Although thousands of poems and hundreds of Mormon poets are included in the Mormon Literature Database (see the poetry genre profile), the following poets continue to draw the attention of literary critics. Some of these poets are significant as authors of early and well known Mormon poems and hymns (such as Eliza R. Snow's "O, My Father" and W. W. Phelps' "The Spirit of God"); others are important for the quality of their poetry by modern standards, or for having broken new ground with poetic form (Orson Whitney, the epic), themes (Clinton Larson, violence and lyricism), or audiences (Carol Lynn Pearson to the popular Mormon market; May Swenson and Lance Larsen to national audiences). This list is divided between early Mormon poets of note (from the 1830s to the mid-twentieth century) and contemporary Mormon poets of note (from about the 1950s to the present). —Sarah Jenkins and Gideon Burton