Old-poets in Americas, by popularity

1. Masters, Edgar Lee   Americas. Born: 1869, Died: 1950, 272 poems.
   American poet and novelist, best-known as the author of Spoon River Anthology (1915), a series of 'auto-epitaphs' or monologues in free verse, which often contradicted the pious and optimistic epitaphs written on the gravestones. The book gained Mast
2. Berryman, John   Americas. Born: 1914, Died: 1972 (modern), 152 poems.
   Berryman is a character of literary history who was a mix of eccentricity, emotional instability, and revelatory genius. And his persona was all of his own creating
3. Kilmer, Alfred Joyce   Americas. Born: 1886, Died: 1918, 62 poems.
   The Forest Service inaugurated the Little Santeelah, an impressive 3800 acre remnant of virgin wilderness, as the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest and dedicated it July 30, 1935. In this most beautiful, unmarred, and natural setting, that was the unchart
4. Eliot, T S   Americas. Born: 1888, Died: 1965 (modern), 52 poems.
   American-born English poet, teacher, literary critic, dramatist, editor and award winner.
5. Agee, James   Americas. Born: 1909, Died: 1955, 3 poems.
   Academy Award nomination for best screenplay for The African Queen, 1952; Pulitzer Prize (posthumous) for A Death in the Family, 1957.
6. Crosby, Harry   Americas. Born: 1898, Died: 1929, 3 poems.
   In 1929, Crosby published his most interesting volume of verse, Mad Queen, displaying the influence of Surrealism.
7. Lindsay, Vachel   Americas. Born: 1879, Died: 1931, 202 poems.
   Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931) was one of America’s best-known poets during the early decades of the twentieth century.
8. Horton, George Moses   Americas. Born: 1779, Died: 1883, 69 poems.
   His poetic protests of his status are the first ever written by a slave in America."
9. Freneau, Philip Morin   Americas. Born: 1752, Died: 1832, 25 poems.
   Freneau was named the "Poet of the Revolution" because of his wit and verbal skills.  He is also regarded the "Father of American Literature".
10. Thoreau, Henry David   Americas. Born: 1817, Died: 1862, 30 poems.
    Henry David Thoreau was a noted American author and philosopher who is most famous for Walden and his treatise on civil disobedience.
11. Johnson, Georgia Douglas   Americas. Born: 1880, Died: 1966 (modern), 17 poems.
12. Whitman, Walt   Americas. Born: 1819, Died: 1892, 331 poems.
    Whitman struggled finacially throughout his life, with much of his salary, modest royaltiees and even gifts and purses from other poets on aid supplies for the patients he cared for and his mother and injured brother.
    
13. Pratt, Edwin   Americas. Born: 1882, Died: 1964 (modern), 28 poems.
14. Warren, Mercy Otis   Americas. Born: 1728, Died: 1814, 4 poems.
    Mercy played her part in suporting the revolution in 1772 with the publication of her play The Adulateur, the first in a long line of similar propagandistic pieces published anonymously.
    
15. Jeffers, Robinson   Americas. Born: 1887, Died: 1962 (modern), 159 poems.
    (John) Robinson Jeffers, (1887-1962), Poet, writer; born in Pittsburgh, Pa. He attended six colleges and universities in Europe and America, studying medicine and forestry among other subjects. He began writing in 1912, and, from 1924 on, lived in se
16. Burgess, Gelett   Americas. Born: 1866, Died: 1951, 14 poems.
    American humorist, b. Boston. His ability as an illustrator led him into magazine work, and he was soon writing humorous articles and stories to accompany his illustrations. His best-known poem, “The Purple Cow,” first appeared in the San Francisco p
17. Castro Alves, Antonio de   Americas. Born: 1847, Died: 1871, 7 poems.
    Romantic poet whose sympathy for the Brazilian abolitionist cause won him the name “poet of the slaves.”
18. Walcott, Derek   Americas. Born: 1930, 21 poems.
    The most important West Indian poet and dramatist writing in English today. Walcott has lived most of his life in Trinidad. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1992.
19. Mistral, Gabriela   Americas. Born: 1889, Died: 1957 (modern), 14 poems.
    Gabriela Mistral is the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga.
20. Lovecraft, Howard Phillips   Americas. Born: 1890, Died: 1937, 41 poems.
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21. Turner, Nancy Byrd   Americas. Born: 1880, Died: 1971 (modern), 21 poems.
22. Gomez de Avellaneda, Gertrudis   Americas. Born: 1814, Died: 1873, 7 poems.
    Called the "Cuban Sappho," Avellaneda was once considered not only Cuba's greatest poetess but also the greatest female literary figure in the Spanish-speaking world.
23. Drummond, Dr William Henry   Americas. Born: 1854, Died: 1907, 57 poems.
    William Henry Drummond born in Ireland, lived and died in Canada, invented a mode of poetry that won him great popularity from the appearance of the first volume, The Habitant
24. Hovey, Richard   Americas. Born: 1864, Died: 1900, 40 poems.
    Richard Hovey, an American poet and dramatist. He was an admirer of Walt Whitman and of Elizabethan writers as well.
25. Thayer, Ernest Lawrence   Americas. Born: 1863, Died: 1940, 1 poems.
    Thayer is recognized as the author of "Casey at the Bat." The poem first appeared in the San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, subtitled "A Ballad of the Republic."
26. Nims, John Frederick   Americas. Born: 1913, Died: 1999 (modern), 12 poems.
    The author of eight collections of poetry and translator of several books of verse.  Mr. Nims was a multi-award winning poet, and also a teacher.
27. Walker, Margaret   Americas. Born: 1915, Died: 1998 (modern), 12 poems.
    "But Margaret never despaired or was turned, in her words or her vision, around. She remained clear and beautiful, moving and prophetic."  
    From Amiri Baraka, "Margaret Walker Alexander," The Nation 4 Jan. 1999: 32-33.
28. Robinson, Edwin Arlington   Americas. Born: 1869, Died: 1935, 176 poems.
    Robinson was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his Collected poems (1921)
29. Jewett, Sarah Orne   Americas. Born: 1849, Died: 1909, 39 poems.
    American novelist and short-story writer
30. Palma, Ricardo   Americas. Born: 1833, Died: 1919, 1 poems.
    Ricardo Palma was best known for his work as an author and scholar of the late nineteenth century.
31. Toomer, Jean   Americas. Born: 1894, Died: 1967 (modern), 17 poems.
    Born in 1894 and of African-American descent. He is remembered as an enduring figure in the history and development of both the American and the African-American literary traditions.
32. Alger Jr, Horatio   Americas. Born: 1832, Died: 1899, 32 poems.
    His books captured the essence of the American dream; hard work, honesty, and strong determination would allow anyone to succeed.
33. Trejo, Ernesto   Americas. Born: 1950, Died: 1991 (modern), 46 poems.
34. de Moraes, Vinicius   Americas. Born: 1913, Died: 1980 (modern), 16 poems.
35. Moody, William Vaughn   Americas. Born: 1869, Died: 1910, 9 poems.
    William Vaugh Moody was a poet and educator known for his poetic dramas, and his play The Great Divide considered by many to be the "Great American Drama" of it's time.
36. Calverley, Charles Stuart   Americas. Born: 1831, Died: 1884, 26 poems.
    appeared to have a brilliant career before him, when a fall on the ice in 1866 changed him from a distinguished athlete to a life-long invalid
37. Wylie, Elinor   Americas. Born: 1885, Died: 1928, 70 poems.
38. Fuller, Sarah Margaret   Americas. Born: 1810, Died: 1850, 7 poems.
    American Author and Philosopher, raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A child prodigy, her special passion was German Romantic literature, especially Goethe, whom she translated.
39. Bunner, Henry Cuyler   Americas. Born: 1855, Died: 1896, 28 poems.
    American Poet and Fiction Writer, Reporter and Magazine Editor('Puck'); he was also a friend of Mark Twain.
40. Aiken, Conrad Potter   Americas. Born: 1889, Died: 1973 (modern), 110 poems.
    American poet, short story writer, critic and novelist. Most of Aiken's work reflects his intense interest in psychoanalysis and the development of identity. As editor of Emily Dickinson's Selected Poems he was largely responsible for establishing th
41. Jackson, Helen Hunt   Americas. Born: 1831, Died: 1885, 47 poems.
    As expressed in her devastating criticisms of federal Indian policy and white-Indian relations in A Century of Dishonor and the novel Ramona, Helen Hunt Jackson was one of the most influential defenders of Native American rights in late 19th-century
42. Coffin, Robert Peter Tristram   Americas. Born: 1892, Died: 1955, 3 poems.
43. McCrae, John   Americas. Born: 1872, Died: 1918, 29 poems.
    Canadian poet who was most known for his famous poem "In Flanders Fields."
44. Wheelwright, John   Americas. Born: 1897, Died: 1940, 2 poems.
45. Boker, George Henry   Americas. Born: 1823, Died: 1890, 327 poems.
46. Moore, Clement Clarke   Americas. Born: 1779, Died: 1863, 3 poems.
    In 1807 he discovered Lorenzo da Ponte, the librettist of three of Mozart's greatest operas, in a New York City bookstore, and was instrumental in launching da Ponte's new career as a teacher of Italian language and literature.
47. Spencer, Anne   Americas. Born: 1882, Died: 1978 (modern), 12 poems.
    Anne Spencer, a forerunner for African-American female writers, and women from every culture in the world.
48. Montgomery, Lucy Maud   Americas. Born: 1874, Died: 1942, 97 poems.
    One of Canada's most cherished authors. In addition to the well-known Anne of Green Gables and its six sequels, she produced more than twenty novels and short stories, and hundreds of poems and articles.
49. Branch, Anna Hempstead   Americas. Born: 1875, Died: 1937, 17 poems.
50. Aldis, Dorothy Keeley   Americas. Born: 1896, Died: 1966 (modern), 10 poems.

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