Richard Siken (born February 15, 1967) is an American poet, painter, and filmmaker.

[1] His second book of poems, War of the Foxes, was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2015.

[4] In 2001, Siken co-founded Spork Press, where he continues to work as an editor.

On December 4, 2020, he published his first post-stroke poem, "Real Estate" on poets.org[9] after announcing it on his Facebook the day prior.

"[11] Crush won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, selected by Louise Glück.