Robert Frost

Robert Frost

male, deceased (1963)
rural life, Robert Lee Frost, University of University of Cambridge, American Poet Laureate, Sonneteers, Alumni of the University of Oxford…English-language poet, poet
Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 - January 29, 1963) was an American poet. His work frequently drew inspiration from rural life in New England,...
Dana Gioia

Dana Gioia

male, 58 years old
Sicilian-American, Stanford University alumni, Harvard University alumni, Magazine editor, from the San Francisco Bay Area, National Endowment for the Arts…English-language poet, poet
Michael Dana Gioia (born December 24, 1950) is an American poet who retired early from his career as a corporate executive at General Foods to...
Michael Palmer

Michael Palmer

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

Robinson Jeffers

male, deceased (1962)
Occidental College alumni, narrative, environmentalism, Epic poetry, environmental, John Robinson Jeffers…poet, English-language poet, poet that proved that "bird-watching ain't wimpy.
John Robinson Jeffers (January 10 1887-January 20 1962) was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast. Most of...
Mark Doty

Mark Doty

male, 56 years old
Goddard College alumni, T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, T. S. Eliot Prize, The University of Houston Creative Writing Program, MFA Program for Poets & Writer, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference…English-language poet, poet
Mark Doty is an American poet. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, then received his Master of Fine Arts in...
Chase Twichell

Chase Twichell

male, 59 years old
Princeton University, est. 1999, Ausable Press, The Snow Watcher, Tricycle magazine, The Artists Foundation…English-language poet, poet
Chase Twichell (1950 to present) was born in New Haven, CT and is an accomplished poet who owns her own publishing company, Ausable Press ("est....
Rosmarie Waldrop

Rosmarie Waldrop

female, 74 years old
German women writer, American women writer, From Bavaria, book publisher, Translator, American…English-language poet, American poet, poet
Rosmarie Waldrop (born August 24, 1935) is a contemporary American poet, translator and publisher. Born in Germany, she has lived in the United...
Al Young

Al Young

male, 70 years old
from the San Francisco Bay Area, poet, English-language poet, from Mississippi, poet laureate, American
Al Young (May 31, 1939, Ocean Springs, Mississippi) is an American poet, novelist and writer of musical memoirs. He was named poet laureate of...
John Tranter

John Tranter

male, 66 years old
University of Wollongong alumni, Australian National University, University of Wollongong, Magazine Publisher, The Bulletin, ABC Radio…English-language poet, poet
John Tranter (born 1943) is an Australian poet, publisher and editor. He has been the publisher and editor of the internet quarterly literary...
Peter Dale Scott

Peter Dale Scott

male, 80 years old
parapolitics, American, tax resister, English-language poet, Canadian, vietnam war…poet, English professor
Peter Dale Scott was born in Montreal in 1929. His poetry books are the three volumes of his trilogy Seculum: Coming to Jakarta: A Poem About...