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Well-Loved Poets

As a life long reader of poetry, these are the poets who drew me to love the craft and inspired me in my own writing. This list encompasses both classic and modern poets that I found influential.
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Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
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Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich
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Billy Collins
Billy Collins
3
Poet (Sam Hazo)
Poet
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Sam Hazo
The Complete Poems & Plays of T.S. Eliot
The Complete Poems & Plays of T.S. Eliot
5
Poet (Sheryl St Germain)
Poet
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Sheryl St Germain
William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams
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The Essential Allen Ginsberg (Allen Ginsberg)
The Essential Allen Ginsberg
8
Allen Ginsberg
Collected Poems of T.S. Eliot (T.S. Eliot)
Collected Poems of T.S. Eliot
9
T.S. Eliot
The Poems of Dylan Thomas
The Poems of Dylan Thomas
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Collected Poems by Robert Frost
Collected Poems by Robert Frost
11
The William Carlos Williams Reader (William Carlos Williams)
The William Carlos Williams Reader
12
William Carlos Williams
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
13
Emily Dickinson
Robert Frost Poems
Robert Frost Poems
14
The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton (Lucille Clifton)
The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton
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Lucille Clifton
E.E. Cummings Poetry
E.E. Cummings Poetry
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Marianne Moore
Marianne Moore
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Sharon Olds
Sharon Olds
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Poet (Sheila Squillante)
Poet
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Sheila Squillante
Selected Poems of Ezra Pound (Ezra Pound)
Selected Poems of Ezra Pound
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Ezra Pound
Poet (Gregory Orr)
Poet
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Gregory Orr
The Complete Poems of Arthur Rimbaud
The Complete Poems of Arthur Rimbaud
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Poet (Danez Smith)
Poet
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Danez Smith
Poet (Li-Young Lee)
Poet
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Li-Young Lee
Poet (Naomi Shihab Nye)
Poet
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Naomi Shihab Nye
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver
26
The Sonnets of William Shakespeare
The Sonnets of William Shakespeare
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Poet (Charlie Brice)
Poet
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Charlie Brice
Charles Bukowski - What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through Th
Charles Bukowski - What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through Th
29
Selected Poems of Walt Whitman
Selected Poems of Walt Whitman
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The Essential Rumi (Rumi)
The Essential Rumi
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Rumi
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens (Wallace Stevens)
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
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Wallace Stevens
The Collected Plays of W. B. Yeats
The Collected Plays of W. B. Yeats
33
The Goethe Treasury: Selected Prose and Poetry (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Goethe Treasury: Selected Prose and Poetry
34
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Rainer Maria Rilke (Poems)
Rainer Maria Rilke
35
Poems
John Donne (John Donne)
John Donne
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John Donne
Pablo Neruda (Dominic Moran)
Pablo Neruda
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Dominic Moran
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Langston Hughes)
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
38
Langston Hughes
Vintage Baldwin (James Baldwin)
Vintage Baldwin
39
James Baldwin
Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wit and Wisdom of Maya Angelou (Maya Angelou)
Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wit and Wisdom of Maya Angelou
40
Maya Angelou
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