Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
Poet
1
ClickForTaz, 31
2
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
3
Alfa, 58
4
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
5
Amanda Gorman, 27
6
Jackie Hill-Perry, 36
7
AVA, 39
8
Rupi Kaur, 32
9
Alice Walker, 81
10
Jane Wilde (1821-1896)
11
Hazel Brugger, 31
12
Nikki Giovanni (1943-2024)
13
Dora Gabe (1886-1983)
14
Margaret Atwood, 85
15
Ashley Dun, 35
16
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)
17
Grace Beacham Freeman (1916-2002)
18
Kim Roberts, 63
19
Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806-1893)
20
Dora Greenwell (1821-1882)
21
Sarah Flower Adams (1805-1848)
22
Rachel Mann, 55
23
Pamela Ayres, 78
24
Male Poets
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Grace Nichols, 75
25
Emily Pauline Johnson (1861-1913)
26
Ryane Leão, 36
27
Jenny Joseph (1932-2018)
28
Carol Ann Duffy, 69
29
Mary Robinson (1757-1800)
30
May Swenson (1913-1989)
31
Mary Oliver (1935-2019)
32
Karen Swenson, 89
33
Sarah Kay, 37
34
Audre Lorde (1934-1992)
35
Ann Taylor (1782-1866)
36
Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
37
Sujata Bhatt, 69
38
Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880-1966)
39
Else Lasker-Schuler (1869-1945)
40
Julia Alvarez, 75
41
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
42
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)
43
Akiko Yosano (1878-1942)
44
Indre Valantinaite, 41
45
Claribel Alegría (1924-2018)
46
Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957)
47
Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920-1993)
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