Greatest 20th Century Poet (in English)

[William Haskins]

Who do you believe to have been the greatest poet of the 20th Century (writing in English)?

If none of these reflect your choice, please feel free to enter your choice in your reply.

[Jamesaritchie]

Who do you believe to have been the greatest poet of the 20th Century (writing in English)?

If none of these reflect your choice, please feel free to enter your choice in your reply.

I check Robert Frost, but I'd have to give Kipling very strong consideration, even though his life was split between the 19th and 20th centuries.

[William Haskins]

good call on kipling. it's a shame that i could only post 10 options, because there really are a lot i couldn't include.

theodore roethke and wilfred owen leap to mind.

thanks for posting and voting, james.

[randesq]

What other poet can crack you up?

[neepheid]

I was always partial to the works of Norman McCaig. No idea if he's the greatest, but his is the first poetry I seriously studied at school so it will always be with me.

[wingtoad]

Where's Yeats? He'd be my choice.