Category:American poets
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Categorization guidelines for American poets:
All American poets should be in one or more by-century categories (see subcategories below) based on when they wrote poetry (note: Some poets may belong in two such categories).
They should also be sorted into the relevant state(s) they are from or did significant work in, under Category:American poets by state.
Poets should also be placed into Category:American women poets as appropriate, and into any relevant genre, time-frame, religion, or ethnicity categories as well. However, a poet should never only be in an ethnic or gender-based category - all poets should be in the century-categories at a minimum, and the state categories if relevant.
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Subcategories
This category has the following 24 subcategories, out of 24 total.
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- American male poets (2,310 P)
A
- American Catholic poets (38 P)
- American inaugural poets (6 P)
B
- Black Mountain poets (15 P)
C
- Cowboy poets (23 P)
H
- American humorous poets (32 P)
L
- Language poets (46 P)
M
- American modernist poets (19 P)
N
- New York School poets (23 P)
P
- National Youth Poet Laureate (3 P)
S
- American spoken word poets (71 P)
T
Y
- Yale Younger Poets winners (65 P)
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Pages in category "American poets"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 201 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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B
- Bellamy Bach
- Wolcott Balestier
- Charles Eugene Banks
- Ibtisam Barakat
- Willis Barnstone
- Judith Barrington (poet)
- Bruce Bawer
- Greg Beatty
- George Beck (artist)
- Larry Beckett
- Joshua Beckman
- Bei Dao
- Jerry Beisler
- Henry Holcomb Bennett
- John Bensko
- Roy G Bentley
- F. J. Bergmann
- Rei Berroa
- James Bertolino
- Bess Truitt
- Bhi Bhiman
- Black Arts Movement
- Jaswinder Bolina
- Amaranth Borsuk
- William Oland Bourne
- William Stanley Braithwaite
- Carrie Breck
- William Brewer (novelist)
- Hazel Brugger
- Derick Burleson
- Clarence A. Buskirk
C
- Scott Cairns
- Alex Caldiero
- Melville Henry Cane
- Ina Cariño
- Marisha Chamberlain
- Grace Ellery Channing
- Charles William Hubner
- Ken Chen
- Cyril Christo
- Tiana Clark
- Michael R. Collings
- Albert Spaulding Cook
- Harold Lewis Cook
- Nelson Cook
- Wyn Cooper
- Eli Coppola
- Gerald Costanzo
- Eddy Joe Cotton
- Domício Coutinho
- Henry Cowell
- Jackie Craven
- James Cummins (poet)
- John Curl
- Jay Curtis (writer)
- Craig Czury