Two of my favorites traditional poets are Langston Hughes and Gary Snyder.
I've always really been drawn to song lyrics as a form of poetry too, so many examples there as well. Jason Isbell has done some great lyrical work in the last few years (Speed Trap Town, Yvette) but there are many, many more. As a high school English class project I dissected Pink Floyd's Animals album from a lyrical perspective.
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