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Charles Alexander (poet) Elizabeth Alexander (poet) Kwame Alexander. Meena Alexander. Will Alexander (poet) Larisa Alexandrovna. Sherman Alexie. Miguel Algarín. Kazim Ali.
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)
OCLC. 27265046. The Pittsburgh Book of Contemporary American Poetry is a literary anthology of American poetry commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Pitt Poetry Series (1968–1993), one of the most prominent in the United States. The book provides lengthy selections—about three hundred lines of verse—of the forty-five poets who ...
United States Poet Laureate. The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, commonly referred to as the United States Poet Laureate, serves as the official poet of the United States. During their term, the poet laureate seeks to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry.
Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright. [1] He is considered to be one of the 20th century's greatest poets, as well as a central figure in English-language Modernist poetry. His use of language, writing style, and verse structure reinvigorated English poetry.
Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. She found inspiration for her work in nature and had a lifelong habit of solitary walks in the wild. Her poetry is characterized by sincere wonderment and profound connection with the environment, conveyed in ...