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  1. Arnold, Matthew   English. Born: 1822, Died: 1888, 62 poems.
    Though perhaps less obvious, the tremendous influence of his poetry, which addresses the poet's most innermost feelings with complete transparency, can easily be seen in writers as different from each other as W. B. Yeats, James Wright, Sylvia Plath,
  2. Crane, Stephen Maria   Americas. Born: 1871, Died: 1900, 104 poems.
    The secret of Crane's success as war correspondent, journalist, novelist, short-story writer, and poet lay in his achieving tensions between irony and pity, illusion and reality, or the double mood of hope contradicted by despair.
  3. Walsh, Christina   Born: 1750, Died: 1800, 1 poems.
    Almost nothing is known of the poetess, Christina Walsh. Her date of death is listed as 1800?
  4. Bradstreet, Anne   Americas. Born: 1612, Died: 1672, 61 poems.
    Her poems were published in 1650 as The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, which is generally considered the first book of original poetry written in colonial America.
  5. Millay, Edna St. Vincent   Americas. Born: 1892, Died: 1950, 165 poems.
    It was during this time that she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her book The Harp-Weaver and other Poems
  6. Mansfield, Katherine   Oceania. Born: 1888, Died: 1923, 68 poems.
    In almost her last letter, she declared her goal to be total honesty. ‘If I were allowed one single cry to God, that cry would be: I want to be Real.
  7. Owen, Wilfred   English. Born: 1893, Died: 1918, 73 poems.
    "I came out in order to help these boys-- directly by leading them as well as an officer can; indirectly, by watching their sufferings that I may speak of them as well as a pleader can. I have done the first" (October, 1918).
  8. Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson   English. Born: 1878, Died: 1962 (modern), 76 poems.
    author of the popular Flannan Isle
  9. Larkin, Philip   English. Born: 1922, Died: 1985 (modern), 99 poems.
    Renowned twentieth century writer. He was a leading voice of young English writers called 'The Movement',using intensity of emotion while avoiding sentiment and self-pity in his pieces.
  10. Basho, Matsuo   Asian. Born: 1644, Died: 1694, 110 poems.
    Basho Matsuo is known as the first great poet in the history of haikai (and haiku).
  11. Buonarroti, Michelangelo   European. Born: 1475, Died: 1564, 103 poems.
    As a poet, Michelangelo left us with approximately 300 pieces of poetry, occupying the considerable place in the Renaissance lyrics.
  12. Tarkovsky, Arseny   Asian. Born: 1907, Died: 1989 (modern), 7 poems.
  13. Vallejo, Cesar   Americas. Born: 1892, Died: 1938, 17 poems.
    César Vallejo was born in 1892 in the town of Santiago de Chuco, Perú, where he was brought up along with his eleven older brothers and sisters.

    Vallejo began writing poetry in 1913.
  14. Johnson, James Weldon   Americas. Born: 1871, Died: 1938, 67 poems.
    James Weldon Johnson came from an extremely talented family that weighed heavily on the prolific artist he came to be.  "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is his most famous work, it is now called, "The Negro National Anthem"
  15. Kalidasa,   Asian. Born: 353, Died: 420, 20 poems.
    Considered the greatest of the sanskrit dramatists, and the first great name in Sanskrit literature after Ashvaghoshha
  16. Wilmot, Lord John   English. Born: 1647, Died: 1680, 35 poems.
    As a poet Wilmot was a follower of Abraham Cowley and of Boileau, to both of whom’ he was considerably indebted. His love lyrics are often happy, but his real vigour and ability iS best shown in his critical poems and satires. The political satire
  17. Sandburg, Carl   Americas. Born: 1878, Died: 1967 (modern), 235 poems.
    He was ahead of most of his fellow poets in his interest in American folksong and lore. He won the Pulitzer Prize (1940) for the last of his six-volume biography of Lincoln (1926--39).
  18. Dunbar, Paul Laurence   Americas. Born: 1872, Died: 1906, 433 poems.
    Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African-American to gain national eminence as a poet. Born in 1872 in Dayton, Ohio, he was the son of ex-slaves and classmate to Orville Wright of aviation fame.   
  19. Dobell, Eva   English. Born: 1867, Died: 1963 (modern), 4 poems.
  20. Barker, George   English. Born: 1913, Died: 1991 (modern), 11 poems.
    Eliot wrote of his "genius". Yeats thought him the most interesting poet of his generation. Dylan Thomas envied his power over women.
  21. Wilcox, Ella Wheeler   Americas. Born: 1850, Died: 1919, 464 poems.
    The questions and longings of those summer evenings when I stood in the dying glory of a Wisconsin sunset on the south hill back of the lonely little home, have all been answered.
  22. Scott, Sir Walter   English. Born: 1771, Died: 1832, 144 poems.
    Author of the infamous Waverly Novels, including Rob Roy, and numerous poems, notably The Lady of the Lake, Marmion, etc.
  23. Mallarme, Stephane   European. Born: 1842, Died: 1898, 34 poems.
    French poet and leader of the Symbolist movement in poetry. Mallarmé's vers libre had a huge influence on twentieth century French poetry, and in the creation of the modernist tradition in German and American poetry.
  24. Webster, Augusta Davies   English. Born: 1837, Died: 1894, 84 poems.
    Augusta Webster spent her young years on the ship Griper, stationed at such places as Banff Castle and Penzance, and then in 1851, at Cambridge.
  25. Nowlan, Alden   Americas. Born: 1933, Died: 1983 (modern), 5 poems.
    He is widely recognized as one of the most important poets to appear in Canada in the last thirty years.
  26. Basri, Rabia   Asian. Born: 717, Died: 801, 4 poems.
    One of the most famous Islamic mystics was a woman: Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya (c.717-801). This 8th century saint was an early Sufi who had a profound influence on later Sufis.
  27. Cole, Margaret   English. Born: 1893, Died: 1980 (modern), 4 poems.
    Margaret was educated at Roedean and Girton College, Cambridge, she devoted her life to politics, and working in the Fabian Research Establishment.
  28. Sitwell, Dame Edith   English. Born: 1887, Died: 1964 (modern), 19 poems.
    English poet, critic, and biographer, Sitwell was most successful as a writer of satirical verse or burlesque.
  29. Grimke, Angelina Weld   Americas. Born: 1880, Died: 1958 (modern), 9 poems.
  30. Hughes, Ted   Born: 1930, Died: 1998 (modern), 33 poems.
    England's poet laureate from 1984-1998, Ted Hughes generally regarded as one of the 20th century's greatest English poets.
  31. Stewart, Douglas   Oceania. Born: 1913, Died: 1985 (modern), 19 poems.
    His own work included many books of poetry, such as the verse novel The Fire on the Snow, and the memoir Springtime in Taranaki. He died in 1985.
  32. Faiz, Faiz Ahmed   Asian. Born: 1911, Died: 1984 (modern), 24 poems.
    One of Pakistan's best known Urdu poets of recent times. Couched his socially conscious poetry in sweet mellifluous words.
  33. Buson, Yosa   Asian. Born: 1716, Died: 1783, 41 poems.
    Leading haiku poet of the late 18th century and, with Basho and Issa, one of the great names in haiku.
  34. Tudor, Queen Elizabeth I   English. Born: 1533, Died: 1603, 9 poems.
    *She was, as Herbert notes, the wellspring from which all creative works flowed and was, in essence, a co-creator of them.
  35. Taylor, Edward   English. Born: 1642, Died: 1729, 21 poems.
    Edward Taylor was born in Leicestershire, England in 1642. He emigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1668, and studied Divinity at Harvard, becoming a minister. He became known as one of the best writers of the Puritan times.
  36. Ungaretti, Giuseppe   European. Born: 1888, Died: 1970 (modern), 14 poems.
  37. Hope, A D   Oceania. Born: 1907, Died: 2000 (modern), 30 poems.
    Many considered Ad Hope to have been an often controversial figure who used an erudite mind and a wicked wit to devastating effect as a critic.
  38. Bachchan, Harivansh Rai   Asian. Born: 1907, Died: 2003 (modern), 1 poems.
  39. Hafiz, Shams al-Din   Asian. Born: 1321, Died: 1389, 68 poems.
    As with many Persian authors, little is known about Hafiz' life. He is considered an incomporable master of the ghazal form, and a source of wisdom and guidance to this day.
  40. Gilmore DBE, Dame Mary   Oceania. Born: 1865, Died: 1962 (modern), 73 poems.
    Dame Mary Gilmore, Australia's 'grand old lady of letters', was the author of over twenty books, the subject of a controversial Dobell portrait, and later featured with Banjo Paterson on the first polymer $10 note.
  41. Douglas, Keith   English. Born: 1920, Died: 1944, 9 poems.
    He was killed in Normandy. His reputation rests mainly on his war poetry, particularly that depicting the desert warfare he experienced in North Africa
  42. Thomas, R S   English. Born: 1913, Died: 2000 (modern), 81 poems.
    A twentieth century Welsh writer of poetry and verse. Remembered mainly for his religious poetry, but also because of his strong republican views.
  43. Belloc, Hilaire   European. Born: 1870, Died: 1953, 99 poems.
    Both during his lifetime and since, Belloc's refusal to tone down his views, and his contempt for the political, literary and social establishments of the day, militated against recognition of him as a major writer and thinker.
  44. Oceania, Anonymous   Oceania. Born: 1000, Died: 1950, 137 poems.
    Who wrote it?  Who knows? The names fell from the pages,
    Lost and never to return
  45. Rilke, Rainer Maria   European. Born: 1875, Died: 1926, 127 poems.
    As a poet Rilke made his debut at the age of nineteen with Leben und Lieder (1894), written in the conventional style of Heinrich Heine.
  46. Rimbaud, Arthur   European. Born: 1854, Died: 1891, 125 poems.
    The precocious boy-poet of French symbolism, wrote some of the most remarkable poetry and prose of the 19th century. His highly suggestive, subtle work drew on subconscious sources, and its form was correspondingly supple and novel. Rimbaud has been
  47. Ady, Endre   European. Born: 1877, Died: 1919, 23 poems.
    Ady's poems either scandalized people or were revered as standards of the revolution. No other Hungarian poet has been the subject of such fervent disputes as he.
  48. Masefield, John   English. Born: 1878, Died: 1967 (modern), 45 poems.
    Masefield's literary career was rich and varied, and although his reputation waned in later years, he is again being recognized for his wide range, encompassing ballads, nature poetry and mythological narrative, and for his attempt to make poetry a p
  49. McKay, Claude   Americas. Born: 1889, Died: 1948, 81 poems.
    McKay's viewpoints and poetic achievements in the earlier part of the twentieth century set the tone for the Harlem Renaissance.
  50. Bryant, William Cullen   Americas. Born: 1794, Died: 1878, 139 poems.
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