| LEAR | Edward, poet who authored The Jumblies (4) |
| HOOD | Thomas, British poet who authored The Song of the Shirt (4) |
| HOWE | Julia Ward ___, US abolitionist and poet who authored The Battle Hymn of the Republic (4) |
| EDWARDLEAR | English poet noted for his poems The Jumblies and The Dong With A Luminous Nose (6,4) |
| SIEVE | The craft of the Jumblies |
| JULIAWARDHOWE | US abolitionist and poet who authored The Battle Hymn of the Republic (5,4,4) |
| CUMMINGS | EE, US poet who authored the novel The Enormous Room (8) |
| SYLVIAPLATH | American poet who authored the novel The Bell Jar (6,5) |
| LOWELL | Robert, US poet who authored the verse play The Old Glory (6) |
| BATES | Katharine Lee ?, poet who authored the words to anthem America the Beautiful |
| ELIOT | T.S., poet who authored the verse play Murder in the Cathedral (5) |
| ROSCOE | William. poet who authored The Butterfly's Ball And The Grasshopper's Feast (6) |
| GERARD | British poet who authored The Wreck of the Deutschland (6,6,7) |
| MANLEYHOPKINS | British poet who authored The Wreck of the Deutschland (6,6,7) |
| SCHILLER | Friedrich, German poet who authored the play Maria Stuart (8) |
| GOETHE | Johann, German poet who authored the Wilhelm Meister novels (6) |
| PETRARCH | 14c Italian lyric poet who authored the epic Africa (8) |
| THOMSON | James, 18c Scottish poet who authored the ode Rule, Britannia (7) |
| RALPH | US poet who authored the 1836 essay Nature (5) |
| WALDO | US poet who authored the 1836 essay Nature (5) |
