Stanley Burnshaw (June 20, 1906 – September 16, 2005) was an American poet, primarily known for his ontology The Seamless Web (1970).

There are few detailed depictions of his childhood, but in his later years Burnshaw wrote two poems giving light on that time period of his life.

After he returned from Europe, Burnshaw began working at the Hecht Company in New York City as an advertising manager.

Resigning from the Hecht Company in 1932, his next job was doing multiple duties (co-editor, drama critic, and occasional book reviewer) for The New Masses, a weekly editorial in New York City.

He published many prose, poems, books, editorials, and remained active in many other aspects of his career until his death in September 2005.