Robert Creeley (born May 21, 1926, Arlington, Massachusetts) was a poet with more than sixty books of poetry to his name.

He was the author of For Love and is usually grouped with the Black Mountain poets. He was quite friendly with Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg and John Wieners. For many years he taught at Buffalo and later at Brown University.

Robert Creeley passed away on March 30, 2005.