Notable Past Poets of Missouri

The list below includes past poets who were significant representatives of Missouri in literary history. Their creative voice continues to shape the art of poetry. By compiling and publishing this information we are encouraging a creative partnership between Missouri’s composers, poets, choirs, and especially, our audiences, the people of Missouri.

Missouri Verses and Voices Goals:

• To give voice to the poets of Missouri.
• To interact with and interpret creative words and ideas.
• To think artistically, envisioning the design and images of creative words and ideas.
• To encourage creative collaboration between Missouri's composers, poets, and choirs.
• To inform Missouri's residents about the creative voice of Missouri.

Mona Van Duyn T. S. Eliot Eugene Field Charles Guenther Langston Hughes	Marianne Moore John Morris John Neihardt Howard Nemerov Sara Teasdale