great 'women' poets

Sappho Emily Dickinson Audre Lorde Sylvia Plath Gertrude Stein Lyn Hejinian Harryette Mullen Adrienne Rich Gwendolyn Brooks Lorine Niedecker Mina Loy Laura Riding Jackson H.D. Jean Valentine Fanny Howe Cole Swenson Larissa Szporluk Brigit Pegeen Kelly Rae Armantrout Susan Howe Mei-mei Berssenbrugge Johanna Drucker Barbara Guest Myung Mi Kim Alice Notley Bernadette Mayer Aphra Behn Margaret Atwood Marianne Moore Missy Elliot Elizabeth Bishop Lucille Clifton Maya Angelou Eavan Boland Anne Bradstreet MC Lyte Amy Lowell Edna St. Vincent Millay Phillis Wheatley Christine de Pizan Ai Gwendolyn Bennett Rita Dove Dorothy Parker C.D. Wright Marilyn Chin Annie Finch Louise Glück Jorie Graham Mary Oliver Sharon Olds Lucie Brock-Broido Laurie Sheck Sandra Cisneros Naomi Shihab Nye bell hooks Muriel Rukeyser Queen Latifah Hannah Wiener Doris Cross Joanne Kyger Tina Darragh Rachel Blau du Plessis Elizabeth Treadwell Elizabeth Willis