20th Century Poets

     
Assigned Poet Word Length
Yes Ackerman, Diane short
Yes Adams, Leonie short
Yes

Ai          

short
Yes

Aiken, Conrad          

medium
Yes

Adair, Virginia Hamilton          

short
Yes Addonizio. Kim short
Yes

Alexander, Elizabeth          

short
Yes Alexander, Meena short
Yes

Alexander, Will          

short
Yes Alexi, Sherman short
yes

Algarin, Miguel          

short
Yes

Ali, Agha Shahid          

short
Yes

Alvarez, Julia          

short
Yes

Ammons, A. R.          

long
Yes

Anania, Michael          

short
Yes

Andrews, Bruce          

short
Yes

Angelou, Maya          

short
Yes

Antin, David          

medium
Yes Arensberg, Walter Conrad short
Yes

Armantrout , Rae       

medium
Yes Ash, John short
Yes

Ashbery , John    

long
Yes Atwood, Margaret medium
 yes

Auden, W. H.          

long
  Auslander, Joseph short
yes

Baca, Jimmy Santiago          

short
  Bacon, Leonard short
Yes Baker, David short
  Balaban, John short
Yes

Bang, Mary Jo           

short
Yes

Baraka, Amiri          

medium
Yes Barnes, Djuna short
  Barnes, Jim short
Yes Becker, Robin short
 

Belitt, Ben          

short
  Bendall, Molly short
Yes

Bell, Marvin          

short
yes Benedikt, Michael short
yes

Benet, Stephen Vincent          

medium
Yes Bennett, Louise short
Yes

Berg, Stephen          

short
yes Bernard, April short
Yes

Bernstein, Charles          

medium
Yes

Berrigan, Ted          

medium
Yes

Berry, Wendell          

short
Yes

Berryman, John          

long
Yes

Berssenbrugge, Mei-mei          

short
Yes

Bidart, Frank          

medium
Yes

Bierds, Linda          

short
 yes Birney, Earl medium
yes

Bishop, Elizabeth          

long
yes

Bishop, John Peale           

short
Yes

Blackburn, Paul          

medium
Yes Blackmur, R. P. short
Yes

Blaser, Robin          

short
 

Blumenthal, Michael          

short
Yes

Bly, Robert           

medium
 

Bodenheim, Maxwell          

short
Yes

Bogan, Louise          

medium
 yes

Bök, Christian          

short
Yes Boland, Eavan medium
Yes

Bontemps, Arna          

short
Yes

Booth, Philip          

short
  Bowers, Edgar short
Yes Boyle, Kay short
Yes

bpNichol          

short
Yes

Brainard, Joe          

short
Yes Brathwaite, Edward Kamau medium
Yes Richard Brautigan short
Yes Brock-Broido  Lucie short
Yes Brodsky, Joseph medium
Yes Bromige, David short
Yes

Bronk, William          

medium
Yes

Brooks, Gwendolyn          

medium
  Broughton, James short
Yes Broumas, Olga short
Yes Brossard, Nicole short
Yes

Brown, Sterling          

medium
 

Brownstein, Michael          

short
Yes Bruchac, Joseph short
yes

Buckley, Christopher          

short
Yes

Bukowski, Charles          

short
Yes Burkard, Michael short
Yes Byer, Kathryn Stripling short
Yes

Bynner, Witter          

short
Yes

Cage, John          

medium
Yes

Campo, Raphel          

short
Yes

Carroll, Jim          

short
Yes

Carroll, Paul           

short
Yes

Carruth, Hayden          

medium
Yes

Carson, Anne          

medium
Yes Carver, Raymond short
Yes

Cassity, Turner          

short
Yes

Castillo, Ana          

short
Yes Cather, Willa short
Yes

Ceravolo, Joseph          

short
Yes

Cervantes, Lorna Dee          

short
Yes Chandra, G. S. Sharat short
Yes Chappell, Fred short
Yes

Chin, Marilyn          

short
Yes Chrystos short
Yes

Ciardi, John          

short
Yes

Clampitt, Amy          

short
  Clark, Tom short
Yes

Clifton, Lucille          

medium
Yes

Codrescu, Andrei           

short
Yes

Cofer, Judith Ortiz          

short
Yes

Cole, Henri          

short
Yes

Coleman, Wanda          

short
Yes Collier, Michael short
Yes

Collins, Billy          

medium
  Colum, Padraic medium
Yes

Coolidge, Clark          

medium
yes Cooper, Jane short
Yes

Corman, Cid          

medium
Yes Corn, Alfred short
Yes

Corso, Gregory          

short
Yes

Cortez, Jayne          

short
Yes Coulette, Henri short
Yes

Cowdery, Mae          

medium
Yes

Crane, Hart           

long
Yes

Crapsey, Adelaide          

short
Yes

Crase, Douglas          

short
Yes

Creeley, Robert          

long
Yes

Crews, Judson           

short
 

Crosby, Harry          

short
Yes

Cruz, Victor Hernández          

short
Yes

Cullen, Countee          

medium
Yes

cummings, e. e.          

long
Yes

Cunningham, J. V.          

short
Yes Dahlen, Beverly short
Yes

Davidson, Michael          

short
Yes Davison, Peter short
Yes

Delgado, Juan          

short
Yes

Dennis, Carl          

short
Yes Dent, Tory short
Yes Derricotte, Toi short
Yes

Deutsch, Babette          

short
Yes

De Vries, Peter           

short
Yes Dewdney, Christopher short
Yes

Digges, Deborah          

short
Yes

Dickey, James          

short
Yes

DiPalma, Ray          

short
  Di Piero, W. S. short
Yes

Di Prima, Diane          

short
Yes

Disch, Tom          

short
  Dischell, Stuart short
Yes

Dobyns, Stephen          

short
Yes Donaghy, Michael short
Yes

Dorn, Edward          

medium
Yes

Doty, Mark          

medium
Yes

Dove, Rita          

medium
Yes

Dragonette, Ree           

short
 

Dropkin, Celia          

short
Yes Drucker, Johanna short
Yes

Dubie, Norman          

short
Yes

DuBois, W. E. B.          

short
Yes

Dugan, Alan          

short
Yes Duhamel, Denise short
Yes

Dumas, Henri          

short
Yes Dunbar-Nelson, Alice short
Yes

Duncan, Robert          

long
Yes

Dunn, Stephen          

short
Yes

DuPlessis, Rachel Blau          

short
Yes Dylan, Bob medium
  Eastman, Max short
Yes

Eberhart, Richard          

short
Yes Economou, George short
Yes

Edson, Russell          

short
Yes

Eady, Cornelius          

short
Yes

Eigner, Larry          

short
Yes

Eliot, T. S.          

long
Yes

Elmslie, Kenward          

short
yes Emanuel, Lynn short
Yes Enslin, Theodore short
Yes

Equi, Elaine           

short
Yes Erdrich, Louise short
Yes

Eshleman, Clayton          

short
Yes Espada, Martin short
Yes Evans, Abbie Huston short
Yes Evans, Donald short
Yes

Everson, William (Brother Antoninous)          

short
Yes Everwine, Peter short
Yes Fairchild, B. H. short
Yes

Fearing, Kenneth          

short
  Feirstein, Frederick short
Yes

Feldman, Irving          

short
Yes

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence          

medium
Yes

Field, Edward           

short
Yes Finch, Annie short
Yes Finkel, Donald medium
Yes Finkelstein, Norman short
Yes

Fitzgerald, Robert          

 short
Yes

Forché, Carolyn          

medium
Yes Foster, Edward short
yes

Francis, Robert          

short
Yes

Fraser, Kathleen          

short
Yes Friebert, Stuart short
Yes Friend, Robert short
Yes Frost, Carol short
Yes

Frost, Robert          

long
Yes

Fulton, Alice          

short
Yes

Galassi, Jonathan          

short
Yes Gallagher, Tess short
Yes Galvin, James short
yes

Gander, Forrest          

medium
Yes

Gardner, Isabella          

short
Yes Garrigue, Jean short
Yes

Geisel, Theodore (Dr. Seuss)           

short
Yes

Gerstler, Amy          

short
  Gevirtz, Susan short
Yes Gibran, Kahlil short
Yes Gidlow, Elsa short
Yes

Gilbert, Jack          

short
Yes Gilbert, Sandra short
Yes

Ginsberg, Allen          

long
Yes

Ginsberg, Louis          

short
Yes

Gioia, Dana          

short
Yes

Giovanni, Nikki          

short
Yes

Giovannitti, Arturo          

short
Yes Gizzi, Michael short
Yes Gizzi, Peter short
Yes Glatt, Lisa short
Yes

Gluck, Louise          

medium
Yes

Goldbarth, Albert          

short
yes

Goldsmith, Kenneth          

short
yes Gonzalez, Ray short
Yes

Goodison, Lorna          

short
Yes

Graham, Jorie          

medium
Yes Grahn, Judy short
Yes Gregor, Arthur short
Yes Greger, Deborah short
Yes Gregg, Linda short
Yes Grenier, Robert short
  Griffits, Hannah short
Yes

Grimké, Angelina Ward          

medium
  Grosholz, Emily short
Yes

Grossman, Allen          

short
Yes

Guest, Barbara          

medium
yes Guest, Edgar short
 

Guiney, Louise Imogen          

short
  Gulans, Charles short
Yes

Gunn, Thom          

medium
Yes Gwynn, R. S. short
Yes

Hacker, Marilyn          

short
Yes

Hadas, Rachel          

short
Yes Hagedorn, Jessica short
Yes

Hak Kyung Cha, Theresa           

short
Yes Hahn, Kimiko short
Yes

Haines, John          

short
Yes

Hall, Donald          

medium
 

Halpern, Daniel          

short
 

Halpern, Moyshe          

short
Yes Hamby, Barbara short
Yes

Harjo, Joy          

short
Yes

Harper, Michael  S.       

medium
Yes Harrison, Jim short
Yes

Harryman, Carla          

short
Yes

Hass, Robert          

medium
Yes

Hayden, Robert          

medium
Yes

H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)          

long
Yes Healy, Eloise Klein short
Yes Heaney, Seamus long
Yes

Hecht, Anthony          

medium
Yes

Hejinian, Lynn          

medium
Yes

Heller, Michael          

short
Yes Herrera, Juan Felipe short
Yes Heyen, William short
Yes Higgins, Dick short
Yes Hilbert, Donna short
Yes

Hillman, Brenda          

short
  Hillyer, Robert short
  Hinsey, Ellen short
Yes

Hirsch, Edward          

short
Yes

Hirshfield, Jane          

short
Yes Hirschman, Jack short
Yes Hoagland, Tony short
 

Hoffman, Daniel          

short
Yes Hogan, Linda short
  Holland, Barbara short
Yes

Hollander, John          

medium
Yes

Hollo, Anselm           

short
Yes

Holman, Bob          

short
Yes

Hongo, Garrett          

short
Yes

Honig, Edwin          

short
  Hopkins, Lemuel short
Yes

Howard, Richard          

medium
Yes

Howe, Fanny          

short
Yes

Howe, Susan          

medium
Yes Hudgins, Andrew short
Yes

Hughes, Langston          

long
Yes

Hugo, Richard          

medium
  Humphries, Rolfe short
Yes

Ignatow, David          

short
Yes

Inada, Lawson Fusao           

short
Yes

Jackson, Laura Riding (Laura Riding)          

medium
Yes Jackson, Richard short
Yes Jacobsen, Josephine short
Yes

Jarrell, Randall          

medium
Yes

Jeffers, Robinson          

medium
Yes

Johnson, Fenton           

short
Yes

Johnson, Georgia Douglass          

short
Yes

Johnson, Helene          

medium
Yes Johnson, James Weldon short
Yes

Johnson, Ronald          

medium
Yes

Jones, Leroi (see Baraka, Amiri)

medium
Yes Jones, Rodney short
Yes

Jordan, June          

short
Yes Joris, Pierre short
Yes Joseph, Allison short
Yes Joseph, Lawrence short
Yes

Justice, Donald          

medium
  Kallman, Chester short
Yes

Kaufman, Bob          

short
Yes

Kees, Weldon          

short
Yes Kelly, Robert medium
Yes

Kennedy, X. J.          

short
Yes

Kenyon, Jane          

short
Yes

Kerouac, Jack          

short
yes

Kilmer, Joyce          

medium
Yes

Kim, Myung Mi          

short
Yes

Kinnell, Galway          

medium
Yes

Kinzie, Mary           

short
Yes Kirby, David short
Yes Kiyooka, Roy (Kenzie) short
Yes

Kizer, Carolyn          

short
Yes

Kleinzahler, August          

short
Yes

Klepfisz, Irena          

short
Yes Kloefkorn, William short
Yes

Knight, Etheridge           

short
yes Knott, Bill  
Yes

Koch, Kenneth          

long
Yes Koertge, Ron short
Yes

Komunyakaa, Yusef          

medium
Yes Kooser, Ted short
Yes Kostelanetz, Richard short
Yes Kowit, Steve short
Yes Kramer, Aaron short
Yes Kroetsch, Robert medium
Yes

Kumin, Maxine          

medium
Yes

Kunitz, Stanley          

medium
Yes Kyger, Joanne short
  Lasdun, James short
Yes

Lansing, Gerrit          

short
Yes

Laughlin, James          

medium
Yes

Lauterbach, Ann          

medium
Yes Laux, Dorianne short
Yes Lax, Robert short
Yes Lea, Sydney short
Yes

Lee, Li-Young          

short
Yes

Lehman, David          

short
Yes

Leithauser, Brad          

short
Yes

Levertov, Denise          

medium
Yes

Levin, Phillis          

short
Yes

Levine, Philip          

medium
Yes

Levis, Larry          

short
Yes Lewis, Janet short
 

Leyvik, H.          

short
Yes

Leyb, Mani          

short
Yes Lieberman, Laurence short
Yes Lifshin, Lyn short
Yes

Lindsay, Vachel          

medium
Yes Locklin, Gerald short
Yes Loden, Rachel short
Yes

Logan, John          

short
Yes

Logan, William           

short
Yes

Lorde, Audre          

medium
Yes Louis, Adrian C. short
Yes

Lowell, Amy          

medium
Yes

Lowell, Robert          

long
Yes

Loy, Mina          

long
Yes Lummis, Suzanne short
Yes Lux, Thomas short
Yes MacCormack, Karen short
Yes

MacLow, Jackson           

medium
 

Macdonald, Cynthia          

short
Yes

Mackey, Nathaniel          

short
Yes

MacLeish, Archibald          

short
Yes Macklin, Elizabeth short
  Magawley, Elizabeth short
Yes

Major, Clarence          

medium
 

Margolin, Anna           

short
Yes Mariani, Paul short
Yes Martin, Charles short
Yes Matthias, John short
Yes

Masters, Edgar Lee          

medium
Yes

Mathews, Harry          

medium
Yes

Matthews, William           

short
Yes Maxwell, Glyn short
Yes

Mayer, Bernadette          

short
  Mazzocco, Robert short
Yes

McCaffery, Steve          

short
Yes

McClatchy, J. D.          

short
yes

McClure, Michael          

short
Yes McGrath, Campbell short
Yes

McGrath, Thomas          

short
  McDaniel, Wilma short
Yes McHugh, Heather short
Yes

McKay, Claude          

medium
 

McMichaels, James          

short
Yes

McPherson, Sandra          

medium
  Meltzer, David short
Yes Menashe, Samuel short
yes

Meredith, William          

short
Yes

Merrill, James          

long
Yes

Merton, Thomas          

short
Yes

Merwin, W. S.          

long
Yes

Messerli, Douglas           

short
Yes

Mezey, Robert          

short
Yes

Miles, Josephine          

short
Yes

Millay, Edna St. Vincent          

long
 

Miller, E. Ethelbert           

short
Yes

Miller, Vassar           

short
Yes

Mills, Ralph           

short
Yes

Milosz, Czeslaw          

medium
Yes Momaday, N. Scott short
Yes Montague, John short
Yes

Moore, Marianne          

long
Yes

Mora, Pat          

short
Yes Morgan, Robert short
  Moriarty, Laura short
Yes

Morley, Hilda          

short
Yes

Moss, Howard          

short
Yes Moss, Stanley short
Yes

Moss, Thylias          

short
Yes Muldoon, Paul medium
Yes

Mullen, Harryette          

short
Yes Mura, David short
  Murray, Judith Sargent short
 

Musgrave, Susan          

short
Yes

Muske-Dukes, Carol          

short
Yes

Myles, Eileen           

short
 

Nardi, Marsha          

short
Yes

Nash, Ogden          

medium
Yes

Nelson, Marilyn          

short
Yes

Nemerov, Howard          

short
Yes Nichol, bp (see bpNichol) short
  Nicholl, Louise Townsend short
Yes

Niedecker, Lorine          

medium
Yes

Nims, John Frederick          

short
Yes Noguchi, Yone short
Yes Norse, Harold short
Yes

North, Charles          

short
Yes

Notley, Alice          

short
Yes Nye, Naomi Shihab short
Yes

Oates, Joyce Carol          

short
  O'Gorman, Ned short
Yes

O’Hara, Frank          

long
Yes

Olds, Sharon          

short
Yes

Oliver, Mary          

short
Yes

Olson, Charles          

long
Yes

Oppen, George          

long
Yes

Oppenheimer, Joel          

short
Yes

Ortiz, Simon          

short
  Osbey, Marie short
 

Osherow, Jaqueline           

short
Yes Ostriker, Alicia medium
  Owens, Rochelle short
Yes

Padgett, Ron          

short
Yes Page, P. K. short
Yes

Paley, Grace          

short
Yes

Palmer, Michael          

medium
Yes Pankey, Eric short
  Pape, Greg short
Yes Parini, Jay short
Yes

Parker, Dorothy          

medium
Yes

Pastan, Linda          

short
Yes

Patchen, Kenneth          

medium
Yes Peacock, Molly short
Yes

Perelman, Bob          

short
Yes Perillo, Lucia short
Yes

Phillips, Carl          

short
Yes Phillips, Dennis short
Yes

Piercy, Marge          

short
Yes

Pinero, Miguel          

short
Yes Pinkerton, Helen short
Yes

Pinsky, Robert          

medium
Yes

Plath, Sylvia          

long
Yes Platt, Minnie Bruce short
Yes

Plumly, Stanley          

short
 

Plumpp, Sterling           

short
Yes Ponsot, Marie short
Yes

Pound, Ezra          

long
Yes Prunty, Wyatt short
Yes

Purdy, Al          

short
  Quasha, George short
Yes Rabbitt, Thomas short
Yes

Rakosi, Carl          

medium
Yes Ramke, Bin short
Yes

Randall, Dudley          

short
Yes Rankine, Claudia short
Yes

Ransom, John Crowe          

medium
Yes Ratcliffe, Stephen short
  Ray, David short
Yes Rector, Liam short
Yes

Reed, Ishmael          

medium
Yes Reece, Byron Herbert short
Yes

Retallack, Joan           

short
Yes Revard, Carter short
Yes

Revell, Donald          

short
Yes

Rexroth, Kenneth          

medium
Yes

Reznikoff, Charles          

long
Yes

Rich, Adrienne          

long
Yes

Riding, Laura (see Jackson, Laura Riding)

medium
Yes

Rios, Alberto          

short
Yes

Roberson, Ed          

short
Yes

Robinson, Edwin Arlington          

long
Yes

Roethke, Theodore          

long
Yes

Rolfe, Edwin          

short
Yes Ronk, Martha short
Yes

Rose, Wendy          

short
 

Rosenfeld, Morris          

short
Yes

Rothenberg, Jerome          

medium
  Roy, Lucinda short
  Ruefle, Mary short
Yes

Rukeyser, Muriel          

medium
Yes Ryan, Kay short
Yes

Salter, Mary Jo          

short
Yes

Sanchez, Sonia          

short
Yes St. John, David short
Yes Salinas, Luis Omar short
Yes

Sandburg, Carl          

medium
Yes

Sanders, Ed          

short
 

Sandy, Stephen          

short
Yes Saner, Reg short
  Santos, Marisa de los short
Yes Saroyan, Aram short
yes Sarton, May medium
Yes

Scalapino, Leslie          

short
Yes

Scarborough, George          

short
Yes

Schnackenberg, Gjerturud          

short
Yes Schulman, Grace short
Yes

Schultz, Susan          

short
Yes

Schuyler, James          

medium
Yes

Schwartz, Delmore          

long
  Schwartz, Lloyd short
Yes

Schwerner, Armand          

short
Yes

Seeger, Alan           

short
Yes

Seidel, Frederick          

short
Yes Selva, Salomon de la short
Yes Service, Robert short
Yes Seth, Vikram short
Yes

Sexton, Anne          

medium
Yes Shapiro, Alan short
Yes Shapiro, David short
Yes

Shapiro, Karl          

short
Yes Shomer, Enid short
Yes

Shore, Jane          

short
Yes

Silko, Leslie Marmon          

short
Yes

Silliman, Ron          

short
Yes

Simic, Charles          

medium
Yes

Simon, Maurya          

short
Yes

Simpson, Louis           

short
Yes

Snodgrass, W. D.          

medium
Yes

Snyder, Gary          

medium
Yes

Smith, Dave          

short
 

Smith, William Jay           

short
Yes Smith, Joan Jobe short
  Smith, Tom short
Yes

Sobin, Gustaf          

short
Yes

Song, Cathy          

short
Yes

Sorrentino, Gilbert          

short
Yes Soto, Gary short
Yes

Spencer, Ann          

short
Yes

Spicer, Jack          

medium
Yes Spires, Elizabeth short
Yes

Spivack, Kathleen           

short
Yes

Stafford, William          

medium
 

Stanford, Ann          

short
Yes Starbuck, George short
Yes

Steele, Timothy          

short
  Stein, Charles short
Yes

Stein, Gertrude          

long
Yes

Stepanchev, Stephen          

short
Yes Sterling, George short
Yes Stern, Gerald short
  Stuart, Jesse short
Yes

Stevens, Wallace          

long
 

Stevenson, Anne          

short
Yes

Stewart, Susan          

medium
Yes Stone, Ruth short
Yes

Strand, Mark          

medium
Yes

Stryk, Lucien          

short
Yes

Swensen, Cole          

short
Yes Swenson, May medium
yes Sze, Arthur short
Yes

Taggard, Genevieve          

short
Yes

Taggart, John          

short
Yes Tapahonso, Luci short
Yes

Tarn, Nathaniel          

short
Yes

Tate, Allen          

medium
Yes

Tate, James          

medium
Yes

TallMountain, Mary          

short
Yes

Teasdale, Sara          

medium
  Thaxter, Celia short
Yes

Thomas, Lorenzo          

short
Yes Thompson, Dunstan short
Yes Tillinghast, Richard short
Yes

Tolson, Melvin          

medium
Yes

Tomlinson, Charles          

medium
Yes

Toomer, Jean          

medium
 

Touré, Askia          

 short
Yes Tran, Truong short
 

Trinidad, David          

short
Yes Turner, Frederick short
 

Tussman, Malka          

short
Yes

Updike, John          

short
Yes

Valentine, Jean          

short
Yes

Van Duyn, Mona           

short
Yes Vangelisti, Paul short
Yes Vazirani, Reetika short
Yes Villa, Jose Garcia short
Yes

Violi, Paul          

short
Yes

Voigt, Ellen Bryant          

short
Yes Voss, Fred short
Yes

Wagoner, David          

short
Yes Wah, Fred short
Yes

Wakoski, Diane          

short
Yes

Walcott, Derek          

long
Yes

Waldman, Anne          

medium
Yes Waldrop,Keith short
Yes

Waldrop, Rosemarie          

medium
Yes

Walker, Margaret          

short
Yes Ward, Diane short
Yes

Warren, Robert Penn          

long
Yes

Warren, Rosanna          

short
Yes Waters, Michael short
Yes

Watten, Barrett          

short
Yes Webb, Charles Harper short
Yes

Weiner, Hannah          

short
Yes

Weiss, Theodore          

short
Yes

Welch, James          

short
Yes

Welish, Marjorie          

short
Yes

Whalen, Philip          

medium
Yes

Wheeler, Susan          

short
  Wheelock, John Hall short
Yes

Wheelwright, John          

short
Yes

Wieners, John          

short
Yes

Wilbur, Richard          

medium
Yes

Williams, C. K.          

medium
  Williams, Emmett short
Yes Williams, Jonathan short
Yes

Williams, William Carlos          

long
Yes

Winters, Yvor          

medium
Yes Wright, C. D. short
Yes

Wright, Charles          

medium
Yes

Wright, James          

medium
Yes

Wright, Jay          

medium
  Wright, Judith short
Yes

Wylie, Elinor          

medium
Yes

Yau, John           

short
 

Yehoash          

short
Yes Young, David short
Yes Young Bear, Ray short
Yes Zukofsky, Louis long

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