List of English-language poets

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This is a list of English-language poets, who have written much of their poetry in English.[1] Main country of residence as a poet (not place of birth): A = Australia, B = Barbados, Bo = Bosnia, C = Canada, Ch = Chile, Cu = Cuba, D = Dominica, De = Denmark, E = England, F = France, G = Germany, Ga = Gambia, Gd = Grenada, Gh = Ghana/Gold Coast, Gr = Greece, Gu = Guyana/British Guiana, Gy = Guernsey, HK = Hong Kong, In = India, IoM = Isle of Man, Is = Israel, Ir = Ireland, It = Italy, J = Jamaica, Je = Jersey, Jp = Japan, K = Kenya, L = Lebanon, M = Malta, Me = Mexico, Mo = Montserrat, Ne = Nepal, Nf = Newfoundland (colony), Ni = Nigeria, NI = Northern Ireland, Nt = Netherlands, NZ = New Zealand, P = Pakistan, Pa = Palestine, Ph = Philippines, PI = Pitcairn Islands, RE = Russian Empire, S = Scotland, SA = South Africa, Se = Serbia, SL = Saint Lucia, SLe = Sierra Leone, SLk = Sri Lanka, So = Somalia, Sw = Sweden, T = Trinidad and Tobago, US = United States/preceding colonies, W = Wales, Z = Zimbabwe/Rhodesia

A[]

Aa–Al[]

  • Jonathan Aaron (born 1941, US)
  • Chris Abani (born 1966, Ni/US)
  • Henry Abbey (1842–1911, US)
  • Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958, US)
  • J. H. M. Abbott (1874–1953, A)
  • Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938, E)
  • Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956, US)
  • Mark Abley (born 1955, C)
  • James Aboud (born 1956, T)
  • Lionel Abrahams (1928–2004, SA)
  • Sam Abrams (born 1935, US)
  • Seth Abramson (born 1976, US)
  • Dannie Abse (1923–2014, W)
  • Chinua Achebe (1930–2013, Ni/US)
  • Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014, Ni)
  • Kathy Acker (1947–1997, US)
  • Diane Ackerman (born 1948, US)
  • Duane Ackerson (born 1942, US)
  • Milton Acorn (1923–1986, C)
  • Harold Acton (1904–1994, E/It)
  • Gilbert Adair (1944–2011, S/F)
  • Virginia Hamilton Adair (1919–2004, US)
  • Helen Adam (1909–1993, S/US)
  • Jean Adam (1704–1765, S)
  • Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936, NZ/A)
  • Douglas Adams (1952–2001, E)
  • John Adams (1704–1740, US)
  • Léonie Adams (1899–1988, US)
  • Ryan Adams (born 1974, US)
  • Gil Adamson (born 1961, C)
  • Robert Adamson (born 1943, A)
  • Fleur Adcock (born 1934, NZ/E)
  • Joseph Addison (1672–1719, E)
  • Kim Addonizio (born 1954, US)
  • Bayo Adebowale] (born 1944, Ni)
  • Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969, Ni)
  • Opal Palmer Adisa (born 1954, J)
  • Tatamkhulu Afrika (1920–2002, SA)
  • John Agard (born 1949, Gu)
  • Patience Agbabi (born 1965, W/E)
  • Deborah Ager born 1978, US)
  • Kelli Russell Agodon (living, US)
  • Allan Ahlberg (1938–1994, E)
  • Ai (born 1947, US)
  • Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1940, Gh)
  • Conrad Aiken (1889–1973, US)
  • Douglas Ainslie (1865–1948, S)
  • Thomas Aird (1802–1876, S)
  • Adam Aitken (born 1960, A)
  • Neil Aitken (born 1974, C)
  • Funso Aiyejina (born 1949, Ni)
  • Tolu Ajayi (born 1946, Ni)
  • Mark Akenside (1721–1770, E)
  • Salman Akhtar (born 1946, In/US)
  • Tolu Akinyemi (living, Ni)
  • Alasdair MacMhaighstir Alasdair (c. 1695–1770, S)
  • Jordie Albiston (1961–2022, A)
  • Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956, US)
  • Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888, US)
  • Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888, US)
  • Kaye Aldenhoven (living, A)
  • Richard Aldington (1892–1962, E)
  • Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962, US)
  • Sidney A. Alexander (1866–1948, E)
  • William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (c. 1567–1640, S)
  • Sherman Alexie (born 1966, US)
  • Felipe Alfau (1902–1999, US)
  • Edna Alford (born 1947, C)
  • Mike Alfred (living, SA)
  • Agha Shahid Ali (1949–2001, In/US)
  • James Alexander Allan (1889–1956, A)
  • Rob Allan (born 1945, NZ)
  • Sandra Alland (living, C/S)
  • Donna Allard (living, C)
  • William Allegrezza (born 1974, US)
  • Dick Allen (1939–2017, US)
  • Donald Allen (1912–2004, US)
  • Elizabeth Allen (living, A)
  • Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911, US)
  • Leslie Holdsworth Allen (1879–1964, A)
  • Lillian Allen (born 1951, C)
  • Richard James Allen (born 1960, A)
  • Ron Allen (1947–2010, US)
  • Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893, US)
  • William Allingham (1824/28–1889, Ir/E)
  • Washington Allston (1779–1843, US)
  • Anne-Marie Alonzo (1951–2005, C)
  • Alta (Alta Gerrey, born 1942, US)
  • Al Alvarez (1929–2019, E)
  • Ivy Alvarez (living, A)
  • Julia Alvarez (born 1950, D/US)
  • Moniza Alvi (born 1954, E)

Am–Az[]

  • George Amabile (born 1936, C)
  • Abdulkareem Baba Aminu (born 1977, Ni)
  • Kingsley Amis (1922–1995, E)
  • A. R. Ammons (1926–2001, US)
  • Madhur Anand (born 1971, C)
  • Ingrid Andersen (born 1965, SA)
  • Ethel Anderson (1883–1958, A)
  • Freddie Anderson (1922–2001, Ir/S)
  • J. Redwood Anderson (1883–1964, E)
  • Patrick Anderson (1915–1979, E/C)
  • Rod Anderson (born 1935, C)
  • Victor Henry Anderson (1917–2001, US)
  • Michael Andre (born 1946, C/US)
  • Bruce Andrews (born 1948, US)
  • Kevin Andrews (1924–1989, E/Gr)
  • Ron Androla (born 1954, US)
  • Ralph Angel (born 1951, US)
  • Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US)
  • James Stout Angus (1830–1923, S)
  • Marion Angus (1865–1946, S)
  • J. K. Annand (1908–1993, S)
  • David Antin (1932–2016, US)
  • Antler (born 1946, US)
  • Susanne Antonetta (born 1956, US)
  • Brother Antoninus (1912–1994, US)
  • Philip Appleman (1926–2020, US)
  • Richard Appleton (1932–2005, A)
  • Alexander Arbuthnot (1538–1583, S)
  • Walter Conrad Arensberg (1878–1954, US)
  • Rae Armantrout (born 1947, US)
  • Simon Armitage (born 1963, E)
  • Annie Armitt (1850–1933, E)
  • Richard Armour (1906–1989, US)
  • Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948, C)
  • Peter Armstrong (born 1957, E)
  • Tammy Armstrong (born 1974, C)
  • David Arnason (born 1940, C)
  • Craig Arnold (1967–2009, US)
  • Matthew Arnold (1822–1888, E)
  • Joanne Arnott (born 1960, C)
  • K. O. Arvidson (1938–2011, NZ)
  • M. K. Asante (born 1982, US)
  • John Ashbery (1927–2017, US)
  • Cliff Ashby (1919–2012, E)
  • Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836 or 1838–1917, E)
  • Thomas Ashe (1836–1889, E)
  • Renée Ashley (living, US)
  • Anne Askew (1521–1546, E)
  • Timoshenko Aslanides (born 1943, A)
  • Herbert Asquith (1881–1947, E)
  • Thea Astley (1925–2004, A)
  • Tilly Aston (1873–1947, A)
  • Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872, E)
  • Cassandra Atherton (living, A)
  • Rupert Atkinson (1881–1961, A)
  • Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972, W)
  • Margaret Atwood (born 1939, C)
  • Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991, A)
  • John Audelay (died c. 1426, E)
  • W. H. Auden (1907–1973, E/US)
  • William Auld (1924–2006, S)
  • Joseph Auslander (1897–1965, US)
  • Paul Auster (born 1947, US)
  • Alfred Austin (1835–1913, E)
  • Oana Avasilichioaei (living, C)
  • James Avery (born 1948, US)
  • Tusiata Avia (born 1966, NZ)
  • Margaret Avison (1918–2007, C)
  • Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013, Gh)
  • Ayo Ayoola-Amale (born 1970, Ni)
  • Pam Ayres (born 1947, E)
  • Sir Robert Aytoun (1570–1638, S/E)
  • William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813–1865, S)
  • Nnorom Azuonye (born 1967, Ni)
  • Jody Azzouni (born 1954, US)

B[]

Ba[]

  • Ken Babstock (born 1970, C)
  • Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952, US)
  • Bellamy Bach (group pseudonym, 1980s, US)
  • Joseph M. Bachelor (Joseph Morris, 1889–1947, US)
  • Elizabeth Bachinsky (born 1976, C)
  • Gabeba Baderoon (born 1969, SA)
  • Grace Shattuck Bail (1898–1996, US)
  • Alfred Bailey (1905–1997, C)
  • Jacob Bailey (1731–1808, US/C)
  • Kevin Bailey (born 1953, E)
  • Philip James Bailey (1816–1902, E)
  • Joanna Baillie (1762–1861, S/E)
  • David Baker (born 1954, US)
  • Henry Baker (1698–1774, E)
  • Marie Annharte Baker (born 1942, C)
  • Peter Bakowski (born 1954, A)
  • John Balaban (born 1943, US)
  • Jesse Ball (born 1978, US)
  • Addie L. Ballou (1838–1916, US)
  • Samuel Bamford (1788–1872, E)
  • John Banim (1798–1842, Ir/E)
  • Chris Banks (born 1970, C)
  • Russell Banks (born 1940, US)
  • Kaushalya Bannerji (living, C)
  • Anne Bannerman (1765–1829, S)
  • Frances Bannerman (1855–1944, C)
  • Lex Banning (1921–1965, A)
  • Ivy Bannister (born 1951, US/Ir)
  • Shabbir Banoobhai (born 1949, SA)
  • Amiri Baraka (1934–2014, US)
  • Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, E)
  • Mary Barber (c. 1685 – c. 1755, Ir)
  • Ros Barber (born 1964, E)
  • Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, E)
  • John Barbour (c. 1320–1395, S)
  • Alexander Barclay (1476–1552, S)
  • Leland Bardwell (1922–2016, Ir)
  • Serie Barford (living, NZ)
  • Richard Barham (Thomas Ingoldsby, 1788–1845, E)
  • George Barker (1913–1991, E)
  • Les Barker (born 1947, E)
  • Coleman Barks (born 1937, US)
  • Clement Barksdale (1609–1687, E)
  • Joel Barlow (1754–1812, US/F)
  • Lady Anne Barnard (1750–1825, S/SA)
  • Mary Barnard (1909–2002, US)
  • Djuna Barnes (1892–1982, US)
  • Stuart Barnes (born 1977, A)
  • William Barnes (1801–1886, E)
  • Catherine Barnett (born 1960, US)
  • Richard Barnfield (1574–1627, E)
  • Willis Barnstone (born 1927, US)
  • John Barr (1809–1889, S/NZ)
  • Miriam Barr (born 1982, NZ)
  • Laird Barron (born 1970, US)
  • Bernard Barton (1784–1849, E)
  • John Barton (born 1957, C)
  • Bertha Hirsch Baruch (later 19th – early 20th century, US)
  • Gary Barwin (born 1964, C)
  • Todd Bash (born 1965, US)
  • Michael Basinski (born 1950, US)
  • Shaunt Basmajian (1950–1990, C)
  • Ellen Bass (born 1947, US)
  • Arlo Bates (1850–1918, US)
  • David Bates (1809–1870, US)
  • H. E. Bates (1905–1974, E)
  • Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929, US)
  • Joseph Bathanti (born 1953, US)
  • Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959, US)
  • Bill Bauer (1932–2010, US/C)
  • Edward Baugh (born 1936, J)
  • (born 1975, US)
  • Charles Baxter (born 1947, US)
  • James K. Baxter (1926–1972, NZ)
  • Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958, A)
  • William Baylebridge (1883–1942, A)

Be–Bo[]

  • Eric Beach (born 1947, A)
  • Thomas Beach (died 1737, W)
  • John Beaglehole (1901–1971, NZ)
  • Anne Beale (1816–1900, E/W)
  • Doug Beardsley (born 1941, C)
  • James Beattie (1735–1803, S)
  • Jan Beatty (born 1952, US)
  • Derek Beaulieu (born 1973, C)
  • Francis Beaumont (1586–1616, E)
  • Bruce Beaver (1928–2004, A)
  • Samuel Beckett (1906–1989, Ir)
  • Joshua Beckman (living, US)
  • Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849, E/G)
  • Ruth Bedford (1882–1963, A)
  • Jack Bedson (born 1950, A)
  • Patricia Beer (1919–1999, E)
  • Ven Begamudré (born 1956, C)
  • Brendan Behan (1923–1964, Ir)
  • Aphra Behn (1640–1689, E)
  • Sinclair Beiles (1930–2000, SA)
  • Gerard Beirne (born 1962, Ir/C)
  • Henry Beissel (born 1929, G/C)
  • Billy-Ray Belcourt (living, C)
  • Ken Belford (born 1946, C)
  • Erin Belieu (born 1965, US)
  • J. J. Bell (1871–1934, S)
  • Julian Bell (1908–1937, E)
  • Marvin Bell (1937–2020, US)
  • Lisa Bellear (1961–2006, A)
  • Lesley Belleau (living, C)
  • Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953, E)
  • John Bemrose (living, C)
  • Gwen Benaway (born 1987, C)
  • Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943, US)
  • William Rose Benét (1886–1950, US)
  • Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827, E)
  • Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981, US)
  • Jim Bennett (born 1951, E)
  • Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919–2006, J)
  • Robbie Benoit (died 2007, C)
  • A. C. Benson (1862–1925, E)
  • Richard Berengarten (born 1943, E)
  • Bill Berkson (1939–2016, US)
  • Charles Bernstein (born 1950, US)
  • Robert Berold (born 1948, SA)
  • Anselm Berrigan (born 1972, US)
  • Daniel Berrigan (1921–2016, US)
  • Ted Berrigan (1934–1983, US)
  • James Berry (1924–2017, J/E)
  • Wendell Berry (born 1934, US)
  • John Berryman (1914–1972, US)
  • Charles Best (1570–1627, E)
  • Mary Matilda Betham (1776–1852, E)
  • Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919, E)
  • Ursula Bethell (1874–1945, NZ)
  • John Betjeman (1906–1984, E)
  • Craven Langstroth Betts (1853–1941, C)
  • Elizabeth Beverley (fl. 1815–1830, E)
  • Judith Beveridge (born 1956, A)
  • Helen Bevington (1906–2001, US)
  • L. S. Bevington (1845–1895, E)
  • Thomas Bibby (1799–1863, Ir)
  • Ruth Bidgood (born 1922, W)
  • Vonani Bila (born 1972, SA)
  • Robert Billings (1949–1986, C)
  • William Billington (1825–1884, E)
  • Margaret Bingham (1740–1814, E)
  • Laurence Binyon (1869–1943, E)
  • Hera Lindsay Bird (born 1987, NZ)
  • Earle Birney (1904–1995, C)
  • Dora Birtles (1903–1992, A)
  • Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979, US)
  • Samuel Bishop (1731–1795, E)
  • Bill Bissett (born 1939, C)
  • Sherwin Bitsui (born 1974, US)
  • David MacLeod Black (born 1941, S)
  • Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958, US)
  • Paul Blackburn (1926–1971, US)
  • Thomas Blacklock (1721–1791, S)
  • Leigh Blackmore (born 1959, A)
  • R. P. Blackmur (1904–1965, US)
  • Peter Bladen (1922–2001, A)
  • Isa Blagden (1816 or 1817–1873, It)
  • Max Blagg (born 1948, E/US)
  • Mark Blagrave (born 1956, C)
  • Robert Blair (1699–1746, S)
  • Lewis Blake (born 1946, E)
  • William Blake (1757–1827, E)
  • Susanna Blamire (1747–1794, E)
  • Paddy Blanchfield (1911–1980, NZ)
  • Richard Blanco (born 1968, US)
  • Don Blanding (1894–1957, US)
  • Robin Blaser (1925–2009, C)
  • Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752–1783, US)
  • Adrian Blevins (born 1964, US)
  • John Blight (1913–1995, A)
  • Mathilde Blind (1841–1896, E)
  • Laurie Block (1949–2018, C)
  • E. D. Blodgett (1935–2018, C)
  • Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919, US)
  • Valerie Bloom (born 1956, J/E)
  • Robert Bloomfield (1766–1823, E)
  • Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/63 – post-1816, E)
  • Edmund Blunden (1896–1974, E)
  • Roy Blumenthal (born 1968, SA)
  • Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922, E)
  • Robert Bly (born 1926, US)
  • Ali Blythe (living, C)
  • Barcroft Boake (1866–1892, A)
  • Robert Boates (born 1954, C)
  • Merlinda Bobis (born 1959, A)
  • Louise Bogan (1897–1970, US)
  • Michelle Boisseau (1955–2017, US)
  • Christian Bök (born 1966, C)
  • Osbern Bokenam (c. 1393 – c. 1464, E)
  • George Henry Boker (1823–1890, US)
  • Eavan Boland (1944–2020, Ir)
  • Alan Bold (1943–1998, S)
  • Dermot Bolger (born 1959, Ir)
  • Stephanie Bolster (born 1969, C)
  • Edmund Bolton (c. 1575 – c. 1633)
  • Ken Bolton (born 1949, A)
  • Roger Bonair-Agard (living, J/US)
  • Horatius Bonar (1808–1889, S)
  • Elizabeth Bonhôte (1744–1818, E)
  • Sean Bonney (1969–2019, E)
  • Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902–1973, US)
  • Shane Book (living, C)
  • Luke Booker (1762–1835, E)
  • Kurt Boone (born 1959, US)
  • Henry Ernest Boote (1865–1949, A)
  • Ivan Bootham (1939–2016, NZ)
  • Pat Boran (born 1963, Ir)
  • Jenny Bornholdt (born 1960, NZ)
  • Roo Borson (born 1952, C)
  • Keith Bosley (1937–2018, E)
  • Anne Lynch Botta (1815–1891, US)
  • Gordon Bottomley (1874–1948, E)
  • David Bottoms (born 1949, US)
  • Jenny Boult (MML Bliss, 1951–2005, A)
  • Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921, E)
  • Arthur Bourinot (1893–1969, C)
  • John Philip Bourke (1860–1914, A)
  • Jane Bowdler (1743–1784, E)
  • George Bowering (born 1936, C)
  • Marilyn Bowering (born 1949, C)
  • Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949, US)
  • Edgar Bowers (1924–2000, US)
  • Tim Bowling (born 1964, C)
  • Alex Boyd (born 1969, C)
  • Louise Esther Vickroy Boyd (1827–1909, US)
  • Mark Alexander Boyd (1563–1601, S)
  • Kay Boyle (1902–1992, US)
  • Peter Boyle (born 1951, A)
  • Samuel Boyse (1702/1703–1749, Ir/E)

Br–By[]

  • Francis Brabazon (1907–1984, A)
  • Thomas Bracken (1843–1898, NZ)
  • Alison Brackenbury (born 1953, E)
  • James Bradley (born 1967, A)
  • Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672, US)
  • Robert Bradstreet (1766–1836, E)
  • E. J. Brady (1869–1952, A)
  • Kate Braid (born 1947, C)
  • Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite (1963–2008, C)
  • Shannon Bramer (born 1973, C)
  • Bertha Southey Brammall (1878–1957, A)
  • James Bramston (c. 1694–1743, E)
  • Dionne Brand (born 1953, C)
  • Di Brandt (born 1952, C)
  • Charles Brasch (1909–1973, NZ)
  • Giannina Braschi (born 1953, US)
  • Kamau Brathwaite (1930–2020, B)
  • Richard Brautigan (1935–1984, US)
  • John Jefferson Bray (1912–1995, A)
  • Diana Brebner (1956–2001, C)
  • Jean "Binta" Breeze (1956–2021, J)
  • Christopher Brennan (1870–1932, A)
  • Breyten Breytenbach (born 1939, SA/F)
  • Joseph Payne Brennan (1918–1990, US)
  • Michael Brennan (born 1973, A)
  • Jane Brereton (1685–1740, W)
  • John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933, A)
  • Nicholas Breton (1542–1626, E)
  • Brian Brett (born 1950, C)
  • Lily Brett (born 1946, A)
  • Ken Brewer (1941–2006, US)
  • Elizabeth Brewster (1922–2012, C)
  • Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 – c. 1757, US)
  • Breyten Breytenbach (born 1939, SA)
  • Diana Bridge (born 1942, NZ)
  • Robert Bridges (1844–1930, E)
  • Robert Bringhurst (born 1946, C)
  • Geoffrey Brock (born 1964, US)
  • Eve Brodlique (1867-1949, UK/C/US)
  • Alexander Brome (1620–1666, E)
  • David Bromige (1933–2009, C/US)
  • William Bronk (1918–1999, US)
  • Anne Brontë (1820–1849, E)
  • Branwell Brontë (1817–1848, E)
  • Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855, E)
  • Emily Brontë (1818–1848, E)
  • Rupert Brooke (1887–1915, E)
  • David Brooks (born 1953, A)
  • Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000, US)
  • Audrey Alexandra Brown (1904–1998, C)
  • George Mackay Brown (1921–1996, S)
  • James Brown (J. B. Selkirk, 1832–1904, S)
  • Jericho Brown (born 1976, US)
  • Pam Brown (born 1948, A)
  • Sterling Allen Brown (1901–1989, US)
  • Stewart Brown (born 1951, E)
  • Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897, IoM)
  • Wayne Brown (1944–2009, T)
  • Frances Browne (1816–1879, Ir)
  • Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760, E)
  • Moses Browne (1704–1787, E)
  • Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682, E)
  • William Browne (1588–1643, E)
  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861, E/It)
  • Robert Browning (1812–1889, E/It)
  • Charles Tory Bruce (1906–1971, C)
  • Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958, A)
  • Julie Bruck (living, C)
  • Dennis Brutus (1924–2009, SA)
  • William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878, US)
  • Colette Bryce (born 1970, NI/E)
  • Bryher (Annie Winifred Ellerman, 1894–1983, E)
  • Dugald Buchanan (1716–1768, S)
  • George Buchanan (1506–1582, S)
  • Robert Williams Buchanan (1841–1901, S)
  • Vincent Buckley (1925–1988, A)
  • Charles Buckmaster (1950–1972, A)
  • David Budbill (1940–2016, US)
  • Robert Budde (born 1966, C)
  • Andrea Hollander Budy (born 1947, US)
  • Suzanne Buffam (living, C)
  • Charles Bukowski (1920–1994, US)
  • April Bulmer (born 1963, C)
  • Rhoda Bulter (1929–1994, S)
  • Basil Bunting (1900–1985, E)
  • Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, E)
  • Haldane Burgess (1862–1927, S)
  • Andrew Burke (born 1944, A)
  • Murdoch Burnett (1953–2015, C)
  • Joanne Burns (born 1945, A)
  • Robert Burns (1759–1796, S)
  • Stanley Burnshaw (1906–2005, US)
  • John Burnside (born 1955, S)
  • Sophia Burrell (1753–1802, E)
  • William S. Burroughs (1914–1997, US)
  • Mick Burrs (1940–2021, C)
  • Duncan Bush (1946–2017, W/E)
  • Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (1869–1944, US)
  • Aaron Bushkowsky (born 1957, C)
  • Guy Butler (1918–2001, SA)
  • Samuel Butler (1612–1680, E)
  • Ray Buttigieg (born 1955, M)
  • Anthony Butts (born 1969, US)
  • A. S. Byatt (born 1936, E)
  • Kathryn Stripling Byer (1944–2017, US)
  • Witter Bynner (Emanuel Morgan, 1881–1968, US)
  • Lord Byron (1788–1824, E/It)

C[]

Ca–Ci[]

  • Richard Caddel (1949–2003, E)
  • Caroline Caddy (born 1944, A)
  • Charmaine Cadeau (living, C)
  • Adrian Caesar (born 1955, A)
  • Stephen Cain (born 1970, C)
  • Scott Cairns (born 1954, US)
  • Alison Calder (living, C)
  • Angus Calder (1942–2008, S)
  • Alex Caldiero (born 1949, US)
  • Frank Oliver Call (1878–1956, C)
  • Barry Callaghan (born 1937, C)
  • Michael Feeney Callan (living, Ir)
  • Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884, E)
  • Robert Calvert (1945–1988, E)
  • Anne Cameron (Cam Hubert, born 1938, C)
  • Norman Cameron (1905–1953, S)
  • Jason Camlot (born 1967, C)
  • A. Y. Campbell (1885–1958, S)
  • Alistair Campbell (1925–2009, NZ)
  • Angus Peter Campbell (living, S)
  • David Campbell (1915–1979, A)
  • Elizabeth Campbell (born 1980, A)
  • Joseph Campbell (1879–1944, Ir)
  • Meg Campbell (1937–2007, NZ)
  • Paul-Henri Campbell (born 1982, US)
  • Roy Campbell (1901–1957, SA)
  • Thomas Campbell (1774–1844, S/E)
  • William Wilfred Campbell (1860–1918, C)
  • Thomas Campion (1567–1620, E)
  • Melville Henry Cane (1879–1980, US)
  • Mary Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973, E)
  • Moya Cannon (living, Ir)
  • Edward Capern (1819–1894, E)
  • Vahni Capildeo (born 1973, T/S)
  • Natalee Caple (born 1970, C)
  • Thomas Carew (1595–1639, E)
  • Henry Carey (1693–1743, E)
  • Robert Carliell (died c. 1622, E)
  • Bliss Carman (1861–1929, C/US)
  • Clyde Carr (1886–1962, NZ)
  • Fern G. Z. Carr (born 1956, C)
  • Jim Carroll (1949–2009, US)
  • Lewis Carroll (1832–1898, E)
  • Hayden Carruth (1921–2008, US)
  • A.J. Carruthers (living, A)
  • Ann Elizabeth Carson (born 1929, C)
  • Anne Carson (born 1950, C)
  • Ciaran Carson (1948–2019, NI)
  • Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806, E)
  • Jared Carter (born 1939, US)
  • William Cartwright (1611–1643, E)
  • Raymond Carver (1938–1988, US)
  • Alice Cary (1820–1871, US)
  • Phoebe Cary (1824–1871, US)
  • James Casey (1824–1909, Ir)
  • Juanita Casey (1925–2012, E)
  • Neal Cassady (1926–1968, US)
  • Cyrus Cassells (born 1957, US)
  • Ana Castillo (born 1953, US)
  • Lee Cataldi (born 1942, A)
  • Nancy Cato (1917–2000, A)
  • Charles Causley (1917–2003, E)
  • Nick Cave (born 1957, A)
  • George Cavendish (1494 – c. 1562, E)
  • Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623–1673, E)
  • Kate Cayley (living, C)
  • Susanna Centlivre (c. 1667/1670 – 1723, E)
  • Thomas Centolella (living, US)
  • Joseph Ceravolo (1934–1988, US)
  • John Chalkhill (fl. 1600, E)
  • Gordon Challis (1932–2018, NZ)
  • Weyman Chan (born 1963, C)
  • Catherine Chandler (born 1950, C)
  • Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807–1834, US)
  • Diana Chang (1924–2009, US)
  • William Ellery Channing (1818–1901, US)
  • Arthur Chapman (1873–1935, US)
  • George Chapman (1560–1634, E)
  • Patrick Chapman (born 1968, Ir)
  • Fred Chappell (born 1936, US)
  • Craig Charles (born 1964, E)
  • James Charlton (born 1947, A)
  • Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770, E)
  • Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400, E)
  • Angelico Chavez (1910–1996, US)
  • Syl Cheney-Coker (born 1945, SLe)
  • Maxine Chernoff (born 1952, US)
  • Kelly Cherry (born 1940, US)
  • G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936, E)
  • Thomas Chestre (late 14th c., E)
  • James Wm. Chichetto (born 1941, US)
  • Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880, US)
  • Billy Childish (born 1959, E)
  • Marilyn Chin (born 1955, US)
  • Staceyann Chin (born 1972, J)
  • Eileen Chong (born 1980, A)
  • Robert Choquette (1905–1991, C)
  • Lesley Choyce (born 1951, C)
  • Margaret Christakos (born 1962, C)
  • Evie Christie (living, C)
  • Ralph Chubb (1892–1960, E)
  • Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710, E)
  • Hubert Newman Wigmore Church (1857–1932, A)
  • Richard Church (1893–1972, E)
  • Charles Churchill (1731–1764, E)
  • John Ciardi (1916–1986, US)
  • Colley Cibber (1671–1757, E)
  • Charl Cilliers (born 1941, SA)
  • Sandra Cisneros (born 1954, US)
  • Carson Cistulli (born 1979, US)

Cl[]

  • Amy Clampitt (1920–1994, US
  • Kate Clanchy (born 1965, S)
  • John Clanvowe (c. 1341–1391, W/E)
  • John Clare (1793–1864, E)
  • Dave Clark (living, C)
  • Douglas Clark (1942–2010, E)
  • Elizabeth Clark (1918–1978, S)
  • Emily Clark (fl. 1798–1833, E)
  • Ross Clark (born 1953, A)
  • Tom Clark (1941–2018, US)
  • Thomas Clark (born 1980, S)
  • Amy Key Clarke (1892–1980, E)
  • Austin Clarke (1886–1974, Ir)
  • George Elliott Clarke (born 1960, C)
  • Gillian Clarke (born 1937, W)
  • Jack Clarke (1933–1992, US)
  • Marcus Clarke (1846–1881, A)
  • Brian P. Cleary (born 1959, US)
  • Brendan Cleary (born 1958, NI)
  • William Cleland (1661–1689, S)
  • Justin Clemens (born 1969, A)
  • Benjamin Clementine (born 1988, E/F)
  • Jack Clemo (1916–1994, E)
  • John Cleveland (1613–1658, E)
  • Michelle Cliff (1946–2016, J/US)
  • Wayne Clifford (born 1944, C)
  • Lucille Clifton (1936–2010, US)
  • Caroline Clive (1801–1873, E)
  • Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861, E)

Co–Cu[]

  • Grace Stone Coates (1881–1976, US)
  • Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927, US)
  • Bob Cobbing (1920–2002, E)
  • Robbie Coburn (born 1994, A)
  • Alison Cockburn (awa Alison Rutherford, 1712–1794, S)
  • Alice Rollit Coe (1858–1940, US)
  • Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952–2016, US)
  • Brian Coffey (1905–1995, Ir/F)
  • Fred Cogswell (1917–2004, C)
  • Leonard Cohen (1934–2016, C)
  • Matt Cohen (1942–1999, C)
  • Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958, US)
  • Norma Cole (born 1945, C/US)
  • Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch (1945–2019, A)
  • Aidan Coleman (born 1976, A)
  • Victor Coleman (born 1944, C)
  • Wanda Coleman (1946–2013, US)
  • Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849, E)
  • Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907, E)
  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834, E)
  • Don Coles (1927–2017, C)
  • Katharine Coles (born 1959, US)
  • Edward Coletti (living, US)
  • Mary Collier (c. 1688–1762, E)
  • Billy Collins (born 1941, US)
  • John Collins (1742–1808, E)
  • William Collins (1721–1759, E)
  • Laurence Collinson (1925–1986, A)
  • Stephen Collis (living, C)
  • John Robert Colombo (born 1936, C)
  • Glenn Colquhoun (born 1964, NZ)
  • Padraic Colum (1881–1972, Ir/US)
  • Anna Olcott Commelin (1841–1924, US)
  • Anne Compton (born 1947, C)
  • Wayde Compton (born 1972, C)
  • Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934, US)
  • William Congreve (1670–1729, E)
  • Jan Conn (born 1952, C/US)
  • Stewart Conn (born 1936, S)
  • Paul Conneally (born 1959, E)
  • Karen Connelly (born 1969, C)
  • Kevin Connolly (born 1962, C)
  • Susan Connolly (born 1956, Ir)
  • Robert Conquest (1917–2015, E)
  • Tony Conran (1931–2013, W)
  • Henry Constable (1562–1613, E/F)
  • David Constantine (born 1944, E)
  • Eliza Cook (1818–1889, E)
  • Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (born 1930, US)
  • Sophie Cooke (born 1976, S)
  • Ina Coolbrith (1841–1928, US)
  • Dennis Cooley (born 1944, C)
  • Clark Coolidge (born 1939, US)
  • Afua Cooper (born 1957, J/C)
  • Thomas Cooper (1805–1892, E)
  • Jack Cope (1913–1991, SA)
  • Wendy Cope (born 1945, E)
  • Judith Copithorne (born 1939, C)
  • Robert Copland (fl. 1508–1547, E)
  • A. E. Coppard (1878–1957, E)
  • Julia Copus (born 1969, E)
  • Richard Corbet (1582–1635, E)
  • Cid Corman (1924–2004, US)
  • Alfred Corn (born 1943, US)
  • Adam Cornford (born 1950, E)
  • Frances Cornford (1886–1960, E)
  • Francis M. Cornford (1874–1943, E)
  • John Cornford (1915–1936, E)
  • Joe Corrie (1894–1968, S)
  • Gregory Corso (1930–2001, US)
  • Jayne Cortez (1936–2012, US)
  • William Johnson Cory (1823–1892, E)
  • Louisa Stuart Costello (1799–1877, Ir/F)
  • Charles Cotton (1630–1687, E)
  • Anna Couani (born 1948, A)
  • Anne Ross Cousin (1824–1906, E/S)
  • Dani Couture (born 1978, C)
  • Thomas Cowherd (1817–1907, C)
  • Abraham Cowley (1618–1667, E)
  • Hannah Cowley (1743–1809, E)
  • Malcolm Cowley (1898–1989, US)
  • Dorothy Cowlin (1911–2010, E)
  • William Cowper (1731–1800, E)
  • George Crabbe (1754–1832, E)
  • Christine Craig (born 1943, J)
  • Helen Craik (c. 1751–1825, S/E)
  • Hart Crane (1899–1932, US)
  • Stephen Crane (1871–1900, US)
  • Richard Crashaw (1613–1649, E)
  • Isabella Valancy Crawford (1846–1887, C)
  • Robert Crawford (1868–1930, A)
  • Robert Crawford (born 1959, S)
  • Richard Crawley (1840–1893, W/E)
  • Morri Creech (born 1970, US)
  • Robert Creeley (1926–2006, US)
  • Caroline de Crespigny (1797–1861, E/G)
  • Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (1896–1960, NZ)
  • Louise Crisp (born 1957, A)
  • Ann Batten Cristall (1769–1848, E)
  • Andy Croft (born 1956, E)
  • Julian Croft (born 1941, A)
  • Alison Croggon (born 1962, A)
  • Jeremy Cronin (born 1949, SA)
  • M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963, A)
  • Lynn Crosbie (born 1963, C)
  • Camilla Dufour Crosland (1812–1895, E)
  • Zora Cross (1890–1964, A)
  • Aleister Crowley (1875–1947, E)
  • Andrew Crozier (1943–2008, E)
  • Lorna Crozier (Lorna Uher, born 1948, C)
  • Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975, S)
  • Michael Crummey (born 1965, C)
  • Julie Crysler (living, C)
  • Catherine Ann Cullen (living, Ir)
  • Countee Cullen (1903–1946, US)
  • Nancy Jo Cullen (living, C)
  • Patrick Cullinan (1932–2011, SA)
  • E. E. Cummings (1894–1962, US)
  • Gary Cummiskey (born 1963, SA)
  • Allan Cunningham (1784–1842, S/E)
  • J. V. Cunningham (1911–1985, US)
  • John Cunningham (1729–1773, Ir/E)
  • Allen Curnow (1911–2001, NZ)
  • Margaret Curran (1887–1962, A)
  • Jen Currin (living, US/C)
  • Tony Curtis (born 1946, W)
  • Tony Curtis (born 1955, Ir)
  • James Cuthbertson (1851–1910, A)
  • Ivor Cutler (1923–2006, S)
  • Lidija Cvetkovic (born 1967, A)
  • Kayla Czaga (born 1989, C)

D[]

Da–Do[]

  • H.D. (Hilda Doolittle, 1886–1961, US)
  • Cyril Dabydeen (living, Gu/C)
  • David Dabydeen (born 1955, Gu)
  • Kalli Dakos (living, C)
  • Victor Daley (1858–1905, A)
  • Mary Dalton (born 1950, C)
  • Pádraig J. Daly (born 1943, Ir)
  • Raymond Garfield Dandridge (1882/1883–1930, US)
  • Joseph A. Dandurand (living, C)
  • Achmat Dangor (born 1948, SA)
  • Samuel Daniel (1562–1619, E)
  • David Daniels (1933–2008, US)
  • Jeffrey Daniels (living, US)
  • George Darley (1795–1846, Ir)
  • Tina Darragh (born 1950, US)
  • Keki N. Daruwalla (born 1937, In)
  • Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802, E)
  • Elizabeth Daryush (1887–1977, E)
  • Robert von Dassanowsky (Robert Dassanowsky) (born 1965, US)
  • Beverley Daurio (born 1953, C)
  • William Davenant (1606–1668, E)
  • Guy Davenport (1927–2005, US)
  • Frank Davey (born 1940, C)
  • Donald Davidson (1893–1968, US)
  • John Davidson (1857–1909, S/E)
  • Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808–1825, US)
  • Michael Davidson (born 1944, US)
  • Donald Davie (1922–1995, E)
  • Alan Davies (born 1951, US)
  • Deborah Kay Davies (living, W)
  • Hugh Sykes Davies (1909–1984, E)
  • Idris Davies (1905–1953, W)
  • John Davies (1569–1626, E)
  • W. H. Davies (1871–1940, W)
  • Nicholas Flood Davin (1840–1901, C)
  • Olive Dehn (1914–2007, E)
  • Beatrice Deloitte Davis (1909–1992, A)
  • Jon Davis (living, US)
  • Norma Davis (1905–1945, A)
  • Tanya Davis (living, C)
  • Thomas Osborne Davis (1814–1845, Ir)
  • Edward Davison (1898–1970, S/US)
  • Peter Davison (1928–2004, US)
  • Bruce Dawe (1930–2020, A)
  • Kwame Dawes (born 1962, US)
  • Tom Dawe (born 1940, C)
  • Jeffery Day (1896–1918, E)
  • Sarah Day (born 1958, A)
  • Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972, E)
  • Adriana de Barros (born 1976, C)
  • Somerset de Chair (1911–1995, E)
  • Jean Louis De Esque (1879–1956, US)
  • Madeline DeFrees (1919–2015, US)
  • Celia de Fréine (born 1948, Ir)
  • Ingrid de Kok (born 1951, SA)
  • Walter de la Mare (1873–1956, E)
  • Christine De Luca (born 1947, S)
  • Sadiqa de Meijer (born 1977, C)
  • Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550–1604, E)
  • Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (born 1966, SA)
  • James Deahl (born 1945, C)
  • Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972, A)
  • John F. Deane (born 1943, Ir)
  • Joel Deane (born 1969, A)
  • Patrick Deeley (born 1953, Ir)
  • Madeline DeFrees (1919–2015, US)
  • Thomas Dekker (1575–1641, E)
  • Greg Delanty (born 1958, Ir/US)
  • Kris Demeanor (living, C)
  • Barry Dempster (born 1952, C)
  • Joe Denham (living, C)
  • John Denham (1615–1669, E)
  • C. J. Dennis (1876–1938, A)
  • John Dennison (born 1978, NZ)
  • Tory Dent (1958–2005, US)
  • Enid Derham (1882–1941, A)
  • Thomas Dermody (1775–1802, Ir)
  • Toi Derricotte (born 1941, US)
  • Heather Derr-Smith (born 1971, US)
  • Michelle Desbarats (living, C)
  • Babette Deutsch (1895–1982, US)
  • James Devaney (1890–1976, A)
  • Mary Deverell (1731–1805, E)
  • Denis Devlin (1908–1959, Ir)
  • George E. Dewar (1895–1969, NZ)
  • Christopher Dewdney (born 1951, C]
  • Imtiaz Dharker (born 1954, P/W)
  • Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (1949–2019, C)
  • Mary di Michele (born 1949, C)
  • Diane di Prima (1934–2020, US)
  • Ann Diamond (living, C)
  • Natalie Diaz (born 1978, US)
  • Anne Dick (died 1741, S)
  • Jennifer K Dick (born 1970, US)
  • James Dickey (1923–1997, US)
  • Adam Dickinson (living, C)
  • Emily Dickinson (1830–1886, US)
  • Matthew Dickman (born 1975, US)
  • Michael Dickman (born 1975, US)
  • Robert Dickson (1944–2007, C)
  • Peter Didsbury (born 1946, E)
  • Modikwe Dikobe (1913 – unknown year, SA)
  • Des Dillon (living, S)
  • John Dillon (1851–1927, Ir)
  • B. R. Dionysius (born 1969, A)
  • Ray DiPalma (1943–2016, US)
  • Thomas M. Disch (born 1940, US)
  • Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956, In/US)
  • Isobel Dixon (born 1969, SA/E)
  • Sarah Dixon (1671–1765, E)
  • William Hepworth Dixon (1821–1879, E)
  • Angifi Dladla (born 1950, SA)
  • Tim Dlugos (1950–1990, US)
  • Kildare Dobbs (1923–2013, C)
  • Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921, E)
  • Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012, A)
  • Stephen Dobyns (born 1941, US)
  • Jeramy Dodds (born 1974, C)
  • Robert Dodsley (1703–1764, E)
  • Pete Doherty (born 1979, E)
  • Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848–1867, E)
  • Joe Dolce (born 1947, US/A)
  • Don Domanski (born 1950, C)
  • Magie Dominic (born 1944, C)
  • Jeffery Donaldson (living, C)
  • John Donaldson (Jon Inglis, 1921–1989, E)
  • John Donne (1572–1631, E)
  • David Donnell (born 1939, C)
  • Timothy Donnelly (born 1969, US)
  • Gerard Donovan (born 1959, Ir/E)
  • Theo Dorgan (born 1953, Ir)
  • Ed Dorn (1929–1999, US)
  • Catherine Ann Dorset (1752–1834, E)
  • Candas Jane Dorsey (born 1952, C)
  • Mark Doty (born 1953, US)
  • Clive Doucet (born 1946, C)
  • Sarah Doudney (1841–1926, E)
  • Lucy Dougan (born 1966, A)
  • Charles Montagu Doughty (1843–1926, E)
  • Lord Alfred Douglas (1870–1945, E)
  • Alice May Douglas (1865–1943, US)
  • Gavin Douglas (c. 1474–1522, S)
  • George Brisbane Scott Douglas (1856–1935, S)
  • Keith Douglas (1920–1944, E)
  • Orville Lloyd Douglas (born 1976, C)
  • Rita Dove (born 1952, US)
  • Basil Dowling (1910–2000, NZ)
  • Finuala Dowling (born 1962, SA)
  • Gordon Downie (1964–2017, C)
  • Ellen Mary Patrick Downing (1828–1869, Ir)
  • Ernest Dowson (1867–1900, E)
  • Francis Hastings Doyle (1810–1888, E)
  • Kirby Doyle (1932–2003, US)

Dr–Dy[]

  • Michael Dransfield (1948–1973, A)
  • Jane Draycott (born 1954, E)
  • Michael Drayton (1563–1631, E)
  • John Swanwick Drennan (1809–1893, Ir)
  • William Drennan (1754–1820, Ir)
  • Adam Drinan (also Joseph Macleod, 1903–1984, E)
  • John Drinkwater (1882–1937, E)
  • William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649, S)
  • William Henry Drummond (1854–1907, C)
  • John Dryden (1631–1700, E)
  • W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963, US)
  • I. D. du Plessis (1900–1981, SA)
  • Klara du Plessis (living, SA/C)
  • Norman Dubie (born 1945, US)
  • Stephen Duck (c. 1705–1756, E)
  • Louis Dudek (1918–2001, S)
  • Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955, S)
  • Charles Gavan Duffy (1816–1903, Ir/A)
  • Maureen Duffy (born 1933, E)
  • Alan Dugan (1923–2003, J/US)
  • Michael Dugan (1947–2006, A)
  • Sasha Dugdale (born 1974, E)
  • Eileen Duggan (1894–1972, NZ)
  • Laurie Duggan (born 1949, A)
  • Jas H. Duke (1939–1992, A)
  • Richard Duke (1658–1711, E)
  • Tug Dumbly (Geoff Forrester, living, A)
  • Marilyn Dumont (born 1955, C)
  • Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906, US)
  • William Dunbar (1459 or 1460 – c. 1530, S)
  • Andrew Duncan (born 1956, E)
  • Robert Duncan (1919–1988, US)
  • Camille Dungy (born 1972, US)
  • Helen Dunmore (1952–2017, E)
  • Douglas Dunn (born 1942, S)
  • Max Dunn (died 1963, A)
  • Stephen Dunn (1939–2021, US)
  • Joe Dunthorne (born 1982, W)
  • Paul Durcan (born 1944, Ir)
  • Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990, E)
  • Anne Dutton (1692–1765, E)
  • Geoffrey Dutton (1922–1998, A)
  • Stuart Dybek (born 1942, US)
  • Edward Dyer (1543–1607, E)
  • John Dyer (1699–1758, W)
  • Bob Dylan (born 1941, US)
  • Edward Dyson (1865–1931, A)

E[]

  • Joan Adeney Easdale (1913–1998, E)
  • Evelyn Eaton (1902–1983, C)
  • Richard Eberhart (1904–2005, US)
  • Emily Eden (1797–1869, E)
  • Helen Parry Eden (1885–1960, E)
  • Stephen Edgar (born 1951, A)
  • Lauris Edmond (1924–2000, NZ)
  • Russell Edson (1928–2014, US)
  • Richard Edwardes (c. 1523–1566, E)
  • Dic Edwards (born 1953, W)
  • Jonathan Edwards (born 1979, W)
  • Rhian Edwards (living, W/E)
  • Helen Merrill Egerton (1866-1951, C)
  • Terry Ehret (born 1955, US)
  • Vic Elias (1948–2006, US/C)
  • Anne Elder (1918–1976, A)
  • George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans, 1819–1880, E)
  • T. S. Eliot (1888–1965, US/E)
  • Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818–1877, US)
  • Charlotte Elliot (1839–1880, S)
  • David Elliott (1923–1999, C)
  • Jean Elliot (1727–1805, S)
  • Ebenezer Elliott (1781–1849, E)
  • George Ellis (1753–1815, E)
  • Royston Ellis (born 1941, E)
  • Chris Else (born 1942, NZ)
  • Rebecca Elson (1960–1999, C)
  • Crispin Elsted (living, C)
  • Claudia Emerson (1957–2014, US)
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882, US)
  • Chris Emery (born 1963, E)
  • William Empson (1906–1984, E)
  • Paul Engle (1908–1991, US)
  • John Ennis (born 1944, Ir)
  • Karen Enns (living, C)
  • D. J. Enright (1920–2002, E)
  • Riemke Ensing (born 1939, NZ)
  • Theodore Enslin (1925–2011, US)
  • Louise Erdrich (born 1954, US)
  • Ralph Erskine (1685–1752, S)
  • Clayton Eshleman (1935–2021, US)
  • Martín Espada (born 1957, US)
  • Ramabai Espinet (born 1948, T)
  • Jill Alexander Essbaum (born 1971, US)
  • Maggie Estep (1963–2014, US)
  • George Etherege (1635–1691, E)
  • Michael Estok (1939–1989, C)
  • Jerry Estrin (1947–1993, US)
  • Anne Evans (1820–1870, E)
  • Christine Evans (born 1943, E/W)
  • George Essex Evans (1863–1909, A)
  • Margiad Evans (Peggy Whistler, 1909–1958, E)
  • Mari Evans (1919–2017, US)
  • Sebastian Evans (1830–1909, E)
  • William Everson (Brother Antoninus, 1912–1994, US)
  • Gavin Ewart (1916–1995, E)
  • John K. Ewers (1904–1978, A)
  • Elisabeth Eybers (1915–2007, SA/Nt)

F[]

  • Frederick William Faber (1814–1863, E)
  • Diane Fahey (born 1945, A)
  • Ruth Fainlight (born 1931, US/E)
  • Kingsley Fairbridge (1885–1924, SA)
  • A. R. D. Fairburn (1904–1957, NZ)
  • Maria and Harriet Falconar (born c. 1771–1774, E or S)
  • William Falconer (1732–1769, S)
  • Padraic Fallon (1905–1974, Ir)
  • Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765–1834, E)
  • U. A. Fanthorpe (1929–1909, E)
  • Patricia Fargnoli (born 1937, US)
  • Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965, E)
  • Fiona Farrell (born 1947, NZ)
  • John Farrell (1851–1904, A)
  • John Farrell (1968–2010, US)
  • Michael Farrell (born 1965, A)
  • Katie Farris (born 1983, US)
  • Margaretta Faugères (1771–1801, US)
  • Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961, US)
  • Brian Fawcett (born 1944, C)
  • Elaine Feeney (living, Ir)
  • Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019, E)
  • Alison Fell (born 1944, S)
  • Charles Fenerty (c. 1821–1892, C)
  • Elijah Fenton (1683–1730, E)
  • James Fenton (born 1931, NI)
  • James Fenton (born 1949, E)
  • Richard Fenton (1747–1821, W)
  • Gus Ferguson (1940–2020, SA)
  • Samuel Ferguson (1810–1886, Ir)
  • Robert Fergusson (1750–1774, S)
  • Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021, US)
  • Ferron (Deborah Foisy, born 1952, C)
  • George Fetherling (born 1949, C)
  • Michael Field (Katherine Bradley, 1846–1914, and Edith Cooper, 1862–1913, E)
  • Henry Fielding (1707–1754, E)
  • Connie Fife (1961–2017, C)
  • Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720, E)
  • Annie Finch (born 1956, US)
  • Peter Finch (living, W)
  • Robert Finch (1900–1995, C)
  • Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006, S)
  • Joan Finnigan (1925–2007, C)
  • Jon Paul Fiorentino (living, C)
  • Catherine Fisher (born 1957, W)
  • Roy Fisher (1930–2017, E)
  • Edward FitzGerald (1809–1883, E)
  • Judith Fitzgerald (1952–2015, C)
  • R. D. Fitzgerald (1902–1987, A)
  • Robert Fitzgerald (1910–1985, US)
  • Richard FitzPatrick (1748–1813, Ir/E)
  • Roderick Flanagan (1828–1862, A)
  • James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915, E)
  • Marjorie Fleming (1803–1811, S)
  • Giles Fletcher (c. 1586–1623, E)
  • Giles Fletcher, the Elder (c. 1548–1611, E)
  • John Fletcher (1579–1625, E)
  • John Gould Fletcher (1886–1950, US)
  • Phineas Fletcher (1582–1650, E)
  • Maria De Fleury (c. 1754 – c. 1794, E)
  • F. S. Flint (1885–1960, E)
  • Alice Flowerdew (1759–1830, E)
  • Lionel Fogarty (born 1958, A)
  • Jack Foley (born 1940, US)
  • Mary Hannay Foott (1846–1918, A)
  • John Forbes (1950–1998, A)
  • Carolyn Forché (born 1950, US)
  • Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939, E)
  • John Ford (1586–1639, E)
  • John M. Ford (1957–2006, US)
  • Robert Ford (1915–1998, C)
  • Mabel Forrest (1872–1935, A)
  • William Forrest (fl. 1581, E)
  • Veronica Forrest-Thomson (1947–1975, S)
  • Gary Jeshel Forrester (born 1946, NZ)
  • William Forster (1818–1882, A)
  • John Foulcher (born 1952, A)
  • Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (1860–1920, E)
  • William Fowler (c. 1560–1612, S)
  • Kate Fox (born 1975, E)
  • Len Fox (1905–2004, A)
  • Janet Frame (1924–2004, NZ)
  • Ruth France (1913–1968, NZ)
  • Matthew Francis (born 1956, E/W)
  • Robert Francis (1901–1987, US)
  • George Sutherland Fraser (1915–1980, S)
  • Gregory Fraser (living, US)
  • Raymond Fraser (1941–2018, C)
  • Benjamin Frater (1979–2007, A)
  • Brentley Frazer (born 1972, A)
  • Grace Beacham Freeman (1916–2002, US)
  • John Freeman (1880–1929, E)
  • Nicholas Freeston (1907–1978, E)
  • Patrick Friesen (born 1946, C)
  • Robert Frost (1874–1963, US)
  • Gwen Frostic (1906–2001, US)
  • Gene Frumkin (1928–2007, US)
  • Mark Frutkin (born 1948, US/C)
  • Sheila Meiring Fugard (born 1932, SA)
  • Ethel Romig Fuller (1883–1965, US)
  • John Fuller (born 1937, E)
  • Roy Fuller (1912–1991, E)
  • Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946, A)
  • Alice Fulton (born 1952, US)
  • Graham Fulton (born 1959, S)
  • Robin Fulton (born 1937, S)
  • Ulpian Fulwell (1545/1546 – before 1586, E)
  • Richard Furness (1791–1857, E)

G[]

Ga–Go[]

  • Frances Dana Barker Gage (1808–1884, US)
  • Dunstan Gale (fl. 1596, E)
  • Kate Gale (living, US)
  • James Galvin (born 1951, US)
  • Patrick Galvin (1927–2011, Ir)
  • Forrest Gander (born 1956, US)
  • Robert Garioch (1909–1981, S)
  • Hamlin Garland (1860–1940, US)
  • Raymond Garlick (1926–2011, W)
  • Richard Garnett (1835–1906, E)
  • Jean Garrigue (1912–1972, US)
  • Samuel Garth (1661–1719, E)
  • George Gascoigne (1525–1577, E)
  • David Gascoyne (1916–2001, E/F)
  • Bill Gaston (born 1953, C)
  • John Gay (1685–1732, E)
  • Ross Gay (born 1974, US)
  • William Gay (1865–1897, S/A)
  • Alexander Geddes (1737–1802, S)
  • Leon Gellert (1892–1977, A)
  • W. R. P. George (1912–2006, W)
  • Dan Gerber (born 1940, US)
  • Amy Gerstler (born 1956, US)
  • Marty Gervais (living, C)
  • Charles Ghigna (born 1946, US)
  • Monk Gibbon (1896–1987, Ir)
  • Reginald Gibbons (born 1947, US)
  • Stella Gibbons (1902–1989, E)
  • Ivy Gibbs (c. 1886–1966, NZ)
  • Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931, L/US)
  • G. H. Gibson (Ironbark, 1846–1921, A)
  • Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878–1962, E)
  • Elsa Gidlow (1898–1986, C)
  • Angus Morrison Gidney (1803–1882, C)
  • Gerry Gilbert (1936–2009, C)
  • Jack Gilbert (1925–2012, US)
  • Kevin Gilbert (1933–1993, A)
  • W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911, E)
  • Ellen Gilchrist (born 1935, US)
  • George Gilfillan (1813–1878, S)
  • Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935, US)
  • Mary Gilmore (1865–1962, A)
  • Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997, US)
  • Dana Gioia (born 1950, US)
  • Nikki Giovanni (born 1943, US)
  • Jesse Glass (born 1954, US/Jp)
  • John Glassco (1909–1981, C)
  • Madeline Gleason (1903–1979, US)
  • Duncan Glen (1933–2008, S)
  • William Glen (1789–1826, S)
  • Lorri Neilsen Glenn (living, C)
  • Denis Glover (1912–1980, NZ)
  • Louise Glück (born 1943, US)
  • Rumer Godden (1907–1998, In/E)
  • Patricia Goedicke (1931–2006, US)
  • Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878–1957, Ir)
  • Albert Goldbarth (born 1948, US)
  • Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961, US)
  • Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774, Ir/E)
  • Oliver Goldsmith (1794–1861, C)
  • Peter Goldsworthy (born 1951, A)
  • Leona Gom (born 1946, C)
  • W. T. Goodge (1862–1909, A)
  • Lorna Goodison (born 1947, J)
  • Paul Goodman (1911–1972, US)
  • Barnabe Googe (1540–1594, E)
  • Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833–1870, A)
  • Katherine L. Gordon (living, C)
  • Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580–1661, S)
  • Hedwig Gorski (born 1949, US)
  • Edmund Gosse (1849–1928, E)
  • Phyllis Gotlieb (1926–2009, C)
  • Keith Gottschalk (born 1946, SA)
  • Alan Gould (born 1949, A)
  • Nora Gould (living, C)
  • John Gower (c. 1330–1408, E)
  • Susan Goyette (born 1964, C)

Gr–Gy[]

  • James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612–1650, S)
  • Jorie Graham (born 1950, US)
  • Neile Graham (born 1958, C)
  • Robert Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore (1735–1797, S)
  • W. S. Graham (1918–1986, S)
  • James Grahame (1765–1811, S)
  • Mark Granier (born 1957, E/Ir)
  • Paul Grano (1894–1975, A)
  • Alex Grant (living, US)
  • Richard Graves (1715–1804, E)
  • Richard Harry Graves (1897–1971, A)
  • Robert Graves (1895–1985, E)
  • Alexander Gray (1882–1968, S)
  • Catherine Gray, Lady Manners (1766–1852, Ir)
  • Kathryn Gray (born 1973, W)
  • Maxwell Gray (Mary Gleed Tuttiett, 1846–1923, E)
  • Robert Gray (born 1945, A)
  • Stephen Gray (born 1941, SA)
  • Thomas Gray (1716–1771, E)
  • Dorothy Auchterlonie Green (1915–1991, A)
  • H. M. Green (1881–1962, A)
  • Paula Green (born 1955, NZ)
  • Richard Greene (born 1961, C)
  • Robert Greene (1558–1592, E)
  • Lavinia Greenlaw (born 1962, E)
  • Gavin Greenlees (1930–1983, A)
  • Leslie Greentree (living, C)
  • Dora Greenwell (1821–1882, E)
  • Jane Greer (born 1953, US)
  • Linda Gregg (1942–2019, US)
  • Horace Gregory (1898–1982, US)
  • Andrew Greig (born 1951, S)
  • Eamon Grennan (born 1941, Ir)
  • H. W. Gretton (1914–1983, NZ)
  • Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554–1628, E)
  • Gerald Griffin (1803–1840, Ir)
  • Sarah Maria Griffin (living, Ir)
  • Susan Griffin (born 1943, US)
  • Bill Griffiths (1948–2007, E)
  • Bryn Griffiths (living, W/E)
  • Jane Griffiths (born 1970, E)
  • Geoffrey Grigson (1905–1985, E)
  • Nicholas Grimald (1519–1562, E)
  • Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1958, US)
  • Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914, US)
  • Eliza Griswold (born 1973, US)
  • Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815–1857, US)
  • Philip Gross (born 1952, E)
  • Paul Groves (born 1947, E/W)
  • Bertha Jane Grundy (Mrs. Leith Adams, 1837–1912, E)
  • Jeff Guess (born 1948, A)
  • Barbara Guest (1920–2006, US)
  • Edgar Guest (1881–1959, US)
  • Paul Guest (living, US)
  • Malcolm Guite (born 1957, E)
  • Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943, US)
  • Genni Gunn (born 1949, C)
  • Thom Gunn (1929–2004, E/US)
  • Kristjana Gunnars (born 1948, C)
  • Lee Gurga (born 1949, US)
  • Ivor Gurney (1890–1937, E)
  • Ralph Gustafson (1909–1995, C)
  • Mafika Gwala (1946–2014, SA)
  • Cyril Gwynn (1897–1988, W/A)
  • Stephen Gwynn (1864–1950, Ir)
  • Beth Gylys (born 1964, US)
  • Brion Gysin (1916–1986, C/E)

H[]

Ha–He[]

  • William Habington (1605–1654, E)
  • Marilyn Hacker (born 1942, US)
  • John Haines (1924–2011, US)
  • Paul Haines (1933–2003, US/C)
  • Helen Hajnoczky (born 1985, C)
  • Thomas Gordon Hake (1809–1895, E)
  • Sarah Josepha Hale (1788–1879, US)
  • Bernadette Hall (born 1945, NZ)
  • Donald Hall (1928–2018, US)
  • Megan Hall (born 1972, SA)
  • Phil Hall (born 1953, C)
  • Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943, E)
  • Rodney Hall (born 1935, A)
  • Arthur Hallam (1811–1833, E)
  • Alan Halsey (born 1949, W/E)
  • Michael Hamburger (1924–2007, E)
  • Ian Hamilton (1938–2001, E)
  • Jane Eaton Hamilton (born 1954, C)
  • Janet Hamilton (1795–1873, S)
  • Philip Hammial (born 1937, A)
  • Robert Gavin Hampson (born 1948, E)
  • Susan Hampton (born 1949, A)
  • Sophie Hannah (born 1971, E)
  • Kerry Hardie (born 1951, NI)
  • Thomas Hardy (1840–1928, E)
  • Lesbia Harford (1891–1927, A)
  • Joy Harjo (born 1951, US)
  • William Harmon (born 1938, US)
  • Frances Harper (1825–1911, US)
  • Michael S. Harper (1938–2016 US)
  • Charles Harpur (1813–1868, A)
  • Alice Harriman (1861–1925, US)
  • Edward Harrington (1895–1966, A)
  • Claire Harris (1937–2018, C)
  • Joseph Harris (1773–1825, W)
  • Max Harris (1921–1995, A)
  • Michael Harris (born 1944, C)
  • Robert Harris (1951–1993, A)
  • Wilson Harris (1921–2018, Gu/E)
  • Jennifer Harrison (born 1955, A)
  • Jim Harrison (1937–2016, US)
  • Martin Harrison (1949–2014, A)
  • Richard Harrison (poet) (living, C)
  • Tony Harrison (born 1937, E)
  • Les Harrop (born 1948, E/A)
  • Molly Harrower (1906–1999, S)
  • J. S. Harry (1939–2015, A)
  • Carla Harryman (born 1952, US)
  • David Harsent (born 1942, E)
  • Kevin Hart (born 1954, A)
  • Paul Hartal (born 1936, Is/C)
  • Anne Le Marquand Hartigan (living, Ir)
  • Jill Hartman (born 1974, C)
  • Sadakichi Hartmann (1867–1944, US)
  • Michael Hartnett (1941–1999, Ir)
  • Diana Hartog (born 1942, C)
  • William Hart-Smith (1911–1990, NZ)
  • F. W. Harvey (1888–1957, E)
  • Elisabeth Harvor (living, C)
  • Gwen Harwood (1920–1995, A)
  • Lee Harwood (1939–2015, E)
  • Alamgir Hashmi (born 1951, E)
  • J. H. Haslam (1874–1969, NZ)
  • Nicholas Hasluck (born 1942, A)
  • Robert Hass (born 1941, US)
  • Katherine Hastings (living, US)
  • Ann Hatton (1764–1838, W)
  • Stephen Hawes (died 1523, E)
  • Robert Stephen Hawker (1803–1875, E)
  • Kathleen Hawkins (1883–1981, NZ)
  • George Campbell Hay (1915–1984, S)
  • Gilbert Hay (born c. 1403, S)
  • Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963, W/E)
  • Robert Hayden (1913–1980, US)
  • William Hayley (1745–1820, E)
  • Robert Hayman (1575–1629, Nf)
  • Tony Haynes (born 1960, US)
  • Joel Hayward (born 1964, NZ)
  • Eliza Haywood (c. 1693–1756, E)
  • H.D. (Hilda Doolittle, 1886–1961, E)
  • Randolph Healy (born 1956, Ir)
  • Seamus Heaney (1939–2013, Ir)
  • Josephine D. Heard (1861 – c. 1921, US)
  • John Heath-Stubbs (1918–2006, E)
  • Charles Heavysege (1816–1876, C)
  • James Hebblethwaite (1857–1921, A)
  • Anthony Hecht (1923–2004, US)
  • Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965, US)
  • John Hegley (born 1953, E)
  • Wilfrid Heighington (1897–1945, C)
  • Steven Heighton (born 1961, C)
  • Anita Heiss (born 1968, A)
  • Lyn Hejinian (born 1941, US)
  • Jill Hellyer (1925–2012, A)
  • David Helwig (1938–2018, C)
  • Maggie Helwig (born 1961, C)
  • Felicia Hemans (1793–1835, E)
  • Kris Hemensley (born 1946, A)
  • Essex Hemphill (1957–1995, US)
  • Brian Henderson (born 1948, C)
  • Hamish Henderson (1919–2002, S)
  • Philip Henderson (1906–1977, E)
  • Thomas William Heney (1862–1928, A)
  • John Henley (1692–1756, E)
  • William Ernest Henley (1849–1903, E)
  • Adrian Henri (1932–2000, E)
  • Paul Henry (born 1959, W)
  • Robert Henryson (fl. 1460–1500, S)
  • Thomas Nicoll Hepburn (wrote as Gabriel Setoun, 1861–1930, S)
  • Dorothea Herbert (c. 1767–1829, Ir)
  • Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1582–1648, E/W)
  • George Herbert (1593–1632, W)
  • Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (Mary Sidney, 1561–1621, E)
  • W. N. Herbert (born 1961, S)
  • Robert Herrick (1591–1674, E)
  • Steven Herrick (born 1958, A)
  • Benjamin Hertwig (living, C)
  • Thomas Kibble Hervey (1799–1959, E)
  • Phoebe Hesketh (1909–2005, E)
  • Paul Hetherington (born 1958, A)
  • William Maxwell Hetherington (1803–1865, S)
  • Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002, A)
  • John Hewitt (1907–1987, NI)
  • Maurice Hewlett (1861–1923, E)
  • William Heyen (born 1940, US)
  • Thomas Heywood (c. 1570s – 1650, E)

Hi–Hu[]

  • Bob Hicok (born 1960, US)
  • Dick Higgins (1938–1998, US)
  • F. R. Higgins (1896–1941, Ir)
  • Kevin Higgins (born 1967, Ir)
  • Rita Ann Higgins (born 1955, Ir)
  • Colleen Higgs (born 1962, SA)
  • Charles Higham (1931–2012, A)
  • Scott Hightower (born 1952, US)
  • Conrad Hilberry (1928–2017, US)
  • Fiona Hile (living, A)
  • Barry Hill (born 1943, A)
  • Edward Hill (1843–1923, US)
  • Geoffrey Hill (1932–2016, E/US)
  • Robert Hilles (born 1951, C)
  • Richard Hillman (born 1964, A)
  • Ellen Hinsey (born 1960, US)
  • Jane Hirshfield (born 1953, US)
  • George Hitchcock (1914–2010, US)
  • H. L. Hix (born 1960, US)
  • Thomas Hoccleve (c. 1368–1426, E)
  • Philip Hodgins (1959–1995, A)
  • Ralph Hodgson (1871–1962, E/US)
  • W. N. Hodgson (1893–1916, E)
  • Barbara Hofland (1770–1844, E)
  • Michael Hofmann (born 1957, G/US)
  • James Hogg (1770–1835, S)
  • David Holbrook (1923–2011, E)
  • Susan Holbrook (living, C)
  • Thomas Holcroft (1745–1809, E)
  • Clive Holden (living, C)
  • Margaret Holford (1778–1852, E)
  • Abraham Holland (died 1626, E)
  • Barbara Holland (1933–2010, US)
  • Hugh Holland (1569–1633, W)
  • Jane Holland (born 1966, E)
  • John Holland (1794–1872, E)
  • Norah M. Holland (1876-1925, C)
  • Sarah Holland-Batt (born 1982, A)
  • John Hollander (1929–2013, US)
  • Matthew Hollis (born 1971, E)
  • Anselm Hollo (1934–2013, US)
  • Nancy Holmes (born 1959, C)
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894, US)
  • Thomas Hood (1798–1845, E)
  • Cornelia Hoogland (living, C)
  • Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848, US)
  • Hilda Mary Hooke (1898–1978, C)
  • Harry Hooton (1908–1961, A)
  • A. D. Hope (1907–2000, A)
  • Christopher Hope (born 1944, SA)
  • Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889, E)
  • Leah Horlick (living, C)
  • Sean Horlor (born 1981, C)
  • Frances Horovitz (1938–1983, E)
  • Michael Horovitz (1935–2021, E)
  • Peter Horn (1934–2019, SA)
  • George Moses Horton (1797–1884, US)
  • Allan Kolski Horwitz (born 1952, SA)
  • Sylvester Houédard (1924–1992, Gy)
  • Karen Houle (living, C)
  • Joan Houlihan (living, US)
  • A. E. Housman (1859–1936, E)
  • Edward Howard (1793–1841, E)
  • Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547, E)
  • Liz Howard (living, C)
  • Richard Howard (born 1929, US)
  • Robert Guy Howarth (1906–1974, A)
  • Fanny Howe (born 1940, US)
  • George Howe (1769–1821, A)
  • Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910, US)
  • Susan Howe (born 1937, US)
  • Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981, A)
  • Anthony Howell (born 1945, E)
  • Harry Howith (1934–2014, C)
  • Mary Howitt (1799–1888, E)
  • Richard Howitt (1799–1869, E)
  • William Howitt (1792–1879, E)
  • Francis Hubert (died 1629, E)
  • Thomas Hudson (d. c. 1605, S)
  • Frieda Hughes (born 1960, A)
  • Langston Hughes (1902–1967, US)
  • Richard Hughes (1900–1976, E/W)
  • Ted Hughes (1930–1998, E)
  • Richard Hugo (1923–1982, US)
  • Coral Hull (born 1965, A)
  • Lynda Hull (1954–1994, US)
  • T. E. Hulme (1883–1917, E)
  • Alexander Hume (c. 1560–1609, S)
  • Anna Hume (fl. 1644, S)
  • David Hume of Godscroft (1558–1629, S)
  • Barry Humphries (born 1934, A/E)
  • Emyr Humphreys (1919–2020, W)
  • Helen Humphreys (born 1961, C)
  • Leigh Hunt (1784–1859, E)
  • Sam Hunt (born 1946, NZ)
  • Aislinn Hunter (living, C)
  • Al Hunter (living, C)
  • Bruce Hunter (born 1952, C)
  • Catherine Hunter (born 1957, C)
  • Rex Hunter (1889–1960, NZ)
  • Constance Hunting (1925–2006, US)
  • Cynthia Huntington (born 1952, US)
  • Chris Hutchinson (born 1972, C)
  • Pearse Hutchinson (1927–2012, Ir)
  • William Hutton (1723–1815, E)
  • Aldous Huxley (1894–1963, E)
  • Douglas Smith Huyghue (1816–1891, C/A)
  • Douglas Hyde (1860–1949, Ir)
  • Robin Hyde (pen name of Iris Wilkinson; 1906–1939, NZ)
  • Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896–1983, US)
  • Maureen Hynes (living, C)

I[]

  • John Imlah (1799–1846, S)
  • Rex Ingamells (1913–1955, A)
  • Jean Ingelow (1820–1897, E)
  • P. Inman (born 1947, US)
  • Susan Ioannou (born 1944, C)
  • Valentin Iremonger (1918–1991, Ir)
  • Eric Irvin (1908–1993, A)
  • Frances Itani (born 1942, C)
  • Helen Ivory (born 1969, E)

J[]

  • Alan Jackson (born 1938, S)
  • Violet Jacob (1863–1946, S)
  • Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003, US)
  • Richard Jago (1715–1781, E)
  • James I of Scotland (1394–1437, S)
  • James VI and I (1566–1625, S/E)
  • Alan James (living, SA)
  • Clive James (1939–2019, A)
  • John James (1939–2018, W/E)
  • Maria James (1793–1868, W/US)
  • Kathleen Jamie (born 1962, S)
  • Robert Alan Jamieson (born 1958, S)
  • Patricia Janus (1932–2006, US)
  • Mark Jarman (born 1952, US)
  • Lisa Jarnot (born 1967, US)
  • Randall Jarrell (1914–1965, US)
  • Alan Jefferies (born 1957, A)
  • Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962, US)
  • Rod Jellema (1927–1918, US)
  • Jemeni (Joanne Gairy, born 1976, Gd/C)
  • Graham Jenkin (born 1938, A)
  • John Jenkins (born 1949, A)
  • Joseph Jenkins (1818–1898, W/A)
  • Mike Jenkins (born 1953, W)
  • Nigel Jenkins (1949–2014, W)
  • Elizabeth Jennings (1926–2001, E)
  • Kate Jennings (1948–2021, A)
  • Wopko Jensma (1939–1993 or after, SA)
  • Sydney Jephcott (1864–1951, A)
  • Paulette Jiles (born 1943, US/C)
  • Liesl Jobson (living, SA)
  • Rita Joe (1932–2007, C)
  • Reg Johanson (born 1968, C)
  • Edmund John (1883–1917, E)
  • Godfrey John (living, W)
  • E. Pauline Johnson (1861–1913, C)
  • Fenton Johnson (born 1953, US)
  • Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880–1966, US)
  • Helene Johnson (1906–1995, US)
  • James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938, US)
  • Linton Kwesi Johnson (born 1952, J)
  • Lionel Johnson (1867–1902, E)
  • Samuel Johnson (1709–1784, E)
  • Sarah Johnson (born 1980, SA)
  • George Benson Johnston (1913–2004, C)
  • Martin Johnston (1947–1990, A)
  • Amanda Jones (1835–1914, US)
  • D. G. Jones (1929–2016, C)
  • David Jones (1895–1974, E)
  • Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860, E)
  • El Jones (living, C)
  • Emma Jones (born 1977, A)
  • Evan Jones (born 1931, A)
  • Glyn Jones (1905–1995, W)
  • Jack Jones (born 1992, W)
  • Jill Jones (born 1951, A)
  • John Joseph Jones (1930–2000, A)
  • Patrick Jones (born 1965, W)
  • Rae Desmond Jones (1941–2017, A)
  • Richard Jones (living, US)
  • Terry Jones (1942–2020, W/E)
  • Erica Jong (born 1942, US)
  • Ben Jonson (1573–1637, E)
  • Julie Joosten (born 1980, US/C)
  • John Jordan (1930–1988, Ir)
  • June Jordan (1936–2002, J/US)
  • Anthony Joseph (born 1966, T/E)
  • Eve Joseph (born 1953, C)
  • Jenny Joseph (1932–2018, E)
  • Danilo Jovanovitch (1919–2015, A)
  • James Joyce (1882–1941, Ir/I)
  • Trevor Joyce (born 1947, Ir)
  • Frank Judge (living, US)
  • Donald Justice (1925–2004, US)
  • A. M. Juster (born 1956, US)

K[]

  • Jim Kacian (born 1953, US)
  • Aryan Kaganof (born 1964, SA)
  • Chester Kallman (1921–1975, US)
  • Surjeet Kalsey (living, C)
  • Smaro Kamboureli (living, C)
  • Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977, US)
  • Julie Kane (born 1952, US)
  • Adeena Karasick (born 1965, C/US)
  • Mary Karr (born 1955, US)
  • Julia Kasdorf (born 1962, US)
  • Laura Kasischke (born 1961, US)
  • Bob Kaufman (1925–1986, US)
  • Shirley Kaufman (1923–2016, US)
  • Rupi Kaur (born 1992, C)
  • Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967, Ir)
  • Jackie Kay (born 1961, S)
  • Jayne Fenton Keane (living, A)
  • Lionel Kearns (born 1937, C)
  • Annie Keary (1825–1879, E)
  • Diane Keating (living, C)
  • John Keats (1795–1821, E)
  • John Keble (1792–1866, E)
  • Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 1952, C)
  • Weldon Kees (1914–1955, US)
  • Nancy Keesing (1923–1993, A)
  • Antigone Kefala (born 1935, A)
  • Christopher Kelen (born 1958, A)
  • S. K. Kelen (born 1956, A)
  • Anne Kellas (born 1951, SA/A)
  • Isabella Kelly (1759–1857, S/E)
  • M. T. Kelly (born 1946, C)
  • Arthur Kelton (died c. 1550, E/W)
  • Penn Kemp (born 1944, C)
  • Henry Kendall (1839–1882, A)
  • Francis Kenna (1865–1932, A)
  • Cate Kennedy (born 1963, A)
  • Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy ("Woodbine Willy", 1883–1929, E)
  • Leo Kennedy (1907–2000, C)
  • Miranda Kennedy (born 1975, US)
  • Walter Kennedy (c. 1455 – c. 1508, S)
  • X. J. Kennedy (born 1929, US)
  • Jean Kent (born 1951, A)
  • Jane Kenyon (1947–1995, US)
  • Robert Kirkland Kernighan (1854–1926, C)
  • Jack Kerouac (1922–1969, US)
  • Sidney Keyes (1922–1943, E)
  • Keorapetse Kgositsile (1938–2018, SA/US)
  • Mimi Khalvati (born 1944, E)
  • Charles Kickham (1828–1882, Ir)
  • Anne Killigrew (1660–1685, E)
  • Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918, US)
  • Arthur Henry King (1910–2000, E/US)
  • Henry King (1592–1669, E)
  • William King (1663–1712, E)
  • Charles Kingsley (1819–1875, E)
  • Barbara Kingsolver (born 1955, US)
  • Galway Kinnell (1927–2014, US)
  • John Kinsella (born 1963, A)
  • Thomas Kinsella (born 1928, Ir)
  • Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936, E)
  • Olga Kirsch (1924–1997, SA/Is)
  • Roy Kiyooka (1926–1994, C)
  • Carolyn Kizer (1925–1914, US)
  • Barbara Klar (born 1966, C)
  • Sarah Klassen (born 1932, C)
  • A. M. Klein (1909–1972, C)
  • August Kleinzahler (born 1949, US)
  • Etheridge Knight (1931–1991, US)
  • Stephen Knight (born 1960, W/E)
  • Raymond Knister (1899–1932, C)
  • Kenneth Koch (1925–2002, US)
  • Ruth Ellen Kocher (born 1965, US)
  • Joy Kogawa (born 1935, C)
  • komninos (born 1950, A)
  • Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1947, US)
  • Ted Kooser (born 1939, US)
  • Shane Koyczan (born 1976, C)
  • Rustum Kozain (born 1966, SA)
  • Rudi Krausmann (1933–2019, A)
  • Ruth Krauss (1901–1993, US)
  • Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (born 1946, US)
  • Uys Krige (1910–1987, SA)
  • Robert Kroetsch (1927–2011, C)
  • Antjie Krog (born 1952, SA)
  • Anton Robert Krueger (born 1971, SA)
  • Marilyn Krysl (born 1942, US)
  • Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954, Ir)
  • Abhay Kumar (born 1980, In)
  • Mazisi Kunene (1930–2006, SA)
  • Tuli Kupferberg (1923–2010, US)
  • Maxine Kumin (1925–2014, US)
  • Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006, US)
  • Frank Kuppner (born 1951, S)
  • Stephen Kuusisto (born 1955, US)
  • Morris Kyffin (c. 1555–1598, W/E)
  • Joanne Kyger (1934–2017, US)
  • Francis Kynaston (1587–1642, E)

L[]

La–Ln[]

  • John La Rose (1927–2006, J/E)
  • Sonnet L'Abbé (born 1973, C)
  • Edward A. Lacey (1938–1995, C)
  • Mike Ladd (born 1959, A)
  • Ben Ladouceur (born 1987, C)
  • Nick Laird (born 1975, NI)
  • David Lake (1929–2016, A)
  • Philip Lamantia (1927–2005, US)
  • Kendrick Lamar (born 1987, US)
  • Charles Lamb (1775–1834, E)
  • Archibald Lampman (1861–1899, C)
  • Tim Lander (born 1938, C)
  • Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838, E)
  • Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864, E)
  • M. Travis Lane (born 1934, US/C)
  • Patrick Lane (1939–2019, C)
  • Andrew Lang (1844–1912, S)
  • D. L. Lang (born 1983, US)
  • William Langland (c. 1332 – c. 1386, E)
  • Eve Langley (1904–1974, A)
  • Emilia Lanier (1569–1645, E)
  • Sidney Lanier (1842–1881, US)
  • Lucy Larcom (1824–1893, US)
  • Rebecca Hammond Lard (1772–1855, US)
  • Bruce Larkin (born 1957, US)
  • Philip Larkin (1922–1985, E)
  • Evelyn Lau (born 1971, C)
  • James Laughlin (1914–1997, US)
  • Ann Lauterbach (born 1942, US)
  • Dorianne Laux (born 1952, US)
  • Emily Lawless (1845–1913, Ir)
  • Anthony Lawrence (born 1957, A)
  • D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930, E)
  • Henry Lawson (1867–1922, A)
  • Louisa Lawson (1848–1920, A)
  • Robert Lax (1915–2000, US)
  • Layamon (late 12th – early 13th c., E)
  • Irving Layton (1912–2006, C)
  • Emma Lazarus (1849–1887, US)
  • Augustus Asplet Le Gros (1840–1877, Je)
  • Bronwyn Lea (living, A)
  • Mary Leapor (1722–1746, E)
  • Edward Lear (1812–1888, E)
  • Lesley Lebkowicz (born 1946, A)
  • Francis Ledwidge (1887–1917, Ir)
  • David Lee (born 1944, US)
  • Dennis Lee (born 1939, C)
  • John B. Lee (born 1951, C)
  • Muna Lee (1895–1965, US)
  • Lily Alice Lefevre (1854–1938, C)
  • Joy Leftow (born 1949, US)
  • Sylvia Legris (born 1960, C)
  • Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018, US)
  • David Lehman (born 1948, US)
  • Geoffrey Lehmann (born 1940, A)
  • Brad Leithauser (born 1953, US)
  • Mark Lemon (1809–1870, E)
  • Sue Lenier (born 1957, E)
  • Charlotte Lennox (c. 1730–1804, S/E)
  • John Lent (living, C)
  • John Leonard (born 1965, A)
  • Tom Leonard (1944–2018, S)
  • William Ellery Leonard (1876–1944, US)
  • Douglas LePan (1914–1998, C)
  • Ben Lerner (born 1979, US)
  • Alex Leslie (living, C)
  • Rika Lesser (born 1953, US)
  • Lilian Leveridge (1879–1953, C)
  • Denise Levertov (1923–1997, E/US)
  • Dana Levin (born 1965, US)
  • Philip Levine (1928–2015, US)
  • Larry Levis (1946–1996, US)
  • D. A. Levy (1942–1968, US)
  • William Levy (1939–2019, US/Nt)
  • Emma Lew (born 1962, A)
  • Oswald LeWinter (1931–2013, US)
  • Alun Lewis (1915–1944, W)
  • C. S. Lewis (1898–1963, Ir/E)
  • Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959, W)
  • J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942, US)
  • Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957, E)
  • Anne Ley (c. 1599–1641, E)
  • Tim Liardet (born 1959, E)
  • Isabella Lickbarrow (1784–1847, E)
  • James Liddy (1934–2008, Ir)
  • Tim Lilburn (born 1950, C)
  • Charles Lillard (1944–1997, C)
  • Kate Lilley (born 1960, A)
  • Tao Lin (born 1983, US)
  • Ada Limón (born 1976, US)
  • Jack Lindeman (living, US)
  • Eddie Linden (born 1935, S/E)
  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001, US)
  • Jack Lindsay (1900–1990, A/E)
  • Maurice Lindsay (1918–2009, S)
  • Sarah Lindsay (born 1958, US)
  • Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931, US)
  • Jessie Litchfield (1883–1956, A)
  • Dorothy Livesay (1909–1996, C)
  • Billie Livingston (living, C)
  • Douglas Livingstone (1932–1996, SA)

Lo–Ly[]

  • Douglas Lochhead (1922–2011, C)
  • Liz Lochhead (born 1947, S)
  • Terry Locke (born 1946, NZ)
  • Thomas Lodge (1556–1625, E)
  • John Logan (1748–1788, S/E)
  • Christopher Logue (1926–2011, E)
  • James Longenbach (living, US)
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882, US)
  • Michael Longley (born 1939, NI)
  • John Longmuir (1803–1883, S)
  • Audre Lorde (1934–1992, US)
  • LindaAnn Loschiavo (living, US)
  • Jennifer LoveGrove (living, C)
  • Richard Lovelace (1618–1658, E)
  • Henry Lovelich (fl. mid-15th c., E)
  • Samuel Lover (1797–1868, Ir/E)
  • Amy Lowell (1874–1925, US)
  • James Russell Lowell (1819–1891, US)
  • Maria White Lowell (1821–1853, US)
  • Robert Lowell (1917–1977, US)
  • Pat Lowther (1935–1975, C)
  • Mina Loy (1882–1966, E/US)
  • Edward Lucie-Smith (born 1933, E)
  • Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870, US)
  • Tatjana Lukić (1959–2008, A)
  • Suzanne Lummis (living, US)
  • Laura Lush (born 1959, C)
  • Richard Lush (born 1934, C)
  • Thomas Lux (1946–2017, US)
  • John Lydgate (1370–1450, E)
  • John Lyly (1553–1606, E)
  • Michael Lynch (1944–1991, US/C)
  • David Lyndsay (c. 1490 – c. 1555, S)
  • P. H. B. Lyon (1893–1986, E)
  • Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847, S)
  • George Lyttelton Lord Lyttelton (1709–1773, E)

M[]

Ma–Mi[]

  • Rozena Maart (born 1962, SA/C)
  • Lindiwe Mabuza (born 1938, US/SA)
  • Frederick Macartney (1887–1980, A)
  • Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859, E)
  • George MacBeth (1932–1992, S)
  • Norman MacCaig (1910–1996, S)
  • Denis Florence MacCarthy (1817–1882, Ir)
  • Karen Mac Cormack (born 1956, C/US)
  • Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978, S)
  • Donagh MacDonagh (1912–1968, Ir)
  • Thomas MacDonagh (1878–1916, Ir)
  • Allan MacDonald (1859–1905, S)
  • Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864-1922, C)
  • George Macdonald (1824–1905, S)
  • Hugh MacDonald (born 1945, C)
  • Wilson MacDonald (1880–1967, C)
  • Patrick MacDonogh (1902–1961, Ir)
  • Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987, C)
  • Seán Mac Falls (born 1957, Ir)
  • Walter Scott MacFarlane (1896–1979, C)
  • Patrick MacGill (1889–1963, Ir)
  • Alasdair Alpin MacGregor (1899–1970, S)
  • Ronald Campbell Macfie (1867–1931, S)
  • James Pittendrigh Macgillivray (1856–1938, S)
  • Thomas MacGreevy (1893–1967, Ir)
  • Arthur Machen (1863–1947, W/E)
  • Tom MacInnes (1867–1951, C)
  • Louise Mack (1870–1935, A)
  • John William Mackail (1859–1945, S)
  • John Macken (c. 1784–1823, Ir)
  • Lachlan Mackinnon (born 1956, S)
  • Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972, S)
  • Kenneth Mackenzie (Seaforth Mackenzie, 1913–1955, A)
  • Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982, US)
  • Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968, A)
  • Don Maclennan (1929–2009, SA)
  • Joseph Macleod (1903–1984, E)
  • Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947, US)
  • Don Maclennan (1929–2009, SA)
  • Jackson Mac Low (1922–2004, US)
  • Louis MacNeice (1907–1963, Ir/E)
  • Kevin MacNeil (living, S)
  • Hector Macneill (1746–1818, S)
  • Lachlan Mackinnon (born 1956, S)
  • Alasdair Maclean (1926–1994, S)
  • Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982, US)
  • Andrea MacPherson (living, C)
  • James Macpherson (1736–1796, S)
  • Jay Macpherson (1931–2012, C)
  • Barry MacSweeney (1948–2000, E)
  • Haki R. Madhubuti (born 1942, US)
  • John Gillespie Magee, Jr. (1922–1941, C)
  • Wes Magee (born 1939, S)
  • Jayanta Mahapatra (born 1928, In)
  • Sitakant Mahapatra (born 1937, In)
  • Mzi Mahola (born 1949, SA)
  • Derek Mahon (born 1941, NI)
  • Jennifer Maiden (born 1949, A)
  • Keith Maillard (born 1942, US/C)
  • Charles Mair (1838–1827, C)
  • Alice Major (born 1949, C)
  • Clarence Major (born 1936, US)
  • Robert Majzels (born 1950, C)
  • Taylor Mali (born 1965, US)
  • David Mallet (c. 1705–1765, S)
  • Thomas Malory (c. 1415–1471, E)
  • David Malouf (born 1934, A)
  • Kim Maltman (born 1951, C)
  • Eli Mandel (1922–1992, C)
  • Tom Mandel (born 1942, US)
  • Ahdri Zhina Mandiela (born 1953, J/C)
  • James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849, Ir)
  • Bill Manhire (born 1946, NZ)
  • David Manicom (born 1960, C)
  • John Manifold (1915–1985, A)
  • Leonard Mann (1895–1981, A)
  • Emily Manning (1845–1890, A)
  • Frederic Manning (1882–1935, A)
  • Maurice Manning (born 1966, US)
  • Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988, W)
  • Robert Mannyng (1269–1340, E)
  • Chris Mansell (born 1953, A)
  • Peter Manson (born 1969, S)
  • Lee Maracle (1950–2021, C)
  • Blaine Marchand (born 1949, C)
  • Morton Marcus (1936–2009, US)
  • Paul Mariani (born 1940, US)
  • E. A. Markham (1939–2008, Mo/E)
  • Edwin Markham (1852–1940, US)
  • Nicole Markotic (born 1962, C)
  • Daphne Marlatt (born 1942, C)
  • Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593, E)
  • Don Marquis (1878–1937, US)
  • Edward Garrard Marsh (1783–1862, E)
  • Tom Marshall (1938–1993, C)
  • John Marston (1576–1634, E)
  • Garth Martens (living, C)
  • Camille Martin (born 1956, C)
  • David Martin (1915–1997, E/A)
  • Philip Martin (1931–2005, A)
  • Theodore Martin (1816–1909, S)
  • Sid Marty (born 1944, C)
  • Andrew Marvell (1621–1678, E)
  • John Masefield (1878–1967, E)
  • Lebogang Mashile (born 1979, SA)
  • R. A. K. Mason (1905–1971, NZ)
  • Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950, US)
  • John Mateer (born 1971, A)
  • Ray Mathew (1929–2002, A)
  • Robin Mathews (born 1931, C)
  • Roland Mathias (1915–2007, W)
  • Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947, US)
  • Don Mattera (born 1935, SA)
  • James Matthews (born 1929, SA)
  • Glyn Maxwell (born 1962, E)
  • Bernadette Mayer (born 1945, US)
  • Micheline Maylor (born 1970, C)
  • Seymour Mayne (born 1944, C)
  • Chandra Mayor (born 1973, C)
  • Ben Mazer (born 1964, US)
  • Mzwakhe Mbuli (born 1959, SA)
  • James McAuley (1917–1976, A)
  • Robert McBride (c. 1811/1812–1895, C)
  • Neil McBride (1861–1942, Ir)
  • Ian McBryde (born 1953, A)
  • Brian McCabe (born 1951, S)
  • Steven McCabe (living, C)
  • Steve McCaffery (born 1947, C)
  • Julia McCarthy (living, C)
  • Susan McCaslin (born 1947, C)
  • J. D. McClatchy (1945–2018, US)
  • Kim McClenaghan (born 1974, SA/E)
  • Michael McClure (born 1932, US)
  • Kathleen McConnell (Kathy Mac, living, C)
  • David McCooey (born 1967, A)
  • George Gordon McCrae (1833–1927, A)
  • John McCrae (1872–1918, C)
  • Shane McCrae (born 1975, US)
  • Kathleen McCracken (born 1960, C)
  • John McCrae (1872–1918, C)
  • Ronald McCuaig (1908–1993, A)
  • Matthew McDiarmid (1914–1996, S)
  • Nan McDonald (1921–1974, A)
  • Roger McDonald (born 1941, A)
  • Roy McDonald (1937–2018, C)
  • Walt McDonald (born 1934, US)
  • David McFadden (1940–2018, C)
  • Hugh McFadden (living, Ir)
  • David McGimpsey (living, C)
  • Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978, US)
  • Elvis McGonagall (living, S)
  • William McGonagall (1825–1902, S)
  • Roger McGough (born 1937, E)
  • Michelle McGrane (born 1974, Z/SA)
  • Campbell McGrath (born 1962, US)
  • Thomas McGrath (1916–1990, US)
  • Wendy McGrath (living, C)
  • Medbh McGuckian (born 1950, NI)
  • Heather McHugh (born 1948, US)
  • William McIlvanney (1936–2015, S)
  • Nadine McInnis (born 1957, C)
  • James McIntyre (1828–1906, S/C)
  • Claude McKay (1889–1948, J/US)
  • Don McKay (born 1942, C)
  • Barry McKinnon (born 1944, C)
  • Rod McKuen (1933–2015, US)
  • Greg McLaren (born 1967, A)
  • Isaac McLellan (1806–1899, US)
  • John McLellan (early 19th century, E)
  • Brendan McLeod (born 1979, C)
  • Nigel McLoughlin (born 1968, NI)
  • Rhyll McMaster (born 1947, A)
  • Susan McMaster (born 1950, C)
  • James L. McMichael (born 1939, US)
  • Ian McMillan (born 1956, E)
  • Eugene McNamara (1930–2016, US/C)
  • Anthony McNeill (1941–1996, J)
  • Andrew McNeillie (born 1946, W/E)
  • Hollie McNish (born 1984, E)
  • Bernard McNulty (1842–1892, US)
  • Steve McOrmond (living, C)
  • Dionyse McTair (born 1950, T)
  • Máighréad Medbh (born 1959, Ir]
  • Thomas Medwin (1788–1869, E)
  • Paula Meehan (born 1955, Ir)
  • Peter Meinke (born 1932, US)
  • Mary Melfi (born 1951, C)
  • Elizabeth Melville (c. 1578 – c. 1640, S)
  • Herman Melville (1819–1891, US)
  • Christopher Meredith (born 1955, W)
  • George Meredith (1828–1909, E)
  • Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895, E/A)
  • James Merrill (1926–1995, US)
  • Stuart Merrill (1863–1915, US)
  • Iman Mersal (born 1966, C)
  • Thomas Merton (1915–1968, US)
  • W. S. Merwin (1927–2019, US)
  • Sarah Messer (born 1966, US)
  • Joan Metelerkamp (born 1956, SA)
  • Charlotte Mew (1869–1928, E)
  • Bruce Meyer (born 1957, C)
  • Alice Meynell (1847–1922, E)
  • Viola Meynell (1885–1956, E)
  • James Lionel Michael (1824–1868, E/A)
  • Anne Michaels (born 1958, C)
  • William Julius Mickle (1734–1788, S)
  • Marianne Micros (living, C)
  • Christopher Middleton (c. 1560–1628, E)
  • Christopher Middleton (born 1926, E)
  • Richard Barham Middleton (1882–1911, E)
  • Thomas Middleton (1580–1627, E)
  • Roy Miki (born 1942, C)
  • Dorothy Miles (1931–1993, W/US)
  • Josephine Miles (1911–1985, US)
  • Jennifer Militello (living, US)
  • Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950, US)
  • Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942, US)
  • Jane Miller (born 1949, US)
  • Joaquin Miller (1837–1913, US)
  • Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956, US)
  • Ruth Miller (1919–1969, SA)
  • Thomas Miller (1807–1874, E)
  • Vassar Miller (1924–1998, US)
  • John Millett (1921–2019, A)
  • Robert Millhouse (1788–1839, E)
  • Alice Milligan (1865–1953, Ir/NI)
  • Spike Milligan (1918–2002, E/Ir)
  • Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004, C)
  • Roswell George Mills (1896–1966, C)
  • John Milton (1608–1674, E)
  • Robert Minhinnick (born 1952, W)
  • Matthew Minicucci (born 1981, US)
  • Gary Miranda (born 1939, US)
  • Sudesh Mishra (living, A)
  • Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008, E)
  • Paul Mitchell (born 1968, A)
  • Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914, US)
  • Stephen Mitchell (born 1943, US)
  • Waddie Mitchell (born 1950, US)
  • Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999, S)
  • Amitabh Mitra (living, SA)
  • Ange Mlinko (born 1960, US)

Mo–Mu[]

  • David Macbeth Moir (1798–1851, S)
  • Anis Mojgani (born 1977, US)
  • John Mole (born 1941, E)
  • Natalia Molebatsi (living, SA)
  • Dorothy Molloy (1942–2004, Ir)
  • Geraldine Monk (born 1952, E)
  • Harold Monro (1879–1932, E)
  • Harriet Monroe (1860–1936, US)
  • Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661–1715, E)
  • John Montague (1929–2016, Ir)
  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762, E)
  • Lenore Montanaro (born 1990, US)
  • Alexander Montgomerie (c. 1550–1598, S)
  • James Montgomery (1771–1854, E)
  • Lucy Maud Montgomery (L. M. Montgomery, 1874–1942, C)
  • Marion E. Moodie (1867–1958, C)
  • Susanna Moodie (1803–1885, E/C)
  • Kobus Moolman (living, SA)
  • Jacob McArthur Mooney (born 1983, C)
  • Alan Moore (born 1960, Ir)
  • Marianne Moore (1887–1972, US)
  • Merrill Moore (1903–1957, US)
  • Ruth Moore (1903–1989, US)
  • T. Inglis Moore (1901–1978, A)
  • Thomas Moore (1779–1852, Ir/E)
  • Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944, E)
  • Dom Moraes (1938–2004, In)
  • Barbara Moraff (born 1939, US)
  • Cherríe Moraga (born 1952, US)
  • Edythe Morahan de Lauzon (fl. early 20th c., C)
  • Pamela Mordecai (born 1942, J/C)
  • Hannah More (1745–1833, E)
  • Dwayne Morgan (born 1974, C)
  • Edwin Morgan (1920–2010, S)
  • J. O. Morgan (born 1978, S)
  • Jeffrey Morgan (living, C)
  • Mal Morgan (1936–1999, A)
  • Robin Morgan (born 1941, US)
  • Lorin Morgan-Richards (born 1975, US)
  • A. F. Moritz (born 1947, US/C)
  • Mervyn Morris (born 1937, J)
  • Sharon Morris (living, W/E)
  • William Morris (1834–1896, E)
  • David R. Morrison (1941–2012, S)
  • Jim Morrison (1943–1971, US)
  • Morrissey (born 1959, E)
  • Kim Morrissey (Janice Dales, living, C)
  • Garry Thomas Morse (living, C)
  • Viggo Mortensen (born 1958, US/De)
  • Colin Morton (born 1948, C)
  • Frank Morton (1869–1923, A)
  • Twm Morys (born 1961, W)
  • Daniel David Moses (born 1952, C)
  • Howard Moss (1922–1987, US)
  • Thylias Moss (born 1954, US)
  • Isabella Motadinyane (1963–2003, SA)
  • William Motherwell (1797–1835, S)
  • Andrew Motion (born 1952, E)
  • Seitlhamo Motsapi (born 1966, SA)
  • Casey Motsisi (1932–1977, SA)
  • Eric Mottram (1924–1995, E)
  • Erín Moure (born 1955, C)
  • Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali (born 1940, SA)
  • Ian Mudie (1911–1976, A)
  • Mudrooroo (Colin Thomas Johnson, 1938–2019, A)
  • Lisel Mueller (1924–2020, US)
  • Micere Githae Mugo (born 1942, K/Z)
  • Edwin Muir (1887–1959, S/E)
  • Paul Muldoon (born 1951, Ir/US)
  • Wendy Mulford (born 1941, W/E)
  • Harryette Mullen (born 1953, US)
  • Laura Mullen (born 1958, US)
  • Anthony Munday (c. 1560–1633, E)
  • Jane Munro (born 1943, C)
  • Sachiko Murakami (born 1980, C)
  • William Murdoch (1823–1887, S/C)
  • Edwin Greenslade Murphy (Dryblower, 1866–1939, A)
  • Hayden Murphy (born 1945, Ir)
  • Richard Murphy (1927–2018, Ir/SLk)
  • Sheila Murphy (born 1951, US)
  • Charles Murray (1864–1941, S)
  • George Murray (born 1971, C)
  • Joan Murray (born 1945, US)
  • Les Murray (1938–2019, A)
  • David Musgrave (born 1965, A)
  • Susan Musgrave (born 1951, C)
  • Togara Muzanenhamo (born 1975, Z)

N[]

  • Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977, RE/US)
  • Constance Naden (1858–1889, E)
  • Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949, In)
  • Carolina Nairne (1766–1845, S)
  • Sydney Elliott Napier (1870–1940, A)
  • Akhtar Naraghi (living, C)
  • Ogden Nash (1902–1971, US)
  • Roger Nash (born 1942, E/C)
  • Thomas Nashe (1567–1601, E)
  • John Neal (1793–1876, US)
  • Charles Neaves (1800–1876, S)
  • Henry Neele (1798–1828, E)
  • Lyle Neff (born 1969, C)
  • John Neihardt (1881–1973, US)
  • William Neill (1922–2010, S)
  • Philip Neilsen (living, A)
  • Shaw Neilson (1872–1942, A)
  • Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875–1935, US)
  • Holly Nelson (living, US/C)
  • Marilyn Nelson (born 1946, US)
  • Howard Nemerov (1920–1991, US)
  • Kenn Nesbitt (born 1962, US)
  • W. H. New (born 1938, C)
  • Henry Newbolt (1862–1938, E)
  • John Newlove (1938–2003, C)
  • John Henry Newman (1801–1890, E)
  • Kate Newmann (born 1965, NI/Ir)
  • William Newton (1750–1830, E)
  • Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974, US)
  • Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 1970, Ir)
  • Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942, Ir)
  • Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (born 1952, Ir)
  • Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh (born 1984, Ir)
  • Doireann Ní Ghríofa (born 1981, Ir)
  • Nicholas of Guildford (12th or 13th c., E)
  • Barrie Phillip Nichol (bpNichol, 1944–1988, C)
  • Grace Nichols (born 1950, Gu/E)
  • Robert Nichols (1893–1944, E)
  • Cecily Nicholson (living, C)
  • Norman Nicholson (1914–1987, E)
  • Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970, US)
  • Emilia Nielsen (living, C)
  • Hume Nisbet (1849–1923, A/S)
  • Christopher Nolan (1965–2009, Ir)
  • Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1993, A)
  • Leslie Norris (1921–2006, W/US)
  • Harry Northup (born 1940, US)
  • Arthur Nortje (1942–1970, SA)
  • Caroline Norton (1808–1877, E)
  • Alice Notley (born 1945, US)
  • Alden Nowlan (1933–1983, C)
  • Alfred Noyes (1880–1958, E)
  • Jeff Nuttall (1933–2004, E)
  • Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952, US)
  • Robert Nye (1939–2016, E)

O[]

P[]

  • Susan Paddon (living, C)
  • Ruth Padel (born 1947, E)
  • Ron Padgett (born 1942, US)
  • Isabel Pagan (c. 1740–1821, S)
  • Geoff Page (born 1940, A)
  • P. K. Page (1916–2010, C)
  • Janet Paisley (1948–2018, S)
  • Grace Paley (1922–2007, E)
  • Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897, E)
  • Michael Palmer (born 1943, US)
  • Nettie Palmer (1885–1964, A)
  • Vance Palmer (1885–1959, A)
  • Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960, E)
  • William Williams Pantycelyn (W)
  • Aristides Paradissis (1923–2006, A)
  • Arleen Paré (born 1946, C)
  • Dorothy Parker (1893–1967, US)
  • Amy Parkinson (1855-1938, C)
  • Thomas Parnell (1670–1718, Ir/E)
  • Robert Parry (1540–1612, W)
  • Lisa Pasold (living, C)
  • John Pass (born 1947, C)
  • Linda Pastan (born 1932, US)
  • Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972, US)
  • Banjo Paterson (1864–1941, A)
  • Don Paterson (born 1963, S)
  • Coventry Patmore (1823–1896, E)
  • Brian Patten (born 1946, E)
  • Philip Kevin Paul (living, C)
  • Tom Paulin (born 1949, NI/E)
  • Ricardo Pau-Llosa (born 1954, Cu)
  • James Payn (1830–1898, E/S)
  • Molly Peacock (born 1947, US/C)
  • Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866, E)
  • Patrick Pearse (1879–1916, Ir)
  • Soraya Peerbaye (living, C)
  • Pearl Poet (14th c., E)
  • Patrick Pearse (1879–1916, Ir)
  • James Larkin Pearson (1879–1981, US)
  • Neil Peart (1952–2020, C)
  • Kathleen Peirce (born 1956, US)
  • J. D. C. Pellow (1890–1960, E)
  • Nathan Penlington (living, W/E)
  • Anne Penny (1729–1784, W/E)
  • Hilary Douglas Clark Pepler (1878–1951, E)
  • Sam Pereira (born 1949, US)
  • Lucia Perillo (1958–2016, US)
  • Grace Perry (1927–1987, A)
  • Lenrie Peters (1932–2009, Ga)
  • Robert Peters (1924–2014, US)
  • Pascale Petit (born 1953, W)
  • Mario Petrucci (born 1958, E)
  • W. T. Pfefferle (born 1962, C)
  • M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947, T/C)
  • Ambrose Philips (1674–1749, E)
  • Katherine Philips (1631/1632–1664, E/W)
  • Ben Phillips (born 1947, C)
  • Eden Phillpotts (1862–1960, E)
  • Alison Pick (born 1975, C)
  • Tom Pickard (born 1946, E)
  • Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (born 1975, US/C)
  • Marge Piercy (born 1936, US)
  • Laetitia Pilkington (c. 1709–1750, Ir/E)
  • Mary Pilkington (1761–1839, E)
  • Sarah Pinder (living, C)
  • Percy Edward Pinkerton (1855–1946, E)
  • Robert Pinsky (born 1940, US)
  • George Pirie (1799–1870, C)
  • Christopher Pitt (1699–1748, E)
  • Marie Pitt (1869–1948, A)
  • Ruth Pitter (1897–1992, E)
  • Al Pittman (1940–2001, C)
  • Marjorie Pizer (1920–2016, A)
  • Sylvia Plath (1932–1963, US/E)
  • William Plomer (1903–1973, SA/E)
  • Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878–1957, Ir/E)
  • Joseph Plunkett (1887–1916, Ir)
  • Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849, US)
  • Emily Pohl-Weary (born 1973, C)
  • Craig Poile (living, C)
  • Suman Pokhrel (born 1967, Ne)
  • Marcella Polain (born 1958, A)
  • Margaret Steuart Pollard (1904–1996, E)
  • Edward Pollock (1823–1858, US)
  • Robert Pollok (c. 1798–1827, S)
  • John Pomfret (1667–1702, E)
  • Marie Ponsot (1921–2019, US)
  • John Pook (born 1942, W/F)
  • Sandy Pool (living, C)
  • Marie Ponsot (1921–2019, US)
  • Alexander Pope (1688–1744, E)
  • Judith Pordon (born 1954, US)
  • Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832, E)
  • Dorothy Porter (1954–2008, A)
  • Hal Porter (1911–1984, A)
  • Peter Porter (1929–2010, A)
  • Rochelle Potkar (born 1979, In)
  • Robert Potter (1721–1804, E)
  • Charles Potts (born 1943, US)
  • Ezra Pound (1885–1972, US)
  • B. W. Powe (born 1955, C)
  • Craig Powell (born 1940, A)
  • Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839, E)
  • Claire Pratt (1921–1995, C)
  • E. J. Pratt (1882–1964, C)
  • Jack Prelutsky (born 1940, US)
  • Karen Press (born 1956, SA)
  • Thomas Preston (1537–1598, E)
  • Ron Pretty (born 1940, A)
  • Frank Prewett (1893–1962, C)
  • Nancy Price (1880–1970, E)
  • Richard Price (born 1966, S/E)
  • Robert Priest (born 1951, C)
  • F. T. Prince (1912–2003, E)
  • Thomas Pringle (1789–1834, S/SA)
  • Matthew Prior (1664–1721, E)
  • Pauline Prior-Pitt (living, S)
  • Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864, E)
  • Bryan Procter (1787–1874, E)
  • Kevin Prufer (born 1969, US)
  • J. H. Prynne (born 1936, E)
  • Sheenagh Pugh (born 1950, W/E)
  • Al Purdy (1918–2000, C)

Q[]

  • Andy Quan (born 1969, C/A)
  • Francis Quarles (1592–1644, E)
  • Peter Quennell (1905–1993, E)
  • Sina Queyras (living, C)
  • Roderic Quinn (1867–1949, A)

R[]

Ra–Ri[]

  • William Radice (born 1951, E)
  • Kenneth Radu (born 1945, C)
  • Sam Ragan (1915–1996, US)
  • Jennifer Rahim (born 1963, T)
  • Craig Raine (born 1944, E)
  • Kathleen Raine (1908–2003, US)
  • Carl Rakosi (1903–2004, US)
  • Walter Raleigh (1552 or 1554–1618, E)
  • James Ralph (1705–1762, US/E)
  • Raymond Ramcharitar (living, T)
  • Lesego Rampolokeng (born 1965, S)
  • Allan Ramsay (1686–1758, S)
  • Theodore Harding Rand (1835–1900, C)
  • Dudley Randall (1914–2000, US)
  • Julia Randall (1924–2005, US)
  • Thomas Randolph (1605–1635, E)
  • Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979, A)
  • Claudia Rankine (born 1963, J)
  • John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974, US)
  • Lennox Raphael (born 1939, J)
  • Stephen Ratcliffe (born 1948, US)
  • Angela Rawlings (born 1978, C)
  • Tom Raworth (1938–2017, E)
  • Herbert Read (1893–1968, E)
  • Angela Readman (born 1973, E)
  • James Reaney (1926–2008, C)
  • George Reavey (1907–1976, Ir)
  • Peter Redgrove (1932–2003, E)
  • Michael Redhill (born 1966, C)
  • Beatrice Redpath (1886-1937, C)
  • Henry Reed (1914–1986, E)
  • Ishmael Reed (born 1938, US)
  • Jeremy Reed (born 1951, Je)
  • Kerry Reed-Gilbert (1956–2019, A)
  • Ennis Rees (1925–2009, US)
  • Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856–1935, US)
  • Deryn Rees-Jones (living, E/W)
  • James Reeves (1909–1978, E)
  • Nell Regan (born 1969, Ir)
  • Alastair Reid (1926–2014, S)
  • Christopher Reid (born 1949, E)
  • D. C. Reid (born 1952, C)
  • Jamie Reid (1941–2015, C)
  • Azila Talit Reisenberger (living, SA)
  • James Reiss (1941–2016, US)
  • Joseph Relph (1712–1743, E)
  • Robert Rendall (1898–1967, S)
  • Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982, US)
  • Oliver Reynolds (born 1957, W)
  • Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976, US)
  • Shane Rhodes (living, C)
  • Ernest Rhys (1859–1946, W/E)
  • Henry Rice (1585 or 1586–1651, W/E)
  • Stan Rice (1942–2002, US)
  • Adrienne Rich (1929–2012, US)
  • Dorothy Richardson (1873–1957, E)
  • John Richardson (1817–1886, E)
  • Robert Richardson (1850–1901, A)
  • Edgell Rickword (1898–1982, E)
  • Elizabeth Riddell (1910–1998, A)
  • Lola Ridge (1873–1941, US)
  • Laura Riding (1901–1991, US)
  • Anne Ridler (1912–2001, E)
  • Denise Riley (born 1948, E)
  • James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916, US)
  • John Riley (1937–1978, E)
  • Peter Riley (born 1940, E)
  • Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958, US)
  • Maurice Riordan (born 1953, Ir)
  • Alberto Ríos (born 1952, US)

Ro–Ru[]

  • E. M. Roach (Merton Maloney, 1915–1974, T)
  • Charles G. D. Roberts (1860–1943, C)
  • Emma Roberts (1794–1840, E)
  • Michael Roberts (1902–1948, E)
  • Edith Anne Robertson (1883–1973, S)
  • James Robertson (born 1958, S)
  • Lisa Robertson (born 1961, C)
  • Robin Robertson (born 1955, S)
  • Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935, US)
  • Lennox Robinson (1886–1958, Ir)
  • Mary Robinson (1758–1800, E)
  • Matt Robinson (born 1974, C)
  • Roland Robinson (1912–1992, A)
  • Ajmer Rode (living, C)
  • Gordon Rodgers (born 1952, C)
  • W. R. Rodgers (1909–1969, NI)
  • Carmen Rodríguez (born 1948 Ch/C)
  • Judith Rodriguez (1936–2018, A)
  • Theodore Roethke (1908–1963, US)
  • Janet Rogers (born 1963, C)
  • Linda Rogers (born 1944, C)
  • Samuel Rogers (1763–1855, E)
  • Isabella Whiteford Rogerson (Isabella Whiteford, 1835–1905, Ir/C)
  • Matthew Rohrer (born 1972, US)
  • Ethel Rolt Wheeler (1869–1958, E)
  • David Romtvedt (living, US)
  • Dilys Rose (born 1954, S)
  • Peter Rose (born 1955, A)
  • Raymond Roseliep (1917–1983, US)
  • Franklin Rosemont (1943–2009, US)
  • Penelope Rosemont (born 1942, US)
  • Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918, E)
  • Joe Rosenblatt (1933–2019, C)
  • Gabriel Rosenstock (born 1949, Ir)
  • Laisha Rosnau (born 1972, C)
  • Alan Ross (1922–2001, E)
  • Bruce Ross (living, C)
  • Stuart Ross (living, C)
  • W. W. E. Ross (1894–1966, C)
  • Christina Rossetti (1830–1894, E)
  • Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882, E)
  • Jerome Rothenberg (born 1931, US)
  • Nancy-Gay Rotstein (living, C)
  • Anne Rouse (born 1954, US/E)
  • David Rowbotham (1924–2010, A)
  • Elizabeth Singer Rowe (1674–1737, E)
  • Nicholas Rowe (1674–1718, E)
  • Noel Rowe (1951–2007, A)
  • Stephen Rowe (born 1980, C)
  • Graham Rowlands (born 1947, A)
  • Richard Rowlands (1565–1630, E/Nt)
  • Samuel Rowlands (c. 1573–1630, E)
  • Rosemarie Rowley (born 1942, Ir)
  • Susanna Rowson (1762–1824, E/US)
  • Susanna Roxman (1946–2015, Sw)
  • Adam Rudden (born 1983, Ir)
  • Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980, US)
  • Charlotte Runcie (born 1989, S)
  • George William Russell (1867–1935, Ir/E)
  • Nipsey Russell (1918–2005, US)
  • Brendan Ryan (born 1963, A)
  • Gig Ryan (born 1956, A)
  • Kay Ryan (born 1945, US)
  • Michael Ryan (born 1946, US)
  • Tracy Ryan (born 1964, A)
  • Thomas Rymer (c. 1643–1713, E)

S[]

Sa–Si[]

  • Charles Sackville (1643–1706, E)
  • Thomas Sackville (1536–1608, E)
  • Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962, E)
  • Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 1954, US)
  • Maria Grace Saffery (1773–1858, E)
  • Lake Sagaris (born 1956, C/Ch)
  • Nandini Sahu (born 1973, In)
  • Arja Salafranca (born 1971, SA)
  • Trish Salah (living, C)
  • Nina Salaman (1877–1925, E)
  • Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1959, Ir)
  • Philip Salom (born 1950, A)
  • John Salusbury (1567–1612, W/E)
  • Thomas Salusbury (1612–1643, W/E)
  • Fiona Sampson (born 1963, E)
  • Sonia Sanchez (born 1934, US)
  • Carl Sandburg (1878–1967, US)
  • Peter Sanger (born 1943, C)
  • Charles Sangster (1822–1893, C)
  • Ann Sansom (living, E)
  • Clive Sansom (1910–1981, E/A)
  • Andrew Sant (born 1950, A)
  • Robyn Sarah (born 1949, C)
  • Jaydeep Sarangi (born 1973, India)
  • Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960, A)
  • May Sarton (1912–1995, US)
  • Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967, E)
  • K. Satchidanandan (born 1948, In)
  • Esther Saunders (1793–1862, US)
  • Jen Saunders (born 1962, A)
  • Richard Savage (c. 1697–1743, E)
  • Jaya Savige (born 1978, A)
  • Leslie Scalapino (1944–2010, US)
  • Herman George Scheffauer (1876–1927, US)
  • Jacob Scheier (born 1980, C)
  • Libby Scheier (1946–2000, US/C)
  • Bel Schenk (born 1975, A)
  • Dennis Schmitz (1937–2019, US)
  • Pat Schneider (1934–2020, US)
  • Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842, US)
  • Andreas Schroeder (born 1946, C)
  • Philip Schultz (born 1945, US)
  • James Schuyler (1923–1991, US)
  • Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966, US)
  • Stephen Scobie (born 1943, C)
  • Gregory Scofield (born 1966, C)
  • Alexander Scott (c. 1520 – c. 1583, S)
  • Alexander Scott (1920–1989, S)
  • Dennis Scott (1939–1991, J)
  • Duncan Campbell Scott (1862–1947, C)
  • F. R. Scott (1899–1985, C)
  • Frederick George Scott (1861–1944, C)
  • Geoffrey Scott (1884–1929, E)
  • John A. Scott (born 1948, A)
  • Margaret Scott (1934–2005, A)
  • Peter Dale Scott (born 1929, C)
  • Tom Scott (1918–1995, S)
  • Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832, S)
  • William Bell Scott (1811–1890, S)
  • Gil Scott-Heron (1949–2011, US)
  • Ann Scott-Moncrieff (1914–1943, S)
  • E. J. Scovell (1907–1999, E)
  • Maurice Scully (born 1952, Ir)
  • George Bazeley Scurfield (1920–1991, E)
  • Peter Seaton (1942–2010, US)
  • Charles Sedley (1639–1701, E)
  • Frederick Seidel (born 1936, US)
  • Hugh Seidman (born 1940, US)
  • Rebecca Seiferle (living, US)
  • Lasana M. Sekou (born 1959, SM)
  • Francis Sempill (c. 1616–1682, S)
  • Robert Sempill (c. 1595 – c. 1663, S)
  • Olive Senior (born 1941, J/C)
  • Sipho Sepamla (1932–2007, SA)
  • Mongane Wally Serote (born 1944, SA)
  • Nina Serrano (born 1934, US)
  • Robert W. Service (1874–1958, S/C)
  • Vikram Seth (born 1952, SM)
  • Elkanah Settle (1648–1724, E)
  • Anna Seward (1742–1809, E)
  • Anne Sexton (1928–1974, US)
  • John W. Sexton (born 1958, Ir)
  • Thomas Shadwell (1642–1692, E)
  • Kathy Shaidle (born 1964, C)
  • William Shakespeare (1564–1616, E)
  • Tupac Shakur (1971–1996, US)
  • Otep Shamaya (born 1979, US)
  • Eileen Shanahan (1901–1979, Ir)
  • Ntozake Shange (1948–2018, US)
  • Edward Shanks (1892–1953, E)
  • Jo Shapcott (born 1953, E)
  • Thomas Shapcott (born 1935, A)
  • Karl Shapiro (1913–2000, US)
  • Michael Sharkey (born 1946, A)
  • William Sharp (awa Fiona MacLeod, 1855–1905, S)
  • Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970, US)
  • Luci Shaw (born 1928, E/US)
  • Owen Sheers (born 1974, W/E)
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822, E)
  • William Shenstone (1714–1763, E)
  • Nan Shepherd (1893–1981, S)
  • Francis Joseph Sherman (1871–1926, C)
  • Joseph Sherman (1945–2006, C)
  • Carol Shields (1935–2003, US/C)
  • Trish Shields (living, C)
  • Thomas Shipman (1632–1680, E)
  • James Shirley (1596–1666, E)
  • Fredegond Shove (1889–1949, E)
  • Sandy Shreve (living, C)
  • Penelope Shuttle (born 1947, E)
  • Beau Sia (born 1976, US)
  • Mary Sidney (1561–1621, E)
  • Philip Sidney (1554–1586, E)
  • Melanie Siebert (living, C)
  • Eli Siegel (1902–1978, US)
  • Robert Siegel (1939–2012, US)
  • Jon Silkin (1930–1997, E)
  • Ron Silliman (born 1946, US)
  • Shel Silverstein (1930–1999, US)
  • Charles Simic (born 1938, US)
  • Goran Simić (born 1952, Bo/C)
  • Bren Simmers (born 1976, C)
  • James Simmons (1933–2001, NI)
  • Anne Simpson (living, C)
  • Louis Simpson (1923–2012, J/US)
  • Matt Simpson (1936–2009, E)
  • R. A. Simpson (1929–2002, A)
  • Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000, US)
  • Iain Sinclair (born 1943, W/E)
  • May Sinclair (1863–1946, E)
  • Sue Sinclair (living, C)
  • Tim Sinclair (born 1972, A)
  • Burns Singer (1928–1964, S)
  • Marilyn Singer (born 1948, US)
  • Sarah Singleton (born 1966, E)
  • George Sipos (living, C)
  • Peter Sirr (born 1960, Ir)
  • Lemn Sissay (born 1967, E)
  • C. H. Sisson (1914–2003, E)
  • Ari Sitas (born 1952, SA)
  • Edith Sitwell (1887–1964, E)
  • Osbert Sitwell (1892–1969, E)
  • Sacheverell Sitwell (1897–1988, E)

Sk–Sq[]

  • Sonja Skarstedt (1960–2009, C)
  • John Skelton (1460–1529, E)
  • Robin Skelton (1925–1997, E/C)
  • Douglas Reid Skinner (born 1949, SA)
  • Myra Sklarew (born 1934, US)
  • Ed Skoog (born 1971, US)
  • Zoë Skoulding (born 1967, W)
  • Peter Skrzynecki (born 1945, A)
  • Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971, A)
  • Daniel Sloate (1931–2009, C)
  • Edward Slow (1841–1925, E)
  • Adam Small (1936–2016, SA)
  • Carolyn Smart (born 1952, C)
  • Christopher Smart (1722–1771, E)
  • Elizabeth Smart (1913–1986, C)
  • A. J. M. Smith (1902–1980, C)
  • Alexander Smith (1830–1867, S)
  • Bruce Smith (born 1946, US)
  • Charlotte Turner Smith (1749–1806, E)
  • Clara Kathleen Smith (1911–2004, C)
  • Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961, US)
  • Douglas Burnet Smith (born 1949, C)
  • Iain Crichton Smith (1928–1998, S)
  • John Smith (born 1927, C)
  • Malachi Smith (living, J)
  • Marc Smith (born 1949, US)
  • Margaret Smith (born 1958, US)
  • Michael Smith (1942–2014, Ir)
  • Michael V. Smith (living, C)
  • Patti Smith (born 1946, US)
  • Rod Smith (born 1962, US)
  • Ron Smith (born 1943, C)
  • Steven Ross Smith (born 1945, C)
  • Stevie Smith (1902–1971, E)
  • Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915–1975, S)
  • Tracy K. Smith (born 1972, US)
  • Vivian Smith (born 1933, A)
  • William Jay Smith (1918–2015, US)
  • Tobias Smollett (1721–1771, S)
  • W. D. Snodgrass (1925–2009, US)
  • Gary Snyder (born 1930, US)
  • Karen Solie (born 1966, C)
  • David Solway (born 1941, C)
  • William Somervile (1675–1742, E)
  • Cathy Song (born 1955, US)
  • Madeline Sonik (born 1960, C)
  • Edward Sorenson (1869–1939, A)
  • Charles Sorley (1895–1915, S)
  • Gary Soto (born 1952, US)
  • Carolyn Marie Souaid (born 1959, C)
  • Raymond Souster (1921–2012, C)
  • William Soutar (1898–1946, S)
  • Caroline Anne Southey (1786–1854, E)
  • Robert Southey (1774–1843, E)
  • Robert Southwell (1561–1595, E)
  • Wole Soyinka (born 1934, Ni)
  • Esta Spalding (living, US/C)
  • Heather Spears (born 1934, C/De)
  • Alan Spence (living, S)
  • Lewis Spence (1874–1955, S)
  • Anne Spencer (1882–1975, US)
  • Bernard Spencer (1909–1963, E)
  • Thomas Edward Spencer (1845–1911, A)
  • Stephen Spender (1909–1995, E)
  • Edmund Spenser (1552–1599, E)
  • Leonora Speyer (1872–1956, US)
  • Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921, US)
  • Eintou Pearl Springer (born 1944, T)
  • Birk Sproxton (1943–2007, C)
  • J. C. Squire (1884–1958, E)
  • Geoffrey Squires (born 1942, NI)

St–Sy[]

  • William Stafford (1914–1993, US)
  • A. E. Stallings (born 1968, US)
  • Jon Stallworthy (1935–2014, E)
  • Harold Standish (1919–1972, C)
  • Ann Stanford (1916–1987, US)
  • Frank Stanford (1948–1978, US)
  • George Stanley (born 1937, US/C)
  • George Starbuck (1931–1996, US)
  • Carmine Starnino (born 1970, C)
  • Nicolette Stasko (born 1950, A)
  • C. K. Stead (born 1932, NZ)
  • Peter Steele (1939–2012, A)
  • Richard Steere (1643–1721, US)
  • John Steffler (born 1947, C)
  • Gertrude Stein (1874–1946, US)
  • Mattie Stepanek (1990–2004, US)
  • Ian Stephens (1955–1996, C)
  • James Stephens (1880–1950, Ir)
  • James Brunton Stephens (1835–1902, S)
  • George Stepney (1663–1707, E)
  • John Sterling (1806–1844, S)
  • Gerald Stern (born 1925, US)
  • Ricardo Sternberg (born 1948, C/US)
  • C. J. Stevens (born 1927, US)
  • Wallace Stevens (1880–1955, US)
  • Richard Stevenson (born 1952, C)
  • Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894, S)
  • Margo Taft Stever (living, US)
  • Amanda Stewart (born 1959, A)
  • Douglas Stewart (1913–1985, A)
  • Harold Stewart (1916–1995, A)
  • Shannon Stewart (living, C)
  • W. Gregory Stewart (living, C/US)
  • Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904, US)
  • John Stiles (living, C/E)
  • James Still (1906–2001, US)
  • Anne Stone (living, C)
  • Donna J. Stone (1933–1994, US)
  • Ruth Stone (1915–2011, US)
  • Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born 1968, US)
  • Edward Storer (1880–1944, E)
  • Randolph Stow (1935–2010, A)
  • Mark Strand (born 1934, US)
  • Jennifer Strauss (born 1933, A)
  • Sean Street (born 1946, E)
  • Agnes Strickland (1796–1874, E)
  • Adelle Stripe (born 1976, E)
  • Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904, US)
  • Donna J. Stone (1933–1994, US)
  • Billy Marshall Stoneking (1947–2016, A)
  • Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born 1968, US)
  • Edward Storer (1880–1944, E)
  • Eithne Strong (1923–1999, Ir)
  • Joseph Stroud (born 1943, US)
  • Betsy Struthers (born 1951, C)
  • John Struthers (1776–1853, S)
  • Jesse Stuart (1906–1984, US)
  • Abhi Subedi (born 1945)
  • John Suckling (1609–1642, E)
  • Julie Suk (born 1924, US)
  • Andrew Suknaski (1942–2012, C)
  • Alan Sullivan (1868–1947, C)
  • Aloysius Michael Sullivan (1896–1980, US)
  • Rosemary Sullivan (born 1947, C)
  • Maud Sulter (1960–2008, S)
  • Moez Surani (born 1979, C)
  • Kamala Surayya (1934–2009, In)
  • Efua Sutherland (1924–1996, Gh)
  • John Sutherland (1919–1956, C)
  • Robert Swanson (1905–1994, C)
  • Robert Sward (born 1933, US/C)
  • George Swede (born 1940, C)
  • Matthew Sweeney (1951–2018, Ir)
  • Cole Swensen (born 1955, US)
  • Karen Swenson (born 1936, US)
  • May Swenson (1913–1989, US)
  • Jonathan Swift (1667–1745, Ir/E)
  • Todd Swift (born 1966, C/E)
  • Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909, E)
  • Randall Swingler (1909–1967, E)
  • Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal (c. 1430 – c. 1480, W)
  • Bobbi Sykes (1943–2010, A)
  • Joshua Sylvester (1563–1618, E)
  • Arthur Symons (1865–1945, E)
  • John Millington Synge (1871–1909, Ir)
  • Arthur Sze (born 1950, US)
  • George Szirtes (born 1948, E)
  • Anne Szumigalski (1922–1999, E/C)

T[]

  • Eileen Tabios (born 1960, US)
  • Proma Tagore (living, C)
  • Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941, In)
  • Maria Takolander (born 1973, A)
  • Francis W. Tancred (1874–1925, E)
  • Robert Tannahill (1774–1810, S)
  • Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012, US)
  • Allen Tate (1899–1979, US)
  • James Tate (1943–2015, US)
  • Emma Tatham (1829–1855, E)
  • Andrew Taylor (born 1940, A)
  • Ann Taylor (1782–1866, E)
  • Bruce Taylor (born 1960, C)
  • Edward Taylor (1645–1729, E/US)
  • Emily Taylor (1795–1872, E)
  • Heather Taylor (living, C)
  • Henry Taylor (1800–1886, E)
  • Henry S. Taylor (born 1942, US)
  • Jane Taylor (1783–1824, E)
  • Rachel Annand Taylor (1876–1960, S)
  • Ruth Taylor (1961–2006, C)
  • Sara Teasdale (1883–1933, US)
  • Barry Tebb (born 1942, E)
  • Fiona Templeton (born 1951, S/E)
  • William Tennant (1784–1848, S)
  • Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892, E)
  • Frederick Tennyson (1807–1898, E)
  • John Terpstra (living, C)
  • Elaine Terranova (born 1939, US)
  • A. S. J. Tessimond (1902–1962, E)
  • Lucy Terry (c. 1730–1821, US)
  • Souvankham Thammavongsa (born 1978, C)
  • Celia Thaxter (1824–1894, US)
  • Ernest Thayer (1863–1940, US)
  • John Thelwall (1764–1834, E)
  • Sharon Thesen (born 1946, C)
  • Colin Thiele (1920–2006, A)
  • Kai Cheng Thom (living, C)
  • William Thom (1799–1848, S)
  • Thomas the Rhymer (Thomas Learmonth, c. 1220 – c. 1298, S)
  • Thomas of Hales (13th c., E)
  • D. M. Thomas (born 1935, E)
  • Dylan Thomas (1914–1953, W/E)
  • Edward Thomas (1878–1917, E)
  • Elizabeth Thomas (1675–1731, E)
  • Lorenzo Thomas (1944–2005, US)
  • R. S. Thomas (1913–2000, W)
  • William Thomas (1832–1878, W)
  • Francis Thompson (1859–1907, E)
  • John Thompson (1938–1976, E/C)
  • John Reuben Thompson (1823–1873, US)
  • Edward William Thomson (1849–1924, C)
  • James Thomson (1700–1748, S)
  • James Thomson (awa Bysshe Vanolis, 1834–1882, S)
  • Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862, US)
  • Tim Thorne (1944–2021, A)
  • Russell Thornton (living, C)
  • Joseph Thurston (1704–1732, E)
  • Anthony Thwaite (1930–2021, E)
  • Michael Thwaites (1915–2005, A)
  • Chidiock Tichborne (1558–1586, E)
  • Thomas Tickell (1685–1740, E)
  • Matthew Tierney (born 1970, C)
  • Mary Tighe (1772–1810, Ir)
  • Richard Tipping (born 1949, A)
  • José Tlatelpas (born 1953, Me/C)
  • Nick Toczek (born 1950, E)
  • Barbara Euphan Todd (1890–1976, E)
  • Ruthven Todd (1914–1978, S)
  • Mohamud Siad Togane (born 1947, So/C)
  • J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973, E)
  • Francis Tolson (died 1745, E)
  • Melvin B. Tolson (1898–1966, US)
  • Charles Tomlinson (1927–2015, E)
  • Jean Toomer (1894–1967, US)
  • Charles Tompson (1807–1883, A)
  • Angela Topping (born 1954, E)
  • Lola Lemire Tostevin (born 1937, C)
  • Cyril Tourneur (died 1626, E)
  • Ann Townsend (born 1962, US)
  • Thomas Traherne (1636/1637–1674, E)
  • John Tranter (born 1943, A)
  • Elizabeth Treadwell (born 1967, US)
  • Mark Tredinnick (born 1962, A)
  • Rhea Tregebov (born 1953, C)
  • Raymond D. Tremblay (living, C)
  • Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972, C/E)
  • Natasha Trethewey (born 1966, US)
  • Calvin Trillin (born 1935, US)
  • John Tripp (1927–1986, W/E)
  • Quincy Troupe (born 1939, US)
  • Peter Trower (1930–2017, C)
  • Mark Truscott (born 1970, US/C)
  • Dimitris Tsaloumas (1921–2016, A)
  • Charlotte Maria Tucker (A.L.O.E, 1821–1893, E)
  • Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite (c. 1764–1850, Ir)
  • George Turberville (c. 1540 – before 1597, E)
  • Richard Marggraf Turley (born 1970, E)
  • Gael Turnbull (1928–2004, S)
  • Charles Tennyson Turner (1808–1879, E)
  • Julian Turner (born 1955, E)
  • Walter J. Turner (1889–1946, A/E)
  • Thomas Tusser (1524–1580, E)
  • Hone Tuwhare (1922–2008, NZ)
  • Violet Tweedale (1862–1936, S/E)
  • Chase Twichell (born 1950, US)
  • Katharine Tynan (1859–1932, Ir/E)
  • John Tyndall (born 1951, C)
  • Daniel Scott Tysdal (born 1978, C)

U[]

  • Laura Ulewicz (1930–2007, US)
  • Jeff Unaegbu (born 1979, Ni)
  • Unorthodox Australian Poet (Garry W. Gosney, born 1955, A)
  • Jean Starr Untermeyer (1886–1970, US)
  • Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977, US)
  • John Updike (1932–2009, US)
  • Priscila Uppal (1974–2018, C)
  • Allen Upward (1863–1926, E)
  • Joan Ure (Elizabeth Thoms Clark, 1918–1978, S)
  • David UU (David W. Harris, 1948–1994, C)
  • Amy Uyematsu (born 1947, US)

V[]

  • Jean Valentine (born 1934, US)
  • Valentine Vallis (1916–2009, A)
  • Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931, US)
  • Mona Van Duyn (1921–2004, US)
  • Lin Van Hek (born 1944, A)
  • Peter van Toorn (born 1944, C)
  • Christopher van Wyk (1957–2014, SA)
  • Henry Vaughan (1621–1695, W)
  • R. M. Vaughan (born 1965, C)
  • Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1509–1556, E)
  • Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003, US)
  • Janine Pommy Vega (1942–2010, US)
  • Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford (1550–1604, E)
  • Helen Vendler (born 1933, US)
  • Jumoke Verissimo (born 1976, Ni)
  • Paul Vermeersch (born 1973, C)
  • Katherena Vermette (born 1977, C)
  • Jones Very (1813–1880, US)
  • Vicki Viidikas (1948–1998, A)
  • Peter Viereck (1916–2006, US)
  • José García Villa (1908–1997, Ph)
  • Pamelia Sarah Vining (1826–1897, C)
  • Vivian Virtue (1911–1998, J/E)
  • Garth Von Buchholz (living, C)
  • Brian Vrepont (1882–1955, A)
  • Prvoslav Vujcic (Prvoslav Vujčić, born 1960, Se/C)

W[]

Wa–We[]

  • Miriam Waddington (1917–2004, C)
  • Michael Wade (1944–2004, C)
  • Sidney Wade (born 1951, US)
  • Fred Wah (born 1939, C)
  • John Wain (1925–1994, E)
  • A. E. Waite (1857–1942, E)
  • Nayyirah Waheed (living, US)
  • Diane Wakoski (born 1937, US)
  • Derek Walcott (1930–2017, SL)
  • Anne Waldman (born 1945, US)
  • George Waldron (1690 – c. 1730, E/IoM)
  • Keith Waldrop (born 1932, US)
  • Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935, US)
  • Arthur Waley (1889–1966, E)
  • Alice Walker (born 1944, US)
  • Margaret Walker (1915–1998, US)
  • Rob Walker (born 1953, A)
  • Bronwen Wallace (1945–1989, C)
  • Chris Wallace-Crabbe (born 1934, A)
  • Edmund Waller (1606–1687, E)
  • Tom Walmsley (born 1948, C)
  • Agnes Walsh (born 1950, C)
  • Catherine Walsh (born 1964, Ir)
  • David Waltner-Toews (born 1948, C)
  • Ania Walwicz (1951–2020, A)
  • Connie Wanek (born 1952, US)
  • John Powell Ward (born 1937, E/W)
  • Ned Ward (1667–1731, E)
  • Sarah Wardle (born 1969, E)
  • Anna Laetitia Waring (1823–1910, W/E)
  • Emily Warn (living, US)
  • Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893–1978, E)
  • Crystal Warren (living, SA)
  • John Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley (1835–1895, E)
  • Meralda Warren (born 1959, PI)
  • Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989, US)
  • Thomas Warton (1728–1790, E)
  • Terry Watada (living, C)
  • Vernon Watkins (1906–1967, W)
  • George Watsky (born 1986, US)
  • Rosamund Marriott Watson (Graham R. Tomson, 1860–1911, E)
  • Samuel Wagan Watson (born 1972, A)
  • Stephen Watson (1954–2011, SA)
  • Thomas Watson (1555–1592, E)
  • William Watson (1858–1935, E)
  • Alison Watt (born 1957, C)
  • Barrett Watten (born 1948, US)
  • Isaac Watts (1674–1748, E)
  • Rebecca Watts (born 1983, E)
  • Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832–1914, E)
  • Tom Wayman (born 1945, C)
  • Alan Wearne (born 1948, A)
  • Francis Webb (1925–1973, A)
  • Harri Webb (1920–1994, W)
  • Phyllis Webb (born 1927, C)
  • John Webster (c. 1580 – c. 1634, E)
  • Mary Morison Webster (1894–1980, SA)
  • James Wedderburn (c. 1495–1553, S)
  • John Wedderburn (c. 1505–1553, S)
  • Robert Wedderburn (c. 1510 – c. 1555, S)
  • Rebecca Wee (living, US)
  • George Weideman (1947–2008, SA)
  • John Weier (born 1949, C)
  • Hannah Weiner (1928–1997, US)
  • Robert Stanley Weir (1856–1926, C)
  • Marjorie Welish (born 1944, US)
  • Zachariah Wells (born 1976, C)
  • Viola S. Wendt (1907–1986, US)
  • Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958, US)
  • William Wentworth (1790–1872, A)
  • Darren Wershler (Darren Wershler-Henry, born 1966, C)
  • Charles Wesley (1707–1788, E)
  • Gilbert West (1703–1756, E)
  • Jane West (1758–1852, E)
  • David Wevill (born 1935, C/US)

Wh–Wy[]

  • Philip Whalen (1923–2002, US)
  • Dawud Wharnsby (born 1972, C)
  • Anne Wharton (1659–1685, E)
  • Gordon Wharton (born 1929, E)
  • Herb Wharton (born 1936, A)
  • Mary Whateley (1738–1835, E)
  • David Wheatley (born 1970, Ir/S)
  • Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784, US)
  • Billy Edd Wheeler (born 1932, US)
  • E. B. White (1899–1985, US)
  • Henry Kirke White (1785–1806, E)
  • James L. White (1936–1981, US)
  • Kenneth White (born 1936, S)
  • Joshua Whitehead (living, C)
  • Bruce Whiteman (born 1952, C)
  • Walt Whitman (1819–1892, US)
  • Isabella Whitney (c. 1546/1548 – after 1624, E)
  • Zoe Whittall (born 1976, C)
  • Reed Whittemore (1919–2012, US)
  • John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892, US)
  • Brian Whittingham (born 1950, S)
  • Christopher Whyte (born 1952, S)
  • George Whyte-Melville (1821–1878, S/E)
  • Anna Wickham (1883–1947, E/A)
  • Les Wicks (born 1955, A)
  • John Wieners (1934–2002, US)
  • Nissanka Wijeyeratne (1924–2007, SLa)
  • Richard Wilbur (1921–2017, US)
  • Dora Wilcox (1873–1953, A)
  • Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919, US)
  • Robert Will (1615–1679, E)
  • Jane Wilde (1821–1896, Ir/E)
  • Oscar Wilde (1854–1900, Ir/E)
  • Amos Wilder (1895–1993, US)
  • Charlotte Wilder (1898–1980, US)
  • Anne Wilkinson (1910–1961, C)
  • John Wilkinson (born 1953, E)
  • William of Nassyngton (died 1354, E)
  • William of Shoreham (fl. 14th century, E)
  • Aeneas Francon Williams (1886–1971, E)
  • Alfred Williams (1877–1930, E)
  • Anna Williams (1706–1783, W/E)
  • Athol Williams (born 1970, SA)
  • C. K. Williams (1936–2015, US)
  • David Gwyn Williams (1904–1990, W/E)
  • Donna Williams (1963–2017, A)
  • Emmett Williams (1925–2007, US)
  • Heathcote Williams (1941–2017, E)
  • Helen Maria Williams (1759/1762–1827, E/F)
  • Hugo Williams (born 1942, E)
  • Isaac Williams (1802–1865, E)
  • Jane Williams (1806–1885, W/E)
  • Jonathan Williams (1929–2008, US)
  • Miller Williams (1930–2015, US)
  • Oscar Williams (1900–1964, US)
  • Richard D'Alton Williams (1822–1862, Ir)
  • Rowan Williams (born 1950, W/E)
  • Saul Williams (born 1972, US)
  • Sherley Anne Williams (1944–1999, US)
  • William Carlos Williams (1883–1963, US)
  • Frank S. Williamson (1865–1936, A)
  • Elizabeth Willis (born 1961, US)
  • James Wills (1790–1868, Ir)
  • Clive Wilmer (born 1945, E)
  • Frank Wilmot (Furnley Maurice, 1881–1942, A)
  • John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680, E)
  • Eleanor Wilner (born 1937, US)
  • Alan R. Wilson (living, C)
  • Anne Elizabeth Wilson (1901-1946, US/C)
  • Arthur Wilson (1595–1652, E)
  • Dede Wilson (born 1937, US)
  • Edwin Wilson (born 1942, A)
  • Florence Mary Wilson (c. 1870–1946, Ir/NI)
  • Peter Lamborn Wilson (also Hakim Bey, born 1945, US)
  • Sheri-D Wilson (living, C)
  • Christian Wiman (born 1966, US)
  • Liz Winfield (born 1964, A)
  • Rob Winger (born 1974, C)
  • Sheila Wingfield (1906–1992, E/Ir)
  • Yvor Winters (1900–1968, US)
  • Jane Wiseman (Mrs. Holt, 1673 – after 1717, E)
  • George Wither (1588–1667, E)
  • Charles Wolfe (1791–1823, Ir)
  • Humbert Wolfe (1885–1940, E)
  • Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938, US)
  • Theresa Wolfwood (living, C)
  • Jennifer Wong (living, HK)
  • Nellie Wong (born 1934, US)
  • Gwyneth Barber Wood (died 2006, J)
  • George Woodcock (1912–1995, C)
  • Gregory Woods (born 1953, E)
  • Joseph Woods (born 1966, Ir/Z)
  • Macdara Woods (1942–2018, Ir)
  • Lance Woolaver (born 1948, C)
  • Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855, E)
  • William Wordsworth (1770–1850, E)
  • Philip Stanhope Worsley (1835–1866, E)
  • Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639, E)
  • Carolyn D. Wright (born 1949, US)
  • Carolyne Wright (born 1949, US)
  • Charles Wright (born 1935, US)
  • David Wright (1920–1994, E)
  • David McKee Wright (1869–1928, NZ/A)
  • Franz Wright (1953–2015, US)
  • James Wright (1927–1980, US)
  • Jay Wright (born 1935, US)
  • Judith Wright (1915–2000, A)
  • Kirby Wright (living, US)
  • Luke Wright (born 1982, E)
  • Robert Wrigley (born 1951, US)
  • Lady Mary Wroth (1587–1651 or 1653)
  • Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542, E)
  • Elinor Wylie (1885–1928, US)
  • Edward Alexander Wyon (1842–1872, E)

X–Y[]

  • Makhosazana Xaba (born 1957, SA)
  • Mitsuye Yamada (born 1923, US)
  • Leo Yankevich (1961–2018, US)
  • Morgan Yasbincek (born 1964, A)
  • J. Michael Yates (1938–2021, US/C)
  • W. B. Yeats (1865–1939, Ir)
  • Jean Yoon (born 1962, C)
  • Marly Youmans (born 1953, US)
  • Monica Youn (born 1971, US)
  • Andrew Young (1885��1971, S)
  • Augustus Young (born 1943, Ir)
  • d'bi Young (born 1977, J/C)
  • Douglas Young (1913–1973, S)
  • Edward Young (1683–1765, E)
  • Ellen Young (c. 1810–1872, A)
  • Ian Young (born 1945, C)
  • Kevin Young (born 1970, US)
  • Marguerite Young (1908–1995, US)

Z[]

  • Matthew Zapruder (born 1967, US)
  • Marya Zaturenska (1902–1982, US)
  • Robert Zend (1929–1985, C)
  • Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958, E)
  • Komninos Zervos (born 1950, A)
  • David Zieroth (born 1946, C)
  • Rachel Zolf (born 1968, C)
  • Daniel Zomparelli (living, C)
  • Carolyn Zonailo (born 1947, C)
  • Louis Zukofsky (1904–1978, US)
  • Fay Zwicky (1933–2017, A)
  • Jan Zwicky (born 1955, C)

Lists of English language poets by nationality[]

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References[]

  1. ^ Ansell, George. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. 31 October 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00005500.
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