Writers Who Write Poetry and Prose Hanif Abdurraqib Mark Doty Shane Koyczan Rainer Maria Rilke Elizabeth Acevedo Stephen Dunn Agota Kristof Aida Salizar Kim Addonizio Meg Eden Irene Latham Erica Sanchez Chimamanda Ngozi Russell Edson Thanhha Lai Lisa Schroeder Adichie Margarita Engle Dorianne Laux Walter Scott Kwame Alexander Louise Erdrich D.H. Lawrence Neal Shusterman Sherman Alexie Ralph Fletcher Ursula Le Guin Laura Shovan Julia Alvarez Nick Flynn Ben Lerner Leslie Marmon Silko Mary Amato Carolyn Forche Jean Little Charles Simic Laurie Halse Anderson Tai Freedom Ford Audre Lorde Charlotte Turner Smith Maya Angelou Helen Frost George Ella Lyon Cynthia Leitich Smith Gloria Anzaldua Neil Gaiman Sarah Manguso Tracy K. Smith Katherine Applegate James Galvin Guadalupe Garcia Sonya Sones Margaret Atwood Ross Gay McCall Traci Sorell Jimmy Santiago Baca Kahlil Gibran Alison McGhee Gary Soto James Baldwin Louise Gluck A.A. Milne William Stafford Chris Baron Nikki Grimes Walter Dean Myers Gertrude Stein Marion Dane Bauer Joy Harjo Eileen Myles James Tate Wendell Berry Thomas Hardy Vladimir Nabokov R.L. Toalson Robert Bly Matthew Harvey Adaobi Tricia J.R.R. Tolkien Nwaubani David Bowles Robert Hass Bill Tremblay Ray Bradbury Juan Felipe Herrera Naomi Shihab Nye John Updike Vera Britain Karen Hesse Joyce Carol Oates Luis Alberto Urrea Emily Bronte Jane Hirshfield Michael Ondaatje Katherena Vermette Charles Bukowski Tony Hoagland Mary Rose O’Reilly Ellen Bryant Voigt Raymond Carver K.A Holt Grace Paley Ocean Vuong Sandra Cisneros Ellen Hopkins Morgan Parker Alice Walker Lucille Clifton Richard Hugo Octavio Paz Richard Wagamese Judith Cofer Ortiz Zora Neale Hurston Bao Phi Robert Penn Warren Leonard Cohen Denis Johnson Marge Piercy Oscar Wilde Billy Collins Saeed Jones Caroline Pignat Virginia Woolf Stephen Crane June Jordan Andrea Davis Pinkney Jacqueline Woodson Sharon Creech Mary Karr Sylvia Plath Kit Yan Jack Davis Laura Kasischke Edgar Allen Poe Jane Yolanda Junot Diaz Jamaica Kincaid Kevin Powers Jane Yolen Charles Dickens Barbara Kingsolver Kadijah Queen Matthew Zapruder James Dickey Ted Kooser Dan Beachy Quick Joaquin Zihuatanejo Annie Dillard Steven Kowit Ron Rash Rita Dove Jason Reynolds .