Who is your favorite poet?

Who is your favorite poet?
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answer:My all time favorite is Walt Whitman, but I also enjoy William Blake, William Wordsworth, Alfred **** Tennyson, John Donne, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Dickinson, Allen Ginsburg, Maya Angelou, and many more. My most modern favorites are Pia Taavila and John Lee Clark. … and Shakespeare ;D
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