Greatest Poets of All Time

Russian-American poet and essayist. He was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972 for alleged "social parasitism" and settled in America with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters. He taught thereafter at universities including those at Yale, Cambridge and Michigan. Brodsky was awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity"

most underrated poet.

One of the most original conemporary European poets. Very powerful work.

The greatest poet and spiritual leader of Muslims of subcontinent (undivided India).

Greatest Urdu poet ever. He has also written in Persian.. Most notably, he wrote several ghazals during his life, which have since been interpreted and sung in many different ways by different people. He is considered to be the most dominating poet of the Urdu language.

The worlds greatest song writer used poetry to write songs.

Great, insightful, intellectually developed poet of many ageless poems, Kipling combines in his tempestuous language honesty of understanding and sincere moral depth to create poetry possessed by universal meaningfulness.

Transtomar is a poet of insightful depth of thought and sophisticated ease of expression.

The first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing. The texture of his poems and stories, sometimes referred to as "Bunin brocade", is considered to be one of the richest in the language.

Shakespeare is the greatest poet in all literature, surpassing other great poets like Dante, Chaucer and Homer.

regarded by many as the premier female poet in the Chinese language

Great Punjabi poet

Soft poetry, silently musical and muted love. A revolutionary person cutting her way with silky words.

Best Poet (and he's an Aussie)

Parker is amongst the most accomplished poets in literature.

The most "real" poet of all time. Bringing an understanding of of the behavior and culture of young black ghetto males, (thugs) to a somewhat universal upbringing. Also one of the biggest names in the history of music, and arguably the greatest rapper of all time.

Best known for her caustic wit and wisecracks, she created some of the best poetry of her time, especially for a woman.

A great and accomplished poet in the Italian language, Quasimodo despite the high quality of his work which won him a nobel prize remains neglected due to inadequate translations.

a pistol in his left and a pistol in his right....

The Great Hunger

Many great poets are not on this list; Li-Young Lee, Carl Sandburg, Mr. Roethke, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, Gwendolyn Brooks, Kerouac, Joyce, Galway Kinnell, Philip Levine, Anne Sexton, Adrienne Rich, Lucille Clifton, Charles Simic, Louise Gluck, Yusef Komunyakaa, and honestly so many more. It's sad to see that people only favor the most read and classical or peoples and writers. I was surprised not to see 'Snookie' on this list, though there are many great names here it is disheartening that so many comments go into derogatory banter and shallow accusations. Poetry is subjective like art, Campbells tomato soup to when Howl was first argued in court. No single person can be the greatest writer, only the greatest to their fans and admirers. Theodore Roethke had, to me, beautiful greenhouse imagery with a constant sense of grey matter in his tone and vernacular that i really relate to. My pappa's Waltz, Root Cellar, Cuttings, Big wind, etc. Roethke pulled great influence from his life. I love poets who inspire me; Such as Roethke, Ginsberg, Sandburg, William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens (of mere being), and so on. Look at the names on these list's and through excessive reading and analytical as well as emotional deciphering find what 'you' inherit as your favorite pieces of literature. And read Ozymandias, it's nice for a perspective adjustment.

A great Poet.

A master of verse who sustains rereading.

First Children's poet Laureate. Published over 50 collections of his work. His poetry is filled with humor and amazing wit. What he is writing today will reshape the way we view poets for generations to come.

Original poetry written in the darkness of communism in Romania

A beauty repeating it self like an endless tree.

An introverted poetry full of mysticism and passion. An intelligent poet yet so narcissist. Beautiful to read in original.

KISS YOUR LOVE Brian John Evans KISS YOUR LOVE Kiss your Love—forsake Duty—for night’s stallion bears down, On the bright mares of sunlight that jostle and clown, Fresh-eyed from lush waters--last colours their prize-- They have frolicked with tree witches all naked and wise : Magicked they lift them—their long witchy hair— Till witch-winds go-tumble witch-glistens in spray. One scared witch withered to her dried-sphagnum lair, Had schemed and composed her near human disdain, But so dark is man’s dungeon--she burst from its shame! She sang like six night birds--she rose as six moons! Her mouse cast six shadows--six fat owls scoured their bones ; How she ached for her sisters--till each found her in turn-- Become all things and no thing—our joy—and its pain; In the heart of a poet, breathes that witch girl without name! bestpoetdotcom

Belfast poet best known for classics like "Antartica"

Truly a gifted poet, Alharassees only published around 100 poems during his life, but these poems are filled with such passion, energy, and beauty, that they have to be rated among the greatest. Recently, Alharassees unpublished poems have been collected and edited into a complete poems collection that will be out sometime in 2011. If you just read one poem by Alharassees you would understand why he should be considered one of the greatest of all time. "Sleep Under the Heavens and warm yourself in starlights distant rays"

The great poet rising of are time and a editor of macabre cadaver magazine.

If there has ever been any greater poet in the English (or any) language I should like to read him - with 'amaaaaazing powms' like: Two feet from a Big brown Bomb I went and saw a chalky mess Twemlow Centres Largess is largely Foursquare who can help but be a-moved - not me bro.

One of the best persian poets

A master of verse who sustains rereading.

The the gothest

Wrote the best book ever Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you See

He is a very inspirational person, who was able to overcome his poor academics to be one of the best poets that ever lived

As you set out for Ithaka hope the voyage is a long one..

A poet and an adventurer of the sixteenth century, full of misadventures. He was a soldier of an empire in decline.

all you need

“I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately, I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to put to rout all that was not life and not when I had come to die discover that I had not lived.”-H.D.T. American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist. He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions were his writings on natural history and philosophy, where he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close natural observation, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and "Yankee" love of practical detail.[2] He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time he advocated abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs.

The most underrated rapper. Rapping is a form of poetry. Although he was not able to put out much work in his short career, all his songs are great. Greatest rapper and lyricist of all time.

He has a gift for poetry, which is obvious to any who choose to read his work.

He is one of my favourite poets because he writes about the wonders of the bush, and the Man from Snowy River is one of the most famous Australian poems.

Insightful and profound poetry.

Tagore's poem's like "The crescent moon" are great .

A poet of profound poetry which manifests a unity of intellectual power and great beauty.

A poet of great intellectual sophistication, Bose wrote many outstanding poems and novels.

Rabindranath Tagore is the greatest poet ever. He might not be known as the best poet ever accorss the world because of the language he has used, it is Bengali which is a regional language in India. But anyone reads his poem, poetry, drama, songs etc, i can bet , he/she must accept him as the greatest Poet the world has ever seen. His versatility in litarature/Arts is incomparable. I request each member of this site to know about him and experience his works.

TRANSCENDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN ALL GENRES OF LITERATURE,PAINTING, SOCIAL REFORM

William Radice is one of the greatest poets in the English language.

Das perhaps wrote the most passionate poems in world literature. Das's poetry is universal and outstanding in its exploration of the personal emotions of human existence.

Rabindranath Tagore is perhaps the world's greatest poet. Tagore wrote thousands of poems of great intellectual depth, variety,originality and beauty. I highly recommend reading Rabinding Tagore. A few of Rabindranath Tagore's books are available on Amazon.com. I highly recommend Tagore's plays,novels,short stories,essays,letters,paintings,songs and philosophy in addition to his profound poetry.