A
ADAMS, John Quincy (1767-1848)
AIKEN, Conrad (1889-1973)
AKINS, Zoë (1886 - 1958)
ALLEN, Hervey (1889-1949)
ANGELOU, Maya (b. 1928)
ANSCHÜTZ, Ernst (1780-1861)
ARNOLD, George (1834–1865)
ASCELPIADES (fl. 290 B.C.)

B
BACHLUND, Gary (b. 1947)
BACHLUND, Gordon (b. 1933)
BACHLUND, Virginia (1909-2000)
BARNETT, Marilyn (b. 1954)
BARNETT, Marilyn (dedicatee)
BARNETT, William Chambers II (b. 1923)
BASSO, Romina (dedicatee)
BATES, Katharine Lee (1859 - 1929)
BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867)
BARTH, Ned (dedicatee)
BECHSTEIN, Kathrin (dedicatee)
BEADLE, Samuel Alfred (1857-1932)
BÉCQUER, Gustavo Adolpho (1836-1870)
BELLOC, Hilaire (1870-1953)
BERGER, Rainer (dedicatee)
BIERCE, Ambrose (1842-1914)
BLAKE, William (1757-1827)
BOOTH, Tom (dedicatee)
BÖNIG, Andrea (dedicatee)
BORYSIEWICZ, Krzysztof (dedicatee)
BORMANN, Edwin (1851-1912)
BOSCH, Marcus R. (dedicatee)
BOURDILLON, Francis William (1852-1921)
BOURLAND, Roger (b. 1952)
BOURLAND, Roger (dedicatee)
BRECHT, Bertholt (1898-1956)
BRENTANO, Clemens (1778-1842)
BROOKE, Rupert (1887-1915)
BUCHANAN, Mary (n.d.)
BUNNELL, Jane (dedicatee)
BURKMAN, Genevieve (dedicatee)
BURGESS, Gelett (1866–1951)
BURSTEIN, Mark (n. d.)
BURSTEIN, Mark and Llisa (dedicatees)
BUSCH, Wilhelm (1832-1908)
BUSH, George Herbert Walker (b. 1924)
BUSH, George Walker (b. 1946)
BUTLER, Ellis Parker (1869-1937)

C
CAMPBELL, James Edwin (1867-1896)
CARLS, Julia (dedicatee)
CARLSON, Clarissa Haidy (dedicatee)
CARLSON, Mark (dedicatee)
CARMAN, Bliss (1861-1929)
CARMICHAEL, Waverly Turner (1888–n.d.)
CARNEY, Julia (1824-1908)
CARTER, James Earl (b. 1924)
CARROLL, Lewis (1832-1898)
CASTRO, Rosalía de (1837-1885)
CATHER, Willa (1876-1947)
CAWEIN, Madison (1868-1914)
CHALL, Russell Nathaniel (dedicatee)
CHEEK, John (dedicatee)
CHESTERTON, G. K. (1874-1936)
CHOI Woong-Jo (dedicatee)
CLAR, Sigrid (dedicatee)
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965)
CLAUDIUS, Matthias (1740-1815)
CLINTON, William Jefferson (b. 1946)
COBO, Fernando (dedicatee)
CONNELL, Elizabeth (dedicatee)
CONNELL, Liza (dedicatee)
COTTER, Joseph S. Jr. (1895-1919)
COWARD, Noël (1899-1973)
CRAIN, Theodore (dedicatee)
CRANE, Stephen (1871-1900)
CROS, Charles (1842-1888)
CROSSLEY-MERCER, Edwin (dedicatee)
CULLEN, Countèe (1903-1946)
CUMMINGS, Edward Estlin (1894-1962)

D
DALTON WILLIAMSON, Julie (n.d.)
DAMON, Samuel Foster (1893-1971)
DAPP, Hubert (dedicatee)
DAUTHENDEY, Max (1867-1918)
DAVIES, Sian (n.d.)
DAVIES, William Henry (1871-1940)
DAVIS, Daniel Webster (1862-1913)
DE LA MARE, Walter (1873-1956)
DE VIGNY, Alfred (1797-1863)
DEVOL, Luana (dedicatee)
DELCOUR, Patrick (dedicatee)
DICKINSON, Emily (1830-1886)
DONNE, John (1572-1631)
DOOLITTLE, Hilda (H. D.) (1886-1961)
DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930)
DOYLE, Camilla (n.d.)
DUNBAR, Paul Laurence (1872-1906)
DUNO, Douglas (dedicatee)
DUNSANY, Lord (1878-1957)

E
EBNER-ESCHENBACH, Marie von (1830-1916)
EDELMANN, Peter (dedicatee)
ELGAR, Edward (1857-1934)
ELIOT, Thomas Stearns (1888-1965)
ELISABETH Von Österreich (1837-1898)
ÉLUARD, Paul (1895-1952)
EZUST, Emily (dedicatee)

F
FAGUNDO, Ana María (b. 1938)
FASSBAENDER, Brigitte (dedicatee)
FIEDLER, Monika (dedicatee)
FIELD, Eugene (1850-1895)
FINE, Elaine ( n.d. )
FINE, Elaine (dedicatee)
FLOEREN, Ruth (dedicatee)
FORD, Gerald Rudolph (1913-2006)
FORGERON, Mélanie (dedicatee)
FRANCES, Immanuel (1618-c.1703)
FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790)
FRANZEN, Dale (dedicatee)
FREE, Margaret (n.d.)
FRIEND, Jonathan (dedicatee)
FRIES, David (1931-1983)
FRIES, Dorothy Novis (a personal appreciation)
FROST, Robert (1874–1963)

G
GABELLE, Guy (dedicatee)
GARLAND, Hamlin (1860-1940)
GAY, John (1685-1732)
GATTY, Alfred Scott (1847-1918)
GERSTHOFER, Frank (dedicatee)
GEZLLE, Guido (1830-1899)
GIAUQUE, Dennis (dedicatee)
GIDE, André (1869-1951)
GILL, Anton (b. 1948)
GINZER, Frances (n.d.)
GLATT, Dorothea (dedicatee)
GLEASON, Aaron (dedicatee)
GLENNON, Guilia (dedicatee)
GLEIM, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig (1719-1803)
GOLDSMITH, Oliver (1730-1774)
GOETHE, Wolfgang Johann (1749-1832)
GOMBERG, Lisa Cutler (dedicatee)
GRIMM, Stephen (and family) (dedicatee)
GROBEN, Joseph (dedicatee)
GROMIS, James Earl (dedicatee)
GROISSBOCK, Günther (dedicatee)
GUADAGNO, Anton (dedicatee)
GUEST, Edgar (1881-1959)
GUITERMAN, Arthur (1871-1943)

H
HAFNER, Philipp (1731-1764)
HAGELSTANGE, Rudolf (b. 1912)
HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928)
HARMON, Thomas (dedicatee)
HARNISCH, Rachel (n.d.)
HARTE, Bret (1836-1902)
HAYNE, Paul Hamilton (1830-1886)
HEBBEL, Friedrich (1813-1863)
HEINE, Heinrich (1797-1856)
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961)
HENCKELL, Karl Friedrich (1864–1929)
HERFORD, Oliver (1863-1935)
HERROSEE, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm (1764-1821)
HESSE, Hermann (1877-1962)
HILTON, Arthur Clement (1851-1877)
HODGSON, Ralph (1871-1962)
HOFMANNSTHAL, Hugo von (1874-1929)
HOFFMANN von FALLERSLEBEN, August Heinrich (1798-1874)
HOLLOWAY, John Wesley (1865- n.d.)
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell (1841-1935)
HÖHN, Carola (dedicatee)
HOPKINS, Gerard Manley (1844-1889)
HOPKINS, John (fl. circa 1550)
HOUTZEEL, Stephanie (dedicatee)
HOWARD, Timonthy (dedicatee)
HOWELLS, Mildred (1872–1966)
HUGHES, Langston (1902-1967)
HUGO, Victor (1802-1885)
HUNT, Colleen (dedicatee)

I
ILER, Erin (dedicatee)
IRMITER, Kristopher (dedicatee)
IVES, Charles E. (1874-1954)

J
JACOBS, Sebastian (dedicatee)
JAKOBSH, Randall (dedicatee)
JENKINS, Timothy (dedicatee)
JESATKO, Thomas (dedicatee)
JOHNSON, Georgia Douglas (1880-1966)
JOHNSON, James Weldon (1871-1938)
JOOST, Andreas (dedicatee)
JOYCE, James (1882-1941)

K
KALISCH, Ludwig (1814-1882)
KASHIWAGI, Hiroko (dedicatee)
KETCHIE, Diane (dedicatee)
KETCHUM, Anne Marie (dedicatee)
KEENAN, John (dedicatee)
KING, Ben (Benjamin Franklin) (1857-1894)
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936)
KOPISCH, August (1799-1853)
KRASILKOVSKY, M. William (dedicatee)
KRAUSE, Monika (dedicatee)
KRAMER, William, Rabbi (dedicatee)
KRIEGER, Barbara (dedicatee)
KRUMMEL, Ursula (dedicatee)
KUBITZ, Judith (dedicatee)
KUDINOV, Pavel (dedicatee)

L
LAFEBER, Anne (b. 1960)
LANG, Petra (dedicatee)
LASKER-SCHÜLER, Else (1869-1945)
LAWRENCE, D. H. (1865-1930)
LE GALLIENNE, Richard (1866-1947)
LEAR, Edward (1812-1888)
LESSING, Gotthold Ephraim (1729-1781)
LEVINE, James (dedicatee)
LEWIS, C. S. (Clive Staples) (1898-1963)
LICHTENSTEIN, Alfred (1889-1914)
LIMONICK, Natalie (dedicatee)
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)
LINDSAY, Vachel (1879-1931)
LING, Hermann (1820-1905)
LING, Lucie Anne (dedicatee)
LORING, Richard (dedicatee)
LOUFENBERG, Heinrich (fl. circa 1450)
LUDWIG I, König von Bayern (1786-1868)
LUTHER, Martin (1483-1546)

M
MACHADO, Antonio (1875-1939)
MALLOCH, Douglas (1877-1938)
MARGETSON, George Reginald (1877-n.d.)
MASON, Walt (1862-1939)
MAY, Beulah (n.d.)
McCRAE, John (1872-1918)
McGIRT, James Ephriam (1874-1930)
McKAY, Claude (1874-1930)
EISL, Carl (1775-1853)
MELTON, Olivia (b. 1982)
MELTON, William (dedicatee)
MELTON, Lynn and William (dedicatees)
METAXAS, Eric (b. 1963)
MEYER, Kirk (dedicatee)
MILLAY, Edna St. Vincent (1892-1950)
MILLS, Erie (dedicatee)
MINAREK, Carola (dedicatee)
MISHKOVSKY, Zelda (1916-1984)
MITCHELL, Robert (Bob) (dedicatee)
MOK, Judith (dedicatee)
MOLLEN, Melanie (dedicatee)
MONETTE, Paul (1945-1995)
MOORE, Thomas (1779-1852)
MORGENSTERN, Christian (1871-1914)
MÖRIKE, Eduard (1804–1875)
MORRISON, Robert (dedicatee)
MOTHER GOOSE
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
MÜHSAM, Erich Kurt (1878-1934)
MÜLDER, Karsten (dedicatee)
MÜLLER-BRACHMANN, Hanno (dedicatee)

N
NASH, Ogden (1902-1971)
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
NEIHARDT, John G. (1881-1973)
NIXON, Richard Milhouse (1913-1994)
NODA, Ken (dedicatee)
NOUJEIM, Jessica (dedicatee)

O
OBAMA, Barak Hussein II (b. 1961)
O'CAROLAN, Turlough (1670-1738)
O'LOUGHLIN, Michael (b.1958)
O'NEILL, Eugene (1888-1953)
OWEN, Frank K. (1902-1979) (a personal appreciation)
ORWELL, George (1903-1950)
OWEN, Wilfred (1893-1918)

P
PAASCH, Susanne (b. 1944)
PARKER, Dorothy (1893-1967)
PATERNOSTRO, Roberto (dedicatee)
PEAKE, Mervyn (1911-1968)
PERRY, Bruce (dedicatee)
PEPLER, Harry Douglas Clark (1878–1951)
PETER, Brigitte (b. 1936)
PÉTURSDÓTTIR, Hlin (dedicatee)
PÉTÚRSSON, Hallgrimur (1614-1674)
POPOVA, Irina (dedicatee)
POUND, Ezra (1885-1972)
PRÉVERT, Jacques (1900-1977)
PROKOPEC, Ondrej (dedicatee)
PUCCINI, Giacomo (1858-1924)
PULLAIN, John (1517-1565)

R
REAGAN, Ronald Wilson (1911-2004)
REESE, Lizette Woodworth (1856-1935)
REICHARDT, Otto and Margaret (dedicatees)
RICHARDS, Laura Elizabeth (1850-1943)
RILEY, James Whitcomb (1849-1916)
RILKE, Rainer Maria (1875-1926)
RINGELNATZ, Joachim (1883-1934)
RIZZO, Lorena Scarlata (dedicatee)
ROARK-STUMMER, Linda (dedicatee)
RONGE, Gabriele Maria (dedicatee)
RONSARD, Pierre de - (1524-1585)
ROSENBERG, Isaac (1890-1918)
ROSENBERG, Lenore (dedicatees)
ROTH, Günther und Dora (dedicatees)
RÜCKERT, Freidrich (1788-1866)
RÜHM, Gerhard (b. 1965)
RUMMEL, Rudolph J. (b. 1932)

S
SALUS, Hugo (1866-1929)
SANDBURG, Carl (1878–1967)
SANGER, Margaret (1879-1966)
SASSOON, Siegfried (1886-1967)
SCHAPÌEL, Viktor (n.d.)
SCHEFFEL, Joseph Viktor (1826-1886)
SCHEIDEGGER, Andreas (n.d.)
SCHEERBART, Paul (1863-1915)
SCHWANEWILMS, Anne (dedicatee)
SEE, David (dedicatee)
SEIDEL, Heinrich (1842-1906)
SERVICE, Robert W. (1874-1958)
SHACKELFORD, Theodore Henry (n.d.)
SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792–1822)
SHIMAMARU, Mutsumi (n. d.)
SHULMAN, Deborah (b. 1948)
SITWELL, Edith (1887-1964)
SLAWSON, Lynn (dedicatee)
SMART, Christopher (1722-1771)
SMITH, Clark Ashton (1893-1961)
SPANOUDIS, Steve (dedicatee)
SPINGLER, Bernhard (dedicatee)
STAYER, Larry (dedicatee)
STEIGELMANN, Hartmut (dedicatee)
STEINBECK, John (1902-1968)
STERNHOLD, Thomas (1500-1544)
STEVENS, Wallace (1879-1955)
STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894)
STODART-WALKER, Archibald (1869-1934)
STOECKLIN, Francesca (1894-1931)
STORM, Theodor (1817-1888)
SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745)
SYMONDS, John Addington (1840–1893)

T
TAGORE, Rabindranath (1861-1941)
TEASDALE, Sara (1884-1933)
TEITGEN, Jean (dedicatee)
TOPP, Peronnik (dedicatee)
THOMAS, Dylan (1914-1953)
TRAVIS, Roy (dedicatee)
TREADWELL, Harriette Taylor (n.d.)
TREITSCHKE, Georg Friedrich (1776-1842)
TWAIN, Mark (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)
TWITCHELL, Harmony (1876-1979)

U
UHLAND, Ludwig (1787-1862)
UPSHAW, Dawn (dedicatee)
UNTERMEYER, Louis (1885-1977)

V
VALAYRE, Sylvie (dedicatee)
VAN DAM, José (dedicatee)
VAN DYK, Annika (dedicatee)
VAN HODDIS, Jakob (1887-1942)
VAN MECHELEN, Kundry (b. 1989)
VAN MECHELEN, Werner (dedicatee)
VAUGHN, Catherine Fries (dedicatee)
VERLAINE, Paul (1844-1896)
VOLZ, Manfred (dedicatee)
VOGEL, Patrick (dedicatee)
VISCHER, Friedrich Theodor (1807-1887)

W
WALKER, James (dedicatee)
WALLER, Edmund (1606-1687)
WALSER, Martin (b. 1927)
WEBB, Susan (dedicatee)
WEDEKIND, Frank (1864-1918)
WEIMER, Eric (dedicatee)
WESLEY, John (1703-1791)
WEßLER, Kai (dedicatee)
WHITMAN, Walt (1819-1892)
WICK, Marlene (dedicatee)
WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900)
WILLIAMS, William Carlos (1883-1963)
WILSON, Alexandra (dedicatee)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975)
WORDSWORTH, Elizabeth (1840-1932)
WORDSWORTH, William (1770-1850)
WURST, Gernot (dedicatee)

Y
YAHR, Carol (dedicatee)
YEATS, William Butler (1865-1939)

Z
ZADOR, Eugene (a personal appreciation)
ZÜHLKE, Annette (n.d.)
ZUREK, Jiri (dedicatee)
ZWEIG, Stefan (1881-1942)