List of English-language poets

This is a list of English language poets, who wrote or write much of their poetry in the English language.

Lists of English-language poets by nationality

 * List of American poets
 * List of Australian poets
 * List of British poets
 * List of Canadian poets
 * List of Irish poets
 * List of Indian poets writing in English
 * List of New Zealand poets
 * List of Nigerian poets
 * List of South African poets

A

 * Henry Abbey (1842-1911), United States
 * Diane Ackerman (born 1956), United States
 * Milton Acorn (1923-1986), Canada
 * Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968), United States
 * Harold Acton (1904–1994), England
 * Gilbert Adair (born 1944)
 * Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004), United States
 * Helen Adam (1909–1993), Scotland / United States
 * Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936), New Zealand
 * John Adams (1704-1740), United States
 * Léonie Adams (1899–1988), United States
 * Robert Adamson (1852–1902), Australia
 * Fleur Adcock (born 1934), New Zealand / England
 * Joseph Addison (1672–1719), England
 * AE (1867-1935), Ireland
 * James Agee (1909–1955), United States
 * Allan Ahlberg (1938– )
 * Ai (1947-2010), United States
 * Conrad Aiken (1889-1973), United States
 * Mark Akenside (1721–1770), England
 * Sidney A. Alexander (1866–1948), England
 * Felipe Alfau (1902-1999), Catalonia / United States
 * James Alexander Allan (1889–1956), Australia
 * Donald Allen (1912–2004), United States
 * Elizabeth Chase Allen (1832-1911), United States
 * Leslie Holdsworthy Allen (1879–1964), Australia
 * William Allingham (1824-1889), Ireland
 * Washington Allston (1779-1843), United States
 * Bert Almon (born 1943), United States / Canada
 * George Amabile (born 1936), Canada
 * Kingsley Amis (1922–1995), England
 * A.R. Ammons (1926-2001), United States
 * Ethel Anderson (1883–1958), Australia
 * Patrick Anderson (1915-1979), Canada
 * Victor Anderson (1917-2001), United States
 * Bruce Andrews (born 1948)
 * Maya Angelou (born 1928), United States
 * Rae Armantrout (born 1947)
 * Simon Armitage (born 1963)
 * Richard Armour (1906–1989), United States
 * Matthew Arnold (1822–1888), England
 * John Ashbery (born 1927), United States
 * Thomas Ashe (1836–1889), England
 * John Askham (1825-1894), England
 * Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872), England
 * Margaret Atwood (born 1939), Canada
 * Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991), Australia
 * W.H. Auden (1907–1973), England / United States
 * Joseph Auslander (1897–1965), United States
 * Margaret Avison (1918-2007), Canada
 * Pam Ayres (born 1947)
 * Sir Robert Aytoun (1570–1638), Scotland
 * William Aytoun (1813–1865), Scotland

Ba

 * Joseph M. Bachelor (1887-1947), United States
 * Alfred Bailey (1905-1997), Canada
 * Jacob Bailey (1731-1808), Canada
 * Kevin Bailey (born 1953)
 * Joanna Baillie (1762–1851), Scotland
 * Jesse Ball (born 1978)
 * John Banim (1798–1842), Ireland
 * Frances Bannerman (1855-1940), Canada
 * Lex Banning (born 1921), Australia
 * Amiri Baraka (born 1934)
 * Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825), England
 * John Barbour (died 1395), Scotland
 * Les Barker (born 1947)
 * Joel Barlow (1754–1812), United States
 * Mary Barnard (1909–2002), Unites States
 * Djuna Barnes (1892–1982), United States
 * William Barnes (1801–1886), England
 * Richard Barnfield (1574–1620), England
 * John Barr (1809-1889), Scotland / New Zealand
 * Syd Barret, England
 * Bernard Barton (1784–1849), England
 * Todd Bash (born 1965)
 * David Bates (1809–1870), United States
 * James K. Baxter (1926–1972), New Zealand
 * Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958), Australia
 * William Baylebridge (1883–1942), Australia

Be-Bo

 * James Beattie (1705-1803), Scotland
 * Francis Beaumont (1586–1616), England
 * Sir John Beaumont (1583-1627), England
 * Bruce Beaver (1928–2004), Australia
 * Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1804-1849), England
 * John Beecher (1904-1980), United States
 * Henry Charles Beeching (1859-1919), England
 * Aphra Behn (1640–1689), England
 * Lisa Bellear (1961-2006), Australia
 * Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981), United States
 * Jim Bennett, (born 1951)
 * A.C. Benson (1862-1925), England
 * Bill Berkson (born 1939)
 * Charles Bernstein (born 1950)
 * Anselm Berrigan (born 1972)
 * Ted Berrigan (1934–1983), United States
 * Wendell Berry (born 1934)
 * John Berryman (1914–1972), United States
 * John Betjeman (1906–1984), England
 * Earle Birney (1904-1995), Canada
 * Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979), United States
 * Samuel Bishop (1731–1795), England
 * Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958)
 * Thomas Blacklock (1721–1791), Scotland
 * R.D. Blackmore (1825-1900), England
 * Peter Bladen (1922–2001), Australia
 * William Blake (1757–1827), England
 * Susanna Blamire (1747–1794), England
 * John Blight (1913–1995), Australia
 * Mathilde Blind (1841–1896), England
 * Edmund Blunden (1896–1974), England
 * Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922), England
 * Barcroft Boake (1866–1892), Australia
 * George Henry Boker (1823–1890), United States
 * Eavan Boland (born 1944)
 * Ken Bolton (born 1949)
 * Horatius Bonar (1808–1889), Scotland
 * Sean Bonney
 * Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902–1973), United States
 * Henry Ernest Boote (1866-1949), Australia
 * Keith Bosley (born 1937)
 * Jenny Boult (1951-2005), Australia
 * Francis William Bourdillon (1852-1921), England
 * Arthur Bourinot (1893-1969), Canada
 * John Philip Bourke (1860–1914), Australia
 * A.P. Bowen (born ca. 1899), United States
 * George Bowering (born 1935), Canada
 * William Lisle Bowles (1762-1850), England
 * Louise Morey Bowman (1891-1944), Canada
 * Mark Alexander Boyd (1563–1601), Scotland

Br-By

 * Francis Brabazon (1907-1984), Australia
 * Thomas Bracken (1843–1898), New Zealand
 * Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672), United States
 * E.J. Brady (1869–1952), Australia
 * Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite (1963-2008), Canada
 * Charles Brasch (1909-1973), New Zealand
 * Richard Brautigan (1935–1984), United States
 * John Jefferson Bray (1912-1995), Australia
 * Christopher Brennan (1870–1932), Australia
 * John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933), Australia
 * Nicholas Breton (1542–1626), England
 * Ken Brewer (1941–2006), United States
 * Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 - c.1757), United States
 * Robert Bridges (1844–1930), England
 * Robert Bringhurst (born 1946), Canada
 * James Brock (born 1958)
 * Alexander Brome (1620-1666), England
 * Anne Brontë (1820-1849), England
 * Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), England
 * Emily Brontë (1818–1848), England
 * Rupert Brooke (1887–1915), England
 * Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000), United States
 * William Broome (1689-1745), England
 * Sterling A. Brown (1901–1989), United States
 * Dr. Stewart Brown
 * Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897), Isle of Man
 * Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760), England
 * William Browne (1588–1643), England
 * Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), England
 * Robert Browning (1812–1889), England
 * Charles Bruce (1906-1971), Canada
 * Michael Bruce (1746-1767), Scotland
 * Dennis Brutus (1924-2009). South Africa
 * William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878), United States
 * Vincent Buckley (1925–1988), Australia
 * Charles Bukowski (1920–1994), United States
 * Basil Bunting (1900–1985), England
 * Anthony Burgess (1917–1993), England


 * Richard Burns (born 1943)
 * Robert Burns (1759–1796), Scotland
 * George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), England

Ca-Ci

 * Richard Caddel
 * Alex Caldiero
 * Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884), England
 * Ada Cambridge (1844-1926), England
 * George Frederick Cameron (1854-1885), Canada
 * Alistair Te Ariki Campbell (1925-2009), New Zealand
 * Thomas Campbell (1774–1844), Scotland
 * William Wilfred Campbell (?1860-1918), Canada
 * Thomas Campion (1567–1620), England
 * Mary Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973), England
 * Thomas Carew (1595–1639), England
 * Henry Carey (1693–1743), England
 * Bliss Carman (1861-1929), Canada / United States
 * Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), England
 * Anne Carson (born 1950), Canadian
 * William Cartwright (1611–1643), England
 * Raymond Carver (1938–1988), United States
 * Alice Cary
 * Phoebe Cary
 * Charles Causley (1917–2003), England
 * Constantine Cavafy
 * Joseph Ceravolo (1934-1988), United States
 * John Chalkhill
 * William Ellery Channing (1818–1901), United States
 * George Chapman (1560–1634), England
 * Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), England
 * Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400), England
 * Maxine Chernoff (born 1952)
 * James Wm. Chichetto
 * Billy Childish (born 1959)
 * Hubert Church (1857–1932), Australia
 * Colley Cibber (1671–1757), England
 * Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
 * Carson Cistulli (born 1979)

Cl

 * John Clare (1793–1864), England
 * Thomas A. Clark
 * Tom Clark
 * Amy Key Clarke (1892-1980), England
 * Austin Clarke (1886–1974), Ireland
 * George Elliott Clarke (born 1960), Canada
 * Jack Clarke
 * Marcus Clarke (1846-1881), Australia
 * Brendan Cleary
 * John Cleveland (1613–1658), England
 * Michelle Cliff
 * Lucille Clifton
 * Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861), England

Co-Cu

 * Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927), United States
 * Bob Cobbing
 * Brian Coffey (1905–1995), Ireland
 * Fred Cogswell (1917-2004), Canada
 * Leonard Cohen (born 1934), Canada
 * Matt Cohen (1942-1999), Canada
 * Norma Cole
 * Helena Coleman (1860-1953), Canada
 * Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849), England
 * Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907), England
 * Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), England
 * Billy Collins (born 1941), United States
 * William Collins (1721–1759), England
 * Laurence Collinson (1925-1986), Australia / England
 * John Robert Colombo (born 1936), Canada
 * Padraic Colum (1881-1972), Ireland
 * William Congreve (1670–1729), England
 * Paul Conneally (born 1959)
 * Henry Constable (1562–1613), England
 * Eliza Cook (1818–1889), England
 * Clark Coolidge*
 * Thomas Cooper (1805–1892), England
 * MIchael Cope (born 1952), South Africa
 * Wendy Cope (born 1945), England
 * Richard Corbet (1582–1635), England
 * Cid Corman
 * Barry Cornwall (1787-1874), England
 * William Cornysh (1465-1523), England
 * Jayne Cortez
 * William Johnson Cory (1823–1892), England
 * Louisa Stuart Costello (1799–1877), Ireland
 * Charles Cotton (1630-1687), England
 * Anne Ross Cousin (1824–1906), Scotland
 * Thomas Cowherd (1817-1907), Canada
 * Abraham Cowley (1618–1667), England
 * William Cowper (1731–1800), England
 * George Crabbe (1754–1832), England
 * Richard Crashaw (1613–1649), England
 * Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850-1887), Canada
 * E.E. Cummings (1894–1962), United States
 * Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), Scotland
 * Sarah Anne Curzon (1833-1898), Canada

Da-Do

 * H.D. (!886-1961), Unitd States / England
 * Victor Daley (1858-1905), Australia
 * George Dance (born 1953), Canada
 * Samuel Daniel (1562–1619), England
 * George Darley (1795–1846), Ireland
 * Tina Darragh
 * Robert von Dassanowsky (aka Robert Dassanowsky)
 * William Davenant (1606–1668), England
 * Frank Davey (born 1940), Canada
 * John Davidson (1837–1909), Scotland
 * Michael Davidson (born 1944)
 * Alan Davies
 * Sir John Davies (1569–1626), England
 * W.H. Davies (1871-1940), Wales
 * Nicholas Flood Davin (1840-1901), Canada
 * Jack Davis (1917-2000), Australia
 * Norma L. Davis (1905-1945), Australia
 * Thomas Davis (1814–1845), Ireland
 * Dulcie Deamer (1890-1972), Australia
 * Thomas Dekker (1575–1641), England
 * John Denham (1615–1669), England
 * Enid Derham (1882-1941), Australia
 * Thomas Dermody (1775–1802), Ireland
 * Heather Derr-Smith (born 1971)
 * James Devaney (1890-1976), Australia
 * Denis Devlin (1908–1959), Ireland
 * Imtiaz Dharker (born 1954)
 * James Dickey (1923–1997), United States
 * Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), United States
 * Robert Dickson (1944-2007), Canada
 * Peter Didsbury (born 1946)
 * Ray DiPalma
 * Diane Di Prima
 * Austin Dobson (1840-1921), England
 * Pete Doherty
 * John Donaldson, aka Jon Inglis (1921–1989), England
 * John Donne (1572–1631), England
 * David Donnell (born 1939), Canada
 * Theo Dorgan (born 1953)
 * Mark Doty
 * Keith Douglas (1920–1944), England
 * Mike Doughty (born 1970)
 * Rita Dove (born 1952), United States
 * Gordon Downie, Canada
 * Ernest Dowson (1867–1900), England
 * Sir Francis Hastings Doyle (1810–1888) England
 * Kirby Doyle (1932–2003), United States

Dr-Dy

 * Michael Dransfield (1948-1973), Australia
 * Michael Drayton (1563–1631), England
 * Adam Drinan AKA Joseph Macleod (1903–1984), England
 * William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649), Scotland
 * William Henry Drummond (1854-1907), Canada
 * John Dryden (1631–1700), England
 * Norman Dubie (1945-
 * W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963), United States
 * Louis Dudek (1918-2001), Canada
 * Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955)
 * Charles Gavan Duffy (1816–1903), Ireland / Australia
 * Alan Dugan (1923–2003), United States
 * MIchael Dugan (1947-2006), Australia
 * Jas H. Duke (1939-1982), Australia
 * Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906), United States
 * William Dunbar (1465–1520), Scotland
 * Andrew Duncan (born 1956)
 * Robert Duncan (1919–1988), United States
 * Douglas Dunn (born 1942)
 * Max Dunn (died 1963), Australia
 * John Dyer (1699-1757), Wales
 * Bob Dylan (born 1941), United States
 * Edward Dyson (1865-1931), Australia

E

 * Evelyn Eaton (1902-1983), Canada
 * Richard Eberhart (1904–2005), United States
 * Richard Edwardes (c. 1523–1566), England
 * Anne Elder (1918-1976), Australia
 * Vic Elias (1948-2006), Canada
 * T.S. Eliot (1888–1965), United States / England
 * David Elliot (1923-1999), Canada
 * Jean Elliot (1727–1805), Scotland
 * Ebenezer Elliott (1781–1849), England
 * Rebecca Elson (1960-1999), Canada / United States
 * Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), United States
 * Chris Emery (born 1963)
 * William Empson (1906–1984), England
 * D.J. Enright (1920–2002), England
 * Theodore Enslin (born 1925)
 * Sir George Etherege (1635–1691), England
 * George Essex Evans (1863-1909), Australia
 * Mari Evans
 * William Everson (1912-1994), United States
 * John K. Ewers (1904-1978), Australia

F

 * A.R.D. Fairburn (1904-1957), New Zealand
 * Margaret Fairley (1885-1968), Canada
 * Charles Fenerty (1821-1892), Canada
 * Sir Samuel Ferguson (1810–1886), Ireland
 * Douglas George Fetherling (born 1949), Canada
 * Robert Finch (1900-1995), Canada
 * Joan Finnigan (1925-2007), Canada
 * Roderick Flanagan (1828-1862), Australia
 * Jack Foley (1940), United States
 * Mary Hannay Foott (1846-1918), Australia
 * Robert A.D. Ford (1915-1998), Canada
 * William Forster (1818-1882), Australia
 * William Fowler (?1560-1612), Scotland
 * Janet Frame (1924-2004), New Zealand
 * Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868-1946), Australia
 * Richard Furness (1791–1857), England

Ga-Go

 * Samuel Garth
 * George Gascoigne (1525–1577), England
 * David Gascoyne (1916–2001), England
 * John Gay (1685–1732), England
 * Ross Gay
 * William Gay (1865–1897), Australia
 * Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904–1991), United States
 * Leon Gellert (1892-1977), Australia
 * Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (born 1946)
 * G.H. Gibson (1846-1921), Australia
 * Angus Morrison Gidney (1803-1882), Canada
 * Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993), Australia
 * Dame Mary Gilmore (1865-1962), Australia
 * Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), United States
 * Nikki Giovanni (born 1943)
 * Jesse Glass (born 1954)
 * John Glassco (1909-1981), Canada
 * Denis Glover (1912–1980), New Zealand
 * Louise Glück (born 1943), United States
 * Albert Goldbarth (born 1948)
 * Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961)
 * Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774), England
 * Oliver Goldsmith (1794-1861), Canada
 * Hedwig Gorski (born 1949)
 * John Gower (1330-1408), England

Gr-Gy

 * Robert Cunninghame Graham (1735-1797), Scotland
 * W.S. Graham (1918-1986), Scotland
 * Paul Grano (1894-1975), Australia
 * Richard Graves (1715–1804), England
 * Richard Harry Graves (1898-1971), Australia
 * Robert Graves (1895–1985), England
 * Thomas Gray (1716–1771), England
 * H.M. Green (1881-1962), Australia
 * Robert Greene (1558–1592), England
 * Gavin Greenlees (1930-1983), Australia
 * Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554–1628), England
 * Gerald Griffin (1803–1840), Ireland
 * Bill Griffiths (born 1948)
 * Nicholas Grimald (1519–1562), England
 * Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1958), United States
 * Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914), United States
 * Barbara Guest (1920–2006), United States
 * Edgar Guest (1881–1959), United States
 * Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943), United States
 * Thom Gunn (1929–2004), England / United States
 * Ivor Gurney (1890–1937), England
 * Ralph Gustafson (1909-1995), Canada
 * Brion Gysin (1916–1986), England

Ha

 * William Habington (1605–1654), England
 * Paul Haines (1933-2003), Canada
 * Thomas Gordon Hake (1809–1895), England
 * Katherine Hale (1878-1956), Canada
 * Alan Halsey
 * Ronald Hambleton (born 1917), Canada
 * Thomas Hardy (1840–1928), England
 * Lesbia Harford (1891-1927), Australia
 * Joy Harjo
 * William Harmon
 * Michael S. Harper
 * Charles Harpur (1813-1868), Australia
 * Edward Harrington (1895-1966), Australia
 * Max Harris (1921-1995), Australia
 * Robert Harris (1951-1993), Australia
 * Susan Frances Harrison (1859-1935), Canada
 * Tony Harrison (born 1937), England
 * Blind Harry (?1440-1492), Scotland
 * Carla Harryman
 * Patrick Joseph Hartigan (1878-1952), Australia
 * Sadakichi Hartmann (1867–1944), United States
 * William Hart-Smith (1911-1990), Australia
 * F.W. Harvey (1888-1957), England
 * Lee Harwood (born 1939)
 * Alamgir Hashmi
 * Stephen Hawes (died 1523), England
 * Robert Hayden (1913-1980), United States
 * Robert Hayman (1575–1629), England

He

 * Seamus Heaney (born 1939), Ireland
 * Charles Heavysege (1816-1876), Canada
 * James Hebblethwaite (1857-1921), Australia
 * Anthony Hecht (1923-2004), United States
 * Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965)
 * Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958)
 * John Hegley
 * Lyn Hejinian
 * Felicia Hemans (1793–1835), England
 * Essex Hemphill
 * Alice Corbin Henderson (1881–1949), United States
 * Thomas William Heney (1862-1928), Australia
 * William Ernest Henley (1849–1903), England
 * George Herbert (1593–1632), England
 * Robert Herrick (1591–1674), England
 * Phoebe Hesketh (1909–2005), England
 * Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002), Australia
 * John Hewitt (1907–1987), Ireland
 * Thomas Heywood (c. 1570s – 1650), England

Hi-Ho

 * Dick Higgins (1938–1998), United States
 * Scott Hightower (born 1952)
 * Conrad Hilberry
 * Geoffrey Hill (born 1932)
 * Thomas Hoccleve (?1369-1426), England
 * Philip Hodgins (1959-1995), Australia
 * James Hogg (1770–1835), Scotland
 * Jane Holland (born 1966)
 * Anselm Hollo
 * Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894), United States
 * Thomas Hood (1798–1845), England
 * Alec Derwent Hope (1907–2000), Australia
 * Christopher Hope (born 1944), South Africa
 * Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889), England
 * Frances Horovitz (1938–1983), England
 * Michael Horovitz (born 1935)
 * George Moses Horton
 * A.E. Housman (1859–1936), England
 * Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547), England
 * Richard Howard
 * Fanny Howe (born 1940), United States
 * Susan Howe
 * Ada Verdun Howell (1902-1981), Australia
 * Anthony Howell

Hu-Hy

 * Langston Hughes (1902–1967), United States
 * Ted Hughes (1930–1998), England
 * Richard Hugo (1923–1982), United States
 * Alexander Hume (1560–1609), Scotland
 * Leigh Hunt (1784–1859), England
 * Cynthia Huntington (born 1952)
 * Douglas Smith Huyghue (1816-1891), Canada / Australia
 * Robin Hyde (1906-1939), New Zealand

I

 * Rex Ingamells (1913-1955), Australia
 * P. Inman (born 1947), United States

J

 * Richard Jago (1715–1781), England
 * John James
 * Lisa Jarnot (born 1967)
 * Randall Jarrell (1914–1965), United States
 * Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962), United States
 * Paulette Jiles (born 1943), Canada
 * Rita Joe (1932-2007), Canada
 * Fenton Johnson
 * Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880 – 1966), United States
 * Helene Johnson (1906–1995), United States
 * James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938), United States
 * Pauline Johnson (1861-1913), Canada
 * Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), England
 * George Johnston (1913-2004), Canada
 * Martin Johnston (1947-1990), Australia
 * David Jones (1895–1974), Wales
 * Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860), England
 * Emma Jones (born 1992)
 * John Joseph Jones (1930-2000), Australia
 * Patrick Jones (born 1965)
 * Erica Jong (born 1942)
 * Ben Jonson (1573–1637), England
 * June Jordan (born 1936)
 * Anthony Joseph
 * Jenny Joseph (born 1932), England
 * James Joyce (1882–1941), Ireland
 * Trevor Joyce (born 1947)
 * Donald Justice (1925–2004), United States

K

 * Ilya Kaminsky
 * Mary Jane Katzmann (1828-1890), Canada
 * Bob Kaufman (1925–1986), United States
 * Jayne Fenton Keane
 * Lionel Kearns (born 1937), Canada
 * John Keats (1795–1821), England
 * Nancy Keesing (1923-1993), Australia
 * Arthur Kelton (died c. 1550), Wales
 * Henry Kendall (1839-1882), Australia
 * Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy ('Woodbine Willy'; 1883–1929), England
 * Leo Kennedy (1907-2000), Canada
 * Robert Kirkland Kernighan (1854-1926), Canada
 * Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), United States
 * Frederick Kesner (born 1967)
 * Sidney Keyes (1922–1943), England
 * Keorapetse Kgositsile (born 1938)
 * Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918), United States
 * Arthur Henry King (1910–2000), England
 * Henry King (1592–1669), England
 * William King (1663–1712), England
 * Galway Kinnell (born 1927)
 * John Kinsella
 * Thomas Kinsella (born 1927)
 * Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), England
 * Roy Kiyooka (1926-1994), Canada
 * A.M. Klein (1909-1972), Canada
 * Etheridge Knight
 * Raymond Knister (1899-1932), Canada
 * Kenneth Koch (1925–2002), United States
 * Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1948)
 * Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954)
 * Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006), United States
 * Joanne Kyger

La-Ln

 * Sonnet L'Abbé (born 1973)
 * Nick Laird (born 1975)
 * Charles Lamb (1775–1834), England
 * Archibald Lampman (1861-1899), Canada
 * Tim Lander (born 1938)
 * Letitia Elizabeth Landon
 * Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864), England
 * Patrick Lane (born 1939), Canada
 * William Langland (c. 1332-1386), England
 * Sydney Lanier (1842–1881), United States
 * Emilia Lanier (1569–1645), England
 * Philip Larkin (1922–1985), England
 * Evelyn Lau (born 1971)
 * D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930), England
 * Henry Lawson (1867–1922), Australia
 * Louisa Lawson (1848-1920), Australia
 * Robert Lax (1915–2000), United States
 * Irving Layton (1912-2006), Canada
 * Emma Lazarus (1849–1887), United States
 * Edward Lear (1812–1888), England
 * Francis Ledwidge (1887–1917), Ireland
 * Dennis Lee (born 1939), Canada
 * Joy Leftow (born 1949)
 * Sue Lenier (born 1957)
 * John Lent (1948-2006), Canada
 * John Leonard (born 1965)
 * Tom Leonard (born 1944)
 * William Ellery Leonard (1876–1944), United States
 * Douglas LePan (1914-1998), Canada
 * Rosanna Leprohon (1829-1879), Canada
 * Ben Lerner (born 1979)
 * Kenneth Leslie (1892-1974), Canada
 * Philip Levine (born 1928)
 * Larry Levis (1946–1996), United States
 * D.A. Levy (1942–1968), United States
 * Alun Lewis (1915–1944), Wales
 * C.S. Lewis (1898–1963), England
 * Tim Lilburn (born 1950), Canada
 * Charles Lillard (1944-1997), Canada
 * Tao Lin (born 1983)
 * Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996), Canada

Lo-Ly

 * Douglas Lochhead (1922-2011)
 * Thomas Lodge (1556–1625), England
 * James Longenbach
 * Christopher Logue
 * Audrey Longbottom (1922-1986), Australia
 * Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), United States
 * Michael Longley (born 1939), Ireland
 * Luis A. López
 * Audre Lorde (born 1934)
 * Richard Lovelace (1618–1658), England
 * Samuel Lover (1797–1868), Ireland
 * Amy Lowell (1874–1925), United States
 * James Russell Lowell (1819–1891), United States
 * Robert Lowell (1917-1977), United States
 * Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957), England
 * Pat Lowther (1935-1975), Canada
 * Mina Loy (1882-1966), United States
 * Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870), United States
 * John Lydgate (1370–1450), England
 * John Lyly (1553–1606), England
 * George Lyttelton, Lord Lyttelton (1709–1773), England

Ma-Mc

 * Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859), England
 * Norman MacCaig (1910–1996), Scotland
 * Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978), Scotland
 * Jane Elizabeth MacDonald (1864-1922), Canada
 * Wilson MacDonald (1880-1967), Canada
 * Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941-1987), Canada
 * Seán Mac Falls
 * Walter Scott MacFarlane (1896-1979), Canada
 * Roger McGough (1937 -)
 * Thomas MacGreevy (1893–1967), Ireland
 * Tom MacInnes (1867-1951), Canada
 * Louise Mack (1870-1935), Australia
 * Kenneth Seaforth Mackenzie (1913-1955), Australia
 * Nathaniel Mackey
 * Lachlan Mackinnon
 * Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982), United States
 * Joseph Macleod (1903–1984), England
 * Jackson Mac Low
 * Louis MacNeice (1907–1963), Ireland
 * Jay Macpherson (born 1931), Canada
 * Barry MacSweeney
 * Haki R. Madhubuti
 * Derek Mahon (born 1941)
 * Jennifer Maiden
 * Charles Mair (?1840-1927), Canada
 * Taylor Mali
 * David Mallet
 * Eli Mandel (1922-1992), Canada
 * Miriam Mandel (1930-1982), Canada
 * Tom Mandel
 * James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849), Ireland
 * Bill Manhire (born 1946)
 * John Manifold (1915-1985), Australia
 * Leonard Mann (1895-1981), Australia
 * Robert Mannyng (1269–1340), England
 * Chris Mansell (born 1953)
 * Peter Manson (born 1969)
 * Morton Marcus (1936–2009), United States
 * Richard Marggraf Turley (born 1970)
 * Walter de la Mare (1873-1956), England
 * Daphne Marlatt (born 1942), Canada
 * Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593), England
 * Anne Marriott (1913-1997), Canada
 * Tom Marshall (1938-1993), Canada
 * William Martin (born 1922)
 * Andrew Marvell (1621–1678), England
 * John Masefield (1878–1967), England
 * Ray Mathew (1929-2002), Australia
 * Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947)
 * Harley Matthews (1889-1968), Australia
 * James Matthews (born 1929), South Africa
 * R.A.K. Mason (1905-1971), New Zealand
 * James McAuley (1917-1976), Australia
 * Robert McBride (?1811-1895), Canada
 * George Gordon McCrae (1833-1927), Australia
 * John McCrae (1872-1918), Canada
 * David McFadden (born 1940), Canada
 * James McIntyre (1828-1906), Canada
 * Don McKay (born 1942), Canada
 * Isaac McLellan (1806–1899), United States

Me-Mi

 * Paula Meehan (born 1955)
 * Herman Melville (1819–1891), United States
 * Louisa Anne Meredith (1812-1895), England / Australia
 * Alice Meynell (1847-1922), England
 * Kenneth G. Mills (1923-2004), Canada
 * John Milton (1608–1674), England
 * Gary Miranda (born 1939)

Mo-Mu

 * H.D. Moe
 * Anis Mojgani
 * Geraldine Monk
 * Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661–1715), England
 * James Montgomery (1771–1854), England
 * Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942), Canada
 * Marion E. Moodie (1867-1958), Canada
 * Susanna Moodie (1803-1885), England / Canada
 * Marianne Moore (1887–1972), United States
 * Robin Moore, (born 1954)
 * Thomas Moore (1779–1852), Ireland
 * Thomas Sturge Moore (1870-1944), England
 * Barbara Moraff
 * Edythe Morahan de Lauzon
 * Edwin Morgan (1920-2010), Scotland
 * Mal Morgan (1935-1999), Australia
 * Robin Morgan (born 1941)
 * Mervyn Morris
 * William Morris (1834–1896), England
 * Jim Morrison (1943–1971), United States
 * Morrissey (born 1959)
 * Frank Morton (1869–1923), New Zealand / Australia
 * Sir Andrew Motion (born 1952), England
 * Eric Mottram
 * Ian Mudie (1911-1976), Australia
 * Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
 * John Mulgan (1911-1945), New Zealand
 * Harryette Mullen
 * Anthony Munday (?1560–1633), England
 * William Murdoch (1823-1887), Canada
 * Edwin Greenslade Murphy (1866-1939), Australia
 * Sheila Murphy
 * Les Murray (born 1938), Australia

N

 * Ogden Nash (1902–1971), United States
 * Thomas Nashe (1567–1601), England
 * John Shaw Neilson (1872-1942), Australia
 * Alice Moore Dunbar Nelson
 * Howard Nemerov (1920-1991), United States
 * Kenn Nesbitt (born 1962)
 * Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974)
 * Sir Henry Newbolt (1862–1938), England
 * Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801–1890), England
 * bpNichol (1944-1998), Canada
 * Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942)
 * Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (born 1952)
 * Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970), United States
 * James Hume Nisbet (1849-1923), Australia / Scotland
 * Harry Northup (born 1940)
 * Alice Notley (born 1945), United States
 * Alden Nowlan (1933-1983), Canada
 * Jeff Nuttall (1933–2004)
 * Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952)

O

 * Sean O'Brien (born 1952)
 * Patrick O'Connell (1944-2005), Canada
 * Dennis O'Driscoll (born 1954)
 * Bernard O'Dowd (1866-1953), Australia
 * Ernest O'Ferrall (1881-1925), Australia
 * Will H. Ogilvie (1869-1963), Australia / Scotland
 * Frank O'Hara`(1926-1966), United States
 * John Bernard O'Hara (1862-1927), Australia
 * Theodore O'Hara (1820–1867), United States
 * Mary Oliver (born 1935)
 * Charles Olson (1910–1970), United States
 * Michael Ondaatje (born 1943), Canada
 * Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1976), Ireland
 * George Oppen (1908–1984), United States
 * Dowell O'Reilly (1865-1923), Australia
 * Peter Orlovsky (1933–2010) United States
 * Maggie O'Sullivan
 * Richard Outram (1930-2005), Canada
 * Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), Wales

P

 * Ruth Padel (born 1947)
 * Ron Padgett (born 1942), United States
 * P.K. Page (born 1916), Canada
 * Michael Palmer (born 1943)
 * Nettie Palmer (1885-1964), Australia
 * Aristides Paradissis (1923-2006), Australia
 * Dorothy Parker (1893–1967), United States
 * Thomas Parnell (1670–1718), Ireland
 * Thomas William Parsons (1819-1892), United States
 * Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972), United States
 * Coventry Patmore (1823-1896), England
 * Brian Patten (born 1946)
 * Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (1864–1941), Australia
 * Ricardo Pau-Llosa (born 1954)
 * Molly Peacock (born 1947)
 * Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866), England
 * Pearl Poet (14th century), England
 * Sam Pereira
 * Ambrose Philips (1674-1749), England
 * Tom Pickard (born 1946)
 * Marjorie Pickthall (1883-1922), Canada / England
 * James Picot (1906-1944), Australia
 * Robert Pinsky (born 1940)
 * George Pirie (1799-1870), Canada
 * Marie Pitt (1869-1948), Australia
 * Ruth Pitter (1897–1992), England
 * Al Pittman (1940-2001), Canada
 * Ted Plantos (1943-2001), Canada
 * Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), United States / England
 * Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), United States
 * Robert Pollok (?1798–1827), Scotland
 * Alexander Pope (1688–1744), England
 * Dorothy Porter (1954-2008), Australia
 * Hal Porter (1911-1984), Australia
 * Peter Porter (1929-2010), Australia / England
 * Charles Potts (born 1943)
 * Ezra Pound (1885–1972), United States / England
 * Claire Pratt (1921-1995), Canada
 * E.J. Pratt (1882-1964), Canada
 * Jack Prelutsky
 * Frank Prewett (1893-1962), Canada / England
 * Nancy Price (1880–1970), England
 * Richard Price (poet) (born 1966)
 * Matthew Prior (1664–1721), England
 * Pauline Prior-Pitt
 * J.H. Prynne
 * Sheenagh Pugh (born 1950)
 * Al Purdy (1918-2000), Canada

Q

 * Francis Quarles (1592–1644), England / Canada

Ra-Ri

 * William Radice (born 1951)
 * Craig Raine (born 1944), England
 * Kathleen Raine (1908–2003), England
 * Carl Rakosi (1903–2004), United States
 * Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618), England
 * Theodore Harding Rand (1835-1900), Canada
 * Dudley Randall (1914–2000), United States
 * Julia Randall (1924–2005), United States
 * Thomas Randolph (1605–1635), England
 * Jennifer Rankin (1941-1979), Australia
 * Tom Raworth (born 1938), England
 * John Reade (1837-1919), Canada
 * James Reaney (1926-2008), Canada
 * Henry Reed (1914–1986), England
 * Ishmael Reed
 * Lou Reed (born 1942), United States
 * Joseph Relph (1712–1743), England
 * Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982), United States
 * Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976), United States
 * Adrienne Rich (born 1929), United States
 * Elizabeth Riddell (1910-1998), Australia
 * Lola Ridge (1873–1941), United States
 * Denise Riley
 * John Riley
 * Peter Riley

Ro-Ru

 * Sir Charles G.D. Roberts (1860-1943), Canada
 * Michael Roberts (1902-1948), England
 * Lloyd Roberts (1884-1966), Canada
 * Theodore Goodridge Roberts (1877-1953), Canada
 * William Carman Roberts (1874-1941), Canada
 * Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935), United States
 * Mary Robinson (1758–1800), England
 * Carmen Rodriguez (born 1948) Chile / Canada
 * Theodore Roethke (1908–1963), United States
 * Raymond Roseliep (1917–1983), United States
 * Franklin Rosemont (born 1943)
 * Penelope Rosemont
 * Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918), England
 * Joe Rosenblatt (born 1933), Canada
 * Gabriel Rosenstock (born 1949), Ireland
 * W.W.E. Ross (1894-1966), Canada
 * Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), England
 * Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), England
 * Jerome Rothenberg (* 1931)
 * Nicholas Rowe

Sa-Si

 * Blanaid Salkeld (1880-1959), Ireland
 * Fiona Sampson (born 1963)
 * Sonia Sanchez
 * Carl Sandburg (1878–1967), United States
 * Charles Sangster (1822-1893), Canada
 * May Sarton (1912–1995), United States
 * Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), England
 * Libby Scheier (1946-2000), Canada
 * Stephen Scobie (born 1943), Canada
 * Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947), Canada
 * F.R. Scott (1899-1985), Canada
 * Frederick George Scott (1861-1944), Canada
 * Margaret Scott (1934-2005), Australia
 * Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832), Scotland
 * William Bell Scott (1811–1890), Scotland
 * Maurice Scully
 * Sir Charles Sedley (1639–1701), England
 * Alan Seeger (1888-1916), United States
 * James Sempill (1566-1625), Scotland
 * Robert Sempill (?1530-1595), Scotland
 * Robert Sempill the younger (?1595-1663?), Scotland
 * Nina Serrano (born 1934)
 * Robert W. Service (1874-1958), Scotland / Canada
 * Anne Sexton (1928–1974), United States
 * William Shakespeare (1564–1616), England
 * Ntozake Shange (born 1948)
 * Jo Shapcott
 * Karl Shapiro (1913–2000), United States
 * Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), England
 * William Shenstone
 * Francis Sherman (1871-1926), Canada
 * Joseph Sherman (1945-2006), Canada
 * Carol Shields (1935-2003), Canada
 * James Shirley (1596–1666), England
 * Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586), England
 * Eli Siegel (1902–1978), United States
 * Ron Silliman (born 1946)
 * Shel Silverstein (1930–1999), United States
 * Iain Sinclair
 * Sir Keith Sinclair (1922-1993), New Zealand
 * Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964), England

Sk-Sq

 * John Skelton (1460–1529), England
 * Robin Skelton (1925-1997), England / Canada
 * Myra Sklarew
 * Daniel Sloate (1931-2009), Canada
 * Elizabeth Smart (1913-1986), Canada / England
 * A.J.M. Smith (1902-1980), Canada
 * Alexander Smith (1830–1867), Scotland
 * Charlotte Turner Smith (1749–1806), England
 * Marc Smith
 * Rod Smith
 * Patti Smith (born 1946), United States
 * Stevie Smith (1902–1971), England
 * Tracy K. Smith
 * Kendrick Smithyman (1922-1995), New Zealand
 * Tobias Smollett (1721–1771), Scotland
 * Gary Snyder (born 1930), United States
 * David Solway (born 1941), Canada
 * William Somervile
 * Charles Sorley (1895–1915), Scotland
 * Raymond Souster (born 1921), Canada
 * William Soutar (1898–1946), Scotland.
 * Robert Southey (1774–1843), England
 * Saint Robert Southwell (1561–1595), England
 * Wole Soyinka (born 1934)
 * Anne Spencer
 * Thomas E. Spencer (1845-1910), Australia
 * Stephen Spender (1909-1995), England
 * Edmund Spenser (1552–1599), England
 * Birk Sproxton (1943-2007), Canada
 * Geoffrey Squires

St-Sy

 * Harold Standish (1919-1972), Canada
 * Frank Stanford
 * William Stafford
 * Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), United States
 * George Sterling (1869-1926), United States
 * Gerald Stern (born 1925), United States
 * Ricardo Sternberg
 * Wallace Stevens (1880–1955), United States
 * Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), Scotland
 * Douglas Stewart (1913-1985), Australia
 * Harold Stewart (1916-1995), Australia
 * Mark Strand (born 1934), United States
 * Arthur Stringer (1874-1950), Canada
 * Sir John Suckling (1609–1642), England
 * A.M. Sullivan (1896–1980), United States
 * Paul Summers (born 1967)
 * John Sutherland (1919-1956), Canada
 * Robert Sward (born 1933)
 * George Swede (born 1940)
 * May Swenson (1913-1989), United States
 * Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Ireland
 * Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909), England
 * Bobbi Sykes (born 1945)
 * Joshua Sylvester (1563–1618), England
 * Arthur Symons (1865–1945), England
 * Dewan V. Selvam (1981-)

T

 * Eileen Tabios
 * F.W. Tancred
 * Dorothea Tanning (born 1910)
 * Allen Tate (1899–1979), United States
 * Edward Taylor (1645–1729), United States
 * Ruth Taylor (1961-2006), Canada
 * Sara Teasdale (1883–1933), United States
 * Alfred Tennyson, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), England
 * Fiona Templeton
 * Lucy Terry (?1730-1821), United States
 * Celia Thaxter (1824–1894), United States
 * Ernest Thayer (1863–1940), United States
 * William Thom (poet) (1799–1848), Scotland
 * Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), Wales
 * Edward Thomas (1878–1917), Wales
 * R.S. Thomas (1913–2000), Wales
 * Francis Thompson (1859–1907), England
 * John Thompson (1938-1976), Canada
 * James Thomson (B.V.) (1834–1882), Scotland
 * James Thomson (1700-1748), Scotland
 * Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), United States
 * Tim Thorne
 * Chidiock Tichborne (1558–1586), England
 * Thomas Tickell
 * Mary Tighe (1772–1810), Ireland
 * Nick Toczek (born 1950)
 * J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973), England
 * Melvin B. Tolson
 * Charles Tompson (1807-1883), Australia
 * Jean Toomer
 * Angela Topping (born 1954)
 * Thomas Traherne (?1636-1674), England
 * Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972)
 * Quincy Troupe
 * Peter Trower (born 1930), Canada
 * Gael Turnbull
 * Julian Turner (born 1955)
 * Hone Tuwhare (1922-2008), New Zealand
 * Chase Twichell (born 1950)

U

 * John Updike (1932-2009), United States
 * Allen Upward (1863-1926), England
 * Jane Urquhart (born 1949), Canada
 * David UU (1948-1994), Canada

V

 * Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931)
 * Henry Vaughan (1621–1695), Wales
 * Janine Pommy Vega
 * Jones Very (1813–1880), United States
 * Vicki Viidikas (1948-1998), Australia

Wa-We

 * Miriam Waddington (1917-2004), Canada
 * Fred Wah (born 1939), Canada
 * Diane Wakoski
 * Derek Walcott (born 1930), Saint Lucia
 * Anne Waldman
 * Rosmarie Waldrop
 * Keith Waldrop
 * Alice Walker (born 1944)
 * Margaret Walker
 * Bronwen Wallace (1945-1989), Canada
 * Mark Wallace
 * Edmund Waller (1606–1687), England
 * Agnes Walsh
 * Sarah Wardle (born 1969)
 * Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989), United States
 * Thomas Warton (1728–1790), England
 * James Wreford Watson (1915-1990), Canada
 * Wilfred Watson (1911-1998), Canada
 * Sir William Watson (1858-1935), England
 * Isaac Watts (1674–1748), England
 * Barrett Watten (born 1948)
 * Phyllis Webb (born 1927), Canada
 * John Webster (died 1630?), England
 * Hannah Weiner
 * Robert Stanley Weir (1856-1926), Canada
 * Marjorie Welish
 * William Wentworth (1790-1872), Australia

Wh-Wy

 * Gordon Wharton (born 1929)
 * Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784), United States
 * Michael Whelan (1858-1937), Canada
 * Walt Whitman (1819–1892), United States
 * John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892), United States
 * Les Wicks (born 1955)
 * Richard Wilbur (born 1921), United States
 * Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Ireland / England
 * Anne Wilkinson (1910-1961), Canada
 * John Wilkinson (born 1953)
 * William of Shoreham (14th century), England
 * Emmett Williams (1925–2007), United States
 * Hugo Williams (born 1942), England
 * Oscar Williams (1900–1964), United States
 * Saul Williams (born 1972)
 * Sherley Anne Williams (1944–1999), United States
 * William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), United States
 * Frank S. Williamson (1865–1936), Australia
 * Elizabeth Willis (born 1961)
 * Frank Wilmot (1881-1942), Australia
 * John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680), England
 * Peter Lamborn Wilson (born 1945)
 * George Wither (1588–1667), England
 * Charles Wolfe (1791–1823), Ireland
 * George Woodcock (1912-1995), Canada
 * Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855), England
 * William Wordsworth (1770–1850), England
 * Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639), England
 * C.D. Wright (born 1949)
 * Judith Wright (1915–2000), Australia
 * Kirby Wright
 * Robert Wrigley (born 1951)
 * Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542), England

Y

 * W.B. Yeats (1865–1939), Ireland
 * Edward Young (1683–1765), England
 * Pamelia Vining Yule (1826-1897), Canada

Z

 * Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958)
 * Louis Zukofsky (1904–1978), United States
 * Jan Zwicky (born 1955), Canada