# 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

* Henry Abbey (1842–1911)
* Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956)
* Sam Abrams (born 1935)
* Seth Abramson (born 1976)
* Diane Ackerman (born 1948)
* Duane Ackerson (1942–2020)
* Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968)
* Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004)
* Helen Adam (1909–1993)
* John Adams (1704–1740)
* Léonie Adams (1899–1988)
* Kim Addonizio (born 1954)
* James Agee (1909–1955)
* Deborah Ager (born 1971)
* Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969)
* Julie Agoos (born 1956)
* Ai (1947–2010)
* Conrad Aiken (1889–1973)
* Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956)
* Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888)
* Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
* Sherman Alexie (born 1966)
* Felipe Alfau (1902–1999)
* Kazim Ali (born 1971)
* Dick Allen (1939–2017)
* Donald Allen (1912–2004)
* Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911)
* Ron Allen (1947–2010)
* Washington Allston (1779–1843)
* Alta (Alta Gerrey) (1942–2024)
* Alurista (born 1947)
* Julia Álvarez (born 1950)
* Indran Amirthanayagam (born 1960)
* A.R. Ammons (1926–2001)
* Maggie Anderson (born 1948)
* Maria Frances Anderson (1819–1895)
* Victor Anderson (1917–2001)
* Bruce Andrews (born 1948)
* Kevin Andrews (1924–1989)
* Ron Androla (born 1954)
* Ralph Angel (1951–2020)
* Maya Angelou (1928–2014)
* David Antin (1932–2016)
* Antler (born 1946)
* Susanne Antonetta (born 1956)
* Philip Appleman (1926–2020)
* Rae Armantrout (born 1947)
* Richard Armour (1906–1989)
* Craig Arnold (1967–2009)
* Rebecca Aronson
* Elizabeth Barr Arthur (1884–1971)
* John Ashbery (1927–2017)
* Joseph Auslander (1897–1965)
* Paul Auster (born 1947)
* James L. Avery Sr. (1948–2013)
* Jody Azzouni (born 1954)

## B

* Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952)
* Bellamy Bach (pseudonym used by a group of writers)
* Joseph M. Bachelor (1889–1947)
* Margaret Lucy Shands Bailey (1812–1888)
* Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940)
* David Baker (born 1954)
* Julia K. Wetherill Baker (1858–1931)
* John Balaban (born 1943)
* Jesse Ball (born 1978)
* Mary Canfield Ballard (1852–1927)
* Addie L. Ballou (1837–1916)
* Charles Bane Jr. (born 1951)
* Russell Banks (born 1940)
* Melissa Elizabeth Riddle Banta (1834–1907)
* Amiri Baraka (a.k.a. Leroi Jones) (1934–2014)
* Coleman Barks (born 1937)
* Joel Barlow (1754–1812)
* Mary Barnard (1909–2001)
* Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)
* Jim Barnes (born 1933)
* Annie Wall Barnett (1859–1942)
* Catherine Barnett (born 1960)
* Laird Barron (born 1970)
* Bertha Hirsch Baruch
* Todd Bash (born 1965)
* Ellen Bass (born 1947)
* Arlo Bates (1850–1918)
* David Bates (1809–1870)
* Harriet Bates (1856–1886), wrote under the name Eleanor Putnam
* Joseph Bathanti (born 1953)
* Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959)
* Isaac Rieman Baxley (1850–1920)
* Charles Baxter (born 1947)
* Abel Beach (1829–1899)
* Ray Young Bear (born 1950)
* Anthony Bearden (1913–1966)
* Paul Beatty (born 1962)
* Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin (c. 1913–1995)
* George Beck (1749–1812)
* Julian Beck (1925–1985)
* Larry Beckett (born 1947)
* Joshua Beckman (born 1971)
* Lou Singletary Bedford (1837–unknown)
* Ethel Lynn Beers (1827–1879)
* Erin Belieu (born 1967)
* Marvin Bell (1937–2020)
* Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921)
* Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)
* William Rose Benét (1886–1950)
* Park Benjamin Sr. (1809–1864)
* John Bensko
* Nelson Bentley (1918–1990)
* Bill Berkson (1939–2016)
* David Berman (1967–2019)
* Charles Bernstein (born 1950)
* Steven Jesse Bernstein (1950–1991)
* Anselm Berrigan (born 1972)
* Ted Berrigan (1934–1983)
* Wendell Berry (born 1934)
* John Berryman (1914–1972)
* Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (born 1947)
* Eva Best (1851–1925)
* Lorraine Bethel
* Helen Bevington (1906–2001)
* Frank Bidart (born 1939)
* Ambrose Bierce (1842–c. 1913)
* Linda Bierds (born 1945)
* David Biespiel (born 1964)
* Helen Louisa Bostwick Bird (1826–1907)
* Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
* John Peale Bishop (1892–1944)
* Morris Bishop (1893–1973)
* Sherwin Bitsui (born 1975)
* Baxter Black (1945–2022)
* Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958)
* Paul Blackburn (1926–1971)
* Nicole Blackman (born 1971)
* Kimberly M. Blaeser (born 1955)
* Brian Blanchfield (born 1973)
* Don Blanding (1894–1957)
* Robin Blaser (1925–2009)
* Anthony Bleecker (1770–1827)
* Adrian Blevins (born 1964)
* Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919)
* Henry Ames Blood (1836–1900)
* Roberts Blossom (1924–2011)
* Annie R. Blount (1839–unknown)
* Robert Bly (born (1926–2021)
* Maxwell Bodenheim (1892–1954)
* Louise Bogan (1897–1970)
* Arna Bontemps (1902–1973)
* Michelle Boisseau (1955–2017)
* Laure-Anne Bosselaar
* Bruce Boston (born 1943)
* David Bottoms (born 1949)
* Jenny Boully (born 1976)
* Geoff Bouvier (born 1969)
* Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949)
* Edgar Bowers (1924–2000)
* Kay Boyle (1902–1992)
* Virginia Frazer Boyle (1863–1938)
* William Brandon (1914–2002)
* Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612–1672)
* Mae Bramhall (c. 1861 – 1897)
* Adelia Pope Branham (1861–1917)
* Beth Brant (born 1941)
* Giannina Braschi (born 1953)
* Richard Brautigan (1935–1984)
* Kate Braverman (1950–2019)
* Donari Braxton (born 1982)
* Joseph Payne Brennan (1918–1990)
* Ken Brewer (1941–2006)
* Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710–c. 1757)
* Kim Bridgford (born 1959)
* Besmilr Brigham (1913–2000)
* John Malcolm Brinnin (1916–1999)
* Eve Brodlique (1867–1949)
* Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996)
* Louis Daniel Brodsky (1941–2014)
* David Bromige (1933–2009)
* William Bronk (1918–1999)
* Charles Timothy Brooks (1813–1883)
* Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000)
* Maria Gowen Brooks (c. 1795–1845)
* Alice Williams Brotherton (1848–1930)
* Olga Broumas (born 1949)
* Alice Brown (1856–1948)
* Harry Brown (1917–1986)
* Rita Mae Brown (born 1944)
* Emma Alice Browne (1835–1890)
* Francis Fisher Browne (1843–1913)
* William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
* Jack Buck (1924–2002)
* David Budbill (born 1940)
* Charles Bukowski (1920–1994)
* Gelett Burgess (1866–1951)
* Julia de Burgos (1914–1953)
* Eudora Stone Bumstead (1860–1892)
* David R. Bunch (1925–2000)
* Henry Cuyler Bunner (1855–1896)
* José Antonio Burciaga (1940–1996)
* Gelett Burgess (1866–1951)
* Stanley Burnshaw (1906–2005)
* Amelia Josephine Burr (1878–1968)
* Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882–1954)
* Raegan Butcher (born 1969)
* Ellis Parker Butler (1869–1937)
* Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
* W. E. Butts (1944–2013)
* Kathryn Stripling Byer (1944–2017)
* Witter Bynner (1881–1968)
* Gilbert Byron (1903–1991)

## C

* Alex Caldiero (born 1949)
* James Edwin Campbell (1867–1896)
* Mary Baine Campbell
* Melville Henry Cane (1879–1980)
* Francesca Anna Canfield (1803–1833)
* Skipwith Cannell (1887–1957)
* Joe Cardarelli (1944–1994)
* Will Carleton (1845–1912)
* Carrie Carlton (1834–1868)
* Thomas John Carlisle (1913–1992)
* Jim Carroll (1949–2009)
* Hayden Carruth (1921–2008)
* Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873–1904)
* Jared Carter (born 1939)
* Willa Cather (1873–1947)
* Raymond Carver (1938–1988)
* Phoebe Cary (1824–1871)
* Marietta Stanley Case (1845–1900)
* Cyrus Cassells (born 1957)
* Ana Castillo (born 1953)
* Sandra M. Castillo
* Madison Cawein (1865–1914)
* Thomas Centolella
* Joseph Ceravolo (1934–1988)
* Catherine Chandler (born 1950)
* Tina Chang (born 1969)
* William Ellery Channing (1818–1901)
* Arthur Chapman (1874–1935)
* John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)
* Fred Chappell (born 1936)
* Angélico Chávez (1910–1996)
* Alexander Chee (born 1967)
* Neeli Cherkovski (July 1, 1945 – March 19, 2024)
* Maxine Chernoff (born 1952)
* Kelly Cherry (1940–2022)
* James Wm. Chichetto (born 1941)
* William Childress (1933–2022)
* Emelie C. S. Chilton (1838–1864)
* Khendum Choden
* Franny Choi (born 1989)
* Chrystos (born 1946)
* John Ciardi (1916–1986)
* Noah Cicero (born 1980)
* Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
* Carson Cistulli (born 1979)
* Amy Clampitt (1920–1994)
* Tom Clark (born 1941–2018)
* Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909–1971)
* John Lee Clark (born 1978)
* John Clarke (1933–1992)
* Lucille Clifton (1936–2010)
* Joshua Clover (born 1962)
* Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927)
* Grace Stone Coates (1881–1976)
* Stanton A. Coblentz (1896–1982)
* Andrei Codrescu (born 1946)
* Robert P. T. Coffin (1892–1955)
* Ira Cohen (1935–2011)
* Nan Cohen (born 1968)
* Jim Cohn (born 1953)
* Henri Cole (born 1956)
* Norma Cole (born 1945)
* Wanda Coleman (1946–2014)
* Billy Collins (born 1941)
* Martha Collins (1940–present)
* Betsy Colquitt (1927–2009)
* Shanna Compton (born 1970)
* Hilda Conkling (1910–1986)
* Evan S. Connell (1924–2013)
* Leo Connellan (1928–2001)
* Gillian Conoley (born 1955)
* Victor Contoski (born 1936)
* J. Gordon Coogler (1865–1901)
* Rose Terry Cooke (1827–1892)
* Ina Coolbrith (1841–1928)
* Clark Coolidge (born 1939)
* Dennis Cooper (born 1953)
* Jake Copass (1920–2006)
* William Corbett (1942–2018)
* Billy Corgan (born 1967)
* Cid Corman (1924–2004)
* Alfred Corn (born 1943)
* Gregory Corso (1930–2001)
* Jayne Cortez (1934–2012)
* Gerald Costanzo
* Joe Cottonwood (born 1947)
* Henri Coulette (1927–1988)
* John Cournos (1881–1966)
* Elise Cowen (1933–1962)
* Louis O. Coxe (1918–1993)
* Christopher Pearse Cranch (1813–1892)
* Hart Crane (1899–1932)
* Stephen Crane (1871–1900)
* Adelaide Crapsey (1878–1914)
* Alice Arnold Crawford (1850–1874)
* Gary William Crawford (born 1953)
* Robert Creeley (1926–2005)
* Judson Crews (1917–2010)
* Harry Crosby (1898–1929)
* Anne Virginia Culbertson (1857–1918)
* Countee Cullen (1903–1946)
* E. E. Cummings (1894–1962)
* James Cummins
* J.V. Cunningham (1911–1985)
* John Curl (born 1940)
* Jen Currin
* Bloodgood Cutter (1817–1906)

## D

* Beverly Dahlen (born 1934)
* Steve Dalachinsky (1946–2019)
* Enid Dame (1943–2003)
* S. Foster Damon (1893–1971)
* Jim Daniels (born 1956)
* Elizabeth Otis Dannelly (1838–1896)
* Hugh Antoine d'Arcy (1842–1925)
* Annie McCarer Darlington (1836–1907)
* Tina Darragh (born 1950)
* Robert Dassanowsky (born 1960)
* Guy Davenport (1927–2005)
* Chad Davidson (born 1970)
* Donald Davidson (1893–1968)
* Gustav Davidson (1895–1971)
* Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808–1825)
* Michael Davidson (born 1944)
* Alan Davies (born 1951)
* Dale Davis
* Gwen Davis (born 1936)
* Jon Davis (born 1952)
* Clarence Day (1874–1935)
* Jaime de Angulo (1887–1950)
* Caridad de la Luz (born 1977)
* Philip F. Deaver (born 1946)
* Madeline DeFrees (1919–2015)
* Alice S. Deletombe (1854–1929)
* Edwin Denby (1903–1983)
* Richard Denner (born 1941)
* Reuel Denney (1913–1995)
* Carl Dennis (born 1939)
* Tory Dent (1958–2005)
* Babette Deutsch (1895–1982)
* Jamie DeWolf (born 1977 as Jamie Kennedy)
* Diane Di Prima (1934–2020)
* Jennifer K Dick (born 1970)
* George Dickerson (1933–2015)
* James Dickey (1923–1997)
* Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
* Roger Dickinson-Brown (born 1944)
* Matthew Dickman (born 1975)
* Michael Dickman (born 1975)
* Annie Dillard (born 1945)
* R. H. W. Dillard (1937–2023)
* George Dillon (1906–1968)
* Hiram Powers Dilworth (1878—1975)
* Ray DiPalma (1943–2016)
* Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008)
* Yana Djin (born 1969)
* Patricia Dobler (1939–2004)
* Stephen Dobyns (born 1941)
* Mary Ann Hanmer Dodd (1813–1878)
* Owen Dodson (1914–1983)
* John Dolan (born 1955)
* Nathan Haskell Dole (1852–1935)
* Sonya Dorman (1924–2005)
* Ed Dorn (1929–1999)
* Julia Caroline Dorr (1825–1913)
* Catherine Doty
* Mark Doty (born 1953)
* Alice May Douglas (1865–1943)
* Marian Douglas (1842-1913)
* Franz Douskey (born 1941)
* Rita Dove (born 1952)
* Kirby Doyle (1932–2003)
* Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)
* Will Allen Dromgoole (1860–1934)
* Celia Dropkin (1887–1956)
* Norman Dubie (born 1945)
* Bruce Ducker (born 1938)
* Peter Kane Dufault (1923–2013)
* Amanda Ruter Dufour (1822–1899)
* Alan Dugan (1923–2003)
* Denise Duhamel (born 1961)
* Michael Dumanis (born 1976)
* Henry Dumas (1934–1968)
* Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)
* Robert Duncan (1919–1988)
* Emma Bedelia Dunham (1826–1910)
* Stephen Dunn (1939–2021)
* Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941)
* Job Durfee (1790–1847)
* Stuart Dybek (born 1942)
* Bob Dylan (born 1941)

## E

* Cornelius Eady (born 1954)
* Pliny Earle (1809–1892)
* Richard Eberhart (1904–2005)
* David Edelstadt (1866–1892)
* Russell Edson (1935–2014)
* kari edwards (1954–2006)
* Terry Ehret (born 1955)
* Max Ehrmann (1872–1945)
* Larry Eigner (1927–1996)
* Loren Eiseley (1907–1977)
* T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)
* James Emanuel (1921–2013)
* Lynn Emanuel (born 1949)
* Claudia Emerson (born 1957)
* Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
* Paul Engle (1908–1991)
* Theodore Enslin (1925–2011)
* Daniel Mark Epstein (born 1948)
* Elaine Equi (born 1953)
* Clayton Eshleman (1935–2021)
* Martín Espada (born 1957)
* Willard R. Espy (1910–1999)
* Maggie Estep (1963–2014)
* David Allan Evans (born 1940)
* Mari Evans (1923–2017)
* Landis Everson (1926–2007)
* William Everson, Brother Antoninus (1912–1994)
* Eve Ewing (born 1986)

## F

* Ruth Fainlight (born 1931)
* B. H. Fairchild (born 1942)
* Noah Falck (born 1977)
* William Clark Falkner (c. 1825–1889)
* Joel Fallon (1931–2016)
* Roger Fanning (born 1962)
* Norma Farber (1909–1984)
* Patricia Fargnoli (1937–2021)
* John C. Farrar (1896–1974)
* Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961)
* Kenneth Fearing (1902–1961)
* Frederick Feirstein (born 1940)
* Irving Feldman (born 1928)
* Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021)
* Bessie Alexander Ficklen (1861–1945)
* Eugene Field (1850–1895)
* Rachel Field (1894–1942)
* James T. Fields (1817–1881)
* Annie Finch (born 1956)
* Mike Finley (1950–2020)
* Charles C. Finn (born 1941)
* Max Finstein (1924–1982)
* Ann Fisher-Wirth (born 1947)
* Anna M. Fitch (1840-1904)
* Ray Fitzgerald
* Bob Flanagan (1952–1996)
* John Gould Fletcher (1886–1950)
* Roland Flint (1934–2001)
* Nick Flynn (born 1960)
* Jack Foley (born 1940)
* Carolyn Forché (born 1950)
* John M. Ford (1957–2006)
* Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911)
* Sarah Fox (born 1966)
* FrancEye (Frances Dean Smith) (1922–2009)
* Gregory Fraser (born 1963)
* Robert Frazier (born 1951)
* Grace Beacham Freeman (1916–2002)
* Joseph Lewis French (1858–1936)
* Philip Freneau (1752–1832)
* Emily Kendal Frey (born 1976)
* Robert Frost (1874–1963)
* Gwen Frostic (1906–2001)
* Gene Frumkin (1928–2007)
* Nan Fry (died 2016)
* Gloria Frym (born 1947)
* Alice Fulton (born 1952)

## G

* Georgie Starbuck Galbraith (1909–1980)
* Vi Gale (1917–2007)
* Tess Gallagher (born 1943)
* James Galvin (born 1951)
* Forrest Gander (born 1956)
* Deborah Garrison (born 1965)
* Dan Gerber (born 1940)
* Amy Gerstler (born 1956)
* Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (born 1946)
* Dobby Gibson (born 1969)
* Jack Gilbert (1925–2012)
* Annie Somers Gilchrist (1841–1912)
* Strickland Gillilan (1869–1954)
* Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)
* Daniela Gioseffi (born 1941)
* Nikki Giovanni (1943–2024)
* David Gitin (1941–2015)
* Michael Gizzi (1949–2010)
* Peter Gizzi (born 1959)
* Jesse Glass (born 1954)
* Louise Glück (1943–2023)
* Patricia Goedicke (1931–2006)
* Albert Goldbarth (born 1948)
* Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961)
* Laurence Goldstein (born 1943)
* Jose B. Gonzalez (born 1967)
* Rigoberto González (born 1970)
* Rodolfo Gonzales (1928–2005)
* Goodale Sisters
* Kevin Goodan
* Alice Goodman (born 1958)
* Paul Goodman (1911–1972)
* Hedwig Gorski (born 1949)
* Hannah Flagg Gould (1789–1865)
* Janice Gould (1949–2019)
* David Graham
* Jorie Graham (born 1950)
* Judy Grahn (born 1940)
* Alex Grant
* Adelia Cleopatra Graves (1821–1895)
* Jane Lewers Gray (1796-1871)
* Julia Boynton Green (1861–1957)
* Samuel Green (born 1948)
* Debora Greger (born 1949)
* Linda Gregerson (born 1950)
* Linda Gregg (1942–2019)
* Horace Gregory (1898–1982)
* Robert Grenier (born 1941)
* Susan Griffin (born 1943)
* Hannah Griffitts (1727–1817)
* Mariela Griffor (born 1961)
* Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1948)
* Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914)
* Allen Grossman (1932–2014)
* Dorothea Grossman (1937–2012)
* Gabriel Gudding (born 1966)
* Charles Guenther (1920–2008)
* Barbara Guest (1920–2006)
* Edgar Guest (1891–1959)
* Louise Imogen Guiney (1861–1920)
* Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943)
* R. S. Gwynn (born 1948)
* Beth Gylys (born 1964)
* Brion Gysin (1916–1986)

## H

* H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961)
* Rachel Hadas (born 1948)
* Elizabeth Hadaway
* Hermann Hagedorn (1882–1964)
* Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949)
* Lucie Caroline Hager (1853–1903)
* Richard Hague (born 1947)
* Kimiko Hahn (born 1955)
* John Haines (1924–2011)
* Donald Hall (1928–2018)
* Louisa Jane Hall (1802–1892)
* Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867)
* Moyshe-Leyb Halpern (1886–1932)
* Barbara Hamby (born 1952)
* Jupiter Hammon (1711–c. 1806)
* William Harmon (born 1938)
* Belle R. Harrison (1856-1940)
* Jim Harrison (1937–2017)
* Carla Harryman (born 1952)
* Alamgir Hashmi (born 1951)
* Louis Hasley (1906–1986)
* Robert Bernard Hass (born 1962)
* Robert Hass (born 1941)
* Katherine Hastings
* William K. Hathaway (born 1944)
* Julian Hawthorne (1846–1934)
* Robert Hayden (1913–1980)
* John Russell Hayes (1866–1945)
* 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)
* Lee Herrick (born 1970)
* Harvey Hess (1939–2012)
* William Heyen (born 1940)
* Grace Hibbard (ca. 1835 – 1911)
* Leland Hickman (1934–1991)
* Bob Hicok (born 1960)
* Dick Higgins (1938–1998)
* Scott Hightower (born 1952)
* Conrad Hilberry (1928–2017)
* Robert Hillyer (1895–1961)
* Ellen Hinsey (born 1960)
* Edward Hirsch (born 1950)
* Jane Hirshfield (born 1953)
* Jack Hirschman (1933–2021)
* George Hitchcock (1914–2010)
* H. L. Hix (born 1960)
* Tony Hoagland (1953–2018)
* Allen Hoey (1952–2010)
* Linda Hogan (born 1947)
* Daniel Hoffman (1923–2013)
* Roald Hoffmann (born 1937)
* John Hollander (1929–2013)
* Bill Holm (1943–2009)
* Bob Holman (born 1948)
* M. Carl Holman (1919–1988)
* Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809–1894)
* Dennis Holt (born 1942)
* Garrett Hongo (born 1951)
* Edwin Honig (1919–2011)
* Lemuel Hopkins (1750–1801)
* Jay Hopler (born 1970)
* George Moses Horton (1797–1884)
* Joan Houlihan
* Diana Der Hovanessian (1934–2018)
* Richard Howard (1929–1922)
* Robert E. Howard (1906–1936)
* Emeline Harriet Howe (1844–1934)
* Fanny Howe (born 1940)
* Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910)
* Marie Howe (born 1950)
* Susan Howe (born 1937)
* Elizabeth Orpha Sampson Hoyt (1828–1912)
* Helen Hoyt (1887–1972)
* Detrick Hughes (born 1966)
* Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
* Richard Hugo (1923–1982)
* Constance Hunting (1925–2006)
* Cynthia Huntington
* Siri Hustvedt (born 1955)
* Abby B. Hyde (1799–1872)
* Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896–1983)

## I–J

* David Ignatow (1914–1997)
* Arthur Crew Inman (1895–1963)
* P. Inman (born 1947)
* Mary E. Ireland (1834–1927)
* Sarah S. Jacobs (1813–1902)
* Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003)
* Ethel Jacobson (1899–1991)
* Afdhere Jama (born 1980)
* Maria James (1793–1868)
* J. J. Jameson
* Marc Jampole (born 1950)
* Patricia Janus (1932–2006)
* Lisa Jarnot (born 1967)
* Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)
* Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)
* Isadore Gilbert Jeffery (1840–1919)
* Paul Jessup (born 1977)
* Ted Joans (1928–2003)
* Orrick Glenday Johns (1887–1946)
* Denis Johnson (1949–2017)
* Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880–1966)
* Helene Johnson (1906–1995)
* James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)
* Josephine Winslow Johnson (1910–1990)
* Kent Johnson (born 1955)
* Kimberly Johnson (born 1971)
* Robert Underwood Johnson (1853–1937)
* Richard Jones
* Sarah Jones (born 1973)
* Julie Joosten
* June Jordan (1936–2002)
* Pierre Joris (born 1946)
* Andrew Joron
* Lawrence Joseph (born 1948)
* Matthew Josephson (1899–1978)
* Frank Judge
* Donald Justice (1925–2004)

## K

* Jim Kacian (born 1953)
* Mary Elizabeth Kail (1828–1890)
* Sheema Kalbasi (born 1972)
* Chester Kallman (1921–1975)
* Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977)
* Lenore Kandel (1932–2009)
* Vim Karenine (born 1933)
* Mary Karr (born 1955)
* Julia Kasdorf (born 1962)
* Laura Kasischke (born 1961)
* Janet Kauffman (born 1945)
* Herbert Kaufman (1878–1947)
* Shirley Kaufman (1923–2016)
* Sarah Kay
* W. B. Keckler (born 1966)
* John Keene (born 1965)
* Weldon Kees (1914–1955)
* Bill Keith (1929–2004)
* Brigit Pegeen Kelly (born 1951)
* X. J. Kennedy (born 1929)
* Richard Kenney (born 1948)
* Maurice Kenny (1929–2016)
* Jane Kenyon (1947–1995)
* Jack Kerouac (1922–1969)
* Sophie Kerr (1880–1965)
* Francis Scott Key (1779–1843)
* Laurel Elizabeth Keyes (d. 1983)
* Alicia Keys (born 1981)
* Kerry Shawn Keys (born 1946)
* D. Kildare (1934–2005)
* Aline Murray Kilmer (1888–1941)
* Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918)
* Val Kilmer (born 1959)
* Suji Kwock Kim (born 1969)
* Harriet McEwen Kimball (1834–1917)
* James Kimbrell (born 1967)
* Haven Kimmel (born 1965)
* Burt Kimmelman (born 1947)
* Galway Kinnell (1927–2014)
* Susan Kinsolving
* Mary Kinzie (born 1944)
* David Kirby (born 1944)
* H. T. Kirby-Smith (born 1938)
* Lincoln Kirstein (1907–1996)
* Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014)
* August Kleinzahler (born 1949)
* William Kloefkorn (1932–2011)
* Etheridge Knight (1933–1991)
* Kenneth Koch (1925–2002)
* Ruth Ellen Kocher (born 1965)
* Wayne Koestenbaum (born 1958)
* Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1947)
* Mary Koncel
* Ted Kooser (born 1939)
* Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (born 1946)
* Alfred Kreymborg (1883–1966)
* Maxine Kumin (1925–2014)
* Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006)
* Laurie Kutchins
* Stephen Kuusisto (born 1955)
* Joanne Kyger (1934–2017)

## L

* Philip Lamantia (1927–2005)
* Fran Landesman (1927–2011)
* D. L. Lang (born 1983)
* Joseph Langland (1917–2007)
* Sidney Lanier (1842–1881)
* Rebecca Hammond Lard (1772–1855)
* Bruce Larkin (born 1957)
* Dorothea Lasky (born 1978)
* George Parsons Lathrop (1851–1898)
* Richmond Lattimore (1906–1984)
* Sanders Anne Laubenthal (1943–2002)
* James Laughlin (1914–1997)
* Ann Lauterbach (born 1942)
* Dorianne Laux (born 1952)
* James Lavilla-Havelin
* Anne Mary Lawler (1908–1980)
* Margaret Wynne Lawless (1847–1926)
* William P. Lawrence (1930–2005)
* Robert Lax (1915–2000)
* Emma Lazarus (1849–1887)
* David Lee (born 1966)
* Li-Young Lee (born 1957)
* Malka Lee (1904–1976)
* Mary Elizabeth Lee (1819–1849)
* Lemon (born 1975)
* Aya de Leon (born 1967)
* Eleanor Lerman (born 1952)
* Ben Lerner (born 1979)
* David Lerner (1951–1997)
* Jimmy Lerner (born 1951)
* Rika Lesser (born 1953)
* Denise Levertov (1923–1997)
* Dana Levin (born 1965)
* Philip Levine (1928–2015)
* Larry Levis (1946–1996)
* D. A. Levy (1942–1968)
* William Levy (1939–2019)
* Alonzo Lewis (1794–1861)
* Charles Lillard (1944–1997)
* Shirley Geok-lin Lim (born 1944)
* Tao Lin (born 1983)
* Sarah Lindsay (born 1958)
* Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)
* Amon Liner (1940–1976)
* Sara Jane Lippincott (1823–1904)
* Diane Lockward
* Patricia Lockwood (born 1982)
* George Cabot Lodge (1873–1909)
* Ron Loewinsohn (1937–2014)
* John Logan (1923–1987)
* Lily Augusta Long (1862–1927)
* Naomi Long Madgett (1923–2020)
* James Longenbach
* Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
* Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
* Marguerite St. Leon Loud (1812-1889)
* Trisha Low
* Amy Lowell (1874–1925)
* James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
* Maria White Lowell (1821–1853)
* Robert Lowell (1917–1977)
* Walter Lowenfels (1897–1976)
* Mina Loy (1882–1966)
* Felipe Luciano (born 1948)
* Lydia Lunch (born 1959)
* Masiela Lusha (born 1985)
* Thomas Lux (1946–2017)
* Henry Lyman
* William Whittingham Lyman Jr (a.k.a. Jack Lyman) (1885–1983)
* Thomas Lynch (born 1948)

## M

* Jackson Mac Low (1922–2004)
* Lewis MacAdams (1944–2020)
* Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890–1967)
* Percy MacKaye (1875–1956)
* Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947)
* Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)
* Naomi Long Madgett (1923–2020)
* Haki R. Madhubuti (born 1942)
* John Gillespie Magee Jr. (1922–1941)
* Clarence Major (born 1936)
* Dora Malech (born 1981)
* Taylor Mali (born 1965)
* Douglas Malloch (born 1877)
* Tom Mandel (born 1942)
* Helen Adelia Manville (1839–1912)
* Djelloul Marbrook (born 1934)
* Trista Mateer
* Joseph Moncure March (1899–1977)
* Morton Marcus (1936–2009)
* Paul Mariani (born 1940)
* Edwin Markham (1852–1940)
* Don Marquis (1878–1937)
* Camille Martin (born 1956)
* David Mason (born 1954)
* Matt Mason (born 1962)
* Steve Mason (1940–2005)
* Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950)
* Harry Mathews (1930–2017)
* William Matthews (1942–1997)
* John Matthias (born 1941)
* Kevin Max (born 1967)
* Julia Harris May (1833–1912)
* Bernadette Mayer (born 1945)
* Frances Mayes (born 1940)
* Ben Mazer (born 1964)
* Janet McAdams (born 1957)
* Robert McAlmon (1895–1956)
* J. D. McClatchy (born 1945)
* Michael McClure (1932–2020)
* Shane McCrae (born 1975)
* Laura McCullough (born 1960)
* Catfish McDaris (born 1953)
* Michael McFee
* Karyna McGlynn (born 1977)
* Michael McGovern (1848–1933)
* Campbell McGrath (born 1962)
* Thomas McGrath (1916–1990)
* Heather McHugh (born 1948)
* Claude McKay (1889–1948)
* Louis McKee (1951–2011)
* Rod McKuen (1933–2015)
* Paula McLain (born 1965)
* Georgie A. Hulse McLeod (1827–1890)
* James McMichael (born 1939)
* Wesley McNair (born 1941)
* Louise McNeill (1911–1993)
* Joyelle McSweeney (born 1977)
* Alexander Beaufort Meek (1814–1865)
* Abel Meeropol (a.k.a. Lewis Allan) (1903–1986)
* David Meltzer (1937–2016)
* Herman Melville (1819–1890)
* Samuel Menashe (1925–2011)
* Nancy Mercado (born 1959)
* William Meredith (1919–2007)
* Billy Merrell (born 1982)
* Eve Merriam (1916–1992)
* Christopher Merrill (born 1957)
* Helen Maud Merrill (1865–1943)
* James Merrill (1926–1995)
* Stuart Merrill (1863–1915)
* Donna Marie Merritt (born 1965)
* Thomas Merton (1915–1968)
* W. S. Merwin (1927–2019)
* Tom Meschery (born 1938)
* Sharon Mesmer (born 1960)
* Sarah Messer (born 1966)
* Henry Meyer (1840–1925)
* Robert Mezey (1935–2020)
* William Michaelian (born 1956)
* Diane Middlebrook (1939–2007)
* Josephine Miles (1911–1985)
* Joseph Millar
* Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)
* Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942)
* Greg Miller (born 1957)
* Jane Miller (born 1949)
* Jen Miller (born 1972)
* Joaquin Miller (1837–1913)
* Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956)
* May Miller (1899–1995)
* Minnie Myrtle Miller (1842–1882)
* Nellie Burget Miller (1875-1952)
* Tim Miller (born 1958)
* Vassar Miller (1924–1998)
* Tyler Mills (born 1983)
* S. Isadore Miner (1863–1910)
* Deborah A. Miranda
* Gary Miranda (born 1939)
* John Kearsley Mitchell (1798–1858)
* Susan Mitchell (born 1944)
* Anis Mojgani (born 1977)
* Paul Monette (1945–1995)
* Mong-Lan
* Marion Montgomery (1925–2011)
* Melissa Morphew (born 1963)
* José Montoya (1932–2013)
* William Vaughn Moody (1869–1910)
* Clara Jessup Moore (1824–1899)
* Charles Leonard Moore (1854–1925)
* Daniel Moore (born 1940)
* Jacqueline S. Moore (1926–2002)
* Jessica Care Moore (born 1971)
* Julia A. Moore (1847–1920)
* Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
* Milcah Martha Moore (1740–1829)
* Pat Mora (born 1942)
* Barbara Moraff (born 1939)
* George Frederick Morgan (1922–2004)
* A. F. Moritz (born 1947)
* Hilda Morley (1916–1998)
* Richard Morris (1939–2003)
* Tracie Morris
* Jim Morrison (1943–1971)
* Bradford Morrow (born 1951)
* Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (1873–1955)
* Viggo Mortensen (born 1958)
* Howard Moss (1922–1987)
* Thylias Moss (born 1954)
* Stephen Motika (born 1977)
* Louise Chandler Moulton (1835–1908)
* Anna Cora Mowatt (1819–1870)
* Jennifer Moxley (born 1964)
* Lisel Mueller (1924–2020)
* Harryette Mullen (born 1953)
* William D. Mundell (1912–1997)
* Charles Muñoz (1926–2018)
* Erin Murphy
* Sheila Murphy (born 1951)
* Pauli Murray (1910–1985)
* Christopher Mwashinga (born 1965)
* Eileen Myles (born 1949)

## N

* Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
* Angel Nafis (born 1988)
* Ogden Nash (1902–1971)
* John Neal (1793–1876)
* John Neihardt (1881–1973)
* Jill Neimark
* Howard Nemerov (1920–1991)
* Arthur Nersesian (born 1958)
* Kenn Nesbitt (born 1962)
* F. A. Nettelbeck (1950–2011)
* Annie Neugebauer
* Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974)
* Rebecca S. Nichols (born 1819)
* Claire Nicolas White (1925–2020)
* Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970)
* Audrey Niffenegger (born 1963)
* John Frederick Nims (1913–1999)
* Lucille Nixon (1908–1963)
* Eric "Big Daddy" Nord (1919–1989)
* Jessica Nordell
* Charles North (born 1941)
* Jessica Nelson North (1891–1988)
* Jim Northrup (born 1943)
* Harry Northup (born 1940)
* Morilla M. Norton (1865-1916)
* Alice Notley (born 1945)
* Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952)

## O

* Sara Louisa Oberholtzer (1841–1930)
* Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1890–1941)
* Geoffrey G. O'Brien (born 1969)
* Ed Ochester (born 1939)
* Jessie Fremont O'Donnell (1860–1897)
* Blanche Oelrichs (1890–1950)
* Ron Offen (1930–2010)
* Frank O'Hara (1926–1966)
* Sharon Olds (born 1942)
* Martha Capps Oliver (1845–1917)
* Mary Oliver (1935–2019)
* Alix Olson (born 1975)
* Charles Olson (1910–1970)
* George Oppen (1908–1984)
* Mary Oppen (1908–1990)
* James Oppenheim (1882–1932)
* Joel Oppenheimer (a.k.a. Jacob Hammer) (1930–1988)
* Peter Oresick (1955–2016)
* Gregory Orr (born 1947)
* Alicia Ostriker (born 1937)

## P

* Ron Padgett (born 1942)
* Luis Palés Matos (1898–1959)
* Grace Paley (1922–2007)
* Cheryl Pallant
* Condé Benoist Pallen (1858–1929)
* Fanny Purdy Palmer (1839–1923)
* Michael Palmer (born 1943)
* Jay Parini (born 1948)
* Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)
* Lee Passarella
* Linda Pastan (1932–2023)
* Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972)
* Josephine Preston Peabody (1874–1922)
* Richard Peabody
* Molly Peacock (born 1947)
* Harry Thurston Peck (1856–1914)
* Dr. Lucy Creemer Peckham (1842–1923)
* V. Penelope Pelizzon
* Bryan Penberthy (born 1976)
* Rob Penny (1941–2003)
* James Gates Percival (1795–1856)
* William Alexander Percy (1885–1942)
* Eleanor Percy Lee (1819–1849)
* Sam Pereira (born 1949)
* Bob Perelman (born 1947)
* Lucia Perillo (1958–2016)
* Mary Elizabeth Perley (1863–?)
* Alice N. Persons (born 1952)
* Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845–1921)
* Robert Peters (1924–2014)
* Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1890–1964)
* Carl Phillips (born 1959)
* Marge Piercy (born 1936)
* Nick Piombino (born 1942)
* Robert Pinsky (1940)
* Anthony Piccione (1939–2001)
* John Pierpont (1785–1866)
* Josephine Pinckney (1895–1957)
* Edward Coote Pinkney (1802–1828)
* Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945)
* Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)
* Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
* Lanny Poffo (born 1954)
* Robert Polito (born 1951)
* Felix Pollak (1909–1987)
* Ralph Pomeroy (1926–1999)
* Paul Martínez Pompa
* Prentice Powell
* Marie Ponsot (1921–2019)
* Marion Manville Pope (1859–1930)
* Carol Potter
* Charles Potts (1943)
* Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
* Emily Browne Powell (1847-1938)
* 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 (1928–2015)
* Sam Ragan (1915–1996)
* Carl Rakosi (1903–2004)
* Lee Ranaldo (born 1956)
* Dudley Randall (1914–2000)
* James Ryder Randall (1839–1908)
* Julia Randall (1924–2005)
* Claudia Rankine (born 1963)
* John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)
* Ron Rash (born 1953)
* Stephen Ratcliffe (born 1948)
* David Ray (born 1932)
* Paul Ré (born 1950)
* Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872)
* Janice Rebibo (born 1950)
* Byron Herbert Reece (1917-1958)
* Spencer Reece
* Anna M. Morrison Reed (1849/50-1921)
* Ishmael Reed (born 1938)
* Ennis Rees (1925–2009)
* Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856–1935)
* James Reiss (1941–2016)
* Naomi Replansky (1918–2023)
* Paul Reps (1895–1990)
* Carter Revard (1931–2022)
* Donald Revell (born 1954)
* Eben E. Rexford (1848–1916)
* Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982)
* Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976)
* William Henry Rhodes (1822–1876)
* René Ricard (1946–2014)
* Cale Young Rice (1872–1943)
* Rosella Rice (1827–1888)
* Stan Rice (1942–2002)
* Adrienne Rich (1929–2012)
* Beah Richards (1920–2000)
* Laura E. Richards (1850–1943)
* William Nauns Ricks (1876–1948)
* Lola Ridge (1873–1941)
* Laura Riding (1901–1991)
* Charles P. Ries (born 1952)
* James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916)
* Alberto Ríos (born 1952)
* Laura Jacinta Rittenhouse (1841–1911)
* Tomás Rivera (1935–1984)
* Richard Robbins
* Howard W. Robertson (born 1947)
* Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)
* Edouard Roditi (1910–1992)
* Luis J. Rodriguez (born 1954)
* Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)
* Pattiann Rogers (born 1940)
* Matthew Rohrer (born 1970)
* Henry Rollins (born 1961)
* Adelaide Day Rollston (1854–1941)
* David Romtvedt
* Raymond Roseliep (1917–1983)
* Franklin Rosemont (1943–2009)
* J. Allyn Rosser (born 1957)
* Terry Rossio (born 1960)
* Jerome Rothenberg (born 1931)
* Michael Rothenberg (born 1951)
* Anne Rouse (born 1954)
* Thomas Rowley (1721–1796)
* Gibbons Ruark (born 1941)
* Ellen Sergeant Rude (1838–1916)
* Mary Ruefle (born 1952)
* Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980)
* Nipsey Russell (1918–2005)
* Archibald Rutledge (1883–1973)
* Carl Hancock Rux
* Abram Joseph Ryan (1838–1886)
* Kay Ryan (born 1945)
* Michael Ryan (born 1946)

## 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 (1937–2019)
* Gjertrud Schnackenberg (born 1953)
* Elio Schneeman (1961–1997)
* Dan Schneider (born 1965)
* Pat Schneider (1934–2020)
* Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842)
* Philip Schultz (born 1945)
* Susan Polis Schutz (born 1944)
* James Schuyler (1923–1991)
* Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966)
* Patricia Roth Schwartz (born 1946)
* Armand Schwerner (1927–1999)
* Peter Seaton (1942–2010)
* Alan Seeger (1888–1916)
* Calvin Seerveld (born 1930)
* Frederick Seidel (born 1936)
* Hugh Seidman (born 1940)
* Rebecca Seiferle
* Martha Serpas
* Diane Seuss (born 1956)
* Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) (1904–1991)
* Elizabeth Sewell (1919–2001)
* Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
* Tom Sexton (born 1940)
* Ntozake Shange (1948–2018)
* Ravi Shankar (born 1975)
* Mary Eulalie Fee Shannon (1824–1855)
* David Shapiro (born 1947)
* Karl Shapiro (1913–2000)
* G. S. Sharat Chandra (1935–2000)
* Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970)
* Scott Shaw (born 1958)
* Robert Shelby (1935–2016)
* Kate Brownlee Sherwood (1841–1914)
* Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873–1962)
* Aaron Shurin (born 1947)
* Eli Siegel (1902–1978)
* Lydia Sigourney (1791–1865)
* Eleni Sikelianos
* Richard Siken (born 1967)
* Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948)
* Edward Rowland Sill (1841–1887)
* Hilda Siller (1861–1945)
* Ron Silliman (born 1946)
* Murray Silverstein (born 1943)
* Shel Silverstein (1930–1999)
* Charles Simic (1938–2023)
* Jim Simmerman (1952–2006)
* William Gilmore Simms (1806–1870)
* Marge Simon (born 1942)
* Louis Simpson (1923–2012)
* Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000)
* Carrie Bell Sinclair (1839-1883)
* John Sinclair (born 1941)
* Hal Sirowitz (born 1949)
* Judith Skillman (born 1954)
* Myra Sklarew (born 1934)
* Ed Skoog (born 1971)
* Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961)
* Elbert H. Smith
* Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806–1893)
* Langdon Smith (1858–1908)
* Jeanie Oliver Davidson Smith (1836–1925)
* Marc Smith (born 1949)
* Margaret Smith (born 1948)
* Martha Pearson Smith (1836–?)
* Patti Smith (born 1946)
* R. T. Smith (born 1947)
* Rod Smith (born 1962)
* Rolland Smith (born 1941)
* Tracy K. Smith (born 1972)
* William Jay Smith (1918–2015)
* W. D. Snodgrass (1926–2009)
* Eliza R. Snow (1804–1887)
* Craig Snyder
* Gary Snyder (born 1930)
* Laurel Snyder (born 1974)
* Gustaf Sobin (1935–2005)
* Roberto Solis (born 1945)
* Gilbert Sorrentino (1929–2006)
* Gary Soto (born 1952)
* Juliana Spahr (born 1966)
* Harriet Mabel Spalding (1862–1935)
* Susan Marr Spalding (1841–1908)
* Anne Spencer (1882–1975)
* Jack Spicer (1925–1965)
* Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921)
* Cornelia Laws St. John (?–1902)
* Kim Stafford (born 1949)
* William Stafford (1914–1993)
* Ann Stanford (1916–1987)
* Frank Stanford (1948–1978)
* Henry Throop Stanton (1834–1899)
* George Starbuck (1931–1996)
* William Force Stead (1884–1967)
* Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833–1908)
* Elizabeth Clementine Stedman (1810–1889)
* Rowena Granice Steele (1824–1901)
* Evaleen Stein (1863–1923)
* Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
* Edward Steinhardt (born 1961)
* Mattie Stepanek (1990–2004)
* Elizabeth Willisson Stephen (1856–1925)
* George Sterling (1869–1926)
* Gerald Stern (1925–2022)
* Augusta Emma Stetson (1842–1928)
* C. J. Stevens (1927–2021)
* James Thomas Stevens (born 1966)
* Wallace Stevens (1880–1955)
* Anne Stevenson (1933–2020)
* Margo Taft Stever
* Joffre Stewart (1925–2019)
* Susan Stewart (born 1952)
* Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904)
* John Stigall (1951–2009)
* James Still (1906–2001)
* Cornelia Laws St. John (died 1902)
* Annis Boudinot Stockton (1736–1801)
* Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909)
* Lavinia Stoddard (1787–1820)
* Dejan Stojanović (born 1959)
* Donna J. Stone (1933–1994)
* Ruth Stone (1915–2011)
* Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born 1968)
* William Wetmore Story (1819–1895)
* Mark Strand (1934–2014)
* Joseph Stroud (born 1943)
* Lucien Stryk (1924–2013)
* Jesse Stuart (1907–1984)
* Elma Stuckey (1907–1988)
* Melissa Studdard (born 1969)
* Shawn Sturgeon (born 1965)
* Julie Suk (born 1924)
* Aloysius Michael Sullivan (1896–1980)
* Sekou Sundiata (1948–2007)
* Barton Sutter
* Thomas Burnett Swann (1928–1976)
* John Swanwick (1740–1798)
* Robert Sward (1933–2022)
* Cole Swensen (born 1955)
* Karen Swenson (born 1936)
* May Swenson (1913–1989)
* Thomas Thackeray Swinburne (1865–1926)
* Arthur Sze (born 1950)

## T

* Eileen Tabios (born 1960)
* John Taggart (born 1942)
* Ronald Talney
* Amber Tamblyn (born 1983)
* Luci Tapahonso (born 1953)
* Nathaniel Tarn (1928–2024)
* Allen Tate (1899–1979)
* James Tate (1943–2015)
* Bayard Taylor (1825–1878)
* Bert Leston Taylor (1866–1921)
* Edward Taylor (1645–1729)
* Elkanah East Taylor (1888–1945)
* Minnetta Theodora Taylor (1860–1911)
* Michelle Tea (born 1971)
* Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)
* Michael Teig (born 1968)
* Todd Temkin (born 1964)
* Elaine Terranova (born 1939)
* Lucy Terry (c. 1730–1821)
* Steve Tesich (1942–1996)
* Celia Thaxter (1835–1894)
* Ernest Thayer (1863–1940)
* Scofield Thayer (1889–1982)
* William Roscoe Thayer (1859–1923)
* Edith M. Thomas (1854–1925)
* Lewis Thomas (1913–1993)
* Lorenzo Thomas (1944–2005)
* Clara Ann Thompson (1869–1949)
* Dunstan Thompson (1918–1975)
* E. S. L. Thompson (1848–1944)
* Lady Gwen Thompson (1928–1986)
* Maurice Thompson (1844–1901)
* William Irwin Thompson (1938–2020)
* Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
* Tamara Thorne (born 1957)
* Laura M. Hawley Thurston (1812–1842)
* Gary Tillery (born 1947)
* Richard Tillinghast (born 1940)
* Lydia H. Tilton (1839–1915)
* Henry Timrod (1828–1867)
* Melvin B. Tolson (1898–1966)
* Lee Tonouchi (born c. 1972)
* Nick Tosches (1949–2019)
* Tony Tost (born 1975)
* Ann Townsend (born 1962)
* Patricia Traxler
* William Tremblay (born 1940)
* Natasha Trethewey (born 1966)
* Tony Trigilio (born 1966)
* David Trinidad (born 1953)
* Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy (1863–1945)
* Quincy Troupe (born 1939)
* John Trumbull (1750–1831)
* Mary Frances Tyler Tucker (1837–1902)
* Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821–1873)
* Lewis Turco (born 1934)
* Brian Turner (born 1967)
* Genya Turovskaya
* Emma Rood Tuttle (1839–1916)
* Chase Twichell (born 1950)
* Sarah Lowe Twiggs (1839–1920)
* E. Donald Two-Rivers (d. 2008)

## U–V

* Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977)
* John Updike (1932–2009)
* Charles Upton (born 1948)
* Amy Uyematsu (1947–2023)
* Catherynne M. Valente (born 1979)
* Jean Valentine (1934–December 2020)
* Sallie Ada Vance (ca. 1840 - unknown)
* Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931)
* Mark Van Doren (1894–1972)
* Mona Van Duyn (1921–2004)
* Ellen Oliver Van Fleet (1842–1893)
* Sheldon Vanauken (1914–1996)
* Robert Vasquez (born 1955)
* Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003)
* Janine Pommy Vega (1942–2010)
* Jones Very (1813–1880)
* George Sylvester Viereck (1884–1962)
* Peter Viereck (1916–2006)
* Nick Virgilio (1928–1989)
* Gerald Vizenor (born 1934)
* Judith Vollmer (born 1951)

## W

* Madge Morris Wagner (1862–1924)
* Buddy Wakefield (born 1974)
* Diane Wakoski (born 1937)
* Diane Wald
* Anne Waldman (born 1945)
* Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935)
* Keith Waldrop (1932–2023)
* Alice Walker (born 1944)
* Margaret Walker (1915–1998)
* Minnie Gow Walsworth (1859–1947)
* Connie Wanek (born 1952)
* BJ Ward (born 1967)
* Diane Ward (born 1956)
* Julia Rush Cutler Ward (1796–1824)
* Katharine Augusta Ware (1797-1813)
* Mary Ware (writer) (1828–1915)
* Catherine Anne Warfield (1816–1877)
* Emily Warn
* Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)
* Raees Warsi (born 1963)
* William John Watkins (born 1942)
* Barrett Watten (born 1948)
* Jim Webb (1945–2018)
* Rebecca Wee
* Eliot Weinberger (born 1949)
* Hannah Weiner (1928–1997)
* ruth weiss (1928–2020)
* Theodore Weiss (1916–2003)
* James Welch (1940–2003)
* Lew Welch (1926–c. 1971)
* Joe Wenderoth (born 1966)
* Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958)
* Kanye West (born 1977)
* Paul West (1930–2015)
* Philip Whalen (1923–2002)
* Mark Whalon (1886–1956)
* John Wheatcroft (1925–2017)
* Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784)
* Cora Stuart Wheeler (1852–1897)
* John Hall Wheelock (1886–1978)
* John Brooks Wheelwright (1897–1940)
* Edward Lucas White (1866–1934)
* Laura Rosamond White(1844–1922)
* Gary J. Whitehead (born 1965)
* Ruth Whitman (1922–1999)
* Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
* Adeline Dutton Train Whitney (1824–1906)
* Reed Whittemore (1919–2012)
* John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
* Margaret Widdemer (1884–1978)
* John Wieners (1934–2002)
* Richard Wilbur (1921–2017)
* Carlos Wilcox (1794–1827)
* Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919)
* Peter Wild (1940–2009)
* Richard Henry Wilde (1789–1847)
* Charlotte Wilder (1898–1980)
* Charles Willeford (1919–1988)
* C. K. Williams (1936–2015)
* Jonathan Williams (1929–2008)
* Oscar Williams (1900–1964)
* Paul O. Williams (1935–2009)
* Philip Lee Williams (born 1950)
* William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)
* Elizabeth Willis (born 1961)
* Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867)
* Eleanor Wilner (born 1937)
* Anne Elizabeth Wilson (1901–1946)
* Dede Wilson (born 1937)
* Edmund Wilson (1895–1972)
* Ibbie McColm Wilson (1834–1908)
* Peter Lamborn Wilson (a.k.a. Hakim Bey) (born 1945)
* Christian Wiman (born 1966)
* Dale Wimbrow (1895–1954)
* Vernice Wineera (born 1938)
* Anne Winters
* Yvor Winters (1900–1968)
* Jeneverah M. Winton (1837–1904)
* Sam Witt (born 1970)
* Larry Woiwode (born 1941)
* John Barton Wolgamot (c.1910–c.1980)
* Nellie Wong (born 1934)
* George Edward Woodberry (1855–1930)
* Eddie Woods (born 1940)
* Samuel Woodworth (1784–1842)
* Gamel Woolsey (1895–1968)
* Abba Goold Woolson (1838–1921)
* Bryan Thao Worra (born 1973)
* Patience Worth (Pearl Lenore Curran) (1883–1937)
* Jane T. Worthington (1821–1847)
* C. D. Wright (1949–2016)
* Charles Wright (born 1935)
* Franz Wright (1953–2015)
* James Wright (1927–1980)
* Jay Wright (born 1935)
* Kirby Wright
* Richard Wright (1908–1960)
* Susanna Wright (1697–1784)
* Robert Wrigley (born 1951)
* Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)

## X–Z

* Wendy Xu (born 1987)
* Lois-Ann Yamanaka (born 1961)
* Leo Yankevich (born 1961)
* John Yau (born 1950)
* Al Young (1939–2021)
* C. Dale Young (born 1969)
* Dean Young (born 1955)
* Kevin Young (born 1970)
* Matthew Zapruder (born 1967)
* Marya Zaturenska (1902–1982)
* Andrew Zawacki (born 1972)
* Calvin Ziegler (1854–1930)
* Joaquin Zihuatanejo (born 1971)
* Louis Zukofsky (1904–1978)