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 Australian poets
 * List of British poets
 * List of Canadian poets
 * List of Caribbean poets
 * List of Indian poets writing in English
 * List of Irish poets
 * List of New Zealand poets
 * List of Nigerian poets
 * List of South African poets
 * List of U.S. poets

A-Ak

 * Henry Abbey (1842-1911), United States
 * Lascelles Abercrombie (1881-1938), England
 * 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
 * Mary Electa Adams (1823-1898), Canada
 * Sarah Flower Adams (1895-1848), England
 * Robert Adamson (1852–1902), Australia
 * Fleur Adcock (born 1934), New Zealand / England
 * Joseph Addison (1672–1719), England
 * Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969), Nigeria
 * 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

Al-Ay

 * Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), United States
 * Sidney A. Alexander (1866–1948), England
 * Felipe Alfau (1902-1999), Spain / United States
 * Henry Alford (1810-1871), England
 * 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
 * NIcholas Amhurst (1697-1742), England
 * Kingsley Amis (1922–1995), England
 * A.R. Ammons (1926-2001), United States
 * Ethel Anderson (1883–1958), Australia
 * James Anderson (1842-1823), Canada
 * Patrick Anderson (1915-1979), Canada
 * Robert T. Anderson (1880-1960), 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
 * Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904), England
 * 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
 * Alfred Austin (1835-1913), England
 * 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)
 * Philip James Bailey (1816-1902), England
 * Joanna Baillie (1762–1851), Scotland
 * Jesse Ball (born 1978)
 * John Banim (1798–1842), Ireland
 * Russell Banks (born 1940), United States
 * Frances Bannerman (1855-1940), Canada
 * Lex Banning (born 1921), Australia
 * Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) (born 1934), United States
 * Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825), England
 * Mary Barber (c.1685-c.1755), Ireland
 * John Barbour (died 1395), Scotland
 * Les Barker (born 1947)
 * Joel Barlow (1754–1812), United States
 * Lady Anne Barnard (1750-1825), England / South Africa
 * Mary Barnard (1909–2002), Unites States
 * Barnabe Barnes (1571-1609), England
 * Djuna Barnes (1892–1982), United States
 * William Barnes (1801–1886), England
 * Richard Barnfield (1574–1620), England
 * Candy Barr (1935-2005), United States
 * John Barr (1809-1889), Scotland / New Zealand
 * Syd Barret (1946-2006), England
 * Bernard Barton (1784–1849), England
 * Todd Bash (born 1965)
 * David Bates (1809–1870), United States
 * Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929), United States
 * Thomas Bateson (c.1570-1630), England
 * James K. Baxter (1926–1972), New Zealand
 * Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958), Australia
 * William Baylebridge (1883–1942), Australia

Be

 * Abel Beach (1829-1899), United States
 * Joseph Warren Beach (1880-1957), United States
 * James Beattie (1705-1803), Scotland
 * Francis Beaumont (1584–1616), England
 * Sir John Beaumont (1583-1627), England
 * Bruce Beaver (1928–2004), Australia
 * George Beck (1749-1812), United States
 * Larry Beckett (born 1947), United States
 * Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1804-1849), England
 * John Beecher (1904-1980), United States
 * Henry Charles Beeching (1859-1919), England
 * Ethel Lynn Beers (1827-1879), United States
 * Philip Begho (born 1969), Nigeria
 * Brendan Behan (1923–1964), Ireland
 * Aphra Behn (1640–1689), England
 * Lisa Bellear (1961-2006), Australia
 * Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), France / England
 * Park Benjamin, Sr. (1809-1864), United States
 * Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981), United States
 * Jim Bennett, (born 1951)
 * A.C. Benson (1862-1925), England
 * Mary Josephine Benson (1887-1965), Canada
 * Nelson Bentley (1918-1990), United States
 * Bill Berkson (born 1939), United States
 * Charles Bernstein (born 1950)
 * Steven "Jesse" Bernstein (1950–1991), United States
 * 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
 * Helen Bevington (1906-2001), United States

Bi-Bl

 * Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914), United States
 * Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), England
 * Earle Birney (1904-1995), Canada
 * Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979), United States
 * John Peale Bishop (1892-1944), United States
 * Samuel Bishop (1731–1795), England
 * Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958)
 * Paul Blackburn (1926–1971), United States
 * Thomas Blacklock (1721–1791), Scotland
 * R.D. Blackmore (1825-1900), England
 * Sir Richard Blackmore (1654-1729), England
 * Peter Bladen (1922–2001), Australia
 * Robert Blair (1699-1746), Scotland
 * William Blake (1757–1827), England
 * Susanna Blamire (1747–1794), England
 * Jean Blewett (1872-1934), Canada
 * John Blight (1913–1995), Australia
 * Mathilde Blind (1841–1896), England
 * E.D. Blodgett (born 1935), Canada
 * Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919), United States
 * Henry Ames Blood (1836-1900), United States
 * Edmund Blunden (1896–1974), England
 * Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922), England

Bo

 * Barcroft Boake (1866–1892), Australia
 * Louise Bogan (1897-1970), United States
 * George Henry Boker (1823–1890), United States
 * Eavan Boland (born 1944)
 * Edmund Bolton (?1575-1633?), England
 * 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
 * Kay Boyle (1902–1992), United States

Br-By

 * Francis Brabazon (1907-1984), Australia
 * Thomas Bracken (1843–1898), New Zealand
 * Gamaliel Bradford (1863-1932), United States
 * Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672), United States
 * E.J. Brady (1869–1952), Australia
 * Nicholas Brady (1659-1726), Ireland / England
 * Richard Braithwait (1588-1673), England
 * Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite (1963-2008), Canada
 * Shannon Bramer (born 1973), Canada
 * Dionne Brand (born 1953), Canada
 * Charles Brasch (1909-1973), New Zealand
 * Kamau Brathwaite (born 1930), Barbados
 * Richard Brautigan (1935–1984), United States
 * John Jefferson Bray (1912-1995), Australia
 * Jean "Binta" Breeze (born 1956), Jamaica
 * Christopher Brennan (1870–1932), Australia
 * Joseph Payne Brennan (1918–1990), United States
 * John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933), Australia
 * Nicholas Breton (1542–1626), England
 * Ken Brewer (1941–2006), United States
 * Elizabeth Brewster (born 1922), Canada
 * Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 - c.1757), United States
 * Robert Bridges (1844–1930), England
 * Robert Bringhurst (born 1946), Canada
 * John Malcolm Brinnin (1916–1999), United States
 * Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996)
 * Alexander Brome (1620-1666), England
 * William Bronk (1918–1999), United States
 * 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
 * Maria Gowen Brooks (?1794–1845)
 * William Broome (1689-1745), England
 * Sterling A. Brown (1901–1989), United States
 * Dr. Stewart Brown
 * Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897), Isle of Man
 * Tom Brown (1662-1704), England
 * Frances Browne (1816–1887), Ireland
 * 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
 * Mary Brunton (1778-1818), Scotland
 * Dennis Brutus (1924-2009). South Africa
 * William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878), United States
 * Vincent Buckley (1925–1988), Australia
 * Alice Mary Buckton (1867-1944), England
 * Charles Bukowski (1920–1994), United States
 * Basil Bunting (1900–1985), England
 * John Bunyan (1628-1688), England
 * Anthony Burgess (1917–1993), England
 * Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), United States
 * Johnny Burke (1851-1930), Canada
 * Richard Burns (born 1943)
 * Robert Burns (1759–1796), Scotland
 * Samuel Butler (1612-1680), England
 * William Byrd (1540-1623), England
 * John Byrom (1692-1763), England
 * George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788–1824), England
 * Gilbert Byron (1903-1991), United States

Ca

 * Richard Caddel
 * Alex Caldiero
 * Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884), England
 * Ada Cambridge (1844-1926), England / Australia
 * George Frederick Cameron (1854-1885), Canada
 * Alistair Te Ariki Campbell (1925-2009), New Zealand
 * Thomas Campbell (1777–1844), Scotland
 * William Wilfred Campbell (?1860-1918), Canada
 * Thomas Campion (1567–1620), England
 * Mary Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973), England
 * Skipwith Cannell (1887-1957), United States
 * Edward Capern (1819-1894), England
 * Natalee Caple (born 1970), Canada
 * Thomas Carew (1595–1639), England
 * Henry Carey (1693–1743), England
 * Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scotland
 * Bliss Carman (1861-1929), Canada / United States
 * Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), England
 * Hayden Carruth, (1921-2008), United States
 * William Herbert Carruth (1859-1924), United States
 * Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873 - 1904)
 * Anne Carson (born 1950), Canada
 * William Cartwright (1611–1643), England
 * Raymond Carver (1938–1988), United States
 * Alice Cary (1820-1871), United States
 * Phoebe Cary (1824-1871), United States
 * Christopher Caudwell (1907-1937), England
 * Charles Causley (1917–2003), England
 * Constantine Cavafy
 * Madison Cawein (1865-1914), United States

Ce-Ci

 * Joseph Ceravolo (1934-1988), United States
 * John Chalkhill (fl. 1600?), England
 * William Chamberlayne (1619-1659), England
 * William Ellery Channing (1818–1901), United States
 * Arthur Chapman (1874–1935), United States
 * George Chapman (1560–1634), England
 * King Charles I (1600-1649), England
 * Elizabeth Charles (1828-1896), England
 * Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), England
 * Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343–1400), England
 * Maxine Chernoff (born 1952)
 * G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), England
 * Govinda Krishna Chettur (1898-1936)., India
 * James Wm. Chichetto
 * Billy Childish (born 1959)
 * Margaret Christakos (born 1962), Canada
 * Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656-1710), England
 * Hubert Church (1857–1932), Australia
 * John Ciardi (1916–1986), United States
 * Colley Cibber (1671–1757), England
 * Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
 * Carson Cistulli (born 1979)

Cl

 * John Clare (1793–1864), England
 * Thomas A. Clark
 * Tom Clark
 * Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909 - 1971)
 * 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, (1936–2010), United States
 * Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861), England

Co

 * Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927), United States
 * Grace Stone Coates (1881–1976), 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
 * Mortimer Collins (1827-1876), England
 * 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
 * Grace Conkling (1878-1958), United States
 * Hilda Conkling (1910-1986), United States
 * Paul Conneally (born 1959)
 * Leo Connellan (1928–2001)
 * Henry Constable (1562–1613), England
 * Eliza Cook (1818–1889), England
 * Edmund Vance Cooke (1886-1932), Canada
 * 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 (1924-2004), United States
 * Frances Cornford(1886-1960), England
 * F.M. Cornford (1874-1943), England
 * John Cornford (1916-1936), England
 * Barry Cornwall (1787-1874), England
 * William Cornysh (1465-1523), England
 * Gregory Corso (1930–2001), United States
 * Jayne Cortez
 * Adela Cory (1865-1904), England / India
 * William Johnson Cory (1823–1892), England
 * Louisa Stuart Costello (1799–1877), Ireland
 * Charles Cotton (1630-1687), England
 * Anne Ross Cousin (1824–1906), Scotland
 * Francis Coutts (1852-1923), England
 * Thomas Cowherd (1817-1907), Canada
 * Abraham Cowley (1618–1667), England
 * William Cowper (1731–1800), England

Cr-Cu

 * George Crabbe (1754–1832), England
 * Sir Thomas Craig (1538-1608), Scotland
 * Stephen Crane, (1871-1900), United States
 * Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914), United States
 * Richard Crashaw (1613–1649), England
 * Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850-1887), Canada
 * Lynn Crosbie (born 1963), Canada
 * Ernest Howard Crosby (1856-1907), United States
 * Harry Crosby (1898–1929), United States
 * T.W.H. Crosland (?1865-1924), England
 * E.E. Cummings (1894–1962), United States
 * Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), Scotland
 * John Cunningham (1729–1773), Ireland
 * J.V. Cunningham (1911–1985), United States
 * Jen Currin (born 1972), Canada
 * Sarah Anne Curzon (1833-1898), Canada

D.-De

 * 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)
 * Sir William Davenant (1606–1668), England
 * Frank Davey (born 1940), Canada
 * John Davidson (1837–1909), Scotland
 * Michael Davidson (born 1944)
 * Alan Davies
 * Idris Davies (1905-1953), Wales
 * 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
 * Kwame Dawes (born 1962), Jamaica
 * Dulcie Deamer (1890-1972), Australia
 * Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), England
 * Thomas Dekker (1575–1641), England
 * Edwin Denby (1903-1983), United States
 * John Denham (1615–1669), England
 * Enid Derham (1882-1941), Australia
 * Thomas Dermody (1775–1802), Ireland
 * Henry Derozio (1809–1831), India
 * Heather Derr-Smith (born 1971)
 * James Devaney (1890-1976), Australia
 * Denis Devlin (1908–1959), Ireland

Dh-Do

 * Imtiaz Dharker (born 1954)
 * Charles Dickens (1812-1870), England
 * 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
 * Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008)
 * Charlotte Eliza Dixon (fl. 1814-1830), Ireland
 * Richard Watson Dixon (1833-1900), England
 * Sydney Thompson Dobell (1824-1874), England
 * Austin Dobson (1840-1921), England
 * Will Dockery (born 1958), United States
 * Charles Dodgson (1832-1898), England
 * Robert Dodsley (1703-1762), England
 * Pete Doherty
 * Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848-1867), England
 * Clara G. Dolliver (fl. 1848-1891), United States
 * John Donaldson, aka Jon Inglis (1921–1989), England
 * John Donne (1572–1631), England
 * David Donnell (born 1939), Canada
 * Theo Dorgan (born 1953)
 * Ed Dorn (1929–1999), United States
 * Mark Doty (born 1953), IUnited States
 * Lord Alfred Douglas (1870-1945), England
 * Gavin Douglas (?1475-1522), Scotland
 * Keith Douglas (1920–1944), England
 * Mike Doughty (born 1970)
 * Rita Dove (born 1952), United States
 * John Dowland (1563-1626), England
 * Gordon Downie, Canada
 * Ernest Dowson (1867–1900), England
 * Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), Scotland / England
 * Sir Francis Hastings Doyle (1810–1888) England
 * Kirby Doyle (1932–2003), United States

Dr-Dy

 * Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820), United States
 * 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
 * Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux (1857-1944), England
 * Louis Dudek (1918-2001), Canada
 * Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955), Scotland
 * 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
 * John Duncombe (1729-1786), England
 * Douglas Dunn (born 1942)
 * Max Dunn (died 1963), Australia
 * Seán Dunne (1956–1995), Ireland
 * Lord Dunsany (1878–1957), Ireland
 * James Duport (1606-1679), England
 * Thomas D'Urfey (1653-1723), England
 * Romesh Chunder Dutt (1848-1909), India
 * Toru Dutt (1856-1877), India
 * Paul Dutton (born 1947), Canada
 * 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
 * Larry Eigner (1927–1996), United States
 * Anne Elder (1918-1976), Australia
 * Vic Elias (1948-2006), Canada
 * George Eliot (1819-1880), England
 * T.S. Eliot (1888–1965), United States / England
 * Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), England
 * David Elliot (1923-1999), Canada
 * Jean Elliot (1727–1805), Scotland
 * Ebenezer Elliott (1781–1849), England
 * Edwin Ellis (1848-1916), 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)
 * Jerry Estrin (1947–1993), United States
 * 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

 * Sir Geoffrey Faber (1889-1961), England
 * Kingsley Fairbridge (1885-1924), South Africa / England
 * A.R.D. Fairburn (1904-1957), New Zealand
 * Margaret Fairley (1885-1968), Canada
 * Sir Richard Fanshawe (1608-1666) England
 * Owen Felltham (1602-1668), England
 * Charles Fenerty (1821-1892), Canada
 * Sir Samuel Ferguson (1810–1886), Ireland
 * Robert Fergusson (1750-1774), Scotland
 * Douglas George Fetherling (born 1949), Canada
 * Barron Field (1786-1846), Australia
 * Eugene Field (1850-1895), United States
 * Anne Finch (1661-1720), England
 * Annie Finch (born 1956), United States
 * Robert Finch (1900-1995), Canada
 * Joan Finnigan (1925-2007), Canada
 * Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883), England
 * Judith Fitzgerald (born 1952), Canada
 * Roderick Flanagan (1828-1862), Australia
 * Thomas Flatman (1637-1688), England
 * James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915), England
 * Richard Flecknoe (?1600-1678?), England
 * Giles Fletcher (?1586-1623), England
 * John Fletcher (1579-1625), England
 * John Gould Fletcher (1886-1950), United States
 * Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650), England
 * Jack Foley (born 1940), United States
 * Mary Hannay Foott (1846-1918), Australia
 * Carolyn Forché (born 1950), United States
 * John Ford (1586-1637), England
 * Robert A.D. Ford (1915-1998), Canada
 * William Forster (1818-1882), Australia
 * Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911), United States
 * William Fowler (?1560-1612), Scotland
 * Janet Frame (1924-2004), New Zealand
 * Florence Kiper Frank (1885-1976), United States
 * Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), United States
 * G.S. Fraser (1915-1980), Scotland
 * Percy French (1854-1920), Ireland
 * Philip Freneau (1752–1832), United States
 * J.H. Frere (1769-1846), England
 * Robert Frost (1874–1963), United States
 * Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2004), United States
 * Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868-1946), Australia
 * Richard Furness (1791–1857), England
 * Sarah Fyge (1670-1723), England
 * Rose Fyleman (1877-1957), England

Ga-Gi

 * Norman Gale (1862-1942), England
 * John Galt (1779-1839), Scotland
 * Richard Garnett (1835-1906), England
 * 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)
 * Khasiprasad Ghose (1809-1873), India
 * Perceval Gibbon (1879-1926), South Africa
 * Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), England
 * G.H. Gibson (1846-1921), Australia
 * Angus Morrison Gidney (1803-1882), Canada
 * Humphrey Gifford (died 1589), England
 * William Gifford (1756-1826), England
 * Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993), Australia
 * Ruth Gilbert (born 1917), New Zealand
 * Dame Mary Gilmore (1865-1962), Australia
 * Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), United States
 * Nikki Giovanni (born 1943)

Gl-Go

 * Jesse Glass (born 1954)
 * John Glassco (1909-1981), Canada
 * Denis Glover (1912–1980), New Zealand
 * Louise Glück (born 1943), United States
 * Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878-1957), Ireland
 * Albert Goldbarth (born 1948)
 * Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961)
 * Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774), Ireland / England
 * Oliver Goldsmith (1794-1861), Canada
 * Lorna Goodison (born 1947), Jamaica
 * Barnabe Googe (1540-1594), England
 * Hedwig Gorski (born 1949)
 * Sir Edmund Gosse (1849-1928), England
 * Gerald Gould (1885-1936), England
 * 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
 * John Henry Gray (1866-1934), England
 * Thomas Gray (1716–1771), England
 * H.M. Green (1881-1962), Australia
 * Robert Greene (1558–1592), England
 * Gavin Greenlees (1930-1983), Australia
 * Julian Grenfell (1888-1915), England
 * Frances Greville (?1727-1789), Ireland / England
 * 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
 * Louise Imogen Guiney (1861-1920), 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
 * Stephen Gwynn (1864–1950), Ireland
 * 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
 * Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879), United States
 * Joseph Hall (1574-1656), England
 * Alan Halsey
 * Ronald Hambleton (born 1917), Canada
 * William Hamilton (c.1665-1751), Scotland
 * William Hamilton (1704-1754), Scotland
 * William Robert Hamilton (1891-1917), South Africa
 * Dennis M. Hammes (1945-1980), United States
 * 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
 * Gabriel Harvey (?1545-1630), England
 * Lee Harwood (born 1939)
 * Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879), England
 * Stephen Hawes (died 1523), England
 * Robert Stephen Hawker (1803-1875), England
 * Robert Hayden (1913-1980), United States
 * Robert Hayman (1575–1629), England
 * Caroline Hayward (fl. 1855), England

He

 * Seamus Heaney (born 1939), Ireland
 * Charles Heavysege (1816-1876), Canada
 * James Hebblethwaite (1857-1921), Australia
 * Reginald Heber (1783-1826), India
 * 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
 * Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), United States
 * Graham Lee Hemminger (1895-1949), United States
 * Essex Hemphill
 * Alice Corbin Henderson (1881–1949), United States
 * Thomas William Heney (1862-1928), Australia
 * William Ernest Henley (1849–1903), England
 * King Henry VI (1421-1471), England
 * King Henry VIII (1491-1547), England
 * Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583-1648), Wales / England
 * George Herbert (1593–1632), England
 * Robert Herrick (1591–1674), England
 * John Herschel (1792-1871), England
 * Phoebe Hesketh (1909–2005), England
 * Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002), Australia
 * John Hewitt (1907–1987), Ireland
 * Maurice Henry Hewlett (1861-1923), England
 * John Heywood (?1497-1580?), England
 * Thomas Heywood (c. 1570s – 1650), England

Hi

 * Dick Higgins (1938–1998), United States
 * Scott Hightower (born 1952)
 * Brewster Higley (1823-1911), United States
 * Conrad Hilberry
 * Geoffrey Hill (born 1932)
 * Arthur Clement Hilton (1851-1877), England

Ho

 * Thomas Hoccleve (?1369-1426), England
 * Philip Hodgins (1959-1995), Australia
 * William Noel Hodgson (1893-1916), England
 * James Hogg (1770–1835), Scotland
 * Susan Holbrook (born 1967), Canada
 * Jane Holland (born 1966)
 * Anselm Hollo
 * Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894), United States
 * Richard Henry Horne (1802-1884), England / Australia
 * Thomas Hood (1799–1845), England
 * Alec Derwent Hope (1907–2000), Australia
 * Christopher Hope (born 1944), South Africa
 * Laurence Hope (1865-1904), India
 * Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889), England
 * Frances Horovitz (1938–1983), England
 * Michael Horovitz (born 1935)
 * George Moses Horton (?1797-1884), United States
 * John Hoskins (1566-1638), England
 * A.E. Housman (1859–1936), England
 * Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547), England
 * Richard Howard
 * Robert E. Howard (1906–1936), United States
 * Fanny Howe (born 1940), United States
 * Joseph Howe (1804-1873), Canada
 * Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), United States
 * Rick Howe (died 2007), United States
 * Susan Howe
 * Ada Verdun Howell (1902-1981), Australia
 * Anthony Howell
 * William Dean Howells (1837-1920), United States
 * Mary Howitt (1799-1888), England
 * Helen Hoyt (1887-1972), United States

Hu-Hy

 * Langston Hughes (1902–1967), United States
 * Ted Hughes (1930–1998), England
 * Richard Hugo (1923–1982), United States
 * T.E. Hulme (1881-1917), England
 * Alexander Hume (1560–1609), Scotland
 * Leigh Hunt (1784–1859), England
 * Cynthia Huntington (born 1952)
 * Henrietta Anne Huxley (1825-1914), England
 * Douglas Smith Huyghue (1816-1891), Canada / Australia
 * Robin Hyde (1906-1939), New Zealand

I

 * Selwyn Image (1849-1930), England
 * Rex Ingamells (1913-1955), Australia
 * Jean Ingelow (1820-1897), England
 * P. Inman (born 1947), United States

J

 * Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885), United States
 * Richard Jago (1715–1781), England
 * King James I (1394-1437), Scotland
 * King James I (1566-1625), 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
 * Linton Kwesi Johnson (born 1952), Jamaica / England
 * Lionel Johnson (1867-1902), England
 * 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
 * LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) (born 1934)
 * Patrick Jones (born 1965)
 * William Jones (1726-1795), Wales
 * Sir William Jones (1746-1794), England
 * Erica Jong (born 1942)
 * Ben Jonson (1572–1637), England
 * June Jordan (born 1936)
 * Thomas Jordan (1612-1685), England
 * Anthony Joseph
 * Jenny Joseph (born 1932), England
 * Marie Joussaye (?1864-1949), Canada
 * James Joyce (1882–1941), Ireland
 * Trevor Joyce (born 1947), Ireland
 * S. de V. Julius (1874-1930)
 * 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
 * John Keble (1792-1866), 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)
 * Francis Scott Key (1779-1843), United States
 * Sidney Keyes (1922–1943), England
 * Keorapetse Kgositsile (born 1938)
 * Anne Killigrew (1660-1685), England
 * Aline Kilmer (1888-1941), United States
 * Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918), United States
 * Arthur Henry King (1910–2000), England
 * Ben King (1857-1894), United States
 * Edith L.M. King (1871-1962), South Africa
 * Henry King (1592–1669), England
 * William King (1663–1712), England
 * Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), England
 * Galway Kinnell (born 1927)
 * John Kinsella
 * Thomas Kinsella (born 1927)
 * Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), India / England
 * Roy Kiyooka (1926-1994), Canada
 * A.M. Klein (1909-1972), Canada
 * Etheridge Knight
 * Raymond Knister (1899-1932), Canada
 * E.V. Knox (1881-1971), England
 * Isa Craig Knox (1831-1903), Scotland
 * William Knox (1789-1825), Scotland
 * Kenneth Koch (1925–2002), United States
 * Joy Kogawa (born 1935), Canada
 * Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1948)
 * Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954)
 * Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006), United States
 * Joanne Kyger

La

 * Sonnet L'Abbé (born 1973)
 * Nick Laird (born 1975)
 * Philip Lamantia (1927-2005), United States
 * Charles Lamb (1775–1834), England
 * Archibald Lampman (1861-1899), Canada
 * Tim Lander (born 1938)
 * Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838), England
 * Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864), England
 * Patrick Lane (born 1939), Canada
 * Andrew Lang (1844-1912), Scotland
 * William Langland (c. 1332-1386), England
 * Emilia Lanier (1569–1645), England
 * Sydney Lanier (1842–1881), United States
 * Ring Lardner (1885-1933), United States
 * Philip Larkin (1922–1985), England
 * Evelyn Lau (born 1971)
 * Emily Lawless (1845–1913), Ireland
 * 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

Le-Li

 * Stephen Leacock (1869-1944), Canada
 * Mary Leapor (1722-1746), England
 * Edward Lear (1812–1888), England
 * Francis Ledwidge (1887–1917), Ireland
 * Dennis Lee (born 1939), Canada
 * Joy Leftow (born 1949)
 * Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947), England
 * 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
 * Amy Levy (1861-1889), England
 * 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)
 * Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), United States
 * Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), United States
 * William James Linton (1812-1897), England / United States
 * Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996), Canada
 * Henry Livingston, Jr. (1748-1828), New York

Lo-Ly

 * Douglas Lochhead (1922-2011), Canada
 * Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821-1895), England
 * George Cabot Lodge (1873-1909), United States
 * Thomas Lodge (c.1558–1625), 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
 * Deacon Lunchbox (1950-1992). United States
 * Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911), India / England
 * John Lydgate (1370–1450), England
 * John Lyly (1553–1606), England
 * William Whittingham Lyman, Jr. (1885-1983), United States
 * George Lyttelton, Lord Lyttelton (1709–1773), England

Ma

 * Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859), England
 * Norman MacCaig (1910–1996), Scotland
 * Denis Florence MacCarthy (1817–1868), Ireland
 * Evan MacColl (1898-1898), Scotland / Canada
 * Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978), Scotland
 * Donagh MacDonagh (1912–1968), Ireland
 * Thomas MacDonagh (1878–1916), Ireland
 * Patrick MacDonogh (1902–1961), Ireland
 * 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
 * Patrick MacGill (1889–1960), Ireland
 * 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
 * James Macpherson (1736-1796), Scotland
 * 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)
 * Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), England
 * 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
 * Don Marquis (1878-1937), United States
 * Anne Marriott (1913-1997), Canada
 * Tom Marshall (1938-1993), Canada
 * John Marston (1576-1634), England
 * William Martin (born 1922)
 * Andrew Marvell (1621–1678), England
 * John Masefield (1878–1967), England
 * Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950), United States
 * Ray Mathew (1929-2002), Australia
 * Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947)
 * Harley Matthews (1889-1968), Australia
 * James Matthews (born 1929), South Africa
 * Marc Matthews (born c. 1945), Guyana
 * R.A.K. Mason (1905-1971), New Zealand

Mc

 * James McAuley (1917-1976), Australia
 * Robert McBride (?1811-1895), Canada
 * George Gordon McCrae (1833-1927), Australia
 * John McCrae (1872-1918), Canada
 * John Luckey McCreery (1835-1906), United States
 * David McFadden (born 1940), Canada
 * William McGonagall (1825-1902), Scotland
 * Roger McGough (born 1937), England
 * James McIntyre (1828-1906), Canada
 * Don McKay (born 1942), Canada
 * Rod McKuen (born 1933), United States
 * Alexander McLachlan (1817-1896), Canada
 * Isaac McLellan (1806–1899), United States

Me-Mi

 * Paula Meehan (born 1955)
 * Herman Melville (1819–1891), United States
 * George Meredith (1828-1909), England
 * Louisa Anne Meredith (1812-1895), England / Australia
 * James Merrill (1926-1995), United States
 * Alice Meynell (1847-1922), England
 * William Mickle (1735-1788), Scotland
 * William Miller (1810-1872), Scotland
 * David Mills (1831-1903), Canada
 * Kenneth G. Mills (1923-2004), Canada
 * Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809-1885), England
 * John Milton (1608–1674), England
 * Robert Minhinnick (born 1952), Wales
 * Meade Minnegerode (1887-1967), United States
 * Gary Miranda (born 1939)

Mo-Mu

 * H.D. Moe
 * Anis Mojgani
 * Mary Monck (ca.1678-1715), Ireland
 * Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852-1923), England
 * Geraldine Monk
 * William Cosmo Monkhouse (1840-1901), England
 * Harold Monro (1879-1932), England
 * Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661–1715), England
 * Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762), England
 * James Montgomery (1771-1854), England
 * Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942), Canada
 * Marion E. Moodie (1867-1958), Canada
 * Susanna Moodie (1803-1885), England / Canada
 * Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863), United States
 * Julia A. Moore (1847-1920), United States
 * Marianne Moore (1887–1972), United States
 * Robin Moore, (born 1954)
 * Thomas Moore (1779–1852), Ireland
 * Thomas Sturge Moore (1870-1944), England
 * Lizelia Moorer (fl. 1895-1907), United States
 * Barbara Moraff
 * Edythe Morahan de Lauzon
 * Edwin Morgan (1920-2010), Scotland
 * Mal Morgan (1935-1999), Australia
 * Robin Morgan (born 1941)
 * A.F. Moritz (born 1947), Canada
 * George Pope Morris (1802-1864), United States
 * 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
 * Edith Nesbit (1858-1924), England
 * Kenn Nesbitt (born 1962)
 * Sir Henry Newbolt (1862–1938), England
 * Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801–1890), England
 * Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974)
 * bpNichol (1944-1998), Canada
 * Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942)
 * Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (born 1952)
 * Marjory Nicholls (1890-1930), New Zealand
 * Grace Nichols (born 1950), Guyana
 * Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970), United States
 * James Hume Nisbet (1849-1923), Australia / Scotland
 * Harry Northup (born 1940)
 * Robert Norwood (1874-1932), Canada
 * 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
 * Jonathan Odell (1737-1818), United States / 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
 * Thomas O'Hagan (1855-1939), Canada
 * Frank O'Hara`(1926-1966), United States
 * John Bernard O'Hara (1862-1927), Australia
 * Theodore O'Hara (1820–1867), United States
 * John Oldham (1653-1683), England
 * William Oldys (1696-1761), England
 * Mary Oliver (born 1935)
 * Charles Olson (1910–1970), United States
 * Michael Ondaatje (born 1943), Canada
 * Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), United States
 * Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1976), Ireland
 * Amelia Opie (1769-1853), England
 * George Oppen (1908–1984), United States
 * Dowell O'Reilly (1865-1923), Australia
 * John Boyle O'Reilly (1844-1890), United States
 * Peter Orlovsky (1933–2010) United States
 * Simon J. Ortiz (born 1941), New Mexico
 * Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1844-1881), England
 * Alicia Ostriker (born 1937), United States
 * Maggie O'Sullivan
 * Thomas Otway (1652-1685), England
 * 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 (1679-1718), 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), United States
 * John Payne (1842-1917), England
 * Molly Peacock (born 1947), United States
 * Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866), England
 * Pearl Poet (14th century), England
 * George Peele (1556-1596), England
 * Sam Pereira
 * Ambrose Philips (1674-1749), England
 * John Philips (1676-1709) England
 * Katherine Philips (1631-1664), England
 * John Phillimore (1873-1926), England
 * John Arthur Phillips (1842-1907), Canada
 * Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836-1919), United States
 * Tom Pickard (born 1946)
 * Marjorie Pickthall (1883-1922), Canada / England
 * James Picot (1906-1944), Australia
 * Marge Piercy (born 1936), United States
 * 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
 * Victor Plarr (1863-1929), England
 * 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

 * Ernest Radford (1857-1919), England
 * 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
 * Ernest Rhys (1859-1946), England
 * 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
 * T.W. Rolleston (1857-1920), English
 * Raymond Roseliep (1917–1983), United States
 * Franklin Rosemont (1943-2009), United States
 * 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-Se

 * 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
 * James Schuyler (1923–1991), United States
 * Stephen Scobie (born 1943), Canada
 * Dennis Scott (1939-1991), Jamaica
 * 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

Sh-Si

 * 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)
 * Alan Sillitoe (1928-2010), England
 * 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
 * Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961), United States
 * 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
 * James Stephens (1880–1950), Ireland
 * 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
 * John Millington Synge (1871-1909), Ireland

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
 * Frederick Tennyson (1807-1898), England
 * 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 (1700-1748), Scotland
 * James Thomson (B.V.) (1834–1882), Scotland
 * Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), United States
 * Tim Thorne
 * Chidiock Tichborne (1558–1586), England
 * Thomas Tickell
 * Richard L. Tierney (born 1936), United States
 * 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)
 * John Tripp (1927-1986), Wales
 * Quincy Troupe
 * Peter Trower (born 1930), Canada
 * Gael Turnbull
 * Julian Turner (born 1955)
 * Hone Tuwhare (1922-2008), New Zealand
 * Chase Twichell (born 1950)
 * Katharine Tynan (1861-1931), Ireland / England

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
 * Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814-1902), Ireland
 * 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
 * Gilbert Waterhouse (1883-1916), 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