A list of contemporary women poets, people who brings something new to the poetry, who may be famous or beginning poets. Read and Enjoy Poetry and Poems by your favorite contemporary women poets. See also: All Contemporary Poets

A Maya Angelou (18) (1928 - present) Margaret Atwood (28) (1939 - present) Ai (1) (1947 - 2010) Deborah Ager (10) (1971 - present) Catherine Anderson (3) (1954 - present) Maggie Anderson (1) (1948 - present) Kelli Russell Agodon (6) (1969 - present) Julie Hill Alger (4) (1927 - 1994) B Gwendolyn Brooks (13) (1917 - 2000) Eavan Boland (9) (1944 - present) Erin Belieu (8) (1965 - present) April Bernard (2) (1956 - present) Ros Barber (1) (1964 - present) Laure-Anne Bosselaar (6) (2006 - present) Cecilia Borromeo (3) (1976 - present) C Lucille Clifton (2) (1936 - 2010) Amy Clampitt (14) (1920 - 1994) Martha Collins (1) (1940 - present) Geraldine Connolly (3) (1947 - present) Andree Chedid (4) (1920 - present) Anastasia Clark (2) (1959 - present) D Rita Dove (2) (1952 - present) Annie Dillard (1) (1945 - present) Denise Duhamel (11) (1961 - present) Regina Derieva (9) (1949 - present) Carol Ann Duffy (4) (1955 - present) Helen Dunmore (1) (1952 - present) E Maggie Estep (8) (1962 - present) Rebecca Elson (2) (1960 - 1999) F Carolyn Forche (7) (1950 - present) Daisy Fried (1) (1967 - present) Annie Finch (4) (1956 - present) G Nikki Giovanni (1) (1943 - present) Louise Gluck (48) (1943 - present) Judy Grahn (1) (1940 - present) Patricia Goedicke (1) (1931 - present) Jorie Graham (13) (1950 - present) Maria Mazziotti Gillan (4) (1940 - present) Bernadette Geyer (2) (1968 - present) H Marilyn Hacker (12) (1942 - present) Kimiko Hahn (1) (1955 - present) Dale Harcombe (6) (1947 - present) Joy Harjo (2) (1951 - present) Sophie Hannah (9) (1917 - present) Suheir Hammad (5) (1973 - present) Eileen Carney Hulme (6) (1953 - present) J Elizabeth Jennings (10) (1926 - 2001) Erica Jong (25) (1942 - present) Jenny Joseph (2) (1932 - present) K Jane Kenyon (14) (1947 - 1995) Maxine Kumin (4) (1925 - present) Jackie Kay (5) (1961 - present) Carolyn Kizer (13) (1925 - present) Faye Diane Kilday (15) (1973 - present) Sheema Kalbasi (2) (1972 - present) L Denise Levertov (54) (1923 - 1997) Audre Lorde (8) (1934 - 1992) Sharmagne Leland-St. John (5) (1953 - present) Sharon Esther Lampert (19) (0 - present) M Lisel Mueller (21) (1924 - present) Frances Mayes (1) (1940 - present) Heather McHugh (8) (1948 - present) Erin Moure (3) (1955 - present) Chris Mansell (6) (1953 - present) N Naomi Shihab Nye (2) (1952 - present) Oodgeroo Noonuccal (3) (1920 - 1993) Claire Nixon (5) (1973 - present) Nimah Nawwab (4) (1966 - present) Desi Di Nardo (4) (1972 - present) O Mary Oliver (87) (1935 - present) Sharon Olds (17) (1942 - present) P Marge Piercy (23) (1936 - present) Linda Pastan (17) (1932 - present) Grace Paley (2) (1922 - present) Katha Pollitt (1) (1949 - present) P. K. Page (2) (1916 - present) Wanda Phipps (8) (1960 - present) Anna Piutti (2) (1982 - present) Ruth Padel (8) (1947 - present) Diane di Prima (1) (1934 - present) Vanessa Perkins (1) (1968 - present) R Adrienne Rich (31) (1929 - present) Susan Rich (3) (2006 - present) Jennifer Reeser (16) (1968 - present) Muriel Rukeyser (2) (1913 - 1980) S Wislawa Szymborska (6) (1923 - present) Ruth L. Schwartz (1) (1962 - present) Joyce Sutphen (2) (1949 - present) Judith Skillman (16) (1954 - present) Belinda Subraman (8) (1953 - present) Fenny Sterenborg (4) (1956 - present) T Natasha Trethewey (3) (1966 - present) Marilyn L. Taylor (9) (2006 - present) V Jean Valentine (4) (1934 - present) Luisa Villani (1) (1964 - present) W Alice Walker (1) (1944 - present) Judith Wright (3) (1915 - 2000) Diane Wakoski (1) (1937 - present) Nancy Willard (1) (1936 - present) Eleanor Wilner (1) (1937 - present) Juliet Wilson (3) (1966 - present) Witt Wittmann (2) (1947 - present) Anne Waldman (1) (1945 - present) Cecilia Woloch (5) (1956 - present) Z Lisa Zaran (12) (1969 - present)

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