American Poets - A

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• Henry Abbey (1842–1911)
• Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956)
• Sam Abrams (born 1935)
• Seth Abramson (born 1976)
• Diane Ackerman (born 1956)
• Duane Ackerson (born 1942)
• Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968)
• Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004)
• Helen Adam (1909–1993)
• John Adams (1704–1740)
• Léonie Adams (1899–1988)
• Kim Addonizio (born 1954)
• James Agee (1909–1955)
• Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969)
• Ai (1947–2010)
• Conrad Aiken (1889–1973)
• Salman Akhtar (born 1946)
• Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956)
• Amos Bronson Alcott, (1799–1888)
• Sherman Alexie (born 1966)
• Felipe Alfau (1902–1999)
• William Allegrezza (born 1974)
• Dick Allen (born 1939)
• Donald Allen (1912–2004)
• Elizabeth Chase Allen (1832–1911)
• Ron Allen (born 1947)
• Zamounde S. Allie Jr. (born 1965)
• Washington Allston (1779–1843)
• Alurista (born 1947)
• Julia Álvarez (born 1950)
• Alta (Alta Gerrey) (born 1942)
• Indran Amirthanayagam (born 1960)
• A.R. Ammons (1926–2001)
• Victor Anderson (1917–2001)
• Bruce Andrews (born 1948)
• Kevin Andrews (writer) (1924–1989)
• Ron Androla (born 1954)
• Ralph Angel (born 1951)
• Maya Angelou (born 1928)
• David Antin (born 1932)
• Antler (born 1946)
• Susanne Antonetta (born 1956)
• Philip Appleman (born 1926)
• Adrian Arancibia (born 1971)
• Rae Armantrout (born 1947)
• Richard Armour (1906–1989)
• Craig Arnold (born 1967)
• Robert P. Arthur (born 1943)
• M. K. Asante, Jr. (born 1982)
• John Ashbery (born 1927)
• Augusta Emma Stetson (1842–1928)
• Joseph Auslander (1897–1965)
• Paul Auster (born 1947)
• James L. Avery, Sr. (born 1948)
• Sevan Aydinian (born 1983)
• Jody Azzouni (born 1954)