# Amerikalı şairler listesi
Amerikalı şairler listesi, önemli ABD şairlerinin ismini alfabetik bir sırayla gösteren listedir.
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z


## A.
  - Henry Abbey (1842–1911)
  - Sam Abrams (d. 1935)
  - Seth Abramson (d. 1976)
  - Diane Ackerman (d. 1956)
  - Duane Ackerson (d. 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 (d. 1954)
  - James Agee (1909–1955)
  - Kelli Russell Agodon (d. 1969)
  - Ai (1947–2010)
  - Conrad Aiken (1889–1973)
  - Salman Akhtar (d. 1946)
  - Ammiel Alcalay (d. 1956)
  - Amos Bronson Alcott, (1799–1888)
  - Sherman Alexie (d. 1966)
  - Felipe Alfau (1902–1999)
  - Alice Corbin Henderson (1881–1949)
  - William Allegrezza (d. 1974)
  - Dick Allen (d. 1939)
  - Donald Allen (1912–2004)
  - Elizabeth Chase Allen (1832–1911)
  - Ron Allen (d. 1947)
  - Washington Allston (1779–1843)
  - Alurista (d. 1947)
  - Julia Álvarez (d. 1950)
  - Alta (Alta Gerrey) (d. 1942)
  - Indran Amirthanayagam (d. 1960)
  - A.R. Ammons (1926–2001)
  - Victor Anderson (1917–2001)
  - Bruce Andrews (d. 1948)
  - Kevin Andrews (şair) (1924–1989)
  - Ron Androla (d. 1954)
  - Ralph Angel (d. 1951)
  - Maya Angelou (d. 1928)
  - David Antin (d. 1932)
  - Antler (d. 1946)
  - Susanne Antonetta (d. 1956)
  - Philip Appleman (d. 1926)
  - Adrian Arancibia (d. 1971)
  - Rae Armantrout (d. 1947)
  - Richard Armour (şair) (1906–1989)
  - Craig Arnold (d. 1967)
  - Robert P. Arthur (d. 1943)
  - M. K. Asante, Jr. (d. 1982)
  - John Ashbery (d. 1927)
  - Augusta Emma Stetson (1842–1928)
  - Joseph Auslander (1897–1965)
  - Paul Auster (d. 1947)
  - James L. Avery, Sr. (d. 1948)
  - Sevan Aydinian (d. 1983)
  - Jody Azzouni (d. 1954)


## B.
  - Jimmy Santiago Baca (d. 1952)
  - Bellamy Bach
  - Joseph M. Bachelor (1889–1947)
  - Mahnaz Badihian (takma adı: Oba)
  - Vyt Bakaitis (d. 1940)
  - David Baker (d. 1954)
  - John Balaban (d. 1943)
  - Jesse Ball (d. 1978)
  - Russell Banks (d. 1940)
  - Amiri Baraka (eskiden Leroi Jones) (d. 1934)
  - Coleman Barks (d. 1937)
  - Mary Barnard (1909–2001)
  - Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)
  - Catherine Barnett (d. 1960)
  - Candy Barr (1935–2005)
  - Laird Barron (d. 1970)
  - Bertha Hirsch Baruch
  - Todd Bash (d. 1965)
  - Ellen Bass (d. 1947)
  - Arlo Bates (1850–1918)
  - David Bates (1809–1870)
  - Dawn-Michelle Baude (d. 1959)
  - Eric Baus (d. 1975)
  - Charles Baxter (d. 1947)
  - Abel Beach (1829–1899)
  - Ray Young Bear (d. 1950)
  - Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin (c. 1913–1995)
  - George Beck (1749–1812)
  - Julian Beck (1925–1985)
  - Larry Beckett (d. 1947)
  - Joshua Beckman
  - Ethel Lynn Beers (1827–1879)
  - Erin Belieu (d. 1957)
  - Marvin Bell (d. 1937)
  - Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)
  - William Rose Benét (1886–1950)
  - Park Benjamin (1809–1864)
  - Nelson Bentley (1918–1990)
  - Bill Berkson (d. 1939)
  - David Berman (musician) (d. 1967)
  - Charles Bernstein (d. 1950)
  - Steven Jesse Bernstein (1950–1991)
  - Anselm Berrigan (d. 1972)
  - Ted Berrigan (1934–1983)
  - Wendell Berry (d. 1934)
  - John Berryman (1914–1972)
  - Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (d. 1947)
  - Lorraine Bethel
  - Helen Bevington (1906–2001)
  - Frank Bidart (d. 1939)
  - Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913)
  - Linda Bierds (d. 1945)
  - David Biespiel (d. 1964)
  - Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
  - Sophie Cabot Black (d. 1958)
  - John Peale Bishop (1892–1944)
  - Sherwin Bitsui (d. 1975)
  - Baxter Black (d. 1945)
  - Paul Blackburn (1926–1971)
  - Nicole Blackman (d. 1971)
  - Kimberly M. Blaeser
  - Don Blanding (1894–1957)
  - Robin Blaser (1925–2009)
  - Anthony Bleecker (1770–1827)
  - Adrian Blevins (d. 1964)
  - Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919)
  - Henry Ames Blood (1836–1900)
  - Roberts Blossom (1924–2011)
  - Robert Bly (d. 1926)
  - Anne Bradstreet (t. 1612–1672)
  - D. A. Blyler (d. 1967)
  - Maxwell Bodenheim (1892–1954)
  - Jean Boese (1925–2004)
  - Louise Bogan (1897–1970)
  - Arna Bontemps (1902–1973)
  - Bruce Boston (d. 1943)
  - David Bottoms (d. 1949)
  - Jenny Boully (d. 1976)
  - Kay Boyle (1902–1992)
  - William Brandon (1914–2002)
  - Beth Brant (d. 1941)
  - Giannina Braschi, (d. 1953)
  - Richard Brautigan (1935–1984)
  - Kate Braverman (d. 1950)
  - Donari Braxton
  - Joseph Payne Brennan (1918–1990)
  - Ken Brewer (1941–2006)
  - Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710–t. 1757)
  - Kim Bridgford (d. 1959)
  - Robert Bringhurst (d. 1946)
  - John Malcolm Brinnin (1916–1999)
  - James Brock (d. 1958)
  - Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996)
  - Louis Daniel Brodsky (d. 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 (d. 1949)
  - Alice Brown (1856–1948)
  - Rita Mae Brown (d. 1944)
  - Francis Fisher Browne (1843–1913)
  - William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
  - Jack Buck (1924–2002)
  - David Budbill (d. 1940)
  - Charles Bukowski (1920–1994)
  - David R. Bunch (1925–2000)
  - Henry Cuyler Bunner (1855–1896)
  - José Antonio Burciaga (1940–1996)
  - Stanley Burnshaw (1906–2005)
  - Amelia Josephine Burr (1878–1968)
  - Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882–1954)
  - Raegan Butcher (d. 1969)
  - Ray Buttigieg (d. 1955)
  - W. E. Butts
  - Witter Bynner (1881–1968)
  - Gilbert Byron (1903–1991)


## C.
  - Alex Caldiero (d. 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 (d. 1939)
  - Raymond Carver (1938–1988)
  - Phoebe Cary (1824–1871)
  - Cyrus Cassells (d. 1957)
  - Sandra M. Castillo
  - Ana Castillo (d. 1953)
  - Madison Cawein (1865–1914)
  - Thomas Centolella
  - Joseph Ceravolo (1934–1988)
  - William Ellery Channing (1818–1901)
  - Arthur Chapman (1874–1935)
  - John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)
  - Fred Chappell (d. 1936)
  - Alexander Chee
  - Neeli Cherkovski (d. 1945)
  - Maxine Chernoff (d. 1952)
  - Bob Cherry
  - Kelly Cherry (d. 1940)
  - Chrystos (d. 1946)
  - Angélico Chávez (1910–1996)
  - James Wm. Chichetto (d. 1941)
  - William Childress (d. 1933)
  - John Ciardi (1916–1986)
  - Noah Cicero (d. 1980)
  - Sandra Cisneros (d. 1954)
  - Carson Cistulli (d. 1979)
  - Amy Clampitt (1920–1994)
  - Tom Clark (d. 1941)
  - Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909–1971)
  - John Clarke (1933–1992)
  - Lucille Clifton (1936–2010)
  - Joshua Clover (d. 1962)
  - Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927)
  - Grace Stone Coates (1881–1976)
  - Stanton A. Coblentz (1896–1982)
  - Andrei Codrescu (d. 1946)
  - Robert P. T. Coffin (1892–1955)
  - Ira Cohen (1935–2011)
  - Nan Cohen (d. 1968)
  - Jim Cohn (d. 1953)
  - Henri Cole (d. 1956)
  - Norma Cole (d. 1945)
  - Wanda Coleman (d. 1946)
  - Billy Collins (d. 1941)
  - Betsy Colquitt (d. 1927)
  - Shanna Compton (d. 1970)
  - Hilda Conkling (1910–1986)
  - Evan S. Connell (d. 1924)
  - Leo Connellan (1928–2001)
  - Gillian Conoley (d. 1955)
  - J. Gordon Coogler (1865–1901)
  - Rose Terry Cooke (1827–1892)
  - Ina Coolbrith (1841–1928)
  - Clark Coolidge (d. 1939)
  - Dennis Cooper (d. 1953)
  - Jake Copass (1920–2006)
  - William Corbett (d. 1942)
  - Billy Corgan (d. 1967)
  - Cid Corman (1924–2004)
  - Alfred Corn (d. 1943)
  - Gregory Corso (1930–2001)
  - Jayne Cortez (d. 1936)
  - Gerald Costanzo
  - Joe Cottonwood (d. 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 (d. 1953)
  - Robert Creeley (1926–2005)
  - Judson Crews (d. 1917)
  - Harry Crosby (1898–1929)
  - Countee Cullen (1903–1946)
  - E. E. Cummings (1894–1962)
  - J.V. Cunningham (1911–1985)
  - Bloodgood Cutter (1817–1906)


## D.
  - Bob Dylan (d. 1941)
  - Beverly Dahlen (d. 1934)
  - Hugh Antoine d'Arcy (1842–1925)
  - H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961)
  - Steve Dalachinsky (d. 1946)
  - Enid Dame (1943–2003)
  - S. Foster Damon (1893–1971)
  - Jim Daniels (d. 1956)
  - Tina Darragh (d. 1950)
  - Robert Dassanowsky (d. 1960)
  - Guy Davenport (1927–2005)
  - Donald Davidson (1893–1968)
  - Gustav Davidson (1895–1971)
  - Michael Davidson (d. 1944)
  - Alan Davies (d. 1951)
  - Dale Davis
  - Gwen Davis (d. 1936)
  - Jon Davis
  - Clarence Day (1874–1935)
  - Jaime de Angulo (1887–1950)
  - Caridad de la Luz (d. 1977)
  - Philip F. Deaver (d. 1946)
  - Madeline DeFrees (d. 1919)
  - Edwin Denby (1903–1983)
  - Richard Denner (d. 1941)
  - Reuel Denney (1913–1995)
  - Carl Dennis (d. 1939)
  - Tory Dent (1958–2005)
  - Babette Deutsch (1895–1982)
  - Jamie DeWolf (d. 1977)
  - Jennifer K Dick (d. 1970)
  - George Dickerson (d. 1933)
  - James Dickey (1923–1997)
  - Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
  - Roger Dickinson-Brown (d. 1944)
  - Matthew Dickman (d. 1975)
  - Michael Dickman (d. 1975)
  - R. H. W. Dillard (d. 1937)
  - George Dillon (1906–1968)
  - Ray DiPalma (d. 1943)
  - Diane Di Prima (d. 1934)
  - Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008)
  - Patricia Dobler (1939–2004)
  - Stephen Dobyns (1941)
  - Owen Dodson (1914–1983)
  - John Dolan) (d. 1955)
  - Nathan Haskell Dole (1852–1935)
  - Sonya Dorman (1924–2005)
  - Ed Dorn (1929–1999)
  - Julia Caroline Dorr (1825–1913)
  - Mark Doty (d. 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 (d. 1945)
  - Bruce Ducker (d. 1938)
  - Peter Kane Dufault (d. 1923)
  - Alan Dugan (d. 1923–2003)
  - Michael Dumanis (d. 1976)
  - Henry Dumas (1934–1968)
  - Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)
  - Robert Duncan (1919–1988)
  - Jim Dunlap (d. 1945)
  - Stephen Dunn (d. 1939)
  - Rachel Blau DuPlessis (d. 1941)
  - Job Durfee (1790–1847)
  - Stuart Dybek (d. 1942)


## E.
  - Cornelius Eady (d. 1954)
  - Pliny Earle (1809–1892)
  - Richard Eberhart (1904–2005)
  - David Edelstadt (1866–1892)
  - Russell Edson (d. 1935)
  - kari edwards (1954–2006)
  - Terry Ehret (d. 1955)
  - Max Ehrmann (1872–1945)
  - Larry Eigner (1927–1996)
  - Loren Eiseley (1907–1977)
  - Che Elias (d. 1980)
  - T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)
  - James Emanuel (d. 1921)
  - Lynn Emanuel (d. 1949)
  - Claudia Emerson (d. 1957)
  - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
  - Paul Engle (1908–1991)
  - Theodore Enslin (d. 1925)
  - Daniel Mark Epstein (d. 1948)
  - Clayton Eshleman (d. 1935)
  - Martín Espada (d. 1957)
  - Willard R. Espy (1910–1999)
  - Maggie Estep (1963–2014)
  - Jerry Estrin (1947–1993)
  - David Allan Evans (d. 1940)
  - Mari Evans (d. 1923)
  - Landis Everson (1926–2007)
  - William Everson — Brother Antoninus (1912–1994)


## F.
  - Ruth Fainlight (d. 1931)
  - B. H. Fairchild (d. 1942)
  - William Clark Falkner (t. 1825–1889)
  - Roger Fanning (d. 1962)
  - Norma Farber (1909–1984)
  - Patricia Fargnoli
  - John C. Farrar (1896–1974)
  - Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961)
  - Kenneth Fearing (1902–1961)
  - Frederick Feirstein (d. 1940)
  - Irving Feldman (d. 1928)
  - Paul Fericano (d. 1951)
  - Lawrence Ferlinghetti (d. 1919)
  - Eugene Field (1850–1895)
  - Rachel Field (1894–1942)
  - James Thomas Fields (1817–1881)
  - Annie Finch (d. 1956)
  - Ann Fisher-Wirth (d. 1947)
  - Bob Flanagan (1952–1996)
  - John Gould Fletcher (1886–1950)
  - Roland Flint (1934–2001)
  - Nick Flynn (d. 1960)
  - Jack Foley (d. 1940)
  - Carolyn Forché (d. 1950)
  - John M. Ford (1957–2006)
  - Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911)
  - FrancEye (Frances Dean Smith) (1922–2009)
  - Robert Frazier (d. 1951)
  - Philip Freneau (1852–1932)
  - Emily Kendal Frey (d. 1976)
  - Robert Frost (1874–1963)
  - Gwen Frostic (1906–2001)
  - Gene Frumkin (1928–2007)
  - Nan Fry
  - Gloria Frym (d. 1947)
  - Alice Fulton (d. 1952)


## G.
  - Tess Gallagher (d. 1943)
  - James Galvin (d. 1951)
  - Forrest Gander (d. 1956)
  - Deborah Garrison (d. 1965)
  - Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904–1991)
  - Dan Gerber, (d. 1940)
  - Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (d. 1946)
  - Jack Gilbert (d. 1925)
  - Strickland Gillilan (1869–1954)
  - Vicky Gilpin
  - Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)
  - Daniela Gioseffi (d. 1941)
  - Nikki Giovanni (d. 1943)
  - Michael Gizzi (1949–2010)
  - Peter Gizzi (d. 1959)
  - Jesse Glass (d. 1954)
  - Louise Glück (d. 1943)
  - Patricia Goedicke (1931–2006)
  - Kenneth Goldsmith (d. 1961)
  - Laurence Goldstein (d. 1943)
  - Rodolfo Gonzales (1928–2005)
  - Rigoberto González (d. 1970)
  - Goodale Sisters
  - Dora Read Goodale (1866–1953)
  - Elaine Goodale (1863–1953)
  - Kevin Goodan
  - Alice Goodman (d. 1958)
  - Paul Goodman (1911–1972)
  - Hedwig Gorski (d. 1949)
  - Janice Gould (d. 1949)
  - David Graham
  - Jorie Graham (d. 1950)
  - Judy Grahn (d. 1940)
  - Linda Gregerson (d. 1950)
  - Linda Gregg (d. 1942)
  - Debora Greger (d. 1949)
  - Horace Gregory (1898–1982)
  - Robert Grenier (d. 1941)
  - Susan Griffin (d. 1943)
  - Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1948)
  - Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914)
  - Allen Grossman (d. 1932)
  - Gabriel Gudding (d. 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 (d. 1948)
  - Beth Gylys (d. 1964)
  - Brion Gysin (1916–1986)


## H.
  - Hermann Hagedorn (1882–1964)
  - Jessica Hagedorn (d. 1949)
  - Richard Hague (d. 1947)
  - Kimiko Hahn (d. 1955)
  - John Haines (1924–2011)
  - Donald Hall (d. 1928)
  - Irma P. Hall (d. 1935)
  - Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867)
  - Moyshe-Leyb Halpern (1886–1932)
  - Barbara Hamby (d. 1952)
  - Jupiter Hammon (1711–c. 1806)
  - William Harmon (d. 1938)
  - Jim Harrison (d. 1937)
  - Carla Harryman (d. 1952)
  - Robert Hass (d. 1941)
  - Katherine Hastings
  - Julian Hawthorne (1846–1934)
  - Robert Hayden (1913–1980)
  - Terrance Hayes (d. 1971)
  - Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830–1886)
  - William Shakespeare Hays (1837–1907)
  - Trebor Healey
  - Eloise Klein Healy
  - Anthony Hecht (1923–2004)
  - Jennifer Michael Hecht (d. 1965)
  - Allison Hedge Coke (d. 1958)
  - Lyn Hejinian (d. 1941)
  - Michael Heller (d. 1937)
  - Essex Hemphill (1957–1995)
  - Alice Corbin Henderson (1881–1949)
  - Nancy A. Henry (d. 1961)
  - Oliver Herford (1863–1935)
  - William Heyen (d. 1940)
  - Leland Hickman (1934–1991)
  - Bob Hicok (d. 1960)
  - Dick Higgins (1938–1998)
  - Scott Hightower (d. 1952)
  - Conrad Hilberry (d. 1928)
  - Robert Hillyer (1895–1961)
  - Ellen Hinsey (d. 1960)
  - Edward Hirsch (d. 1950)
  - Jane Hirshfield (d. 1953)
  - Jack Hirschman (d. 1933)
  - George Hitchcock (1914–2010)
  - H. L. Hix (d. 1960)
  - Allen Hoey (1952–2010)
  - Linda Hogan (d. 1947)
  - Tony Hoagland (d. 1953)
  - Daniel Hoffman (d. 1923)
  - Roald Hoffmann (d. 1937)
  - John Hollander (d. 1929)
  - Bill Holm (1943–2009)
  - Bob Holman
  - M. Carl Holman (1919–1988)
  - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)
  - Dennis Holt (d. 1942)
  - Garrett Hongo (d. 1951)
  - Edwin Honig (1919–2011)
  - George Moses Horton (1797–1884)
  - Joan Houlihan
  - Richard Howard (d. 1929)
  - Robert E. Howard (1906–1936)
  - Fanny Howe (d. 1940)
  - Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910)
  - Marie Howe (d. 1950)
  - Susan Howe (d. 1937)
  - Helen Hoyt (1887–1972)
  - Detrick Hughes (d. 1966)
  - Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
  - Richard Hugo (1923–1982)
  - Constance Hunting (1925–2006)
  - Cynthia Huntington
  - Siri Hustvedt (d. 1955)


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


## K.
  - Jim Kacian (d. 1953)
  - Mary Elizabeth Kail(1828–1890)
  - Sheema Kalbasi (d. 1972)
  - Chester Kallman (1921–1975)
  - Ilya Kaminsky (d. 1977)
  - Lenore Kandel (1932–2009)
  - Mary Karr (d. 1955)
  - Julia Kasdorf (d. 1962)
  - Laura Kasischke (d. 1961)
  - Janet Kauffman (d. 1945)
  - Herbert Kaufman (1878–1947)
  - Shirley Kaufman (d. 1923)
  - Sarah Kay
  - W. B. Keckler (d. 1966)
  - John Keene (d. 1965)
  - Weldon Kees (1914–1955)
  - Brigit Pegeen Kelly (d. 1951)
  - Richard Kenney (d. 1948)
  - Maurice Kenny (d. 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 (d. 1981)
  - Kerry Shawn Keys (d. 1946)
  - Bill Keith (1929–2004)
  - D. Kildare (1934–2005)
  - Aline Murray Kilmer (1888–1941)
  - Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918)
  - Val Kilmer (d. 1959)
  - H. T. Kirby-Smith (d. 1938)
  - Suji Kwock Kim (d. 1969)
  - Haven Kimmel (d. 1965)
  - Galway Kinnell (d. 1927)
  - Susan Kinsolving
  - Mary Kinzie (d. 1944)
  - David Kirby (d. 1944)
  - Lincoln Kirstein (1907–1996)
  - Carolyn Kizer (d. 1925)
  - August Kleinzahler (d. 1949)
  - William Kloefkorn (1932–2011)
  - Etheridge Knight(1933–1991)
  - Kenneth Koch (1925–2002)
  - Ruth Ellen Kocher (d. 1965)
  - Wayne Koestenbaum (d. 1958)
  - Yusef Komunyakaa (d. 1947)
  - Ted Kooser (d. 1939)
  - Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (d. 1946)
  - Alfred Kreymborg (1883–1966)
  - Maxine Kumin (d. 1925)
  - Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006)
  - Laurie Kutchins
  - Stephen Kuusisto (d. 1955)
  - Joanne Kyger (d. 1934)


## L.
  - Philip Lamantia (1927–2005)
  - Fran Landesman (1927–2011)
  - Joseph Langland (1917–2007)
  - Sidney Lanier (1842–1881)
  - Bruce Larkin (d. 1957)
  - Dorothea Lasky (d. 1978)
  - George Parsons Lathrop (1851–1898)
  - Richmond Lattimore (1906–1984)
  - Sanders Anne Laubenthal (1943–2002)
  - James Laughlin (1914–1997)
  - Ann Lauterbach (d. 1942)
  - Dorianne Laux (d. 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 (d. 1959)
  - David Lee (d. 1966)
  - Li-Young Lee (d. 1957)
  - Malka Lee (1904–1976)
  - Lemon (d. 1975)
  - Aya de Leon (d. 1967)
  - Ben Lerner (d. 1979)
  - David Lerner (1951–1997)
  - Jimmy Lerner (d. 1951)
  - Rika Lesser (d. 1953)
  - Denise Levertov (1923–1997)
  - Dana Levin (d. 1965)
  - Philip Levine (d. 1928)
  - Larry Levis (1946–1996)
  - D. A. Levy (1942–1968)
  - William Levy (d. 1939)
  - Alonzo Lewis (1794–1861)
  - Charles Lillard (1944–1997)
  - Shirley Geok-lin Lim (d. 1944)
  - Tao Lin (d. 1983)
  - Sarah Lindsay
  - Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)
  - Amon Liner (1940–1976)
  - Sara Jane Lippincott (1823–1904)
  - Jonathan Lamas (d. 1974)
  - George Cabot Lodge (1873–1909)
  - Ron Loewinsohn (d. 1937)
  - John Logan (1923–1987)
  - Naomi Long Madgett (d. 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 (d. 1948)
  - Lydia Lunch (d. 1959)
  - Masiela Lusha (d. 1985)
  - Thomas Lux (d. 1946)
  - William Whittingham Lyman Jr (eskiden Jack Lyman) (1885–1983)
  - Henry Lyman
  - Thomas Lynch (d. 1948)


## M.
  - Lewis MacAdams (d. 1944)
  - Jackson Mac Low (1922–2004)
  - Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890–1967)
  - Percy MacKaye (1875–1956)
  - Nathaniel Mackey (d. 1947)
  - Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)
  - Naomi Long Madgett (d. 1923)
  - Haki R. Madhubuti (d. 1942)
  - John Gillespie Magee, Jr. (1922–1941)
  - Clarence Major (d. 1936)
  - Dora Malech (d. 1981)
  - Taylor Mali (d. 1965)
  - Frank Richard Maloney (1945–2009)
  - Tom Mandel (d. 1942)
  - Djelloul Marbrook (d. 1934)
  - Morton Marcus (1936–2009)
  - Joseph Moncure March (1899–1977)
  - Edwin Markham (1852–1940)
  - Don Marquis (1878–1937)
  - Camille Martin (d. 1956)
  - David Mason (d. 1954)
  - Matt Mason (d. 1962)
  - Steve Mason (1940–2005)
  - Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950)
  - Harry Mathews (d. 1930)
  - William Matthews (1942–1997)
  - John Matthias (d. 1941)
  - Kevin Max (d. 1967)
  - Bernadette Mayer (d. 1945)
  - Frances Mayes (d. 1940)
  - Janet McAdams
  - Robert McAlmon (1895–1956)
  - Jack McCarthy (d. 1939)
  - J. D. McClatchy (d. 1945)
  - Michael McClure (d. 1932)
  - Shane McCrae (d. 1975)
  - Michael McFee
  - Bryant H. McGill (d. 1969)
  - Karyna McGlynn (d. 1977)
  - Michael McGovern (1848–1933)
  - Campbell McGrath (d. 1962)
  - Thomas McGrath (1916–1990)
  - Heather McHugh (d. 1948)
  - Claude McKay (1889–1948)
  - Louis McKee (1951–2011)
  - Rod McKuen (d. 1933)
  - James McMichael (d. 1939)
  - Wesley McNair (d. 1941)
  - Louise McNeill (1911–1993)
  - Alexander Beaufort Meek (1814–1865)
  - Abel Meeropol (eskiden Lewis Allan) (1903–1986)
  - David Meltzer (d. 1937)
  - Herman Melville (d. 1819–1890)
  - Samuel Menashe (1925–2011)
  - Nancy Mercado (d. 1959)
  - William Meredith (1919–2007)
  - Billy Merrell (d. 1982)
  - Eve Merriam (1916–1992)
  - James Merrill (1926–1995)
  - Stuart Merrill (1863–1915)
  - Thomas Merton (1915–1968)
  - W. S. Merwin (d. 1927)
  - Tom Meschery (d. 1938)
  - Sarah Messer (d. 1966)
  - Henry Meyer (1840–1925)
  - Robert Mezey (d. 1935)
  - William Michaelian (d. 1956)
  - Diane Middlebrook (1939–2007)
  - Josephine Miles (1911–1985)
  - Joseph Millar
  - Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)
  - Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942)
  - Jane Miller
  - Jen Miller (d. 1972)
  - Joaquin Miller (1837–1913)
  - Leslie Adrienne Miller (d. 1956)
  - May Miller (1899–1995)
  - Tim Miller (d. 1958)
  - Vassar Miller (1924–1998)
  - Deborah A. Miranda
  - Gary Miranda (d. 1939)
  - John Kearsley Mitchell (1798–1858)
  - Susan Mitchell (d. 1944)
  - Anis Mojgani (d. 1977)
  - Paul Monette (1945–1995)
  - Mong-Lan
  - Marion Montgomery (1925–2011)
  - José Montoya (d. 1932)
  - William Vaughn Moody (1869–1910)
  - Clara Jessup Moore (1824–1899)
  - Charles Leonard Moore (1854–1925)
  - Daniel Moore (d. 1940)
  - Jacqueline S. Moore (1926–2002)
  - Jessica Care Moore (d. 1971)
  - Julia A. Moore (1847–1920)
  - Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
  - Pat Mora (d. 1942)
  - Barbara Moraff (d. 1939)
  - A. F. Moritz (d. 1947)
  - Hilda Morley (1916–1998)
  - George Frederick Morgan (1922–2004)
  - Richard Morris (1939–2003)
  - Tracie Morris
  - Jim Morrison (1943–1971)
  - Bradford Morrow (d. 1951)
  - Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (1873–1955)
  - Jennifer Moxley (d. 1964)
  - Viggo Mortensen (d. 1958)
  - Howard Moss (1922–1987)
  - Thylias Moss (d. 1954)
  - Louise Chandler Moulton (1835–1908)
  - Anna Cora Mowatt (1819–1870)
  - Lisel Mueller (d. 1924)
  - Harryette Mullen (d. 1953)
  - Charles Muñoz (d. 1926)
  - Erin Murphy
  - Sheila Murphy (d. 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 (d. 1958)
  - Kenn Nesbitt (d. 1962)
  - F. A. Nettelbeck (1950–2011)
  - Celeste Newbrough (d. 1939)
  - Aimee Nezhukumatathil (d. 1974)
  - Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970)
  - Audrey Niffenegger (d. 1963)
  - John Frederick Nims (1913–1999)
  - Lucille Nixon (1908–1963)
  - Eric "Big Daddy" Nord (1919–1989)
  - Jessica Nordell
  - Charles North (d. 1941)
  - Jessica Nelson North (1891–1988)
  - Jim Northrup (d. 1943)
  - Harry Northup (d. 1940)
  - Alice Notley (d. 1945)
  - Naomi Shihab Nye (d. 1952)


## O.
  - Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1890–1941)
  - Geoffrey G. O'Brien
  - Ed Ochester (d. 1939)
  - David E. Oprava (d. 1973)
  - Blanche Oelrichs (1890–1950)
  - Ron Offen (1930–2010)
  - Frank O'Hara (1926–1966)
  - Sharon Olds (d. 1942)
  - Mary Oliver (d. 1935)
  - Alix Olson (d. 1975)
  - Charles Olson (1910–1970)
  - George Oppen (1908–1984)
  - Mary Oppen (1908–1990)
  - James Oppenheim (1882–1932)
  - Joel Oppenheimer (eskiden Jacob Hammer) (1930–1988)
  - Peter Oresick
  - Gregory Orr (d. 1947)
  - Alicia Ostriker (d. 1937)


## P.
  - Ron Padgett (d. 1942)
  - Grace Paley (1922–2007)
  - Cheryl Pallant
  - Condé Benoist Pallen (1858–1929)
  - Michael Palmer (d. 1943)
  - Jay Parini (d. 1948)
  - Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)
  - Lee Passarella
  - Linda Pastan (d. 1932)
  - Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972)
  - Josephine Preston Peabody (1874–1922)
  - Richard Peabody
  - Molly Peacock (d. 1947)
  - Harry Thurston Peck (1856–1914)
  - Bryan Penberthy (d. 1976)
  - Rob Penny (1941–2003)
  - James Gates Percival (1795–1856)
  - Eleanor Percy Lee (1819–1849)
  - William Alexander Percy (1885–1942)
  - Sam Pereira (d. 1949)
  - Bob Perelman (d. 1947)
  - Lucia Perillo
  - Alice N. Persons (d. 1952)
  - Robert Peters (d. 1924)
  - Marge Piercy (1936)
  - Nick Piombino (d. 1942)
  - Robert Pinsky (1940)
  - Carl Phillips (d. 1959)
  - Wanda Phipps (d. 1960)
  - Anthony Piccione (1939–2001)
  - John Pierpont (1785–1866)
  - Josephine Pinckney (1895–1957)
  - Edward Coote Pinkney (1802–1828)
  - Clarissa Pinkola Estés (d. 1945)
  - Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)
  - Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
  - Lanny Poffo (d. 1954)
  - Robert Polito (d. 1951)
  - Ralph Pomeroy (1926–1999)
  - Paul Martínez Pompa
  - Marie Ponsot (d. 1921)
  - Carol Potter
  - Charles Potts (1943)
  - Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
  - Kevin Powell (d. 1966)
  - Julien de Lallande Poydras (1746–1824)
  - Jack Prelutsky (1940)
  - Elizabeth Prentiss (1818–1878)
  - Reynolds Price (1933–2011)
  - Frederic Prokosch (1909–1989)
  - Kevin Prufer (d. 1969)


## Q.
  - George Quasha (d. 1942)


## R.
  - Kevin Rabas
  - Burton Raffel (d. 1928)
  - Sam Ragan (1915–1996)
  - Carl Rakosi (1903–2004)
  - Lee Ranaldo (d. 1956)
  - Dudley Randall (1914–2000)
  - James Ryder Randall (1839–1908)
  - Julia Randall (1924–2005)
  - Claudia Rankine (d. 1963)
  - John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)
  - Sadi Ranson
  - Ron Rash (d. 1953)
  - Stephen Ratcliffe (d. 1948)
  - Linda Ravenswood (d. 1969)
  - David Ray (d. 1932)
  - Wayne Ray (d. 1950)
  - Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872)
  - Janice Rebibo (d. 1950)
  - Spencer Reece
  - Ishmael Reed (d. 1938)
  - Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856–1935)
  - Naomi Replansky (d. 1918)
  - Paul Reps (1895–1990)
  - Carter Revard (d. 1931)
  - Donald Revell (d. 1954)
  - Eben E. Rexford (1848–1916)
  - Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982)
  - Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976)
  - William Henry Rhodes (1822–1876)
  - René Ricard (d. 1946)
  - Cale Young Rice (1872–1943)
  - Stan Rice (1942–2002)
  - Adrienne Rich (d. 1929)
  - Beah Richards (1920–2000)
  - Laura E. Richards (1850–1943)
  - Monica Richards
  - Lola Ridge (1873–1941)
  - Laura Riding (1901–1991)
  - James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916)
  - Alberto Ríos (d. 1952)
  - Tomás Rivera (1935–1984)
  - James J. Roberts (d. 1947)
  - Howard W. Robertson (d. 1947)
  - Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)
  - Edouard Roditi (1910–1992)
  - Luis J. Rodriguez (d. 1954)
  - Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)
  - Pattiann Rogers (d. 1940)
  - Matthew Rohrer (d. 1970)
  - Henry Rollins (d. 1961)
  - David Romtvedt
  - Ronald Talney
  - Raymond Roseliep (1917–1983)
  - Franklin Rosemont (1943–2009)
  - J. Allyn Rosser (d. 1957)
  - Terry Rossio (d. 1960)
  - Jerome Rothenberg (d. 1931)
  - Michael Rothenberg
  - Anne Rouse (d. 1954)
  - Thomas Rowley (1721–1796)
  - Gibbons Ruark (d. 1941)
  - Mary Ruefle (d. 1952)
  - Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980)
  - Nipsey Russell (1918–2005)
  - Archibald Rutledge (1883–1973)
  - Carl Hancock Rux
  - Abram Joseph Ryan (1838–1886)
  - Kay Ryan (d. 1945)
  - Michael Ryan (d. 1946)


## S.
  - Benjamin Alire Sáenz (d. 1954)
  - Michael Salinger (d. 1962)
  - Mary Jo Salter (d. 1954)
  - Benjamin Saltman (1927–1999)
  - Francis Saltus Saltus (1849–1889)
  - Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)
  - Robert Charles Sands (1799–1832)
  - Aram Saroyan (d. 1943)
  - May Sarton (1912–1995)
  - Minot Judson Savage (1841–1918)
  - Jeannine Savard (d. 1950)
  - John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887)
  - Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath (d. 1958)
  - Peter Schjeldahl (d. 1942)
  - Michael Schmidt (d. 1947)
  - Dennis Schmitz (d. 1937)
  - Gjertrud Schnackenberg (d. 1953)
  - Dan Schneider (d. 1965)
  - Pat Schneider (d. 1934)
  - Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842)
  - Susan Polis Schutz (d. 1944)
  - James Schuyler (1923–1991)
  - Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966)
  - Patricia Roth Schwartz (d. 1946)
  - Armand Schwerner (1927–1999)
  - Peter Seaton (1942–2010)
  - Alan Seeger (1888–1916)
  - Calvin Seerveld (d. 1930)
  - Frederick Seidel (d. 1936)
  - Rebecca Seiferle
  - Martha Serpas
  - Dr. Seuss (1904–1991)
  - Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
  - Tom Sexton(d. 1940)
  - Ntozake Shange (d. 1948)
  - Ravi Shankar (d. 1975)
  - David Shapiro (d. 1947)
  - Karl Shapiro (1913–2000)
  - G. S. Sharat Chandra (1935–2000)
  - Brenda Shaughnessy (d. 1970)
  - Scott Shaw (d. 1958)
  - Aaron Shurin (d. 1947)
  - Eli Siegel (1902–1978)
  - Lydia Sigourney (1791–1865)
  - Richard Siken
  - Leslie Marmon Silko (d. 1948)
  - Edward Rowland Sill (1841–1887)
  - Ron Silliman (d. 1946)
  - Murray Silverstein (d. 1943)
  - Shel Silverstein (1930–1999)
  - Charles Simic (d. 1938)
  - Jim Simmerman (1952–2006)
  - William Gilmore Simms (1806–1870)
  - Marge Simon (d. 1942)
  - Louis Simpson (d. 1923)
  - John Sinclair (d. 1941)
  - Hal Sirowitz (d. 1949)
  - Judith Skillman (d. 1954)
  - Myra Sklarew (d. 1934)
  - Ed Skoog (d. 1971)
  - Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961)
  - Edwin E. Smith (d. 1968)
  - Elbert H. Smith
  - Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806–1893)
  - Langdon Smith (1858–1908)
  - Marc Smith (d. 1949)
  - Margaret Smith (d. 1948)
  - Patti Smith (d. 1946)
  - R. T. Smith (d. 1947)
  - Rod Smith (d. 1962)
  - Rolland Smith
  - Tracy K. Smith (d. 1972)
  - William Jay Smith (d. 1918)
  - W. D. Snodgrass (d. 1926)
  - Eliza R. Snow (1804–1887)
  - Craig Snyder
  - Laurel Snyder (d. 1974)
  - Gary Snyder (d. 1930)
  - Gustaf Sobin (1935–2005)
  - Roberto Solis (d. 1945)
  - Gilbert Sorrentino (1929–2006)
  - Gary Soto (d. 1952)
  - Juliana Spahr (d. 1966)
  - Anne Spencer (1882–1975)
  - Jack Spicer (1925–1965)
  - Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921)
  - Kim Stafford (d. 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 (d. 1961)
  - Mattie Stepanek (1990–2004)
  - George Sterling (1869–1926)
  - Gerald Stern (d. 1925)
  - C. J. Stevens (d. 1927)
  - James Thomas Stevens (d. 1966)
  - Wallace Stevens (1880–1955)
  - Anne Stevenson (d. 1933)
  - Susan Stewart (d. 1952)
  - Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904)
  - John Stigall (1951–2009)
  - James Still (1906–2001)
  - Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909)
  - Dejan Stojanović (d. 1959)
  - Donna J. Stone (1933–1994)
  - Ruth Stone (1915–2011)
  - William Wetmore Story (1819–1895)
  - Mark Strand (d. 1934)
  - Joseph Stroud (d. 1943)
  - Lucien Stryk
  - Jesse Stuart (1907–1984)
  - Michael Sturdy (d. 1969)
  - Aloysius Michael Sullivan (1896–1980)
  - Sekou Sundiata (1948–2007)
  - Barton Sutter
  - Thomas Burnett Swann (1928–1976)
  - John Swanwick (1740–1798)
  - Robert Sward (d. 1933))
  - Cole Swensen (d. 1955)
  - Karen Swenson (d. 1936)
  - May Swenson (1913–1989)
  - Arthur Sze (d. 1950)


## T.
  - Eileen Tabios (d. 1960)
  - John Taggart (d. 1942)
  - Amber Tamblyn (d. 1983)
  - Luci Tapahonso (d. 1953)
  - Nathaniel Tarn (d. 1928)
  - Allen Tate 1899–1979)
  - James Tate (d. 1943)
  - Bayard Taylor (1825–1878)
  - Bert Leston Taylor (1866–1921)
  - Edward Taylor (1645–1729)
  - Michelle Tea (d. 1971)
  - Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)
  - Michael Teig (d. 1968)
  - Robbie Q. Telfer
  - Todd Temkin (d. 1964)
  - Elaine Terranova (d. 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 (d. 1938)
  - Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
  - Tamara Thorne (d. 1957)
  - Richard Tillinghast (d. 1940)
  - Henry Timrod (1828–1867)
  - Melvin B. Tolson (1898–1966)
  - Stephen Tomajczyk (d. 1960)
  - Lee Tonouchi (d. c. 1972)
  - Nick Tosches (d. 1949)
  - Tony Tost (d. 1975)
  - William Tremblay (d. 1940)
  - Natasha Trethewey (d. 1966)
  - David Trinidad (d. 1953)
  - Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy (1863–1945)
  - Quincy Troupe (d. 1939)
  - John Trumbull (1750–1831)
  - Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821–1873)
  - Lewis Turco (d. 1934)
  - Brian Turner (d. 1967)
  - Genya Turovskaya
  - Chase Twichell (d. 1950)
  - E. Donald Two-Rivers (v. 2008)


## U–V.
  - David Unger (d. 1950)
  - Louis Untermeyer (d. 1885–1977)
  - Charles Upton (d. 1948)
  - Amy Uyematsu (d. 1947)
  - Catherynne M. Valente (d. 1979)
  - Jean Valentine (d. 1934)
  - Cor van den Heuvel (d. 1931)
  - Mark Van Doren (d. 1894–1972)
  - Mona Van Duyn (d. 1921–2004)
  - Sheldon Vanauken (d. 1914–1996)
  - Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003)
  - Janine Pommy Vega (1942–2010)
  - Jones Very (d. 1813–1880)
  - George Sylvester Viereck (d. 1884–1962)
  - Peter Viereck (d. 1916–2006)
  - Nick Virgilio (d. 1928–1989)
  - Gerald Vizenor (d. 1934)
  - Judith Vollmer (d. 1951)


## W.
  - Buddy Wakefield (d. 1974)
  - Diane Wakoski (d. 1937)
  - Diane Wald
  - Anne Waldman (d. 1945)
  - Rosmarie Waldrop (d. 1935)
  - Keith Waldrop (d. 1932)
  - Alice Walker (d. 1944)
  - Lonie Walker
  - Margaret Walker (1915–1998)
  - Connie Wanek (d. 1952)
  - BJ Ward (d. 1967)
  - Diane Ward (d. 1956)
  - Catherine Anne Warfield (1816–1877)
  - Emily Warn
  - Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)
  - William John Watkins
  - Barrett Watten (d. 1948)
  - Jim Webb
  - Rebecca Wee
  - Hannah Weiner (1928–1997)
  - Eliot Weinberger (d. 1949)
  - James Welch (1940–2003)
  - Lew Welch (1926–c. 1971)
  - Joe Wenderoth
  - Theodore Weiss (1916–2003)
  - Paul West (d. 1930)
  - Philip Whalen (1923–2002)
  - Mark Whalon (1886–1956)
  - John Wheatcroft(d. 1925)
  - Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784)
  - John Hall Wheelock (1886–1978)
  - John Brooks Wheelwright (1897–1940)
  - Edward Lucas White (1866–1934)
  - Gary J. Whitehead (d. 1965)
  - Ruth Whitman (1922–1999)
  - Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
  - Adeline Dutton Train Whitney (1824–1906)
  - Reed Whittemore (d. 1919)
  - John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
  - Margaret Widdemer (1884–1978)
  - John Wieners (1934–2002)
  - Richard Wilbur (d. 1921)
  - Carlos Wilcox (1794–1827)
  - Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919)
  - Richard Henry Wilde (1789–1847)
  - Charlotte Wilder (1898–1980)
  - Charles Willeford (1919–1988)
  - C. K. Williams (d. 1936)
  - Jonathan Williams (1929–2008)
  - Oscar Williams (1900–1964)
  - Paul O. Williams (1935–2009)
  - Philip Lee Williams (d. 1950)
  - Sarah Williams (1837–1868)
  - William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)
  - Elizabeth Willis (d. 1961)
  - Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867)
  - Eleanor Wilner (d. 1937)
  - Edmund Wilson (1895–1972)
  - Peter Lamborn Wilson (eskiden Hakim Bey) (d. 1945)
  - Christian Wiman (d. 1966)
  - Dale Wimbrow (1895–1954)
  - Anne Winters
  - Yvor Winters (1900–1968)
  - Sam Witt (d. 1970)
  - Larry Woiwode (d. 1941)
  - John Barton Wolgamot
  - Nellie Wong (d. 1934)
  - George Edward Woodberry (1855–1930)
  - Eddie Woods (d. 1940)
  - Samuel Woodworth (1784–1842)
  - Gamel Woolsey (1895–1968)
  - Bryan Thao Worra (d. 1973)
  - Patience Worth (Pearl Lenore Curran) (1883–1937)
  - C. D. Wright (d. 1949)
  - Charles Wright (d. 1935)
  - Franz Wright (d. 1953)
  - James Wright (1927–1980)
  - Jay Wright (d. 1935)
  - Kirby Wright
  - Richard Wright (şair) (1908–1960)
  - Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)


## X–Z.
  - Lois-Ann Yamanaka (d. 1961)
  - Leo Yankevich (d. 1961)
  - John Yau (d. 1950)
  - Al Young (d. 1939)
  - C. Dale Young (d. 1969)
  - Dean Young (d. 1955)
  - Kevin Young (d. 1970)
  - Matthew Zapruder (d. 1967)
  - Marya Zaturenska (1902–1982)
  - Andrew Zawacki (d. 1972)
  - Calvin Ziegler (1854–1930)
  - Joaquin Zihuatanejo
  - Louis Zukofsky (1904–1978)