Local poetry icons.

I happened to be reading a Yahoogroups listserve (one I'm no longer a member of) and there seemed to be a thread developing about people that are local poetry icons.

In the tradition of the TIME Man of the Year lists, here is a list of poets/people connected to local poetry who (listing is objective) count as icons/influential people. The list is in no particular order. No insult intended to anyone who may not be included.

1. Rick Lupert
2. Richard Beban
3. Don Kingfisher Campbell
4. Larry Colker
5. Steve Ramirez/Ben Trigg
6. Peggy Dobreer
7. Amelie Frank
8. Pat Cohee
9. Marcia Cohee
10. Lee Mallory
11. Mfawnwy Kaiser
12. Suzanne Lummis
13. Fred Dewey
14. Jawanza Dumisani
15. Holly Prado
16. Laurel Ann Bogen
17. Bowerbird Intelligentleman
18. Rafael FJ Alvarado
19. Pete Justus/Mani Suri
20. Michael Slobotsky
21. John Gardiner
22. Ellyn Maybe
23. Brendan Constantine
24. Alice Pero/Lois P. Jones
25. Richard Modiano
26. Ron Dvorkin
27. G. Murray Thomas
28. Marie Lecrivain/Annette Sugden
29. RD Raindog Armstrong
30. Jerry Quickley
31. Kerry Slattery
32. S.A. Griffin
33, Kate Gale
34. Elena Karina Byrne

The list is now closed.