American Poets - W

W

• Buddy Wakefield (born 1974)
• Diane Wakoski (born 1937)
• Diane Wald
• Anne Waldman (born 1945)
• Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935)
• Keith Waldrop (born 1932)
• Alice Walker (born 1944)
• Lonie Walker
• Margaret Walker (1915–1998)
• Connie Wanek (born 1952)
• BJ Ward (born 1967)
• Diane Ward (born 1956)
• Catherine Anne Warfield (1816–1877)
• Emily Warn
• Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)
• William John Watkins
• Barrett Watten (born 1948)
• Jim Webb
• Rebecca Wee
• Hannah Weiner (1928–1997)
• Eliot Weinberger (born 1949)
• James Welch (1940–2003)
• Lew Welch (1926–c. 1971)
• Joe Wenderoth
• Theodore Weiss (1916–2003)
• Paul West (born 1930)
• Philip Whalen (1923–2002)
• Mark Whalon (1886–1956)
• John Wheatcroft(born 1925)
• Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784)
• John Hall Wheelock (1886–1978)
• John Brooks Wheelwright (1897–1940)
• Edward Lucas White (1866–1934)
• Gary J. Whitehead (born 1965)
• Ruth Whitman (1922–1999)
• Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
• Adeline Dutton Train Whitney (1824–1906)
• Reed Whittemore (born 1919)
• John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
• Margaret Widdemer (1884–1978)
• John Wieners (1934–2002)
• Richard Wilbur (born 1921)
• Carlos Wilcox (1794–1827)
• Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919)
• Peter Wild (1940–2009)
• Richard Henry Wilde (1789–1847)
• Charlotte Wilder (1898–1980)
• Charles Willeford (1919–1988)
• C. K. Williams (born 1936)
• Jonathan Williams (1929–2008)
• Oscar Williams (1900–1964)
• Paul O. Williams (1935–2009)
• Philip Lee Williams (born 1950)
• Sarah Williams (1837–1868)
• William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)
• Elizabeth Willis (born 1961)
• Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867)
• Eleanor Wilner (born 1937)
• Dede Wilson (born 1937)
• Edmund Wilson (1895–1972)
• Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey) (born 1945)
• Christian Wiman (born 1966)
• Dale Wimbrow (1895–1954)
• Anne Winters
• Yvor Winters (1900–1968)
• Sam Witt (born 1970)
• Larry Woiwode (born 1941)
• John Barton Wolgamot
• Nellie Wong (born 1934)
• George Edward Woodberry (1855–1930)
• Eddie Woods (born 1940)
• Samuel Woodworth (1784–1842)
• Gamel Woolsey (1895–1968)
• Bryan Thao Worra (born 1973)
• Patience Worth (Pearl Lenore Curran) (1883–1937)
• C. D. Wright (born 1949)
• Charles Wright (born 1935)
• Franz Wright (born 1953)
• James Wright (1927–1980)
• Jay Wright (born 1935)
• Kirby Wright
• Richard Wright (author) (1908–1960)
• Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)