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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 ...
The Library of Congress produces a guide to American poetry inspired by the 9/11 attacks, including anthologies and books dedicated to the subject. [32] [33] Robert Pinsky has a special place in American poetry as he was the poet laureate of the United States for three terms. [34] No other poet has been so honored.
This was followed in 2013 by The Best of the Best American Poetry: 25th Anniversary Edition (2013), in which guest editor Robert Pinsky selected 100 poems from the series' history. A collection of Lehman's forewords was published together as a look at contemporary poetry called The State of the Art: A Chronicle of American Poetry, 1988–2014.
Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, [2] Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.
Walter Whitman Jr. (/ ˈ hw ɪ t m ə n /; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist; he also wrote two novels. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature. Whitman incorporated both transcendentalism and realism in his writings and is often called the father of free verse. [1]
Thomas Gray (1716–1771), English poet; Jaki Shelton Green, American poet, ninth North Carolina Poet Laureate. Robert Greene (1558–1592), English author and poet; Dora Greenwell (1821–1882), English poet; Linda Gregg (1942–2019), US poet; Horace Gregory (1898–1982), US poet, translator and critic; Eamon Grennan (born 1941), Irish poet
The poet laureate presents an annual lecture and reading of their poetry and usually introduces poets at the Library's poetry series, the oldest in the Washington area and among the oldest in the United States. This annual series of public poetry and fiction readings, lectures, symposia, and occasional dramatic performances began in the 1940s.
Nina Serrano (born 1934), American poet, writer, storyteller and media producer; Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000), American poet and fiction writer, South Carolina Poet Laureate, 1986–2000; Fatou Ndiaye Sow (1937–2004), Senegalese poet, children's writer and teacher; Donna J. Stone (1933–1994), American poet and philanthropist