A list of Famous 20th Century American Poets. The authors listed on this page include some of the greatest poets of 20th Century. See also: Poets by Nationality | Contemporary American Poets | American Women Poets | All American Poets American Poets Born: Before 1400 | 1601-1700 | 1701-1800 | 1801-1900 | 1901-1950 | After 1951

A
Maya Angelou (18) (1928 - present)	Ai (1) (1947 - 2010)	John Ashbery (9) (1927 - present)
A. R. Ammons (26) (1926 - 2001)	Maggie Anderson (1) (1948 - present)	Julie Hill Alger (4) (1927 - 1994)
B
Elizabeth Bishop (64) (1911 - 1979)	Charles Bukowski (120) (1920 - 1994)	Gwendolyn Brooks (13) (1917 - 2000)
John Berryman (150) (1914 - 1972)	Richard Brautigan (53) (1935 - 1984)	Wendell Berry (23) (1934 - present)
Imamu Amiri Baraka (1) (1934 - present)	Marvin Bell (7) (1937 - present)	D. C. Berry (8) (1942 - present)
Frank Bidart (12) (1939 - present)	Arna Bontemps (7) (1902 - 1973)	William Bronk (3) (1918 - 1999)
Edgar Bowers (5) (1924 - 2000)	Robert Bly (3) (1926 - present)
C
Billy Collins (42) (1941 - present)	Lucille Clifton (2) (1936 - 2010)	Countee Cullen (15) (1903 - 1946)
Robert Creeley (26) (1926 - present)	Gregory Corso (6) (1930 - 2001)	Raymond Carver (16) (1938 - 1988)
Amy Clampitt (14) (1920 - 1994)	Jim Carroll (1) (1950 - present)	Hayden Carruth (2) (1921 - present)
Martha Collins (1) (1940 - present)	Geraldine Connolly (3) (1947 - present)	Andree Chedid (4) (1920 - present)
D
Stephen Dunn (15) (1939 - present)	Alan Dugan (6) (1923 - 2003)	Annie Dillard (1) (1945 - present)
Stephen Dobyns (1) (1941 - present)	Norman Dubie (5) (1945 - present)	James Dickey (3) (1923 - 1997)
Edward Dorn (2) (1929 - 1999)	Robert Duncan (3) (1919 - 1988)
E
Russell Edson (54) (1935 - present)	James A. Emanuel (21) (1921 - present)
F
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (11) (1919 - present)	Robert Francis (20) (1901 - 1987)	Edward Field (6) (1924 - present)
Carolyn Forche (7) (1950 - present)
G
Allen Ginsberg (40) (1926 - 1997)	Nikki Giovanni (1) (1943 - present)	Louise Gluck (48) (1943 - present)
Jack Gilbert (12) (1925 - present)	Judy Grahn (1) (1940 - present)	Patricia Goedicke (1) (1931 - present)
Jorie Graham (13) (1950 - present)	Maria Mazziotti Gillan (4) (1940 - present)	R.George (2) (1948 - present)
H
Langston Hughes (29) (1902 - 1967)	Robert Hayden (12) (1913 - 1980)	Donald Hall (14) (1928 - present)
Edward Hirsch (3) (1950 - present)	Anthony Hecht (18) (1923 - 2004)	Richard Hugo (6) (1923 - 1982)
Marilyn Hacker (12) (1942 - present)	Mac Hammond (2) (1926 - 1997)	Brooks Haxton (9) (1950 - present)
Dale Harcombe (6) (1947 - present)
I
David Ignatow (2) (1914 - 1997)
J
Randall Jarrell (24) (1914 - 1965)	Erica Jong (25) (1942 - present)	Donald Justice (20) (1925 - present)
Laura Riding Jackson (7) (1901 - 1991)
K
Ted Kooser (4) (1939 - present)	Jack Kerouac (3) (1922 - 1969)	Kenneth Koch (4) (1925 - 2002)
Stanley Kunitz (21) (1905 - present)	Jane Kenyon (14) (1947 - 1995)	Yusef Komunyakaa (3) (1947 - present)
Galway Kinnell (15) (1927 - present)	Etheridge Knight (7) (1931 - 1991)	Weldon Kees (21) (1914 - 1955)
Steve Kowit (3) (1938 - present)	Maxine Kumin (4) (1925 - present)	Bob Kaufman (4) (1925 - 1986)
Carolyn Kizer (13) (1925 - present)
L
Robert Lowell (17) (1917 - 1977)	Philip Levine (94) (1928 - present)	Thomas Lux (17) (1946 - present)
Audre Lorde (8) (1934 - 1992)	Larry Levis (3) (1946 - 1996)	Michael Lally (1) (1942 - present)
David Lehman (58) (1948 - present)
M
W. S. Merwin (23) (1927 - present)	William Matthews (10) (1942 - 1997)	Frances Mayes (1) (1940 - present)
Heather McHugh (8) (1948 - present)	John Montague (5) (1929 - present)	James Merrill (1) (1926 - 1995)
Jonas Mekas (3) (1922 - present)	Shawn McAllister (1) (1944 - present)
N
Ogden Nash (106) (1902 - 1971)	Howard Nemerov (26) (1920 - 1991)
O
Mary Oliver (87) (1935 - present)	Sharon Olds (17) (1942 - present)	Peter Orlovsky (4) (1933 - present)
P
Sylvia Plath (121) (1932 - 1963)	Jack Prelutsky (7) (1940 - present)	Marge Piercy (23) (1936 - present)
Linda Pastan (17) (1932 - present)	Robert Pinsky (8) (1940 - present)	Kenneth Patchen (17) (1911 - 1972)
Ron Padgett (1) (1942 - present)	Grace Paley (2) (1922 - present)	Katha Pollitt (1) (1949 - present)
Diane di Prima (1) (1934 - present)
R
Theodore Roethke (22) (1908 - 1963)	Carl Rakosi (1) (1903 - 2004)	Jerome Rothenberg (6) (1931 - present)
Muriel Rukeyser (2) (1913 - 1980)	Russell Hughes Ragsdale (1) (1944 - present)
S
Shel Silverstein (19) (1930 - 1999)	May Swenson (3) (1913 - 1989)	William Stafford (20) (1914 - 1993)
Karl Shapiro (3) (1913 - 2000)	Charles Simic (32) (1938 - present)	Delmore Schwartz (64) (1913 - 1966)
Gary Snyder (6) (1930 - present)	James Schuyler (6) (1923 - 1991)	Anne Sexton (172) (1928 - 1974)
Jack Spicer (5) (1925 - 1965)	Gerald Stern (3) (1925 - present)	Joyce Sutphen (2) (1949 - present)
Arthur Sze (1) (1950 - present)
T
James Tate (22) (1943 - present)	Quincy Troupe (3) (1939 - present)
V
Jean Valentine (4) (1934 - present)
W
Alice Walker (1) (1944 - present)	Richard Wilbur (34) (1921 - present)	James Wright (27) (1927 - 1980)
Robert Penn Warren (6) (1905 - 1989)	David Wagoner (3) (1926 - present)	Diane Wakoski (1) (1937 - present)
Charles Webb (9) (1939 - present)	Lew Welch (5) (1926 - 1971)	Nancy Willard (1) (1936 - present)
John Williams (3) (1922 - 1994)	Eleanor Wilner (1) (1937 - present)	Witt Wittmann (2) (1947 - present)
Anne Waldman (1) (1945 - present)	C. K. Williams (2) (1936 - present)

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