On his very entertaining blog, the wonderful poet Bill Knott posted his top 10 poet choices for the Nobel Prize. It’s a fun exercise! Here are my ten, in descending order of age (on the theory that we should honor them before they’re dead):
Nicanor Parra
Andrea Zanzotto
Carolyn Kizer
W. S. Merwin
Thomas Kinsella
Adrienne Rich
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Adonis (pen name of Ali Ahmad Sa’id)
Tomas Tranströmer
Shuntaro Tanikawa
Ko Un
Not that anybody asked….
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
A good list. I was surprised and delighted to see Thomas Kinsella among these, as Kinsella, one of the great poets of our time, is not as well known as most of the others. A shame that must be corrected.