Poet Doolittle is the pen name of Hilda Doolittle, an American poet and novelist who was born in 1886. She was a major figure in the modernist movement and was associated with the Imagists, a group of poets who focused on writing concise, precise poems. Her work often explored themes of gender, identity, and nature. She wrote several collections of poetry, including Sea Garden and Helen in Egypt, as well as novels such as Palimpsest.