List of poets from the United States

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

A

B

Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952)
Bellamy Bach (pseudonym used by a group of writers)
Joseph M. Bachelor (1889–1947)
Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940)
David Baker (born 1954)
Julia K. Wetherill Baker (1858–1931)
John Balaban (born 1943)
Jesse Ball (born 1978)
Mary Canfield Ballard (1852–1927)
Addie L. Ballou (1837–1916), American poet and suffragist
Russell Banks (born 1940)
Melissa Elizabeth Riddle Banta (1834–1907)
Amiri Baraka (a.k.a. Leroi Jones) (1934–2014)
Joel Barlow (1754–1812)
Coleman Barks (born 1937)
Mary Barnard (1909–2001)
Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)
Jim Barnes (born 1933)
Catherine Barnett (born 1960)
Candy Barr (1935–2005)
Laird Barron (born 1970)
Bertha Hirsch Baruch
Todd Bash (born 1965)
Ellen Bass (born 1947)
Arlo Bates (1850–1918)
David Bates (1809–1870)
Harriet Bates (1856–1886), wrote under the name Eleanor Putnam
Joseph Bathanti (born 1953)
Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959)
Eric Baus (born 1975)
Charles Baxter (born 1947)
Abel Beach (1829–1899)
Ray Young Bear (born 1950)
Anthony Bearden (1913–1966)
Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin (c. 1913–1995)
George Beck (1749–1812)
Julian Beck (1925–1985)
Larry Beckett (born 1947)
Joshua Beckman
Lou Singletary Bedford (1837–unknown)
Ethel Lynn Beers (1827–1879)
Erin Belieu (born 1967)
Marvin Bell (born 1937)
Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)
William Rose Benét (1886–1950)
Park Benjamin, Sr. (1809–1864)
John Bensko
Nelson Bentley (1918–1990)
Bill Berkson (1939-2016)
David Berman (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)
Helen Louisa Bostwick Bird (1826–1907)
Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
John Peale Bishop (1892–1944)
Sherwin Bitsui (born 1975)
Baxter Black (born 1945)
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)
Robert Bly (born 1926)
Maxwell Bodenheim (1892–1954)
Jean Boese (1925–2004)
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)
William Brandon (1914–2002)
Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612–1672)
Beth Brant (born 1941)
Giannina Braschi (born 1953)
Richard Brautigan (1935–1984)
Kate Braverman (born 1950)
Donari Braxton(born 1982)
Joseph Payne Brennan (1918–1990)
Ken Brewer (1941–2006)
Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710–c. 1757)
Kim Bridgford (born 1959)
Robert Bringhurst (born 1946)
John Malcolm Brinnin (1916–1999)
Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996)
Louis Daniel Brodsky (born 1941)
David Bromige (1933–2009)
William Bronk (1918–1999)
Charles Timothy Brooks (1813–1883)
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000)
Maria Gowen Brooks (c. 1795–1845)
Olga Broumas (born 1949)
Alice Brown (1856–1948)
Rita Mae Brown (born 1944)
Francis Fisher Browne (1843–1913)
William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
Jack Buck (1924–2002)
David Budbill (born 1940)
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951)
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994)
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 (born 1944)
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)
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 (born 1940)
James Wm. Chichetto (born 1941)
William Childress (born 1933)
Khendum Choden
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 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)
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 (1936-2012)
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)
Gary William Crawford (born 1953)
Robert Creeley (1926–2005)
Judson Crews (1917-2010)
Harry Crosby (1898–1929)
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 (born 1946)
Enid Dame (1943–2003)
S. Foster Damon (1893–1971)
Jim Daniels (born 1956)
Elizabeth Otis Dannelly (1838–1896)
Hugh Antoine d'Arcy (1842–1925)
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)
Diane Di Prima (born 1934)
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 (born 1937)
George Dillon (1906–1968)
Ray DiPalma (born 1943)
Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008)
Yana Djin (born 1969)
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)
Catherine Doty
Mark Doty (born 1953)
Alice May Douglas (1865-1943)
Franz Douskey (born 1941)
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 (1923-2013)
Amanda Ruter Dufour (1822–1899)
Alan Dugan (born 1923–2003)
Denise Duhamel (born 1961)
Michael Dumanis (born 1976)
Henry Dumas (1934–1968)
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)
Robert Duncan (1919–1988)
Emma Bedelia Dunham (1826–1910)
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 (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 (born 1935)
Martín Espada (born 1957)
Willard R. Espy (1910–1999)
Maggie Estep (1963-2014)
Jerry Estrin (1947–1993)
David Allan Evans (born 1940)
Mari Evans (1923-2017)
Landis Everson (1926–2007)
William Everson, Brother Antoninus (1912–1994)

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
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)
Bessie Alexander Ficklen (1861-1945)
Eugene Field (1850–1895)
Rachel Field (1894–1942)
James Thomas Fields (1817–1881)
Annie Finch (born 1956)
Mike Finley (born 1950)
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 (died 2016)
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)
Dan Gerber (born 1940)
Amy Gerstler (born 1956)
Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (born 1946)
Dobby Gibson (born 1969)
Jack Gilbert (1925–2012)
Strickland Gillilan (1869–1954)
Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)
Daniela Gioseffi (born 1941)
Nikki Giovanni (born 1943)
David Gitin (1941–2015)
Michael Gizzi (1949–2010)
Peter Gizzi (born 1959)
Jesse Glass (born 1954)
Louise Glück (born 1943)
Patricia Goedicke (1931–2006)
Albert Goldbarth (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 (born 1949)
David Graham
Jorie Graham (born 1950)
Judy Grahn (born 1940)
Alex Grant
Adelia Cleopatra Graves (1821–1895)
Julia Boynton Green (1861–1957)
Samuel Green (born 1948)
Debora Greger (born 1949)
Linda Gregerson (born 1950)
Linda Gregg (born 1942)
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)
Hermann Hagedorn (1882–1964)
Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949)
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)
Jim Harrison (1937-2017)
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 (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)
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 (born 1933)
George Hitchcock (1914–2010)
H. L. Hix (born 1960)
Tony Hoagland (born 1953)
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)
Jay Hopler (born 1970)
George Moses Horton (1797–1884)
Joan Houlihan
Diana Der Hovanessian (1934–2018)
Richard Howard (born 1929)
Robert E. Howard (1906–1936)
Emeline Harriet Howe (1844–1934)
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)
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)
Paul Jessup (born 1977)
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)
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)
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)
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)

L

Philip Lamantia (1927–2005)
Jonathan Lamas (born 1974)
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 (born 1939)
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
George Cabot Lodge (1873–1909)
Ron Loewinsohn (1937-2014)
John Logan (1923–1987)
Lily Augusta Long (1862-1927)
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)
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 (born 1944)
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)
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)
Bernadette Mayer (born 1945)
Frances Mayes (born 1940)
Ben Mazer (born 1964)
Janet McAdams (born 1957)
Robert McAlmon (1895–1956)
Jack McCarthy (1939-2013)
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 (1933-2015)
Paula McLain (born 1965)
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)
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 (born 1935)
William Michaelian (born 1956)
Diane Middlebrook (1939–2007)
Josephine Miles (1911–1985)
Joseph Millar
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)
Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942)
Greg Miller (born 1957)
Jane Miller (born 1949)
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)
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 (born 1924)
Harryette Mullen (born 1953)
Charles Muñoz (born 1926)
Erin Murphy
Sheila Murphy (born 1951)
Pauli Murray (1910–1985)
Christopher Mwashinga (born 1965)
Eileen Myles (born 1949)

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

Sara Louisa Oberholtzer (1841–1930)
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)
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)
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)
William Alexander Percy (1885–1942)
Eleanor Percy Lee (1819–1849)
Sam Pereira (born 1949)
Bob Perelman (born 1947)
Lucia Perillo
Alice N. Persons (born 1952)
Robert Peters (1924–2014)
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
Marie Ponsot (born 1921)
Marion Manville Pope (1859–unknown)
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)
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)
Laura Jacinta Rittenhouse (1841–1911)
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
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)
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 (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
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)
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)
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)
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 (born 1941)
Tracy K. Smith (born 1972)
William Jay Smith (born 1918)
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)
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)
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
Edward Steinhardt (born 1961)
Mattie Stepanek (1990–2004)
George Sterling (1869–1926)
Gerald Stern (born 1925)
Augusta Emma Stetson (1842–1928)
C. J. Stevens (born 1927)
James Thomas Stevens (born 1966)
Wallace Stevens (1880–1955)
Anne Stevenson (born 1933)
Margo Taft Stever
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)
Lavinia Stoddard (177–1820)
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)
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)
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 (born 1943)
Bayard Taylor (1825–1878)
Bert Leston Taylor (1866–1921)
Edward Taylor (1645–1729)
Michelle Tea (born 1971)
Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)
Michael Teig (born 1968)
Todd Temkin (born 1964)
Elaine Terranova (born 1939)
Lucy Terry (c. 1730–1821)
Steve Tesich (1942–1996)
Celia Thaxter (1835–1894)
Ernest Thayer (1863–1940)
Scofield Thayer (1889–1982)
William Roscoe Thayer (1859–1923)
Edith M. Thomas (1854–1925)
Lewis Thomas (1913–1993)
Lorenzo Thomas (1944–2005)
Dunstan Thompson (1918–1975)
Lady Gwen Thompson (1928–1986)
Maurice Thompson (1844–1901)
William Irwin Thompson (born 1938)
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
Tamara Thorne (born 1957)
Laura M. Hawley Thurston (1812–1842)
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)
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)
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

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
Eliot Weinberger (born 1949)
Hannah Weiner (1928–1997)
Theodore Weiss (1916–2003)
James Welch (1940–2003)
Lew Welch (1926–c. 1971)
Jerry Wemple (born 1960)
Joe Wenderoth
Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958)
Paul West (born 1930)
Philip Whalen (1923–2002)
Mark Whalon (1886–1956)
John Wheatcroft (born 1925)
Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784)
John Hall Wheelock (1886–1978)
John Brooks Wheelwright (1897–1940)
Edward Lucas White (1866–1934)
Gary J. Whitehead (born 1965)
Ruth Whitman (1922–1999)
Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
Adeline Dutton Train Whitney (1824–1906)
Reed Whittemore (1919–2012)
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
Margaret Widdemer (1884–1978)
John Wieners (1934–2002)
Richard Wilbur (born 1921)
Carlos Wilcox (1794–1827)
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919)
Peter Wild (1940–2009)
Richard Henry Wilde (1789–1847)
Charlotte Wilder (1898–1980)
Charles Willeford (1919–1988)
C. K. Williams (born 1936)
Jonathan Williams (1929–2008)
Oscar Williams (1900–1964)
Paul O. Williams (1935–2009)
Philip Lee Williams (born 1950)
William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)
Elizabeth Willis (born 1961)
Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867)
Eleanor Wilner (born 1937)
Dede Wilson (born 1937)
Edmund Wilson (1895–1972)
Peter Lamborn Wilson (a.k.a. Hakim Bey) (born 1945)
Christian Wiman (born 1966)
Dale Wimbrow (1895–1954)
Anne Winters
Yvor Winters (1900–1968)
Sam Witt (born 1970)
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 (1908–1960)
Susanna Wright (1697–1784)
Robert Wrigley (born 1951)
Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)

X–Z

See also

References

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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