List of poets from the United States

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

A

B
  • 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)
  • 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 (born 1945)
  • 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)
  • 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

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)
  • Kelly Le Fave (born 1959)
  • David Lee (born 1966)
  • Li-Young Lee (born 1957)
  • Malka Lee (1904–1976)
  • Mary Elizabeth Lee (1819–1849)
  • Lemon (born 1975)
  • Aya de Leon (born 1967)
  • Eleanor Lerman (born 1952)
  • Ben Lerner (born 1979)
  • David Lerner (1951–1997)
  • Jimmy Lerner (born 1951)
  • Rika Lesser (born 1953)
  • Denise Levertov (1923–1997)
  • Dana Levin (born 1965)
  • Philip Levine (1928–2015)
  • Larry Levis (1946–1996)
  • D. A. Levy (1942–1968)
  • William Levy (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)
  • 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

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
  • George Quasha (born 1942)

R

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 (born 1928)
  • 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)
  • 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

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
  • 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)
  • 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)

See also
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