Contemporary Poets That You Should Read

I recently met somebody that likes poetry but doesn't know much after the mid-20th century, so I offered to gather up names & links for 'em. To provide a more varied list, I requested suggestions from poets that I know and planned on listing. Here's what I came up with:


Edgar Gabriel Silex suggested Charles Simic and W.S. Merwin.
Tony Brown.
Erik JM Schneider (and here) inadvertently turned me on to Max Wolf Valerio, and suggests both Lyn Hejinian and Rae Armantrout.
Jeffrey Hecker (and here) suggests Brigit Pegeen Kelly.
Shira Erlichman.
Jeffrey McDaniel.
Karyna McGlynn.
Richard Siken.
Jeff Hewitt (and here).
Anis Mojgani (and here).
Adam Rubinstein (and here).
Michael Hyde suggests Ernest Cline and Jennifer Michael Hecht.
Jason Quackenbush suggests B. H. Fairchild and Ron Silliman.
Melanie Wright suggests Don Paterson.
Cheryl Snow White suggests Denise Duhamel.

Also, Rattle Magazine is one of the leading lit rags, publishing a lot of good stuff, much of which is online.