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    This is a list of poets. People on this list should ideally have articles of their own, and be in some way noteworthy for their poetry. Please place names on the list only if there is a real and existing article on the poet.

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    See also: lists of authors, poetry



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    Alphabetical list


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    Ab-Ak
      Ai, (born 1947), pseudonym of Florence Anthony

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    Al-Am
      Alcman (fl. 7th cent. BC), Ancient Greek lyric poet

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    An-Ap

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    Ar-Au
      Archilochus, (ca.680-ca.645 BC), ancient Greek lyric poet
      Jean Arp, (1886-1966), sculptor, painter, and poet

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    Av-Ay

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    Bab-Bal

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    Bar-Bax

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    Be

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    Bi-Bl
      Earle Birney, (1904-1995), anti-conventional poet, also wrote novels, short stories, drama
      Bill Bissett, (born 1939), poet, famous for incorporating sound and the visual into poetry

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    Bo

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    Bra-Bri

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    Bro-Bry

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    Bu-By

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    Cab-Cap
      Ivan Cankar, (1876-1918), author, poet, storyteller, dramatist and essayist

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    Car-Cav

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    Ce-Ci

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    Gro-Gy

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    Ha

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    He

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    Hi-Hr
      Hugh Hood, Master work is 12 volume novel-series (The New Age).

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    Hu
      Victor Hugo, (1802-1885), novelist, poet, and playwright

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    I

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    Ja-Ju
      Frank Judge, (born 1946), editor & publisher, poet, translator and film critic

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    Ka-Kh

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    Ki-Kn

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    Kob-Ky
      Yusef Komunyakaa, (born 1948), poet, Pulitzer Prize recipient, (Dien Cai Dau, Neon Vernacular, etc.)

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    La


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    Le
      D. A. Levy (1942-1968), artist, poet, and publisher

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    Li
      Li Po, (701-762), the Poet Immortal

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    Mac-Mak

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    Mal-Mar
      Martial (40-ca. 102), Roman epigrammist

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    Mas-Maz

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    Mc
      James McIntyre, (1827-1906), the "Cheese Poet," known as the worst poet in Canadian history

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    Me

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    Mi-Ml


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    Mo
      Moschus (fl. 2nd century BC), bucolic poet

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    Mu

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    Na-Nj

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    No-Ny
      Fan Noli (January 6, 1882 - March 13, 1965)
      Novalis, (1772-1801), German poet and novelist

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      Ovid, (43 BC-17 AD), Roman poet

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    Pa

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    Pe-Pl
      Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca), (1304-1374)
      Pindar (522-443 BC), Theban lyric poet

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    Po-Pu
      Ezra Pound, (1885-1972), (The Pisan Cantos)(Imagist movement leader)

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    Ra-Re

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    Ri

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    Ro

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    Ru

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    Sa

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    Sc-Se

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    Sh-Si

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    Sk-Sn

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    So-Sp
      Sophocles, (c.496-406 BC), Athenian tragedian

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    Sta-Sto

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    Str-Stu

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    Su-Sz
    Nicomedes Suarez Arauz (b. 1946)

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    Ta-Te

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    Th-To