List of English-language poets



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

A

 * Harold Acton (1904-1994)
 * Gilbert Adair (born 1944)
 * Helen Adam (1909-1993)
 * Arthur Henry Adams (1872-1936)
 * Robert Adamson
 * Fleur Adcock (born 1934)
 * Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
 * Mark Akenside (1721-1770)
 * James Alexander Allan (1889-1956)
 * Leslie Holdsworthy Allen (1879-1964)
 * William Allingham (1824/28-1889)
 * Bert Almon(1943- )
 * Kingsley Amis (1922-1995)
 * Ethel Anderson (1883-1958)
 * Bruce Andrews (born 1948)
 * Maya Angelou (born 1928)
 * Rae Armantrout (born 1947)
 * Simon Armitage (born 1963)
 * Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
 * John Ashbery (born 1927)
 * Thomas Ashe (1836-1889)
 * John Askham(1825-1894)
 * Thea Astley (1925-2004)
 * Edwin Atherstone (1788-1872)
 * Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
 * Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915-1991)
 * W.H. Auden (1907-1973)
 * Margaret Avison (1918-2007)
 * Pam Ayres (born 1947)
 * Sir Robert Ayton (1570-1638)
 * William Edmonstone Aytoun (1813-1865)
 * Allan Ahlberg (1938-present)

Ba

 * Alfred Bailey (1905-1997)
 * Kevin Bailey (born 1953)
 * Joanna Baillie (1762-1851)
 * Jesse Ball (born 1978)
 * John Banim (1798-1842)
 * Lex Banning (born 1921)
 * Amiri Baraka (born 1934)
 * Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825)
 * John Barbour (died 1395)
 * Joel Barlow (1754-1812)
 * Mary Barnard (1909-2002)
 * Syd Barret
 * Les Barker (born 1947)
 * Richard Barnefield (1574-1627)
 * Djuna Barnes (1892-1982)
 * William Barnes (1801-1886)
 * Bernard Barton (1784-1849)
 * Todd Bash (born 1965)
 * David Bates (1809-1870)
 * H.E. Bates (1905-1974)
 * James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
 * Arthur Bayldon (1865-1958)
 * William Baylebridge (1883-1942)

Be-Bo

 * Francis Beaumont (1586-1616)
 * Bruce Beaver (1928â€“2004)
 * Aphra Behn (1640â€“1689)
 * Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902â€“1981)
 * Jim Bennett, (born 1951)
 * Bill Berkson (born 1939)
 * Charles Bernstein (born 1950)
 * Anselm Berrigan (born 1972)
 * Ted Berrigan (1934-1983)
 * Wendell Berry (born 1934)
 * John Berryman (1914-1972)
 * John Betjeman (1906-1984)
 * Earle Birney (1904-1995)
 * Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
 * Samuel Bishop (1731-1795)
 * Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958)
 * Thomas Blacklock (1721-1791)
 * Peter Bladen (1922-2001)
 * William Blake (1757-1827)
 * Susanna Blamire (1747-1794)
 * John Blight (1913-1995)
 * Mathilde Blind (1841-1896)
 * Edmund Blunden (1896-1974)
 * Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840-1922)
 * Barcroft Boake (1866-1892)
 * George Henry Boker (1823-1890)
 * Eavan Boland (born 1944)
 * Ken Bolton (born 1949)
 * Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)
 * Sean Bonney
 * Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902-1973)
 * Keith Bosley (born 1937)
 * Arthur Bourinot (1893-1969)
 * John Philip Bourke (1860-1914)
 * A.P. Bowen
 * Mark Alexander Boyd (1563-1601)

Br-By

 * Thomas Bracken (1843-1898)
 * Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612-1672)
 * E.J. Brady (1869-1952)
 * Richard Brautigan (1935-1984)
 * Christopher Brennan (1870-1932)
 * John Le Gay Brereton (1871-1933)
 * Nicholas Breton (1542-1626)
 * Ken Brewer (1941-2006)
 * Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710-c.1757)
 * Robert Bridges (1844-1930)
 * James Brock (born 1958)
 * Emily BrontÃ« (1818-1848)
 * Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)
 * Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)
 * Sterling A. Brown (1901-1989)
 * Dr. Stewart Brown
 * Thomas Edward Brown (1830-1897)
 * Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705-1760)
 * William Browne (1588-1643)
 * Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
 * Robert Browning (1812-1889)
 * William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
 * Vincent Buckley (1925-1988)
 * Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)
 * Basil Bunting (1900-1985)
 * Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)
 * Richard Burns (born 1943)
 * Robert Burns (1759-1796)
 * George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824)

Ca-Ci

 * Richard Caddel
 * Alex Caldiero
 * Charles Stuart Calverley (1831-1884)
 * Thomas Campbell (1774-1844)
 * William Wilfred Campbell (1860-1918)
 * Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
 * Mary Wedderburn Cannan (1893-1973)
 * Thomas Carew (1595-1639)
 * Henry Carey (1693-1743)
 * Bliss Carman (1861-1929)
 * Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
 * William Cartwright (1611-1643)
 * Raymond Carver (1938-1988)
 * Alice Cary
 * Phoebe Cary
 * Charles Causley (1917-2003)
 * Constantine Cavafy
 * Joseph Ceravolo
 * John Chalkhill
 * William Ellery Channing (1818-1901)
 * George Chapman (1560-1634)
 * Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770)
 * Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400)
 * Maxine Chernoff (born 1952)
 * James Wm. Chichetto
 * Billy Childish (born 1959)
 * Hubert Newman Wigmore Church (1857-1932)
 * Colley Cibber (1671-1757)
 * Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
 * Carson Cistulli (born 1979)

Cl

 * John Clare (1793-1864)
 * Thomas A. Clark
 * Tom Clark
 * Amy Key Clarke (born 1892)
 * Austin Clarke (1886-1974)
 * Jack Clarke
 * Brendan Cleary
 * John Cleveland (1613-1658)
 * Michelle Cliff
 * Lucille Clifton
 * Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861)

Co-Cu

 * Florence Earle Coates (1850-1927)
 * Bob Cobbing
 * Brian Coffey (1905-1995)
 * Leonard Cohen (born 1934)
 * Norma Cole
 * Helena Coleman (1860-1953)
 * Hartley Coleridge (1796-1849)
 * Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861-1907)
 * Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
 * Billy Collins (born 1941)
 * William Collins (1721-1759)
 * William Congreve (1670-1729)
 * Paul Conneally (born 1959)
 * Henry Constable (1562-1613)
 * Eliza Cook (1818-1889)
 * Clark Coolidge
 * Thomas Cooper (poet) (1805-1892)
 * Wendy Cope (born 1945)
 * Richard Corbet (1582-1635)
 * Cid Corman
 * Jayne Cortez
 * William Johnson Cory (1823-1892)
 * Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1877)
 * Anne Ross Cousin (1824-1906)
 * Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)
 * William Cowper (1731-1800)
 * George Crabbe (1754-1832)
 * Richard Crashaw (1613-1649)
 * Isabella Valancy Crawford(1850-1887)
 * E.E. Cummings (1894-1962)
 * Sarah Anne Curzon (1833-1898)

Da-Do

 * Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)
 * George Darley (1795-1846)
 * Tina Darragh
 * Robert von Dassanowsky (aka Robert Dassanowsky)
 * William Davenant (1606-1668)
 * John Davidson (1837-1909)
 * Michael Davidson (born 1944)
 * Alan Davies
 * John Davies (1569-1626)
 * Thomas Osborne Davis (1814-1845)
 * Thomas Dekker (1575-1641)
 * John Denham (1615-1669)
 * Thomas Dermody (1775-1802)
 * Heather Derr-Smith (born 1971)
 * Denis Devlin (1908-1959)
 * Imtiaz Dharker (born 1954)
 * James Dickey (1923-1997)
 * Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
 * Peter Didsbury (born 1946)
 * Ray DiPalma
 * Diane Di Prima
 * Pete Doherty
 * John Donaldson, aka Jon Inglis (1921-1989)
 * John Donne (1572-1631)
 * Theo Dorgan (born 1953)
 * Mark Doty
 * Keith Douglas (1920-1944)
 * Mike Doughty (born 1970)
 * Rita Dove
 * Gordon Downie
 * Ernest Dowson (1867-1900)
 * Francis Hastings Doyle (1810-1888)
 * Kirby Doyle (1932-2003)
 * Adam Drinan AKA Joseph Macleod (1903-1984)
 * John Dryden (1631-1700)

Dr-Dy

 * Michael Drayton (1563-1631)
 * William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585-1649)
 * William Henry Drummond (1854-1907)
 * John Dryden (1631-1700)
 * Norman Dubie (1945-
 * W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963)
 * Louis Dudek (1918-2001)
 * Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955)
 * Charles Gavan Duffy (1816-1903)
 * Alan Dugan (1923â€“2003)
 * Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872â€“1906)
 * William Dunbar (1465â€“1520)
 * Andrew Duncan (born 1956)
 * Robert Duncan (1919â€“1988)
 * Douglas Dunn (born 1942)
 * John Dyer
 * Bob Dylan (born 1941)

E-F

 * Richard Eberhart (1904â€“2005) (died at the three digit age of 101)
 * Richard Edwards (c. 1523â€“1566)
 * T.S. Eliot (1888â€“1965)
 * Ebenezer Elliot (1781â€“1849)
 * Jean Elliot (1727â€“1805)
 * Ebenezer Elliott (1781â€“1849)
 * Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803â€“1882)
 * Chris Emery (born 1963)
 * William Empson (1906â€“1984)
 * D.J. Enright (1920â€“2002)
 * Theodore Enslin (born 1925)
 * Sir George Etherege (1635â€“1691)
 * Mari Evans
 * Samuel Ferguson (1810â€“1886)
 * Robert Finch (1900-1995)
 * Jack Foley (1940)
 * Richard Furness (1791â€“1857)

Ga-Go

 * Samuel Garth
 * George Gascoigne (1525â€“1577)
 * David Gascoyne (1916â€“2001)
 * John Gay (1685â€“1732)
 * Ross Gay
 * William Gay (1865â€“1897)
 * Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904â€“1991)
 * Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (born 1946)
 * Dame Mary Gilmour
 * Allen Ginsberg (1926â€“1997)
 * Nikki Giovanni (born 1943)
 * Jesse Glass (born 1954)
 * Denis Glover (1912â€“1980)
 * Louise Gluck
 * Albert Goldbarth (born 1948)
 * Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961)
 * Oliver Goldsmith (1728â€“1774)
 * Hedwig Gorski (born 1949)

Gr-Gy

 * W. S. Graham
 * Richard Graves (1715â€“1804)
 * Robert Graves (1895â€“1985)
 * Thomas Gray (1716â€“1771)
 * Robert Greene (1558â€“1592)
 * Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554â€“1628)
 * Gerald Griffin (1803â€“1840)
 * Bill Griffiths (born 1948)
 * Nicholas Grimald (1519â€“1562)
 * Angelina Weld Grimke (1880â€“1958)
 * Charlotte Forten Grimke (1837â€“1914)
 * Barbara Guest (1920â€“2006)
 * Edgar Guest (1881â€“1959)
 * Arthur Guiterman (1871â€“1943)
 * Thom Gunn (1929â€“2004)
 * Ivor Gurney (1890â€“1937)
 * Brion Gysin (1916â€“1986)

Ha-He

 * William Habington (1605â€“1654)
 * Thomas Gordon Hake (1809â€“1895)
 * Alan Halsey
 * Thomas Hardy (1840â€“1928)
 * Joy Harjo
 * William Harmon
 * Michael S. Harper
 * Tony Harrison (born 1937)
 * Carla Harryman
 * Sadakichi Hartmann (1867â€“1944)
 * F. W. Harvey
 * Lee Harwood (born 1939)
 * Alamgir Hashmi
 * Stephen Hawes (died 1523)
 * Robert Hayden
 * Robert Hayman (1575â€“1629)
 * Seamus Heaney (born 1939)
 * Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965)
 * Anthony Hecht (1923â€“2004)
 * Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958)
 * John Hegley
 * Lyn Hejinian
 * Felicia Hemans (1793â€“1835)
 * Essex Hemphill
 * William Ernest Henley (1849â€“1903)
 * George Herbert (1593â€“1632)
 * Robert Herrick (1591â€“1674)
 * Phoebe Hesketh (1909â€“2005)
 * Dorothy Hewett (1923â€“2002)
 * John Hewitt (1907â€“1987)
 * Thomas Heywood (c. 1570s â€“ 1650)

Hi-Hu

 * Dick Higgins (1938â€“1998)
 * Scott Hightower (born 1952)
 * Conrad Hilberry
 * Geoffrey Hill (born 1932)
 * James Hogg (1770â€“1835)
 * Jane Holland (born 1966)
 * Anselm Hollo
 * Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809â€“1894)
 * Thomas Hood (1798â€“1845)
 * Alec Derwent Hope (1907â€“2000)
 * Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844â€“1889)
 * Frances Horovitz (1938â€“1983)
 * Michael Horovitz (born 1935)
 * George Moses Horton
 * A.E. Housman (1859â€“1936)
 * Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517â€“1547)
 * Richard Howard
 * Fanny Howe
 * Susan Howe
 * Ada Verdun Howell
 * Anthony Howell
 * Langston Hughes (1902â€“1967)
 * Ted Hughes (1930â€“1998)
 * Richard Hugo (1923â€“1982)
 * Alexander Hume (1560â€“1609)
 * Leigh Hunt (1784â€“1859)
 * Cynthia Huntington (born 1952)

I-J

 * P. Inman
 * Richard Jago (1715â€“1781)
 * John James
 * Lisa Jarnot (born 1967)
 * Randall Jarrell (1914â€“1965)
 * Robinson Jeffers (1887â€“1962)
 * Fenton Johnson
 * Georgia Douglas Johnson (10 September 1880 â€“ 14 May 1966)
 * Helene Johnson (1906â€“1995)
 * James Weldon Johnson (1871â€“1938)
 * Pauline Johnson (1861-1913)
 * Samuel Johnson (1709â€“1784)
 * George Johnston (1913-2004)
 * David Jones (1 November 1895 â€“ 28 October 1974)
 * Ebenezer Jones (1820â€“1860)
 * Emma Jones (born 1992)
 * Patrick Jones (born 1965)
 * Seaborn Jones (born 1942)
 * Erica Jong (born 1942)
 * Ben Jonson (1573â€“1637)
 * June Jordan (born 1936)
 * Anthony Joseph
 * Jenny Joseph (born 1932)
 * James Joyce (1882â€“1941)
 * Trevor Joyce (born 1947)
 * Donald Justice (1925â€“2004)

K

 * Ilya Kaminsky
 * Bob Kaufman (1925â€“1986)
 * Mary Jane Katzmann (1828-1890)
 * Jayne Fenton Keane
 * John Keats (1795â€“1821)
 * Arthur Kelton (died c. 1550)
 * Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy ('Woodbine Willy'; 1883â€“1929)
 * Leo Kennedy (1907-2000)
 * Jack Kerouac (1922â€“1969)
 * Frederick Kesner (born 1967)
 * Sidney Keyes (1922â€“1943)
 * Keorapetse Kgositsile (born 1938)
 * Aline Kilmer (1888-1941)
 * Joyce Kilmer (1886â€“1918)
 * Arthur Henry King (1910â€“2000)
 * Henry King (1592â€“1669)
 * William King (1663â€“1712)
 * Galway Kinnell (born 1927)
 * John Kinsella
 * Thomas Kinsella (born 1927)
 * Rudyard Kipling (1865â€“1936)
 * A.M. Klein (1909-1972)
 * Etheridge Knight
 * Raymond Knister (1899-1932)
 * Kenneth Koch (1925â€“2002)
 * Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1948)
 * Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954)
 * Stanley Kunitz (1905â€“2006)
 * Joanne Kyger

La-Ln

 * Sonnet L'AbbÃ© (born 1973)
 * Nick Laird (born 1975)
 * Charles Lamb (1775â€“1834)
 * Archibald Lampman (1861-1899)
 * Tim Lander (born 1938)
 * Letitia Elizabeth Landon
 * Walter Savage Landor (1775â€“1864)
 * Sydney Lanier (1842â€“1881)
 * Emilia Lanier (1569â€“1645)
 * Beatrice Lao
 * Philip Larkin (1922â€“1985)
 * Evelyn Lau (born 1971)
 * D. H. Lawrence (1885â€“1930)
 * Henry Lawson (1867â€“1922)
 * Robert Lax (1915â€“2000)
 * Irving Layton (1912-2006)
 * Emma Lazarus (1849â€“1887)
 * Edward Lear (1812â€“1888)
 * Francis Ledwidge (1887â€“1917)
 * Dennis Lee (born 1939)
 * Joy Leftow (born 1949)
 * Sue Lenier (born 1957)
 * William Ellery Leonard (1876â€“1944)
 * John Leonard (born 1965)
 * Tom Leonard (born 1944)
 * Rosanna Leprohon (1829-1879)
 * Ben Lerner (born 1979)
 * Kenneth Leslie (1892-1974)
 * Philip Levine (born 1928)
 * Larry Levis (1946â€“1996)
 * D. A. Levy (1942â€“1968)
 * Alun Lewis (1915â€“1944)
 * C. S. Lewis (1898â€“1963)
 * William Douw Lighthall (1857-1954)
 * Tao Lin (born 1983)
 * Dorothy Livesay (1919-1996)

Lo-Ly

 * Douglas Lochhead (born 1922)
 * Thomas Lodge (1556â€“1625)
 * James Longenbach
 * Christopher Logue
 * Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807â€“1882)
 * Michael Longley
 * Luis A. LÃ³pez
 * Audre Lorde (born 1934)
 * Richard Lovelace (1618â€“1658)
 * Samuel Lover (1797â€“1868)
 * Amy Lowell (1874â€“1925)
 * James Russell Lowell (1819â€“1891)
 * Robert Lowell
 * Mina Loy
 * Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836â€“1870)
 * John Lydgate (1370â€“1450)
 * John Lyly (1553â€“1606)
 * George Lyttelton, Lord Lyttelton (1709â€“1773)

Ma-Mi

 * Lord Macaulay (1800â€“1859)
 * Norman MacCaig (1910â€“1996)
 * Hugh MacDiarmid (1892â€“1978)
 * Goodridge MacDonald (1897-1967)
 * Jane Elizabeth MacDonald (1864-1922)
 * Wilson MacDonald (1880-1967)
 * Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941-1987)
 * SeÃ¡n Mac Falls
 * Roger McGough (1937 -)
 * Thomas MacGreevy (1893â€“1967)
 * Tom MacInnes (1867-1951)
 * Nathaniel Mackey
 * Lachlan Mackinnon
 * Archibald MacLeish (1892â€“1982)
 * Isaac McLellan (1806â€“1899)
 * Joseph Macleod (1903â€“1984)
 * Jackson Mac Low
 * Louis MacNeice (1907â€“1963)
 * Jay Macpherson (born 1931)
 * Barry MacSweeney
 * Haki R. Madhubuti
 * Derek Mahon (born 1941)
 * Jennifer Maiden
 * Charles Mair (1838-1927)
 * Taylor Mali
 * David Mallet
 * Eli Mandel (1922-1992)
 * Miriam Mandel (1930-1982)
 * Tom Mandel
 * James Clarence Mangan (1803â€“1849)
 * Bill Manhire (born 1946)
 * Robert Mannyng of Brunne (1269â€“1340)
 * Chris Mansell (born 1953)
 * Peter Manson (born 1969)
 * Morton Marcus (1936â€“2009)
 * Richard Marggraf Turley (born 1970)
 * Christopher Marlowe (1564â€“1593)
 * Anne Marriott (1913-1997)
 * William Martin (born 1922)
 * Andrew Marvell (1621â€“1678)
 * John Masefield (1878â€“1967)
 * Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947)
 * David William McFadden (born 1940)
 * Archibald McLachlan (1819-1896)
 * Paula Meehan (born 1955)
 * Herman Melville (1819â€“1891)
 * Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)
 * John Milton (1608â€“1674)
 * Gary Miranda (born 1939)

Mo-Mu

 * H. D. Moe
 * Anis Mojgani
 * Geraldine Monk
 * Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661â€“1715)
 * James Montgomery (1771â€“1854)
 * Marianne Moore (1887â€“1972)
 * Robin Moore, (born 1954)
 * Thomas Moore (1779â€“1852)
 * Barbara Moraff
 * Edythe Morahan de Lauzon
 * Edwin Morgan
 * Robin Morgan (born 1941)
 * Mervyn Morris
 * William Morris (1834â€“1896)
 * James Douglas Morrison (1943â€“1971)
 * Morrissey (born 1959)
 * Frank Morton (1869â€“1923)
 * Andrew Motion
 * Eric Mottram
 * Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
 * Harryette Mullen
 * Anthony Munday (1553â€“1633)
 * Sheila Murphy
 * Les Murray (born 1938)

N-O

 * Desi Di Nardo (born 1972)
 * Ogden Nash (1902â€“1971)
 * Thomas Nashe (1567â€“1601)
 * Alice Moore Dunbar Nelson
 * Howard Nemerov
 * Kenn Nesbitt (born 1962)
 * Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974)
 * Henry Newbolt (1862â€“1938)
 * John Henry Newman (1801â€“1890)
 * Norman Nicholson (1914â€“1987)
 * EilÃ©an NÃ­ ChuilleanÃ¡in (born 1942)
 * Nuala NÃ­ Dhomhnaill (born 1952)
 * Lorine Niedecker (1903â€“1970)
 * Harry Northup (born 1940)
 * Alice Notley
 * Alden Nowlan (1933-1983)
 * Jeff Nuttall (1933â€“2004)
 * Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952)
 * Sean O'Brien (born 1952)
 * Dennis O'Driscoll (born 1954)
 * Frank O'Hara
 * Theodore O'Hara (1820â€“1867)
 * Mary Oliver (born 1935)
 * Charles Olson (1910â€“1970)
 * Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879â€“1976)
 * George Oppen (1908â€“1984)
 * Peter Orlovsky (1933â€“2010)
 * Antoine Ã“ Raifteiri (1784â€“1835)
 * Maggie O'Sullivan
 * Wilfred Owen (1893â€“1918)

P-Q

 * Ruth Padel (born 1947)
 * Ron Padgett
 * P.K. Page (1916-2010)
 * Michael Palmer (born 1943)
 * Nettie Palmer
 * Dorothy Parker (1893â€“1967)
 * Thomas Parnell (1670â€“1718)
 * Kenneth Patchen (1911â€“1972)
 * Brian Patten (born 1946)
 * Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (1864â€“1941)
 * Ricardo Pau-Llosa (born 1954)
 * Molly Peacock (born 1947)
 * Thomas Love Peacock (1785â€“1866)
 * Sam Pereira
 * Ambrose Philips
 * Tom Pickard (born 1946)
 * Marjorie Pickthall (1883-1922)
 * Robert Pinsky (born 1940)
 * Ruth Pitter (1897â€“1992)
 * Sylvia Plath (1932â€“1963)
 * Edgar Allan Poe (1809â€“1849)
 * Robert Pollok (c. 1798â€“1827)
 * Alexander Pope (1688â€“1744)
 * Charles Potts (born 1943)
 * Ezra Pound (1885â€“1972)
 * E.J. Pratt (1882-1964)
 * Jack Prelutsky
 * Nancy Price (1880â€“1970)
 * Richard Price (poet) (born 1966)
 * Matthew Prior (1664â€“1721)
 * Pauline Prior-Pitt
 * J. H. Prynne
 * Sheenagh Pugh (born 1950)
 * Francis Quarles (1592â€“1644)

Ra-Ri

 * William Radice (born 1951)
 * Craig Raine (born 1944)
 * Kathleen Raine (1908â€“2003)
 * Carl Rakosi (1903â€“2004)
 * Sir Walter Raleigh (1552â€“1618)
 * Dudley Randall (1914â€“2000)
 * Julia Randall (1924â€“2005)
 * Thomas Randolph (1605â€“1635)
 * Tom Raworth (born 1938)
 * John Reade (1837-1919)
 * James Reaney (1926-2008)
 * Henry Reed (1914â€“1986)
 * Ishmael Reed
 * Abraham Regelson (1896â€“1981)
 * Joseph Relph (1712â€“1743),
 * Kenneth Rexroth (1905â€“1982)
 * Charles Reznikoff (1894â€“1976)
 * Adrienne Rich (born 1929)
 * Lola Ridge (1873â€“1941)
 * Denise Riley
 * John Riley
 * Peter Riley

Ro-Ru

 * Charles G.D. Roberts (1860-1943)
 * Lloyd Roberts (1884-1966)
 * Theodore Goodridge Roberts (1877-1953)
 * William Carman Roberts (1874-1941)
 * Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869â€“1935)
 * Mary Robinson (1758â€“1800)
 * Theodore Roethke (1908â€“1963)
 * Raymond Roseliep (1917â€“1983)
 * Franklin Rosemont (born 1943)
 * Penelope Rosemont
 * Isaac Rosenberg (1890â€“1918)
 * Joe Rosenblatt (born 1933)
 * Gabriel Rosenstock (born 1949)
 * W.W.E. Ross (1894-1966)
 * Christina Rossetti (1830â€“1894)
 * Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828â€“1882)
 * Jerome Rothenberg (* 1931)
 * Nicholas Rowe
 * Richard Rowlands (1565â€“1630)

Sa-Si

 * Blanaid Salkeld (1880-1959)
 * Fiona Sampson (born 1963)
 * Sonia Sanchez
 * Carl Sandburg (1878â€“1967)
 * Charles Sangster (1822-1893)
 * May Sarton (1912â€“1995)
 * Siegfried Sassoon (1886â€“1967)
 * Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947)
 * F.R. Scott (1881-1985)
 * Frederick George Scott (1861-1944)
 * Sir Walter Scott (1771â€“1832)
 * William Bell Scott (1811â€“1890)
 * Maurice Scully
 * Sir Charles Sedley (1639â€“1701)
 * Nina Serrano (born 1934)
 * Robert W. Service (1874-1958)
 * Anne Sexton (1928â€“1974)
 * William Shakespeare (1564â€“1616)
 * Ntozake Shange (born 1948)
 * Jo Shapcott
 * Karl Shapiro (1913â€“2000)
 * Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792â€“1822)
 * William Shenstone
 * Francis Sherman (1871-1926)
 * James Shirley (1596â€“1666)
 * Sir Philip Sidney (1554â€“1586)
 * Eli Siegel (1902â€“1978)
 * Ron Silliman (born 1946)
 * Shel Silverstein (1930â€“1999)
 * Iain Sinclair
 * Edith Sitwell (1887â€“1964)

Sk-Sq

 * Beau Sia (born 1976)
 * John Skelton (1460â€“1529)
 * Myra Sklarew
 * A.J.M. Smith (1902-1980)
 * Alexander Smith (poet) (1830â€“1867)
 * Charlotte Turner Smith (1749â€“1806)
 * Marc Smith
 * Rod Smith
 * Patti Smith
 * Stevie Smith (1902â€“1971)
 * Tracy K. Smith
 * Tobias Smollett (1721â€“1771)
 * Gary Snyder
 * William Somervile
 * Charles Sorley (1895â€“1915)
 * Raymond Souster (born 1921)
 * William Soutar (1898â€“1946)
 * Robert Southey (1774â€“1843)
 * Robert Southwell (1561â€“1595)
 * Wole Soyinka (born 1934)
 * Anne Spencer
 * Stephen Spender
 * Edmund Spenser (1552â€“1599)
 * Geoffrey Squires

St-Sy

 * Frank Stanford
 * William Stafford
 * Gertrude Stein
 * Gerald Stern
 * Ricardo Sternberg
 * Wallace Stevens (1880-1955)
 * Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
 * Mark Strand
 * Arthur John Stringer (1874-1950)
 * Sir John Suckling (1609-1642)
 * A.M. Sullivan (1896-1980)
 * Paul Summers (poet) (born 1967)
 * Robert Sward (born 1933)
 * George Swede (born 1940)
 * May Swenson
 * Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
 * Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909)
 * Bobbi Sykes (born 1945)
 * Joshua Sylvester (1563-1618)
 * Arthur Symons (1865-1945)
 * Dewan V. Selvam (1981-)

T-V

 * Barry Tebb (born 1942)
 * Eileen Tabios
 * F. W. Tancred
 * Dorothea Tanning (born 1910)
 * Allen Tate (1899â€“1979)
 * Edward Taylor (1645â€“1729)
 * Sara Teasdale (1883â€“1933)
 * Alfred Tennyson, Lord Tennyson (1809â€“1892)
 * Fiona Templeton
 * Lucy Terry
 * Celia Thaxter (1824â€“1894)
 * Ernest Thayer (1863â€“1940)
 * William Thom (poet) (1799â€“1848)
 * Dylan Thomas (1914â€“1953)
 * Edith M. Thomas (1854-1925)
 * Edward Thomas (1878â€“1917)
 * R. S. Thomas (1913â€“2000)
 * Francis Thompson (1859â€“1907)
 * James Thomson (B.V.) (1834â€“1882)
 * James Thomson (poet) (Seasons)
 * Henry David Thoreau (1817â€“1862)
 * Tim Thorne
 * Chidiock Tichborne (1558â€“1586)
 * Thomas Tickell
 * Mary Tighe (1772â€“1810)
 * John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892â€“1973)
 * Melvin B. Tolson
 * Jean Toomer
 * Angela Topping (born 1954)
 * Thomas Traherne
 * Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972)
 * Quincy Troupe
 * Gael Turnbull
 * Julian Turner (born 1955)
 * Hone Tuwhare (born 1922)
 * Chase Twichell (born 1950)
 * John Updike
 * Allen Upward, Imagist
 * Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931)
 * Henry Vaughan (1621â€“1695)
 * Janine Pommy Vega
 * Jones Very (1813â€“1880)

Wa-We

 * Diane Wakoski
 * Derek Walcott (born 1930)
 * Anne Waldman
 * Rosmarie Waldrop
 * Keith Waldrop
 * Alice Walker (born 1944)
 * Margaret Walker
 * Mark Wallace
 * Edmund Waller (1606â€“1687)
 * Agnes Walsh
 * Sarah Wardle (born 1969)
 * Robert Penn Warren (1905â€“1989)
 * Thomas Warton (1728â€“1790)
 * James Wreford Watson (1915-1990)
 * Wilfred Watson (1911-1998)
 * Isaac Watts (1674â€“1748)
 * Barrett Watten (born 1948)
 * John Webster (died 1630)
 * Hannah Weiner
 * Marjorie Welish
 * Elinor Wylie (1885-1928)

Wh-Wy

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

X-Z

 * William Butler Yeats (1865â€“1939)
 * Edward Young (1683â€“1765)
 * Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958)
 * Louis Zukofsky (1904â€“1978)