We’ve put together a diverse list of American poets for you. Each poet is marked with a difficulty level to help you decide:
When you click on your poet’s name, you should find a link to that poet’s poetry! Please explore and see what interests you.
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Rita Dove 🖋️🖋️ ❤️ |
Cathy Park Hong 🖋️🖋️🖋️ |
Dorothy Parker 🖋️🖋️ |
Maya Angelou 🖋️ |
Paul Laurence Dunbar 🖋️ ❤️ |
Sarah Kay 🖋️🖋️🖋️ |
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Gloria Anzaldúa 🖋️🖋️🖋️ |
Robert Frost 🖋️ |
Emma Lazarus 🖋️ |
Gary Soto 🖋️🖋️🖋️ |
Ada Limón 🖋️🖋️🖋️ |
Langston Hughes 🖋️ ❤️ |
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Marilyn Chin 🖋️🖋️🖋️ |
Nikki Giovanni 🖋️🖋️ ❤️ |
Phillis Wheatley🖋️🖋️ |
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Amanda Gorman 🖋️🖋️🖋️ |
Naomi Shihab Nye🖋️🖋️ |
Walt Whitman 🖋️ |
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Joy Harjo 🖋️🖋️🖋️ |
Mary Oliver 🖋️❤️ |
Elizabeth Bishop 🖋️🖋️🖋️ |
Tracy K. Smith 🖋️🖋️🖋️
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Leslie Marmon Silko 🖋️🖋️🖋️ |
YOUR FAVORITE US POET HERE! Talk to your teacher if there’s a favorite US poet you’d like to research! |