phoebe Cary (1824–1871)
- Cyrus Cassells (born 1957)
- Sandra M. Castillo
- Ana Castillo (born 1953)
- Madison Cawein (1865–1914)
- Thomas Centolella
- Joseph Ceravolo (1934–1988)
- Tina Chang (born 1969)
- William Ellery Channing (1818–1901)
- Arthur Chapman (1874–1935)
- John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)
- Fred Chappell (born 1936)
- Alexander Chee
- Neeli Cherkovski (born 1945)
- Maxine Chernoff (born 1952)
- Bob Cherry
- Kelly Cherry (born 1940)
- Chrystos (born 1946)
- Angélico Chávez (1910–1996)
- Khendum Choden
- James Wm. Chichetto (born 1941)
- William Childress (born 1933)
- John Ciardi (1916–1986)
- Noah Cicero (born 1980)
- Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
- Carson Cistulli (born 1979)
- Amy Clampitt (1920–1994)
- Tom Clark (born 1941)
- Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909–1971)
- John Clarke (1933–1992)
- Lucille Clifton (1936–2010)
- Joshua Clover (born 1962)
- Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927)
- Grace Stone Coates (1881–1976)
- Stanton A. Coblentz (1896–1982)
- Andrei Codrescu (born 1946)
- Robert P. T. Coffin (1892–1955)
- Ira Cohen (1935–2011)
- Nan Cohen (born 1968)
- Jim Cohn (born 1953)
- Henri Cole (born 1956)
- Norma Cole (born 1945)
- Wanda Coleman (1946-2014)
- Billy Collins (born 1941)
- Martha Collins (1940 - present)
- Betsy Colquitt (born 1927)
- Shanna Compton (born 1970)
- Hilda Conkling (1910–1986)
- Evan S. Connell (1924-2013)
- Leo Connellan (1928–2001)
- Gillian Conoley (born 1955)
- J. Gordon Coogler (1865–1901)
- Rose Terry Cooke (1827–1892)
- Ina Coolbrith (1841–1928)
- Clark Coolidge (born 1939)
- Dennis Cooper (born 1953)
- Jake Copass (1920–2006)
- William Corbett (born 1942)
- Billy Corgan (born 1967)
- Cid Corman (1924–2004)
- Alfred Corn (born 1943)
- Gregory Corso (1930–2001)
- Jayne Cortez (born 1936)
- Gerald Costanzo
- Joe Cottonwood (born 1947)
- Henri Coulette (1927–1988)
- John Cournos (1881–1966)
- Elise Cowen (1933–1962)
- Louis O. Coxe (1918–1993)
- Christopher Pearse Cranch (1813–1892)
- Hart Crane (1899–1932)
- Stephen Crane (1871–1900)
- Adelaide Crapsey (1878–1914)
- Gary William Crawford (born 1953)
- Robert Creeley (1926 - present)
- Robert Creeley (1926–2005)
- Judson Crews (born 1917)
- Harry Crosby (1898–1929)
- Countee Cullen (1903–1946)
- E. E. Cummings (1894–1962)
- J.V. Cunningham (1911–1985)
- John Curl (born 1940)
- Jen Currin
- Bloodgood Cutter (1817–1906)
D
- Beverly Dahlen (born 1934)
- Hugh Antoine d'Arcy (1842–1925)
- H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961)
- Steve Dalachinsky (born 1946)
- Enid Dame (1943–2003)
- S. Foster Damon (1893–1971)
- Jim Daniels (born 1956)
- Tina Darragh (born 1950)
- Robert Dassanowsky (born 1960)
- Guy Davenport (1927–2005)
- Chad Davidson (born 1970)
- Donald Davidson (1893–1968)
- Gustav Davidson (1895–1971)
- Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808–1825)
- Michael Davidson (born 1944)
- Alan Davies (born 1951)
- Dale Davis
- Gwen Davis (born 1936)
- Jon Davis
- Clarence Day (1874–1935)
- Jaime de Angulo (1887–1950)
- Caridad de la Luz (born 1977)
- Michelle Regalado Deatrick
- Philip F. Deaver (born 1946)
- Madeline DeFrees (born 1919)
- Edwin Denby (1903–1983)
- Richard Denner (born 1941)
- Reuel Denney (1913–1995)
- Carl Dennis (born 1939)
- Tory Dent (1958–2005)
- Babette Deutsch (1895–1982)
- Jamie DeWolf (born 1977 as Jamie Kennedy)
- Jennifer K Dick (born 1970)
- George Dickerson (born 1933)
- James Dickey (1923–1997)
- Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
- Roger Dickinson-Brown (born 1944)
- Matthew Dickman (born 1975)
- Michael Dickman (born 1975)
- Annie Dillard (1945 - present)
- R. H. W. Dillard (born 1937)
- George Dillon (1906–1968)
- Ray DiPalma (born 1943)
- Diane Di Prima (born 1934)
- Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008)
- Patricia Dobler (1939–2004)
- Stephen Dobyns (1941)
- Owen Dodson (1914–1983)
- John Dolan (born 1955)
- Nathan Haskell Dole (1852–1935)
- Sonya Dorman (1924–2005)
- Ed Dorn (1929–1999)
- Julia Caroline Dorr (1825–1913)
- Mark Doty (born 1953)
- Franz Douskey
- Rita Dove (1952)
- Kirby Doyle (1932–2003)
- Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)
- Will Allen Dromgoole (1860–1934)
- Celia Dropkin (1887–1956)
- Norman Dubie (born 1945)
- Bruce Ducker (born 1938)
- Peter Kane Dufault (born 1923)
- Alan Dugan (born 1923–2003)
- Denise Duhamel (1961 - present)
- Michael Dumanis (born 1976)
- Henry Dumas (1934–1968)
- Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)
- Robert Duncan (1919–1988)
- Jim Dunlap (born 1945)
- Stephen Dunn (born 1939)
- Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941)
- Job Durfee (1790–1847)
- Stuart Dybek (born 1942)
- Bob Dylan (born 1941)
E
- Cornelius Eady (born 1954)
- Pliny Earle (1809–1892)
- Richard Eberhart (1904–2005)
- David Edelstadt (1866–1892)
- Russell Edson (1935-2014)
- kari edwards (1954–2006)
- Terry Ehret (born 1955)
- Max Ehrmann (1872–1945)
- Larry Eigner (1927–1996)
- Loren Eiseley (1907–1977)
- T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)
- James Emanuel (born 1921)
- Lynn Emanuel (born 1949)
- Claudia Emerson (born 1957)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
- Paul Engle (1908–1991)
- Theodore Enslin (born 1925)
- Daniel Mark Epstein (born 1948)
- Elaine Equi (born 1953)
- Clayton Eshleman (born 1935)
- Martín Espada (born 1957)
- Willard R. Espy (1910–1999)
- Maggie Estep (born 1963)
- Jerry Estrin (1947–1993)
- David Allan Evans (born 1940)
- Mari Evans (born 1923)
- Landis Everson (1926–2007)
- William Everson — Brother Antoninus (1912–1994)
F
- Mike Finley (born 1950)
- Ruth Fainlight (born 1931)
- B. H. Fairchild (born 1942)
- Noah Falck (born 1977)
- William Clark Falkner (c. 1825–1889)
- Roger Fanning (born 1962)
- Norma Farber (1909–1984)
- Patricia Fargnoli
- John C. Farrar (1896–1974)
- Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961)
- Kenneth Fearing (1902–1961)
- Frederick Feirstein (born 1940)
- Irving Feldman (born 1928)
- Paul Fericano (born 1951)
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born 1919)
- Eugene Field (1850–1895)
- Rachel Field (1894–1942)
- James Thomas Fields (1817–1881)
- Annie Finch (born 1956)
- Charles C. Finn (born 1941)
- Max Finstein (1924-1982)
- Ann Fisher-Wirth (born 1947)
- Bob Flanagan (1952–1996)
- John Gould Fletcher (1886–1950)
- Roland Flint (1934–2001)
- Nick Flynn (born 1960)
- Jack Foley (born 1940)
- Carolyn Forché (born 1950)
- John M. Ford (1957–2006)
- Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911)
- Sarah Fox (born 1966)
- FrancEye (Frances Dean Smith) (1922–2009)
- Gregory Fraser (born 1963)
- Robert Frazier (born 1951)
- Grace Beacham Freeman (1916–2002)
- Joseph Lewis French (1858–1936)
- Philip Freneau (1752–1832)
- Emily Kendal Frey (born 1976)
- Robert Frost (1874–1963)
- Gwen Frostic (1906–2001)
- Gene Frumkin (1928–2007)
- Nan Fry
- Gloria Frym (born 1947)
- Alice Fulton (born 1952)
G
- Tess Gallagher (born 1943)
- James Galvin (born 1951)
- Forrest Gander (born 1956)
- Deborah Garrison (born 1965)
- Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904–1991)
- Dan Gerber (born 1940)
- Amy Gerstler (born 1956)
- Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (born 1946)
- Dobby Gibson (born 1969)
- Jack Gilbert (1925-2012)
- Strickland Gillilan (1869–1954)
- Vicky Gilpin
- Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)
- Daniela Gioseffi (born 1941)
- Nikki Giovanni (born 1943)
- David Gitin (1941–2015)
- Michael Gizzi (1949–2010)
- Peter Gizzi (born 1959)
- Jesse Glass (born 1954)
- Louise Glück (born 1943)
- Patricia Goedicke (1931–2006)
- Albert Goldbarth
- Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961)
- Laurence Goldstein (born 1943)
- Rodolfo Gonzales (1928–2005)
- Rigoberto González (born 1970)
- Goodale Sisters
- Kevin Goodan
- Alice Goodman (born 1958)
- Paul Goodman (1911–1972)
- Hedwig Gorski (born 1949)
- Janice Gould (born 1949)
- David Graham
- Jorie Graham (born 1950)
- Judy Grahn (born 1940)
- Alex Grant, Scottish American poet, teacher
- Linda Gregerson (born 1950)
- Linda Gregg (born 1942)
- Debora Greger (born 1949)
- Horace Gregory (1898–1982)
- Robert Grenier (born 1941)
- Susan Griffin (born 1943)
- Hannah Griffitts (1727-1817)
- Mariela Griffor (born 1961)
- Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1948)
- Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914)
- Allen Grossman (born 1932)
- Dorothea Grossman (1937-2012)
- Gabriel Gudding (born 1966)
- Charles Guenther (1920–2008)
- Barbara Guest (1920–2006)
- Edgar Guest (1891–1959)
- Louise Imogen Guiney (1861–1920)
- Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943)
- R. S. Gwynn (born 1948)
- Beth Gylys (born 1964)
- Brion Gysin (1916–1986)
H
- Hermann Hagedorn (1882–1964)
- Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949)
- Richard Hague (born 1947)
- Kimiko Hahn (born 1955)
- John Haines (1924–2011)
- Donald Hall (born 1928)
- Irma P. Hall (born 1935)
- Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867)
- Moyshe-Leyb Halpern (1886–1932)
- Barbara Hamby (born 1952)
- Jupiter Hammon (1711–c. 1806)
- William Harmon (born 1938)
- Jim Harrison (born 1937)
- Carla Harryman (born 1952)
- Alamgir Hashmi (born 1951)
- Robert Hass (born 1941)
- Katherine Hastings
- Julian Hawthorne (1846–1934)
- Robert Hayden (1913–1980)
- Terrance Hayes (born 1971)
- Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830–1886)
- Tony Haynes (born 1960)
- William Shakespeare Hays (1837–1907)
- Steve Healey (born 1966)
- Trebor Healey
- Eloise Klein Healy
- Josephine D. Heard (1861 – c. 1921)
- Anthony Hecht (1923–2004)
- Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965)
- Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958)
- Lyn Hejinian (born 1941)
- Michael Heller (born 1937)
- Essex Hemphill (1957–1995)
- Alice Corbin Henderson (1881–1949)
- Nancy A. Henry (born 1961)
- Oliver Herford (1863–1935)
- Harvey Hess (1939–2012)
- William Heyen (born 1940)
- Leland Hickman (1934–1991)
- Bob Hicok (born 1960)
- Dick Higgins (1938–1998)
- Scott Hightower (born 1952)
- Conrad Hilberry (born 1928)
- Robert Hillyer (1895–1961)
- Ellen Hinsey (born 1960)
- Edward Hirsch (born 1950)
- Jane Hirshfield (born 1953)
- Jack Hirschman (born 1933)
- George Hitchcock (1914–2010)
- H. L. Hix (born 1960)
- Allen Hoey (1952–2010)
- Linda Hogan (born 1947)
- Tony Hoagland (born 1953)
- Daniel Hoffman (born 1923)
- Roald Hoffmann (born 1937)
- John Hollander (born 1929)
- Bill Holm (1943–2009)
- Bob Holman
- M. Carl Holman (1919–1988)
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)
- Dennis Holt (born 1942)
- Garrett Hongo (born 1951)
- Edwin Honig (1919–2011)
- Jay Hopler (born 1970)
- George Moses Horton (1797–1884)
- Joan Houlihan
- Richard Howard (born 1929)
- Robert E. Howard (1906–1936)
- Fanny Howe (born 1940)
- Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910)
- Marie Howe (born 1950)
- Susan Howe (born 1937)
- Helen Hoyt (1887–1972)
- Detrick Hughes (born 1966)
- Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
- Richard Hugo (1923–1982)
- Constance Hunting (1925–2006)
- Cynthia Huntington
- Siri Hustvedt (born 1955)
- Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896–1983)
I–J
- 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
- Marc Jampole (born 1950)
- 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)
- 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 (born 1923)
- Sarah Kay
- W. B. Keckler (born 1966)
- John Keene (born 1965)
- Weldon Kees (1914–1955)
- Brigit Pegeen Kelly (born 1951)
- X. J. Kennedy (born 1929)
- Richard Kenney (born 1948)
- Maurice Kenny (born 1929)
- Jane Kenyon (1947–1995)
- Jack Kerouac (1922–1969)
- Sophie Kerr (1880–1965)
- Francis Scott Key (1779–1843)
- Laurel Elizabeth Keyes (d. 1983)
- Alicia Keys (born 1981)
- Kerry Shawn Keys (born 1946)
- Bill Keith (1929–2004)
- D. Kildare (1934–2005)
- Aline Murray Kilmer (1888–1941)
- Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918)
- Val Kilmer (born 1959)
- Burt Kimmelman (born 1947)
- H. T. Kirby-Smith (born 1938)
- Suji Kwock Kim (born 1969)
- Haven Kimmel (born 1965)
- Galway Kinnell (1927-2014)
- Susan Kinsolving
- Mary Kinzie (born 1944)
- David Kirby (born 1944)
- Lincoln Kirstein (1907–1996)
- Carolyn Kizer (1925-2014)
- August Kleinzahler (born 1949)
- William Kloefkorn (1932–2011)
- Etheridge Knight(1933–1991)
- Kenneth Koch (1925–2002)
- Ruth Ellen Kocher (born 1965)
- Wayne Koestenbaum (born 1958)
- Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1947)
- Ted Kooser (born 1939)
- Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (born 1946)
- Alfred Kreymborg (1883–1966)
- Maxine Kumin (born 1925-2014)
- 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)
- Rebecca Hammond Lard (1772–1855)
- Bruce Larkin (born 1957)
- Dorothea Lasky (born 1978)
- George Parsons Lathrop (1851–1898)
- Richmond Lattimore (1906–1984)
- Sanders Anne Laubenthal (1943–2002)
- James Laughlin (1914–1997)
- Ann Lauterbach (born 1942)
- Dorianne Laux (born 1952)
- James Lavilla-Havelin
- Anne Mary Lawler (1908–1980)
- William P. Lawrence (1930–2005)
- Robert Lax (1915–2000)
- Emma Lazarus (1849–1887)
- Kelly Le Fave (born 1959)
- David Lee (born 1966)
- Li-Young Lee (born 1957)
- Malka Lee (1904–1976)
- Lemon (born 1975)
- Aya de Leon (born 1967)
- Eleanor Lerman (born 1952)
- Ben Lerner (born 1979)
- David Lerner (1951–1997)
- Jimmy Lerner (born 1951)
- Rika Lesser (born 1953)
- Denise Levertov (1923–1997)
- Dana Levin (born 1965)
- Philip Levine (1928-2015)
- Larry Levis (1946–1996)
- D. A. Levy (1942–1968)
- William Levy (born 1939)
- Alonzo Lewis (1794–1861)
- Charles Lillard (1944–1997)
- Shirley Geok-lin Lim (born 1944)
- Tao Lin (born 1983)
- Sarah Lindsay
- Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)
- Amon Liner (1940–1976)
- Sara Jane Lippincott (1823–1904)
- Jonathan Lamas (born 1974)
- Diane Lockward
- George Cabot Lodge (1873–1909)
- Ron Loewinsohn (born 1937)
- John Logan (1923–1987)
- Naomi Long Madgett (born 1923)
- James Longenbach
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
- Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
- Amy Lowell (1874–1925)
- James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
- Maria White Lowell (1821–1853)
- Robert Lowell (1917–1977)
- Walter Lowenfels (1897–1976)
- Mina Loy (1882–1966)
- Felipe Luciano (born 1948)
- Lydia Lunch (born 1959)
- Masiela Lusha (born 1985)
- Thomas Lux (born 1946)
- William Whittingham Lyman Jr (aka Jack Lyman) (1885–1983)
- Henry Lyman
- Thomas Lynch (born 1948)
M
- Christopher Mwashinga (born 1965)
- Lewis MacAdams (born 1944)
- Jackson Mac Low (1922–2004)
- Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890–1967)
- Percy MacKaye (1875–1956)
- Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947)
- Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)
- Naomi Long Madgett (born 1923)
- Haki R. Madhubuti (born 1942)
- John Gillespie Magee, Jr. (1922–1941)
- Clarence Major (born 1936)
- Dora Malech (born 1981)
- Taylor Mali (born 1965)
- Douglas Malloch (born 1877)
- Frank Richard Maloney (1945–2009)
- Tom Mandel (born 1942)
- Djelloul Marbrook (born 1934)
- Morton Marcus (1936–2009)
- Paul Mariani(poet)(born 1940)
- Joseph Moncure March (1899–1977)
- Edwin Markham (1852–1940)
- Don Marquis (1878–1937)
- Camille Martin (born 1956)
- David Mason (born 1954)
- Matt Mason (born 1962)
- Steve Mason (1940–2005)
- Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950)
- Harry Mathews (born 1930)
- William Matthews (1942–1997)
- John Matthias (born 1941)
- Kevin Max (born 1967)
- Bernadette Mayer (born 1945)
- Frances Mayes (born 1940)
- Janet McAdams
- Robert McAlmon (1895–1956)
- Jack McCarthy (born 1939)
- J. D. McClatchy (born 1945)
- Michael McClure (born 1932)
- Shane McCrae (born 1975)
- Laura McCullough (born 1960)
- Catfish McDaris (born 1953)
- Michael McFee
- Karyna McGlynn (born 1977)
- Michael McGovern (1848–1933)
- Campbell McGrath (born 1962)
- Thomas McGrath (1916–1990)
- Heather McHugh (born 1948)
- Claude McKay (1889–1948)
- Louis McKee (1951–2011)
- Rod McKuen (born 1933)
- Paula McLain
- James McMichael (born 1939)
- Wesley McNair (born 1941)
- Louise McNeill (1911–1993)
- Joyelle McSweeney (born 1977)
- Alexander Beaufort Meek (1814–1865)
- Abel Meeropol (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)
- Dwight Russel Micnhimer (1948)
- Diane Middlebrook (1939–2007)
- Josephine Miles (1911–1985)
- Joseph Millar
- Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)
- Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942)
- Greg Miller (born 1957)
- Jane Miller
- Jen Miller (born 1972)
- Joaquin Miller (1837–1913)
- Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956)
- May Miller (1899–1995)
- Tim Miller (born 1958)
- Vassar Miller (1924–1998)
- Tyler Mills (born 1983)
- Deborah A. Miranda
- Gary Miranda (born 1939)
- John Kearsley Mitchell (1798–1858)
- Susan Mitchell (born 1944)
- Anis Mojgani (born 1977)
- Paul Monette (1945–1995)
- Mong-Lan
- Marion Montgomery (1925–2011)
- José Montoya (1932-2013)
- William Vaughn Moody (1869–1910)
- Clara Jessup Moore (1824–1899)
- Charles Leonard Moore (1854–1925)
- Daniel Moore (born 1940)
- Jacqueline S. Moore (1926–2002)
- Jessica Care Moore (born 1971)
- Julia A. Moore (1847–1920)
- Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
- Milcah Martha Moore (1740-1829)
- Pat Mora (born 1942)
- Barbara Moraff (born 1939)
- A. F. Moritz (born 1947)
- Hilda Morley (1916–1998)
- George Frederick Morgan (1922–2004)
- Richard Morris (1939–2003)
- Tracie Morris
- Jim Morrison (1943–1971)
- Bradford Morrow (born 1951)
- Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (1873–1955)
- Jennifer Moxley (born 1964)
- Viggo Mortensen (born 1958)
- Howard Moss (1922–1987)
- Thylias Moss (born 1954)
- Stephen Motika (born 1977)
- Louise Chandler Moulton (1835–1908)
- Anna Cora Mowatt (1819–1870)
- Lisel Mueller (born 1924)
- Harryette Mullen (born 1953)
- Charles Muñoz (born 1926)
- Erin Murphy
- Sheila Murphy (born 1951)
- Pauli Murray (1910–1985)
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)
- 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 (born 1969)
- Ed Ochester (born 1939)
- Blanche Oelrichs (1890–1950)
- Ron Offen (1930–2010)
- Frank O'Hara (1926–1966)
- Sharon Olds (born 1942)
- Mary Oliver (born 1935)
- Alix Olson (born 1975)
- Charles Olson (1910–1970)
- George Oppen (1908–1984)
- Mary Oppen (1908–1990)
- James Oppenheim (1882–1932)
- Joel Oppenheimer (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)
- V. Penelope Pelizzon
- Bryan Penberthy (born 1976)
- Rob Penny (1941–2003)
- James Gates Percival (1795–1856)
- Eleanor Percy Lee (1819–1849)
- William Alexander Percy (1885–1942)
- Sam Pereira (born 1949)
- Bob Perelman (born 1947)
- Lucia Perillo
- Alice N. Persons (born 1952)
- Robert Peters (1924-2014)
- Marge Piercy (1936)
- Nick Piombino (born 1942)
- Robert Pinsky (1940)
- Carl Phillips (born 1959)
- Anthony Piccione (1939–2001)
- John Pierpont (1785–1866)
- Josephine Pinckney (1895–1957)
- Edward Coote Pinkney (1802–1828)
- Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945)
- Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
- Lanny Poffo (born 1954)
- Robert Polito (born 1951)
- Felix Pollak (1909-1987)
- Ralph Pomeroy (1926–1999)
- Paul Martínez Pompa
- Marie Ponsot (born 1921)
- Carol Potter
- Charles Potts (1943)
- Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
- Kevin Powell (born 1966)
- Julien de Lallande Poydras (1746–1824)
- Jack Prelutsky (1940)
- Elizabeth Prentiss (1818–1878)
- Reynolds Price (1933–2011)
- Frederic Prokosch (1909–1989)
- Kevin Prufer (born 1969)
Q
- 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)
- Scott Ransopher (born 1974)
- Sadi Ranson
- Ron Rash (born 1953)
- Stephen Ratcliffe (born 1948)
- Linda Ravenswood (born 1969)
- David Ray (born 1932)
- Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872)
- Janice Rebibo (born 1950)
- Spencer Reece
- Ishmael Reed (born 1938)
- Ennis Rees (1925–2009)
- Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856–1935)
- James Reiss (born 1941)
- Naomi Replansky (born 1918)
- Paul Reps (1895–1990)
- Carter Revard (born 1931)
- Donald Revell (born 1954)
- Eben E. Rexford (1848–1916)
- Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982)
- Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976)
- William Henry Rhodes (1822–1876)
- René Ricard (born 1946)
- Cale Young Rice (1872–1943)
- Stan Rice (1942–2002)
- Adrienne Rich (1929-2012)
- Beah Richards (1920–2000)
- Laura E. Richards (1850–1943)
- Monica Richards
- Lola Ridge (1873–1941)
- Laura Riding (1901–1991)
- James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916)
- Alberto Ríos (born 1952)
- Tomás Rivera (1935–1984)
- Richard Robbins
- James J. Roberts (born 1947)
- Howard W. Robertson (born 1947)
- Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)
- Edouard Roditi (1910–1992)
- Luis J. Rodriguez (born 1954)
- Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)
- Pattiann Rogers (born 1940)
- Matthew Rohrer (born 1970)
- Henry Rollins (born 1961)
- David Romtvedt
- Ronald Talney
- Raymond Roseliep (1917–1983)
- Franklin Rosemont (1943–2009)
- J. Allyn Rosser (born 1957)
- Terry Rossio (born 1960)
- Jerome Rothenberg (born 1931)
- Michael Rothenberg
- Anne Rouse (born 1954)
- Thomas Rowley (1721–1796)
- Gibbons Ruark (born 1941)
- Mary Ruefle (born 1952)
- Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980)
- Nipsey Russell (1918–2005)
- Archibald Rutledge (1883–1973)
- Carl Hancock Rux
- Abram Joseph Ryan (1838–1886)
- Kay Ryan (born 1945)
- Michael Ryan (born 1946)
S
- Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 1954)
- Albert Saijo (1926–2011)
- Michael Salinger (born 1962)
- Mary Jo Salter (born 1954)
- Benjamin Saltman (1927–1999)
- Francis Saltus Saltus (1849–1889)
- Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)
- Robert Charles Sands (1799–1832)
- Sherod Santos (born 1948)
- Aram Saroyan (born 1943)
- May Sarton (1912–1995)
- Minot Judson Savage (1841–1918)
- Jeannine Savard (born 1950)
- John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887)
- Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath (born 1958)
- Hermann Georg Scheffauer (1876-1927)
- Peter Schjeldahl (born 1942)
- Michael Schmidt (born 1947)
- Dennis Schmitz (born 1937)
- Gjertrud Schnackenberg (born 1953)
- Dan Schneider (born 1965)
- Pat Schneider (born 1934)
- Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842)
- Philip Schultz (born 1945)
- Susan Polis Schutz (born 1944)
- James Schuyler (1923–1991)
- Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966)
- Patricia Roth Schwartz (born 1946)
- Armand Schwerner (1927–1999)
- Peter Seaton (1942–2010)
- Alan Seeger (1888–1916)
- Calvin Seerveld (born 1930)
- Frederick Seidel (born 1936)
- Hugh Seidman (born 1940)
- Rebecca Seiferle
- Martha Serpas
- Dr. Seuss (1904–1991)
- Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
- Tom Sexton(born 1940)
- Ntozake Shange (born 1948)
- Ravi Shankar (born 1975)
- David Shapiro (born 1947)
- Karl Shapiro (1913–2000)
- G. S. Sharat Chandra (1935–2000)
- Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970)
- Scott Shaw (born 1958)
- Aaron Shurin (born 1947)
- Eli Siegel (1902–1978)
- Lydia Sigourney (1791–1865)
- Eleni Sikelianos
- Richard Siken
- Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948)
- Edward Rowland Sill (1841–1887)
- Ron Silliman (born 1946)
- Murray Silverstein (born 1943)
- Shel Silverstein (1930–1999)
- Charles Simic (born 1938)
- Jim Simmerman (1952–2006)
- William Gilmore Simms (1806–1870)
- Marge Simon (born 1942)
- Louis Simpson (born 1923)
- Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000)
- John Sinclair (born 1941)
- Hal Sirowitz (born 1949)
- Judith Skillman (born 1954)
- Myra Sklarew (born 1934)
- Ed Skoog (born 1971)
- Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961)
- Edwin E. Smith (born 1968)
- Elbert H. Smith
- Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806–1893)
- Langdon Smith (1858–1908)
- Marc Smith (born 1949)
- Margaret Smith (born 1948)
- Patti Smith (born 1946)
- R. T. Smith (born 1947)
- Rod Smith (born 1962)
- Rolland Smith
- Tracy K. Smith (born 1972)
- William Jay Smith (born 1918)
- W. D. Snodgrass (1926-2009)
- Eliza R. Snow (1804–1887)
- Craig Snyder
- Laurel Snyder (born 1974)
- Gary Snyder (born 1930)
- Gustaf Sobin (1935–2005)
- Roberto Solis (born 1945)
- Gilbert Sorrentino (1929–2006)
- Gary Soto (born 1952)
- Juliana Spahr (born 1966)
- Anne Spencer (1882–1975)
- Jack Spicer (1925–1965)
- Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921)
- Kim Stafford (born 1949)
- William Stafford (1914–1993)
- Ann Stanford (1916–1987)
- Frank Stanford (1948–1978)
- Henry Throop Stanton (1834–1899)
- George Starbuck (1931–1996)
- William Force Stead (1884–1967)
- Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833–1908)
- Elizabeth Clementine Stedman (1810–1889)
- Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
- Edward Steinhardt (born 1961)
- Mattie Stepanek (1990–2004)
- George Sterling (1869–1926)
- Gerald Stern (born 1925)
- C. J. Stevens (born 1927)
- James Thomas Stevens (born 1966)
- Wallace Stevens (1880–1955)
- Anne Stevenson (born 1933)
- Joffre Stewart (born 1925)
- Susan Stewart (born 1952)
- Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904)
- John Stigall (1951–2009)
- James Still (1906–2001)
- Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909)
- Dejan Stojanović (born 1959)
- Donna J. Stone (1933–1994)
- Ruth Stone (1915–2011)
- Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born 1968)
- William Wetmore Story (1819–1895)
- Mark Strand (1934-2014)
- Joseph Stroud (born 1943)
- Lucien Stryk
- Jesse Stuart (1907–1984)
- Elma Stuckey (1907–1988)
- Melissa Studdard (born 1969)
- Julie Suk (born 1924)
- Aloysius Michael Sullivan (1896–1980)
- Sekou Sundiata (1948–2007)
- Barton Sutter
- Thomas Burnett Swann (1928–1976)
- John Swanwick (1740–1798)
- Robert Sward (born 1933)
- Cole Swensen (born 1955)
- Karen Swenson (born 1936)
- May Swenson (1913–1989)
- Arthur Sze (born 1950)
T
- 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 (1885–1977)
- Charles Upton (born 1948)
- Amy Uyematsu (born 1947)
- Catherynne M. Valente (born 1979)
- Jean Valentine (born 1934)
- Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931)
- Mark Van Doren (1894–1972)
- Mona Van Duyn (1921–2004)
- Sheldon Vanauken (1914–1996)
- Robert Vasquez (born 1955)
- Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003)
- Janine Pommy Vega (1942–2010)
- Jones Very (1813–1880)
- George Sylvester Viereck (1884–1962)
- Peter Viereck (1916–2006)
- Nick Virgilio (1928–1989)
- Gerald Vizenor (born 1934)
- Judith Vollmer (born 1951)
W
- Buddy Wakefield (born 1974)
- Diane Wakoski (born 1937)
- Diane Wald
- Anne Waldman (born 1945)
- Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935)
- Keith Waldrop (born 1932)
- Alice Walker (born 1944)
- Margaret Walker (1915–1998)
- Connie Wanek (born 1952)
- BJ Ward (born 1967)
- Diane Ward (born 1956)
- Catherine Anne Warfield (1816–1877)
- Emily Warn
- Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)
- Raees Warsi (Born 1963)
- William John Watkins
- Barrett Watten (born 1948)
- Jim Webb
- Rebecca Wee
- Hannah Weiner (1928–1997)
- Eliot Weinberger (born 1949)
- James Welch (1940–2003)
- Lew Welch (1926–c. 1971)
- Joe Wenderoth
- Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958)
- Theodore Weiss (1916–2003)
- Paul West (born 1930)
- Philip Whalen (1923–2002)
- Mark Whalon (1886–1956)
- John Wheatcroft(born 1925)
- Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784)
- John Hall Wheelock (1886–1978)
- John Brooks Wheelwright (1897–1940)
- Edward Lucas White (1866–1934)
- Gary J. Whitehead (born 1965)
- Ruth Whitman (1922–1999)
- Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
- Adeline Dutton Train Whitney (1824–1906)
- Reed Whittemore (1919-2012)
- John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
- Margaret Widdemer (1884–1978)
- John Wieners (1934–2002)
- Richard Wilbur (born 1921)
- Carlos Wilcox (1794–1827)
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919)
- Peter Wild (1940–2009)
- Richard Henry Wilde (1789–1847)
- Charlotte Wilder (1898–1980)
- Charles Willeford (1919–1988)
- C. K. Williams (born 1936)
- Jonathan Williams (1929–2008)
- Oscar Williams (1900–1964)
- Paul O. Williams (1935–2009)
- Philip Lee Williams (born 1950)
- William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)
- Elizabeth Willis (born 1961)
- Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867)
- Eleanor Wilner (born 1937)
- Dede Wilson (born 1937)
- Edmund Wilson (1895–1972)
- Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey) (born 1945)
- Christian Wiman (born 1966)
- Dale Wimbrow (1895–1954)
- Anne Winters
- Yvor Winters (1900–1968)
- Sam Witt (born 1970)
- Walt Whitman (332) May 31, 1819 - March 26, 1892
- Larry Woiwode (born 1941)
- John Barton Wolgamot
- Nellie Wong (born 1934)
- George Edward Woodberry (1855–1930)
- Eddie Woods (born 1940)
- Samuel Woodworth (1784–1842)
- Gamel Woolsey (1895–1968)
- Bryan Thao Worra (born 1973)
- Patience Worth (Pearl Lenore Curran) (1883–1937)
- C. D. Wright (born 1949)
- Charles Wright (born 1935)
- Franz Wright (born 1953)
- James Wright (1927–1980)
- Jay Wright (born 1935)
- Kirby Wright
- Richard Wright (author) (1908–1960)
- Susanna Wright (1697-1784)
- Robert Wrigley (born 1951)
- Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)
X–Z
- 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
External links
Archival collections
- Guide to the Darrell Kerr Correspondence with American Poets and Publishers. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
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