Robert Bly

Robert Bly (1926–2021) was born in Madison, Minnesota, and became one of...  

Robert Frost

Robert Frost (1874–1963) was born in San Francisco, California, but is most...  

Robert Lowell

Robert Lowell (1917–1977) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, into a prominent New...  

Robinson Jeffers

Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and settled in Carmel,...  

Romanticism

Ron Padgett

Ron Padgett (born 1942, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American poet, translator, and...  

Ross Gay

Ross Gay (born in Youngstown, Ohio) is a poet and essayist whose...  

Rudy Francisco

Rudy Francisco (born in San Diego, California) is a slam poet and...  

Rupi Kaur

Rupi Kaur (born in Punjab, India) immigrated to Canada as a child...  

Russian & Soviet

Ruth Stone

Ruth Stone (1915–2011) was born in Roanoke, Virginia, and is recognized as...  

Saeed Jones

Saeed Jones (born in Memphis, Tennessee) is a poet and essayist who...  

Sandra Beasley

Sandra Beasley is an American poet and nonfiction writer known for witty,...  

Sandra Cisneros

Sandra Cisneros (born in Chicago, Illinois) is a Chicana author best known...  

Sappho

Sappho (c. 630–570 BCE) was born on the island of Lesbos in...  

Sara Teasdale

Sara Teasdale (1884–1933) was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and became a...  

Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney (1939–2013) was born on a farm in County Derry, Northern...  

Serhiy Zhadan

Serhiy Zhadan (born in Starobilsk, Ukraine) is the most prominent Ukrainian poet...  

Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and is widely regarded...  

Shana Ross

Sharon Olds

Sharon Olds (born in San Francisco, California) is one of the most...  

Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein (1930–1999) was born in Chicago, Illinois, and became one of...  

Solmaz Sharif

Solmaz Sharif (born in Istanbul, Turkey) is an Iranian-American poet whose debut...  

Song Cave

Sonia Greenfield

Sonnets

Sophus Helle

Sophus Helle is a Danish translator and cultural historian specializing in the...