Tom Adamson
Stephen C. Behrendt
Shirley Buettner
Willa Cather  [Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction 1923]
Loren Eiseley
Twyla Hansen
Neill Harrison
Weldon Kees
William Kloefkorn  [Nebraska State Poet, 1982-present; author of the 2008 One Book One Nebraska selection]
Ted Kooser  [Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 2005; Poet Laureate of the United States -- 2004-2006]
Greg Kosmicki
Greg Kuzma
Myra Cohn Livingston
James Magorian
Mordecai Marcus
Matt Mason
Nancy McCleery
The Nebraska Chaparral Poets
John G. Neihardt  [first Nebraska Poet Laureate, 1921-1973]
Eunice Louise Preston
Hilda Raz
Jim Reese
Marjorie Saiser
Mark Sanders
Roy Scheele
Karl Shapiro  [Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry 1945]
Susan Strayer Deal
Don Welch
Kathleene West

These are just a few of the published poets with Nebraska ties. See the subject heading Poets -- Nebraska in the library catalog. Many items are kept in The Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors, on the 3rd floor of Bennett Martin Public Library.

Printed List April 1999 bwc
Updated for the Web April 2005 sdc / last updated April 2008 sdc