List of British poets

This List of British poets is a comprehensive list of poets living or writing in Great Britain. English, Scottish and Welsh poets are included; information on region is given for each poet. If the poet wrote in other than the English language, that information is also given.

A

 * 1) Lascelles Abercrombie (1881-1938), England
 * 2) Dannie Abse (born 1923), Wales
 * 3) J.R. Ackerley (1896-1967), England
 * 4) Harold Acton (1904-1994), England
 * 5) Gilbert Adair (1944-2011), England
 * 6) Helen Adam (2909-1993), Scotland
 * 7) Francis Adams (1862-1893), England / Australia
 * 8) Sarah Flower Adams (1895-1848), England
 * 9) Fleur Adcock (born 1934), New Zealand / England
 * 10) Joseph Addison (1672-1719), England
 * 11) Hew Ainslie (1792-1878), Scotland
 * 12) Mark Akenside (1721-1770), England
 * 13) Sascha Aurora Akhtar (born 1976), Pakistan / England
 * 14) William Alabaster (1567-1640), England
 * 15) Saint Aldhelm (639-709)
 * 16) Richard Aldington (1892-1962), England
 * 17) Sidney A. Alexander (1866-1948), England
 * 18) Henry Alford (1810-1871), England
 * 19) Drummond Allison (1921-1943), England
 * 20) Gillian Allnutt (born 1949), England
 * 21) Laurence Alma-Tadema (1864-1940), England
 * 22) Al Alvarez (born 1929), England
 * 23) NIcholas Amhurst (1697-1742), England
 * 24) Kingsley Amis (1922-1995), England
 * 25) Simon Armitage (born 1963), England
 * 26) Martin Armstrong (1882-1974), England
 * 27) Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904), England
 * 28) Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), England
 * 29) Thomas Ashe (1836-1889), England
 * 30) Anne Askew (1520-1546), England
 * 31) John Askham (1825-1894), England
 * 32) Edwin Atherstone (1788-1872), England
 * 33) W.H. Auden (1907-1973), England / United States
 * 34) Alfred Austin (1835-1913), England
 * 35) Pam Ayres (born 1947), England
 * 36) Sir Robert Aytoun (1570-1638), Scotland
 * 37) William Aytoun (1813-1865), Scotland

B

 * 1) Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626), England
 * 2) Kevin Bailey (born 1954), England
 * 3) Philip James Bailey (1816-1902), England
 * 4) Joanna Baillie (1762-1851), Scotland
 * 5) Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825), England
 * 6) John Barbour (died 1395), Scotland
 * 7) George Barker (1913-1991), England
 * 8) Les Barker (born 1947), England
 * 9) George Barlow (1847-1914), England
 * 10) Lady Anne Barnard (1750-1825), England / South Africa
 * 11) Barnabe Barnes (1571-1609), England
 * 12) William Barnes (1801–1886), England
 * 13) Richard Barnfield (1574-1620), England
 * 14) John Barr (1809-1889), Scotland / New Zealand
 * 15) Syd Barret (1946-2006), England
 * 16) Bernard Barton (1784–1849), England
 * 17) Thomas Bastard (1566-1618), England
 * 18) Thomas Bateson (c.1570-1630), England
 * 19) James Beattie (1705-1803), Scotland
 * 20) Francis Beaumont (1584–1616), England
 * 21) Sir John Beaumont (1583-1627), England
 * 22) Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1804-1849), England
 * 23) Saint Bede (672/3-735), England
 * 24) Henry Charles Beeching (1859-1919), England
 * 25) Patricia Beer (1919-1999), England
 * 26) Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956), England
 * 27) Aphra Behn (1640–1689), England
 * 28) J.J. Bell (1871-1934), Scotland
 * 29) Martin Bell (1918-1978), England
 * 30) Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), France / England
 * 31) Jim Bennett (born 1951), England
 * 32) A.C. Benson (1862-1925), England
 * 33) Elizabeth Bentley (1767-1839), England
 * 34) Richard Berengarten (born 1943), England
 * 35) Caroline Bergvall (born 1962), England
 * 36) Francis Berry (1915-2006), England
 * 37) Matilda Betham (1776-1852), England
 * 38) Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984), England
 * 39) Paul Bewsher (1894-1966), England
 * 40) Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), England
 * 41) Samuel Bishop (1731–1795), England
 * 42) D.M. Black (born 1941), Scotland
 * 43) Thomas Blackburn (1916-1977), England
 * 44) John Stuart Blackie (1809-1895), Scotland
 * 45) Thomas Blacklock (1721–1791), Scotland
 * 46) R.D. Blackmore (1825-1900), England
 * 47) Sir Richard Blackmore (1654-1729), England
 * 48) Robert Blair (1699-1746), Scotland
 * 49) William Blake (1757–1827), England
 * 50) Susanna Blamire (1747–1794), England
 * 51) Mathilde Blind (1841–1896), England
 * 52) Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823), England
 * 53) Edmund Blunden (1896–1974), England
 * 54) Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922), England
 * 55) Alan Bold (1943-1998), Scotland
 * 56) Horatius Bonar (1808–1889), Scotland
 * 57) Sean Bonney, England
 * 58) Keith Bosley (born 1937), England
 * 59) Gordon Bottomley (1874-1948), England
 * 60) Francis William Bourdillon (1852-1921), England
 * 61) William Lisle Bowles (1762-1850), England
 * 62) Arthur Boyars (born 1925), England
 * 63) Mark Alexander Boyd (1563–1601), Scotland
 * 64) Nicholas Brady (1659-1726), Ireland / England
 * 65) Richard Braithwait (1588-1673), England
 * 66) Frederick Victor Branford (1892-1941), Scotland
 * 67) Jane Brereton (1685-1740), Wales
 * 68) Nicholas Breton (1542–1626), England
 * 69) Robert Bridges (1844–1930), England
 * 70) Edwin Brock (1927-1997), England
 * 71) Alexander Brome (1620-1666), England
 * 72) Anne Brontë (1820-1849), England
 * 73) Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), England
 * 74) Emily Brontë (1818–1848), England
 * 75) Rupert Brooke (1887–1915), England
 * 76) William Broome (1689-1745), England
 * 77) George Mackay Brown (1921-1996), Scotland
 * 78) Stewart Brown (born 1951), England
 * 79) Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897), Isle of Man
 * 80) Tom Brown (1662-1704), England
 * 81) Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760), England
 * 82) William Browne (1588–1643), England
 * 83) Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), England
 * 84) Robert Browning (1812–1889), England
 * 85) Alan Brownjohn (born 1931), England
 * 86) Michael Bruce (1746-1767), Scotland
 * 87) Mary Brunton (1778-1818), Scotland
 * 88) Robert Williams Buchanan (1841-1901), Scotland
 * 89) Alice Mary Buckton (1867-1944), England
 * 90) A.H. Reginald Buller (1874-1944), England
 * 91) Robert Bulwer-Lytton (1831-1891), England
 * 92) Basil Bunting (1900–1985), England
 * 93) John Bunyan (1628-1688), England
 * 94) Anthony Burgess (1917–1993), England
 * 95) Richard Burns (born 1943), England
 * 96) Robert Burns (1759–1796), Scotland
 * 97) Lady Sophia Burrell (?1750-1802), England
 * 98) Samuel Butler (1612-1680), England
 * 99) William Byrd (1540-1623), England
 * 100) John Byrom (1692-1763), England
 * 101) George Gordon Lord Byron (1788–1824), England

C

 * 1) Richard Caddel (1949-2003), England
 * 2) Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884), England
 * 3) Ada Cambridge (1844-1926), England
 * 4) A.Y. Campbell (1885-1958), Scotland
 * 5) Roy Campbell (1901-1957), South Africa / England
 * 6) Thomas Campbell (1777–1844), Scotland
 * 7) Thomas Campion (1567–1620), England
 * 8) May Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973), England
 * 9) Edward Capern (1819-1894), England
 * 10) Dudley Carew (1903-1981), England
 * 11) Thomas Carew (1595–1639), England
 * 12) Henry Carey (1693–1743), England
 * 13) Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scotland
 * 14) Edward Carpenter (1844-1929)
 * 15) Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), England
 * 16) William Cartwright (1611–1643), England
 * 17) Edward Caswall (1814-1878), England
 * 18) Christopher Caudwell (1907-1937), England
 * 19) Charles Causley (1917–2003), England
 * 20) Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673), England
 * 21) William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1521-1598), England
 * 22) John Chalkhill (fl. 1600?), England
 * 23) William Chamberlayne (1619-1659), England
 * 24) George Chapman (1560–1634), England
 * 25) King Charles I (1600-1649), England
 * 26) Charles of Orleans (1394-1465), France / England
 * 27) Elizabeth Charles (1828-1896), England
 * 28) Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), England
 * 29) Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400), England
 * 30) G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), England
 * 31) Henry Chettle (?1564-1607?), England
 * 32) Wilfred Rowland Childe (1890-1952)
 * 33) Billy Childish (born 1959), England
 * 34) Mary Chudleigh (1656-1710), England
 * 35) Richard Church (1893-1972), England
 * 36) Charles Churchill (1731-1764), England
 * 37) Colley Cibber (1671–1757), England
 * 38) John Clare (1793–1864), England
 * 39) Thomas A. Clark (born 1944), Scotland
 * 40) Amy Key Clarke (1892-1980), England
 * 41) Brendan Cleary (born 1958), England
 * 42) John Cleveland (1613–1658), England
 * 43) Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861), England
 * 44) Bob Cobbing (1920-2002), England
 * 45) Catherine Cockburn (1649-1729), England
 * 46) Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849), England
 * 47) Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907), England
 * 48) Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), England
 * 49) Sara Coleridge (1802-1852), England
 * 50) Mortimer Collins (1827-1876), England
 * 51) William Collins (1721–1759), England
 * 52) Laurence Collinson (1925-1986), Australia / England
 * 53) William Congreve (1670–1729), England
 * 54) Paul Conneally (born 1959), England
 * 55) Tony Connor (born 1930), England
 * 56) Robert Conquest (born 1917), England
 * 57) Henry Constable (1562–1613), England
 * 58) Eliza Cook (1818–1889), England
 * 59) Thomas Cooper (1805–1892), England
 * 60) Wendy Cope (born 1945), England
 * 61) Richard Corbet (1582–1635), England
 * 62) Hilary Corke (1921-2001), England
 * 63) Frances Cornford (1886-1960), England
 * 64) F.M. Cornford (1874-1943), England
 * 65) John Cornford (1916-1936), England
 * 66) Barry Cornwall (1787-1874), England
 * 67) William Cornysh (1465-1523), England
 * 68) Adela Cory (1865-1904), England / India
 * 69) William Johnson Cory (1823–1892), England
 * 70) Charles Cotton (1630-1687), England
 * 71) Anne Ross Cousin (1824–1906), Scotland
 * 72) Francis Coutts (1852-1923), England
 * 73) Abraham Cowley (1618–1667), England
 * 74) William Cowper (1731–1800), England
 * 75) George Crabbe (1754–1832), England
 * 76) Sir Thomas Craig (1538-1608), Scotland
 * 77) Dinah Maria Craik (1826-1887), England
 * 78) Richard Crashaw (1613–1649), England
 * 79) Iain Crichton Smith (1928-1998), Scotland
 * 80) Arthur Shearly Cripps (1869-1952), England
 * 81) T.W.H. Crosland (?1865-1924), England
 * 82) Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), England
 * 83) Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), Scotland
 * 84) Robert Cunninghame-Graham (1735-1797), Scotland
 * 85) Henry Cust (1861-1917), England
 * 86) John Cutts (1661-1707), England
 * 87) Cynewulf (fl. 9th century)

D

 * 1) H.D. (1886-1961), United States / England
 * 2) Fred D'Aguiar (born 1960), England
 * 3) Samuel Daniel (1562–1619), England
 * 4) Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), England
 * 5) Elizabeth Daryush (1887-1977), England
 * 6) Sir William Davenant (1606–1668), England
 * 7) John Davidson (1837–1909), Scotland
 * 8) Donald Davie (1922-1995), England
 * 9) Idris Davies (1905-1953), Wales
 * 10) Sir John Davies (1569–1626), England
 * 11) John Davies of Hereford (?1565-1618), England
 * 12) W.H. Davies (1871-1940), Wales
 * 13) Edward Davison (1898-1970), Scotland
 * 14) Francis Davison (?1575-1621), England
 * 15) Walter Davison (1581-1608?), England
 * 16) Jeffrey Day (1896-1916), England
 * 17) Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972), England
 * 18) Geoffrey Dearmer (1893-1996), England
 * 19) Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), England
 * 20) Thomas Dekker (1575–1641), England
 * 21) Walter de la Mare (1873-1956), England
 * 22) John Denham (1615–1669), England
 * 23) Imtiaz Dharker (born 1954), Scotland
 * 24) Charles Dickens (1812-1870), England
 * 25) Josephine Dickinson (born 1957), England
 * 26) Peter Didsbury (born 1946), England
 * 27) Richard Watson Dixon (1833-1900), England
 * 28) Sydney Dobell (1824-1874), England
 * 29) Austin Dobson (1840-1921), England
 * 30) Charles Dodgson (1832-1898), England
 * 31) George Bubb Dodington (1691-1762), England
 * 32) Robert Dodsley (1703-1762), England
 * 33) Pete Doherty (born 1979), England
 * 34) Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848-1867), England
 * 35) Alfred Domett (1811-1887), England
 * 36) Michael Donaghy (1954-2004), England
 * 37) John Donaldson, aka Jon Inglis (1921–1989), England
 * 38) John Donne (1572–1631), England
 * 39) Lord Alfred Douglas (1870-1945), England
 * 40) Gavin Douglas (?1475-1522), Scotland
 * 41) Keith Douglas (1920–1944), England
 * 42) John Dowland (1563-1626), England
 * 43) Ernest Dowson (1867–1900), England
 * 44) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), Scotland / England
 * 45) Camilla Doyle (1888-1944), England
 * 46) Sir Francis Hastings Doyle (1810–1888), England
 * 47) Augusta Theodosia Drane (1823-1894), England
 * 48) Michael Drayton (1563–1631), England
 * 49) Adam Drinan AKA Joseph Macleod (1903–1984), England
 * 50) John Drinkwater (1882-1937), England
 * 51) William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649), Scotland
 * 52) John Dryden (1631–1700), England
 * 53) Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux (1857-1944), England
 * 54) Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955), Scotland
 * 55) William Dunbar (1465–1520), Scotland
 * 56) Andrew Duncan (born 1956), England
 * 57) John Duncombe (1729-1786), England
 * 58) William Arthur Dunkerley (1852-1941), England
 * 59) Douglas Dunn (born 1942), Scotland
 * 60) James Duport (1606-1679), England
 * 61) Thomas D'Urfey (1653-1723), England
 * 62) Edward Dyer (1543-1607), England
 * 63) John Dyer (1699-1757), Wales
 * 64) Dymock Poets (1911-1914), England

E

 * 1) Richard Edwardes (c. 1523–1566), England
 * 2) George Eliot (1819-1880), England
 * 3) T.S. Eliot (1888–1965), United States / England
 * 4) Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), England
 * 5) Jean Elliot (1727–1805), Scotland
 * 6) Ebenezer Elliott (1781–1849), England
 * 7) Edwin Ellis (1848-1916), England
 * 8) Chris Emery (born 1963), England
 * 9) William Empson (1906–1984), England
 * 10) D.J. Enright (1920–2002), England
 * 11) Sir George Etherege (1635–1691), England
 * 12) Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841-1885), England

F

 * 1) Frederick William Faber (1814-1863), England
 * 2) Sir Geoffrey Faber (1889-1961), England
 * 3) Kingsley Fairbridge (1885-1924), South Africa / England
 * 4) Mildmay Fane (1602-1666), England
 * 5) Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765-1834), England
 * 6) Sir Richard Fanshawe (1608-1666) England
 * 7) Owen Felltham (1602-1668), England
 * 8) James Fenton (born 1949), England
 * 9) Robert Fergusson (1750-1774), Scotland
 * 10) Michael Field, England
 * 11) Anne Finch (1661-1720), England
 * 12) Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883), England
 * 13) Thomas Flatman (1637-1688), England
 * 14) James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915), England
 * 15) Richard Flecknoe (?1600-1678?), England
 * 16) Giles Fletcher (?1548-1611), England
 * 17) Giles Fletcher (?1586-1623), England
 * 18) John Fletcher (1579-1625), England
 * 19) Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650), England
 * 20) Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939), England
 * 21) John Ford (1586-1637), England
 * 22) William Fowler (?1560-1612), Scotland
 * 23) G.S. Fraser (1915-1980), Scotland
 * 24) J.H. Frere (1769-1846), England
 * 25) John Fuller (born 1937), England
 * 26) Richard Furness (1791–1857), England
 * 27) Sarah Fyge (1670-1723), England
 * 28) Rose Fyleman (1877-1957), England

G

 * 1) Norman Gale (1862-1942), England
 * 2) John Galt (1779-1839), Scotland
 * 3) Richard Garnett (1835-1906), England
 * 4) Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719), England
 * 5) George Gascoigne (1525–1577), England
 * 6) David Gascoyne (1916–2001), England
 * 7) John Gay (1685–1732), England
 * 8) Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), England
 * 9) Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878-1962), England
 * 10) Humphrey Gifford (died 1589), England
 * 11) William Gifford (1756-1826), England
 * 12) Harold Goad (1878-1956), England
 * 13) Sidney Godolphin (?1606-1643), England
 * 14) Louis Golding (1895-1958), England
 * 15) Douglas Goldring (1887-1960), England
 * 16) Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774), England
 * 17) Sir Arthur Gorges (?1569-1625), England
 * 18) Sir Edmund Gosse (1849-1928), England
 * 19) Gerald Gould (1885-1936), England
 * 20) John Gower (1330-1408), England
 * 21) Robert Cunninghame Graham (1735-1797), Scotland
 * 22) James Graham (1612-1650), Scotland
 * 23) W.S. Graham (1918-1986), Scotland
 * 24) James Grahame (1765-1811), Scotland
 * 25) Richard Graves (1715–1804), England
 * 26) Robert Graves (1895–1985), England
 * 27) David Gray (1838-1861), Scotland
 * 28) John Henry Gray (1866-1934), England
 * 29) Thomas Gray (1716–1771), England
 * 30) Matthew Green (1696-1737), England
 * 31) Robert Greene (1558–1592), England
 * 32) Lavinia Greenlaw (born 1962), England
 * 33) Dora Greenwell (1821-1882), England
 * 34) Julian Grenfell (1888-1915), England
 * 35) Frances Greville (?1727-1789), Ireland / England
 * 36) Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554–1628), England
 * 37) Bill Griffiths (1948-2007), England
 * 38) Nicholas Grimald (1519–1562), England
 * 39) Philip Gross (born 1952), England
 * 40) Thom Gunn (1929-2004), England / United States
 * 41) Ivor Gurney (1890–1937), England
 * 42) Brion Gysin (1916–1986), England

H

 * 1) William Habington (1605–1654), England
 * 2) Thomas Gordon Hake (1809–1895), England
 * 3) Joseph Hall (1574-1656), England
 * 4) Alan Halsey (born 1949), England
 * 5) Michael Hamburger (1924-2007), England
 * 6) Harriet Hamilton King (1840-1920), England
 * 7) George Rostrevor Hamilton (1888-1967), England
 * 8) Ian Hamilton (1938-2001), England
 * 9) William Hamilton (?1665-1751), Scotland
 * 10) William Hamilton (1704-1754), Scotland
 * 11) Elizabeth Hands (1746-1815), England
 * 12) Thomas Hardy (1840–1928), England
 * 13) Tony Harrison (born 1937), England
 * 14) Blind Harry (?1440-1492), Scotland
 * 15) David Harsent (born 1942), England
 * 16) F.W. Harvey (1888-1957), England
 * 17) Gabriel Harvey (?1545-1630), England
 * 18) Lee Harwood (born 1939), England
 * 19) Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879), England
 * 20) Stephen Hawes (?1474-1523), England
 * 21) Robert Stephen Hawker (1803-1875), England
 * 22) Alfred Hayes (1911-1985), England
 * 23) Robert Hayman (1575–1629), England
 * 24) George Heath (1844-1869), England
 * 25) John Hegley (born 1953), England
 * 26) Felicia Hemans (1793–1835), England
 * 27) William Ernest Henley (1849–1903), England
 * 28) Adrian Henri (1932-2000), England
 * 29) King Henry VI (1421-1471), England
 * 30) King Henry VIII (1491-1547), England
 * 31) Robert Henryson (fl. 1460-1500), Scotland, Middle Scots
 * 32) Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583-1648), Wales / England
 * 33) George Herbert (1593–1633), England
 * 34) Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621), England
 * 35) Robert Herrick (1591–1674), England
 * 36) John Herschel (1792-1871), England
 * 37) Phoebe Hesketh (1909–2005), England
 * 38) Maurice Henry Hewlett (1861-1923), England
 * 39) Jasper Heywood (1535-1598), England
 * 40) John Heywood (?1497-1580?), England
 * 41) Thomas Heywood (?1570 – 1650), England
 * 42) Hilarius (fl. 1125), England, Latin poetry.
 * 43) Geoffrey Hill (born 1932), England
 * 44) Arthur Clement Hilton (1851-1877), England
 * 45) Philip Hobsbaum (1932-2005), England
 * 46) Thomas Hoccleve (?1369-1426), England
 * 47) Ralph Hodgson (1871-1962), England
 * 48) William Noel Hodgson (1893-1916), England
 * 49) James Hogg (1770–1835), Scotland
 * 50) David Holbrook (1923-2011), England
 * 51) Jane Holland (born 1966), England
 * 52) John Holloway (1920-1999), England
 * 53) Thomas Hood (1799–1845), England
 * 54) Laurence Hope (1865-1904), England / India
 * 55) Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889), England
 * 56) Richard Henry Horne (1802-1884), England / Australia
 * 57) Frances Horovitz (1938–1983), England
 * 58) Michael Horovitz (born 1935), England
 * 59) John Hoskins (1566-1638), England
 * 60) A.E. Housman (1859–1936), England
 * 61) Laurence Housman (1865-1959), England
 * 62) Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547), England
 * 63) Mary Howitt (1799-1888), England
 * 64) Richard Hughes (1900-1976), England
 * 65) Ted Hughes (1930–1998), England
 * 66) T.E. Hulme (1881-1917), England
 * 67) Leigh Hunt (1784–1859), England
 * 68) Anne Hunter (1742-1821), Scotland
 * 69) Henrietta Anne Huxley (1825-1914), England

I

 * 1) Selwyn Image (1849-1930), England
 * 2) Jean Ingelow (1820-1897), England

J

 * 1) Richard Jago (1715–1781), England
 * 2) King James I (1394-1437), Scotland
 * 3) King James I (1566-1625), England
 * 4) Clive James (born 1939), England
 * 5) John James (born 1939), Wales
 * 6) Kathleen Jamie (born 1962), Scotland
 * 7) Elizabeth Jennings (1926-2001), England
 * 8) Lionel Johnson (1867-1902), England
 * 9) Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), England
 * 10) David Jones (1895–1974), Wales
 * 11) Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860), England
 * 12) Patrick Jones (born 1965), Wales
 * 13) William Jones (1726-1795), Wales
 * 14) Sir William Jones (1746-1794), England
 * 15) Ben Jonson (1572–1637), England
 * 16) Thomas Jordan (1612-1685), England
 * 17) Anthony Joseph (born 1966), Trinidad / England
 * 18) Jenny Joseph (born 1932), England

K

 * 1) John Keats (1795–1821), England
 * 2) John Keble (1792-1866), England
 * 3) Arthur Kelton (died c. 1550), Wales
 * 4) Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy (1883–1929), England
 * 5) Sidney Keyes (1922–1943), England
 * 6) Anne Killigrew (1660-1685), England
 * 7) Arthur Henry King (1910–2000), England
 * 8) Henry King (1592–1669), England
 * 9) Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), England
 * 10) William King (1663–1712), England
 * 11) Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), India / England
 * 12) E.V. Knox (1881-1971), England
 * 13) Isa Craig Knox (1831-1903), Scotland
 * 14) William Knox (1789-1825), Scotland
 * 15) Thomas Kyd (1558-1594), England
 * 16) Francis Kynaston (1587-1642), England

L

 * 1) Charles Lamb (1775–1834), England
 * 2) Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838), England
 * 3) Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864), England
 * 4) Andrew Lang (1844-1912), Scotland
 * 5) William Langland (c. 1332-1386), England
 * 6) Emilia Lanier (1569–1645), England
 * 7) Philip Larkin (1922–1985), England
 * 8) D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930), England
 * 9) Mary Leapor (1722-1746), England
 * 10) Edward Lear (1812–1888), England
 * 11) Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947), England
 * 12) Tom Leonard (born 1944), Scotland
 * 13) Laurence Lerner (born 1925), England
 * 14) Amy Levy (1861-1889), England
 * 15) Alun Lewis (1915–1944), Wales
 * 16) C.S. Lewis (1898–1963), England
 * 17) Eric Linklater (1899-1974), Scotland
 * 18) William James Linton (1812-1897), England / United States
 * 19) Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821-1895), England
 * 20) Thomas Lodge (c.1558–1625), England
 * 21) Christopher Logue (1926-2011), England
 * 22) Richard Lovelace (1618–1658), England
 * 23) Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957), England
 * 24) John Lydgate (1370–1450), England
 * 25) John Lyly (1553–1606), England
 * 26) Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), England
 * 27) George Lyttelton, Lord Lyttelton (1709–1773), England
 * 28) Robert Bulwer-Lytton (1831-1891), England

M

 * 1) Rose Macaulay (1881-1958), England
 * 2) Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859), England
 * 3) Norman MacCaig (1910–1996), Scotland
 * 4) Evan MacColl (1898-1898), Scotland / Canada
 * 5) Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978), Scotland
 * 6) George MacDonald (1824-1905), Scotland
 * 7) John William Mackail (1859-1945), Scotland
 * 8) Joseph Macleod (1903–1984), England
 * 9) Louis MacNeice (1907–1963), England
 * 10) James Macpherson (1736-1796), Scotland
 * 11) Charles Madge (1912-1996), England
 * 12) David Mallet (?1705-1765), Scotland
 * 13) Robert Mannyng (1269–1340), England
 * 14) Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), England
 * 15) Peter Manson (born 1969), Scotland
 * 16) Walter de la Mare (1873-1956), England
 * 17) Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593), England
 * 18) John Marston (1576-1634), England
 * 19) Andrew Marvell (1621–1678), England
 * 20) John Masefield (1878–1967), England
 * 21) Edward Powys Mathers (1892-1939), England
 * 22) William McGonagall (1825-1902), Scotland
 * 23) Roger McGough (born 1937), England
 * 24) George Bubb Dodington, Baron Melcombe (1691-1762), England
 * 25) George Meredith (1828-1909), England
 * 26) Louisa Anne Meredith (1812-1895), England / Australia
 * 27) Owen Mereidith (1831-1891), England
 * 28) Metaphysical poets, 17th century, England
 * 29) Alice Meynell (1847-1922), England
 * 30) William Mickle (1735-1788), Scotland
 * 31) Christopher Middleton (born 1926), England
 * 32) Thomas Middleton (1580-1627), England
 * 33) William Miller (1810-1872), Scotland
 * 34) Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809-1885), England
 * 35) John Milton (1608–1674), England
 * 36) Robert Minhinnick (born 1952), Wales
 * 37) Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852-1923), England
 * 38) Geraldine Monk (born 1952), England
 * 39) William Cosmo Monkhouse (1840-1901), England
 * 40) Harold Monro (1879-1932), England
 * 41) Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661–1715), England
 * 42) Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762), England
 * 43) James Montgomery (1771-1854), England
 * 44) Susanna Moodie (1803-1885), England / Canada
 * 45) Thomas Sturge Moore (1870-1944), England
 * 46) Thomas Osbert Mordaunt (1730-1809), England
 * 47) Hannah More (1745-1833), England
 * 48) Edwin Morgan (1920-2010), Scotland
 * 49) Lewis Morris (1701-1765), Wales
 * 50) Sir Lewis Morris (1833-1907), Wales
 * 51) William Morris (1834–1896), England
 * 52) Sir Andrew Motion (born 1952), England
 * 53) Eric Mottram (1924-1995), England
 * 54) Edward Moxon (1801-1858), England
 * 55) Edwin Muir (1887-1959), Orkney Islands
 * 56) Anthony Munday (?1560–1633), England
 * 57) Robert Fuller Murray (1863-1894), Scotland
 * 58) Ernest Myers (1844-1921), England
 * 59) F.W.H. Myers (1843-1901), England

N

 * 1) Lady Carolina Nairne (1766-1845), Scotland
 * 2) Thomas Nashe (1567–1601), England
 * 3) Edith Nesbit (1858-1924), England
 * 4) Sir Henry Newbolt (1862–1938), England
 * 5) Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801–1890), England
 * 6) Bowyer Nichols (1859-1939), England
 * 7) Robert Nichols (1893-1944), England
 * 8) James Hume Nisbet (1849-1923), Australia / Scotland
 * 9) Roden Noel (1834-1894), England
 * 10) Caroline Norton (1808-1877), England
 * 11) Alfred Noyes (1880-1958), England
 * 12) Jeff Nuttall (1933–2004), England

O

 * 1) Sean O'Brien (born 1952), England
 * 2) John Oldham (1653-1683), England
 * 3) William Oldys (1696-1761), England
 * 4) Amelia Opie (1769-1853), England
 * 5) Orinda (1632-1664), England
 * 6) Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1844-1881), England
 * 7) Maggie O'Sullivan (born 1951), England
 * 8) Thomas Otway (1652-1685), England
 * 9) George Outram (1805-1856), Scotland
 * 10) Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613), England
 * 11) Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), Wales
 * 12) Henry Nutcombe Oxenham (1829-1888), England
 * 13) John Oxenham (1852-1941), England

P

 * 1) Ruth Padel (born 1947), England
 * 2) Isobel Pagan (?1740-1821), Scotland
 * 3) Francis Turner Palgrave (1824-1897), England
 * 4) Gilbert Parker (1862-1932), Canada / England
 * 5) Coventry Patmore (1823-1896), England
 * 6) Brian Patten (born 1946), England
 * 7) John Payne (1842-1917), England
 * 8) Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866), England
 * 9) Pearl Poet (14th century), England
 * 10) George Peele (1556-1596), England
 * 11) J.D.C. Pellow (1890-1960), England
 * 12) Ambrose Philips (1674-1749), England
 * 13) John Philips (1676-1709) England
 * 14) Katherine Philips (1632-1664), England
 * 15) John Phillimore (1873-1926), England
 * 16) Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960), England
 * 17) Stephen Phillips (1864-1915), England
 * 18) William Philpot (1823-1889), England
 * 19) Marjorie Pickthall (1883-1922), Canada / England
 * 20) Vivian de Sola Pinto (1895-1969), England
 * 21) Ruth Pitter (1897–1992), England
 * 22) Victor Plarr (1863-1929), England
 * 23) Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), United States / England
 * 24) Robert Pollok (?1798–1827), Scotland
 * 25) Alexander Pope (1688–1744), England
 * 26) Walter Pope (c.1627-1714), England
 * 27) Peter Porter (1929-2010), Australia / England
 * 28) Walter Porter (c.1590-1659), England
 * 29) Ezra Pound (1885–1972), United States / England
 * 30) Frederick York Powell (1850-1904), England
 * 31) Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802-1839), England
 * 32) Frank Prewett (1893-1962), Canada / England
 * 33) Nancy Price (1880–1970), England
 * 34) Richard Price (born 1966), Scotland
 * 35) F.T. Prince (1912-2003), England
 * 36) Thomas Pringle (1789-1834), Scotland / South Africa
 * 37) Matthew Prior (1664–1721), England
 * 38) Pauline Prior-Pitt, Scotland
 * 39) May Probyn (1856-1909), England
 * 40) Adelaide Procter (1825-1864), England
 * 41) J.H. Prynne (born 1936), England
 * 42) Sheenagh Pugh (born 1950), Wales

Q

 * 1) Francis Quarles (1592-1644), England / Canada
 * 2) John Quarles (1624-1665), England

R

 * 1) Dollie Radford (1858-1920), England
 * 2) Ernest Radford (1857-1919), England
 * 3) William Radice (born 1951), England
 * 4) Craig Raine (born 1944), England
 * 5) Kathleen Raine (1908–2003), England
 * 6) Sir Walter Raleigh (c.1554–1618), England
 * 7) Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh (1861-1922), England
 * 8) Allan Ramsay (1686-1758), Scotland
 * 9) Thomas Randolph (1605–1635), England
 * 10) William Brighty Rands (1823-1882), England
 * 11) William John MacQuorn Rankine (1820-1872), Scotland
 * 12) Tom Raworth (born 1938), England
 * 13) Henry Reed (1914–1986), England
 * 14) Joseph Relph (1712–1743), England
 * 15) John Reynolds (?1588-1655?), England
 * 16) John Hamilton Reynolds (1794-1852), England
 * 17) Ernest Rhys (1859-1946), England
 * 18) Anne Ridler (1912-2001), England
 * 19) Denise Riley (born 1948), England
 * 20) John Riley (1937-1978), England
 * 21) Peter Riley (born 1940), England
 * 22) Michael Roberts (1902-1948), England
 * 23) Mary Robinson (1758–1800), England
 * 24) John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680), England
 * 25) James Rennell Rodd (1858-1941), England
 * 26) Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), England
 * 27) Richard Rolle (?1290-1349), England
 * 28) William Roscoe (1753-1831), England
 * 29) Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918), England
 * 30) Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), England
 * 31) Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), England
 * 32) Henry Rowe (1750-1819), England

S

 * 1) Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1638-1706), England
 * 2) Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1536-1608), England
 * 3) Fiona Sampson (born 1963), England
 * 4) Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), England
 * 5) Vernon Scannell (1922-2007), England
 * 6) Alexander Scott (1520-1582), Scotland
 * 7) Alexander Scott (1920-1989), Scotland
 * 8) Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832), Scotland
 * 9) William Bell Scott (1811–1890), Scotland
 * 10) Sir Owen Seaman (1861-1936), England
 * 11) Sir Charles Sedley (1639–1701), England
 * 12) Francis Sempill (?1616-1682), Scotland
 * 13) James Sempill (1566-1625), Scotland
 * 14) Robert Sempill (?1530-1595), Scotland
 * 15) Robert Sempill the younger (?1595-1663?), Scotland
 * 16) Robert W. Service (1874-1958), Scotland / Canada
 * 17) Thomas Shadwell (?1642-1692), England
 * 18) William Shakespeare (1564–1616), England
 * 19) Jo Shapcott (born 1953), England
 * 20) John Sheffield (1648-1721), England
 * 21) Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), England
 * 22) William Shenstone (1714-1763), England
 * 23) James Shirley (1596–1666), England
 * 24) Elizabeth Siddal (1829-1862), England
 * 25) Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621), England
 * 26) Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586), England
 * 27) Alan Sillitoe (1928-2010), England
 * 28) Iain Sinclair (born 1943), England
 * 29) Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964), England
 * 30) Sacheverell Sitwell (1897-1988), England
 * 31) John Skelton (1460–1529), England
 * 32) Robin Skelton (1925-1997), England / Canada
 * 33) Joseph Skipsey (1832-1903), England
 * 34) Christopher Smart (1722-1771), England
 * 35) Elizabeth Smart (1913-1986), Canada / England
 * 36) Alexander Smith (1830–1867), Scotland
 * 37) Charlotte Turner Smith (1749–1806), England
 * 38) Stevie Smith (1902–1971), England
 * 39) Sydney Smith (1771-1845), England
 * 40) Walter Chalmers Smith (1824-1908), England
 * 41) Tobias Smollett (1721–1771), Scotland
 * 42) William Somerville (1675-1742), England
 * 43) Charles Sorley (1895–1915), Scotland
 * 44) William Soutar (1898–1946), Scotland
 * 45) Caroline Southey (1786-1854), England.
 * 46) Robert Southey (1774–1843), England
 * 47) Saint Robert Southwell (1561–1595), England
 * 48) Stephen Spender (1909-1995), England
 * 49) Edmund Spenser (1552–1599), England
 * 50) Jon Stallworthy (born 1935), England
 * 51) Thomas Stanley (1625-1678), England
 * 52) James Kenneth Stephen (1859-1892), England
 * 53) James Brunton Stephens (1835-1902), Scotland / Australia
 * 54) Anne Stevenson (born 1933), England / United States
 * 55) Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), Scotland
 * 56) William Stevenson (1530-1573), England
 * 57) William Strode (1600-1643), England
 * 58) Leonard Strong (1896-1958), England
 * 59) Frank Pearce Sturm (1879-1942), England
 * 60) Sir John Suckling (1609–1642), England
 * 61) Paul Summers (born 1967), England
 * 62) Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (?1517-1547), England
 * 63) Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909), England
 * 64) James Joseph Sylvester (1814-1897), England
 * 65) Joshua Sylvester (1563–1618), England
 * 66) Arthur Symons (1865–1945), England
 * 67) John Addington Symonds (1840-1853), England

T

 * 1) F.W. Tancred (1874-1925), England
 * 2) Nathaniel Tarn (born 1928), England / United States
 * 3) Nahum Tate (1652-1715), Ireland/England
 * 4) Ann Taylor (1782-1866), England
 * 5) Sir Henry Taylor (1800-1866), England
 * 6) Jane Taylor (1783-1824), England
 * 7) Alfred Tennyson, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), England
 * 8) Frederick Tennyson (1807-1898), England
 * 9) William Thom (1799–1848), Scotland
 * 10) Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), Wales
 * 11) Edward Thomas (1878–1917), Wales
 * 12) R.S. Thomas (1913–2000), Wales
 * 13) Francis Thompson (1859–1907), England
 * 14) James Thomson (1700-1748), Scotland
 * 15) James Thomson (B.V.) (1834–1882), Scotland
 * 16) Wilfrid Thorley (1878-1963), England
 * 17) Anthony Thwaite (born 1930), England
 * 18) Chidiock Tichborne (1558–1586), England
 * 19) Thomas Tickell (1685-1740), England
 * 20) Nick Toczek (born 1950), England
 * 21) J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973), England
 * 22) Charles Tomlinson (born 1927), England
 * 23) Angela Topping (born 1954), England
 * 24) Aurelian Townshend (?1583-1643?), England
 * 25) Thomas Traherne (?1636-1674), England
 * 26) John Tripp (1927-1986), Wales
 * 27) George Turberville (?1540-1610?), England
 * 28) Julian Turner (born 1955), England
 * 29) Thomas Tusser (?1524-1580), England
 * 30) Katharine Tynan (1861-1931), Ireland / England

U

 * 1) Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941), England
 * 2) Allen Upward (1863-1926), England

V

 * 1) Henry Vaughan (1621–1695), Wales
 * 2) Thomas Vaux, Baron Vaux (1509-1556), England
 * 3) Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814-1902), Ireland

W

 * 1) Samuel Waddington (1844-1923), England
 * 2) John Wain (1925-1994), England
 * 3) Arthur Edward Waite (1857-1942), England
 * 4) Anna Louisa Walker (1836-1907), Canada / England
 * 5) William Sidney Walker (1795-1846), England
 * 6) Edmund Waller (1606–1687), England
 * 7) William Walsh (1663-1708), England
 * 8) Frederick William Orde Ward (1834-1922), England
 * 9) Sarah Wardle (born 1969), England
 * 10) Anna Laetitia Waring (1823-1910), Wales
 * 11) Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978), England
 * 12) William Warner (?1558-1609), England
 * 13) Bertram Warr (1917-1943), Canada / England
 * 14) John Byrne Leicester Warren, Baron de Tabley (1835-1985), England
 * 15) Joseph Warton (1722-1800), England
 * 16) Thomas Warton (1728–1790), England
 * 17) Gilbert Waterhouse (1883-1916), England
 * 18) Vernon Watkins (1906-1967), Wales
 * 19) Sir William Watson (1858-1935), England
 * 20) Isaac Watts (1674–1748), England
 * 21) Frederic Weatherly (1848-1929), England
 * 22) Mary Webb (1881-1927), England
 * 23) Charles Webbe (circa 1678), England
 * 24) Augusta Webster (1837-1894), England
 * 25) John Webster (?1580-1634?), England
 * 26) Dorothy Wellesley (1889-1956), England
 * 27) R. Wever (fl. 1549-1553), England
 * 28) Joseph Blanco White (1775-1841), England
 * 29) Isabella Whitney (1540s-1580s), England
 * 30) David Whyte (born 1955), England
 * 31) Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Ireland / England
 * 32) John Wilkinson (born 1953), England
 * 33) William of Shoreham (14th century), England
 * 34) Sarah Williams (1841-1868), England
 * 35) Walter Leslie Wilmshurst (1867-1939), England
 * 36) Hugo Williams (born 1942), England
 * 37) Clive Wilmer (born 1945), England
 * 38) William Winstanley (?1628-1698), England
 * 39) George Wither (1588–1667), England
 * 40) Margaret L. Woods (1856-1945), England
 * 41) Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855), England
 * 42) William Wordsworth (1770–1850), England
 * 43) Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639), England
 * 44) Theodore Wratislaw (1871-1933), England
 * 45) Lady Mary Wroth (1587-1653), England
 * 46) Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542), England

Y

 * 1) Edward Young (1683–1765), England

Z

 * 1) Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958), England