American Poets are poetry writers from the United States.
These poets write poetry using many different styles.
In America poetry is often written.
American poetry is known as inspirational, motivational, funny, depressing, and other classifications.
American poems can be found all around the United States from books to pictures which makes poetry in many ways apart of American culture.
Famous poets such as Langston Hughes and Robert Frost were poets from America.
All American poets do not write poetry the same.
Depending on the poet's writing style and the form of poetry their writing American poems can be written many different ways.
Their poems can be written as pure poems, urban poems, love poems, funny poems, romantic poems, fantasy poems or many other variations of poetry.
The American poet's beliefs, up bringing and culture background will often determine what form of poetry they are most likely to write.
Poets from America often start writing poetry during there early teens.
Writing poems in America is most often known as a positive thing to do.
Most American poets do not refer to themselves as poets.
Shows like Def Poetry have risen the popularly of poetry in America but being known as a poet may not be as respected as being known as a singer or rapper.
Many Americans have written poetry books or inspire to write a poetry book.
Below is a list of known Poets from America.

• Edgar Allan Poe
• E.
  E.
  Cummings
• Shel Silverstein
• Gwendolyn Brooks
• Joel Barlow
• Hugh Henry Brackenridge
• A.
  R.
  Ammons
• Emily Dickinson
• Richard Wilbur
• Edward Thomas
• Jean Toomer