A list of poets "from" Detroit:
- Mick Vranich
- Ron Allen
- Vievee Francis
- francine j. harris
- Terry Blackhawk
- Bill Harris
- Matthew Olzmann
- Peter Markus
- Jim Gustafson
- b.p. Flanigan
- Alise Alousi
- Nandi Comer
- Dudley Randall
- Kevin Rashid
- David Watson
- Christine Monhollen
- Paul E. Schwartz
- Chris Tysh
- George Tysh
- Kim Hunter
- Dennis Teichman
- David Hadbawnik
- Sarah Peters
- Aurora Harris
- Jessica Care Moore
- Ken Mikolowski
- M.L. Liebler
- Sarah Addae
- Kim Webb
- Renee Tambeau
- Saladin Ahmed
- Norene Cashen
- Hayan Charara
- Leslie Reese
- Faye Kicknosway/Morgan Blair
- Melba Joyce Boyd
- Teresa Tan
- Lolita Hernandez
- Jim Daniels
- Robert Hayden
- Phillip Levine