WE ARE CURRENTLY LISTING 385 MICHIGAN POETS!    AND HOUSING   163 MICHIGAN POETRY BOOKS!

May 30, 2009: Thank you for all the updates and inquiries sent in over the Winter and Spring months. We will begin updating poet info and adding new poets starting next month, so please keep sending in any information, corrections, additions, updates, new poets!

Nov 17: POETS – Wardell Montgomery Jr., Jessica Care Moore, Edward Morin. UPDATES – Al Hellus. BOOKS – 1 Book added.

Nov 7: POETS – Derek P. Miller, Mary Minock, Christine Monhollen.

Nov 6: POETS – Mike Madias, Marc Maurus, Raymond P. McKinney. BOOKS – 2 Books added.

Oct 27: POETS – Christine Lahey, Michael Laughlan, Janet Lawless. UPDATES – Geoffrey Jacques, Clarence “Oliver” Lagrone.

Oct 26: POETS – Clark Iverson, Geoffrey Jacques, Stephen Jones, Nubia Kai.

Oct 24: POETS – Kaleema Hasan, Errol A. Henderson, Barbara Henning.

Oct 23: POETS – Perri Giovannucci, Maurice “Maugre” Greenia Jr., Bill Harris.

Oct 21: POET – Anne-Marie Oomen. BOOKS – 2 Books added.

Oct 20: POETS – Dan Georgakas, Charles A. Gervin.

Oct 18: BOOKS – 1 Book added.

Oct 5: POETS – Jeffrey Bean, Nancy Taylor Nicodemus, Jeanine Rosenberg.

Oct 2: POET – Gil Rau. BOOKS – 3 books added.

Sept 27: POETS – Walter Cox, Stella Crews, Jose Garza. BOOKS – 1 book added.

Sept 22: POETS – Mary Ann Cameron, Leon Chamberlain, Andrei Codrescu.

Sept 17: POETS – Sadiq Bey, William Boyer, James Burdine.

Sept 13: POET – Renee Tambeau.

Sept 10: POET – Doug Tanoury.

Sept 8: BOOKS – 10 Books added!

Sept 6: POETS – Ted Nagy, Schaarazetta Natelege, David J. Nelson.

Sept 3: POETS – Ann Holdreith, Dan Hughes, Kim Hunter.

Aug 30: POETS – Jerry Herron, Ellen Hildreth, Edward Hirsch.

Aug 27: POETS – Robert Dana, Mark Donovan, Gloria Dyc.

Aug 25: POETS – Larry Gabriel, Joan Gartland, Michele Gibbs.

Aug 23: POETS – Norene Cashen, Esperanza M. Cintron, James Clay. LINKS – DoorJamb Press.

Aug 21: POETS – Jill Witherspoon Boyer, Donna Brook, Dorothy Howells Walker, Bennett Weaver, Dorothy Wilde, Robert Wollenberg, Clarence R. Wylie Jr. UPDATES – Brinkman, Eshleman, Foster, Freisinger.

Aug 20: POETS – Faruq Z. Bey, Inez Sheldon Tyler, Ruth Genevieve Van Horne.

Aug 19: POETS – Olivia V. Ambrogio, Irvine Barat, Mona Bardwell Than, Margaret H. Tomkins. UPDATES – Monson, Kearns, Abbott, Baxter, Cantoni. BOOKS – 2 Books added. LINKS – Up in Michigan, Pank, Emerging Writer’s Network, New Issues Blog, Diagram.

Aug 18: POETS – Joseph Sheltraw, Sister Mary Edwardine R.S.M., Frederick Ten Hoor, Sarah Addae, Saladin Ahmed. UPDATES – Ohman Youngs, Legler, Pike, Tudor, Woods. BOOKS – 1 Book added. LINKS – Red Cedar Review, The Offbeat, The MacGuffin.

Aug 17: POETS – Joseph A. Sadony, John William Scholl, Lulu Scott, Faith Shearin.

Aug 16: WE REACHED 300 POETS TODAY. POETS - Laurence W. Thomas, V. Corinne Pape, Bernice Ireland Powels, Edith Moody Rittenour, Peter Markus, David Marlatt, Gail Martin, Thylias Moss, Julie Moulds Rybicki. UPDATES – Charara. LINKS – Third Wednesday.

Aug 15: POETS - Arnold Johnston, Laura Kasischke, Clarence P. Milligan, Bess Evangeline Murch, Irene Murray, Frank Praeger, Ron Riekki, Mark Senkus.

Aug 14: POETS – Howard N. Jacobson, Victoria Beaudin Johnson, Marion MacArthur Laing, Olena Kalytiak Davis, Johnathan Johnson.

Aug 13: POETS - Lucy N. Eames, Howell S. England, Nancy Eimers, Mary Jo Firth Gillett, Edward Lowe. UPDATES – Torreson, VanderMolen, Wakoski, Worth. BOOKS - 2 Books added.

Aug 10: POETS – Ila Andrus, Margaret H. Calder, Gladys Cardiff. UPDATES – Seuss, Sheehan, Thomas, Tillinghast.

Aug 9: POETS – Priscilla Atkins, Nick Bozanic, Anthony Butts, Elizabeth Harriet Allen, Jan Mordenski. UPDATES – Madgett, Matuzak, Minty, Palen, Pederson, Rappleye, Rendleman, Ridl, Rybicki, Scott. BOOKS – 1 Book added.

Aug 8: POETS – Marie J. Post, Margaret Hardman Theiss, Maude Ewing Toles, Emil O. Tolonen, Frederic Zeigen. UPDATES – Delp, Dybek, Foster, Fulton, Gregerson, Haight, Harrison, Hilberry, Hooper, Jackson, Kearns, LaFemina, Lee, Lynch. BOOKS – 1 Book added.

Aug 7: POETS – Melba Joyce Boyd, Hayan Charara, Clifford Davidson, Ted Pearson, Trinidad Sanchez Jr. UPDATES – Drake, Goren, Hillert, Pritchard, Rose, Secrist, Warsaw. BOOKS - 6 Books added.

Aug 6: POETS – Bonnie Parker, Sheila Pritchard, Elinor Rose, Lew Sarett, Margaret Secrist, Ernest Sharpe, W. D. Snodgrass, James Varty, Irene Warsaw, Robert Wheeler, William Whittemore, Kathleen McGookey, Renee Brown. BOOKS - 4 Books added.

Aug 5: POETS – Thomas Hadley, Margaret Hillert, Clarence La Grone, Ethel Mann, Lloyd Merrell, Jessie Murton, Gwendolyn Niles, Jett Whitehead. BOOKS - 6 Books added.

Aug 4: POETS – Peter Cooley, Richard Lyons, Michael Van Walleghen, Russell Thorburn. UPDATES – Daniels, DeWitt, Greinke, Torgersen, Allen, Gerber, Gildner, Harrison, McKeown, Minty, Parker, Tipton, Echelberger. BOOKS – 16 Books added.

Aug 3: POETS – Sybil Kein, Paulette Childress White. UPDATES – James 1, Rappleye, Malloch, Roethke, Foster. LINKS – Detroit Working Writers.

Aug 2: POETS – George Coutoumanos, Alfred Ebelt, Angie Rose Edgerton, Clarence Simeon Way. UPDATES – Leggett, Derricotte, Madgett. BOOKS - 4 Books added. LINKS – Lotus Press.

Aug 1: WE REACHED 100 BOOKS TODAY. POETS – Paul Olson, Anne Campbell, Larry O. Dean. UPDATES - Abbott, Cantoni, Carleton, Cherwinski, Kicknosway, Nedrow, Worth. BOOKS – 4 Books added.

July 29: WEBSITE WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR NECESSARY UPDATING July 29-31. To view poets during these 3 days, select the letter on the left side of the page which corresponds to their last name. Beginning August 1st – the site will return to a complete alphabetical listing of all poets. For ease of use -page selections will now be listed across the top of the page.

July 28: POETS – Ron Allen, Alise Alousi, Alvin Aubert. UPDATES – Greinke.

July 27: WE REACHED 200 POETS TODAY. POETS – Richard W. Thomas, James Tipton, Mark Wangberg, John Woods, Beth Brant, Stephen Dunning, Henrietta Epstein, Lorene Erickson, Judith Goren, Gail Griffin, Carol Hackenbruch, Robert Haight, Patricia Hooper, Stephen Leggett, Ben Mitchell, Miriam Pederson, Lawrence Pike, John R. Reed, Richard Tillingham, Stephen Tudor, Rayfield Waller, Ann Williamson. UPDATES – Gerber, VandeZande, Eshleman, Harrison, Wakoski, Levine, Roethke. BOOKS – 1 Book Added.

July 26: POETS – Michael Delp, Hugh Fox, Philip Legler, Tom McKeown, Cynthia Nibbelink Worley, Howard Norman, Linda Parker, Danny Rendleman, Jan Worth, Lawrence Russ, Eve Shelnutt, Skaidrite Stelzer. SITE – A works cited page has been added.

July 25: POETS – Ronnie M. Lane, Herbert Martin, E. W. Oldenburg, Barbara Robbins, Clifford Allen, David Osborne Hamilton, Albert Emerson Brown. UPDATES – Alvin, Blackhawk, Daniels, DeJong, Derricotte, Foster, Gustafson, Harris, Hayden, Hernandez, Jackson, Kgositsile, Kicknosway, LaGattuta, Levine, Liebler, Madgett, Mikolowski, Randall, Rybicki, Taylor, Vest, Vlasopolos, Williams.

July 24: POETS – Jim Gustafson, Marc David Beaudin, Therese J. Becker, Joseph Dionne, Christopher Matthew Hennessy, Albert Drake, Barbara Drake, John Knapp II. UPDATES – Barendrecht, Baxter, Blackhawk, Greinke, Matuzak, Nemec Foster, Randall, Stebelton, Torgersen. BOOK – 1 book added.

July 23: POETS – Winsom Amos, Carroll Arnett, Jack Ashman, Russell Smith Ashman, Nina Dikeman Bakker, Cor W. Barendrecht, Michael J. Barney, Chuck Stebelton. LINK – Wayne State University Press. BOOK – 1 book added.

July 22: POETS – Alan Paul Akmakjian, James B. Allen. UPDATES – Abbott, Guest, Vlasopolos. LINK – Presa Press.

July 21: POET – Terry Stokes. UPDATES – Hilberry, McCombs, Scott, Thomas, VanderMolen, Wooten. BOOKS – 7 youth projects, 2 collections, 11 MI Lit mags.

July 20: POETS - A. L. Gainer, Eric Greinke, Hallie L. Harkness, Margaret M. Holmes, Murray Jackson, Stewart Moore, Doris Tarver Paul, Adeline Pino, Robert Rentschler. BOOKS – 12 books added, including 2 anthologies; 8 MI lit journals.

July 19: POETS – Ray Nagis, Ella Castle Nedrow, Rebecca Newth, Margaret Abbott, Lawrence Abbott, Pegasus Buchanan, Elaine Charter, William Fuller, J. B. Smiley, Raymond McDaniel. UPDATES – Cherwinski, Hall, Levine. BOOKS – 7 Youth projects, 10 Individual Poetry Books, 1 anthology.

July 18: POETS – Caroline Kelsey Lumber, Belle Sutfin Moore, M. A. Sutfin, James Henry Potts, Edwin E. Raze, Floyd D. Raze, John Franklin Rose, Frank Lisle Rose, Lelia M. Rowan, Irene Pomeroy Shields, Fred Hankinson Yaple. LINKS – Silliman’s Blog. BOOKS – 9 Michigan Lit Journals & the 1904 anthology Michigan Poets and Poetry added.

July 17: POETS – Lyman F. Stowe, Diane Sautter, Asa H. Stoddard, Peter F. Dodds, Donald Hall, William B. Hamilton, Francis Hodgman. UPDATES – Alvin, Dybek, Gerber, Guest, Harrison, Kearns, Kerman, King, Taylor, Torgersen . BOOKS – 6 Books added (dating from 1898 -1922).

July 16: POETS – Andrew Wanless, David James #2, Aaron McCollough, Kathleen Halme, Gina Myers, Steve Lentz, Harvey Hirsch, Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Rose Hartwick Thorpe, James David Corrothers, Joseph Cherwinski, David Cornel DeJong. UPDATES - Apol, Behar, Blackhawk, Brinkman, Cantoni, Driscoll, Fanning, Fishburn, James, King, Williams. LINKS – Broadside Press, GutCult. BOOKS – 5 books added.

July 15: POETS – Greg Rappleye, Tyrone Williams, Faye Kicknosway, Aurora Harris, Benjamin Hathaway. UPDATES – Daniels, Liebler, Malloch, Rybicki, Ridl. BOOKS - 3 books added.

July 14: BOOKS – Collection starts with 12 books! POETS – Ander Monson, Allegra Blake, Matt Echelberger, Jim DeWitt, Judith McCombs, Hank Malone, L. J. Mannes, Jeanne Poulet, Mary Lou Shackett, Hilda Vest; CORRECTION – Judith Minty (was listed as Mintz); LIT JOURNAL – Controlled Burn; (Thanks again to Kim Chinquee for the CMU poets) today put us over 100 poets!

July 13: POET – Skip Renker; BLOG – One Poet’s Notes; BLOG – Birthday of Poets, Information on 10 poets

July 12: POETS – Margaret Danner, Linda Gregerson, Lawrence Jospeh, Dudley Randall, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, Adam Clay, Karen S. Williams, Christine Hume, Robert Alexander (Thank You to Poetry Hut & Kim Chinquee for these additions).

July 11: Now at 55 poets; added poetry LINKS & BLOGS

July 10: Up to 30 poets

July 9: Site created; 10 poets