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It can be said that, through each historical period, world literature has produced great
poets and writers. Till this day, there are still many newly-known poets, although their
influence and contribution are not as great as the poets of previous centuries, they
contribute to change poetry of the present world to the new level.
Poetry and literature is an excellent artistic language that the world has been having, they
carry messages that inspire and connect within every word. Thus, poetry has undergone
few changes over the centuries, and it is the best poets of the 21st century that have
contributed so much to this art.
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with
language.
— W. H. Auden
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Now that we are transferring between the old and the new generations, classical poetry
and literature will remain and live on with us forever. But at the same time we should
embrace the new, modern poetry movement, with a strong poetic style and unique
creativity. Therefore, the best poets of the 21st century are the ones who are pioneers,
heads of modern poetry and literature.
1. Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney, in full Seamus Justin Heaney, (born April
13, 1939, near Castledàwson, County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland—died August 30, 2013, Dublin, Ireland),
was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received
the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.
To Read: The Early Purges | Act of Union | Bogland
2. Fleur Adcock
Fleur Adcock, in full Kareen Fleur Adcock, (born February
10, 1934, Papakura, New Zealand), is a New Zealand poet
and editor, of English and Northern Irish ancestry, who has
lived much of her life in England.
To Read: At The Crossing | Blow Flies | For Meg
3. Wendell Berry
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Wendell Berry, in full Wendell Erdman Berry, (born August
5, 1934, Port Royal, Kentucky, U.S.), is an American
novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural
critic, and farmer. He is an elected member of the
Fellowship of Southern Writers, a recipient of The National
Humanities Medal, and the Jefferson Lecturer for 2012.
To Read: Like The Water | The Real Work | The Silence
4. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates, pseudonyms Rosamond Smith and
Lauren Kelly, (born June 16, 1938, Lockport, New York,
U.S.), is an American writer. Oates published her first book
in 1963 and has since published 58 novels, a number of
plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories,
poetry, and nonfiction.
To Read: Love Anecdote | The Blessing | Ancient Snapshots
5. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood, in full Margaret Eleanor Atwood, (born
November 18, 1939, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), is a
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher,
environmental activist, and inventor.
To Read: Siren Song | The City Planners | The Landlady
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6. Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth, (born June 20, 1952, Calcutta [now Kolkata],
India), is an Indian novelist and poet. He has written
several novels and poetry books. He has received several
awards such as Padma Shri, Sahitya Academy Award,
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, WH Smith Literary Award and
Crossword Book Award.
To Read: Progress Report | Mistaken | Prandial Plaint
7. Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie, in full Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr., (born
October 7, 1966, Wellpinit, Spokane Indian Reservation,
near Spokane, Washington, U.S.), is a Spokane-Coeur
d’Alene-Native American novelist, short story writer, poet,
and filmmaker.
To Read: Evolution | Good Hair | Dangerous Astronomy
8. Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy, in full Dame Carol Ann Duffy, (born December 23, 1955, Glasgow,
Scotland), is a British poet and playwright. She is a professor of contemporary poetry at
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Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed
Poet Laureate in May 2009, resigning in 2019.
To Read: The Love Poem | Warming Her Pearls |
Christmas Eve
9. Billy Collins
Billy Collins, in full William James Collins, (born March 22,
1941, New York, New York, U.S.), is an American poet,
appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001
to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman
College of the City University of New York (retired, 2016).
To Read: Candle Hat | Neither Snow | Consolation
10. Derek Walcott
Derek Walcott, in full Derek Alton Walcott, (born January
23, 1930, Castries, Saint Lucia—died March 17, 2017, Cap
Estate), was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He
received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was the
University of Alberta’s first distinguished scholar in
residence, where he taught undergraduate and graduate writing courses.
To Read: The Bounty | Pentecost | Koening Of The River
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11. Michael Donaghy
Michael Donaghy (May 24, 1954 – September 16, 2004)
was a New York City poet and musician, who lived in
London from 1985. Donaghy’s collections of poems are
Shibboleth (1988); Errata (1990); Dances Learned Last
Night: Poems 1975–1995 (2000); Conjure (2000), a Poetry
Book Society Choice and Forward Poetry Prize Winner; Safest (2005); and Collected
Poems (2009). He is also author of The Shape of the Dance: Essays, Interviews and
Digressions (2009) and editor of 101 Poems About Childhood (2005).
To Read: A Vision | I Say I Say I Say | The Hard
12. Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage, in full Simon Robert Armitage, (born May
26, 1963, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [now in Kirklees],
England), is an English poet, playwright and novelist who
was appointed Poet Laureate on 10 May 2019.
13. Don Paterson
Donald Paterson OBE FRSE FRSL (born 1963) is an
accomplished jazz musician as well as a poet which might
partially account for the complex harmonies of his work.
Born in Dundee, he left school to pursue a career in music,
moving to London in 1984.
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To Read: The Flowers | The Dead | The White Lie
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(1874 – 1963)
William Shakespeare
(1564 – 1616)
Maya Angelou
(1928 – 2014)
Pablo Neruda
(1904 – 1973)
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(1830 – 1886)
Langston Hughes
(1901 – 1967)
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Shel Silverstein
(1930 – 1999)
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(1757 – 1827)
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Exeunt
On The Skeleton Of A Hound
Marginalia
Nostalgia
WINTER
Graydigger’s Home
March 26, 1974
A Winter Daybreak Above Vence
May Morning
Having Lost My Sons, I Confront The Wreckage Of The Moon: Christmas, 1960
On The Skeleton Of A Hound
AUTUMN
Autumn Begins In Martins Ferry, Ohio
The Lambs On The Boulder
Flames
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