List American poets

The poets of this list were born in the United States, or published the major part of their works when they lived in the United States.

Conrad $aiken (1889-1973)
Ammiel Alcalay (born in 1956)
William Allegrezza (born in 1974)
A.R. Mercies (1926-2001)
Bruce Andrews
Maya Angelou (born in 1928)
Antler
John Ashbery (born in 1927)
C. Bailey-Lloyd (born in 1970)
Jesse Ball (born in 1978)
Amiri Luck (born in 1934)
David Baratier (born in 1970)
Charles Bernstein
Steven Jesse Bernstein
Ted Berrigan (1934-1983)
Wendell Berry (born in 1934)
John Berryman (1914-1972)
Frank Bidart (born in 1939)
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
Sophie Pooch Black (born in 1958)
Paul Blackburn (1926-1971)
Benjamin Paul Blood (1832-1919)
Robert Bly (born in 1926)
Anne Bradstreet
Richard Brautigan (1935-1984)
Joseph Payne Brennan (1918-1990)
Ken Brewer (born in 1941)
John Malcolm Brinnin (1916-1999)
James Brock (born in 1958)
William Bronk (1918-1999)
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)
Maria Gowen Brooks (1795? - 1845)
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
Charles Bukowski (1920 - 1994)
William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)
Ray Buttigieg (born in 1955)
John Cage
Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873-1904)
Carolyn Joyce Carty (1957 -
Raymond Carver (1938-1988)
Arthur Chapman (1874-1935)
Fred Chappell
Neeli Cherkovski {born in 1945}
Lucille Clifton
Joshua Clover
Normalized Adhesive
Billy Collins (born in 1941)
Betsy Colquitt (born in 1927)
Leo Connellan
Shanna Compton (born in 1970)
Cid Corman
Gregory Corso (1930-2001)
Hart Cranium, (1899-1932)
Stephen Crane, (1871-1900)
Robert Creeley (1926-2005)
Harry Crosby (1898-1929)
Countee Cullen (1903-1946)
E.E. Cummings (1894-1962)
Jim Daniels (born in 1956)
Michael Davidson
William F. DeVault (1955-)
James Dickey (1923-1997)
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
R.H.W. Dillard (born in 1937)
Ray DiPalma (born in 1943)
Diane di PRIMA
Thomas Mr. Disch (born in 1940)
Stephen Dobyns (born in 1941)
ED Dorn (1929-1999)
Rita Dove (born in 1952)
Joseph Rodman Drake (1795-1820)
Alan Dugan (1923-2003)
Stuart Dybek (born in 1942)
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
Robert Duncan (1919-1988)
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Stuart Dybek (born in 1942)
Bob Dylan

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Richard Eberhart (1904-2005)
Larry Eigner
T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Theodore Enslin (born in 1925)
Clayton Eshleman (born in 1935)
William Everson -- Brother Antoninus (1912-1994)
Irving Feldman (born in 1928)
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, (born in 1919)
Roland Flint
Douglas Florian
Carolyn Forché (born in 1950)
Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911)
Skip Fox
Philip Freneau (1752-1832)
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
Alice Fulton (born in 1952)
Forrest Gander (born in 1956)
Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991)
Strickland Gillilan (1869-1954)
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)
Nikki Giovanni (born in 1943)
Peter Gizzi (born in 1959)
Jesse Knell (born in 1954)
Louise Glück (born in 1943)
Terry Godbey
Kenneth Goldsmith (born in 1961)
Barbara Guest (1920-2006)
Edgar Guest (1891-1959)
Brion Gysin (1916-1986)
Marilyn Hacker (born in 1942)
Kimiko Hahn
Jim Harrison (born in 1937)
Carla Harryman
Alamgir Hashmi
Robert Hayden (1913-1980)
H.D. (1886-1961)
Anthony Hecht (1923-2004)
Lyn Hejinian (born in 1941)
Richard Hell (born in 1949)
Conrad Hilberry (born in 1928)
Linda Hogan
John Hollander (born in 1929)
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894)
Edwin Honig (born in 1919)
Joan Houlihan
Richard Howard (born in 1929)
Fanny Howe
Susan Howe
Lindley Williams Hubbell
Chris Huff (born in 1990)
Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
Richard Hugo (1923-1982)
Constancy Hunting (1925-2006)
David Ignatow (1914-1997)
David Jaffin
LISA Jarnot (born in 1967)
Randall Jarrell (1914-1965)
Robinson Jeffers, (1887-1962)
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
Robert Underwood Johnson
Ryan David Jooste
Janet Kauffman (born in 1945)
Weldon Kees (1914-1955)
Brigit Pegeen Kelly (born in 1951)
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
Jack Kimball
Amy King
Lincoln Kirstein (1907-1996)
August Kleinzahler (born in 1949)
Etheridge Knight (1933-1991)
Kenneth Koch (1925-2002)
Yusef Komunyakaa, (born in 1948)
Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006)
Joanne Kyger (born in 1934)

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Sidney Lanier (1842-1881)
Robert Lax
Timothy Leary (1920-1996)
Denise Levertov (1923-1997)
Philip Levine (born in 1928)
Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931)
Naomi Long Madgett (born in 1923)
James Longenbach
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
Audre Lorde, (born in 1934)
Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)
Thomas Lynch (born in 1948)
Cynthia Macdonald
Sheldon James Martin (born in 1945)
Edgar Lee Masters
Harry Mathews
William Matthews (1942-1997)
Bryant H. McGill
Claude McKay (1889-1948)
Seán Mac Falls (born in 1957)
Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982)
David Meltzer
Hermann Melville
Samuel Menashe
William Meredith (born in 1919)
James Merrill (1926-1995)
Stuart Merrill, (1863-1915)
Thomas Merton, (1915-1968)
W.S. Merwin (born in 1927)
Sarah Messer, (born in 1966)
Josephine Miles (1911-1985)
Edna St Vincent Millay, (1892-1950)
Joaquin Miller, (1837-1913)
Hilda Morley
Marianne Moore, (1887-1972)
George Frederick Morgan (1922-2004)
Jim Morrison, (1943-1971)
Stephen Morse, (1945 -)
Jennifer Moxley
Lisel Mueller (born in 1924)
Sheila Murphy
Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
Kenn Nesbitt (1962 -)
Howard Nemerov (1920-1991)
Aimee Nezhukumatathil (1974 -)
Lorine Niedecker (1903-1970)
Naomi Shihab Nye, (1952 -)
Frank O' Hara (1926-1966)
Sharon Olds, (born in 1942)
Mary Oliver (1935 -)
Charles Olson (1910-1970)
George Oppen (1908-1984)
Mary Oppen (1908-1990)
Ron Padgett
Michael Micrometer caliper (born in 1943)
Dorothy Parker, (1893-1967)
Janneke Parrish, (born in 1991)
Linda Pastan, (born in 1932)
Kenneth Patchen
Sam Pereira
Robert Peters
Margin Piercy (1936 -)
Nick Piombino
Robert Pinsky (1940 -)
Sylvia Plath, (1932-1963)
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Charles Potts (1943-)
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Jack Prelutsky (1940 -)

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Carl Rakosi (1903 -)
Dudley Randall (1914-2000)
Claudia Rankine
Darren B. Rankins (1966 -)
John Crowe Ransom (1888-1974)
David Ray (1932 -)
Henry Reed (1914-1986)
Ishmael Reed
John Reinhard
Donald Revell
Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982)
Charles Reznikoff (1894-1976)
Adrienne Rich (born in 1929)
Lola Ridge (1873-1941)
James J. Roberts, (1947 -)
Edwin Arlington Robinson, (1869-1935)
Elizabeth Robinson
Theodore Roethke (1908-1963)
Franklin Rosemont (1943 -)
Jerome Rothenberg
Anne Rouse (1954 -)
Thomas Rowley (1721-1796)
Gibbons Ruark (born in 1941)
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
Frank Samperi
Ella H. Scharring-Hausen (1894-1985)
Robert Louis Scharring-Hausen * James Schuyler (1923-1991)
Delmore Schwartz (1913-1966)
Armand Schwerner
Anne Sexton (1928-1974)
Tupac Shakur (1971-1996)
Karl Shapiro (1913-2000)
Eric Paul Shaffer
Leslie Marmon Silko
Shell Silverstein (1930-1999)
Ron Silliman (born in 1946)
Hall Sirowitz
Judith Skillman
Myra Sklarew
Rod Smith (born in 1962)
Tracy K. Smith
W.D. Snodgrass (born in 1926)
Gary Snyder (born in 1930)
Gustaf Sobin (1935-2005)
Anne Spencer (1882-1975)
James Spix (born in 1974)
William Stafford (1914-1993)
Frank Stanford
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946)
Gerald Stern (born in 1925)
Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)
Susan Stewart (born in 1952)
Mark Strand
Robert Sward (born in 1933)
May Swenson

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Eileen Tabios
John Taggart
Nathaniel Tarn (born in 1928)
Allen Touches (1899-1979)
James Tate (born in 1943)
Edward Taylor (1645-1729)
Todd Temkin (born in 1964)
Ernest Thayer, (1863-1940)
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
Richard Tillinghast (born in 1940)
Henry Timrod
Melvin B. Tolson (1898-1966)
Frederick Tuckerman
Lewis Turco
Janine Pommy Vega
Renee Vivien (1877-1909)
Diane Wakoski (born in 1937)
Rosmarie Waldrop
Keith Waldrop
Alice Walker, (born in 1944)
Rod Walker
Sean Ward (born in 1966)
Barrett Watten (born in 1948)
Robert PEN Warren (1905-1989)
Lew Welch
Joe Wenderoth
Theodore Weiss (1916-2003)
Phillis Wheatley (1753-178 4)
Gary J. Whitehead (B. 1965)
Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
J.D. Whitney
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
Richard Wilbur (born in 1921)
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
Oscar Williams
Elizabeth Willis (born in 1961)
James Wright (1927-1980)
Kirby Wright
Richard Wright (1908-1960)
Al Young
C. Flagstone Young (born in 1969)
Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978)
Andrew C. Zinn

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