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Abel
Mark Abel
Adams
H. Leslie Adams
Adams
Franklin Pierce Adams
Adams
John Adams
Adams
Léonie Adams
Adams
Abigail Adams
Agee
James Agee
Aiken
Conrad Aiken
Aldrich
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Allen
Dick Allen
Alsop
George N. Alsop
Amaker
Marcus Amaker
Ammons
A. R. Ammons
Amwell
John Scott of Amwell
Anderson
Thomas Jefferson Anderson
Anderson
Maxwell Anderson
Angelou
Maya Angelou
Anonymous
Anonymous
Arnold
Sir Edwin Arnold
Arvey
Verna Arvey
Auden
W. H. Auden
Auslander
Joseph Auslander
Baháʼu'lláh
Baháʼu’lláh
Baiocchi
Regina Harris Baiocchi
Barnes
Jasmine Barnes
Bass
George Houston Bass
Bates
Arlo Bates
Beach
Amy Marcy Beach
Beach
Henry Harris Aubrey Beach
Beers
Ethel Lynn Beers
Behn
Robin Behn
Benét
Rosemary Benét
Benjamin
Torrence Benjamin
Bennett
Sanford Fillmore Bennett
Bennett
Gwendolyn Bennett
Bensel
James Berry Bensel
Bergman
David Bergman
Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
Berry
Wendell Berry
Bible
The Bible
Biblical
Biblical
Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
Billings
William Billings
Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop
Blake
William Blake
Blitzstein
Marc Blitzstein
Blodgett
Harriet Fairchild Blodgett
Blue Cloud
Peter Blue Cloud
Bluestone
Stephen Bluestone
Bly
Robert Bly
Bogan
Louise Bogan
Bohanan
Otto Leland Bohanan
Bontemps
Arna Bontemps
Bowles
Paul Bowles
Bowles
Frederick G. Bowles
Bowles
Jane Bowles
Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet
Brant
LeRoy V. Brant
Brass
Perry Brass
Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky
Brontë
Emily Brontë
Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks
Brown
Abbie Farwell Brown
Browne
Michael Dennis Browne
Browning
Robert Browning
Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Brubeck
Dave Brubeck
Bryant
William Cullen Bryant
Burgos
Julia de Burgos
Burke
James Joseph Burke
Burnet
Dana Burnet
Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane
Campbell
Mark Campbell
Carpenter
John Alden Carpenter
Carroll
Lewis Carroll
Carver
Raymond Carver
Cary
Alice Cary
Cather
Willa Cather
Cawein
Madison Cawein
Channing
William Ellery Channing
Cheney
John Vance Cheney
Cisneros
Sandra Cisneros
Coates
Florence Earle Coates
Cochran
Leonard Cochran
Cohan
George M. Cohan
Collins
Billy Collins
Collins
Leslie Morgan Collins
Collins
Carrie Beatrice Holloway Collins
Cook
Will Marion Cook
Corley
Maria Thompson Corley
Corso
Gregory Nunzio Corso
Cotter, Jr.
Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr.
Crane
Hart Crane
Crane
Stephen Crane
Crapsey
Adelaide Crapsey
Creeley
Robert Creeley
Crosby
Frances Jane Crosby
Cullen
Countee Cullen
Cummings
E. E. Cummings
Cuney
William Waring Cuney
D.
H. D.
Davis
Annie Davis
Davis
Julia Johnson Davis
Davis
Frank Marshall Davis
de Callataÿ
Xavier de Callataÿ
De la Mare
Walter De la Mare
Deland
Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
Delany
Clarissa Scott Delany
Dickey
James Dickey
Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Dickinson Bianchi
Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi
Dietz
Howard Dietz
Dillard
Annie Dillard
Dillon
George H. Dillon
Dismond
Binga Dismond
Dixon
Melvin Dixon
Doty
Mark Doty
Douglas
Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas
Douglass
Frederick Douglass
Dove
Rita Dove
Dresser
Paul Dresser
Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Dunn
Stephen Dunn
Fabbri
Cora Randall Fabbri
Farwell
Arthur Farwell
Ferlinghetti
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Field
Eugene Field
Fisher
Jessica Fisher
Fitzgerald
Robert Fitzgerald
Flaster
Karl West Flaster
Ford
Charles Henri Ford
Foster
Stephen Foster
Francis
Robert Francis
Freeman
James Dillet Freeman
Fried
Michael Fried
Frost
Robert Frost
Frost
Frances Frost
Fulton
Alice Fulton
Gale
Kate Gale
Gallagher
Tess Gallagher
Gamble
Mary Rolofson Gamble
Gardner
William Henry Gardner
Garrigue
Jean Garrigue
Gilmore
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore
Gioia
Dana Gioia
Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni
Glück
Louise Glück
Goodman
Paul Goodman
Gordon
Ricky Ian Gordon
Graves
Robert Graves
Grenville
R. H. Grenville
Grimké
Angelina Weld Grimké
Guiney
Louise Imogen Guiney
Hagedorn
Hermann Hagedorn
Hagedorn
Hermann Hagedorn
Hall
Donald Hall
Hammerstein
Oscar Hammerstein
Harjo
Joy Harjo
Harper
Michael S. Harper
Hass
Robert Hass
Hayden
Robert Hayden
Hayes
Alfred Hayes
Hayes
Terrance Hayes
Hayes
Donald Jeffrey Hayes
Hecht
Anthony Hecht
Heggie
Jake Heggie
Heitzeg
Steve Heitzeg
Hemminger
Graham Lee Hemminger
Henley
William Ernest Henley
Herford
Oliver Herford
Herrera
Juan Felipe Herrera
Herrick
Robert Herrick
Hersch
Fred Hersch
Heyen
William Heyen
Heyman
Edward Heyman
Higginson
Ella Higginson
Higley
Dr. Brewster Higley
Hillyer
Robert Hillyer
Hoffenstein
Samuel Hoffenstein
Hoffman
Daniel Hoffman
Hoffman
William M. Hoffman
Hoisington
Mary Folwell Hoisington
Hollander
John Hollander
Holmes Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Hope
Laurence Hope
Hopkinson
Joseph Hopkinson
Horan
Robert Horan
Housman
A. E. Housman
Hovey-King
Alvin Hovey-King
Howe
Julia Ward Howe
Howe
Marie Howe
Howells
William Dean Howells
Hughes
Langston Hughes
Hundley
Richard Hundley
Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
La Farge
Peter La Farge
Landor
Walter Savage Landor
Lanier
Sidney Lanier
Larson
Jack Larson
Laughlin
James Laughlin
Lazarus
Emma Lazarus
Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin
Lear
Edward Lear
Learned
Walter Learned
Lenau
Nikolaus Lenau
Leonard
Patricia Leonard
Levertov
Denise Levertov
Levine
Philip Levine
Lewin
Frank Lewin
Lewis
Janet Lewis
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Lindsay
Vachel Lindsay
Lippman
Julie Mathilde Lippman
Littell
Philip Littell
Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Lorca
Federico García Lorca
Lowell
Robert Lowell
Lowell
Amy Lowell
Lowry
Robert Lowry
Lux
Thomas Lux
MacDowell
Edward MacDowell
Mackay
Charles Mackay
MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish
Markham
Edwin Markham
Marston
Philip Bourke Marston
Masefield
John Masefield
Mason
David Mason
Matthews
William Matthews
McCarthy
Justin Huntly McCarthy
McCrae
John McCrae
McCullers
Carson McCullers
McCurry
John Gordon McCurry
McDonald
Joette McDonald
McGinley
Phyllis McGinley
McKay
Claude McKay
Melville
Herman Melville
Menashe
Samuel Menashe
Meredith
William Meredith
Merwin
W. S. Merwin
Meynell
Alice Meynell
Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Miller
Emily Huntington Miller
Miłosz
Czesław Miłosz
Monette
Paul Monette
Moore
Marianne Moore
Moore
Thomas Moore
Morefield
Laura Morefield
Morris
Maurice Morris
Morris
George Pope Morris
Morrison
Toni Morrison
Morton
Sarah Wentworth Morton
Mosby
Katherine Mosby
Moss
Howard Moss
Mumford
Erika Mumford
Munkittrick
Richard Kendall Munkittrick
Murray
Lucy Miller Murray
Paine
Francis Bacon Paine
Parker
Dorothy Parker
Parker
Horatio Parker
Parnell
Thomas Parnell
Patchen
Kenneth Patchen
Patchett
Ann Patchett
Patterson
Raymond R. Patterson
Penn
William Penn
Peterson
Frederick Peterson
Pines
Paul Pines
Pinsky
Robert Pinsky
Piper
Edwin Ford Piper
Pitchford
Kenneth Pitchford
Plath
Sylvia Plath
Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Pound
Ezra Pound
Prejean
Sister Helen Prejean
Price
Florence Price
Probyn
May Probyn
Prokosch
Frederic Prokosch
Purdy
James Purdy
Randall
Dudley Randall
Ransom
John Crowe Ransom
Reese
Lizette Woodworth Reese
Reiner
Annie Reiner
Rexroth
Kenneth Rexroth
Rice
Lillian Dynevor Rice
Rich
Gladys Rich
Riley
James Whitcomb Riley
Robinson
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Roethke
Theodore Roethke
Rogers
Robert Cameron Rogers
Rogers
Alex. Rogers
Roos
Charles O. Roos
Root
George Frederick Root
Rossetti
Christina Rossetti
Rosten
Norman Rosten
Rukeyser
Muriel Rukeyser
Ruskin
John Ruskin
Ryan
Kay Ryan
Sacred
Sacred
Sandburg
Carl Sandburg
Santayana
George Santayana
Sappho
Sappho
Saroyan
William Saroyan
Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon
Scaramellino
Gene Scaramellino
Scheer
Gene Scheer
Scher
Bob Scher
Scollard
Clinton Scollard
Sexton
Anne Sexton
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Shanti
Nadine Shanti
Shapiro
Karl Shapiro
Sherman
Frank Dempster Sherman
Silko
Leslie Marmon Silko
Sill
Edward Rowland Sill
Simic
Charles Simic
Smith
William Jay Smith
Smith
Tracy K. Smith
Smith
Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Smith
Dave Smith
Snively
Susan Snively
Snyder
Gary Snyder
Southey
Robert Southey
Spender
Stephen Spender
Speyer
Leonora Speyer
Spiritual
Spiritual
Spofford
Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford
Sprague
Charles Sprague
Stafford
William Stafford
Stallings
A. E. Stallings
Stanton
B. Martin Stanton
Stanton
Frank Lebby Stanton
Starr
Belle Starr
Stein
Gertrude Stein
Stephens
James Stephens
Stevens
Wallace Stevens
Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Stewart
Susan Stewart
Stoddard
John Lawson Stoddard
Strand
Mark Strand
Sullivan
J. W. Sullivan
Sweat
Noah "Soggy" Sweat
Swenson
May Swenson
Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Symons
Arthur Symons
Wallace
Louise C. Wallace
Warren
Joseph Warren
Warren
Robert Penn Warren
Washburn
Henry Stevenson Washburn
Watkins Harper
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Webster
Henry D. L. Webster
Weinstein
Arnold Weinstein
Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley
Wheelock
John Hall Wheelock
Whitman
Walt Whitman
Whittemore
Reed Whittemore
Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier
Wilbur
Richard Wilbur
Willette
Florence Hynes Willette
Williams
Tennessee Williams
Williams
William Carlos Williams
Willis
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Winans
A.D. Winans
Windham
Donald Windham
Wing
Catherine Wing
Woods
Fannie Carter Woods
Woolman
John Woolman
Work
Henry Clay Work
Wright
Charles Wright
Wright
James Wright
Wylie
Elinor Wylie