Poets
The poets
239 American poets and 7,976 poems, by poets born from 1612 to 1976.
239 poets
Deborah Agerb. 1976 · 10 poems
Ai1947–2010 · 1 poem
Conrad Aiken1889–1973 · 64 poems
Catherine Andersonb. 1954 · 3 poems
Maggie Andersonb. 1948 · 1 poem
Ralph Angel1951–2020 · 7 poems
Maya Angelou1928–2014 · 20 poems
Erin Belieub. 1967 · 8 poems
Marvin Bell1937–2020 · 7 poems
David Berman1967–2019 · 6 poems
April Bernardb. 1956 · 2 poems
D.C. Berryb. 1942 · 8 poems
Wendell Berry1934–2026 · 23 poems
John Berryman1914–1972 · 150 poems
Frank Bidartb. 1939 · 12 poems
Louise Bogan1897–1970 · 22 poems
Arna Bontemps1902–1973 · 7 poems
Anne Bradstreet1612–1672 · 31 poems
Richard Brautigan1935–1984 · 53 poems
William Bronk1918–1999 · 3 poems
Gwendolyn Brooks1917–2000 · 5 poems
Charles Bukowski1920–1994 · 119 poems
Ellis Parker Butler1869–1937 · 72 poems
Nick Carbo1964–2024 · 13 poems
Ioanna Carlsen3 poems
Jim Carroll1949–2009 · 1 poem
Hayden Carruth1921–2008 · 20 poems
Raymond Carver1938–1988 · 16 poems
Karen Chase2 poems
Amy Clampitt1920–1994 · 14 poems
Lucille Clifton1936–2010 · 34 poems
Billy Collinsb. 1941 · 42 poems
Martha Collinsb. 1940 · 1 poem
Geraldine Connollyb. 1947 · 3 poems
Gregory Corso1930–2001 · 6 poems
Hart Crane1899–1932 · 13 poems
Stephen Crane1871–1900 · 95 poems
Robert Creeley1926–2005 · 26 poems
e.e. cummings1894–1962 · 153 poems
H. D.1886–1961 · 18 poems
Emily Dickinson1830–1886 · 1775 poems
Annie Dillard1945–2026 · 1 poem
Stephen Dobyns1941–2026 · 1 poem
Mark Dotyb. 1953 · 16 poems
Ben Doyleb. 1973 · 5 poems
Norman Dubieb. 1945 · 5 poems
Laurie Duesing1 poem
Alan Dugan1923–2003 · 6 poems
Denise Duhamelb. 1961 · 11 poems
Paul Laurence Dunbar1872–1906 · 38 poems
Stephen Dunn1939–2021 · 15 poems
Cornelius Eadyb. 1954 · 1 poem
Russell Edson1935–2014 · 54 poems
T.S. Eliot1888–1965 · 45 poems
James A. Emanuel1921–2013 · 21 poems
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882 · 54 poems
Maggie Estep1963–2014 · 8 poems
Jenny Factor4 poems
Lawrence Ferlinghetti1919–2021 · 11 poems
Edward Field1924–2026 · 6 poems
Nick Flynnb. 1960 · 9 poems
Aaron Fogelb. 1947 · 3 poems
Carolyn Forchéb. 1950 · 7 poems
Chris Forhan3 poems
Robert Francis1901–1987 · 20 poems
Philip Freneau1752–1832 · 14 poems
Daisy Friedb. 1967 · 1 poem
Robert Frost1874–1963 · 180 poems
Heather Fuller1 poem
Stanley Gemmellb. 1972 · 16 poems
Jack Gilbert1925–2012 · 12 poems- Strickland Gillilan1869–1954 · 1 poem
Allen Ginsberg1926–1997 · 40 poems
Elton Glaser1 poem
Louise Glück1943–2023 · 48 poems
Patricia Goedicke1931–2006 · 1 poem
Jorie Grahamb. 1950 · 13 poems
Judy Grahnb. 1940 · 5 poems
Kimiko Hahnb. 1955 · 1 poem
Donald Hall1928–2018 · 14 poems
Forrest Hamerb. 1956 · 4 poems
Mac Hammond1926–1997 · 2 poems
Jeffrey Harrisonb. 1957 · 2 poems
Lola Haskins2 poems
Brooks Haxtonb. 1950 · 9 poems
Anthony Hecht1923–2004 · 18 poems
Robert Hedin1 poem
Robert Hershon1936–2021 · 1 poem
Bob Hicokb. 1960 · 7 poems
Mark Hillringhouseb. 1954 · 1 poem
Edward Hirschb. 1950 · 2 poems
Tony Hoagland1953–2018 · 5 poems
Oliver Wendell Holmes1809–1894 · 35 poems
Andrew Hudginsb. 1951 · 3 poems
Langston Hughes1902–1967 · 29 poems
Richard Hugo1923–1982 · 6 poems
David Ignatow1914–1997 · 2 poems
Mark Irwin1 poem
Rodney Jack1 poem
Randall Jarrell1914–1965 · 24 poems
Robinson Jeffers1887–1962 · 58 poems
Louis Jenkins1942–2019 · 1 poem
Kate Knapp Johnson1 poem
Richard Jonesb. 1953 · 6 poems
Donald Justice1925–2004 · 20 poems
Weldon Kees1914–1955 · 21 poems
Susan Kelly-DeWitt1 poem
Jane Kenyon1947–1995 · 14 poems
Jack Kerouac1922–1969 · 3 poems
Joyce Kilmer1886–1918 · 59 poems
Galway Kinnell1927–2014 · 15 poems
Peter Klappertb. 1942 · 2 poems
Etheridge Knight1931–1991 · 7 poems
Bill Knott1940–2014 · 46 poems
Kenneth Koch1925–2002 · 4 poems
Ronald Koertgeb. 1940 · 4 poems
Yusef Komunyakaab. 1947 · 6 poems
Ted Kooserb. 1939 · 4 poems
Steve Kowit1938–2015 · 3 poems
Stanley Kunitz1905–2006 · 21 poems
Michael Lallyb. 1942 · 1 poem
Li-Young Leeb. 1957 · 22 poems
David Lehmanb. 1948 · 58 poems
Denise Levertov1923–1997 · 56 poems
Phillis Levin3 poems
Philip Levine1928–2015 · 93 poems
Larry Levis1946–1996 · 3 poems
Vachel Lindsay1879–1931 · 166 poems
Major Henry Livingston, Jr.1748–1828 · 23 poems
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882 · 135 poems
Audre Lorde1934–1992 · 8 poems
Amy Lowell1874–1925 · 151 poems
Robert Lowell1917–1977 · 17 poems
Alison Luterman2 poems
Thomas Lux1946–2017 · 17 poems
Archibald MacLeish1892–1982 · 10 poems
Edgar Lee Masters1868–1950 · 252 poems
William Matthews1942–1997 · 10 poems
Frances Mayesb. 1940 · 1 poem
Heather McHughb. 1948 · 8 poems
Wesley McNairb. 1941 · 1 poem- Hughes Mearns1875–1965 · 1 poem
Herman Melville1819–1891 · 15 poems
W.S. Merwin1927–2019 · 23 poems
Edna St. Vincent Millay1892–1950 · 155 poems
Alice Duer Miller1874–1942 · 1 poem
Jean Monahan1 poem
John Montague1929–2016 · 5 poems
Christopher Morley1890–1957 · 1 poem
Eileen Mylesb. 1949 · 1 poem
Ogden Nash1902–1971 · 113 poems
Howard Nemerov1920–1991 · 26 poems
Daniel Nesterb. 1968 · 5 poems
Edward Nobles1 poem
Kate Northrop8 poems
Naomi Shihab Nyeb. 1952 · 3 poems
Frank O’Hara1926–1966 · 36 poems
Sharon Oldsb. 1942 · 18 poems
Ron Padgettb. 1942 · 1 poem
Grace Paley1922–2007 · 2 poems- Philip Paradis1 poem
Dorothy Parker1893–1967 · 189 poems
Elise Paschen1 poem
Linda Pastan1932–2023 · 17 poems
Kenneth Patchen1911–1972 · 17 poems
G.E. Patterson1 poem
Robert Phillips1938–2022 · 1 poem
Marge Piercyb. 1936 · 23 poems
Robert Pinskyb. 1940 · 8 poems
Sylvia Plath1932–1963 · 121 poems
Edgar Allan Poe1809–1849 · 55 poems
Katha Pollittb. 1949 · 1 poem
Katherine Anne Porter1890–1980 · 1 poem
Ezra Pound1885–1972 · 73 poems
Jack Prelutskyb. 1940 · 3 poems
Christina Pugh1 poem
Ron Rashb. 1953 · 16 poems
David Ray1932–2024 · 1 poem
Lizette Woodworth Reese1856–1935 · 6 poems
James Reiss1941–2016 · 1 poem
Adrienne Rich1929–2012 · 31 poems
Laura Riding Jackson1901–1991 · 7 poems
James Whitcomb Riley1849–1916 · 38 poems
Edwin Arlington Robinson1869–1935 · 177 poems
C.J. Sage4 poems
Carl Sandburg1878–1967 · 437 poems
James Schuyler1923–1991 · 6 poems
Delmore Schwartz1913–1966 · 64 poems
Ruth L. Schwartzb. 1962 · 1 poem
Alan Seeger1888–1916 · 77 poems
Anne Sexton1928–1974 · 168 poems
Karl Shapiro1913–2000 · 3 poems
Reginald Shepherd1963–2008 · 13 poems
Evie Shockley2 poems
Shoshauna Shy1 poem
Shel Silverstein1930–1999 · 20 poems
Charles Simic1938–2023 · 33 poems
Carol Snow1 poem
Gary Snyderb. 1930 · 6 poems
Gary Sotob. 1952 · 1 poem
Jack Spicer1925–1965 · 1 poem
William Stafford1914–1993 · 20 poems
Gertrude Stein1874–1946 · 3 poems
Gerald Stern1925–2022 · 3 poems
Wallace Stevens1879–1955 · 33 poems
Joyce Sutphenb. 1949 · 2 poems
Mark Svenvold1 poem
May Swenson1913–1989 · 3 poems
Arthur Szeb. 1950 · 1 poem
James Tate1943–2015 · 22 poems
Edward Taylor1642–1729 · 1 poem
Sara Teasdale1884–1933 · 49 poems
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862 · 22 poems
Jean Toomer1894–1967 · 17 poems
Eric Torgersen1 poem
Natasha Tretheweyb. 1966 · 3 poems
Lee Upton10 poems
Jean Valentine1934–2020 · 5 poems
Luisa Villanib. 1964 · 1 poem
Ellen Bryant Voigt1943–2025 · 2 poems
David Wagoner1926–2021 · 3 poems
Diane Wakoskib. 1937 · 1 poem
Alice Walkerb. 1944 · 1 poem
Connie Wanekb. 1952 · 6 poems
Charles Webbb. 1939 · 9 poems
Lew Welch1926–1971 · 5 poems
Joe Wenderoth1 poem
Edith Wharton1862–1937 · 2 poems
Phillis Wheatley1753–1784 · 40 poems
John Wheelwright1897–1940 · 1 poem
Walt Whitman1819–1892 · 320 poems
Richard Wilbur1921–2017 · 34 poems
Ella Wheeler Wilcox1850–1919 · 165 poems
Nancy Willard1936–2017 · 1 poem
John Williams1922–1994 · 3 poems
William Carlos Williams1883–1963 · 59 poems
Eleanor Wilnerb. 1937 · 1 poem
Terence Winch8 poems
Joseph Mayo Wristenb. 1951 · 23 poems
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