List of English-language poets

This is a list of English language poets, who have published at least one collection of poetry in the English language.

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

 * 1) Chris Abani (born 1966), Nigeria
 * 2) Francesca Abbate, United States
 * 3) Henry Abbey (1842-1911), United States
 * 4) Lascelles Abercrombie (1881-1938), England
 * 5) Lionel Abrahams (1928-2004), South Africa
 * 6) Sam Abrams (born 1935)
 * 7) Seth Abramson (born 1976), United States
 * 8) Dannie Abse (born 1923), Wales
 * 9) J.R. Ackerley (1896-1967), England
 * 10) Diane Ackerman (born 1956), United States
 * 11) Duane Ackerson (born 1942), United States
 * 12) Milton Acorn (1923-1986), Canada
 * 13) Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968), United States
 * 14) Harold Acton (1904–1994), England
 * 15) Gilbert Adair (1944-2011), England
 * 16) Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004), United States
 * 17) Helen Adam (1909–1993), Scotland / United States
 * 18) Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936), New Zealand / Australia
 * 19) Francis Adams (1862-1893), England / Australia
 * 20) John Adams (1704-1740), United States
 * 21) John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), United States
 * 22) Léonie Adams (1899–1988), United States
 * 23) Mary Electa Adams (1823-1898), Canada
 * 24) Sarah Flower Adams (1895-1848), England
 * 25) Robert Adamson (1852–1902), Australia
 * 26) Betty Adcock (born 1938), United States
 * 27) Fleur Adcock (born 1934), New Zealand / England
 * 28) Joseph Addison (1672–1719), England
 * 29) Kim Addonizio (born 1954), United States
 * 30) Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969), Nigeria
 * 31) AE (1867-1935), Ireland
 * 32) Tatamkulu Afrika (1920-2002), South Africa
 * 33) James Agee (1909–1955), United States
 * 34) Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969), United States
 * 35) Jack Agüeros (born 1934), United States
 * 36) Ai (1947-2010), United States
 * 37) Conrad Aiken (1889-1973), United States
 * 38) Hew Ainslie (1792-1878), Scotland
 * 39) Adam Aitken (born 1960), Australia
 * 40) Mark Akenside (1721–1770), England
 * 41) Ellery Akers (born 1946), United States
 * 42) Sascha Aurora Akhtar (born 1976), Pakistan / England
 * 43) Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (born 1965), Canada
 * 44) John Akpata, Canada

Al-Am

 * 1) George Albon (born 1946), United States
 * 2) Sandra Alcosser (born 1944), United States
 * 3) Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), United States
 * 4) Richard Aldington (1892-1962), England
 * 5) Dorothy Keeley Aldis (1896-1966), United States
 * 6) Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), United States
 * 7) Meena Alexander (born 1951), United States
 * 8) Sidney A. Alexander (1866–1948), England
 * 9) Will Alexander (born 1948), United States
 * 10) Sherman Alexie (born 1966, United States
 * 11) Felipe Alfau (1902-1999), Spain / United States
 * 12) Edna Alford (born 1947), Canada
 * 13) Henry Alford (1810-1871), England
 * 14) Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001), United States
 * 15) Kazim Ali (born 1971), United States
 * 16) James Alexander Allan (1889–1956), Australia
 * 17) Sandra Alland (born 1973), Canada
 * 18) Donna Allard, Canada
 * 19) William Allegrezza (born 1974), United States
 * 20) Dick Allen (born 1939), United States
 * 21) Donald Allen (1912–2004), United States
 * 22) Lillian Allen (born 1951), Canada
 * 23) Elizabeth Chase Allen (1832-1911), United States
 * 24) Leslie Holdsworthy Allen (1879–1964), Australia
 * 25) Richard James Allen (born 1960), Australia
 * 26) Ron Allen (born 1947), United States
 * 27) William Allingham (1824-1889), Ireland
 * 28) Drummond Allison (1921-1943), England
 * 29) Gillian Allnutt (born 1949), England
 * 30) Washington Allston (1779-1843), United States
 * 31) Laurence Alma-Tadema (1864-1940), England
 * 32) Melanie Almeder(born 1965), United States
 * 33) Bert Almon (born 1943), United States / Canada
 * 34) Keith Althaus (born 1946), United States
 * 35) Howard Altmann, United States
 * 36) Alurista (born 1947), United States
 * 37) Al Alvarez (born 1929), England
 * 38) Julia Álvarez (born 1950), United States
 * 39) George Amabile (born 1936), Canada
 * 40) Mary Frances Ames (1853-1929), Canada
 * 41) NIcholas Amhurst (1697-1742), England
 * 42) Indran Amirthanayagam (born 1960)
 * 43) Kingsley Amis (1922–1995), England
 * 44) A.R. Ammons (1926-2001), United States
 * 45) Ray Amorosi (born 1946), United States

An-Az

 * 1) Doug Anderson (born 1943), United States
 * 2) Ethel Anderson (1883–1958), Australia
 * 3) James Anderson (1842-1823), Canada
 * 4) Patrick Anderson (1915-1979), Canada
 * 5) Robert T. Anderson (1880-1960), Canada
 * 6) Rod Anderson (born 1935), Canada
 * 7) Victor Anderson (1917-2001), United States
 * 8) Michael Andre (born 1946), Canada
 * 9) Bruce Andrews (born 1948), United States
 * 10) Ron Androla (born 1954), United States
 * 11) Ralph Angel (born 1951), United States
 * 12) Maya Angelou (born 1928), United States
 * 13) Talvikki Ansel, United States
 * 14) David Antin (born 1932), United States
 * 15) Antler (born 1946), United States
 * 16) Philip Appleman (born 1926), United States
 * 17) Adrian Arancibia (born 1971), United States
 * 18) Rae Armantrout (born 1947), United States
 * 19) Simon Armitage (born 1963), England
 * 20) Richard Armour (1906–1989), United States
 * 21) Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948), Canada
 * 22) Martin Armstrong (1882-1974), England
 * 23) David Arnason (born 1940), Canada
 * 24) Craig Arnold (1967-2009), United States
 * 25) Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904), England
 * 26) Matthew Arnold (1822–1888), England
 * 27) Joanne Arnott (born 1960), Canada
 * 28) Robert P. Arthur (born 1943), United States
 * 29) M.K. Asante (born 1982), United States
 * 30) John Ashbery (born 1927), United States
 * 31) Thomas Ashe (1836–1889), England
 * 32) Anne Askew (1520-1546), England
 * 33) John Askham (1825-1894), England
 * 34) Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872), England
 * 35) Margaret Atwood (born 1939), Canada
 * 36) Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991), Australia
 * 37) W.H. Auden (1907–1973), England / United States
 * 38) Joseph Auslander (1897–1965), United States
 * 39) Paul Auster (born 1947), United States
 * 40) Alfred Austin (1835-1913), England
 * 41) Margaret Avison (1918-2007), Canada
 * 42) Kofi Awoonor (born 1935), Ghana
 * 43) Sevan Aydinian (born 1983), United States
 * 44) Pam Ayres (born 1947), England
 * 45) Sir Robert Aytoun (1570–1638), Scotland
 * 46) William Aytoun (1813–1865), Scotland
 * 47) Jody Azzouni (born 1954), United States

B-Ba

 * 1) Lisa B, Canada
 * 2) Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952), United States
 * 3) Joseph M. Bachelor (1887-1947), United States
 * 4) Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626), England
 * 5) William Baer (born 1948)
 * 6) Alfred Bailey (1905-1997), Canada
 * 7) Jacob Bailey (1731-1808), Canada
 * 8) Kevin Bailey (born 1954), England
 * 9) Philip James Bailey (1816-1902), England
 * 10) Joanna Baillie (1762–1851), Scotland
 * 11) Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940), United States
 * 12) David Baker (born 1954), United States
 * 13) John Balaban, (born 1943), United States
 * 14) Jesse Ball (born 1978), United States
 * 15) Mary Jo Bang (born 1946), United States
 * 16) John Banim (1798–1842), Ireland
 * 17) Chris Banks (born 1970), Canada
 * 18) Russell Banks (born 1940), United States
 * 19) Kaushalya Bannerji, Canada
 * 20) Frances Bannerman (1855-1940), Canada
 * 21) Lex Banning (born 1921), Australia
 * 22) Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) (born 1934), United States
 * 23) Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825), England
 * 24) Mary Barber (c.1685-c.1755), Ireland
 * 25) John Barbour (died 1395), Scotland
 * 26) George Barker (1913-1991), England
 * 27) Les Barker (born 1947), England
 * 28) Joel Barlow (1754–1812), United States
 * 29) Lady Anne Barnard (1750-1825), England / South Africa
 * 30) Mary Barnard (1909–2002), Unites States
 * 31) Barnabe Barnes (1571-1609), England
 * 32) Djuna Barnes (1892–1982), United States
 * 33) William Barnes (1801–1886), England
 * 34) Catherine Barnett (born 1960), United States
 * 35) Richard Barnfield (1574–1620), England
 * 36) Candy Barr (1935-2005), United States
 * 37) John Barr (1809-1889), Scotland / New Zealand
 * 38) Syd Barret (1946-2006), England
 * 39) Laird Barron (born 1970), United States
 * 40) Gertrude Bartlett (1876-1942), Canada
 * 41) Bernard Barton (1784–1849), England
 * 42) Emily Mary Barton (1817-1909), Australia
 * 43) John Barton (born 1957), Canada
 * 44) Bertha Hirsch Baruch (fl. 1876-1908), United States
 * 45) Gary Barwin (born 1964), Canada
 * 46) Todd Bash (born 1965)
 * 47) Shaunt Basmajian (1950-1990), Canada
 * 48) Ellen Bass (born 1947), United States
 * 49) David Bates (1809–1870), United States
 * 50) Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929), United States
 * 51) Thomas Bateson (c.1570-1630), England
 * 52) Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959), United States
 * 53) William Bauer (1932-2010), Canada
 * 54) Eric Baus (born 1975), United States
 * 55) Charles Baxter (born 1947), United States
 * 56) James K. Baxter (1926–1972), New Zealand
 * 57) Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958), Australia
 * 58) William Baylebridge (1883–1942), Australia

Be

 * 1) Abel Beach (1829-1899), United States
 * 2) Eric Beach (born 1947), Australia
 * 3) Joseph Warren Beach (1880-1957), United States
 * 4) Doug Beardsley (born 1941), Canada
 * 5) James Beattie (1705-1803), Scotland
 * 6) Francis Beaumont (1584–1616), England
 * 7) Sir John Beaumont (1583-1627), England
 * 8) Bruce Beaver (1928–2004), Australia
 * 9) George Beck (1749-1812), United States
 * 10) Robin Becker (born 1951), United States
 * 11) Larry Beckett (born 1947), United States
 * 12) Joshua Beckman (born 1971), United States
 * 13) Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1804-1849), England
 * 14) Randolph Bedford (1868-1941), Australia
 * 15) John Beecher (1904-1980), United States
 * 16) Henry Charles Beeching (1859-1919), England
 * 17) Patricia Beer (1919-1999), England
 * 18) Ethel Lynn Beers (1827-1879), United States
 * 19) Philip Begho (born 1969), Nigeria
 * 20) Brendan Behan (1923–1964), Ireland
 * 21) Aphra Behn (1640–1689), England
 * 22) Henry Beissel (born 1929), Canada
 * 23) Ken Belford (born 1946), Canada
 * 24) Elana Bell, United States
 * 25) Marvin Bell (born 1971), United States
 * 26) Lisa Bellear (1961-2006), Australia
 * 27) Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), France / England
 * 28) John Bemrose (born 1947), Canada
 * 29) Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943), United States
 * 30) William Rose Benét (1886-1950), United States
 * 31) Park Benjamin, Sr. (1809-1864), United States
 * 32) Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981), United States
 * 33) Jim Bennett, (born 1951), England
 * 34) Stefanie Bennett (born 1945), Australia
 * 35) Robbie Benoit (died 2007), Canada
 * 36) A.C. Benson (1862-1925), England
 * 37) Mary Josephine Benson (1887-1965), Canada
 * 38) Nelson Bentley (1918-1990), United States
 * 39) Richard Berengarten (born 1943), England
 * 40) Caroline Bergvall (born 1962), England
 * 41) Bill Berkson (born 1939), United States
 * 42) David Berman (born 1967), United States
 * 43) April Bernard (born 1956), United States
 * 44) Charles Bernstein (born 1950), United States
 * 45) Steven "Jesse" Bernstein (1950-1991), United States
 * 46) Anselm Berrigan (born 1972), United States
 * 47) Ted Berrigan (1934–1983), United States
 * 48) Wendell Berry (born 1934)
 * 49) John Berryman (1914–1972), United States
 * 50) Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (born 1947), United States
 * 51) Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984), England
 * 52) Craven Langstroth Betts (1853-1941), Canada
 * 53) Judith Beveridge (born 1956), England / Australia
 * 54) Helen Bevington (1906-2001), United States
 * 55) Paul Bewsher (1894-1966), England

Bi-Bl

 * 1) Jill Bialosky, United States
 * 2) Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914), United States
 * 3) Linda Bierds (born 1945), United States
 * 4) Walter Billeter (born 1943), Australia
 * 5) Robert Billings (1949-1986), Canada
 * 6) Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), England
 * 7) Earle Birney (1904-1995), Canada
 * 8) Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979), United States
 * 9) John Peale Bishop (1892-1944), United States
 * 10) Judith Bishop (born 1972), Australia
 * 11) bill bissett (born 1939), Canada
 * 12) Samuel Bishop (1731–1795), England
 * 13) Sherwin Bitsui, (born 1975), United States
 * 14) Baxter Black (born 1945), United States
 * 15) Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958), United States
 * 16) Grace Blackburn (1865-1926), Canada
 * 17) Paul Blackburn (1926–1971), United States
 * 18) Thomas Blackburn (1916-1977), England
 * 19) Thomas Blacklock (1721–1791), Scotland
 * 20) Nicole Blackman (born 1971), United States
 * 21) R.D. Blackmore (1825-1900), England
 * 22) Sir Richard Blackmore (1654-1729), England
 * 23) Peter Bladen (1922–2001), Australia
 * 24) Kimberly M. Blaeser, United States
 * 25) Robert Blair (1699-1746), Scotland
 * 26) William Blake (1757–1827), England
 * 27) Susanna Blamire (1747–1794), England
 * 28) Don Blanding (1894-1957), United States
 * 29) Robin Blaser (1925-2009), Canada / United States
 * 30) Jean Blewett (1872-1934), Canada
 * 31) John Blight (1913–1995), Australia
 * 32) Mathilde Blind (1841–1896), England
 * 33) Laurie Block (born 1949), Canada
 * 34) E.D. Blodgett (born 1935), Canada
 * 35) Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919), United States
 * 36) Henry Ames Blood (1836-1900), United States
 * 37) Edmund Blunden (1896–1974), England
 * 38) Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922), England

Bo

 * 1) Barcroft Boake (1866–1892), Australia
 * 2) Robert Boates (born 1954), Canada
 * 3) Louise Bogan (1897-1970), United States
 * 4) Christian Bök (born 1966), Canada
 * 5) George Henry Boker (1823–1890), United States
 * 6) Eavan Boland (born 1944), Ireland
 * 7) Stephanie Bolster (born 1969), Canada
 * 8) Edmund Bolton (?1575-1633?), England
 * 9) Ken Bolton (born 1949), Australia
 * 10) Horatius Bonar (1808–1889), Scotland
 * 11) Sean Bonney, England
 * 12) Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902–1973), United States
 * 13) Philip Booth (1925-2007), United States
 * 14) Henry Ernest Boote (1866-1949), Australia
 * 15) Roo Borson (born 1952), Canada
 * 16) Keith Bosley (born 1937), England
 * 17) Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Belgium / United States
 * 18) David Bottoms (born 1949), United States
 * 19) Michael Boughn (born 1946), Canada
 * 20) Jenny Boult (1951-2005), Australia
 * 21) Francis William Bourdillon (1852-1921), England
 * 22) Arthur Bourinot (1893-1969), Canada
 * 23) John Philip Bourke (1860–1914), Australia
 * 24) A.P. Bowen (born ca. 1899), United States
 * 25) George Bowering (born 1935), Canada
 * 26) Marilyn Bowering (born 1949), Canada
 * 27) William Lisle Bowles (1762-1850), England
 * 28) Tim Bowling (born 1964), Canada
 * 29) Louise Morey Bowman (1891-1944), Canada
 * 30) Alex Boyd (born 1969), Canada
 * 31) Mark Alexander Boyd (1563–1601), Scotland
 * 32) Thomas Boyd (1867-1927), Ireland
 * 33) Kay Boyle (1902–1992), United States
 * 34) Peter Boyle (born 1951), Australia

Br-By

 * 1) Francis Brabazon (1907-1984), Australia
 * 2) Thomas Bracken (1843–1898), New Zealand
 * 3) Gamaliel Bradford (1863-1932), United States
 * 4) Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672), United States
 * 5) E.J. Brady (1869–1952), Australia
 * 6) Nicholas Brady (1659-1726), Ireland / England
 * 7) Kate Braid (born1947), Canada
 * 8) Richard Braithwait (1588-1673), England
 * 9) Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite (1963-2008), Canada
 * 10) Shannon Bramer (born 1973), Canada
 * 11) Dionne Brand (born 1953), Canada
 * 12) Di Brandt (born 1952), Canada
 * 13) Frederick Victor Branford (1892-1941), Scotland
 * 14) Charles Brasch (1909-1973), New Zealand
 * 15) Kamau Brathwaite (born 1930), Barbados
 * 16) Richard Brautigan (1935–1984), United States
 * 17) John Jefferson Bray (1912-1995), Australia
 * 18) Diana Brebner (1956-2001), Canada
 * 19) Jean "Binta" Breeze (born 1956), Jamaica
 * 20) Christopher Brennan (1870–1932), Australia
 * 21) Michael Brennan (born 1973), Australia
 * 22) Joseph Payne Brennan (1918–1990), United States
 * 23) Jane Brereton (1685-1740), England
 * 24) John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933), Australia
 * 25) Nicholas Breton (1542–1626), England
 * 26) Brian Brett (born 1950), Canada
 * 27) Ken Brewer (1941–2006), United States
 * 28) Elizabeth Brewster (born 1922), Canada
 * 29) Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 - c.1757), United States
 * 30) Robert Bridges (1844–1930), England
 * 31) Robert Bringhurst (born 1946), Canada
 * 32) John Malcolm Brinnin (1916-1999), United States
 * 33) Edwin Brock (1927-1997), England
 * 34) Geoffrey Brock (born 1964), United States
 * 35) Lucie Brock-Broido (born 1956), United States
 * 36) Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996)
 * 37) Alexander Brome (1620-1666), England
 * 38) David Bromige (1933-2009), Canada
 * 39) William Bronk (1918–1999), United States
 * 40) Anne Brontë (1820-1849), England
 * 41) Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), England
 * 42) Emily Brontë (1818–1848), England
 * 43) Rupert Brooke (1887–1915), England
 * 44) Bertram Brooker (1888-1955), Canada
 * 45) Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000), United States
 * 46) Maria Gowen Brooks (?1794–1845)
 * 47) William Broome (1689-1745), England
 * 48) Audrey Alexandra Brown (1904-1998), Canada
 * 49) George Mackay Brown (1921-1996), Scotland
 * 50) Pam Brown (born 1948), Australia
 * 51) Ronnie R. Brown (born 1946), Canada
 * 52) Sterling A. Brown (1901–1989), United States
 * 53) Stewart Brown (born 1951), England
 * 54) Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897), Isle of Man
 * 55) Tom Brown (1662-1704), England
 * 56) Frances Browne (1816–1887), Ireland
 * 57) Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760), England
 * 58) William Browne (1588–1643), England
 * 59) Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), England
 * 60) Robert Browning (1812–1889), England
 * 61) Charles Bruce (1906-1971), Canada
 * 62) Michael Bruce (1746-1767), Scotland
 * 63) Mary Brunton (1778-1818), Scotland
 * 64) Dennis Brutus (1924-2009). South Africa
 * 65) William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878), United States
 * 66) Vincent Buckley (1925–1988), Australia
 * 67) Alice Mary Buckton (1867-1944), England
 * 68) Rob Budde (born 1966), Canada
 * 69) Suzanne Buffam (born 1972), Canada
 * 70) Charles Bukowski (1920–1994), United States
 * 71) A.H. Reginald Buller (1874-1944), England
 * 72) April Bulmer (born 1963), Canada
 * 73) Robert Bulwer-Lytton (1831-1891), England
 * 74) Basil Bunting (1900–1985), England
 * 75) John Bunyan (1628-1688), England
 * 76) Anthony Burgess (1917–1993), England
 * 77) Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), United States
 * 78) Johnny Burke (1851-1930), Canada
 * 79) Ralph Burns (born 1949), United States
 * 80) Richard Burns (born 1943), England
 * 81) Robert Burns (1759–1796), Scotland
 * 82) Mick Burrs (born 1940), Canada
 * 83) Samuel Butler (1612-1680), England
 * 84) William Byrd (1540-1623), England
 * 85) John Byrom (1692-1763), England
 * 86) George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788–1824), England
 * 87) Gilbert Byron (1903-1991), United States

Ca

 * 1) Richard Caddel (1949-2003), England
 * 2) Stephen Cain (born 1970), Canada
 * 3) Alison Calder, Canada
 * 4) Alex Caldiero (born 1949), United States
 * 5) Barry Callaghan (born 1937), Canada
 * 6) Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884), England
 * 7) Ada Cambridge (1844-1926), England / Australia
 * 8) George Frederick Cameron (1854-1885), Canada
 * 9) Alistair Te Ariki Campbell (1925-2009), New Zealand
 * 10) A.Y. Campbell (1885-1958), Scotland
 * 11) Joseph Campbell (1879-1944), Ireland
 * 12) Roy Campbell (1901-1957), South Africa / England
 * 13) Thomas Campbell (1777–1844), Scotland
 * 14) William Wilfred Campbell (?1860-1918), Canada
 * 15) Thomas Campion (1567–1620), England
 * 16) Rafael Campo (born 1964), United States
 * 17) May Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973), England
 * 18) Skipwith Cannell (1887-1957), United States
 * 19) Edward Capern (1819-1894), England
 * 20) Natalee Caple (born 1970), Canada
 * 21) Dudley Carew (1903-1981), England
 * 22) Thomas Carew (1595–1639), England
 * 23) Henry Carey (1693–1743), England
 * 24) Paul Cargnello (born 1979), Canada
 * 25) Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scotland
 * 26) Bliss Carman (1861-1929), Canada / United States
 * 27) J.D. Carpenter (born 1948), Canada
 * 28) Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), England
 * 29) Hayden Carruth, (1921-2008), United States
 * 30) William Herbert Carruth (1859-1924), United States
 * 31) Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873-1904), United States
 * 32) Anne Carson (born 1950), Canada
 * 33) William Cartwright (1611–1643), England
 * 34) Raymond Carver (1938–1988), United States
 * 35) Alice Cary (1820-1871), United States
 * 36) Phoebe Cary (1824-1871), United States
 * 37) Cyrus Cassells (born 1957), United States
 * 38) Ana Castillo (born 1953), United States
 * 39) Gary Catalano (1947-2002), Australia
 * 40) Lee Cataldi 1942), Australia
 * 41) Christopher Caudwell (1907-1937), England
 * 42) Charles Causley (1917–2003), England
 * 43) Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673), England
 * 44) Madison Cawein (1865-1914), United States

Ce-Ci

 * 1) William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1521-1598), England
 * 2) Joseph Ceravolo (1934-1988), United States
 * 3) John Chalkhill (fl. 1600?), England
 * 4) William Chamberlayne (1619-1659), England
 * 5) Tina Chang (born 1969), United States
 * 6) William Ellery Channing (1818–1901), United States
 * Arthur Chapman (1874–1935), United States
 * 1) George Chapman (1560–1634), England
 * 2) King Charles I (1600-1649), England
 * 3) Charles of Orleans (1394-1465), France / England
 * 4) Elizabeth Charles (1828-1896), England
 * 5) Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), England
 * 6) Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343–1400), England
 * 7) Maxine Chernoff (born 1952), United States
 * 8) G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), England
 * 9) Henry Chettle (?1564-1607?), England
 * 10) Govinda Krishna Chettur (1898-1936)., India
 * 11) James William Chichetto (born 1941), United States
 * 12) Billy Childish (born 1959), England
 * 13) Marilyn Chin (born 1955), United States
 * 14) Margaret Christakos (born 1962), Canada
 * 15) Evie Christie (born 1979), Canada
 * 16) Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656-1710), England
 * 17) Hubert Church (1857–1932), Australia
 * 18) Richard Church (1893-1972), England
 * 19) Charles Churchill (1731-1764), England
 * 20) John Ciardi (1916–1986), United States
 * 21) Colley Cibber (1671–1757), England
 * 22) Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
 * 23) Carson Cistulli (born 1979)

Cl

 * Amy Clampitt (1920-1994), United States
 * John Clare (1793–1864), England
 * Alison Clark (born 1945), Australia
 * Dave Clark, Canada
 * Thomas A. Clark (born 1944), Scotland
 * Tom Clark (born 1941), United States
 * 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 (1933-1992), United States
 * Marcus Clarke (1846-1881), Australia
 * Brendan Cleary (born 1958), England
 * John Cleveland (1613–1658), England
 * Michelle Cliff (born 1946), United States
 * Wayne Clifford (born 1944), Canada
 * 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 (1920-2002), England
 * Judith Ortiz Cofer (born 1952), United States
 * Brian Coffey (1905–1995), Ireland
 * Fred Cogswell (1917-2004), Canada
 * Leonard Cohen (born 1934), Canada
 * Matt Cohen (1942-1999), Canada
 * Henri Cole (born 1956), United States
 * Norma Cole (born 1945), United States
 * Helena Coleman (1860-1953), Canada
 * Wanda Coleman (born 1946), United States
 * Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849), England
 * Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907), England
 * Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), England
 * Sara Coleridge (1802-1852), England
 * Don Coles (born 1928), Canada
 * Billy Collins (born 1941), United States
 * Martha Collins (born 1940), 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
 * Jan Conn (born 1952), Canada
 * Paul Conneally (born 1959), England
 * Leo Connellan (1928–2001), United States
 * Karen Connelly (born 1969), Canada
 * Kevin Connolly (born 1962), Canada
 * Tony Connor (born 1930), England
 * Henry Constable (1562–1613), England
 * Eliza Cook (1818–1889), England
 * Edmund Vance Cooke (1886-1932), Canada
 * Dennis Cooley (born 1944), Canada
 * Clark Coolidge (born 1939), United States
 * Afua Cooper (born 1957), Canada
 * Thomas Cooper (1805–1892), England
 * Michael Cope (born 1952), South Africa
 * Wendy Cope (born 1945), England
 * Richard Corbet (1582–1635), England
 * Hilary Corke (1921-2001), England
 * Cid Corman (1924-2004), United States
 * Alfred Corn (born 1943), 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 (born 1936), United States
 * Adela Cory (1865-1904), England / India
 * William Johnson Cory (1823–1892), England
 * Louisa Stuart Costello (1799–1877), Ireland
 * Charles Cotton (1630-1687), England
 * Anna Couani (born 1948 ), Australia
 * Anne Ross Cousin (1824–1906), Scotland
 * Francis Coutts (1852-1923), England
 * Dani Couture (born 1978), Canada
 * 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
 * Dinah Maria Craik (1826-1887), England
 * Christopher Pearse Cranch (1813-1892), United States
 * Hart Crane (1899-1932), United States
 * Stephen Crane, (1871-1900), United States
 * Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914), United States
 * Richard Crashaw (1613–1649), England
 * Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850-1887), Canada
 * Robert Creeley (1926-2005), United States
 * Arthur Shearly Cripps (1869-1952), England
 * Julian Croft (born 1941), Australia
 * Alison Croggon (born 1962 ), Australia
 * M.T.C. Cronin (born 1963 ), Australia
 * 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
 * Michael Crummey (born 1965), Canada
 * Victor Hernandez Cruz (born 1949), United States
 * Julie Crysler, Canada
 * Countee Cullen ( 1903–1946 ), United States
 * E.E. Cummings (1894–1962), United States
 * Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), Scotland
 * John Cunningham (1729–1773), Ireland
 * J.V. Cunningham (1911–1985), United States
 * Robert Cunninghame-Graham (1735-1797), Scotland
 * Jen Currin (born 1972), Canada
 * Sarah Anne Curzon (1833-1898), Canada
 * Henry Cust (1861-1917), England
 * John Cutts (1661-1707), England

D.-De

 * H.D. (1886-1961), United States / England
 * Kalli Dakos (born 1950), Canada
 * Victor Daley (1858-1905), Australia
 * Richard Henry Dana (1787-1879), United States
 * George Dance (born 1953), Canada
 * Joseph A. Dandurand, Canada
 * Samuel Daniel (1562–1619), England
 * George Darley (1795–1846), Ireland
 * Tina Darragh (born 1950), United States
 * Elizabeth Daryush (1887-1977), England
 * Robert von Dassanowsky (born 1965), United States
 * Beverley Daurio (born 1953), Canada
 * Sir William Davenant (1606–1668), England
 * Frank Davey (born 1940), Canada
 * John Davidson (1837–1909), Scotland
 * Michael Davidson (born 1944), United States
 * Donald Davie (1922-1995), England
 * Alan Davies (born 1951), United States
 * Idris Davies (1905-1953), Wales
 * Sir John Davies (1569–1626), England
 * John Davies of Hereford (?1565-1618), England
 * Luke Davies (born 1962), Australia
 * W.H. Davies (1871-1940), Wales
 * Nicholas Flood Davin (1840-1901), Canada
 * Jack Davis (1917-2000), Australia
 * Jordan Davis (born 1970), United States
 * Norma L. Davis (1905-1945), Australia
 * Olena Kalytiak Davis (born 1963), United States
 * Tanya Davis, Canada
 * Thomas Davis (1814–1845), Ireland
 * Tom Dawe (born 1940), Canada
 * Kwame Dawes (born 1962), Jamaica
 * Jeffrey Day (1896-1916), England
 * Sarah Day (born 1958), Australia
 * James Deahl (born 1945), Canada
 * Dulcie Deamer (1890-1972), Australia
 * Geoffrey Dearmer (1893-1996), England
 * Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), England
 * Madeline DeFrees, (born 1919 ), United States
 * Thomas Dekker (1575–1641), England
 * Alison Hawthorne Deming (born 1946), United States
 * Barry Dempster (born 1952), Canada
 * Edwin Denby (1903-1983), United States
 * John Denham (1615–1669), England
 * Tory Dent (1958-2005), United States
 * Enid Derham (1882-1941), Australia
 * Thomas Dermody (1775–1802), Ireland
 * Henry Derozio (1809–1831), India
 * Toi Derricote (born1941), United States
 * Heather Derr-Smith (born 1971), United States
 * Michelle Desbarats, Canada
 * James Devaney (1890-1976), Australia
 * Denis Devlin (1908–1959), Ireland
 * Christopher Dewdney (born 1951), Canada

Dh-Do

 * Imtiaz Dharker (born 1954), Scotland
 * Ann Diamond (born 1951), Canada
 * Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (born 1949), Canada
 * Charles Dickens (1812-1870), England
 * James Dickey (1923–1997), United States
 * Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), United States
 * Matthew Dickman, (born 1975), United States
 * Michael Dickman, (born 1975), United States
 * Peter Didsbury (born 1946), England
 * Deborah Digges (1950-2009), United States
 * Mary di Michele (born 1949), Canada
 * Desi Di Nardo (born 1972), Canada
 * Ray DiPalma (born 1943), United States
 * Emanuel di Pasquale (born 1943), United States
 * W.S. Di Piero (born 1945), United States
 * Diane di Prima (born 1934), United States
 * Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008)
 * Charlotte Eliza Dixon (fl. 1814-1830), Ireland
 * Richard Watson Dixon (1833-1900), England
 * Kildare Dobbs (born 1923), Canada
 * Sydney Dobell (1824-1874), England
 * Austin Dobson (1840-1921), England
 * Rosemary Dobson (born 1920 ), Australia
 * Stephen Dobyns (born 1941 ), United States
 * Will Dockery (born 1958), United States
 * Jeramy Dodds (born 1974), Canada
 * Charles Dodgson (1832-1898), England
 * George Bubb Dodington (1691-1762), England
 * Robert Dodsley (1703-1762), England
 * Pete Doherty (born 1979), England
 * Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848-1867), England
 * James B. Dollard (1872-1946), Canada
 * Clara G. Dolliver (fl. 1848-1891), United States
 * Don Domanski (born 1950), Canada
 * Jeffery Donaldson, Canada
 * John Donaldson, aka Jon Inglis (1921–1989), England
 * John Donne (1572–1631), England
 * David Donnell (born 1939), Canada
 * Timothy Donnelly (born 1969), United States
 * Theo Dorgan (born 1953), Ireland
 * Ed Dorn (1929–1999), United States
 * Candas Jane Dorsey (born 1952), Canada
 * Mark Doty (born 1953), United States
 * Clive Doucet (born 1946), Canada
 * Lord Alfred Douglas (1870-1945), England
 * Gavin Douglas (?1475-1522), Scotland
 * Keith Douglas (1920–1944), England
 * Orville Lloyd Douglas (born 1976), Canada
 * Rita Dove (born 1952), United States
 * John Dowland (1563-1626), England
 * Gwladys Downes (botn 1915), Canada
 * Gordon Downie (born 1964), Canada
 * Ernest Dowson (1867–1900), England
 * Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), Scotland / England
 * Camilla Doyle (1888-1944), 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 (born 1945), United States
 * 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
 * Laurie Duggan (born 1949 ), Australia
 * Denise Duhamel (born 1961), United States
 * Jas H. Duke (1939-1982), Australia
 * Marilyn Dumont (born 1955), Canada
 * Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906), United States
 * William Dunbar (1465–1520), Scotland
 * Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935), United States
 * Andrew Duncan (born 1956), England
 * Robert Duncan (1919–1988), United States
 * John Duncombe (1729-1786), England
 * Douglas Dunn (born 1942), Scotland
 * 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
 * Geoffrey Dutton (1922-1998), Australia
 * Paul Dutton (born 1947), Canada
 * John Dyer (1699-1757), Wales
 * Bob Dylan (born 1941), United States
 * Edward Dyson (1865-1931), Australia

E

 * Cornelius Eady (born 1954), United States
 * Arthur Eaton (1849-1947), Canada
 * Evelyn Eaton (1902-1983), Canada
 * Richard Eberhart (1904–2005), United States
 * Richard Edwardes (c. 1523–1566), England
 * kari edwards ( 1954-2006), United States
 * 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
 * Ronda Eller (born 1965), Canada
 * 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), England
 * William Empson (1906–1984), England
 * Anita Endrezze (born 1952), United States
 * Thomas Dunn English (1819-1902), United States
 * D.J. Enright (1920–2002), England
 * Theodore Enslin (1925-2011), United States
 * Louise Erdrich (born 1954)
 * Clayton Eshleman (born 1935 ), United States
 * Martín Espada (born 1957), United States
 * Jerry Estrin (1947–1993), United States
 * Sir George Etherege (1635–1691), England
 * George Essex Evans (1863-1909), Australia
 * Mari Evans (born 1923), United States
 * R.G. Everson (1903-1992), Canada
 * William Everson (1912-1994), United States
 * John K. Ewers (1904-1978), Australia

F-Fl

 * 1) Sir Geoffrey Faber (1889-1961), England
 * 2) Diane Fahey (born 1945), Australia
 * 3) Chris Faiers (born 1948), Canada
 * 4) Kingsley Fairbridge (1885-1924), South Africa / England
 * 5) A.R.D. Fairburn (1904-1957), New Zealand
 * 6) B.H. Fairchild (born 1942), United States
 * 7) Margaret Fairley (1885-1968), Canada
 * 8) Mildmay Fane (1600-1666?), England
 * 9) Sir Richard Fanshawe (1608-1666) England
 * 10) Dorothy Farmiloe (born 1920), Canada
 * 11) J.P. Farrell (1968-2010), United States
 * 12) John Farrell (1851–1904), Australia
 * 13) Brian Fawcett (born 1944), Canada
 * 14) Kenneth Fearing (1902-1961), United States
 * 15) Irving Feldman (born 1928), United States
 * 16) Owen Felltham (1602-1668), England
 * 17) Charles Fenerty (1821-1892), Canada
 * 18) Jesse Patrick Ferguson, Canada
 * 19) Sir Samuel Ferguson (1810–1886), Ireland
 * 20) Robert Fergusson (1750-1774), Scotland
 * 21) Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born 1919), United States
 * 22) Ferron (born 1952), Canada
 * 23) David Ferry (born 1924), United States
 * 24) Douglas George Fetherling (born 1949), Canada
 * 25) Marya Fiamengo (born 1926), Canada
 * 26) Barron Field (1786-1846), Australia
 * 27) Edward Field (born 1924), United States
 * 28) Eugene Field (1850-1895), United States
 * 29) Anne Finch (1661-1720), England
 * 30) Annie Finch (born 1956), United States
 * 31) Robert Finch (1900-1995), Canada
 * 32) Joan Finnigan (1925-2007), Canada
 * 33) Jon Paul Fiorentino, Canada
 * 34) Robert Fitterman (born 1959), United States
 * 35) Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883), England
 * 36) Judith Fitzgerald (born 1952), Canada

Fo-Fy

 * 1) Roderick Flanagan (1828-1862), Australia
 * 2) Thomas Flatman (1637-1688), England
 * 3) James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915), England
 * 4) Richard Flecknoe (?1600-1678?), England
 * 5) Giles Fletcher (?1548-1611), England
 * 6) Giles Fletcher (?1586-1623), England
 * 7) John Fletcher (1579-1625), England
 * 8) John Gould Fletcher (1886-1950), United States
 * 9) Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650), England
 * 10) Nick Flynn (born 1960), United States
 * 11) Jack Foley (born 1940), United States
 * 12) Mary Hannay Foott (1846-1918), Australia
 * 13) Calvin Forbes (born 1945), United States
 * 14) Carolyn Forché (born 1950), United States
 * 15) John Ford (1586-1637), England
 * 16) Robert A.D. Ford (1915-1998), Canada
 * 17) William Forster (1818-1882), Australia
 * 18) Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911), United States
 * 19) Sesshu Foster (born 1957),United States
 * 20) William Fowler (?1560-1612), Scotland
 * 21) Janet Frame (1924-2004), New Zealand
 * 22) Florence Kiper Frank (1885-1976), United States
 * 23) Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), United States
 * 24) David Fraser, Canada
 * 25) G.S. Fraser (1915-1980), Scotland
 * 26) Raymond Fraser (born 1941), Canada
 * 27) Joseph Freeman (1897-1965), United States
 * 28) Percy French (1854-1920), Ireland
 * 29) Philip Freneau (1752–1832), United States
 * 30) J.H. Frere (1769-1846), England
 * 31) Patrick Friesen (born 1946), Canada
 * 32) Robert Frost (1874–1963), United States
 * 33) Gene Frumkin (1928-2007), United States
 * 34) Mark Frutkin (born 1948), Canada
 * 35) Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2004), United States
 * 36) John Fuller (born 1937), England
 * 37) Mary E. Fullerton (1868-1946), Australia
 * 38) Alice Fulton(born 1952), United States
 * 39) Erica Funkhouser (born 1949), United States
 * 40) Richard Furness (1791–1857), England
 * 41) Joseph Furphy (1843-1912), Australia
 * 42) Sarah Fyge (1670-1723), England
 * 43) Rose Fyleman (1877-1957), England

Ga-Gi

 * Norman Gale (1862-1942), England
 * Katherine Gallagher (born 1935), Australia / England
 * John Galt (1779-1839), Scotland
 * Forrest Gander (born 1956), United States
 * Keith Garebian (born 1943), Canada
 * Richard Garnett (1835-1906), England
 * Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719), England
 * George Gascoigne (1525–1577), England
 * David Gascoyne (1916–2001), England
 * Bill Gaston (born 1953), Canada
 * John Gay (1685–1732), England
 * Ross Gay (born 1974), United States
 * William Gay (1865–1897), Australia
 * Gary Geddes (born 1940), Canada
 * Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904–1991), United States
 * Leon Gellert (1892-1977), Australia
 * Amy Gerstler (born 1956), United States
 * Marty Gervais (born 1946), Canada
 * Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (born 1946), United States
 * Khasiprasad Ghose (1809-1873), India
 * Manmohan Ghose (1869-1924), India
 * Perceval Gibbon (1879-1926), South Africa
 * Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), England
 * Robert Gibbs (born 1930), Canada
 * G.H. Gibson (1846-1921), Australia
 * Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878-1962), England
 * Angus Morrison Gidney (1803-1882), Canada
 * Humphrey Gifford (died 1589), England
 * William Gifford (1756-1826), England
 * Jack Gilbert (born 1925), United States
 * Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993), Australia
 * Ruth Gilbert (born 1917), New Zealand
 * Sandra M. Gilbert (born 1936)
 * Dame Mary Gilmore (1865-1962), Australia
 * Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), United States
 * Dana Gioia (born 1950), United States
 * Nikki Giovanni (born 1943), United States
 * Peter Gizzi (born 1959), United States

Gl-Go

 * Jesse Glass (born 1954), United States
 * John Glassco (1909-1981), Canada
 * Susan Glickman (born 1953), Canada
 * Denis Glover (1912–1980), New Zealand
 * Louise Glück (born 1943), United States
 * Sidney Godolphin (?1606-1643), England
 * Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878-1957), Ireland
 * Albert Goldbarth (born 1948), United States
 * Louis Golding (1895-1958), England
 * Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961), United States
 * Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774), Ireland / England
 * Oliver Goldsmith (1794-1861), Canada
 * Peter Goldsworthy (born 1951 ), Australia
 * Leona Gom (born 1946), Canada
 * W.T. Goodge ( 1862–1909 ), Australia
 * Lorna Goodison (born 1947), Jamaica
 * Barnabe Googe (1540-1594), England
 * Adam Lindsay Gordon ( 1833–1870 ), Australia
 * Alfred Gordon (1888-1959), Canada
 * Katherine L. Gordon, Canada
 * Hedwig Gorski (born 1949), United States
 * Sir Edmund Gosse (1849-1928), England
 * Phyllis Gotlieb (1926-2009), Canada
 * Alan Gould (born 1949), Australia
 * Gerald Gould (1885-1936), England
 * John Gower (1330-1408), England
 * Sue Goyette (born 1964), Canada

Gr-Gy

 * James Graham (1612-1650), Scotland
 * Neile Graham (born 1958), Canada
 * Robert Cunninghame Graham (1735-1797), Scotland
 * Jorie Graham (born 1950), United States
 * W.S. Graham (1918-1986), Scotland
 * James Grahame (1765-1811), Scotland
 * Judy Grahn (born 1940), United States
 * Paul Grano (1894-1975), Australia
 * Jamie Grant (born 1949 ), 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
 * Richard Greene (born 1961), Canada
 * Robert Greene (1558–1592), England
 * Gavin Greenlees (1930-1983), Australia
 * Leslie Greentree, Canada
 * Debora Greger (born 1949)
 * Linda Gregerson (born 1950)
 * Linda Gregg (born 1942)
 * Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852-1932), English
 * Julian Grenfell (1888-1915), England
 * Eamon Grennan (born 1941), Ireland / United States
 * Frances Greville (?1727-1789), Ireland / England
 * Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554–1628), England
 * Gerald Griffin (1803–1840), Ireland
 * Bill Griffiths (1948-2007), England
 * Nicholas Grimald (1519–1562), England
 * Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1958), United States
 * Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914), United States
 * Andreas Gripp (born 1964), Canada
 * 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
 * Gregory Wm. Gunn, Canada
 * Thom Gunn (1929–2004), England / United States
 * Kristjana Gunnars (born 1948), Canada
 * 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
 * Marilyn Hacker (born 1942), United States
 * Rachel Hadas (born 1948), United States
 * Kimiko Hahn (born 1955), United States
 * John Haines (1924-2011), United States
 * Paul Haines (1933-2003), Canada
 * Thomas Gordon Hake (1809–1895), England
 * Katherine Hale (1878-1956), Canada
 * Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879), United States
 * Donald Hall (born 1928), United States
 * Joseph Hall (1574-1656), England
 * Phil Hall (born 1953), Canada
 * Rodney Hall (born 1935 ), Australia
 * Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867), United States
 * Daniel Halpern (born 1945), United States
 * Alan Halsey (born 1949), England
 * Ronald Hambleton (born 1917), Canada
 * Sam Hamill (born 1943), United States
 * George Rostrevor Hamilton (1888-1967), England
 * Jane Eaton Hamilton (born 1954), Canada
 * Saskia Hamilton (born 1967), United States
 * 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
 * Philip Hammial (born 1937 ), Australia
 * Susan Hampton (born 1949 ), Australia
 * Thomas Hardy (1840–1928), England
 * Lesbia Harford (1891-1927), Australia
 * Joy Harjo (born 1951), United States
 * William Harmon (born 1938), United States
 * Michael S. Harper (born 1938)
 * Charles Harpur (1813-1868), Australia
 * Edward Harrington (1895-1966), Australia
 * Max Harris (1921-1995), Australia
 * Michael Harris, Canada
 * Robert Harris (1951-1993), Australia
 * Jennifer Harrison (born 1955 ), Australia
 * Martin Harrison (born 1949 ), Australia
 * Richard Harrison, Canada
 * Susan Frances Harrison (1859-1935), Canada
 * Tony Harrison (born 1937), England
 * Blind Harry (?1440-1492), Scotland
 * Carla Harryman (born 1952), United States
 * Paul Hartal (born 1936), Canada
 * Patrick Joseph Hartigan (1878-1952), Australia
 * Jill Hartman (born 1974), Canada
 * Sadakichi Hartmann (1867–1944), United States
 * William Hart-Smith (1911-1990), Australia
 * F.W. Harvey (1888-1957), England
 * Gabriel Harvey (?1545-1630), England
 * Matthea Harvey (born 1973), United States
 * Elisabeth Harvor (born 1936), Canada
 * Lee Harwood (born 1939), England
 * Robert Hass (born 1941), United States
 * Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879), England
 * Stephen Hawes (died 1523), England
 * Robert Stephen Hawker (1803-1875), England
 * Robert Hayden (1913-1980), United States
 * Terrance Hayes (born 1971), United States
 * Robert Hayman (1575–1629), England
 * Caroline Hayward (fl. 1855), Canada

He

 * Seamus Heaney (born 1939), Ireland
 * Charles Heavysege (1816-1876), Canada
 * James Hebblethwaite (1857-1921), Australia
 * Reginald Heber (1783-1826), India
 * Anne Hecht (fl. 1786), Canada
 * Anthony Hecht (1923-2004), United States
 * Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965), United States
 * Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958), United States
 * John Hegley (born 1953), England
 * Wilfrid Heighington (1897-1945), Canada
 * Steven Heighton (born 1961), Canada
 * Lyn Hejinian (born 1941), United States
 * Felicia Hemans (1793–1835), England
 * Kris Hemensley (born 1946 ), Australia
 * 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
 * Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621), England
 * John Frederic Herbin (1860-1923), Canada
 * Juan Felipe Herrera (born 1948), United States
 * 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

 * Bob Hicok (born 1960), United States
 * Dick Higgins (1938–1998), United States
 * F.R. Higgins (1896–1941), Ireland
 * Scott Hightower (born 1952)
 * Brewster Higley (1823-1911), United States
 * Conrad Hilberry (born 1928), United States
 * Geoffrey Hill (born 1932), England
 * Brenda Hillman (born 1951), United States
 * Arthur Clement Hilton (1851-1877), England
 * Daryl Hine (born 1936), Canada
 * Edward Hirsch (born 1950), United States
 * Jane Hirshfield (born 1953), United States

Ho

 * Tony Hoagland (born 1953), United States
 * Thomas Hoccleve (?1369-1426), England
 * Philip Hodgins (1959-1995), Australia
 * William Noel Hodgson (1893-1916), England
 * Daniel Hoffman (born 1928), United States
 * James Hogg (1770–1835), Scotland
 * David Holbrook (1923-2011), England
 * Susan Holbrook (born 1967), Canada
 * Jane Holland (born 1966), England
 * John Hollander (born 1929), United States
 * Anselm Hollo (born 1934), United States
 * John Holloway (1920-1999), England
 * Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894), United States
 * Garrett Hongo (born 1951), United States
 * 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
 * Richard Henry Horne (1802-1884), England / Australia
 * Frances Horovitz (1938–1983), England
 * Michael Horovitz (born 1935), England
 * 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
 * Marie Howe (born 1950), United States
 * Rick Howe (died 2007), United States
 * Susan Howe (born 1937), United States
 * Ada Verdun Howell (1902-1981), Australia
 * Anthony Howell (born 1945), England
 * William Dean Howells (1837-1920), United States
 * Mary Howitt (1799-1888), England
 * Helen Hoyt (1887-1972), United States

Hu-Hy

 * Annie Campbell Huestis (1878-1970), Canada
 * Langston Hughes (1902–1967), United States
 * Richard Hughes (1900-1976), England
 * Ted Hughes (1930–1998), England
 * Richard Hugo (1923–1982), United States
 * Lynda Hull (1954-1994), United States
 * T.E. Hulme (1881-1917), England
 * Alexander Hume (1560–1609), Scotland
 * Leigh Hunt (1784–1859), England
 * Cynthia Huntington (born 1951), United States
 * Henrietta Anne Huxley (1825-1914), England
 * Douglas Smith Huyghue (1816-1891), Canada / Australia
 * Robin Hyde (1906-1939), New Zealand

I

 * 1) David Ignatow (1914-1997), United States
 * 2) Selwyn Image (1849-1930), England
 * 3) Lawson Fusao Inada (born 1938), United States
 * 4) Rex Ingamells (1913-1955), Australia
 * 5) Jean Ingelow (1820-1897), England
 * 6) P. Inman (born 1947), United States

J

 * Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885), United States
 * Laura Riding Jackson (1901-1991), United States
 * Josephine Jacobsen (1905-2003), United States
 * Richard Jago (1715–1781), England
 * King James I (1394-1437), Scotland
 * King James I (1566-1625), England
 * John James (born 1939), Wales
 * Mark Jarman (born 1952), United States
 * Lisa Jarnot (born 1967), United States
 * Randall Jarrell (1914–1965), United States
 * Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (born 1967), United States
 * Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962), United States
 * John Jenkins (born 1949 ), Australia
 * Elizabeth Jennings (1926-2001), England
 * Kate Jennings (born 1948 ), Australia
 * Sydney Jephcott ( 1864–1951 ), Australia
 * V.J. Jerome (1896-1965), United States
 * Paulette Jiles (born 1943), Canada
 * Rita Joe (1932-2007), Canada
 * Denis Johnson (born 1949), United States
 * Fenton Johnson (1888-1958), United States
 * 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
 * Troy Jollimore, United States
 * George Jonas (born 1935), Canada
 * David Jones (1895–1974), Wales
 * Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860), England
 * Emma Jones (born 1992)
 * Evan Jones (born 1931 ), Australia
 * Evan Jones, Canada
 * Hettie Jones (born 1934), United States
 * Jill Jones (born 1951), Australia
 * John Joseph Jones (1930-2000), Australia
 * LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) (born 1934)
 * Patrick Jones (born 1965), Wales
 * Rodney Jones (born 1950), United States
 * William Jones (1726-1795), Wales
 * Sir William Jones (1746-1794), England
 * Erica Jong (born 1942), United States
 * Ben Jonson (1572–1637), England
 * Judy Jordan (born 1961), United States
 * June Jordan (born 1936), United States
 * Thomas Jordan (1612-1685), England
 * Anthony Joseph (born 1966), Trinidad / England
 * Jenny Joseph (born 1932), England
 * Lawrence Joseph (born 1948), United States
 * Marie Joussaye (?1864-1949), Canada
 * James Joyce (1882–1941), Ireland
 * Trevor Joyce (born 1947), Ireland
 * S. de V. Julius (1874-1930)
 * A.M. Juster (born 1956), United States
 * Donald Justice (1925–2004), United States

K

 * Joseph Kalar (1906-1972), United States
 * Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977), United States
 * 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
 * Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 1952), Canada
 * Weldon Kees (1914-1955), United States
 * Nancy Keesing (1923-1993), Australia
 * Antigone Kefala (born 1935 ), Australia
 * Brigit Pegeen Kelly (born 1951), United States
 * Robert Kelly (born 1935), United States
 * Arthur Kelton (died c. 1550), Wales
 * Henry Kendall (1839-1882), Australia
 * Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy (1883–1929), England
 * Leo Kennedy (1907-2000), Canada
 * Jane Kenyon (1947-1995), United States
 * Robert Kirkland Kernighan (1854-1926), Canada
 * Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), United States
 * Frederick Kesner (born 1967)
 * Stephen Kessler (born 1947), United States
 * Francis Scott Key (1779-1843), United States
 * Sidney Keyes (1922–1943), England
 * Keorapetse Kgositsile (born 1938), South Africa
 * 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), United States
 * John Kinsella (born 1963 ), Australia
 * Thomas Kinsella (born 1927)
 * Mary Kinzie (born 1944), United States
 * Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), India / England
 * Roy Kiyooka (1926-1994), Canada
 * Carolyn Kizer (born 1925), United States
 * A.M. Klein (1909-1972), Canada
 * August Kleinzahler (born 1949 ), United States
 * Etheridge Knight (1931-1991), United States
 * 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
 * Wayne Koestenbaum (born 1958), United States
 * John Koethe (born 1945), United States
 * Joy Kogawa (born 1935), Canada
 * Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1947 ), United States
 * Ted Kooser (born 1939), United States
 * Aaron Kramer (1921-1997), United States
 * Rudi Krausmann (born 1933), Australia
 * Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954), Russia / Ireland
 * Maxine Kumin (born 1925), United States
 * Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006), United States
 * Thomas Kyd (1558-1594), England
 * Joanne Kyger (born 1934), United States
 * Francis Kynaston (1587-1642), England

La

 * Sonnet L'Abbé (born 1973), Canada
 * Nick Laird (born 1975), Northern Ireland
 * Philip Lamantia (1927-2005), United States
 * Charles Lamb (1775–1834), England
 * Archibald Lampman (1861-1899), Canada
 * Tim Lander (born 1938), Canada
 * 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
 * Sidney Lanier (1842–1881), United States
 * Ring Lardner (1885-1933), United States
 * Joan Larkin (born 1939), United States
 * Philip Larkin (1922–1985), England
 * Dorothea Lasky (born 1978), United States
 * Evelyn Lau (born 1971), Canada
 * Ann Lauterbach (born 1942), United States
 * Dorianne Laux (born 1952), United States
 * Edythe Morahan de Lauzon (fl.1918-1922}, Canada
 * 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-Ll

 * 1) Stephen Leacock (1869-1944), Canada
 * 2) Mary Leapor (1722-1746), England
 * 3) Edward Lear (1812–1888), England
 * 4) Francis Ledwidge (1887–1917), Ireland
 * 5) Dennis Lee (born 1939), Canada
 * 6) Li-Young Lee (born 1957), United States
 * 7) Joy Leftow (born 1949)
 * 8) Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947), England
 * 9) David Lehman (born 1948), United States
 * 10) Sue Lenier (born 1957)
 * 11) John Lent (1948-2006), Canada
 * 12) John Leonard (born 1965), Australia
 * 13) Tom Leonard (born 1944), Scotland
 * 14) William Ellery Leonard (1876–1944), United States
 * 15) Douglas LePan (1914-1998), Canada
 * 16) Rosanna Leprohon (1829-1879), Canada
 * 17) Ben Lerner (born 1979), United States
 * 18) Laurence Lerner (born 1925), England
 * 19) Kenneth Leslie (1892-1974), Canada
 * 20) Denise Levertov (1923-1997), United States
 * 21) Jan Heller Levi (born 1954), United States
 * 22) Philip Levine (born 1928), United States
 * 23) Larry Levis (1946–1996), United States
 * 24) Amy Levy (1861-1889), England
 * 25) D.A. Levy (1942–1968), United States
 * 26) Alun Lewis (1915–1944), Wales
 * 27) C.S. Lewis (1898–1963), England
 * 28) Tim Lilburn (born 1950), Canada
 * 29) Charles Lillard (1944-1997), Canada
 * 30) Kate Lilley (born 1960), Australia
 * 31) Ada Limón (born 1976), United States
 * 32) Tao Lin (born 1983), United States
 * 33) Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), United States
 * 34) Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), United States
 * 35) William James Linton (1812-1897), England / United States
 * 36) Lawrence Lipton (1898-1975), United States
 * 37) Timothy Liu(born 1965), United States
 * 38) Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996), Canada
 * 39) Florence Randal Livesay (1874-1953), Canada
 * 40) Henry Livingston, Jr. (1748-1828), United States
 * 41) Kate Llewellyn (born 1936), Australia

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
 * John Logan (1923- 1987 ), United States
 * John Daniel Logan (1869-1929), Canada
 * James Longenbach, United States
 * Christopher Logue (1926-2011), England
 * Audrey Longbottom (1922-1986), Australia
 * Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), United States
 * Michael Longley (born 1939), Ireland
 * Phillip Lopate (born 1943), United States
 * Luis A. López, United States
 * Audre Lorde (1934-1992), United States
 * Adrian C. Louis (born ca. 1947), United States
 * 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
 * Laura Lush (born 1959), Canada
 * Thomas Lux (born 1946), 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
 * Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), England
 * George Lyttelton, Lord Lyttelton (1709–1773), England
 * Robert Bulwer-Lytton (1831-1891), England

Ma

 * Rose Macaulay (1881-1958), England
 * 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
 * Goodridge MacDonald (1897-1967), Canada
 * Jane Elizabeth MacDonald (1864-1922), Canada
 * Wilson MacDonald (1880-1967), Canada
 * Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941-1987), Canada
 * Seán Mac Falls (born 1957), Ireland
 * 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
 * John William Mackail (1859-1945), Scotland
 * Isabel Ecclestone Mackay (1875-1928), Canada
 * Kenneth Seaforth Mackenzie (1913-1955), Australia
 * Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947), United States
 * Lachlan Mackinnon (born 1956), Scotland
 * Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982), United States
 * Joseph Macleod (1903–1984), England
 * Jackson Mac Low (1922-2004), United States
 * Louis MacNeice (1907–1963), England
 * James Macpherson (1736-1796), Scotland
 * Jay Macpherson (born 1931), Canada
 * Barry MacSweeney
 * Charles Madge (1912-1996), England
 * Haki Madhubuti (born 1942), United States
 * Derek Mahon (born 1941), Northern Ireland
 * Francis Mahony (1804-1866), Ireland
 * Jennifer Maiden (born 1949), Australia
 * Charles Mair (?1840-1927), Canada
 * Clarence Major (born 1936), United States
 * Taylor Mali (born 1965), United States
 * David Mallet (?1705-1765), Scotland
 * David Malouf (born 1934 ), Australia
 * Eli Mandel (1922-1992), Canada
 * Miriam Mandel (1930-1982), Canada
 * Tom Mandel (born 1942), United States
 * James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849), Ireland
 * Bill Manhire (born 1946), New Zealand
 * 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), Scotland
 * Morton Marcus (1936–2009), United States
 * Walter de la Mare (1873-1956), England
 * Richard Marggraf Turley (born 1970), Wales
 * Paul Mariani (born 1940), United States
 * Edwin Markham (1852-1940), United States
 * 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
 * Billy Marshall Stoneking (born 1947 ), Australia
 * John Marston (1576-1634), England
 * Arthur Patchett Martin (1851-1902)
 * Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (1848-1937)
 * Charles Martin (born 1942), United States
 * William Martin (born 1922)
 * Andrew Marvell (1621–1678), England
 * Cate Marvin (born 1969), United States
 * John Masefield (1878–1967), England
 * R.A.K. Mason (1905-1971), New Zealand
 * Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950), United States
 * Edward Powys Mathers (1892-1939), England
 * Ray Mathew (1929-2002), Australia
 * Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947), United States
 * Khaled Mattawa (born 1964), United States
 * Harley Matthews (1889-1968), Australia
 * James Matthews (born 1929), South Africa
 * Marc Matthews (born c. 1945), Guyana
 * William Matthews ( 1942–1997 ), United States
 * Bernadette Mayer (born 1945), United States

Mc

 * Peter McArthur (1866-1924), Canada
 * James McAuley (1917-1976), Australia
 * Robert McBride (?1811-1895), Canada
 * J.D. McClatchy (born 1945), United States
 * Michael McClure (born 1932), United States
 * Alma Frances McCollum (1879-1906), Canada
 * George Gordon McCrae (1833-1927), Australia
 * Hugh McCrae (1876-1958), Australia
 * John McCrae (1872-1918), Canada
 * John Luckey McCreery (1835-1906), United States
 * Laura E. McCully (1886-1924), Canada
 * Roger McDonald (born 1941), Australia
 * Walt McDonald (born 1934), United States
 * David McFadden (born 1940), Canada
 * David McGimpsey (born 1962), Canada
 * Phyllis McGinley (1905-1978), United States
 * William McGonagall (1825-1902), Scotland
 * Roger McGough (born 1937), England
 * Thomas McGrath (1916–1990), United States
 * Medbh McGuckian (born 1950), Northern Ireland
 * Heather McHugh (born 1948), United States
 * James McIntyre (1828-1906), Canada
 * Claude McKay ( 1889–1948 ). Jamaica / United States
 * Don McKay (born 1942), Canada
 * Rod McKuen (born 1933), United States
 * Alexander McLachlan (1817-1896), Canada
 * Isaac McLellan (1806–1899), United States
 * Rhyll McMaster (born 1947), Australia
 * James McMichael (born 1939), United States
 * Mark McMorris (born 1960), Jamaica / United States
 * Eugene McNamara (born 1930), Canada
 * Sandra McPherson (born 1943), United States

Me-Mi

 * Philip Mead (born 1953), Australia
 * Paula Meehan (born 1955)
 * George Bubb Dodington, Baron Melcombe (1691-1762), England
 * Herman Melville (1819–1891), United States
 * George Meredith (1828-1909), England
 * Louisa Anne Meredith (1812-1895), England / Australia
 * Owen Mereidith (1831-1891), England
 * William Meredith (1919-2007), United States
 * Eve Merriam (1916-1992), United States
 * Helen M. Merrill (1866-1951), Canada
 * James Merrill (1926-1995), United States
 * W.S. Merwin (born 1927 ), United States
 * Bruce Meyer (born 1957), Canada
 * Alice Meynell (1847-1922), England
 * Anne Michaels (born 1958), Canada
 * William Mickle (1735-1788), Scotland
 * Christopher Middleton (born 1926), England
 * J. Edgar Middleton (1872-1960), Canada
 * Thomas Middleton (1580-1627), England
 * Josephine Miles (1911-1985), United States
 * Edna St. Vincent Millay ( 1892–1950 ), United States
 * E. Ethelbert Miller (born 1950), United States
 * 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
 * Peter Minter (born 1967), Australia
 * Gary Miranda (born 1939)
 * Stephen Mitchell (born 1943), United States

Mo-Mu

 * H.D. Moe (born 1937), United States
 * Anis Mojgani (born 1977), United States
 * N. Scott Momaday (born 1934), United States
 * Mary Monck (ca.1678-1715), Ireland
 * Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852-1923), England
 * Geraldine Monk (born 1952), England
 * 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
 * J. Sheridan Moore (1828-1871), Australia
 * 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
 * Pat Mora (born 1942), United States
 * Barbara Moraff (born 1939), Vermont
 * Edythe Morahan de Lauzon (fl.1918-1922}, Canada
 * Thomas Osbert Mordaunt (1730-1809), England
 * Hannah More (1745-1833), England
 * Edwin Morgan (1920-2010), Scotland
 * Mal Morgan (1935-1999), Australia
 * Robin Morgan (born 1941), United States
 * A.F. Moritz (born 1947), Canada
 * George Pope Morris (1802-1864), United States
 * Mervyn Morris (born 1937), Jamaica
 * William Morris (1834–1896), England
 * Jim Morrison (1943–1971), United States
 * Kim Morrissey (born 1955), Canada
 * Colin Morton (born 1948), Canada
 * Anna Moschovakis, United States
 * Frank Morton (1869–1923), New Zealand / Australia
 * Thylias Moss (born 1954), United States
 * Sir Andrew Motion (born 1952), England
 * Eric Mottram (1924-1995), England
 * Ian Mudie (1911-1976), Australia
 * Lisel Mueller (born 1924), United States
 * Edwin Muir (1887-1959), Orkney Islands
 * Paul Muldoon (born 1951), Ireland
 * John Mulgan (1911-1945), New Zealand
 * Harryette Mullen (born 1953), United States
 * Anthony Munday (?1560–1633), England
 * William Murdoch (1823-1887), Canada
 * Edwin Greenslade Murphy (1866-1939), Australia
 * Sheila Murphy (born 1951), United States
 * Les Murray (born 1938), Australia
 * Robert Fuller Murray (1863-1894), Scotland
 * Susan Musgrave (born 1951), Canada
 * Carol Muske-Dukes (born 1945), United States
 * Eileen Myles (born 1949), United States

N

 * Lady Carolina Nairne (1766-1845), Scotland
 * Ogden Nash (1902–1971), United States
 * Thomas Nashe (1567–1601), England
 * John Shaw Neilson (1872-1942), Australia
 * Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875-1935), United States
 * Howard Nemerov (1920-1991), United States
 * Edith Nesbit (1858-1924), England
 * Kenn Nesbitt (born 1962), United States
 * Sir Henry Newbolt (1862–1938), England
 * Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801–1890), England
 * Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974), United States
 * Hoa Nguyen (born 1967), United States
 * bpNichol (1944-1998), Canada
 * Marjory Nicholls (1890-1930), New Zealand
 * Bowyer Nichols (1859-1939), England
 * Grace Nichols (born 1950), Guyana
 * Robert Nichols (1893-1944), England
 * Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942), Ireland
 * Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970), United States
 * James Hume Nisbet (1849-1923), Australia / Scotland
 * Roden Noel (1834-1894), England
 * Harry Northup (born 1940), United States
 * Caroline Norton (1808-1877), England
 * Robert Norwood (1874-1932), Canada
 * Alice Notley (born 1945), United States
 * Alden Nowlan (1933-1983), Canada
 * Alfred Noyes (1880-1958), England
 * Jeff Nuttall (1933–2004), England
 * Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952)

O

 * Sean O'Brien (born 1952), England
 * Conor O'Callaghan (born 1968), Ireland
 * Patrick O'Connell (1944-2005), Canada
 * Frank O'Connor (1903-1966), Ireland
 * Mark O'Connor (born 1945), Australia
 * Jonathan Odell (1737-1818), United States / Canada
 * Dennis O'Driscoll (born 1954), Ireland
 * 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
 * Sharon Olds (born 1942 ), United States
 * William Oldys (1696-1761), England
 * Mary Oliver (born 1935),United States
 * Tillie Olsen (1912-2007), United States
 * Charles Olson (1910–1970), United States
 * Michael Ondaatje (born 1943), Canada
 * Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), United States
 * Heather O'Neill, Canada
 * 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
 * Orinda (1632-1664), England
 * Peter Orlovsky (1933–2010) United States
 * Meghan O'Rourke (born 1946), United States
 * Gregory Orr (born 1947), United States
 * Simon J. Ortiz (born 1941), United States
 * Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1844-1881), England
 * Martha Ostenso (1900-1963), Canada
 * Alicia Ostriker (born 1937), United States
 * Maggie O'Sullivan (born 1951), England
 * Seumas O'Sullivan (1879–1958), English
 * Thomas Otway (1652-1685), England
 * George Outram (1805-1856), Scotland
 * Richard Outram (1930-2005), Canada
 * Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613), England
 * Jan Owen (born 1940), Australia
 * Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), Wales

Pa-Pe

 * Ruth Padel (born 1947), England
 * Ron Padgett (born 1942), United States
 * Isobel Pagan (?1740-1821), Scotland
 * Geoff Page (born 1940), Australia
 * P.K. Page (born 1916), Canada
 * Grace Paley (1922-2007), United States
 * Michael Palmer (born 1943 ), United States
 * Nettie Palmer (1885-1964), Australia
 * Eric Pankey (born 1959), United States
 * Suzanne Paola (born 1956), United States
 * 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), England
 * 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
 * The Pearl Poet (14th century), England
 * George Peele (1556-1596), England
 * J.D.C. Pellow (1890-1960), England
 * Willie Perdomo, United States
 * Peter Pereira (born 1959), United States
 * Sam Pereira (born 1949), United States

Ph-Pl

 * M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947), Canada
 * Ambrose Philips (1674-1749), England
 * John Philips (1676-1709) England
 * Katherine Philips (1631-1664), England
 * John Phillimore (1873-1926), England
 * Carl Phillips (born 1959), United States
 * John Arthur Phillips (1842-1907), Canada
 * Stephen Phillips (1864-1915), England
 * William Philpot (1823-1889), England
 * 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
 * John Pierpoint (1785-1866), United States
 * Robert Pinsky (born 1940), United States
 * George Pirie (1799-1870), Canada
 * Vivian de Sola Pinto (1895-1969), England
 * Marie Pitt (1869-1948), Australia
 * Ruth Pitter (1897–1992), England
 * Al Pittman (1940-2001), Canada
 * Vanessa Place (born 1968), United States
 * Ted Plantos (1943-2001), Canada
 * Victor Plarr (1863-1929), England
 * Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), United States / England
 * Stanley Plumly (born 1939), United States

Po-Pu

 * Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), United States
 * Katha Pollitt (born 1949), United States
 * Robert Pollok (?1798–1827), Scotland
 * Marie Ponsot (born 1921), United States
 * Alexander Pope (1688–1744), England
 * Walter Pope (c.1627-1714), England
 * Dorothy Porter (1954-2008), Australia
 * Hal Porter (1911-1984), Australia
 * Peter Porter (1929-2010), Australia / England
 * Walter Porter (c.1590-1659), England
 * Charles Potts (born 1943)
 * Ezra Pound (1885–1972), United States / England
 * D.A. Powell (born 1963), United States
 * Frederick York Powell (1850-1904), England
 * Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802-1839), England
 * Claire Pratt (1921-1995), Canada
 * E.J. Pratt (1882-1964), Canada
 * Minnie Bruce Pratt (born 1946), United States
 * Jack Prelutsky (born 1940), United States
 * Frank Prewett (1893-1962), Canada / England
 * Nancy Price (1880–1970), England
 * Richard Price (born 1966), Scotland
 * V.B. Price (born 1940), United States
 * Thomas Pringle (1789-1834), Scotland
 * Matthew Prior (1664–1721), England
 * Pauline Prior-Pitt, Scotland
 * May Probyn (1856-1909), England
 * Adelaide Procter (1825-1864), England
 * J.H. Prynne (born 1936), England
 * Sheenagh Pugh (born 1950), Wales
 * Al Purdy (1918-2000), Canada

Q

 * Francis Quarles (1592–1644), England
 * John Quarles (1624-1665), England
 * Patrick Edward Quinn (1862-1926), Australia
 * Roderic Quinn (1867-1949), Australia

Ra

 * Dollie Radford (1858-1920), England
 * Ernest Radford (1857-1919), England
 * William Radice (born 1951), England
 * Craig Raine (born 1944), England
 * Kathleen Raine (1908–2003), England
 * Carl Rakosi (1903–2004), United States
 * Sir Walter Raleigh (c.1554–1618), England
 * Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh (1861-1922), England
 * Allan Ramsay (1686-1758), Scotland
 * Theodore Harding Rand (1835-1900), Canada
 * Dudley Randall (1914–2000), United States
 * Julia Randall (1924–2005), United States
 * Thomas Randolph (1605–1635), England
 * William Brighty Rands (1823-1882), England
 * Jennifer Rankin (1941-1979), Australia
 * Jeremiah Rankin (1828-1903), United States
 * William John MacQuorn Rankine (1820-1872), Scotland
 * John Crowe Ransom (1888-1974 ), United States
 * Barbara Ras (born 1949), United States
 * Robyn Ravlich (born 1949), Australia
 * Tom Raworth (born 1938), England

Re-Ri

 * John Reade (1837-1919), Canada
 * James Reaney (1926-2008), Canada
 * Liam Rector (1949-2007), United States
 * Beatrice Redpath (died 1937), Canada
 * Henry Reed (1914–1986), England
 * Ishmael Reed (born 1938 ), United States
 * Lou Reed (born 1942), United States
 * Joseph Relph (1712–1743), England
 * Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982), United States
 * Barbara Jane Reyes (born 1971), United States
 * John Reynolds (?1588-1655?), England
 * John Hamilton Reynolds (1794-1852), England
 * 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
 * Laura Riding (1901-1991), United States
 * Anne Ridler (1912-2001), England
 * Denise Riley (born 1948), England
 * James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916), United States
 * John Riley (1937-1978), England
 * Peter Riley (born 1940), England
 * Alberto Ríos (born 1952), United States
 * David Rivard (born 1953), United States

Ro-Ry

 * Ed Roberson, United States
 * Sir Charles G.D. Roberts (1860-1943), Canada
 * Dorothy Roberts (1906-1993), Canada
 * Elizabeth Madox Roberts (1881-1941), United States
 * Lloyd Roberts (1884-1966), Canada
 * Michael Roberts (1902-1948), England
 * Theodore Goodridge Roberts (1877-1953), Canada
 * William Carman Roberts (1874-1941), Canada
 * Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935), United States
 * Mary Robinson (1758–1800), England
 * John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680), England
 * Carmen Rodriguez (born 1948) Chile / Canada
 * Judith Rodriguez (born 1936 ), Australia
 * Luis J. Rodriguez (born 1954), United States
 * Theodore Roethke (1908–1963), United States
 * Linda Rogers (born 1944), Canada
 * Pattiann Rogers (born 1940), United States
 * Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), England
 * Matthew Rohrer (borrn 1970), United States
 * T.W. Rolleston (1857-1920), Ireland
 * Martha Ronk (born 1940), United States
 * Lee Ann Roripaugh, United States
 * William Roscoe (1753-1831), England
 * Alexander MacGregor Rose (1846-1898), Canada
 * Peter Rose (born 1955), Australia
 * 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 (born 1931), United States
 * Henry Rowe (1750-1819), England
 * Nicholas Rowe
 * Richard Rowe (1828-1879), Australia
 * Graham Rowlands (born 1947), Australia
 * Rosemarie Rowley (born 1942), Ireland
 * Mary Ruefle (born 1952), United States
 * Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980), United States
 * Gig Ryan (born 1956), Australia
 * Kay Ryan (born 1945), United States
 * Tracy Ryan (born 1964), Australia
 * George Ryga (1932-1987), Canada

Sa-Sc

 * Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1638-1706), England
 * Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1536-1608), England
 * Ira Sadoff (born 1945), United States
 * David St. John (born 1949), United States
 * Primus St. John (born 1939), United States
 * Blanaid Salkeld (1880-1959), Ireland
 * Philip Salom (born 1950), Australia
 * Fiona Sampson (born 1963), England
 * Sonia Sanchez
 * Carl Sandburg (1878–1967), United States
 * Charles Sangster (1822-1893), Canada
 * Margaret Sangster (1838-1912), United States
 * Andrew Sant (born 1950), Australia
 * George Santayana (1863-1952),United States
 * Robyn Sarah (born 1949), Canada
 * Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960), Australia
 * Epes Sargent (1813-1880). United States
 * Stephen Sartarelli (born 1954), United States
 * May Sarton (1912–1995), United States
 * Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), England
 * Leslie Scalapino (1947-2010), United States
 * Vernon Scannell (1922-2007), England
 * Libby Scheier (1946-2000), Canada
 * Andrew Schelling (born 1953), United States
 * James Schuyler (1923–1991), United States
 * Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966), United States
 * Lloyd Schwartz (born 1941), United States
 * Stephen Scobie (born 1943), Canada
 * Alexander Scott (1520-1582), Scotland
 * Alexander Scott (1920-1989), Scotland
 * 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
 * Joseph Scriven (1819-1886), Canada
 * Maurice Scully (born 1952), Ireland

Se

 * Sir Owen Seaman (1861-1936), England
 * Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810-1876), United States
 * Sir Charles Sedley (1639–1701), England
 * Alan Seeger (1888-1916), United States
 * Frederick Seidel (born 1936), United States
 * James Sempill (1566-1625), Scotland
 * Robert Sempill (?1530-1595), Scotland
 * Robert Sempill the younger (?1595-1663?), Scotland
 * Nina Serrano (born 1934), United States
 * Robert W. Service (1874-1958), Scotland / Canada
 * Vijay Seshadri(born 1954), United States
 * Anne Sexton (1928–1974), United States

Sh-Si

 * Thomas Shadwell (?1642-1692), England
 * William Shakespeare (1564–1616), England
 * Ntozake Shange (born 1948), United States
 * Jo Shapcott (born 1953), England
 * Karl Shapiro (1913–2000), United States
 * Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970), United States
 * Virna Sheard (1865-1943), Canada
 * Laurie Sheck, United States
 * John Sheffield (1648-1721), England
 * Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), England
 * William Shenstone (1714-1763), England
 * Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Ireland
 * Francis Sherman (1871-1926), Canada
 * Joseph Sherman (1945-2006), Canada
 * Carol Shields (1935-2003), Canada
 * Jason Shinder (1955-2008), United States
 * James Shirley (1596–1666), England
 * Evie Shockley, United States
 * Elizabeth Siddal (1829-1862), England
 * Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621), England
 * Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586), England
 * Eli Siegel (1902–1978), United States
 * Eleni Sikélianòs, United States
 * Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948 ), United States
 * Ron Silliman (born 1946), United States
 * Alan Sillitoe (1928-2010), England
 * Shel Silverstein (1930–1999), United States
 * James Simmons (1933-2001), Ireland
 * Anne Simpson (born 1956), Canada
 * Louis Simpson (born 1923), United States
 * Iain Sinclair (born 1943), England
 * Sir Keith Sinclair (1922-1993), New Zealand
 * Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964), England
 * Sacheverell Sitwell (1897-1988), England

Sk-Sm

 * John Skelton (1460–1529), England
 * Robin Skelton (1925-1997), England / Canada
 * Tom Skeyhill (fl. 1915), Australia
 * Constance Lindsay Skinner (1877-1939), Canada
 * Joseph Skipsey (1832-1903), England
 * Myra Sklarew (born 1934), United States
 * Alex Skovron (born 1948 ), Australia
 * Tom Sleigh (born 1953), United States
 * Daniel Sloate (1931-2009), Canada
 * Carolyn Smart (born 1952), Canada
 * Christopher Smart (1722-1771), England
 * Elizabeth Smart (1913-1986), Canada / England
 * A.J.M. Smith (1902-1980), Canada
 * Alexander Smith (1830–1867), Scotland
 * Arabella Eugenia Smith (1844-1916), United States
 * Charlie Smith (born 1947), United States
 * Charlotte Turner Smith (1749–1806), England
 * Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961), United States
 * Kay Smith (1911-2004), Canada
 * Marc Kelly Smith (born 1949), United States
 * Mary Barry Smith (1844-1914), Canada
 * Patricia Smith (born 1955), United States
 * Patti Smith (born 1946), United States
 * R.T. Smith (born 1947), United States
 * Rod Smith (born 1962), United States
 * Stevie Smith (1902–1971), England
 * Sydney Smith (1771-1845), England
 * Tracy K. Smith (born 1972), United States
 * Vivian Smith (born 1933 ), Australia
 * Walter Chalmers Smith (1824-1908), England
 * Welton Smith (1940-2006), United States
 * William Jay Smith (born 1918), United States
 * William Wye Smith (1826-1917), Canada
 * Kendrick Smithyman (1922-1995), New Zealand
 * Tobias Smollett (1721–1771), Scotland
 * Albert E.S. Smythe (1861-1947), Canada

Sn-Sq

 * W.D. Snodgrass (born 1926), United States
 * Edward Snow, United States
 * Gary Snyder (born 1930), United States
 * David Solway (born 1941), Canada
 * William Somerville (1675-1742), England
 * Charles Sorley (1895–1915), Scotland
 * Gary Soto (born 1952), United States
 * Raymond Souster (born 1921), Canada
 * William Soutar (1898–1946), Scotland.
 * Caroline Southey (1786-1854), England.
 * Robert Southey (1774–1843), England
 * Saint Robert Southwell (1561–1595), England
 * Wole Soyinka (born 1934), Nigeria
 * Juliana Spahr (born 1966), United States
 * Herman Spector (1905-1959)
 * Anne Spencer (1882–1975), United States
 * Thomas E. Spencer (1845-1910), Australia
 * Stephen Spender (1909-1995), England
 * Edmund Spenser (1552–1599), England
 * Jack Spicer (1925-1965), United States
 * Birk Sproxton (1943-2007), Canada
 * Geoffrey Squires (born 1942), Ireland

St-Sz

 * William Stafford (1914-1993), United States
 * Jon Stallworthy (born 1935), England
 * Harold Standish (1919-1972), Canada
 * Frank Stanford (1948-1978), United States
 * Thomas Stanley (1625-1678), England
 * Nicolette Stasko (born 1950), Australia
 * William Force Stead (1884-1967), United States
 * Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908), United States
 * Timothy Steele (born 1948), United States
 * Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), United States
 * James Kenneth Stephen (1859-1892), England
 * A.G. Stephens (1865-1933), Australian
 * James Brunton Stephens (1835-1902), Scotland / Australia
 * James Stephens (1880–1950), Ireland
 * George Sterling (1869-1926), United States
 * Gerald Stern (born 1925), United States
 * Ricardo Sternberg (born 1948), Canada
 * Wallace Stevens (1880–1955), United States
 * Anne Stevenson (born 1933), England / United States
 * Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), Scotland
 * William Stevenson (1530-1573), England
 * Amanda Stewart (born 1959), Australia
 * Douglas Stewart (1913-1985), Australia
 * Harold Stewart (1916-1995), Australia
 * Trumbull Stickney (1874-1904), United States
 * Elizabeth Stoddard (1823-1902), United States
 * Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903), United States
 * Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), United States
 * Mark Strand (born 1934), United States
 * Barry Straton (1854-1906), Canada
 * Jennifer Strauss (born 1933), Australia
 * Arthur Stringer (1874-1950), Canada / United States
 * William Strode (1600-1643), England
 * Leonard Strong (1896-1958), England
 * Frank Pearce Sturm (1879-1942), England
 * Virgil Suárez (born 1962), United States
 * Sir John Suckling (1609–1642), England
 * A.M. Sullivan (1896–1980), United States
 * Alan Sullivan (1868-1947), Canada
 * Rosemary Sullivan (born 1947), Canada
 * Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (?1517-1547), England
 * Paul Summers (born 1967), England
 * John Sutherland (1919-1956), Canada
 * Robert Sward (born 1933), Canada / United States
 * Shri Purohit Swami (1882-1941), India
 * George Swede (born 1940), Canada
 * Cole Swensen (born 1955), United States
 * Karen Swenson (born 1936), United States
 * May Swenson (1913-1989), United States
 * Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Ireland
 * Todd Swift (born 1966), Canada
 * Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909), England
 * Bobbi Sykes (born 1945)
 * James Joseph Sylvester (1814-1897), England
 * Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes (1943-2010), Australia
 * Joshua Sylvester (1563–1618), England
 * Arthur Symons (1865–1945), England
 * John Millington Synge (1871-1909), Ireland
 * Arthur Sze (born 1950), United States
 * Anne Szumigalski (1922-1999), Canada

T

 * 1) John Banister Tabb (1845-1909), United States
 * 2) Eileen Tabios (born 1960), United States
 * 3) Genevieve Taggard (1894-1948)
 * 4) F.W. Tancred (1874-1925), England
 * 5) Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)
 * 6) Anne Tardos, United States
 * 7) Allen Tate (1899–1979), United States
 * 8) James Tate (born 1943), United States
 * 9) Nahum Tate (1652-1715), Ireland / England
 * 10) Ann Taylor (1782-1866), England
 * 11) Edward Taylor (1645–1729), United States
 * 12) Edward Robeson Taylor (1838-1923), United States
 * 13) Sir Henry Taylor (1800-1866), England
 * 14) Henry S. Taylor (born 1942), United States
 * 15) Jane Taylor (1783-1824), England
 * 16) Ken Taylor (born 1930), Australia
 * 17) Ruth Taylor (1961-2006), Canada
 * 18) Brian Teare (born 1974), United States
 * 19) Sara Teasdale (1883–1933), United States
 * 20) Michael Teig (born 1968), United States
 * 21) Alfred Tennyson, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), England
 * 22) Frederick Tennyson (1807-1898), England
 * 23) Lucy Terry (?1730-1821), United States
 * 24) Celia Thaxter (1835-1894), United States
 * 25) Ernest Thayer (1863–1940), United States
 * 26) Sharon Thesen (born 1946), Canada
 * 27) Colleen Thibaudeau (1925-2012), Canada
 * 28) William Thom (poet) (1799–1848), Scotland
 * 29) Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), Wales
 * 30) Edward Thomas (1878–1917), Wales
 * 31) Margaret Thomas (1842-1929), Australia
 * 32) R.S. Thomas (1913–2000), Wales
 * 33) Francis Thompson (1859–1907), England
 * 34) John Thompson (1938-1976), Canada
 * 35) E.W. Thomson (1849-1924), Canada
 * 36) James Thomson (1700-1748), Scotland
 * 37) James Thomson (B.V.) (1834–1882), Scotland
 * 38) Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), United States
 * 39) Wilfrid Thorley (1878-1963), England
 * 40) Tim Thorne (born 1944), Australia
 * 41) Anthony Thwaite (born 1930), England
 * 42) Chidiock Tichborne (1558–1586), England
 * 43) Thomas Tickell (1685-1740), England
 * 44) Matthew Tierney (born 1970), Canada
 * 45) Richard L. Tierney (born 1936), United States
 * 46) Mary Tighe (1772–1810), Ireland
 * 47) Richard Tipping (born 1949), Australia
 * 48) Nick Toczek (born 1950), England
 * 49) John Todhunter (1839-1916), Ireland
 * 50) J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973), England
 * 51) Melvin B. Tolson (1896-1966), United States
 * 52) Charles Tompson (1807-1883), Australia
 * 53) Jean Toomer (1894-1967), United States
 * 54) Angela Topping (born 1954), England
 * 55) Aurelian Townshend (?1583-1643?), England
 * 56) Thomas Traherne (?1636-1674), England
 * 57) John Tranter (born 1943), Australia
 * 58) Herbert Trench (1865-1923), Ireland
 * 59) Natasha Trethewey (born 1966), United States
 * 60) John Tripp (1927-1986), Wales
 * 61) Quincy Troupe (born 1939), United States
 * 62) Peter Trower (born 1930), Canada
 * 63) Dimitris Tsaloumas (born 1949), Australia
 * 64) Helen Tsiriotakis (born 1967), Canada
 * 65) Gael Turnbull
 * 66) Julian Turner (born 1955), England
 * 67) Thomas Tusser (?1524-1580), England
 * 68) Hone Tuwhare (1922-2008), New Zealand
 * 69) Mark Twain (1835-1910), United States
 * 70) Chase Twichell (born 1950), United States
 * 71) Katharine Tynan (1861-1931), Ireland / England
 * 72) Maxine Tynes (1943-2011), Canada

U

 * 1) Louis Untermeyer (1885-1977), United States
 * 2) John Updike (1932-2009), United States
 * 3) Priscila Uppal (born 1974), Canada
 * 4) Allen Upward (1863-1926), England
 * 5) Jane Urquhart (born 1949), Canada
 * 6) David UU (1948-1994), Canada

V

 * 1) Jean Valentine (born 1934), United States
 * 2) Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931), United States
 * 3) Mark Van Doren (1894–1972), United States
 * 4) Mona Van Duyn (1921–2004), United States
 * 5) Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933), United States
 * 6) Henry Vaughan (1621–1695), Wales
 * 7) R.M. Vaughan (born 1965), Canada
 * 8) Thomas Vaux, Baron Vaux (1509-1556), England
 * 9) Janine Pommy Vega (1942-2010), United States
 * 10) Steve Venright (born 1961), Canada
 * 11) Pasquale Verdicchio (born 1954), Canada
 * 12) Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814-1902), Ireland
 * 13) Paul Vermeersch (born 1973), Canada
 * 14) Jones Very (1813–1880), United States
 * 15) Vicki Viidikas (1948-1998), Australia
 * 16) Ellen Bryant Voigt (born 1943), United States
 * 17) Karen Volkman (born 1967), United States

Wa

 * 1) Miriam Waddington (1917-2004), Canada
 * 2) Fred Wah (born 1939), Canada
 * 3) John Wain (1925-1994), England
 * 4) Diane Wakoski (born 1937), United States
 * 5) Derek Walcott (born 1930), Saint Lucia
 * 6) Anne Waldman (born 1945), United States
 * 7) Liz Waldner, United States
 * 8) Keith Waldrop (born 1932), United States
 * 9) Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935), United States
 * 10) Alice Walker (born 1944), United States
 * 11) Anna Louisa Walker (1836-1907), Canada / England
 * 12) Margaret Walker (1915-1998), United States
 * 13) William Sidney Walker (1795-1846), England
 * 14) Bronwen Wallace (1945-1989), Canada
 * 15) Chris Wallace-Crabbe (born 1934), Australia
 * 16) Edmund Waller (1606–1687), England
 * 17) Tom Walmsley (born 1948), Canada
 * 18) Francis Walrond (1875-1948), South Africa
 * 19) Agnes Walsh (born 1950), Canada
 * 20) William Walsh (1663-1708), England
 * 21) David Waltner-Toews (born 1948), Canada
 * 22) Sarah Wardle (born 1969), England
 * 23) Anna Laetitia Waring (1823-1910), Wales
 * 24) Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978), England
 * 25) William Warner (?1558-1609), England
 * 26) Bertram Warr (1917-1943), Canada / England
 * 27) John Byrne Leicester Warren, Baron de Tabley (1835-1985), England
 * 28) Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989), United States
 * 29) Joseph Warton (1722-1800), England
 * 30) Thomas Warton (1728–1790), England
 * 31) Terry Watada (born 1951), Canada
 * 32) Gilbert Waterhouse (1883-1916), England
 * 33) James Wreford Watson (1915-1990), Canada
 * 34) Wilfred Watson (1911-1998), Canada
 * 35) Sir William Watson (1858-1935), England
 * 36) Alison Watt (born 1957), Canada
 * 37) Bob Watt (1925-2012), United States
 * 38) Barrett Watten (born 1948), United States
 * 39) Isaac Watts (1674–1748), England
 * 40) Tom Wayman (born 1945), Canada

We-Wh

 * 1) Frederic Weatherly (1848-1929), England
 * 2) Mary Webb (1881-1927), England
 * 3) Phyllis Webb (born 1927), Canada
 * 4) Charles Webbe (circa 1678), England
 * 5) Augusta Webster (1837-1894), England
 * 6) John Webster (?1580-1634?), England
 * 7) Eliot Weinberger (born 1949), United States
 * 8) Hannah Weiner (1928-1997), United States
 * 9) Robert Stanley Weir (1856-1926), Canada
 * 10) Liliane Welch (born 1937), Canada
 * 11) Marjorie Welish (born 1944), United States
 * 12) Archie Weller (born 1957), Australia
 * 13) Dorothy Wellesley (1889-1956), England
 * 14) Zachariah Wells (born 1976), Canada
 * 15) William Wentworth (1790-1872), Australia
 * 16) Darren Wershler (born 1966), Canada
 * 17) Ethelwyn Wetherald (1857-1940), Canada
 * 18) R. Wever (fl. 1549-1553), England
 * 19) David Wevill (born 1935), Canada
 * 20) Dawud Wharnsby (born 1972), Canada
 * 21) Gordon Wharton (born 1929)
 * 22) [Phillis Wheatley]] (1753–1784), United States
 * 23) Susan Wheeler (born 1955), United States
 * 24) John Brooks Wheelwright (1897-1940), United States
 * 25) Michael Whelan (1858-1937), Canada
 * 26) Joseph Blanco White (175-1841), England
 * 27) Walt Whitman (1819–1892), United States
 * 28) Adeline Dutton Train Whitney (1824-1906), United States
 * 29) Isabella Whitney (1540s-1580s), England
 * 30) Zoe Whittall (born 1976), Canada
 * 31) John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892), United States

Wi

 * 1) Les Wicks (born 1955), Australia
 * 2) Dara Wier (born 1949), United States
 * 3) Richard Wilbur (born 1921), United States
 * 4) Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919), United States
 * 5) Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Ireland / England
 * 6) Anne Wilkinson (1910-1961), Canada
 * 7) John Wilkinson (born 1953), England
 * 8) William of Shoreham (14th century), England
 * 9) C.K. Williams (born 1936), United States
 * 10) Emmett Williams (1925–2007), United States
 * 11) Hugo Williams (born 1942), England
 * 12) Julia Williams (born 1976), Canada
 * 13) Oscar Williams (1900–1964), United States
 * 14) Saul Williams (born 1972), United States
 * 15) Sherley Anne Williams (1944–1999), United States
 * 16) William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), United States
 * 17) Frank S. Williamson (1865–1936), Australia
 * 18) Elizabeth Willis (born 1961), United States
 * 19) Frank Wilmot (1881-1942), Australia
 * 20) John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680), England
 * 21) Sheri-D Wilson (born 1958), Canada
 * 22) Eleanor Wilner, (born 1937), United States
 * 23) Peter Lamborn Wilson (born 1945), United States
 * 24) Rob Winger (born 1974), Canada
 * 25) William Winstanley (?1628-1698), England
 * 26) Yvor Winters (1900-1968), United States
 * 27) George Wither (1588–1667), England
 * 28) Amy Witting (1918-2001), Australia

Wo-Wy

 * 1) Charles Wolfe (1791–1823), Ireland
 * 2) Rebecca Wolff (born 1967), United States
 * 3) Susan Wood (born 1946), United States
 * 4) George Woodcock (1912-1995), Canada
 * 5) Constance Woodrow (1899-1937), Canada
 * 6) Margaret L. Woods (1856-1945), England
 * 7) Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855), England
 * 8) William Wordsworth (1770–1850), England
 * 9) Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639), England
 * 10) Theodore Wratislaw (1871-1933), England
 * 11) C.D. Wright (born 1949), United States
 * 12) Charles Wright (born 1935), United States
 * 13) David McKee Wright (1869–1928, New Zealand / Australia
 * 14) Franz Wright (born 1953), United States
 * 15) James Wright (1927-1980), United States
 * 16) Jay Wright (born 1935), United States
 * 17) Judith Wright (1915–2000), Australia
 * 18) Kirby Wright (born 1955), United States
 * 19) Richard Wright (1908–1960, United States<
 * 20) Robert Wrigley (born 1951), United States
 * 21) Lady Mary Wroth (1587-1653), England<
 * 22) Mark Wunderlich (born 1968), United States
 * 23) Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542), England
 * 24) John Allan Wyeth (1894-1981), United States
 * 25) Elinor Wylie (1885-1928), United States

Y

 * 1) J. Michael Yates (born 1938), Canada
 * 2) John Yau (born 1950), United States
 * 3) William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), Ireland
 * 4) Stephen Yenser (born 1941), United States
 * 5) Jean Yoon (born 1962), Canada
 * 6) Al Young (born 1939), United States
 * 7) David Young (born 1936), United States
 * 8) D'bi Young, Canada
 * 9) Edward Young (1683–1765), England
 * 10) Kevin Young (born 1970), United States
 * 11) Patricia Young (born 1954), Canada
 * 12) Ray Young Bear (born 1950), United States
 * 13) Ouyang Yu (born 1955), Australia
 * 14) Pamelia Vining Yule (1826-1897), Canada

Z

 * 1) Bill Zavatsky (born 1943), United States
 * 2) Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958), England
 * 3) David Zieroth (born 1946) Canada
 * 4) Sheldon Zitner (1925-2005), Canada
 * 5) Rachel Zolf (born 1968),, Canada
 * 6) Carolyn Zonailo (born 1947), Canada
 * 7) Louis Zukofsky (1904–1978), United States
 * 8) Fay Zwicky (born 1933), Australia
 * 9) Jan Zwicky (born 1955), Canada