Douglas Kearney (born 1974)[3] is an American poet, performer and librettist.

His work has appeared in Nocturnes, Jubilat, Beloit Poetry Journal, Gulf Coast, Poetry, Pleiades, Iowa Review, Callaloo, Boston Review, Hyperallergic, Scapegoat, Obsidian, Boundary 2, Jacket2, Lana Turner, Brooklyn Rail, and Indiana Review.

[4][5] In 2012, his and Anne LeBaron's opera, Crescent City, premiered and received widespread praise.

[7] Kearney attended Howard University as an undergraduate.

[citation needed] In 2007, the Poetry Society of America named Kearney a Notable New American Poet.