Category:American poets

Categorization guidelines for American poets: All American poets should be in one or more by-century categories (see subcategories below) based on when they wrote poetry (note: Some poets may belong in two such categories).

They should also be sorted into the relevant state(s) they are from or did significant work in, under.

Poets should also be placed into as appropriate, and into any relevant genre, time-frame, religion, or ethnicity or national origin categories as well. However, a poet should never only be in an ethnic or gender-based category - all poets should be in the century-categories at a minimum, and the state categories if relevant.