Who are the most amazing poets?

Famous poem: "She Walks in Beauty" Famous quote: "There is no instinct like that of the heart." Lewis Carroll. Wikimedia Commons. read more

Amazing is kind of hard to quantify and it really depends what you like, but, here's my rundown of some of the best and most important poets (of modern times, because that's where all the good stuff is in my opinion anyway.) First, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman pretty much set the standard for American poetry and they should not be overlooked. read more

There are also translations of poems by Sappho of Lesbos, the Bible's King Solomon and the French poet Pierre Ronsard. And because most popular songs are lyric poems set to music, I have also included lyrics by songwriters like Joan Baez, Sam Cooke, Bob Dylan, Eminem, Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Carole King, Prince, Smokey Robinson, Paul Simon and Bruce Springsteen. read more