William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams

male, deceased (1963)
Philadelphia writer, English American, New Jersey writer, Puerto Rican, Americanpoet, University of Pennsylvania alumni…poet, Objectivist poet, American
Dr. William Carlos Williams (sometimes known as WCW) (September 17, 1883 - March 4, 1963), was an American poet closely associated with modernism...
E. E. Cummings

E. E. Cummings

male, deceased (1962)
Sonneteers, Modernist poetry in English, love, poet, Americanpoet, Playwright…American
Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 - September 3, 1962), abbreviated E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, and playwright....
Ron Silliman

Ron Silliman

male, 63 years old (Paoli, Pennsylvania, United States)
From Tri-Cities, Washington, blogger, United States poetry, revelator, The Alphabet, Silliman's Blog…American, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poet, Americanpoet, poet
Ron Silliman (born August 5,1946 in Pasco, Washington) is a contemporary American poet. He has written and edited 26 books to date. Between 1979 &...
Frank O'Hara

Frank O'Hara

male, deceased (1966)
New York School poet, American military personnel of World War II, world war ii veteran, Accidental death, writer, Irish-American…Americanpoet, poet, American
Francis Russell O'Hara was an American poet who, along with John Ashbery, James Schuyler and Kenneth Koch, was a key member of what was known as...
Charles Bernstein

Charles Bernstein

male, 59 years old
poet, Americanpoet, University at Buffalo alumni, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poet, American, Language poet
Charles Bernstein (born April 4, 1950) is an American poet, critic, editor and teacher. He is one of the most prominent members of the Language poets.
Anne Waldman

Anne Waldman

female, 64 years old (Boulder, Colorado, United States)
Bennington College alumni, Institute of American Indian Arts, Modernist writer, United States poetry, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, St. Mark's Church Poetry Project…American, poet, Americanpoet
Anne Waldman (born April 2, 1945) is an American poet. Waldman was born in Millville, New Jersey and grew up on MacDougal Street in New York City....
Susan Howe

Susan Howe

female, 72 years old
Women poet, University at Buffalo faculty, poet, Modernist writer, Language poet, from County Dublin…American, Irish modernist poet, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poet, Americanpoet
Susan Howe (born 1937) is an American poet and critic who has been closely associated with the Language poets, among others. Her sister is the poet...
Louise Glück

Louise Glück

female, 66 years old
poet, American Poet Laureate, American, Americanpoet, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner, Persephone Mythos…American Poets Laureate
Louise Elisabeth Glück (born April 22, 1943) is an American poet.
Michael Palmer

Michael Palmer

male, 66 years old
from New York City, Contemporary dance, United States poetry, Visual Artist, visual arts, From San Francisco…American, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poet, English-language poet, Americanpoet, academy of american poet
Michael Palmer (b.1943 in Manhattan, New York) is a contemporary American poet and translator. He has worked extensively with contemporary Dance...
Francis Scott Key

Francis Scott Key

male, deceased (1843)
St. John's College, U.S. alumni, from Carroll County, Maryland, American lawyer, the star-spangled banner, Americanpoet, American…American United Brethren in Christ, poet
Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 - January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, an author, and an amateur poet who wrote the words to the United...