Poets A to Z

Here is a comprehensive alphabetical index where poets and poetry readers can find all the poets published, profiled or interviewed here at About.com Poetry, plus selected links to the best places to read about individual poets elsewhere on the Web. These pages include poets from every era—if you’re seeking poets from a particular time period in the past, or if you want only to read contemporary, living poets, you should look in our Poets by Era index (below).
Poetry
28 Subcategories in Poets A to Z - An Alphabetical Index of Poets from Every Era
4 Articles in: Poets A to Z - An Alphabetical Index of Poets from Every Era
Poets Laureate
A brief history of the custom of appointing an official poet to serve country, state or community.
Poets Laureate of the U.S.A
A Net-annotated list of all the poets who have served the Library of Congress as Consultant (the old title) or Poet Laureate Consultant (the new title), linked to biographies and reference sites.
A Coney Island of the Mind, by Lawrence Ferlinghetti - New Directions
Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Victor Infante Interviews Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Victor Infante interviews Ferlinghetti on the Poet as Outsider: “Poetry is news, and it’s important when it articulates a new vision of reality or an old vision in a surprising way. When it subverts the dominant paradigm.”
Poets by Time Period / Poetry History
Here is a comprehensive historical index where poets and poetry readers can find all the poets published, profiled or interviewed here at About.com Poetry, plus articles on the lives of poets through history and selected links to the best places for further reading and research about individual poets elsewhere on the Web. If you’re seeking information on a poet whose dates you don’t know, you should look in our Poets A-Z index (below).