American Poets - B

B

• Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952)
• Bellamy Bach (pseudonym used by a group of writers)
• Joseph M. Bachelor (1889–1947)
• Mahnaz Badihian (pen name: Oba)
• Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940)
• David Baker (born 1954)
• John Balaban (born 1943)
• Jesse Ball (born 1978)
• Addie L. Ballou (1837–1916), American poet and suffragist
• Russell Banks (born 1940)
• Amiri Baraka (aka Leroi Jones) (born 1934)
• Coleman Barks (born 1937)
• Mary Barnard (1909–2001)
• Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)
• Catherine Barnett (born 1960)
• Candy Barr (1935–2005)
• Laird Barron (born 1970)
• Bertha Hirsch Baruch
• Todd Bash (born 1965)
• Ellen Bass (born 1947)
• Arlo Bates (1850–1918)
• David Bates (1809–1870)
• Joseph Bathanti (born 1953)
• Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959)
• Eric Baus (born 1975)
• Charles Baxter (born 1947)
• Abel Beach (1829–1899)
• Ray Young Bear (born 1950)
• Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin (c. 1913–1995)
• George Beck (1749–1812)
• Julian Beck (1925–1985)
• Larry Beckett (born 1947)
• Joshua Beckman
• Ethel Lynn Beers (1827–1879)
• Erin Belieu (born 1957)
• Marvin Bell (born 1937)
• Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)
• William Rose Benét (1886–1950)
• Park Benjamin (1809–1864)
• Nelson Bentley (1918–1990)
• Bill Berkson (born 1939)
• David Berman (musician) (born 1967)
• Charles Bernstein (born 1950)
• Steven Jesse Bernstein (1950–1991)
• Anselm Berrigan (born 1972)
• Ted Berrigan (1934–1983)
• Wendell Berry (born 1934)
• John Berryman (1914–1972)
• Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (born 1947)
• Lorraine Bethel
• Helen Bevington (1906–2001)
• Frank Bidart (born 1939)
• Ambrose Bierce (1842–c. 1913)
• Linda Bierds (born 1945)
• David Biespiel (born 1964)
• Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
• Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958)
• John Peale Bishop (1892–1944)
• Sherwin Bitsui (born 1975)
• Baxter Black (born 1945)
• Paul Blackburn (1926–1971)
• Nicole Blackman (born 1971)
• Kimberly M. Blaeser
• Don Blanding (1894–1957)
• Robin Blaser (1925–2009)
• Anthony Bleecker (1770–1827)
• Adrian Blevins (born 1964)
• Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919)
• Henry Ames Blood (1836–1900)
• Roberts Blossom (1924–2011)
• Robert Bly (born 1926)
• Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612–1672)
• D. A. Blyler (born 1967)
• Maxwell Bodenheim (1892–1954)
• Jean Boese (1925–2004)
• Louise Bogan (1897–1970)
• Arna Bontemps (1902–1973)
• Bruce Boston (born 1943)
• David Bottoms (born 1949)
• Jenny Boully (born 1976)
• Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949)
• Kay Boyle (1902–1992)
• William Brandon (1914–2002)
• Beth Brant (born 1941)
• Giannina Braschi (born 1953)
• Richard Brautigan (1935–1984)
• Kate Braverman (born 1950)
• Donari Braxton
• Joseph Payne Brennan (1918–1990)
• Ken Brewer (1941–2006)
• Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710–c. 1757)
• Kim Bridgford (born 1959)
• Robert Bringhurst (born 1946)
• John Malcolm Brinnin (1916–1999)
• James Brock (born 1958)
• Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996)
• Louis Daniel Brodsky (born 1941)
• David Bromige (1933–2009)
• William Bronk (1918–1999)
• Charles Timothy Brooks (1813–1883)
• Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000)
• Maria Gowen Brooks (c. 1795–1845)
• Olga Broumas (born 1949)
• Alice Brown (1856–1948)
• Rita Mae Brown (born 1944)
• Francis Fisher Browne (1843–1913)
• William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
• Jack Buck (1924–2002)
• David Budbill (born 1940)
• Charles Bukowski (1920–1994)
• David R. Bunch (1925–2000)
• Henry Cuyler Bunner (1855–1896)
• José Antonio Burciaga (1940–1996)
• Stanley Burnshaw (1906–2005)
• Amelia Josephine Burr (1878–1968)
• Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882–1954)
• Raegan Butcher (born 1969)
• Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
• W. E. Butts
• Witter Bynner (1881–1968)
• Kathryn Stripling Byer (born 1944)
• Gilbert Byron (1903–1991)