A. Navoi wrote poetry over 500 years ago that has withstood the test of time.Ada Aharoni works for peace between Israelis and Palestinians with poetry.Anna Akhmatova is considered one of Russia's best poets.Carl Sandburg wrote poems, stories and nonfiction about Americans and American life.
Chairil Anwar was a beloved Indonesian poet.Christine de Pisan was a 15th century French poet.Doreen Van Lee writes about her Chicago childhood.DuBose Heyward Wrote most of the lyrics to the famous musical, 'Porgy and Bess.'
Dylan Thomas : life will carry on, always with the same vigor.Edgar Allan Poe was a renowned poet who overcame many hardships including depression.Edna St. Vincent Millay 's poetry was both popular and critically acclaimed.Emily Elizabeth Dickinson wrote nearly 2,000 poems in her lifetime.
Emma Lazarus
wrote the poem
inscribed on the
Statue of Liberty.		Hadraawi, Beloved Peacemaker / Poet
of Somalia is a powerful voice for peace in his country.		Ilse Bing was a remarkable poet and photographer. Her works withstand the test of time. Isaac Rosenberg was a poet of the Great War.
Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi is a renowned Iranian poet.Langston Hughes was nicknamed the Poet Laureate of Harlem.Li Bai is often
referred to as
the 'God of Poets'
in China.		Maria Josephine Barrios Filipina poet and activist
Mattie Stepanek is
a hero to people
of all ages
around the world.		Maya Angelou is a beloved female author and poet.Naguib Mahfouz was the first Arab to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.Ntozake Shange : 'world-class energizer of the word.'
Pablo Neruda is
the most widely
read Latin-American poet.		Paul Laurence Dunbar was an African-American poet of the nineteenth century.Phillis Wheatley
was the first
distinguished
African-American
poet. 		Robert Lee Frost was named 'the national bard.'
Robert Penn Warren was the first Poet Laureate of the United States.Saul Williams is a Spoken Word Poet and Slam Champ.Shel Silverstein was a poet, playwright, lyricist and good friend.W.E.B. Dubois was a leading 19th century writer and scholar.
   
William Shakespeare wrote plays & poetry that continue to have a lasting effect on readers all over the world, even nearly 400 years after his death.