Kim Robert Stafford (born October 15, 1949) is an American poet and essayist who lives in Portland, Oregon.

He has also taught courses at Willamette University in Salem, at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, at the Fishtrap writers' gathering, and private workshops in Scotland, Italy, and Bhutan.

In July 2018, he was appointed the 9th Oregon Poet Laureate by Governor Kate Brown.

He is the founding director of the Northwest Writing Institute and is the literary executor of the Estate of William Stafford.

"[5] His work is featured at the Orenco Station on the Rings of Memory Plaza and the Witness Tree Rest.