List of poets from the United States

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

A
• Henry Abbey (1842–1911)

• Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956)

• Sam Abrams (born 1935)

• Seth Abramson (born 1976)

• Diane Ackerman (born 1948)

• Duane Ackerson (1942–2020)

• Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968)

• Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004)

• Helen Adam (1909–1993)

• John Adams (1704–1740)

• Léonie Adams (1899–1988)

• Kim Addonizio (born 1954)

• James Agee (1909–1955)

• Deborah Ager (born 1971)

• Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969)

• Julie Agoos (born 1956)

• Ai (1947–2010)

• Conrad Aiken (1889–1973)

• Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956)

• Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888)

• Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)

• Sherman Alexie (born 1966)

• Felipe Alfau (1902–1999)

• Kazim Ali (born 1971)

• Dick Allen (1939–2017)

• Donald Allen (1912–2004)

• Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911)

• Ron Allen (1947–2010)

• Washington Allston (1779–1843)

• Alta (Alta Gerrey) (born 1942)

• 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)

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• 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)

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