| Rank | | Modern Poets |
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1
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Angelou
,
Maya
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2
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Collins
,
Billy
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3
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Soto
,
Gary
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4
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Duffy
,
Carol Ann
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5
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Cisneros
,
Sandra
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6
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Walker
,
Alice
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7
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Clifton
,
Lucille
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8
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Ashbery
,
John
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9
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Zaran
,
Lisa
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10
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Viorst
,
Judith
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11
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Prelutsky
,
Jack
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12
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Baraka
,
Imamu Amiri
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13
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Berman
,
David
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14
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Bly
,
Robert
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15
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Brown
,
Fleda
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16
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Dillard
,
Annie
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17
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Eady
,
Cornelius
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18
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Berry
,
Wendell
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19
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Bell
,
Marvin
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20
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Orlovsky
,
Peter
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21
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Edson
,
Russell
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22
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Munsch
,
Robert Norman
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23
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Boland
,
Eavan
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24
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Morrissey
,
Kim
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25
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Emanuel
,
James A
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26
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Estep
,
Maggie
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27
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Williams
,
C K
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28
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Hacker
,
Marilyn
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29
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Yevtushenko
,
Yevgeny
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30
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Bidart
,
Frank
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31
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Bonnefoy
,
Yves
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32
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Fincke
,
Gary
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33
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Cavalieri
,
Grace
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34
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Kinnell
,
Galway
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35
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Bosselaar
,
Laure-Anne
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36
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Boyd
,
Alex
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37
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Bradley
,
George
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38
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di Prima
,
Diane
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39
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Dobyns
,
Stephen
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40
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Doty
,
Mark
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41
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Dove
,
Rita
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42
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Dubie
,
Norman
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43
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Duhamel
,
Denise
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44
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Dunmore
,
Helen
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45
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Dunn
,
Stephen
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46
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Ferlinghetti
,
Lawrence
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47
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Field
,
Edward
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48
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Flynn
,
Nick
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49
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Forche
,
Carolyn
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50
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Fried
,
Daisy
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