Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

male, deceased (1862)
American, anarchist, anarchism, environmentalist, free market, nature writer…poet
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862; born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, de...
William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams

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

Percy Bysshe Shelley

male, deceased (1822)
poet, The Revolt of Islam, Romantic poet, To a Skylark, Ozymandias, Adonais…Lyric poet
Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among the finest lyric poets of the English...
W. H. Auden

W. H. Auden

male, deceased (1973)
Oxford University, From York, gay, Anglican, writer, Playwright…poet
Wystan Hugh Auden IPA: ;, who signed his works W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet, regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th...
Ted Hughes

Ted Hughes

male, deceased (1998)
poet, Member of the Order of Merit, Guardian award winner, feminism, British, poet laureate
Edward James Hughes OM (17 August 1930 - 28 October 1998) was an English poet and children's writer, known as Ted Hughes. Critics routinely rank...
Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss

male, deceased (1991)
the cat in the hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, how the grinch stole christmas, children's books, Green Eggs and Ham, famous…poet
Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 - September 24, 1991) was a famous American writer and cartoonist best known for his classic children's books...
John Donne

John Donne

male, deceased (1631)
convert to Anglicanism, from the City of London, Sonneteers, loyalist, Anglican priest, English…poet, metaphysical poet
John Donne, 1572 – March 31, 1631) was a Jacobean poet and preacher, representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. His works, notable fo...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

male, deceased (1882)
poet, American, Fireside Poet, INFP, Maine writer, american revolution
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 - March 24, 1882) was an American poet whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", "A Psalm of Life",...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

male, deceased (1834)
Christ's Hospital Old Blue, Irvingites, kubla khan, philosopher, Literary critic, Romanticism…Romantic poet, Lake Poet, poet
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 - July 25, 1834) (pronounced) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his...
John Ashbery

John Ashbery

male, 82 years old
New York School poet, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner, poet, LGBT writer, from the United States, gay
John Ashbery (born July 28, 1927) is an American poet who has won nearly every major American award for poetry and is recognized as one of...