This is a list of female poets with a Wikipedia page, listed by the period of time in which they were born.
Before CE
1–500 CE
500–999 CE
11th–14th centuries
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15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th-century (date of birth unknown)
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Cornelia Laws St. John
Cornelia Laws St. John (, Williams; after first marriage, Laws; after second marriage, St. John; died February 24, 1902) was an American poet and biographer. She was the author of ''Over the Shoulder to Clovernook, Being a Backward Glance at Alic ...
(died February 24, 1902), American poet and biographer
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Current (date of birth unknown)
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Elizabeth Acevedo, Dominican-American poet
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Sandra Agard
Sandra Agard Hon. FRSL is a British storyteller, writer, literary consultant and cultural historian. She is a published author of short stories and poetry, and for more than 40 years has performed her work, including plays, within the UK as well ...
, British storyteller, poet and cultural historian
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Star Black, American poet, photographer and artist
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Hannah Drake
Hannah Drake is an American poet, blogger, activist, public speaker, and author of 11 books.
On Super Bowl Sunday of 2019 (Feb 3, 2019), Drake garnered a lot of attention when film director and producer Ava DuVernay tweeted out a video of Drakeâ ...
, African-American poet
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Beda Higgins
Beda Higgins is a poet and writer living in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Biography
Beda Higgins is an Anglo-Irish writer from Lancashire who lives in Newcastle upon Tyne, where she works as a Psychiatric and General Nurse. She completed a masters in ...
, Anglo-Irish poet and writer
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Kara Jackson Kara Jackson is an American poet, singer, and songwriter. She is from Oak Park, Illinois. Jackson was named the United States National Youth Poet Laureate
The National Youth Poet Laureate is a title held in the United States by a young person wh ...
, American poet and former
National Youth Poet Laureate of the USA
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List of feminist poets
This is a list of feminist poets. Historically, literature has been a male-dominated sphere, and any List of female poets, poetry written by a woman could be seen as feminism, feminist. Often, feminist poetry refers to that which was composed afte ...
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Lists of poets
Poets
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...