Kabir, mystic poet of India, born 1440
Rumi, Persian poet, born 1207
Muriel Rukeyser, American poet, born 1913
Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet, born 1891
Tony Hoagland, American poet, born 1953
Sharon Olds, American poet, born 1942
David Whyte, English poet, born 1955
Denise Levertov, British-born American poet, born 1923.
Hamutal Bar-Yosef, Israeli poet, born 1940
Michael Ondaatje, Canadian poet, born 1943
Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, born 1870
Ruth L. Schwartz, American poet, born 1962
Gerry Lafemina, American poet, born 1968
Allen Ginsberg, American poet, born 1926