Female Poets

An evolving, informal and incomplete list of contemporary female poets writing in (or translated to) English.

Aase Berg
Abigail Child
Aby Cooperman
Ada Limon
Adeena Karasick
Adriana Grant
Adrienne Rich
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Akilah Oliver
Aleida Rodriguez
alexandria volk
Alexis Orgera
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Alice B. Fogel
Alice Fulton
Alice Jones
Alice Notley
Alice Parris
Alice Shapiro
Alice Walker
Alicia Cohen
Alicia Ostriker
Aliki Barnstone
Alison Hawthorne Deming
Alison Luterman
Alison Palmer
Alison Pick
Alison Townsend
Alixandra Bamford
Alka Roy
Alli Warren
Allison Cobb
Allison Funk
Allison Titus
Allyson Salazar
Allyssa Wolf
Alyson Greenfield
Amanda Ackerman
Amanda Auchter
Amanda Earl
Amanda Laughtland
Amanda M. Johnson
Amanda Nadelberg
Amanda Oaks
Amanda Warren
Amber Nelson
Amelia Harman
Amy Beeder
Amy Berkowitz
Amy Gerstler
Amy King
Amy Lawless
Amy Lemmon
Amy McDaniel
Amy Newlove Schroeder
Amy Uyematsu
Ana Božičević-Bowling
Ana Hatherly
Ana Tot
ana-maurine lara
Andrea Baker
Andrea Brady
Andrea Rexilius
Andrea Strudensky
Andrée Chedid
Andrena Zawinski
Ange Mlinko
Angela Ball
Angela Carr
Angela Ferrara
angela genusa
Angela Lea Nemecek
Angela Rawlings
Angela Szczepaniak
Angela Veronica Wong
Angela Vogel
Angie Estes
Anita Naegeli
Anji Reyner
Ann Fisher-Wirth
Ann Neuser Lederer
Ann Stephenson
Ann Townsend
Anna Bell
Anna Elena Eyre
Anna Fulford
Anna Marie Hong
Anna Reckin
Anna Ross
Anne Boyer
Anne Carson
Anne Colwell
Anne Gorrick
Anne Haines
Anne Heide
Anne Lesley Selcer
Anne Portugal
Anne Shaw
Anne Teyssiéras
Anne Waldman
Anne-Marie Albiach
Annette M. Hyder
Annette Spaulding-Convey
Annie Finch
Annie Salager
annie-claude généreux
Anya Achtenberg
April Bernard
Ariana Reines
Arielle Greenberg
Arielle Guy
Arlene Ang
Arlita Jones
Ash Smith
Ashley Capps
Ashley McHugh
Ashley Seitz Kramer
Ashley VanDoorn
Aya Karpinska
Aysegul Tozeren
Barbara Cole
Barbara Jane Reyes
Barbara Maloutas
Barbara Perez
Becca Klaver
Beckian Fritz-Goldberg
Belle Gironda
Bernadette Geyer
Bernadette Mayer
Bernice Kew
Beth Ann Fennelly
Beth Bachmann
Beth Joselow
Beth Langford
Beth Murray
Beth Woodcome
Betsy Fagin
Betsy Sholl
Betsy Wheeler
Betty Adcock
Beverly Dahlen
Bhanu Kapil
Bibiana Padilla Maltos
Bonnie Emerick
Bonnie Jean Michalski
Bonnie Jones
Bonnie Roy
Brandi Homan
Brea Burton
Brenda Coultas
brenda hillman
Brenda Iijima
Brenda Shaughnessy
Bridget Pegeen Kelly
Brigitte Byrd
Britta Kallevang
Bronwen Tate
Bronwyn Lea
Brooklyn Copeland
C Mehrl Bennett
C. E. Laine.
C.A. (Christina) Lux
C.H. Eding
Cami Park
Camille Dungy
Camille Martin
Camille Roy
Cara Benson
Carla Billiteri
Carla Conforto
Carla Faesler
Carla Harryman
Carly Sachs
Carmen Derksen
Carmen Gimenez Smith
Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Guess
Carol Lewis
Carol Mirakove
Carol Potter
Carol Snow
Carol Watts
Caroline Bergvall
Carolyn Forché
Carolyn Guinzio
Carolyn Kizer
Carolyn Miller
Carra Stratton
Carrie Bennett
Carrie Hunter
Carrie Oliva Adams
Cass Dalglish
Cate Marvin
Cate Peebles
Catherine Barnett
Catherine Bowman
Catherine Carter
Catherine Daly
Catherine Meng
Catherine Paquette
Catherine Theis
Catherine Venerable Moore
Cathy Eisenhower
Cathy Park Hong
Cathy Wagner
Cati Porter
Catriona Strang
CD Wright
Cecilia Vicuña
Cecilia Woloch
Chantal Neveu
Chelsea Minnis
Cheryl Chambers
Cheryl Clark Vermeulen
Cheryl Lynn Moyer
Cheryl Pallant
Cheryl Snell
Chey Davis
Chloe Joan Lopez
Chris Turnbull
Christina Mengert
Christina Zawadiwsky
Christine Deavel
Christine Hamm
Christine Hume
Christine Leclerc
Christine Scanlon
Christine Wertheim
Cia Rinne
Claire Becker
claire donato
Claire Hero
Claire Lacey
Claire Zoghb
Clare L. Martin
Claudia Algara
Claudia Emerson
Claudia Keelan
Claudia Rankine
Cole Swensen
Connie Wanek
Corrine Fitzpatrick
Cris Costa
Cristiana Baik
Crystal Curry
Crystal Williams
Cynthia Arrieu-King
Cynthia Cruz
Cynthia Hogue
Cynthia Huntington
Cynthia Rylant
Cynthia Sailers
Daisy Fried
Daisy Levy
Dana Teen Lomax
Daniela Olszewska
Danielle Aquiline
Danielle Collobert
Danielle Deulen
Danielle Dutton
Danielle Pafunda
Dannye Powell
Daphne Marlatt
Dara Wier
Darcie Dennigan
dawn lonsinger
Dawn Lundy Martin
Dawn Pendergast
Dawn Potter
Deborah Ager
Deborah Digges
Deborah Poe
Deborah Wardlaw Pattillo
Deborah Woodward
Debra Bruce
Deena Metzger
Deja Earley
Denise Duhamel
denise lichtig
Derya Vural
Diana Hamilton
Diane Ackerman
Diane Di Prima
Diane Jarvenpa
Diane Wakoski
Diane Ward
Dianne Timblin
Didi Menendez
Divya Victor
Donna D. Vitucci
Donna Kuhn
Donna Masini
Donna Stonecipher
Donora Hillard
Dora Malech
Dorianne Laux
Dorothea Lasky
Dorothee Lang
Dorothy Lusk
Duriel Harris
Eavan Boland
Ebony Golden
Edith Dahan
Eeva Kilpi
Eileen Myles
Eileen Tabios
Elaine Equi
Eleanor Lerman
Eleanor Stanford
Elena Rivera
Eleni Sikelanios
Eleni Stecopoulos
Elisa Gabbert
Elisabeth Chapman
Elisabeth Workman
Elizabeth Alexander
Elizabeth Barbato
Elizabeth Bradfield
Elizabeth Bryant
Elizabeth Cross
Elizabeth Hildreth
Elizabeth Kate Switaj
Elizabeth Robinson
Elizabeth Treadwell
Elizabeth Willis
Elizabeth Zuba
Ellen Baxt
Ellen Kennedy
Ellyn Maybe
Eloise Klein Healy
Emily Cargan
emily carr
Emily Critchley
Emily Goodden
Emily Kendall Frey
Emily Lloyd
Emily Schulten
Emily Wall
Emma Trelles
Emmy Perez
Emoke Pulay
Endi Bogue Hartigan
Erica Bernheim
Erica Hunt
Erica Kaufman
erica lewis
Erica Miriam Fabri
Erica van Horn
Erika Howsare
Erika T. Wurth
Erin Belieu
Erin Coughlin Hollowell
Erin Elizabeth Smith
Erin Lyndal Martin
Erin M. Bertram
Erin Mouré
Ersi Sotiropoulos
Esther Lee
Esther Tellermann
Eula Biss
Eva Saulitis
Evelyn Posamentier
Evie Shockley
Exene Cervenka
Fabienne Courtade
Fadwa Tuqan
fanny howe
Farrah Field
Felicia Atkinson
Felicia Mitchell
Felicia Shenker
Fiona Sze-Lorraine
Fleda Brown
Florence Pazzottu
Frances Kruk
Françoise Hàn
Gabriella Torres
Gabrielle Althen
Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Gail Scott
Gail Wronsky
Gale Czerski
Gale Thompson
Gaye Chan
Geneviève Huttin
Genine Lentine
Geraldine Kim
Geraldine Monk
Gerrye Payne
Gertrude Schnackenberg
gillian conoley
Gillian Devereux
Gillian Wegener
Gina Athena Ulysse
Gina Franco
Gina Myers
Gloria Alvarez
gloria frym
Grace Cavalieri
Grace Vajda
Gray Jacobik
Guadalupe Grande
Hadara Bar-Nadav
Hanna Andrews
Harryette Mullen
Hazel McClure
Hazel Smith
Heather Christle
Heather Green
Heather Matesich Cousins
Heather McHugh
Heather Milne
Heidi Lynne Staples
Helen Losse
Helen Vitoria
Helen White
Helen Wickes
Hélène Sanguinetti
Hildred Crill
Hillary Keel
Hoa Nguyen
Holaday Mason
Holly Johnson
Holly Melgard
Holly Prado
Honoree Fantone Jeffers
Hossannah Asuncion
Ioanna Warwick
Isabelle Garron
Ish Klein
Ito Hiromi
Ivy Alvarez
Ixta Menchacha
J’Lyn Chapman
Jackie Milan
Jacqueline Jones LaMon
Jacqueline Marcus
Jacqueline Osherow
Jacqueline Risset
Jamie Kazay
Jan Clausen
Jan Heller Levi
Jane Carr
Jane Gregory
Jane Sprague
Janet Holmes
Janet McAdams
Janet Thomas
Janice Mirikitani
Janie Miller
Janine Mitaud
Janis Butler Holm
Janna Plant
January O’Neil
Jarita Davis
Jayne Cortez
Jayne Pupek
Jean Valentine
Jeanetta Calhoun Mish
Jeanine Baude
Jeanne E. Clark
Jeanne Heuving
Jeanne Hyvrard
Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Jeanne Morel
Jeannine Hall-Gailey
Jeannine Savard
Jehanne Dubrow
Jen Benka
Jen Bervin
Jen Besemer
Jen Coleman
jen hofer
Jen Scappetone
Jen Tynes
Jena Osman
Jendi Reiter
Jeni Olin
Jenifer Brown lawrence
Jenifer Rae Vernon
JenMarie Davis
Jenn Koiter
Jenn McCreary
Jenna Cardinale
Jenne’ Andrews
Jenni Russell
Jennifer Bartlett
Jennifer Chang
Jennifer Finstrom
Jennifer Firestone
Jennifer K. Dick
Jennifer K. Sweeney
Jennifer Karmin
Jennifer Kronovet
Jennifer L. Knox
Jennifer Michael Hecht
Jennifer Moxley
Jennifer Scappettone
Jennifer Steele
Jennifer Van Buren
Jennifer Watman
Jenny Boully
Jenny Factor
Jenny Sadre-Orafai
Jenny Sampirisi
Jess Fiorini
Jess Rowan
Jessea Perry
Jessica Barrett
Jessica Bozek
Jessica Grim
Jessica Piazza
Jessica Savitz
Jessica Smith
Jessica Wickens
Jessie Carty
Jessy Randall
Jill Alexander Essbaum
Jill Beauchesne
Jill Hartmann
Jill Johnson
Jill Magi
Jill McDonough
Jill Stengel
Jo Cook
Jo McDougall
Joan Kane
Joan Larkin
Joan Retallack
Joanna Klink
Joanna Ruocco
Joanne Harris Allred
Joanne Kyger
Joanne Merriam
Jocelyn Grosse
Jocelyn Saidenberg
JodiAnn Stevenson
Jody Gladding
Johanna Drucker
Johanna Fuhrman
Johnsie Noel
Joni Wallace
Jorie Graham
Joy Harjo
Joyce Carol Oates
Joyelle McSweeney
Jude Goodwin
Jude Nutter
Judith Barrington
Judith Goldman
Judith Kerman
Judith Roitman
Judith S. Askew
Judith Terzi
Judy Kronenfeld
Julia Alvarez
Julia Bloch
Julia Cohen
Julia Drescher
Julia Johnson
Julia Story
Julia Williams
Juliana Baggot
Juliana Leslie
Juliana Spahr
Julie Bloemeke
Julie Carr
Julie Dill
Julie Doxsee
Julie Jefferies
Julie Kane
Julie Patton
Julie Phillips Brown
Julie Platt
Julie Rouse
Julie Strand
Juliet Cook
Juliet Patterson
K. Lorraine Graham
K.E. Duffin
Kaia Sand
Karen An-Hwei Lee
Karen Anneson
Karen Lepri
Karen Lewis
Karen MacCormick
Karen Volkman
Karen Weiser
Karin Gottshall
Karin Lessing
Karla Kelsey
Karyna McGlynn
Katarina Frostensson
Kate Brady
Kate Braverman
Kate Colby
Kate Dougherty
Kate Durbin
Kate Eichhorn
Kate Greenstreet
Kate Middleton
Kate Schapira
Katherine Larson
Kathleen Brown
Kathleen Fraser
Kathleen Jesme
Kathleen Ossip
Kathleen Rooney
Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno
Kathrin Schaeppi
Kathryn Cowles
kathryn l. pringle
Kathryn Regina
Kathryn Stripling Byer
Kathy Fagan
kathy lou schultz
Katie Degentesh
Katie Kemple
Katie Webb
Katrina Roberts
Katrina Rodabaugh
Katy Henriksen
Kay Ryan
Keetje Kuipers
Kelley White
Kelli Russell Agodon
Kelly Cherry
Kelly Davio
Kelly Kwiatkowski
Kendra Grant Malone
Kerri French
Kerri Sonnenberg
Kerry Hardie
Kim Addonizio
Kim Bridgford
Kim Chinquee
Kim Gek Lin Short
Kim Roberts
Kimberly Grey
Kimberly Lyons
Kirsten Andersen
Kirsten Kaschock
Kristen Kelly
Kristen Orser
Kristi Maxwell
Kristianne Meal
Kristin Abraham
Kristin Dimitrova
Kristin Gallagher
kristin hatch
Kristin Naca
Kristin Palm
Kristina Marie Darling
Kristy Bowen
Kristy Odelius
Krystal Languell
KS Ernst
Laine Ballard
Lana Hechtman Ayers
Lara Glenum
Larissa Lai
Larissa Shmailo
Larissa Szporluk
Laura Carter
Laura Cherry
Laura Elrick
Laura Feldman
Laura Goldstein
Laura Hinton
Laura Jaramillo
Laura Kasischke
Laura Moriarty
Laura Mullen
Laura Navartil
Laura Soloman
Laura Winton
Laure-Anne Bosselaar
Laurel Blossom
Laurel K. Dodge
Laurel Snyder
Lauren Bender
Lauren Dixon
Lauren Ireland
Lauren Kizi-Ann Alleyne
Lauren Levato
Lauren Levin
Lauren Mitchell
Lauren Shufran
Laurie Byro
Laurie Junkins
Laurie Price
Laurie Sheck
Layli Long Soldier
Laynie Browne
Lea Graham
Lee Ann Brown
Lee Ann Roripaugh
Leigh Stein
Leila Wilson
Lesle Lewis
Leslie Adrienne Miller
Leslie C. Chang
Leslie Harrison
Leslie McGrath
Leslie Patron
Leslie Scalapino
Liliane Giraudon
Lily Brown
Lily Ladewig
Lina Ramona Vitkauskas
Linda Dove
Linda Gregg
Linda Russo
Lindsay Boldt
Lindsay Marianna Walker
Lindsay Tipping
Lisa Asagi
Lisa Donovan
Lisa Fishman
Lisa Forrest
Lisa Janssen
Lisa Jarnot
Lisa Linn Kanae
Lisa Martin-DeMoor
Lisa Moren
Lisa Prince
Lisa Radon
Lisa Robertson
Liz Canfield
Liz Gallagher
Liz Mariani
Lola Haskins
Lori Anderson Moseman
Lorna Dee Cervantes
Lorna Perez
Louisa Spavento
Louise Erdrich
Louise Glück
Louise Mathias
Luisa Igloria
Lyn Hejinian
Lyn Lifshin
Lynn Behrendt
Lynn Emanuel
Lynn Xu
Lynne Knight
m. mara-ann
M. NourbeSe Philip
Mackenzie Carignan
Madeline Gins
Magdalena Zurawski
Maggie Anderson
Maggie Jaffe
Maggie Nelson
Maggie O’Sullivan
Mairead Byrne
Maja Jantar
Mara Patricia Hernandez
Marcela Sulak
Marci Nelligan
Marcia Arrieta
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Brady
Margaret Christakos
Margaret Gibson
Margaret Holley
Margaret Kaufman
Margaret Konkol
Margaret Lloyd
Margaret Randall
margareta waterman
Marge Piercy
Margot Schilpp
Mari Evans
Mari L’Esperance
Maria Benet
Maria Damon
Maria Desmée
Marianne Monk
Marianne Morris
Marie Buck
Marie étienne
Marie Harris
Marie Howe
Marie-Claire Bancquart
Marika Ismail
Marilyn Chin
Marilyn Hacker
Marilyn Kallet
Marilyn Nelson
Marilyn R. Rosenberg
Marilyn Taylor
Marilyn Zuckerman
Marisa Crawford
martha ronk
Martha Silano
Marthe Reed
Mary Alexandra Agner
Mary Ann Davis
Mary Ann Samyn
Mary Biddinger
Mary Cameron
Mary Harwell Sayler
Mary Jo Bang
Mary Jo Firth Gillett
Mary Jo Salter
Mary Karr
Mary McAnally
Mary Oliver
Mary Ruefle
Marya Hornbacher
Maryrose Larkin
Marzanna Kielar
Matina Stamatakis
Matthea Harvey
Maureen Alsop
Maureen Owen
Maureen Thorson
Maurya Simon
Maw Shein Win
Maxine Chernoff
Maxine Kumin
MC Hyland
Medbh McGuckian
Meg Hamill
Meg Hurtado
Meg Kearney
Meg Pokrass
Meg Reilly
Megan Gannon
Megan Kaminski
Megan Volpert
Meghan Doraty
Meghan M. Lee
Meghan O’Rourke
Meghan Punschke
Mei Mei Bersenbrugge
Mel Nichols
Melanie Hubbard
Melissa Broder
Melissa Buzzeo
Melissa Dickey
Melissa Fondakowski
Melissa Kwasny
Melissa McCarthy
Melissa Range
Melissa Severin
Mendi Obadike
Meredith Quartermain
Metta Sama
Mia Nussbaum
Michaela Gabriel
Michalle Gould
Michelle Bitting
Michelle Boisseau
Michelle Buchanan
Michelle Cross
Michelle Detorie
Michelle Gould
Michelle Grangaud
Michelle Grimes Shamasneh
Michelle Morgan
Michelle Naka Pierce
Michelle Taransky
Micki Myers
Mira Shimabukuro
Miranda Merklein
Miriam Bird Greenberg
Mischa Erikson
MJM
Moira Egan
Molly Arden
Molly Bendall
Molly Gaudry
Molly Peacock
Molly Tennenbaum
Monica de la Torre
Monica Fambrough
Monica Gerstemeier
Monica Youn
Moniek Darge
Morgan Grayce Willow
Mya Guarnieri
Mytili Jaganathan
Myung Mi Kim
N.A. Terranova
Nada Fader
Nada Gordon
Nance Van Winckel
Nancy Breen
Nancy Burr
Nancy Huth
Nancy Joyce Peters
Nanette Rayman Rivera
Naomi Ayala
Naomi Quinonez
Naomi Replansky
Naomi Shihab Nye
Naomi Thiers
Natalee Caple
Natalie Basinski
Natalie Illium
Natalie Lyalin
Natalie Simpson
Natalie Stephens
Natalie Zina Walschots
Natasha Moni
Natasha Trethewey
Nathalie Handal
Nava Fader
Neelanjana Banerjee
Neile Graham
Nellie Wong
Nic Sebastian
Nicelle Davis
Nicky Finney
Nicole Brossard
Nicole Burgund
Nicole Cartwright Denison
Nicole Mauro
Nicole Steinberg
Nicole Walker
Nicole Wilson
Nicole Zdeb
Nicole-Nzinga Darden
Nicolette Bethel
Nikki Reimer
Nina Corwin
Nina Lindsay
Noelle Kocot
Norma Cole
Ntozake Shange
Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill
o. hunt
Oana Avasilichioaei
Olena Kalytiak Davis
Olga Broumas
Olive Demetrius
olivia cronk
Oni Buchanan
Paige Ackerson-Keily
Paige Patton
Paige Taggert
Pam Brown
Pam Lu
Pam Rehm
Pam Ward
Pamela Gemin
Patricia A. Hawkenson
Patricia Carlin
patricia dientsfrey
Patricia Gomes
Patricia Monaghan
Patricia Smith
Patricia Spears Jones
Patti Smith
Patti White
PattiAnn Rogers
Pattie McCarthy
Patty Seyburn
paula cisewski
Paula Claire
Paula Closson Buck
Paula Grenside
Paula Meehan
Paula Mendoza-Hanna
Peg Duthie
Peggy Shumaker
Penelope Rosemont
Penelope Scambly Schott
Penn Kemp
Phoebe Wayne
Phyllis Rosenzweig
Pireeni Sundaralingam
Pit Menousek Pinegar
Prageeta Sharma
Pris Campbell
Purvi Shah
Rachel Blau Du Plessis
Rachel Finkelstein
Rachel Levitsky
Rachel Loden
Rachel Mallino Fowley
Rachel Zolf
Rachel Zucker
Rae Armantrout
Reb Livingston
Rebecca Houwer
Rebecca Lindenberg
Rebecca Loudon
Rebecca Stigge
Rebecca Viola
Rebecca Wolff
Rebecca Wright
Remica L. Bingham
Rhonda Lott
Rita Ann Higgins
Rita Dove
Rita Wong
Roberta Olson
Robin Behn
Robin Beth Schaer
Robin Brox
Robin Ekiss
Robin Kemp
Robin Reagler
robin tremblay-mcgaw
Robyn Art
Robyn Schiff
Rona Luo
Ros Barber
Rosa Alcala
Rosmarie Waldrop
Rusty Morrison
Ruth Ellen Kocher
Ruth Stone
Rynn Williams
Ryoko Sekiguchi
Sabra Loomis
Sabrina Calle
Sabrina Orah Mark
Sachiko Murakami
Sadaf Ali
Salwa C. Jabado
Samiya Bashir
Sandra Beasley
Sandra Doller
sandra guerreiro
Sandra Lim
Sandra Moussempès
Sandy Baldwin
Sandy Florian
Sandy Longhorn
Sara Gridley
Sara Kearns
Sara Veglahn
Sara Wainscott
sarah anne cox
Sarah Bartlett
Sarah Blackman
Sarah Campbell
Sarah Dowling
Sarah Gambito
Sarah Green
sarah k bell
Sarah Lindsay
Sarah Maclay
Sarah Mangold
Sarah Manguso
Sarah Menefee
Sarah Riggs
Sarah Sloat
Sarah Vap
Sasha Pimentel Chacon
Sasha Steensen
Saskia van Herwijnen
Sawako Nakayasu
Shanna Compton
Shannon Smith
Shannon Tharp
Sharon Bryan
Sharon Doubiago
Sharon Harris
Sharon Hurlbut
Sharon Mesmer
Sharon Olds
Sharon Olson
Shawn Fawson
Sheila E. Murphy
Sheila Squillante
Shelly Taylor
Sherry Chandler
Sherry Quan Lee
Sherry Robbins
Sheryl Luna
Sheryl Noethe
Shin Yu Pai
Shirley Stephenson
Siân Killingsworth
Silvana Costa
Simone Muench
Sinead Morrisey
Snezana Zabic
Soham Patel
Sommer Browning
Sonia Sanchez
Sonnet L’Abbé
Sonya Sanchez
Sonya Taaffe
Sophie Robinson
Stacey Lynn Brown
Stacie Leatherman
Stacy Blint
Stacy Doris
Stacy Heiney
Stacy Kidd
Stacy Szymaszek
Star Black
Stefi Weisburd
Stephanie Anderson
Stephanie Davis
Stephanie Prodromides
Stephanie Strickland
Stephanie Young
Sue Hammond West
Sueyeun Juliette Lee
Summi Kaipa
Sun Yung Shin
Susan Aizenberg
Susan Briante
Susan Culver
Susan Gevirtz
Susan Harper Slaviero
Susan Holbrook
Susan Howe
Susan Kinsolving
Susan Kurek
Susan Millar DuMars
Susan Rich
Susan Scarlata
Susan Schultz
Susan Sibbet
Susan Somers-Willett
Susan Yount
Susana Gardner
Susie Timmons
Suzan Sari
Suzanne Buffam
Suzanne Frischkorn
Suzanne Lummis
suzanne nixon
Suzanne Rhodenbaugh
Suzanne Stein
Suzanne Zelazo
Sylvia Legris
T.A. Noonan
Talia Reed
Tamiko Beyer
Tammy Foster Brewer
Tammy McGovern
Tanya Chernov
Tara Betts
Tara Bray
Tara Rebele
tatiana de la tierra
Teresa Ballard
Teresa Carmondy
Teresa K. Miller
Teresa White
Terese Svboda
Terri Kirby Erickson
Terry Ehret
Terry Godbey
Terry Linda Hauptman
Tessa Joseph Nicholas
Tessa Rumsey
Thalia Field
Theresa Boyar
Theresa Sotto
Tiffany Midge
Tina Chang
Tina Darragh
Tina Schumann
tisa bryant
Toi Derricotte
Tonya Foster
Tracey Knapp
Tracy K. Smith
Trina Burke
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
Valerie Berry
Valerie Fox
Valerie Loveland
Valerie Witte
Vanessa Place
Vannina Maestri
Victoria Chang
Vidhu Aggarwal
Vivian Shipley
Wanda Coleman
Wanda O’Connor
Wanda Phipps
Wang Ping
Wendy Collin Sorin
Wendy Kramer
Wendy Mulford
Wendy Rose
Wendy Taylor Carlisle
Wendy Wisner
Wisława Szymborska
Yedda Morrison
Yoko Ono
Yona Harvey

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Editorial Note. Compiling, maintaining, and adding links to this list is not my job — unless you would like to pay me for it — I’m just providing this list out of good will toward these women and a desire to spread the word about their work, and I certainly don’t know every female poet in the world. Don’t be offended if you aren’t on the list, just follow the instructions below to get added.

Regulations. Feel free to leave a comment including your name and/or the names of living female poets you admire or email me with an list (one name per line) if you have more than 5 poets to add.  Lists greater than 5 will be added with due haste, while single stragglers will not, so it’s in your best interests to suggest people other than yourself when adding to the list (if you cannot think of anyone else to add but yourself, do more research before sending names).  Please try not to give me names that are already on here and please edit for spelling and capitalization (because I will not).  The main list will be updated when I have time, so your suggestions might not show up immediately.

Rationale. For years– for decades, for centuries– it’s been assumed that women write less, publish less, and in fact are less than men. The sheer numbers of women working in poetry today prove otherwise. But have you ever seen such a list, such numbers of women together? This document is meant to encourage women who assume that they are still a “minor” demographic– you are not. And it’s meant to show male editors who still have “numbers trouble” that there’s an easy solution to their problem– learn more. Elisa Gabbert provides a handy illustration here.

Inclusion. Names will not be deleted once they are provided. If you have a problem being “female” that’s something for you to address in therapy. There’s no shame in being a woman.

Links. This is not a link list. Links will neither be provided or maintained (because that is a very time-consuming process and I do not have that kind of time; if someone else would like to volunteer to make it into links and maintain that list, that is certainly possible). If you see a name you’re interested in, Google it.