The National Poetry Series is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 literary awards program.

Every year since 1979 it has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

. Manuscripts are solicited through an annual open competition, judged and chosen by poets of national stature, and issued by various publishers.

Winners

Each year links to its corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

Year	Book	Author	Judge
2010 2010 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 19 - For the first time since 1949, an anonymous black-clad man, known as the Poe Toaster, failed to show up at the tomb of Edgar Allan Poe at the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, early...	The Lifting Dress	Lauren Berry of Houston, Texas	Terrance Hayes Terrance Hayes Terrance Hayes is a prize-winning American poet. His recent poetry collection Lighthead won the National Book Award for Poetry...
2010 2010 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 19 - For the first time since 1949, an anonymous black-clad man, known as the Poe Toaster, failed to show up at the tomb of Edgar Allan Poe at the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, early...	Stutter	William Billiter of Clinton, New York	Hilda Raz
2010 2010 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 19 - For the first time since 1949, an anonymous black-clad man, known as the Poe Toaster, failed to show up at the tomb of Edgar Allan Poe at the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, early...	Exhibit of Forking Paths	James Grinwis of Florence, Massachusetts	Eleni Sikelianos Eleni Sikelianos -Life:She was raised in California. She graduated from the Naropa Institute with an M.F.A.She taught at Teachers & Writers Collaborative in New York City and teaches Literature and Bard College's Clemente Program. She co-ran the Wednesday Night Readings at the St. Mark's Poetry Project in St....
2010 2010 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 19 - For the first time since 1949, an anonymous black-clad man, known as the Poe Toaster, failed to show up at the tomb of Edgar Allan Poe at the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, early...	The Lamp with Wings: 60 Love Sonnets	M.A. Vizsolyi of New York, New York	Ilya Kaminsky Ilya Kaminsky Ilya Kaminsky is a Russian-American poet, critic, translator and professor. He began to write poetry seriously as a teenager in Odessa, publishing a chapbook in Russian entitled The Blessed City. His first published poetry collection in English was a chapbook, Musica Humana...
2010 2010 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 19 - For the first time since 1949, an anonymous black-clad man, known as the Poe Toaster, failed to show up at the tomb of Edgar Allan Poe at the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, early...	A Map Predetermined and Chance	Laura Wetherington of Roanoke, Virginia	C.S. Giscombe
2009 2009 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 5 – The Turkish government announces it will posthumously restore the citizenship it had stripped from influential poet Nazim Hikmet, a Marxist who died in 1963 as an exile in the Soviet...	Sarah-Of Fragments and Lines	Julie Carr Julie Carr Julie Carr is an American poet who has recently been awarded a 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.She graduated from Barnard College with a BA in 1988, from New York University with an MFA in 1997, and from University of California, Berkeley with a Ph.D...  of Denver, Colorado	Eileen Myles Eileen Myles Eileen Myles is an American poet who has also worked in fiction, non-fiction, and theater.She won a 2010 Shelley Memorial Award.-Early life and career:...
2009 2009 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 5 – The Turkish government announces it will posthumously restore the citizenship it had stripped from influential poet Nazim Hikmet, a Marxist who died in 1963 as an exile in the Soviet...	Here Be Monsters	Colin Cheney Colin Cheney Colin Cheney is an American poet.He graduated from Brown University, with a BA in Environmental Studies in 2001...  of Brooklyn, New York	David Wojahn David Wojahn David Wojahn is a contemporary American poet who teaches poetry in the Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University, and in the low residency MFA in Writing program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts...
2009 2009 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 5 – The Turkish government announces it will posthumously restore the citizenship it had stripped from influential poet Nazim Hikmet, a Marxist who died in 1963 as an exile in the Soviet...	Burn Lake	Carrie Fountain Carrie Fountain Carrie Fountain is an American poet.She is from Las Cruces, New Mexico.She was a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers, and received Swink Magazines Award for Emerging Writers and the Marlboro Poetry Prize.She wrote for the Texas Observer,...  of Austin, Texas	Natasha Trethewey Natasha Trethewey Natasha Trethewey is an American poet who won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her 2006 collection, Native Guard.Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Mississippi. She earned the A.B. in English from the University of Georgia, an M.A. in poetry from Hollins University, and an M.F.A. in poetry from...
2009 2009 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 5 – The Turkish government announces it will posthumously restore the citizenship it had stripped from influential poet Nazim Hikmet, a Marxist who died in 1963 as an exile in the Soviet...	Ideal Cities	Erika Meitner Erika Meitner Erika Meitner is an American poet.She graduated from Dartmouth College with an A.B. in 1996, and from the University of Virginia with an MFA, and where she is studying for a doctorate in religious studies. She taught at University of Virginia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of...  of Blacksburg, Virginia	Paul Guest Paul Guest Paul Guest is an American poet and memoirist.When he was twelve, Paul broke the third and fourth vertebrae in his neck in a bicycle accident, bruising his spinal cord and paralyzing him from the neck down. He is a quadriplegic. He graduated from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and from...
2009 2009 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 5 – The Turkish government announces it will posthumously restore the citizenship it had stripped from influential poet Nazim Hikmet, a Marxist who died in 1963 as an exile in the Soviet...	The Network	Jena Osman Jena Osman Jena Osman is an American poet and editor, who graduated from Brown University, and the State University of New York at Buffalo, with a Ph.D. She teaches at Temple University. Osman's work has appeared in American Letters & Commentary, Conjunctions, Hambone, Verse, and XCP: Cross-Cultural...  of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Prageeta Sharma
2008 2008 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* June — the release in the United Kingdom of a new film, The Edge of Love, Dylan Thomas' relationship with two women, starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys *...	If Birds Gather Your Hair for Nesting	Anna Journey Anna Journey Anna Journey is an American poet who was recently awarded a 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.-Life:She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University, with an MFA in creative writing....  of Houston, Texas	Thomas Lux Thomas Lux -Biography:Thomas Lux was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, son of a milkman and a Sears & Roebuck switchboard operator, neither of whom graduated from high school. Lux was raised in Massachusetts on a dairy farm. He was, according to those who knew him in high school, very good at baseball,...
2008 2008 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* June — the release in the United Kingdom of a new film, The Edge of Love, Dylan Thomas' relationship with two women, starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys *...	The Black Automaton	Douglas Kearney Douglas Kearney -Life:He graduated from California Institute of the Arts, with an MFA.His work has appeared in Callaloo, nocturnes, jubilat, Gulf Coast.He teaches at California Institute of the Arts.-Awards:...  of Van Nuys, California	Catherine Wagner Catherine Wagner -Life:Wagner lived in Asia and the Middle East until 1977, when her family moved to Baltimore, Maryland.She graduated from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of Iowa , and University of Utah ....
2008 2008 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* June — the release in the United Kingdom of a new film, The Edge of Love, Dylan Thomas' relationship with two women, starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys *...	Mixology	Adrian Matejka Adrian Matejka Adrian Matejka is an African-American poet. His most recent book is Mixology . He graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with an MFA. He is a Cave Canem Workshop fellow...  of Edwardsville, Illinois	Kevin Young Kevin Young (poet) Kevin Young is an American poet and teacher of poetry. Young graduated from Harvard College in 1992, was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University , and received his MFA from Brown University. While in Boston and Providence, he was part of the African-American poetry group, The Dark Room Collective...
2008 2008 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* June — the release in the United Kingdom of a new film, The Edge of Love, Dylan Thomas' relationship with two women, starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys *...	Bird Eating Bird	Kristin Naca Kristin Naca -Life:She grew up in northern Virginia.She graduated from University of Cincinnati, University of Pittsburgh with an M.F.A., and from University of Nebraska in 2008, with a Ph.D....  of Minneapolis, Minnesota	Yusef Komunyakaa Yusef Komunyakaa Yusef Komunyakaa is an American poet who currently teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Komunyakaa is a recipient of the 1994 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, for Neon Vernacular and the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He also received the Ruth Lilly...
2008 2008 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* June — the release in the United Kingdom of a new film, The Edge of Love, Dylan Thomas' relationship with two women, starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys *...	catch light	Sarah O'Brien Sarah O'Brien -Awards:* 2008 Cleveland State University Poetry Center first book finalist* 2008 National Poetry Series, selected by David Shapiro-Anthologies:* -External links:...  of Brookfield, Ohio	David Shapiro David Shapiro (poet) David Shapiro is an American poet, literary critic, and art historian. He has written some twenty volumes of poetry, literary, and art criticism...
2007 2007 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* March 5: a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. This locale is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a winding...	Installations	Joe Bonomo Joe Bonomo Joe Bonomo is an American essayist, poet, and rock and roll writer.-Life:He grew up in suburban Washington, D. C. He graduated from Ohio University.He teaches at Northern Illinois University, since 1995....	Naomi Shihab Nye Naomi Shihab Nye Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet, songwriter, and novelist. She was born to a Palestinian father and American mother. Although she regards herself as a "wandering poet", she refers to San Antonio as her home.-Career:...
2007 2007 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* March 5: a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. This locale is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a winding...	Spring	Oni Buchanan Oni Buchanan Oni Buchanan is an American poet, and pianist. Her most recent poetry collection is Spring , a 2007 National Poetry Series winner. Her discography includes three solo piano CDs on the independent Velvet Ear Records label. Her concert programming is often interdisciplinary in nature. She has...	Mark Doty Mark Doty Mark Doty is an American poet and memoirist.-Biography:He was born in Maryville, Tennessee, earned his Bachelor of Arts from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and received his Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Goddard College in Vermont.In 1989, his partner Wally Roberts tested...
2007 2007 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* March 5: a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. This locale is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a winding...	House Held Together by Winds	Sabra Loomis Sabra Loomis Sabra Loomis is an Irish-American poet. Her most recent poetry collection is House Held Together by Winds , winner of the 2007 National Poetry Series. Her honors include Yaddo and MacDowell Colony fellowships...	James Tate James Tate James Tate may refer to:* James Tate , Headmaster of Richmond School 1796–1833)* James "Honest Dick" Tate , State Treasurer of Kentucky...
2007 2007 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* March 5: a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. This locale is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a winding...	The Cosmopolitan	Donna Stonecipher Donna Stonecipher -Life:She grew up in Seattle and Teheran, and lived in Prague from 1994 to 1998. She graduated from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop,with an MFA in 2001....	John Yau John Yau John Yau is an American poet and critic who lives in New York City. He received his B.A. from Bard College in 1972 and his M.F.A. from Brooklyn College in 1978...
2007 2007 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* March 5: a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. This locale is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a winding...	Collapsible Poetics Theater	Rodrigo Toscano Rodrigo Toscano -Life:He lived in San Francisco from 1995- 1999. He works in Manhattan at the Labor Institute, and lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.-Poetry:* * Partisans * Arbiter -External links:***...	Marjorie Welish Marjorie Welish Marjorie Welish is an American poet, artist, and art critic.Welish is a graduate of Columbia University and received her M.F.A. degree from Vermont College and Norwich University...
2006 2006 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon...	The Scented Fox	Laynie Browne Laynie Browne -Life:She taught at University of Washington, Mills College, and teaches at the University of Arizona.She was a member of the Subtext collective, Seattle, and The Ear Inn in New York City.Her work appeared in Conjunctions, Fence, Monkey Puzzle....  of Oakland, California	Alice Notley Alice Notley Alice Notley is an American poet. She was born in Bisbee, Arizona and grew up in Needles, California. She received a B.A. from Barnard College in 1967 and an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa in 1969. She married poet Ted Berrigan in 1972, with whom she was active in...
2006 2006 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon...	Novel Pictorial Noise	Noah Eli Gordon Noah Eli Gordon Noah Eli Gordon is an American poet. Gordon was educated at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He currently teaches at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Gordon currently writes the chapbook review column for the book review publication Rain Taxi...  of Denver, Colorado	John Ashbery John Ashbery John Lawrence Ashbery is an American poet. He has published more than twenty volumes of poetry and won nearly every major American award for poetry, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his collection Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. But Ashbery's work still proves controversial...
2006 2006 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon...	Veil and Burn	Laurie Clements Lambeth Laurie Clements Lambeth -Life:She was raised in Laguna Beach and Palos Verdes, California.She graduated from the University of Houston with a MFA and PhD.Her work has appeared in The Paris Review, Indiana Review, Mid-American Review, Seneca Review...  of Houston, Texas	Maxine Kumin Maxine Kumin Maxine Kumin is an American poet and author. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1981-1982.-Early years:...
2006 2006 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon...	Vertigo	Martha Ronk Martha Ronk -Life:She graduated from Wellesley College, and Yale University with a Ph.D. She taught at Colorado University and Otis College of Art and Design, and Naropa University Summer Writing Program...  of Los Angeles, California	C.D. Wright
2006 2006 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon...	Nervous Systems	William Stobb William Stobb -Life:He was born in Little Falls, Minnesota, graduated from the University of North Dakota and the University of Nevada. He teaches at Viterbo University....  of La Crosse, Wisconsin	August Kleinzahler August Kleinzahler -Life and career:Until he was 11, he went to school in Fort Lee, New Jersey, where he grew up. He then commuted to the Horace Mann School in the Bronx, graduating in 1967. He wrote poetry from this time, inspired by Keats and Kenneth Rexroth translations, among other works...
2005 2005 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* October 7 — Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl were staged in San Francisco, New York City, and in Leeds in the UK...	The Resurrection Machine	Steve Gehrke Steve Gehrke -Life:He was raised in Mankato, Minnesota. He graduated from Minnesota State University, and University of Texas-Austin, with an MFA. He graduated from the University of Missouri with a Ph.D., where he studied with Lynne McMahon, and Sherod Santos. He was poetry editor of the Missouri Review.He...	T.R. Hummer T.R. Hummer Terry Randolph Hummer is an American poet, critic, essayist, editor, and professor. His most recent poetry collection is Infinity Sessions...
2005 2005 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* October 7 — Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl were staged in San Francisco, New York City, and in Leeds in the UK...	The Anatomy Theater	Nadine Meyer Nadine Meyer -Life:She graduated from Johns Hopkins University, George Mason University, and the University of Missouri.She taught at George Mason University, the University of Missouri, Seton Hall University, and Gettysburg College....	John Koethe John Koethe John Koethe is an American poet and essayist. Originally from San Diego, California, he was educated at Princeton University and Harvard University, and is currently a professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee....
2005 2005 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* October 7 — Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl were staged in San Francisco, New York City, and in Leeds in the UK...	Teahouse of the Almighty	Patricia Smith	Edward Sanders Ed Sanders Ed Sanders is an American poet, singer, social activist, environmentalist, author and publisher and has been a longtime member of the band The Fugs. He has been called a bridge between the Beat and Hippie generations.-Biography:...
2005 2005 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* October 7 — Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl were staged in San Francisco, New York City, and in Leeds in the UK...	Three, Breathing	S.A. Stepanek S.A. Stepanek S.A. Stepanek is an American poet. She graduated from the Iowa Writer's Workshop with an M.F.A. and from the University of Houston with a Ph.D. She teaches at Wheaton College.She was on a panel at the 2007 Association of Writers & Writing Programs...	Mary Ruefle Mary Ruefle Mary Ruefle is an American poet, essayist, and professor. She has published eleven collections of poetry, most recently, Selected Poems...
2005 2005 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* October 7 — Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl were staged in San Francisco, New York City, and in Leeds in the UK...	An Almost Pure Empty Walking	Tryfon Tolides Tryfon Tolides Tryfon Tolides is an Greek-American poet, author of An Almost Pure Empty Walking . His poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including America, Atlanta Review, Mwondo Greco, Poetry Daily, Washington Square Review, and Worcester Review...	Mary Karr Mary Karr Mary Karr is an American poet, essayist and memoirist. She rose to fame in 1995 with the publication of her bestselling memoir The Liars' Club...
2004 2004 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* April 1 — Foetry.com Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests. Tracking the sycophants...	The Welcome	David Friedman David Friedman (poet) -Life:He was raised in Washington, D.C., and studied at Cornell University, and Columbia University.He lives in New York City.-Reviews:Fact is, though, writers like Friedman show that some people are actually willing to plant something in the ground that has been broken by prose poets like Maxine...	Stephen Dunn Stephen Dunn Stephen Dunn is an American poet. Dunn has written fifteen collections of poetry. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 2001 collection, Different Hours and has received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Dunn completed his B.A. in English at...
2004 2004 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* April 1 — Foetry.com Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests. Tracking the sycophants...	leadbelly	Tyehimba Jess Tyehimba Jess Tyehimba Jess is an American poet.-Life:He graduated from the University of Chicago, and New York University, with an MFA. He teaches poetry and fiction at CUNY College of Staten Island and is the faculty adviser for Caesura, the university's literary arts magazine.His work appeared in Soul...	Brigit Pegeen Kelly Brigit Pegeen Kelly Brigit Pegeen Kelly is an award-winning American poet.-Life:She is married to , a poet and fiction writer.She taught at the University of California at Irvine, Purdue University, and Warren Wilson College....
2004 2004 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* April 1 — Foetry.com Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests. Tracking the sycophants...	PYX	Corinne Lee Corinne Lee Corinne Lee is an author of poems, short stories, and essays.-Biography:She graduated from Palos Verdes High School in 1980, and the University of Southern California, in 1983, and the Iowa Writers Workshop....	Pattiann Rogers Pattiann Rogers Pattiann Rogers is an American poet who has published 11 books and received numerous awards, grants and fellowships.She was born in Joplin, Missouri, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri in 1961...
2004 2004 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* April 1 — Foetry.com Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests. Tracking the sycophants...	Starred Wire	Ange Mlinko Ange Mlinko -Life:She graduated from Conestoga High School, St. John's College and Brown University.She edited the poetry ’zine Compound Eye. Her work has appeared in Boston Review, Colorado Review and Poetry Magazine...	Bob Holman Bob Holman Bob Holman is a poet and poetry activist in the United States.- Career :After graduating from Columbia University in 1970, Bob Holman founded, with Sara Miles and Susie Timmons, the NYC Poetry Calendar, a free monthly publication with all the readings and poets "on the same page"...
2004 2004 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* April 1 — Foetry.com Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests. Tracking the sycophants...	Corruption	Camille Norton Camille Norton -Life:She studied with Martha Collins, Linda Dittmar, and Lois Rudnick at University of Massachusetts, and University of Massachusetts, Amherst; graduated from University of Massachusetts Boston, and Harvard University with a M.A...	Campbell McGrath Campbell McGrath Campbell McGrath is a notable modern American poet. He is the author of nine full-length collections of poetry, including his most recent, Seven Notebooks , Shannon: A Poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition , and In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys .- Life :McGrath was born in Chicago, Illinois, and...
2003 2003 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry was opened at Queens University, Belfast, this year. It houses the Heaney Media Archive, a unique record of Heaney's entire oeuvre, as well as a full catalogue of...	Shiva's Drum	Stephen Cramer Stephen Cramer Stephen Cramer is an American poet.-Life:He teaches at the University of Vermont.His work appeared in Atlanta Review, Cimarron Review, Green Mountains Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Mid-American Review, New York Quarterly, and Southwest Review.He is with the American poets opposed to the death...	Grace Schulman Grace Schulman -Life:She studied at Bard College, and graduated from American University in 1955, and from New York University with a Ph.D.She is Distinguished Professor of English at Baruch College, CUNY...
2003 2003 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry was opened at Queens University, Belfast, this year. It houses the Heaney Media Archive, a unique record of Heaney's entire oeuvre, as well as a full catalogue of...	Citizen	Andrew Feld Andrew Feld -Life:He graduated from the University of Houston, with an MFA.He teaches at University of Washington, and is the editor of The Seattle Review....	Ellen Bryant Voigt Ellen Bryant Voigt Ellen Bryant Voigt is an American poet. She has published six collections of poetry and a collection of craft essays. Her poetry collection Shadow of Heaven was a finalist for the National Book Award and Kyrie was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her poetry has been...
2003 2003 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry was opened at Queens University, Belfast, this year. It houses the Heaney Media Archive, a unique record of Heaney's entire oeuvre, as well as a full catalogue of...	Murder (a violet)	Raymond McDaniel Raymond McDaniel For the chairman and chief executive officer of Moody's Corporation see Raymond W. McDaniel Jr.Raymond McDaniel is an American poet, author of two poetry collections, most recently Saltwater Empire . His first collection, Murder , was a National Poetry Series winner...	Anselm Hollo Anselm Hollo Anselm Paul Alexis Hollo is a Finnish poet and translator. He has lived in the United States since 1967.-Life and work:...
2003 2003 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry was opened at Queens University, Belfast, this year. It houses the Heaney Media Archive, a unique record of Heaney's entire oeuvre, as well as a full catalogue of...	The White Train	John Spaulding John Spaulding -Life:He graduated from the University of Arizona, Tucson, with an M.A. in English literature and a Ph.D. in psychology. He also has an M.F.A. in creative writing from Boston University....	Henry Taylor Henry S. Taylor Henry S. Taylor is a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet and author of over 15 books of poetry.Taylor was born on 21 June 1942 in rural Loudoun County, Virginia, where he was raised as a Quaker. He went to high school at George School in Newtown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of...
2003 2003 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry was opened at Queens University, Belfast, this year. It houses the Heaney Media Archive, a unique record of Heaney's entire oeuvre, as well as a full catalogue of...	Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross	Mark Yakich Mark Yakich Mark Yakich is an American poet, and professor in the Department of English at Loyola University New Orleans.-Awards:His collection of poems Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross was one of five winners of the National Poetry Series in 2003...	James Galvin James Galvin (poet) James Galvin is an American poet. He has published six collections of poetry, most recently As Is , "X: Poems," and Resurrection Update, Collected Poems, 1975-1997 which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award, the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, and the Poet’s Prize...
2002 2002 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* After Ghazi al-Gosaibi, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Britain, publishes a poem praising a suicide bomber who had killed himself and two Israelis after blowing himself up in a supermarket; the...	Rhythm & Booze: Poems	Julie Kane Julie Kane Julie Kane is a contemporary American poet, scholar, and editor and the Louisiana Poet Laureate for the 2011-2013 term. Although born in Massachusetts, Kane has lived in Louisiana for over three decades and writes about the region with the doubled consciousness of a non-native...	Maxine Kumin Maxine Kumin Maxine Kumin is an American poet and author. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1981-1982.-Early years:...
2002 2002 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* After Ghazi al-Gosaibi, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Britain, publishes a poem praising a suicide bomber who had killed himself and two Israelis after blowing himself up in a supermarket; the...	Sanskrit of the Body	W. B. Keckler W. B. Keckler W. B. Keckler, , is an American poet and translator.-Poetry:Keckler's poetry characteristically views nature as autonomous from the humanly-constructed world and attempts to chart the rhythms of this autonomy...
2002 2002 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* After Ghazi al-Gosaibi, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Britain, publishes a poem praising a suicide bomber who had killed himself and two Israelis after blowing himself up in a supermarket; the...	The Monster Lives of Boys and Girls	Eleni Sikelianos Eleni Sikelianos -Life:She was raised in California. She graduated from the Naropa Institute with an M.F.A.She taught at Teachers & Writers Collaborative in New York City and teaches Literature and Bard College's Clemente Program. She co-ran the Wednesday Night Readings at the St. Mark's Poetry Project in St....
2002 2002 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* After Ghazi al-Gosaibi, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Britain, publishes a poem praising a suicide bomber who had killed himself and two Israelis after blowing himself up in a supermarket; the...	The Standing Wave: Poems	Gabriel Spera Gabriel Spera -Life:He graduated from Cornell University, and from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, with an M.F.A.He lives in Los Angeles.His work appeared in Cimarron Review, Prairie Schooner, The Missouri Review,-Awards:...
2002 2002 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* After Ghazi al-Gosaibi, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Britain, publishes a poem praising a suicide bomber who had killed himself and two Israelis after blowing himself up in a supermarket; the...	Tenderness Shore	Meredith Stricker Meredith Stricker -Life:She graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.Her poems have appeared in Conjunctions, chain, Five Fingers Review, Iowa Review, and Epoch....	Fred Chappell Fred Chappell Fred Davis Chappell is an author and poet. He retired after 40 years as an English professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997-2002...
2001 2001 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Immediately after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, W. H...	Year of Morphines: Poems	Betsy Brown Betsy Brown -Life:She is from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. She graduated from the University of Arizona in 1984.She graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Her work has been published in American Poetry Review, Seneca Review.-Reviews:...
2001 2001 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Immediately after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, W. H...	Theory of Devolution: Poems	David Groff David Groff -Biography:Groff graduated from the University of Iowa, with an MFA, and MA. He has taught at University of Iowa, Rutgers University, and NYU, and at William Paterson University....	Mark Doty Mark Doty Mark Doty is an American poet and memoirist.-Biography:He was born in Maryville, Tennessee, earned his Bachelor of Arts from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and received his Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Goddard College in Vermont.In 1989, his partner Wally Roberts tested...
2001 2001 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Immediately after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, W. H...	Hip Logic	Terrance Hayes Terrance Hayes Terrance Hayes is a prize-winning American poet. His recent poetry collection Lighthead won the National Book Award for Poetry...
2001 2001 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Immediately after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, W. H...	Edgewater: Poems	Ruth L. Schwartz Ruth L. Schwartz Ruth L. Schwartz is an American poet. Her most recent poetry collection is Dear Good Naked Morning . She graduated from Wesleyan University, with a B.A., from the University of Michigan, with an M.F.A., from the University of Integrative Learning with a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology...
2001 2001 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Immediately after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, W. H...	Pure Descent	Elizabeth Robinson Elizabeth Robinson Elizabeth Robinson is an American poet and professor, author of eleven collections of poetry, most recently The Orphan and Its Relations . Her work has appeared in the Colorado Review, the Denver Quarterly, Poetry Salzburg Review, and New American Quarterly...
2000 2000 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Griffin Poetry Prize is established, with one award given each year for the best work by a Canadian poet and one award given for best work in the English language internationally.* February —...	Anthem	Jean Donnelly Jean Donnelly -Life:Jean Donnelly studied poetry at the creative writing program at George Mason University, where she co-founded the journal So To Speak: A Feminist Journal of Language & Art....
2000 2000 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Griffin Poetry Prize is established, with one award given each year for the best work by a Canadian poet and one award given for best work in the English language internationally.* February —...	That Kind of Sleep	Susan Atefat Peckham Susan Atefat Peckham Susan Atefat-Peckham was an Iranian-American poet.-Life:She was a first generation American to Iranian parents, she grew up in France and Switzerland....	Victor Hernández Cruz Victor Hernández Cruz Victor Hernández Cruz is a Puerto Rican poet.-Life:He moved to New York in 1954. He began writing at fifteen, and published his first collections of poetry in the late 1960s....
2000 2000 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Griffin Poetry Prize is established, with one award given each year for the best work by a Canadian poet and one award given for best work in the English language internationally.* February —...	Tremolo: Poems	Spencer Short Spencer Short -Life:He graduated from James Madison University, the University of Michigan and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.He studied law at the University of Chicago.-Awards:* 2000 National Poetry Series Open Competition with Tremolo ....
2000 2000 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Griffin Poetry Prize is established, with one award given each year for the best work by a Canadian poet and one award given for best work in the English language internationally.* February —...	Manderley: Poems	Rebecca Wolff Rebecca Wolff Rebecca Wolff is a poet, fiction writer, and the editor and creator of both Fence Magazine and Fence Books.-Life:Wolff received her MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop, where she was an assistant editor of the Iowa Review....	Robert Pinsky Robert Pinsky Robert Pinsky is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Pinsky is the author of nineteen books, most of which are collections of his own poetry...
2000 2000 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Griffin Poetry Prize is established, with one award given each year for the best work by a Canadian poet and one award given for best work in the English language internationally.* February —...	Asunder	Susan Wood Susan Wood (poet) Susan Wood is an American poet and the Gladys Louise Fox Professor of English at Rice University.-Life:She received her B.A. from East Texas State University, and her M.A...
1999 1999 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* July 1 — Scotland's Parliament opened with the singing of Robert Burns' "A Man's a Man For A'That", instead of "God Save The Queen"...	Madame Deluxe	Tenaya Darlington Tenaya Darlington -Life:She graduated from Beloit College, and Indiana University, with an M.F.A., in 1997.She worked as an x-ray librarian, a knife seller, a food critic, and writer for Isthmus Newspaper, the alternative weekly in Madison, Wisconsin, where she writes a biweekly culture column about the bizarre,...	Lawson Fusao Inada Lawson Fusao Inada Lawson Fusao Inada is an American poet and was the fifth poet laureate of the U.S. state of Oregon.-Early life:Inada is a third-generation Japanese American...
1999 1999 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* July 1 — Scotland's Parliament opened with the singing of Robert Burns' "A Man's a Man For A'That", instead of "God Save The Queen"...	Nova	Standard Schaefer Standard Schaefer -Life:Standard grew up in Houston, Texas. He graduated from the Kinkaid School of Houston in 1990, and after high school he attended Occidental College graduating with a Bachelors of Arts in 1994, and continued his studies at the University of California obtaining a Master’s in Professional...
1999 1999 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* July 1 — Scotland's Parliament opened with the singing of Robert Burns' "A Man's a Man For A'That", instead of "God Save The Queen"...	Climbing Back	Dionisio D. Martinez Dionisio D. Martinez Dionisio D. Martinez , is a Cuban-born poet who grew up speaking Spanish, raised first in Spain, then in the United States.His work appeared in American Poetry Review, Denver Quarterly, Georgia Review, Iowa Review, Kenyon Review, New Republic, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Virginia Quarterly Review.He...
1999 1999 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* July 1 — Scotland's Parliament opened with the singing of Robert Burns' "A Man's a Man For A'That", instead of "God Save The Queen"...	Drivers at the Short-Time Motel	Eugene Gloria Eugene Gloria -Life:Eugene Gloria was born in Manila, Philippines, in 1957 and was raised in San Francisco. He was educated at San Francisco State University, Miami University, and the University of Oregon...
1999 1999 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* July 1 — Scotland's Parliament opened with the singing of Robert Burns' "A Man's a Man For A'That", instead of "God Save The Queen"...	Renunciation : Poems	Corey Marks Corey Marks -Biography:Corey Marks holds a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Houston, an MFA from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, and a BA in English from Kalamazoo College...	Philip Levine Philip Levine (poet) Philip Levine is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit. He taught for over thirty years at the English Department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions at other universities as well...
1998 1998 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Samizdat poetry magazine founded in Chicago .* Skanky Possum poetry magazine founded in Austin, Texas....	Butterfly Effect	Harry Humes Harry Humes Harry Humes is an American Poet, Short Story Writer, Professor, and Editor.-Life:He joined the army in 1958. He graduated from Bloomsburg State College in 1964, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, with a Master of Fine Arts in 1967...
1998 1998 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Samizdat poetry magazine founded in Chicago .* Skanky Possum poetry magazine founded in Austin, Texas....	Atmosphere Conditions	Ed Roberson Ed Roberson -Life:He was born and raised in Pittsburgh.Roberson lives in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he worked at Rutgers University, until 2002. In 2007, he was Visiting Writer in Residence at Northwestern University.His work appears in Callaloo-Awards:...	Nathaniel Mackey Nathaniel Mackey Nathaniel Mackey is an American poet, novelist, anthologist, literary critic, editor and Professor of Literature at UC Santa Cruz. Mackey is a Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets. Mackey is currently teaching a poetry workshop at Duke University....
1998 1998 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Samizdat poetry magazine founded in Chicago .* Skanky Possum poetry magazine founded in Austin, Texas....	Looking for the Parade: Poems	Joan Murray Joan Murray Joan Murray is an American poet.-Life:She graduated from Hunter College and later earned an M.A. from New York University...
1998 1998 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Samizdat poetry magazine founded in Chicago .* Skanky Possum poetry magazine founded in Austin, Texas....	Beyond Heart Mountain: Poems	Lee Ann Roripaugh Lee Ann Roripaugh -Life:She was raised in Laramie, Wyoming, the daughter of poet Robert Roripaugh.She graduated from Indiana University with an M.M. in music history, a B.M. in piano performance, and an M.F.A...	Ishmael Reed Ishmael Reed Ishmael Scott Reed is an American poet, essayist, and novelist. A prominent African-American literary figure, Reed is known for his satirical works challenging American political culture, and highlighting political and cultural oppression.Reed has been described as one of the most controversial...
1998 1998 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Samizdat poetry magazine founded in Chicago .* Skanky Possum poetry magazine founded in Austin, Texas....	So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water Until It Breaks	Rigoberto Gonzalez Rigoberto González Rigoberto González is an American writer and book critic. He is an editor and author of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and bilingual children's books, and self-identifies in his writing as a gay Chicano...	Ai Ai (poet) Florence Anthony was a National Book Award winning American poet and educator who legally changed her name to Ai Ogawa...
1997 1997 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*January 20 — Miller Williams of Arkansas reads his poem, "Of History and Hope," at President Clinton's inauguration....	Except by Nature	Sandra Alcosser Sandra Alcosser Sandra Alcosser is an American poet. She was appointed the first state poet laureate of Montana from 2005-2007 and was superseded by Greg Pape.-Life:...
1997 1997 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*January 20 — Miller Williams of Arkansas reads his poem, "Of History and Hope," at President Clinton's inauguration....	Tales of Muraski and Other Poems	Martine Bellen Martine Bellen -Life:She has taught at Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, New York University, Rutgers University, and Hofstra University.She was writer in residence at University of Central Oklahoma....
1997 1997 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*January 20 — Miller Williams of Arkansas reads his poem, "Of History and Hope," at President Clinton's inauguration....	The Origins of Evening: Poems	Robert Gibb Robert Gibb (poet) Robert Gibb is an American poet. Gibb won the 1997 National Poetry Series Open Competition for The Origins of Evening...	Eavan Boland Eavan Boland -Biography:Boland's father, Frederick Boland, was a career diplomat and her mother, Frances Kelly, was a noted post-expressionist painter. She was born in Dublin in 1944. At the age of six, Boland's father was appointed Irish Ambassador to the United Kingdom; the family followed him to London,...
1997 1997 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*January 20 — Miller Williams of Arkansas reads his poem, "Of History and Hope," at President Clinton's inauguration....	Silent Treatment: Poems	Lisa Lewis Lisa Lewis Lisa Lewis is an American poet, who was recently awarded a 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.-Life:She graduated from University of Houston, with a PhD.She teaches at Oklahoma State University.-Awards:...
1997 1997 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*January 20 — Miller Williams of Arkansas reads his poem, "Of History and Hope," at President Clinton's inauguration....	Lost Wax: Poems	Heather Ramsdell Heather Ramsdell Heather Ramsdell is an American poet and playwright.Her work appears in Conjunctions and Verse. She lives in Williamsburg, New York.-Poetry:**-External links:*...	James Tate James Tate James Tate may refer to:* James Tate , Headmaster of Richmond School 1796–1833)* James "Honest Dick" Tate , State Treasurer of Kentucky...
1996 1996 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996 as way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States.* The movie Dead Man, written and...	Red Signature	Mary Leader Mary Leader Mary Leader Mary Leader Mary Leader (born 1948 Pawnee, Oklahoma is a poet, and former Assistant Attorney General of Oklahoma.-Life:She graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1975, with a J.D. in 1980, from Warren Wilson College with a M.F.A. in 1991, and from Brandeis University with a Ph.D....
1996 1996 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996 as way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States.* The movie Dead Man, written and...	The Little Door Slides Back: Poems	Jeff Clark Jeff Clark (poet) Jeff Clark is an American poet and book designer.-Biography:Clark grew up in southern California. He studied at UC Davis and completed a Master of Fine Arts in poetry at the Iowa Writer's Workshop. At Davis, Clark drummed for the band Buick, whose album Sweatertongue was released by Lather...
1996 1996 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996 as way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States.* The movie Dead Man, written and...	Placebo Effects: Poems	Jeanne Marie Beaumont Jeanne Marie Beaumont Jeanne Marie Beaumont is an American poet, author of three poetry collections, most recently, Burning of the Three Fires and Curious Conduct...	William Matthews William Matthews (poet) William Matthews was an American poet and essayist.-Life:Raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Matthews earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University, and a master's from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.In addition to serving as a Writer-in-Residence at Boston's Emerson College, Matthews...
1996 1996 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996 as way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States.* The movie Dead Man, written and...	The New Intimacy	Barbara Cully Barbara Cully -Life:She has taught at the Prague Summer Writers' Program, and teaches at the University of Arizona. She is a contributing editor of Cue.-Awards:* 1996 National Poetry Series Open Competition, for The New Intimacy...
1996 1996 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996 as way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States.* The movie Dead Man, written and...	Nine Skies: Poems	A V. Christie A V. Christie -Life:She has been Visiting Poet at Villanova University and Bryn Mawr College.Her work appears in AGNI, American Poetry Review, Excerpt, The Journal, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner,.She lives in Malvern, Pennsylvania.-Awards:...	Sandra McPherson Sandra McPherson Sandra McPherson is an American poet.Born in San Jose, California, McPherson received her B.A. at San Jose State University, and studied at the University of Washington, with Elizabeth Bishop and David Wagoner....
1995 1995 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* February 16 — Announcement that 300 poems by S.T...	Leaving a Shadow	Heather Allen
1995 1995 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* February 16 — Announcement that 300 poems by S.T...	Response	Juliana Spahr Juliana Spahr Juliana Spahr is an American poet, critic, and editor. She is the recipient of the 2009 Hardison Poetry Prize awarded by the Folger Shakespeare Library to honor a U.S...
1995 1995 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* February 16 — Announcement that 300 poems by S.T...	Crash's Law: Poems	Karen Volkman Karen Volkman -Life:She was educated at New College of Florida, Syracuse University, and the University of Houston.Her poems have appeared in anthologies including The Best American Poetry, and The Pushcart Prize XXVII....
1995 1995 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* February 16 — Announcement that 300 poems by S.T...	Strange Relation	Daniel Hall Daniel Hall (poet) -Life:Hall's first book, Hermit with Landscape, was selected by James Merrill as winner of the 1989 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition.Hall's second book, Strange Relation, was selected by Mark Doty as winner of the 1995 National Poetry Series...
1995 1995 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* February 16 — Announcement that 300 poems by S.T...	The Broken World: Poems	Marcus Cafagna	Yusef Komunyakaa Yusef Komunyakaa Yusef Komunyakaa is an American poet who currently teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Komunyakaa is a recipient of the 1994 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, for Neon Vernacular and the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He also received the Ruth Lilly...
1995 1994 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Allen Ginsberg sells his papers to Stanford University for $1 million.* C. P...	Infanta	Erin Belieu	Hayden Carruth Hayden Carruth Hayden Carruth was an American poet and literary critic. He taught at Syracuse University.-Life:Hayden Carruth grew up in Woodbury, Connecticut, and was educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at the University of Chicago. He lived in Johnson, Vermont for many years...
1994 1994 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Allen Ginsberg sells his papers to Stanford University for $1 million.* C. P...	To Give It Up	Pam Rehm	Barbara Guest Barbara Guest Barbara Guest née Barbara Ann Pinson was an American poet and prose stylist. Guest first gained recognition as a member of the first generation New York School of poetry....
1994 1994 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Allen Ginsberg sells his papers to Stanford University for $1 million.* C. P...	Hummock in the Malookas: Poems	Matthew Rohrer
1994 1994 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Allen Ginsberg sells his papers to Stanford University for $1 million.* C. P...	The Human Abstract	Elizabeth Willis
1994 1994 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Allen Ginsberg sells his papers to Stanford University for $1 million.* C. P...	Theater of Animals: Poems	Samn Stockwell	Louise Glück Louise Glück Louise Elisabeth Glück is an American poet of Hungarian Jewish heritage. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2003, after serving as a Special Bicentennial Consultant three years prior in 2000....
1993 1993 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 20 — Maya Angelou reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton* T. S...	The Other Man Was Me: A Voyage to the New World	Rafael Campo Rafael Campo (poet) Rafael Campo is an American poet, doctor, and author.-Life:He graduated from Amherst College and Harvard Medical School. He practices medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts...
1993 1993 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 20 — Maya Angelou reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton* T. S...	Most Way Home: Poems	Kevin Young
1993 1993 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 20 — Maya Angelou reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton* T. S...	The Landlady in Bangkok	Karen Swenson	Maxine Kumin
1993 1993 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 20 — Maya Angelou reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton* T. S...	The Other Stars	Rachel Wetzsteon
1993 1993 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 20 — Maya Angelou reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton* T. S...	The High Road to Taos: Poems	Martin Edmunds	Donald Hall Donald Hall Donald Hall is an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2006.-Personal life:...
1992 1992 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:The Forward Book of Poetry, an annual anthology of best British poems, is published for the first time by the Forward Poetry Trust. By 2003, the publication was selling 5,000 to 7,000 copies a year...	Lost Body	Terry Ehret	Carolyn Kizer Carolyn Kizer Carolyn Ashley Kizer is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet of the Pacific Northwest whose works reflect her feminism.-Life and work:...
1992 1992 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:The Forward Book of Poetry, an annual anthology of best British poems, is published for the first time by the Forward Poetry Trust. By 2003, the publication was selling 5,000 to 7,000 copies a year...	Shorter Poems	Gerald Burns	Robert Creeley Robert Creeley Robert Creeley was an American poet and author of more than sixty books. He is usually associated with the Black Mountain poets, though his verse aesthetic diverged from that school's. He was close with Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, John Wieners and Ed Dorn. He served as the Samuel P...
1992 1992 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:The Forward Book of Poetry, an annual anthology of best British poems, is published for the first time by the Forward Poetry Trust. By 2003, the publication was selling 5,000 to 7,000 copies a year...	Debt: Poems	Mark Levine	Jorie Graham Jorie Graham Jorie Graham is an American poet. The U.S. Poetry Foundation suggests "She is perhaps the most celebrated poet of the American post-war generation". She replaced poet Seamus Heaney as Boylston Professor at Harvard, becoming the first woman to be appointed to this position...
1992 1992 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:The Forward Book of Poetry, an annual anthology of best British poems, is published for the first time by the Forward Poetry Trust. By 2003, the publication was selling 5,000 to 7,000 copies a year...	What We Don't Know about Each Other	Lawrence Raab	Stephen Dunn Stephen Dunn Stephen Dunn is an American poet. Dunn has written fifteen collections of poetry. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 2001 collection, Different Hours and has received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Dunn completed his B.A. in English at...
1992 1992 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:The Forward Book of Poetry, an annual anthology of best British poems, is published for the first time by the Forward Poetry Trust. By 2003, the publication was selling 5,000 to 7,000 copies a year...	My Alexandria: Poems	Mark Doty	Philip Levine Philip Levine (poet) Philip Levine is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit. He taught for over thirty years at the English Department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions at other universities as well...
1991 1991 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Forward Poetry Prize created...	A Flower Whose Name I Do Not Know	David Romtvedt
1991 1991 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Forward Poetry Prize created...	To Put the Mouth to	Judith Hall
1991 1991 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Forward Poetry Prize created...	As If	James Richardson
1991 1991 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Forward Poetry Prize created...	Good Hope Road	Stuart Dischell
1991 1991 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Forward Poetry Prize created...	The Dig	Lynn Emanuel	Gerald Stern Gerald Stern Gerald Stern is an American poet. His work became widely recognized after the 1977 publication of Lucky Life, which was that year's Lamont Poetry Selection, and of a series of essays on writing poetry in American Poetry Review. He has subsequently been given many prestigious awards for his...
1990 1990 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Allen Ginsberg crowned "Majelis King" in Prague on May Day...	Words for My Daughter	John Balaban
1990 1990 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Allen Ginsberg crowned "Majelis King" in Prague on May Day...	Questions About Angels: Poems	Billy Collins
1990 1990 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Allen Ginsberg crowned "Majelis King" in Prague on May Day...	Rainbow Remnants in Rock Bottom Ghetto Sky: Poems	Thylias Moss
1990 1990 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Allen Ginsberg crowned "Majelis King" in Prague on May Day...	The Island Itself	Roger Fanning
1990 1990 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Allen Ginsberg crowned "Majelis King" in Prague on May Day...	The Surface: Poems	Laura Mullen	C. K. Williams C. K. Williams Charles Kenneth Williams is an American poet. Senior poet Paul Muldoon has described him as “one of the most distinguished poets of his generation.” -Biography:...
1989 1989 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Dead Poets Society, a film incorporating excerpts from many traditional poets, ending with the title and opening line of Walt Whitman's lament on the death of Abraham Lincoln, "O Captain! My...	Terra Firma	Thomas Centolella
1989 1989 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Dead Poets Society, a film incorporating excerpts from many traditional poets, ending with the title and opening line of Walt Whitman's lament on the death of Abraham Lincoln, "O Captain! My...	Artist and Model	Carol Snow	Robert Hass Robert Hass Robert L. Hass is an American poet. He served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. He was awarded the 2007 National Book Award and the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Time and Materials.-Life:...
1989 1989 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Dead Poets Society, a film incorporating excerpts from many traditional poets, ending with the title and opening line of Walt Whitman's lament on the death of Abraham Lincoln, "O Captain! My...	The Brother's Country: Poems	Tom Andrews
1989 1989 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Dead Poets Society, a film incorporating excerpts from many traditional poets, ending with the title and opening line of Walt Whitman's lament on the death of Abraham Lincoln, "O Captain! My...	Blessings in Disguise	David Clewell
1989 1989 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Dead Poets Society, a film incorporating excerpts from many traditional poets, ending with the title and opening line of Walt Whitman's lament on the death of Abraham Lincoln, "O Captain! My...	Stubborn: Poems	Roland Flint	Dave Smith Dave Smith -In sports:*Dave Smith , Scottish football goalkeeper*Dave Smith , Scottish football fullback for clubs including Burnley, managed several clubs in the 1970s/1980s...
1988 1988 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The first annual The Best American Poetry volume is published this year....	Green the Witch-Hazel Wood	Emily Hiestand
1988 1988 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The first annual The Best American Poetry volume is published this year....	After We Lost Our Way	David Mura
1988 1988 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The first annual The Best American Poetry volume is published this year....	Black Wings	Len Roberts
1988 1988 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The first annual The Best American Poetry volume is published this year....	No mercy	Lee Upton	James Tate James Tate James Tate may refer to:* James Tate , Headmaster of Richmond School 1796–1833)* James "Honest Dick" Tate , State Treasurer of Kentucky...
1988 1988 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The first annual The Best American Poetry volume is published this year....	Great Bird of Love: Poems	Paul Zimmer	William Stafford William Stafford William Edgar Stafford was an American poet and pacifist, and the father of poet and essayist Kim Stafford. He was appointed the twentieth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1970....
1987 1987 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Charles Bukowski, fictionalised as alter ego Henry Chinaski, becomes the subject of the film Barfly starring Mickey Rourke....	A Guide to Forgetting	Jeffrey Skinner
1987 1987 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Charles Bukowski, fictionalised as alter ego Henry Chinaski, becomes the subject of the film Barfly starring Mickey Rourke....	Singing Underneath	Jeffrey Harrison
1987 1987 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Charles Bukowski, fictionalised as alter ego Henry Chinaski, becomes the subject of the film Barfly starring Mickey Rourke....	The Good Thief: Poems	Marie Howe
1987 1987 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Charles Bukowski, fictionalised as alter ego Henry Chinaski, becomes the subject of the film Barfly starring Mickey Rourke....	New Math: Poems	Cole Swensen
1987 1987 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Charles Bukowski, fictionalised as alter ego Henry Chinaski, becomes the subject of the film Barfly starring Mickey Rourke....	The Hand of God and a Few Bright Flowers	William Olsen William Olsen William Olsen is an American poet.Italic text-Life:He was raised in Park Forest, Illinois.His poems and essays have appeared in "Chicago Review, "Crazyhorse", "Gettysburg Review", "The Kenyon Review", "The Nation", The New Republic, Paris Review, "Poetry", "Poetry Northwest", Southern Review, ...	David Wagoner David Wagoner David Russell Wagoner is an American poet who has written many poetry collections and ten novels. Two of his books have been nominated for National Book Awards....
1986 1986 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* New American Writing, an annual literary magazine concentrating on poetry, is founded in Chicago, Illinois....	Cardinals in the Ice Age	John Engels
1986 1986 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* New American Writing, an annual literary magazine concentrating on poetry, is founded in Chicago, Illinois....	Red Roads	Charlie Smith
1986 1986 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* New American Writing, an annual literary magazine concentrating on poetry, is founded in Chicago, Illinois....	Junk City	Barbara Anderson
1986 1986 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* New American Writing, an annual literary magazine concentrating on poetry, is founded in Chicago, Illinois....	Little Star: Poems	Mark Halliday Mark Halliday Mark Halliday is a noted American poet, professor and critic. He is author of five collections of poetry, most recently Keep This Forever...
1986 1986 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* New American Writing, an annual literary magazine concentrating on poetry, is founded in Chicago, Illinois....	Cities in Motion	Sylvia Moss	Derek Walcott Derek Walcott Derek Alton Walcott, OBE OCC is a Saint Lucian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992 and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2011 for White Egrets. His works include the Homeric epic Omeros...
1985 1985 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The term "New Formalism" was first used in the article "The Yuppie Poet" in the May 1985 issue of the AWP Newsletter in an attack on the poetry movement...	As Long As You're Happy: Poems	Jack Myers Jack Elliott Myers Jack Elliott Myers , was an American poet and educator. He was Texas Poet Laureate in 2003, and served on the faculty of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas for more than 30 years. He was director of creative writing at SMU from 2001 through 2009...
1985 1985 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The term "New Formalism" was first used in the article "The Yuppie Poet" in the May 1985 issue of the AWP Newsletter in an attack on the poetry movement...	Saints	Reginald Gibbons
1985 1985 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The term "New Formalism" was first used in the article "The Yuppie Poet" in the May 1985 issue of the AWP Newsletter in an attack on the poetry movement...	Local Time	Stephen Dunn Stephen Dunn Stephen Dunn is an American poet. Dunn has written fifteen collections of poetry. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 2001 collection, Different Hours and has received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Dunn completed his B.A. in English at...
1985 1985 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The term "New Formalism" was first used in the article "The Yuppie Poet" in the May 1985 issue of the AWP Newsletter in an attack on the poetry movement...	Palladium: Poems	Alice Fulton Alice Fulton Alice Fulton is an American author of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.- Biography :Fulton was born and raised in Troy, New York, the youngest of three daughters. Her father was the proprietor of the historic Phoenix Hotel, and her mother was a visiting nurse. She began writing poetry in high school...	Mark Strand Mark Strand Mark Strand is an American poet, essayist, and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990. Since 2005, he has been a professor of English at Columbia University.- Biography :...
1984 1984 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*December 19 - Philip Larkin turns down the British Poet Laureateship, and Ted Hughes becomes Poet Laureate....	Wild Onion	Robert L. Jones
1984 1984 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*December 19 - Philip Larkin turns down the British Poet Laureateship, and Ted Hughes becomes Poet Laureate....	The Raft	Kathy Fagan
1984 1984 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*December 19 - Philip Larkin turns down the British Poet Laureateship, and Ted Hughes becomes Poet Laureate....	Afterwards	Amy Bartlett Amy Bartlett Amy Wyllys Bartlett was an American poet and poetry editor.-Life:She grew up in Concord, Massachusetts. She graduated from Vassar College in 1972, and from New York University with a Master’s Degree in 1985....
1984 1984 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*December 19 - Philip Larkin turns down the British Poet Laureateship, and Ted Hughes becomes Poet Laureate....	Silver and Information	Bruce Smith Bruce Smith (poet) -Life:Smith was born and raised in Philadelphia. He has since taught at the University of Alabama, and now teaches at Syracuse University. He has been a co-editor of the Graham House Review and a contributing editor of Born Magazine.-Awards:...
1984 1984 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*December 19 - Philip Larkin turns down the British Poet Laureateship, and Ted Hughes becomes Poet Laureate....	Eroding Witness	Nathaniel Mackey	Michael S. Harper Michael S. Harper Michael Steven Harper is an American poet from Brooklyn, who was the Poet Laureate of Rhode Island from 1988 to 1993. He has published ten books of poetry, two of which, "Dear John, Dear Coltrane" and "Images of Kin" , have been nominated for the National Book Award. A great deal of his poetry...
1983 1983 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Frogmore Press founded by Andre Evans and Jeremy Page at the Frogmore tea-rooms in Folkestone...	In the Solar Wind	Wendy Battin
1983 1983 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Frogmore Press founded by Andre Evans and Jeremy Page at the Frogmore tea-rooms in Folkestone...	God's Mistress	James Galvin
1983 1983 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Frogmore Press founded by Andre Evans and Jeremy Page at the Frogmore tea-rooms in Folkestone...	The persistence of memory: Poems	Mary Fell
1983 1983 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Frogmore Press founded by Andre Evans and Jeremy Page at the Frogmore tea-rooms in Folkestone...	Black Dog, Red Dog: Poems	Stephen Dobyns
1982 1982 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*Final edition of This Magazine published....	The Greater Leisures	Jane Miller Jane Miller -Life:Jane Miller was born in New York and currently lives in Tucson, Arizona where she teaches creative writing at the University of Arizona. She has published seven volumes of poetry of which The Greater Leisures was a National Poetry Series selection...
1982 1982 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*Final edition of This Magazine published....	Going On: Selected Poems 1958-1980	Joanne Kyger
1982 1982 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*Final edition of This Magazine published....	From the Abandoned Cities	Donald Revell
1982 1982 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*Final edition of This Magazine published....	The Hands in Exile	Susan Tichy
1982 1982 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*Final edition of This Magazine published....	Corpse and Mirror	John Yau
1981 1981 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Jane Greer launched Plains Poetry Journal, an advance guard of the New Formalism movement....	Accidental Weather	Sherod Santos Sherod Santos Sherod Santos is an American poet, essayist and professor. His most recent poetry collection is forthcoming, The Intricated Soul: New & Selected Poems...
1981 1981 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Jane Greer launched Plains Poetry Journal, an advance guard of the New Formalism movement....	Hugging the Jukebox	Naomi Shihab Nye
1981 1981 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Jane Greer launched Plains Poetry Journal, an advance guard of the New Formalism movement....	Second Sight	Jonathan Aaron Jonathan Aaron -Life:He graduated from the University of Chicago and Yale University Ph.D.His work has been published in The Paris Review, Ploughshares, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The London Review of books, The Boston Globe , and The Times Literary Supplement.Aaron was born and raised in...
1981 1981 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Jane Greer launched Plains Poetry Journal, an advance guard of the New Formalism movement....	The Incognito Lounge: And Other Poems	Denis Johnson Denis Johnson Denis Hale Johnson is an American author who is known for his short-story collection Jesus' Son and his novel Tree of Smoke , which won the National Book Award. He also writes plays, poetry and non-fiction.- Biography :...
1981 1981 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Jane Greer launched Plains Poetry Journal, an advance guard of the New Formalism movement....	The Mud Actor	Cyrus Cassells Cyrus Cassells -Life and work:Cassells was born in Dover, Delaware, grew up in the Mojave Desert north of Los Angeles, and began writing poetry in high school. He graduated in 1979 from Stanford University with a degree in film and broadcasting, and landed a job creating poetry filmstrips in the film division of...
1980 1980 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Mark Jarman and Robert McDowell started the small magazine The Reaper to promote narrative and formal poetry....	Gumbo	George Barlow
1980 1980 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Mark Jarman and Robert McDowell started the small magazine The Reaper to promote narrative and formal poetry....	The Dollmaker's Ghost	Larry Levis
1980 1980 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Mark Jarman and Robert McDowell started the small magazine The Reaper to promote narrative and formal poetry....	Leaving Taos	Robert Peterson Robert Peterson (poet) Robert Peterson was a widely anthologized American poet.-Life:His childhood was spent in San Francisco at the Fielding Hotel, a Union Square hotel owned by his adoptive parents....
1980 1980 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Mark Jarman and Robert McDowell started the small magazine The Reaper to promote narrative and formal poetry....	So This Is the Map	Reg Saner Reg Saner -Life:He graduated from St. Norbert College, near Green Bay, Wisconsin.He served as an infantry platoon leader in the Korean War.He studied at University of Illinois, an received a Fulbright Scholarship to study at University of Florence....
1980 1980 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Mark Jarman and Robert McDowell started the small magazine The Reaper to promote narrative and formal poetry....	In Winter	Michael Ryan Michael Ryan (poet) Michael Ryan has been teaching creative writing and literature at University of California, Irvine since 1990.-Life:He taught previously at the University of Iowa, Princeton University, the University of Virginia, and in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers...
1979 1979 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Kenyon Review is restarted by Kenyon College 10 years after the original publication was closed....	Any Body's Song	Joseph Langland	Ann Stanford Ann Stanford Ann Stanford was an American poet.-Life:She was graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1938 Phi Beta Kappa, and University of California, Los Angeles, with an M.A. in journalism in 1958, an M.A. in English in 1961, and a Ph.D...
1979 1979 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Kenyon Review is restarted by Kenyon College 10 years after the original publication was closed....	The collected poems of Sterling A. Brown	Sterling Allen Brown Sterling Allen Brown Sterling Allen Brown was an African-American professor, author of works on folklore, poet and literary critic. He was interested chiefly in black culture of the Southern United States.-Early life:...
1979 1979 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Kenyon Review is restarted by Kenyon College 10 years after the original publication was closed....	Silks	Roberta Spear Roberta Spear -Life:Her work appeared in Field, Ploughshares, Poetry, and The Missouri Review. She lived in Fresno, California.-Works:** *Talking to Water -External links:**...

See also

• American poetry
• List of poetry awards
• List of literature awards
• List of years in poetry
• List of years in literature

External links

• National Poetry Series Previous Winners
• Winners of the 2009 Open Competition
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