Here's a list of some of my favorite children's poets.
Arnold Adoff
Kwami Alexander
Kathi Appelt
Margaret Wise Brown
John Ciardi
Kate Coombs
Sharon Creech
Melanie Crowder
Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Barbara Juster Esbensen
Ralph Fletcher
Douglas Florian
Kristine O'Connell George
Nikki Grimes
Karen Hesse
Mary Ann Hoberman
Lee Bennett Hopkins
Cordelia Jensen
Angela Johnson
Lindsay Lee Johnson
Tony Johnston
Myra Cohn Livingston
Tony Mitton
Jack Prelutsky
Cynthia Rylant
Laura Purdie Salas
Alice Schertle
Dr. Seuss
Joyce Sidman
Marilyn Singer
Sonya Sones
Gary Soto
Eileen Spinelli
Maria Testa
Margaret Wild
Janet S. Wong
Jacqueline Woodson
Valerie Worth
Jane Yolen
Tracie Vaughn Zimmer