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) • Anita Barnard (born 1960) • Mary Barnard (1909–2001) • Djuna Barnes (1892–1982) • Jim Barnes (born 1933) • Annie Wall Barnett (1859–1942) • Catherine Barnett (born 1960) • Laird Barron (born 1970) • Bertha Hirsch Baruch • Todd Bash (born 1965) • Ellen Bass (born 1947) • Arlo Bates (1850–1918) • David Bates (1809–1870) • Harriet Bates (1856–1886), wrote under the name Eleanor Putnam • Joseph Bathanti (born 1953) • Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959) • Isaac Rieman Baxley (1850–1920) • Charles Baxter (born 1947) • Abel Beach (1829–1899) • Ray Young Bear (born 1950) • Anthony Bearden (1913–1966) • Paul Beatty (born 1962) • Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin (c. 1913–1995) • George Beck (1749–1812) • Julian Beck (1925–1985) • Larry Beckett (born 1947) • Joshua Beckman (born 1971) • Lou Singletary Bedford (1837–unknown) • Ethel Lynn Beers (1827–1879) • Erin Belieu (born 1967) • Marvin Bell (1937–2020) • Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921) • Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943) • William Rose Benét (1886–1950) • Park Benjamin Sr. (1809–1864) • John Bensko • Nelson Bentley (1918–1990) • Bill Berkson (1939–2016) • David Berman (1967–2019) • Charles Bernstein (born 1950) • Steven Jesse Bernstein (1950–1991) • Anselm Berrigan (born 1972) • Ted Berrigan (1934–1983) • Wendell Berry (born 1934) • John Berryman (1914–1972) • Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (born 1947) • 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) • 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) • Michelle Regalado Deatrick • Philip F. Deaver (born 1946) • Madeline DeFrees (1919–2015) • Alice S. Deletombe (1854–1929) • Edwin Denby (1903–1983) • Richard Denner (born 1941) • Reuel Denney (1913–1995) • Carl Dennis (born 1939) • Tory Dent (1958–2005) • Babette Deutsch (1895–1982) • Jamie DeWolf (born 1977 as Jamie Kennedy) • Diane Di Prima (1934–2020) • Jennifer K Dick (born 1970) • George Dickerson (1933–2015) • James Dickey (1923–1997) • Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) • Roger Dickinson-Brown (born 1944) • Matthew Dickman (born 1975) • Michael Dickman (born 1975) • Annie Dillard (born 1945) • R. H. W. Dillard (1937–2023) • George Dillon (1906–1968) • Hiram Powers Dilworth (1878—1975) • Ray DiPalma (1943–2016) • Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008) • Yana Djin (born 1969) • Patricia Dobler (1939–2004) • Stephen Dobyns (born 1941) • Mary Ann Hanmer Dodd (1813–1878) • Owen Dodson (1914–1983) • John Dolan (born 1955) • Nathan Haskell Dole (1852–1935) • Sonya Dorman (1924–2005) • Ed Dorn (1929–1999) • Julia Caroline Dorr (1825–1913) • Catherine Doty • Mark Doty (born 1953) • Alice May Douglas (1865–1943) • Marian Douglas (1842-1913) • Franz Douskey (born 1941) • Rita Dove (born 1952) • Kirby Doyle (1932–2003) • Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820) • Will Allen Dromgoole (1860–1934) • Celia Dropkin (1887–1956) • Norman Dubie (born 1945) • Bruce Ducker (born 1938) • Peter Kane Dufault (1923–2013) • Amanda Ruter Dufour (1822–1899) • Alan Dugan (1923–2003) • Denise Duhamel (born 1961) • Michael Dumanis (born 1976) • Henry Dumas (1934–1968) • Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) • Robert Duncan (1919–1988) • Emma Bedelia Dunham (1826–1910) • Jim Dunlap (born 1945) • Stephen Dunn (1939–2021) • Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941) • Job Durfee (1790–1847) • Stuart Dybek (born 1942) • Bob Dylan (born 1941)

E

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

F

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

G

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

H

• H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961) • Rachel Hadas (born 1948) • Elizabeth Hadaway • Hermann Hagedorn (1882–1964) • Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949) • Lucie Caroline Hager (1853–1903) • Richard Hague (born 1947) • Kimiko Hahn (born 1955) • John Haines (1924–2011) • Donald Hall (1928–2018) • Louisa Jane Hall (1802–1892) • Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867) • Moyshe-Leyb Halpern (1886–1932) • Barbara Hamby (born 1952) • Jupiter Hammon (1711–c. 1806) • William Harmon (born 1938) • Belle R. Harrison (1856-1940) • Jim Harrison (1937–2017) • Carla Harryman (born 1952) • Alamgir Hashmi (born 1951) • 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) • Terrance Hayes (born 1971) • Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830–1886) • Tony Haynes (born 1960) • William Shakespeare Hays (1837–1907) • Steve Healey (born 1966) • Trebor Healey • Eloise Klein Healy (born 1943) • Josephine D. Heard (1861–c. 1921) • Anthony Hecht (1923–2004) • Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965) • Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958) • Lyn Hejinian (born 1941) • Michael Heller (born 1937) • Essex Hemphill (1957–1995) • Alice Corbin Henderson (1881–1949) • Nancy A. Henry (born 1961) • S. M. I. Henry (1839–1900) • Oliver Herford (1863–1935) • Harvey Hess (1939–2012) • William Heyen (born 1940) • Grace Hibbard (ca. 1835 – 1911) • Leland Hickman (1934–1991) • Bob Hicok (born 1960) • Dick Higgins (1938–1998) • Scott Hightower (born 1952) • Conrad Hilberry (1928–2017) • Robert Hillyer (1895–1961) • Ellen Hinsey (born 1960) • Edward Hirsch (born 1950) • Jane Hirshfield (born 1953) • Jack Hirschman (1933–2021) • George Hitchcock (1914–2010) • H. L. Hix (born 1960) • Tony Hoagland (1953–2018) • Allen Hoey (1952–2010) • Linda Hogan (born 1947) • Daniel Hoffman (1923–2013) • Roald Hoffmann (born 1937) • John Hollander (1929–2013) • Bill Holm (1943–2009) • Bob Holman (born 1948) • M. Carl Holman (1919–1988) • Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809–1894) • Dennis Holt (born 1942) • Garrett Hongo (born 1951) • Edwin Honig (1919–2011) • Lemuel Hopkins (1750–1801) • Jay Hopler (born 1970) • George Moses Horton (1797–1884) • Joan Houlihan • Diana Der Hovanessian (1934–2018) • Richard Howard (1929–1922) • Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) • Emeline Harriet Howe (1844–1934) • Fanny Howe (born 1940) • Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910) • Marie Howe (born 1950) • Susan Howe (born 1937) • Elizabeth Orpha Sampson Hoyt (1828–1912) • Helen Hoyt (1887–1972) • Detrick Hughes (born 1966) • Langston Hughes (1902–1967) • Richard Hugo (1923–1982) • Constance Hunting (1925–2006) • Cynthia Huntington • Siri Hustvedt (born 1955) • Abby B. Hyde (1799–1872) • Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896–1983)

I–J

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

K

• Jim Kacian (born 1953) • Mary Elizabeth Kail (1828–1890) • Sheema Kalbasi (born 1972) • Chester Kallman (1921–1975) • Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977) • Lenore Kandel (1932–2009) • Vim Karenine (born 1933) • Mary Karr (born 1955) • Julia Kasdorf (born 1962) • Laura Kasischke (born 1961) • Janet Kauffman (born 1945) • Herbert Kaufman (1878–1947) • Shirley Kaufman (1923–2016) • Sarah Kay • W. B. Keckler (born 1966) • John Keene (born 1965) • Weldon Kees (1914–1955) • Bill Keith (1929–2004) • Brigit Pegeen Kelly (born 1951) • X. J. Kennedy (born 1929) • Richard Kenney (born 1948) • Maurice Kenny (1929–2016) • Jane Kenyon (1947–1995) • Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) • 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) • 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) • 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) • 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

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) • 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

• 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)