Maryland's Best Poets
Are you a fan of poetry? Here are some of the best poets with Maryland connections.
Lucille Clifton
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/79
Lucille Clifton was a Poet Laureate of Maryland and a writer-in-residence at Coppin State University. During that time, she wrote two collections of poetry and has written nine collections altogether.
Ogden Nash
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/673
Ogden Nash moved to Baltimore later in his life and died at Johns Hopkins of Crohn's Disease. His poems appeared in The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post and Vogue.
Linda Pastan
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/749
Linda Pastan is a former Poet Laureate of Maryland. She has written nine collections of poetry, two of which were nominated for the National Book Award.
Stanley Plumly
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/103
Stanley Plumly is Maryland's current Poet Laureate. He has written six collections of poetry. He also teaches English at the University of Maryland College Park.
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe is possibly Maryland's most famous poet. His poems include "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee." Poe spent the last few years of his life in Baltimore, where he is buried.