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The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
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.
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
Iowa Poetry Prize – sponsored by University of Iowa Press; Isabella Gardner Poetry Award – sponsored by BOA Editions; Jackson Poetry Prize - Honors an American poet of exceptional talent, sponsored by Poets & Writers; in 2022, carried an award of $80,000; Julie Suk Award – awarded for Best Poetry Book by a Literary Press, sponsored by ...
Harriet Monroe, founding publisher and long-time editor of Poetry magazine, wrote in an editorial (Apr.-Sept., 1922), "The award of a Pulitzer Prize of one thousand dollars to the Collected Poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson is a most agreeable surprise, as this is the first Pulitzer Prize ever granted to a poet.
The Best American Poetry 1988: The Best American Poetry: John Ashbery [18] 1989 "Meanwhile. . . ." The Best American Poetry 1989: Donald Hall [19] 1990 "Notes from the Air" The Best American Poetry 1990: Jorie Graham [20] 1991 "Of Dreams and Dreaming" The Best American Poetry 1991: Mark Strand [21] 1992 "Poem at the New Year" The Best American ...
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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.