Robert Frost served as the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position now known as the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. He held this role from 1958 to 1959.

Kay Ryan (born 21 September, 1945) is Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. Prior to 1986 the title of the post was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. There were thirty holding that title. In 1986, the title name was changed by an Act of Congress to Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Kay Ryan is the sixteenth.

Karl Shapiro was an American poet and essayist. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1945 and served as the fifth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1946.

The author of the poem "Sliding into Heaven" is Rita Dove. She is an American poet and writer known for her works that explore themes of race, identity, and history. Dove served as the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995.

Ted Hughes was the British Poet Laureate in 1984. He held this title until he passed away in 1998. He was married to another famous poet, Sylvia Plath.