Some Imagist Poets, 1916: An Annual Anthology

John Gould Fletcher

1886–1950

A leading voice in early modern poetry, this Arkansas-born writer helped bring Imagism to American readers and later became the first Southern poet to win the Pulitzer Prize. His work moves between sharp, modern images and a deep feeling for landscape, history, and place.

A key voice in early modern poetry, he helped shape Imagism while writing with a plain, musical precision that still feels fresh. Alongside his own poems, he opened English readers to French literature through translation and criticism.

H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)

1886–1961

A key voice of literary modernism, this American poet helped shape Imagism with precise, musical verse and a lasting fascination with Greek myth. Her work ranges far beyond short lyrics, opening into novels, memoirs, translations, and ambitious late poems.

D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

1885–1930

Best known for fierce, unforgettable novels like Sons and Lovers, Women in Love, and Lady Chatterley’s Lover, this English writer explored love, desire, class, and the uneasy effects of modern industrial life. His work was controversial in its own time and remains vivid, searching, and emotionally intense.

Amy Lowell

1874–1925

A vivid, outspoken force in early modern poetry, she helped bring Imagism to a wider audience and won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry after her death. Her work is known for sharp images, musical language, and a willingness to experiment with form.