Maureen Cannon (November 22, 1922 – January 25, 2007) was an American poet.
She published more than 1,000 poems in Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, McCall's, Reader's Digest, Light Quarterly, and a great variety of other publications.
She was a regular contributor, always in verse, to more than one section of The New York Times.
[1] Cannon's prolific publishing career did not begin until she was in her 40s, when a friend sent two of her poems to Babytalk magazine.
She became a member of the Bards' Buffet, a group of light poets (including Alma Denny, Willard R. Espy, Louis Phillips, and Bob McKenty) who occasionally dined together in New York City,[2] and won prizes for both her serious and her light verse.