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This is a list of English language poets, defined as people (of any nationality, language group, or occupation) who have written at least one published collection of poetry in the English language.

English-language poets by nationality

• List of African poets writing in English
• List of Asian poets writing in English
• 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

A-Ak

1. Jonathan Aaron (born 1941), United States
2. L. Aaronson (1895-1966), England
3. Chris Abani (born 1966), Nigeria
4. Francesca Abbate, United States
5. Henry Abbey (1842-1911), United States
6. John Abbot (1623-1647 fl.), England
7. Loureine Aber (1893-1930), United States
8. Lascelles Abercrombie (1881-1938), England
9. Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872-1956), United States
10. Lionel Abrahams (1928-2004), South Africa
11. Sam Abrams (born 1935)
12. Seth Abramson (born 1976), United States
13. Dannie Abse (born 1923), Wales
14. J.R. Ackerley (1896-1967), England
15. Diane Ackerman (born 1956), United States
16. Duane Ackerson (born 1942), United States
17. Valentine Ackland (1906-1969), England
18. Milton Acorn (1923-1986), Canada
19. Mercedes de Acosta (1892-1968), United States
20. Harold Acton (1904-1994), England
21. Gilbert Adair (1944-2011), England
22. Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913-2004), United States
23. Helen Adam (1909-1993), Scotland / United States
24. Arthur Henry Adams (1872-1936), New Zealand / Australia
25. David Adams (born 1943), England
26. Francis Adams (1862-1893), England / Australia
27. John Adams (1704-1740), United States
28. John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), United States
29. John Turvill Adams (1805-1882), United States
30. Léonie Adams (1899-1988), United States
31. Mary Electa Adams (1823-1898), Canada
32. Sarah Flower Adams (1805-1848), England
33. Robert Adamson (1852-1902), Australia
34. Betty Adcock (born 1938), United States
35. Fleur Adcock (born 1934), New Zealand / England
36. Joseph Addison (1672-1719), England
37. Percy Addleshaw (1866-1916), England
38. Kim Addonizio (born 1954), United States
39. Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969), Nigeria
40. AE (1867-1935), Ireland
41. Tatamkulu Afrika (1920-2002), South Africa
42. John Agard (born 1949), Guyana / England
43. Smita Agarwal (born 1958), India
44. Patience Agbabi (born 1965), England
45. James Agee (1909-1955), United States
46. Thomas Ager (1780-1799 fl.), England
47. Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969), United States
48. Jack Agüeros (born 1934), United States
49. Ai (1947-2010), United States
50. Hamilton Aide (1827-1906), England
51. Conrad Aiken (1889-1973), United States
52. John Aikin (1747-1822), England
53. Lucy Aikin (1781-1864), England
54. Hew Ainslie (1792-1878), Scotland
55. Thomas Aird (1802-1876), Scotland
56. Adam Aitken (born 1960), Australia
57. Mark Akenside (1721–1770), England
58. Ellery Akers (born 1946), United States
59. Sascha Aurora Akhtar (born 1976), Pakistan / England
60. Zoë Akins (1886-1958), United States
61. Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (born 1965), Canada
62. John Akpata, Canada

Al-Am

1. Jordie Albiston (born 1961), Australia
2. George Albon (born 1946), United States
3. Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956), United States
4. Sandra Alcosser (born 1944), United States
5. Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), United States
6. Richard Aldington (1892-1962), England
7. Dorothy Keeley Aldis (1896-1966), United States
8. Mary Aldis (1872-1949), United States
9. Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907), United States
10. Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895), Ireland
11. Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), United States
12. Meena Alexander (born 1951), United States
13. Pamela Alexander (born 1948), United States
14. Sidney A. Alexander (1866-1948), England
15. Will Alexander (born 1948), United States
16. Sir William Alexander, Earl of Stirling (ca.1570-1640)
17. William Alexander (1824-1911), Ireland
18. Sherman Alexie (born 1966), United States
19. Felipe Alfau (1902-1999), Spain / United States
20. Edna Alford (born 1947), Canada
21. Henry Alford (1810-1871), England
22. Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001), United States
23. Kazim Ali (born 1971), United States
24. Karen Alkalay-Gut (born 1945), Israel
25. James Alexander Allan (1889-1956), Australia
26. William Allan (?1780-1804), Scotland
27. Sandra Alland (born 1973), Canada
28. Donna Allard, Canada
29. William Allegrezza (born 1974), United States
30. Dick Allen (1939-2017), United States
31. Donald Allen (1912-2004), United States
32. Elizabeth Chase Allen (1832-1911), United States
33. Gary Allen (born 1959), Northern Ireland
34. Hervey Allen (1889-1949), United States
35. John Carter Allen (1798-1872), Scotland
36. Joseph Allen (born 1961), Ireland
37. Leslie Holdsworthy Allen (1879-1964), Australia
38. Lillian Allen (born 1951), Canada
39. Richard James Allen (born 1960), Australia
40. Ron Allen (born 1947), United States
41. William Allingham (1824-1889), Ireland
42. Drummond Allison (1921-1943), England
43. William Talbot Allison (1874-1941), Canada
44. Gillian Allnutt (born 1949), England
45. Washington Allston (1779-1843), United States
46. Laurence Alma-Tadema (1865-1940), England
47. Melanie Almeder(born 1965), United States
48. Bert Almon (born 1943), United States / Canada
49. Richard Alsop (1761-1815), United States
50. Alta (born 1942), United States
51. Keith Althaus (born 1946), United States
52. Howard Altmann, United States
53. Julia Cooley Altrocchi (1893-1972), United States
54. Alurista (born 1947), United States
55. A. Alvarez (born 1929), England
56. Julia Álvarez (born 1950), United States
57. Robert Alves (1745-1794), Scotland
58. Moniza Alvi (born 1954), England
59. James Church Alvord, United States
60. George Amabile (born 1936), Canada
61. Mary Frances Ames (1853-1929), Canada
62. NIcholas Amhurst (1697-1742), England
63. Indran Amirthanayagam (born 1960), United States
64. Kingsley Amis (1922-1995), England
65. A.R. Ammons (1926-2001), United States
66. Ray Amorosi (born 1946), United States
67. William Amphlett (1775-1819 fl.), England

An-Az

1. Michael Anania (born 1939), United States
2. Lemon Andersen (born 1975), United States
3. Doug Anderson (born 1943), United States
4. Ethel Anderson (1883-1958), Australia
5. James Anderson (1842-1923), Canada
6. Margaret Steele Anderson (1867-1921), United States
7. Patrick Anderson (1915-1979), Canada
8. Robert Anderson (1770-1833), England
9. Robert T. Anderson (1880-1960), Canada
10. Rod Anderson (born 1935), Canada
11. Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941), United States
12. Victor Anderson (1917-2001), United States
13. Michael Andre (born 1946), Canada
14. Bruce Andrews (born 1948), United States
15. John Andrews (1615 fl.), England
16. Kevin Andrews (1924-1989), United States / Greece
17. Robert Andrews (1723-1766), England
18. Ron Androla (born 1954), United States
19. Ralph Angel (born 1951), United States
20. Maya Angelou (born 1928), United States
21. Talvikki Ansel (born 1962), United States
22. John Anster (1793-1867), Ireland
23. Christopher Anstey (1724-1805), England
24. David Antin (born 1932), United States
25. Antler (born 1946), United States
26. Robert Anton (1585-1617 fl.), England
27. Yaseen Anwer (born 1989), India
28. Philip Appleman (born 1926), United States
29. Adrian Arancibia (born 1971), United States
30. James Arbuckle (1700-1742?), Ireland
31. Walter Conrad Arensburg (1878-1954), United States
32. Ken Arkind, United States
33. Rae Armantrout (born 1947), United States
34. Simon Armitage (born 1963), England
35. Richard Armour (1906-1989), United States
36. Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948), Canada
37. John Armstrong (1709-1779), Scotland
38. Martin Armstrong (1882-1974), England
39. David Arnason (born 1940), Canada
40. Craig Arnold (1967-2009), United States
41. Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904), England
42. Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), England
43. Joanne Arnott (born 1960), Canada
44. K.O. Arvidson (1938-2011), New Zealand
45. Robert P. Arthur (born 1943), United States
46. Edmund Arwaker the elder (?1660-1730), Ireland
47. Edmund Arwaker the younger (?1680-1708 fl.), Ireland
48. M.K. Asante (born 1982), United States
49. Isidore G. Ascher (1835-1933) Canada / England
50. John Ashbery (born 1927), United States
51. Thomas Ashe (1836-1889), England
52. Kenneth Ashley (born 1887), England
53. Robert Ashley (1585-1641), England
54. Anne Askew (1520-1546), England
55. John Askham (1825-1894), England
56. Herbert Asquith (1881-1947), England
57. Edwin Atherstone (1788-1872), England
58. Rupert Atkinson (1881-1961), Australia
59. Thomas Atkinson (1770-1799 fl.), Ireland
60. Thomas Atkinson (?1801-1833), Scotland
61. Margaret Atwood (born 1939), Canada
62. William Atwood (?1650-1712), England
63. Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915-1991), Australia
64. W.H. Auden (1907-1973), England / United States
65. Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950), India
66. Joseph Auslander (1897-1965), United States
67. Paul Auster (born 1947), United States
68. Alfred Austin (1835-1913), England
69. Mary Austin (1868-1934), United States
70. Margaret Avison (1918-2007), Canada
71. Kofi Awoonor (born 1935), Ghana
72. Sevan Aydinian (born 1983), United States
73. Robert Aylett (?1583-1635), England
74. John Ayloffe (died 1685), England
75. Pam Ayres (born 1947), England
76. Sir Robert Aytoun (1570-1638), Scotland
77. William Aytoun (1813-1865), Scotland
78. Jody Azzouni (born 1954), United States

B

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. Phanuel Bacon (1799-1783), England
6. Leonard Bacon (1887-1954), United States
7. William Baer (born 1948), United States
8. Robert Bagg (born 1935), United States
9. Gibbons Bagnall (1719-1800), England
10. Alfred Bailey (1905-1997), Canada
11. Jacob Bailey (1731-1808), Canada
12. Kevin Bailey (born 1954), England
13. Philip James Bailey (1816-1902), England
14. Joanna Baillie (1762-1851), Scotland
15. Martha Baird (1921-1981), United States
16. Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940), United States
17. David Baker (born 1954), United States
18. Henry Baker (1698-1774), England
19. Karle Wilson Baker (1878-1960), United States
20. John Balaban, (born 1943), United States
21. Peter Balakian (born 1951), United States
22. Alexander Balfour (1767-1829), Scotland
23. Mary Balfour (1778-1819), Ireland
24. Christianne Balk (born 1953), United States
25. Jesse Ball (born 1978), United States
26. John Ball (?1746-1812), Ireland
27. James Ballantine (1808-1877), Scotland
28. Micah Ballard (born 1975), United States
29. John Bampfylde (1754-1797), England
30. Mary Jo Bang (born 1946), United States
31. Janet Norris Bangs (1885-1971), United States
32. John Banim (1798-1842), Ireland
33. Chris Banks (born 1970), Canada
34. Russell Banks (born 1940), United States
35. Kaushalya Bannerji, Canada
36. Frances Bannerman (1855-1940), Canada
37. Kendall Banning (1879-1944), United States
38. Lex Banning (born 1921), Australia
39. Ivy Bannister (born 1951), Ireland
40. Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) (1934-2014), United States
41. Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825), England
42. Mary Barber (c.1685-c.1755), Ireland
43. John Barbour (died 1395), Scotland
44. Walter Bargen (born 1948), United States
45. Maurice Baring (1874-1945), England
46. Elsa Barker (1869-1954), United States
47. George Barker (1913-1991), England
48. Les Barker (born 1947), England
49. Sebastian Barker (born 1945), England
50. Coleman Barks (born 1937), United States
51. George Barlow (1847-1914), England
52. George Barlow (born 1948), United States
53. Jane Barlow (1857-1917), Ireland
54. Joel Barlow (1754-1812), United States
55. Lady Anne Barnard (1750-1825), England / South Africa
56. Mary Barnard (1909–2002), Unites States
57. Barnabe Barnes (1571-1609), England
58. Djuna Barnes (1892-1982), United States
59. William Barnes (1801-1886), England
60. Catherine Barnett (born 1960), United States
61. Richard Barnfield (1574-1620), England
62. Willis Barnstone (born 1927), United States
63. Robert Baron (1630-1658), England
64. Candy Barr (1935-2005), United States
65. John Barr (1809-1889), Scotland / New Zealand
66. Syd Barret (1946-2006), England
67. Wilton Agnew Barrett, United States
68. Pauline B. Barrington (born 1876), United States
69. Laird Barron (born 1970), United States
70. Elfrida De Renne Barrow (1884-1970), United States
71. Elizabeth Bartlett (1911-1994), United States
72. Elizabeth Bartlett (1924-2008), England
73. Gertrude Bartlett (1876-1942), Canada
74. Helen Birch Bartlett (1883-1925), United States
75. Bernard Barton (1784-1849), England
76. Emily Mary Barton (1817-1909), Australia
77. John Barton (born 1957), Canada
78. Bertha Hirsch Baruch 1876-1908 fl.), United States
79. Gary Barwin (born 1964), Canada
80. Todd Bash (born 1965)
81. Samiya Bashir, United States
82. Michael Basinski (born 1950), United States
83. Shaunt Basmajian (1950-1990), Canada
84. Ellen Bass (born 1947), United States
85. William Basse (?1583-1653?), England
86. Thomas Bastard (1566-1618), England
87. Paul Batchelor (born 1977), England
88. David Bates (1809-1870), United States
89. Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929), United States
90. Thomas Bateson (c.1570-1630), England
91. Elizabeth Bath (1776-1844), England
92. Joseph Bathanti (born 1953), United States
93. Wendy Battin (1953-2015), United States
94. Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959), United States
95. Grace Bauer, United States
96. William Bauer (1932-2010), Canada
97. Eric Baus (born 1975), United States
98. Isaac Rieman Baxley (1850-1920), United States
99. Charles Baxter (born 1947), United States
100. James K. Baxter (1926-1972), New Zealand
101. Nathaniel Baxter (?1550-1633 fl.), England
102. Arthur Bayldon (1865-1958), Australia
103. William Baylebridge (1883-1942), Australia
104. Peter Bayley (?1779-1823), England
105. Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839), England

Be

1. Abel Beach (1829-1899), United States
2. Eric Beach (born 1947), Australia
3. Joseph Warren Beach (1880-1957), United States
4. Dan Beachy-Quick (born 1973), United States
5. J.C. Beaglehole (1901-1971), New Zealand
6. Alfred Battle Bealle (1879-1933), United States
7. Doug Beardsley (born 1941), Canada
8. Sandra Beasley (born 1980), United States
9. James Beattie (1705-1803), Scotland
10. William Beattie (1793-1875), Scotland
11. Jan Beatty, United States
12. Pakenham Beatty (1855-1930), England
13. Francis Beaumont (1584-1616), England
14. Joseph Beaumont (1616-1699), England
15. Sir John Beaumont (1583-1627), England
16. Bruce Beaver (1928-2004), Australia
17. George Beck (1749-1812), United States
18. Thomas Beck (?1751-1821), England
19. Robin Becker (born 1951), United States
20. Andrew Becket (1749-1843), England
21. Larry Beckett (born 1947), United States
22. Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), Ireland
23. Joshua Beckman (born 1971), United States
24. Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1804-1849), England
25. Randolph Bedford (1868-1941), Australia
26. John Beecher (1904-1980), United States
27. H.C. Beeching (1859-1919), England
28. Amy Beeder (born 1965), United States
29. Thomas Beedome (died 1641?), England
30. Patricia Beer (1919-1999), England
31. Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956), England
32. Ethel Lynn Beers (1827-1879), United States
33. Philip Begho (born 1969), Nigeria
34. Brendan Behan (1923-1964), Ireland
35. Aphra Behn (1640-1689), England
36. Henry Beissel (born 1929), Canada
37. Ken Belford (born 1946), Canada
38. Ben Belitt (1911-2003), United States
39. Elana Bell, United States
40. J.J. Bell (1871-1934), Scotland
41. Julian Bell (1908-1937), England
42. Mackenzie Bell (1856-1930), England 
43. Martin Bell (1918-1978), England
44. Marvin Bell (born 1937), United States
45. William Bell (1731-1816), England
46. Henry Bellamann (1882-1945). United States
47. Lisa Bellear (1961-2006), Australia
48. Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), France / England
49. William Beloe (1756-1817), England
50. John Bemrose (born 1947), Canada
51. Michael Benedikt (1935-2007), United States
52. Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943), United States
53. William Rose Benét (1886-1950), United States
54. John Wilson Bengough (1851-1923), Canada
55. Park Benjamin, Sr. (1809-1864), United States
56. Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981), United States
57. Jim Bennett, (born 1951), England
58. Stefanie Bennett (born 1945), Australia
59. Robbie Benoit (died 2007), Canada
60. A.C. Benson (1862-1925), England
61. Mary Josephine Benson (1887-1965), Canada
62. Stella Benson (1892-1933), England
63. E.C. Bentley (1875-1956), England
64. Elizabeth Bentley (1767-1839), England
65. Nelson Bentley (1918-1990), United States
66. Richard Berengarten (born 1943), England
67. Lionel Thomas Berguer (1789-1831 fl.), England
68. Caroline Bergvall (born 1962), England
69. George Monck Berkeley (1763-1793), England
70. Bill Berkson (born 1939), United States
71. David Berman (1934-2017), United States
72. David Berman (1967-2019), United States
73. April Bernard (born 1956), United States
74. Charles Bernstein (born 1950), United States
75. Steven "Jesse" Bernstein (1950-1991), United States
76. Anselm Berrigan (born 1972), United States
77. Daniel Berrigan (born 1921), United States
78. Ted Berrigan (1934–1983), United States
79. Francis Berry (1915-2006), England
80. James Berry (born 1924), England
81. Wendell Berry (born 1934), United States
82. John Berryman (1914–1972), United States
83. Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (born 1947), United States
84. John Richard Digby Beste (1806-1885), England
85. Matilda Betham (1776-1852), England
86. Ursula Bethell (1874-1945), New Zealand
87. Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984), England
88. Craven Langstroth Betts (1853-1941), Canada
89. Reginald Dwayne Betts, United States
90. Judith Beveridge (born 1956), England / Australia
91. Helen Bevington (1906-2001), United States
92. Paul Bewsher (1894-1966), England

Bi-Bl

Earle Birney

1. Jill Bialosky, United States
2. Alexander Bicknell (?1750-1796), England
3. John Bidlake (1755-1814), England
4. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914), United States
5. Linda Bierds (born 1945), United States
6. David Biespiel, United States
7. George Bilgere (born 1951), United States
8. Walter Billeter (born 1943), Australia
9. Robert Billings (1949-1986), Canada
10. Peregrine Bingham (1754-1826), England
11. Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), England
12. Caroline Bird (born 1986), England
13. Julia Bird (born 1971), England
14. Earle Birney (1904-1995), Canada
15. Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), United States
16. John Peale Bishop (1892-1944), United States
17. Judith Bishop (born 1972), Australia
18. Tom Bishop (1952-2007), United States
19. Samuel Bishop (1731-1795), England
20. bill bissett (born 1939), Canada
21. Sherwin Bitsui, (born 1975), United States
22. Baxter Black (born 1945), United States
23. D.M. Black (born 1941), Scotland
24. Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958), United States
25. Grace Blackburn (1865-1926), Canada
26. Paul Blackburn (1926-1971), United States
27. Thomas Blackburn (1916-1977), England
28. Mary Dawes Blackett (died 1792), England
29. John Stuart Blackie (1809-1895), Scotland
30. Thomas Blacklock (1721-1791), Scotland
31. Nicole Blackman (born 1971), United States
32. R.D. Blackmore (1825-1900), England
33. Sir Richard Blackmore (1654-1729), England
34. R.P. Blackmur (1904-1965), United States
35. Peter Bladen (1922–2001), Australia
36. Kimberly M. Blaeser, United States
37. John Arthur Blaikie (born 1849), England
38. Robert Blair (1699-1746), Scotland
39. William Blake (1757-1827), England
40. Susanna Blamire (1747–1794), England
41. Richard Blanco (born 1968), United States
42. Peter Bland (born 1934), England / New Zealand
43. Don Blanding (1894-1957), United States
44. Robin Blaser (1925-2009), Canada / United States
45. Randy Blasing (born 1943), United States
46. Jean Bleakney (born 1956), Northern Ireland
47. Anthony Bleecker (1770-1827), United States
48. Adrian Blevins (born 1964), United States
49. William John Blew (1808-1894), England
50. Jean Blewett (1872-1934), Canada
51. John Blight (1913-1995), Australia
52. Mathilde Blind (1841-1896), England
53. Chana Bloch (born 1940), United States
54. Laurie Block (born 1949), Canada
55. E.D. Blodgett (born 1935), Canada
56. Benjamin Paul Blood (1832-1919), United States
57. Henry Ames Blood (1836-1900), United States
58. Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823), England
59. Laurel Blossom (born 1943), United States
60. Roberts Blossom (1924-2011), United States
61. Michael C. Blumenthal (born 1949), United States
62. Edmund Blunden (1896-1974), England
63. Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840-1922), England
64. Robert Bly (born 1926), United States
65. D.A. Blyler (born 1967), United States.

Bo

1. Barcroft Boake (1866-1892), Australia
2. Robert Boates (born 1954), Canada
3. Maxwell Bodenheim (1892-1954), United States
4. Jean Boese (1925-2004), United States
5. Louise Bogan (1897-1970), United States
6. Christian Bök (born 1966), Canada
7. George Henry Boker (1823-1890), United States
8. Eavan Boland (born 1944), Ireland
9. Alan Bold (1943-1998), Scotland
10. Henry Bold (1627-1683), England
11. Dermot Bolger (born 1959), Ireland
12. Stephanie Bolster (born 1969), Canada
13. Edmund Bolton (?1575-1633?), England
14. Ken Bolton (born 1949), Australia
15. Horatius Bonar (1808-1889), Scotland
16. Bruce Bond (born 1954), United States
17. William Bond (died 1735), England
18. Amy Bonner (1891-1955), United States
19. Sean Bonney, England
20. Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902-1973), United States
21. Luke Booker (1762-1837), England
22. Philip Booth (1925-2007), United States
23. Brooke Boothby (1744-1824), England
24. Henry Ernest Boote (1866-1949), Australia
25. Pat Boran (born 1963), Ireland
26. Jenny Bornholdt (born 1960), New Zealand
27. Roo Borson (born 1952), Canada
28. William Boscawen (1752-1811), England
29. Keith Bosley (born 1937), England
30. Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Belgium / United States
31. Bruce Boston (born 1943), United States
32. William Bosworth (died 1650?), England
33. Gordon Bottomley (1874-1948), England
34. David Bottoms (born 1949), United States
35. Barton Bouchier (1795-1865), England
36. Michael Boughn (born 1946), Canada
37. Jenny Boully (born 1976), United States
38. Jenny Boult (1951-2005), Australia
39. Joseph Bounden (?1785-1842 fl.), England
40. Francis William Bourdillon (1852-1921), England
41. Arthur Bourinot (1893-1969), Canada
42. John Philip Bourke (1860-1914), Australia
43. Samuel Bowden (1733-1761 fl.), England
44. Jane Bowdler (1743-1784), England
45. A.P. Bowen (born ca. 1899), United States
46. George Bowering (born 1935), Canada
47. Marilyn Bowering (born 1949), Canada
48. Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949), United States
49. Edgar Bowers (1924-2000), United States
50. Fred G. Bowles (fl. 1899-1918), United States
51. William Lisle Bowles (1762-1850), England
52. Tim Bowling (born 1964), Canada
53. Louise Morey Bowman (1891-1944), Canada
54. Arthur Boyars (born 1925), England
55. Alex Boyd (born 1969), Canada
56. Henry Boyd (died 1832), Ireland
57. Mark Alexander Boyd (1563-1601), Scotland
58. Thomas Boyd (1867-1927), Ireland
59. Kay Boyle (1902-1992), United States
60. Peter Boyle (born 1951), Australia
61. Samuel Boyse (1708-1749), Ireland

Br

Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning

1. Francis Brabazon (1907-1984), Australia
2. Thomas Bracken (1843-1898), New Zealand
3. Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748-1816), United States
4. Gamaliel Bradford (1863-1932), United States
5. George Bradley (born 1953), United States
6. Anne Bradstreet (?1612-1672), United States
7. E.J. Brady (1869–1952), Australia
8. Nicholas Brady (1659-1726), Ireland / England
9. Beverley Bie Brahic, Canada
10. Kate Braid (born1947), Canada
11. John G.C. Brainard (1796-1828), United States
12. Richard Braithwait (1588-1673), England
13. Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite (1963-2008), Canada
14. William Stanley Braithwaite (1878-1962), United States
15. Shannon Bramer (born 1973), Canada
16. James Bramston (?1694-1744), England
17. Dionne Brand (born 1953), Canada
18. Hannah Brand (1754-1821), England
19. John Brand (1744-1806), England
20. Patrick Brandon (born 1965), England
21. William Brandon (1914-1922), United States
22. Di Brandt (born 1952), Canada
23. F.V. Branford (1892-1941), Scotland
24. Charles Brasch (1909-1973), New Zealand
25. Richard Brathwait (1588-1673), England
26. Kamau Brathwaite (born 1930), Barbados
27. Richard Brautigan (1935-1984), United States
28. Kate Braverman (born 1950), United States
29. Donari Braxton (born 1982), United States
30. John Jefferson Bray (1912-1995), Australia
31. Diana Brebner (1956-2001), Canada
32. Jason Bredle (born 1976), United States
33. Jean "Binta" Breeze (born 1956), Jamaica
34. Ray Bremser (1934-1998), United States
35. Christopher Brennan (1870-1932), Australia
36. Michael Brennan (born 1973), Australia
37. Joseph Payne Brennan (1918-1990), United States
38. Rory Brennan (born 1945), Ireland
39. Jane Brereton (1685-1740), England
40. John Le Gay Brereton (1871-1933), Australia
41. Nicholas Breton (1542-1626), England
42. Brian Brett (born 1950), Canada
43. John Durant Breval (?1680-1738), England
44. Ken Brewer (1941-2006), United States
45. Elizabeth Brewster (born 1922), Canada
46. Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710-1757?), United States
47. Robert Bridges (1844-1930), England
48. Kim Bridgford (born 1959), United States
49. Robert Bringhurst (born 1946), Canada
50. Roscoe W. Brink, United States
51. John Malcolm Brinnin (1916-1999), United States
52. Vera Brittain (1893-1970), England
53. Rollo Britten, United States
54. Edmund Broadus (1876-1936), Canada
55. Edwin Brock (1927-1997), England
56. Geoffrey Brock (born 1964), United States
57. James Brock (born 1958), United States
58. Lucie Brock-Broido (born 1956), United States
59. Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996), United States
60. Louis Daniel Brodsky (born 1941), United States
61. Alter Brody (1865-1981), United States
62. George Bromby (1790-1827 fl.), England
63. Alexander Brome (1620-1666), England
64. Joseph Bromehead (1746-1826), England
65. David Bromige (1933-2009), United States
66. William Bronk (1918-1999), United States
67. Lynne Bronstein (born 1950), United States
68. Anne Brontë (1820-1849), England
69. Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), England
70. Emily Brontë (1818-1848), England
71. Arthur Brooke (died 1563?), England
72. Christopher Brooke (?1566-1628), England
73. Frances Brooke (1724-1789), England
74. Rupert Brooke (1887-1915), England
75. Stopford A. Brooke (1832-1916), Ireland
76. Bertram Brooker (1888-1955), Canada
77. Charles T. Brooks (1813-1883), United States
78. Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000), United States
79. James Gordon Brooks (1801-1841), United States
80. Maria Gowen Brooks (?1794-1845), United States
81. Shirley Brooks (1816-1874), England
82. William Broome (1689-1745), England
83. Robert Barnabas Brough (1828-1860), England
84. James Broughton (1913-1999), United States
85. Olga Broumas (born 1949), United States
86. Joel Brouwer (born 1968), United States
87. Alice Brown (1856-1948), United States
88. Andy Brown (born 1966), England
89. Audrey Alexandra Brown (1904-1998), Canada
90. Daniel Brown, United States
91. Fleda Brown (born 1944), United States
92. Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893), England
93. George Mackay Brown (1921-1996), Scotland
94. Harriet Brown (born 1958), United States
95. Harry Brown (1917-1986), United States
96. John Brown (1715-1766), England
97. John Brown (born 1961), Ireland
98. Nicholas Brown (?1699-1734), Ireland
99. Oliver Madox Brown (1855-1874), England
100. Pam Brown (born 1948), Australia
101. Pete Brown (born 1940), England
102. Rita Mae Brown (born 1944), United States
103. Ronnie R. Brown (born 1946), Canada
104. Sterling A. Brown (1901-1989), United States
105. Stewart Brown (born 1951), England
106. Thomas Edward Brown (1830-1897), Isle of Man
107. Tom Brown (1662-1704), England
108. William Laurence Brown (1755-1830), Scotland
109. A.W. Browne (?1800-1826 fl.), Ireland
110. Frances Browne (1816-1879), Ireland
111. Francis Fisher Browne (1843-1913), United States
112. Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705-1760), England
113. Mary Ann Browne (1812-1845), England
114. Maurice Browne (1881-1955), England
115. Moses Browne (1704-1787), England
116. Thomas Browne (1771-1798), Scotland
117. William Browne (1588-1643), England
118. Gertrude Hall Brownell (1863-1961), United States
119. Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861), England
120. Robert Browning (1812-1889), England
121. Alan Brownjohn (born 1931), England
122. Charles Bruce (1906-1971), Canada
123. George Bruce (1909-2002), Scotland
124. Michael Bruce (1746-1767), Scotland
125. Julie Bruck (born 1957), Canada / United States
126. John Brundish (1750-1786), England
127. Alan Brunton (1942-2002), New Zealand
128. Mary Brunton (1778-1818), Scotland
129. Dennis Brutus (1924-2009). South Africa
130. Daniel Bryan (1795-1866), United States
131. William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), United States
132. Colette Bryce (born 1970), England
133. Samuel Egerton Brydges (1762-1837), England
134. W. Bryher (1894-1983), England
135. Lodowick Bryskett (?1547-1612?), England

Bu-By

1. George Buc (?1560-1622), England
2. Oni Buchanan (born 1975), United States
3. Robert Williams Buchanan (1841-1901), Scotland
4. John Buchannan (1810-1891), England
5. Howard Buck (1894-1947), United States
6. Jack Buck (1924-2002), United States
7. Charles Bucke (1741-1846), England
8. John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham (1648-1721), England
9. Christopher Buckley (born 1948), United States
10. Vincent Buckley (1925-1988), Australia
11. Alice Mary Buckton (1867-1944), England
12. David Budbill (born 1940), United States
13. Rob Budde (born 1966), Canada
14. Andrea Hollander Budy (born 1947)
15. Suzanne Buffam (born 1972), Canada
16. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), United States
17. John Bull (?1800-1824 fl.), England
18. A.H. Reginald Buller (1874-1944), England
19. April Bulmer (born 1963), Canada
20. Robert Bulwer-Lytton (1831-1891), England
21. David R. Bunch (1925-2000), United States
22. Alfred Bunn (1796-1860), England
23. H.C. Bunner (1885-1896), United States
24. Basil Bunting (1900-1985), England
25. John Bunyan (1628-1688), England
26. Thomas Burbridge (1816-1892), England
27. José Antonio Burciaga (1940-1996), United States
28. James Bland Burges (1752-1824), England
29. Anthony Burgess (1917-1993), England
30. Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), United States
31. Johnny Burke (1851-1930), Canada
32. Kenneth Burke (1897-1993), United States
33. joanne burns (born 1945), Australia
34. Ralph Burns (born 1949), United States
35. Richard Burns (born 1943), England
36. Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scotland
37. Vincent Godfrey Burns (1893-1979), United States
38. Stanley Burnshaw (1906-2005), United States
39. Amelia Josephine Burr (1878-1968), United States
40. Lady Sophia Burrell (?1750-1802), England
41. Mick Burrs (born 1940), Canada
42. Dan Burt (born 1942), England
43. Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882-1954), United States
44. Charles Burton (1793-1866), England
45. Adam Hood Burwell (1790-1849), Canada
46. Stephen Burt (born 1971), United States
47. Raegan Butcher (born 1969), United States
48. Samuel Butler (1612-1680), England
49. Denver Butson (born 1965), United States
50. George Butt (1741-1795), England
51. Ray Buttigieg (born 1955), United States
52. W.E. Butts (1944-2013), United States
53. Kathryn Stripling Byer (born 1944), United States
54. Witter Bynner (1881-1968), United States
55. William Byrd (1540-1623), England
56. John Byrom (1692-1763), England
57. George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824), England
58. Gilbert Byron (1903-1991), United States
59. May C.G. Byron (1861-1936), England

C

Ca

1. Richard Caddel (1949-2003), England
2. Stephen Cain (born 1970), Canada
3. Scott Cairns (born 1954), United States
4. Alison Calder, Canada
5. Alex Caldiero (born 1949), United States
6. Frank Oliver Call (1878-1956), Canada
7. Wathen Call (1817-1890), England
8. Barry Callaghan (born 1937), Canada
9. J.J. Callanan (1795-1829), Ireland
10. Charles Stuart Calverley (1831-1884), England
11. Ada Cambridge (1844-1926), England / Australia
12. Richard Owen Cambridge (1717-1802), England
13. Anne Cameron (born 1938), Canada
14. George Frederick Cameron (1854-1885), Canada
15. William Cameron (1751-1811), Scotland
16. Alistair Te Ariki Campbell (1925-2009), New Zealand
17. A.Y. Campbell (1885-1958), Scotland
18. James Edwin Campbell (1867-1896), United States
19. Joseph Campbell (1879-1944), Ireland
20. Nancy Campbell (born 1886), Ireland
21. Roy Campbell (1901-1957), South Africa / England
22. Mary Baine Campbell, United States
23. Meg Campbell (1937-2007), New Zealand
24. Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), Scotland
25. William Wilfred Campbell (?1860-1918), Canada
26. Peter Campion (born 1976), United States
27. Thomas Campion (1567-1620), England
28. Rafael Campo (born 1964), United States
29. Melville Henry Cane (1879-1980), United States
30. May Wedderburn Cannan (1893-1973), England
31. Skipwith Cannell (1887-1957), United States
32. Moya Cannon (born 1956), Ireland
33. William Canton (1845-1926), England
34. Edward Capern (1819-1894), England
35. Natalee Caple (born 1970), Canada
36. Garrett Caples (born 1972), United States
37. Joe Cardarelli (1994-1994), United States
38. Gladys Cardiff (born 1942), United States
39. Dudley Carew (1903-1981), England
40. Richard Carew (1555-1620), England
41. Thomas Carew (1595-1639), England
42. David Carey (1782-1824), Scotland
43. Henry Carey (1693-1743), England
44. Paul Cargnello (born 1979), Canada
45. Richard Carleton (died 1638?), England
46. Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scotland
47. Bliss Carman (1861-1929), Canada / United States
48. James Carnegie, Earl of Southesk (1827-1905), Scotland
49. Neil Carpathios (born 1961), United States
50. Edward Carpenter (1844-1929), England
51. Henry Bernard Carpenter (1840-1890), Ireland
52. J.D. Carpenter (born 1948), Canada
53. William Windle Carr (1735-1791 fl.), England
54. Constance Carrier (1908-1991), United States
55. N.T. Carrington (1777-1830), England
56. Jim Carroll (1949-2009), United States
57. Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), England
58. Hayden Carruth, (1921-2008), United States
59. William Herbert Carruth (1859-1924), United States
60. Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873-1904), United States
61. Anne Carson (born 1950), Canada
62. Ciaran Carson (born 1948), Ireland
63. Jared Carter (born 1939), United States
64. Nathaniel H. Carter (1787-1830), United States
65. Edmund Cartwright (1743-1823), England
66. William Cartwright (1611-1643), England
67. Raymond Carver (1938-1988), United States
68. Alice Cary (1820-1871), United States
69. Henry Francis Cary (1772-1844), England
70. Phoebe Cary (1824-1871), United States
71. Thomas Cary (1751-1823), Canada
72. William Case, Jr. (?1780-1816 fl.), England
73. Philip Casey (born 1950), Ireland
74. Neal Cassady (1926-1968), United States
75. Stacie Cassarino (born 1975). United States
76. Cyrus Cassells (born 1957), United States
77. Turner Cassity (1929-2009), United States
78. Ethel Castilla (1861-1937), Australia
79. Ana Castillo (born 1953), United States
80. Sandra M. Castillo (born 1962), United States
81. Edward Caswall (1814-1878), England
82. Gary Catalano (1947-2002), Australia
83. Lee Cataldi 1942), Australia
84. Christopher Caudwell (1907-1937), England
85. John Hobart Caunter (1794-1851), England
86. Charles Causley (1917-2003), England
87. Grace Cavalieri (born 1932), United States
88. Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673), England
89. Madison Cawein (1865-1914), United States

Ce-Cl

Geoffrey Chaucer

1. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1521-1598), England
2. Thomas Centolella (born 1952), United States
3. Joseph Ceravolo (1934-1988), United States
4. Lorna Dee Cervantes (born 1954), United States
5. John Chalkhill (fl. 1600?), England
6. Gordon Challis (born 1932), New Zealand
7. William Chamberlayne (1619-1659), England
8. Tina Chang (born 1969), United States
9. Elizabeth M. Chandler (1807-1834), United States
10. Victoria Chang (born 1970), United States
11. William Ellery Channing (1818-1901), United States
12. Arthur Chapman (1874-1935), United States
13. George Chapman (1560-1634), England
14. John Jay Chapman (1862-1933), United States
15. Patrick Chapman (born 1968), Ireland
16. Fred Chappell (born 1936), United States
17. Henry Chappell (1874-1937), England
18. King Charles I (1600-1649), England
19. Charles of Orleans (1394-1465), France / England
20. Elizabeth Charles (1828-1896), England
21. Janet Charman (born 1954), New Zealand
22. Karen Chase (born 1943), United States 
23. Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), England
24. John Chatwin (?1665-1690 fl.), England
25. Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400), England
26. Angelico Chavez (1910-1996), United States
27. Alexander Chee, United States
28. Colin Cheney (born 1978), United States
29. John Vance Cheney (1848-1922), United States
30. Syl Cheney-Coker (born 1945), Sierra Leone
31. Edward Herbert, Baron of Cherbury (1583-1648), England
32. Peter Cherches (born 1956), United States
33. Neeli Cherkovski (born 1945), United States
34. Maxine Chernoff (born 1952), United States
35. Bob Cherry, United States
36. Kelly Cherry (born 1940), United States
37. Nora Chesson (1871-1906), England
38. G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), England
39. Henry Chettle (?1564-1607?), England
40. Govinda Krishna Chettur (1898-1936)., India
41. Dan Chiasson, United States
42. James William Chichetto (born 1941), United States
43. Wilfred Rowland Childe (1890-1952)
44. William Childress (born 1933), United States
45. Steve Chimombo (born 1945), Malawi
46. Marilyn Chin (born 1955), United States
47. Frank Chipasula (born 1949), Malawi
48. Michael Chitwood (born 1958), United States 
49. Margaret Christakos (born 1962), Canada
50. Marcus B. Christian (1900-1976), United States
51. Evie Christie (born 1979), Canada
52. Chrystos (born 1946), United States
53. Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656-1710), England
54. Benjamin Church (1734-1778), United States
55. Hubert Church (1857-1932), Australia
56. Richard Church (1893-1972), England
57. Walter Churchey (1747-1805), Wales
58. Charles Churchill (1731-1764), England
59. Thomas Churchyard (?1520-1604), England 
60. Billy Chyldish (born 1959), England
61. John Ciardi (1916-1986), United States
62. Colley Cibber (1671-1757), England
63. Noah Cicero (born 1980), United States
64. Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
65. Carson Cistulli (born 1979)
66. Amy Clampitt (1920-1994), United States
67. William Clapperton (?1790-1822 fl.), Scotland
68. John Clare (1793-1864), England
69. Alison Clark (born 1945), Australia
70. Dave Clark, Canada
71. Jeff Clark (born 1971), United States
72. Polly Clark (born 1968), England
73. Thomas A. Clark (born 1944), Scotland
74. Tom Clark  (born 1941), United States
75. Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909 - 1971)
76. Willis Gaylord Clark (1808-1841), United States
77. Amy Key Clarke (1892-1980), England
78. Austin Clarke (1886-1974), Ireland
79. Austin Clarke (1934-2016), Barbados / Canada
80. Gillian Clarke (born 1937), Wales
81. George Elliott Clarke (born 1960), Canada
82. George Herbert Clarke (1873-1953), Canada
83. H.E. Clarke (born 1852), England
84. Jack Clarke (1933-1992), United States
85. John Cooper Clarke (born 1949), England
86. Marcus Clarke (1846-1881), Australia
87. Brendan Cleary (born 1958), England
88. Sarah N. Cleghorn (1876-1959), United States 
89. Ellen Mary Clerke (1840-1906), English
90. John Cleveland (1613-1658), England
91. Michelle Cliff born 1946), United States
92. Wayne Clifford (born 1944), Canada
93. Harry Clifton (born 1952), Ireland
94. Lucille Clifton, (1936-2010), United States
95. John Close (1816-1891), England
96. Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861), England

Co

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1. Florence Earle Coates (1850-1927), United States
2. Grace Stone Coates (1881-1976), United States
3. Elizabeth J. Coatsworth (1893-1986), United States
4. Samuel Cobb (1675-1713), England
5. Bob Cobbing (1920-2002), England
6. Elizabeth Cobbold (1765-1824), England
7. Richard Cobbold (1797-1877), England
8. Stanton A. Coblentz (1896-1982), United States
9. James Cock (born 1752), Scotland
10. Catherine Cockburn (1649-1729), England
11. Andrei Codrescu (born 1946), United States
12. Judith Ortiz Cofer (born 1952), United States
13. Brian Coffey (1905-1995), Ireland
14. Robert P.T. Coffin (1892-1955), United States
15. Fred Cogswell (1917-2004), Canada
16. Ira Cohen (1935-2011), United States
17. Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), Canada
18. Matt Cohen (1942-1999), Canada
19. Nan Cohen (born 1968), United States
20. Jim Cohn (born 1953), United States
21. Aston Cokayne (1608-1684), England
22. Kate Colby, United States
23. Henri Cole (born 1956), United States
24. Margaret Cole (1893-1980), England
25. Norma Cole (born 1945), United States
26. Peter Cole (born 1957), United States
27. Helena Coleman (1860-1953), Canada
28. Wanda Coleman (born 1946), United States
29. Hartley Coleridge (1796-1849), England
30. Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861-1907), England
31. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), England
32. Sara Coleridge (1802-1852), England
33. Don Coles (born 1928), Canada
34. John Payne Collier (1789-1883), England
35. Michael Collier (born 1953), United States
36. W.E. Collin (1893-1984), Canada
37. Billy Collins (born 1941), United States
38. Martha Collins (born 1940), United States
39. Mortimer Collins (1827-1876), England
40. Thomas Collins (1610-1615 fl.), England
41. William Collins (1721-1759), England
42. Laurence Collinson (1925-1986), Australia / England
43. Jack Collom (born (1931), United States
44. George Colman the elder (1732-1794), England
45. George Colman the younger (1762-1836), England
46. John Robert Colombo (born 1936), Canada
47. Betsy Colquitt (1926-2009), United States
48. Glenn Colquhoun (born 1964), New Zealand
49. Padraic Colum (1881-1972), Ireland
50. Robert Colvill (?1735-1788), Scotland
51. William Combe (1741-1823), England
52. Shanna Compton (born 1970), United States
53. Matthew Concanen (1701-1749), Ireland
54. Josiah Conder (1789-1855), England
55. William Congreve (1670-1729), England
56. Grace Hazard Conkling (1878-1958), United States
57. Hilda Conkling (1910-1986), United States
58. Jan Conn (born 1952), Canada
59. Paul Conneally (born 1959), England
60. Evan S. Connell (1924-2013), United States
61. Leo Connellan  (1928-2001), United States
62. Karen Connelly (born 1969), Canada
63. Geraldine Connolly (born 1947), United States
64. Kevin Connolly (born 1962), Canada
65. Tony Connor (born 1930), England
66. Gillian Conoley (born 1955), United States
67. Henry Constable (1562-1613), England
68. Harriet Maxwell Converse (1836-1903), United States
69. J. Gordon Coogler (1865-1901), United States
70. Eliza Cook (1818-1889), England
71. Harold Cook (born March 21, 1897), United States
72. William Cook (died 1824), England
73. Edmund Vance Cooke (1886-1932), Canada
74. Thomas Cooke (1703-1756), England
75. Ina Coolbrith (1841-1928), United States
76. Dennis Cooley (born 1944), Canada
77. Clark Coolidge (born 1939), United States
78. Thomas Coombe (1747-1822), England
79. Afua Cooper (born 1957), Canada
80. Dennis Cooper (born 1953), United States
81. Edward Cooper (1739-1773 fl.), England
82. Jane Cooper (1924-2007), United States
83. John Gilbert Cooper (1722-1769), England
84. Myles Cooper (1735-1785), England
85. Thomas Cooper (1805-1892), England
86. Jake Copass (1920-2006), United States
87. Michael Cope (born 1952), South Africa
88. Wendy Cope (born 1945), England
89. Anthony Copley (1567-1607?), England
90. Richard Corbet (1582-1635), England
91. William Corbett (born 1942), United States
92. Billy Corgan (born 1967), United States
93. Hilary Corke (1921-2001), England
94. Cid Corman (1924-2004), United States
95. Alfred Corn (born 1943), United States
96. Frances Cornford(1886-1960), England
97. F.M. Cornford (1874-1943), England
98. John Cornford (1916-1936), England
99. Mary Cornish (born 1948), United States
100. Barry Cornwall (1787-1874), England
101. William Cornysh (1465-1523), England
102. John Corry (?1770-1825 fl.), Ireland
103. Gregory Corso (1930-2001), United States
104. Jayne Cortez (1934-2012), United States
105. Adela Cory (1865-1904), England / India
106. William Johnson Cory (1823-1892), England
107. John Cosens (1736-1791), England
108. Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1877), Ireland
109. Joseph S. Cotter (1861-1949), United States
110. George Cotterell (1839-1898), England
111. Amos Cottle (1760-1800), England
112. Joseph Cottle (1770-1853)
113. Charles Cotton (1630-1687), England
114. Nathaniel Cotton (1705-1788), England
115. Joe Cottonwood (born 1947), United States
116. Anna Couani (born 1948), Australia
117. Henri Coulette (1927-1988), United States
118. Leslie Coulson (1889-1916), England
119. John Cournos (1881-1966), United States
120. Peter L. Courtier (1776-1847), England
121. Anne Ross Cousin (1824-1906), Scotland
122. James H. Cousins (1873-1956), Ireland
123. William John Courthope (1842-1917), England
124. Francis Coutts (1852-1923), England
125. Dani Couture (born 1978), Canada
126. William Coward (?1657-1725), England
127. Elise Cowen (1933-1962), United States
128. Thomas Cowherd (1817-1907), Canada
129. Abraham Cowley (1618-1667), England
130. Hannah Cowley (1743-1809), England
131. Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989), United States
132. Dr. William Cowper (1701-1767), England
133. William Cowper (1731-1800), England
134. Eleanor Rogers Cox (1865-1931), United States
135. Louis O. Coxe (1918-1993), United States

Cr-Cu

1. George Crabbe (1754-1832), England
2. Michael Earl Craig, United States
3. Sir Thomas Craig (1538-1608), Scotland
4. Elizabeth Craigmyle (1863-1933), Scotland
5. Dinah Maria Craik (1826-1887), England
6. Steven Cramer (born 1953), United States
7. Christopher Pearse Cranch (1813-1892), United States
8. Hart Crane (1899-1932), United States
9. Stephen Crane, (1871-1900), United States
10. Walter Crane (1845-1915), England
11. Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914), United States
12. Douglas Crase (born 1944), United States
13. Richard Crashaw (1613-1649), England
14. Gary William Crawford (born 1953), United States
15. Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850-1887), Canada
16. Nelson Antrim Crawford (1881-1963), United States
17. R. Crawford (1868-1830), Australia
18. Robert Crawford (born 1959), Scotland
19. Robert Creeley (1926-2005), United States
20. D'Arcy Cresswell (1896-1960), New Zealand
21. Judson Crews (1917-2010), United States
22. Robert Crewe-Milnes (1858-1945), England
23. Iain Crichton Smith (1928-1998), Scotland
24. Arthur Shearly Cripps (1869-1952), England
25. Ann Batten Cristall (?1768-1795 fl.), Scotland
26. Charles Crocker (1797-1861), England
27. Julian Croft (born 1941), Australia
28. Alison Croggon (1962), Australia
29. George Croly (1780-1860), Ireland
30. Gladys Cromwell (1885-1919), United States
31. M.T.C. Cronin (born 1963), Australia
32. Lynn Crosbie (born 1963), Canada
33. Ernest Howard Crosby (1856-1907), United States
34. Harry Crosby (1898-1929), United States
35. T.W.H. Crosland (?1865-1924), England
36. Kevin Crossley-Holland (born 1941), England
37. Martha Foote Crow (1854-1924), United States
38. Eyre Evans Crowe (1799-1868), England
39. Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), England
40. Michael Crummey (born 1965), Canada
41. Victor Hernandez Cruz (born 1949), United States
42. Julie Crysler, Canada
43. Brian Culhane (born 1954), United States
44. Countee Cullen (1903-1946), United States
45. Richard Cumberland (1732-1811), England
46. Robert Cumming (?1770-1791 fl.), Scotland
47. E.E. Cummings (1894-1962), United States
48. James Cummins (born 1948), United States
49. Waring Cuney (1906-1976), United States
50. Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), Scotland
51. John Cunningham (1729-1773), Scotland
52. J.V. Cunningham (1911-1985), United States
53. Nora B. Cunningham (1887-1975), United States 
54. Peter Cunningham (died 1805), England
55. Robert Cunninghame-Graham (1735-1797), Scotland
56. Thomas Mounsey Cunningham (1776-1834), Scotland
57. William Cunningham (1781-1804), Ireland
58. Averill Curdy, United States
59. Pearl Curran (1883-1937), United States
60. Jen Currin (born 1972), Canada
61. Tony Curtis (born 1955), Ireland
62. William Curtis (?1770-1820 fl.), Ireland
63. Sarah Anne Curzon (1833-1898), Canada
64. R.R. Cuscaden (1931-2005), United States
65. Henry Cust (1861-1917), England
66. Olive Custance (1874-1944), England
67. Bloodgood Cutter (1817-1906), United States
68. John Cutts (1661-1707), England

D

D-Da

1. H.D. (1886-1961), United States / England
2. Christopher Dafoe (born 1936), Canada
3. Fred D'Aguiar (born 1960), England
4. Edward Dahlberg (1900-1977), United States
5. Beverly Dahlen (born 1953), United States
6. Kalli Dakos (born 1950), Canada
7. J.W. Dalby (1799-1880), England
8. Peter Dale (born 1938), England
9. Thomas Dale (1797-1870), England
10. Victor Daley (1858-1905), Australia
11. Hugh Dalrymple (?1740-1774), Scotland
12. Annie Charlotte Dalton (1865-1938), Canada
13. John Dalton (1709-1763), England
14. Pádraig J. Daly (born 1943), Ireland
15. Enid Dame (1943-2003), United States
16. S. Foster Damon (1893-1971), United States
17. Richard Henry Dana (1787-1879), United States
18. Robert Dana (1929-2010), United States
19. George J. Dance (born 1953), Canada
20. Joseph A. Dandurand, Canada
21. John Dalton (1709-1763), England
22. George Daniel (1616-1657), England
23. George Daniel (1789-1864), England
24. Peter Daniel (?1775-1820), England
25. Richard Daniel (?1681-1732 fl.), Ireland
26. Samuel Daniel (1562-1619), England
27. Jim Daniels (born 1956), United States
28. Kate Daniels (born 1953), United States
29. Margaret Danner (1915-1984), United States
30. Hugh Antoine d'Arcy (1843-1925), United States
31. George Darley (1795-1846), Ireland
32. Tina Darragh (born 1950), United States
33. Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), England
34. John Dart (died 1730), England
35. Elizabeth Daryush (1887-1977), England
36. Robert von Dassanowsky (born 1965), United States
37. Beverley Daurio (born 1953), Canada
38. Sir William Davenant (1606-1668), England
39. Guy Davenport (1927-2005), United States
40. Frank Davey (born 1940), Canada
41. Gustav Davidson (1895-1971), United States
42. John Davidson (1837-1909), Scotland
43. Michael Davidson (born 1944), United States
44. Donald Davie (1922-1995), England
45. Alan Davies (born 1951), United States
46. Idris Davies (1905-1953), Wales
47. Sir John Davies (1569-1626), England
48. John Davies of Hereford (?1565-1618), England
49. Luke Davies (born 1962), Australia
50. Mary Carolyn Davies (1888-1940?), United States
51. Sneyd Davies (1709-1769), England
52. W.H. Davies (1871-1940), Wales
53. Nicholas Flood Davin (1840-1901), Canada
54. Catherine Davis (1924-2002), United States
55. Christina Davis (born 1971), United States
56. Dale T. Davis, United States
57. Fannie Stearns Davis (1884-1958), United States
58. Frank Marshall Davis (1905-1987), United States
59. Gwen Davis (born 1936), United States
60. Jack Davis (1917-2000), Australia
61. Jon Davis, United States
62. Jordan Davis (born 1970), United States
63. Norma L. Davis (1905-1945), Australia
64. Olena Kalytiak Davis (born 1963), United States
65. Richard Bingham Davis (1771-1799), United States
66. Tanya Davis, Canada
67. Thomas Davis (1814-1845), Ireland
68. Edward Davison (1898-1970), Scotland
69. Francis Davison (?1575-1621), England
70. Walter Davison (1581-1608?), England
71. Tom Dawe (born 1940), Canada
72. Kwame Dawes (born 1962), Jamaica
73. Coningsby Dawson (1883-1959), England / United States
74. William Dawson (?1700-1735 fl.), England
75. Clarence Day (1874-1935), United States
76. Eliza Day (1789-1814 fl.), England
77. Jeffrey Day (1896-1916), England
78. Sarah Day (born 1958), Australia
79. Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972), England

De

1. Daniel Deacon (?1770-1790 fl.), England
2. William Frederick Deacon (1799-1845), England
3. James Deahl (born 1945), Canada
4. Dulcie Deamer (1890-1972), Australia
5. John F. Deane (born 1943), Ireland
6. Samuel Deane (1784-1834), United States
7. Jaime de Angulo (1887-1950), United States
8. Connie Deanovich (born 1960), United States
9. Geoffrey Dearmer (1893-1996), England
10. Philip F. Deaver (born 1946), United States
11. Patrick Deeley (born 1953), Ireland
12. Maria De Fleury (1781-1791 fl.), England
13. Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), England
14. Madeline DeFrees (born 1919), United States
15. Celia de Fréine (born 1948), Ireland
16. Thomas Dekker (1575-1641), England
17. James Delacour (1709-1781), Ireland
18. Caridad de la Luz, (born 1977), United States
19. Walter de la Mare (1873-1956), England
20. Margaret Deland (1857-1945), United States
21. John Delap (1725-1812), England
22. Henry Dell (?1730-1766 fl.), England
23. Alison Hawthorne Deming (born 1946), United States
24. Barry Dempster (born 1952), Canada
25. Edwin Denby (1903-1983), United States
26. John Denham (1615-1669), England
27. Anna Denise, United States
28. Richard Denner (born 1941), United States
29. Reuel Denney (1913-1995), United States
30. Carl Dennis (born 1939), United States
31. Felix Dennis (born 1947), England
32. John Dennis (1657-1734), England
33. Samuel Dennis (1739-1795 fl.), England
34. John Dennison (born 1978), New Zealand
35. Tory Dent (1958-2005), United States
36. Thomas Denton (1724-1777), England
37. Theodore Deppe (born 1950), United States
38. Enid Derham (1882-1941), Australia
39. August Derleth (1909-1971), United States
40. Thomas Dermody (1775-1802), Ireland
41. Henry Derozio (1809-1831), India
42. Toi Derricote (born 1941), United States
43. Heather Derr-Smith (born 1971), United States
44. Michelle Desbarats, Canada
45. Babette Deutsch (1895-1982), United States
46. James Devaney (1890-1976), Australia
47. Denis Devlin (1908-1959), Ireland
48. George E. Dewar (1895-1969), New Zealand
49. Edward Hartley Dewart (1828-1903), Canada
50. Christopher Dewdney (born 1951), Canada
51. Susan Linn DeWitt (1778-1824), United States
52. Jamie DeWolf (born 1977), United States

Dh-Di

Emily Dickinson

1. Imtiaz Dharker (born 1954), Scotland
2. Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, Tibet
3. Ann Diamond (born 1951), Canada
4. William Diaper (1685-1717), England
5. Charles Dibdin (1768-1833), England
6. Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (born 1949), Canada
7. Jennifer K. Dick (born 1970), United States / France
8. Charles Dickens (1812-1870), England
9. George Dickerson (born 1933), United States
10. John Dickenson (?1570-1636?), England
11. James Dickey (1923-1997), United States
12. Eleanor Dickinson (1824-1830 fl.), England
13. Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), United States
14. Josephine Dickinson (born 1957), England
15. Roger Dickinson-Brown (born 1944), United States / France
16. Matthew Dickman, (born 1975), United States
17. Michael Dickman, (born 1975), United States
18. Peter Didsbury (born 1946), England
19. Deborah Digges (1950-2009), United States
20. Annie Dillard (born 1945), United States
21. R.H.W. Dillard (born 1937), United States
22. George H. Dillon (1906-1968), United States
23. Mary di Michele (born 1949), Canada
24. Desi Di Nardo (born 1972), Canada
25. Ray DiPalma (born 1943), United States
26. Emanuel di Pasquale (born 1943), United States
27. W.S. Di Piero (born 1945), United States
28. Diane di Prima (born 1934), United States
29. Bill Direen, New Zealand
30. Thomas M. Disch (1940-2008), United States
31. Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), England
32. Charlotte Eliza Dixon (1814-1830 fl.), Ireland
33. Isobel Dixon (born 1969), South Africa / England
34. Richard Watson Dixon (1833-1900), England
35. Tim Dlugos (1950-1990), United States

Do

John Donne

1. Kildare Dobbs (born 1923), Canada
2. Sydney Dobell (1824-1874), England
3. Patricia Dobler (1939-2004), United States
4. Austin Dobson (1840-1921), England
5. Rosemary Dobson (born 1920), Australia
6. Stephen Dobyns (born 1941), United States
7. Will Dockery (born 1958), United States
8. Lee Wilson Dodd (1879-1933), United States
9. William Dodd (1729-1777), England
10. Jeramy Dodds (born 1974), Canada
11. Mary Mapes Dodge (1831-1905), United States
12. Charles Dodgson (1832-1898), England
13. George Bubb Dodington (1691-1762), England
14. Robert Dodsley (1703-1762), England
15. Owen Dodson (1914-1983), United States
16. Pete Doherty (born 1979), England
17. John Dolan (born 1955), United States
18. Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848-1867), England
19. Nathan Haskell Dole (1852-1935), United States
20. James B. Dollard (1872-1946), Canada
21. Clara G. Dolliver (fl. 1848-1891), United States
22. Don Domanski (born 1950), Canada
23. Alfred Domett (1811-1887), England
24. K.V. Dominic (born 1956), India
25. Michael Donaghy (1954-2004), England
26. Jeffery Donaldson, Canada
27. John Donaldson, aka Jon Inglis (1921-1989), England
28. John Donne (1572-1631), England
29. David Donnell (born 1939), Canada
30. Timothy Donnelly (born 1969), United States
31. Gerard Donovan (born 1959), England 
32. Theo Dorgan (born 1953), Ireland
33. Jeanne D'Orge (1879-1964), United States
34. Sonya Dorman (1924-2005), United States
35. Edward Dorn (1929-1999), United States
36. Doug Dorph, United States
37. Julia C.R. Dorr (1825-1913), United States
38. Candas Jane Dorsey (born 1952), Canada
39. Mark Doty (born 1953), United States
40. Thomas Doubleday (1790-1870), England
41. Clive Doucet (born 1946), Canada
42. Lord Alfred Douglas (1870-1945), England
43. Gavin Douglas (?1475-1522), Scotland
44. Keith Douglas (1920-1944), England
45. Orville Lloyd Douglas (born 1976), Canada
46. Franz Douskey, United States
47. John F.M. Dovaston (1782-1854), England
48. Rita Dove (born 1952), United States
49. Dorothy Dow (1897-1989), United States
50. Edward Dowden (1843-1913), Ireland
51. John Dowland (1563-1626), England
52. Basil Dowling (1910-2000), New Zealand
53. Gwladys Downes (botn 1915), Canada
54. Gordon Downie (1964-2017), Canada
55. Ellen Mary Patrick Downing (1828-1869), Ireland
56. Hugh Downman (1740-1809), England
57. Ernest Dowson (1867-1900), England
58. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), Scotland / England
59. Camilla Doyle (1888-1944), England
60. Sir Francis Hastings Doyle (1810-1888) England
61. Kirby Doyle (1932–2003), United States

Dr-Dy

1. Joseph Rodman Drake (1795-1820), United States
2. Nathan Drake (1766-1836), England 
3. Augusta Theodosia Drane (1823-1894), England
4. Michael Dransfield (1948-1973), Australia
5. Michael Drayton (1563-1631), England
6. John Swanwick Drennan (1809-1893), Ireland
7. William Drennan (1754-1820), Ireland
8. Glenn Ward Dresbach (1899-1968), United States
9. Adam Drinan AKA Joseph Macleod (1903-1984), England
10. John Drinkwater (1882-1937), England
11. Louise Driscoll (1875-1957), United States
12. William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585-1649), Scotland
13. William Henry Drummond (1854-1907), Canada
14. John Dryden (1631-1700), England
15. Norman Dubie (born 1945), United States
16. Dorothea Du Bois (1728-1774), Ireland
17. W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963), United States
18. Bruce Ducker (born 1938), United States
19. Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux (1857-1944), England
20. Louis Dudek (1918-2001), Canada
21. Dorothy Dudley (1884-1962), United States
22. Peter Kane Dufault (born 1923), United States
23. Helen Selina Dufferin (1807-1867), England
24. Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955), Scotland
25. Charles Gavan Duffy (1816-1903), Ireland / Australia
26. Alan Dugan (1923-2003), United States
27. MIchael Dugan (1947-2006), Australia
28. Eileen Duggan (1894-1972), New Zealand
29. Laurie Duggan (born 1949), Australia
30. Denise Duhamel (born 1961), United States
31. Ian Duhig (born 1954), England
32. Jas H. Duke (1939-1982), Australia
33. Richard Duke (?1658-1711), England
34. Henry Dumas (1934-1968), United States
35. Marilyn Dumont (born 1955), Canada
36. Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), United States
37. William Dunbar (1465-1520), Scotland
38. Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935), United States
39. Andrew Duncan (born 1956), England
40. Robert Duncan (1919-1988), United States
41. John Duncombe (1729-1786), England
42. William Arthur Dunkerley (1852-1941), England
43. Jim Dunlap (born 1945)
44. John Colin Dunlop (1785-1842), Scotland
45. Helen Dunmore (born 1952), England
46. Anthony Taylor Dunn (born 1958), United States
47. Antony Dunn (born 1973), England
48. Douglas Dunn (born 1942), Scotland
49. Max Dunn (died 1963), Australia
50. Seán Dunne (1956-1995), Ireland
51. Ralph Cheever Dunning (1978-1930), France
52. Lord Dunsany (1878-1957), Ireland
53. Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941), United States
54. James Duport (1606-1679), England
55. Jane Duran (born 1944), England
56. Paul Durcan (1944), Ireland
57. Job Durfee (1790-1847), United States
58. Thomas D'Urfey (1653-1723), England
59. Douglas Leader Durkin (1884-1967), Canada
60. Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990), England
61. Romesh Chunder Dutt (1848-1909), India
62. Toru Dutt (1856-1877), India
63. Geoffrey Dutton (1922-1998), Australia
64. Paul Dutton (born 1947), Canada
65. Timothy Dwight IV (1752-1817), United States
66. Stuart Dybek (born 1942), United States
67. Edward Dyer (1543-1607), England
68. George Dyer (1755-1841), England
69. John Dyer (1699-1757), Wales
70. Bob Dylan (born 1941), United States
71. Edward Dyson (1865-1931), Australia

E

1. Cornelius Eady (born 1954), United States
2. Pliny Earle (1809-1892), United States
3. Elaine Goodale Eastman (1866-1953), United States
4. Max Eastman (1883-1969), United States
5. Arthur Eaton (1849-1947), Canada
6. Evelyn Eaton (1902-1983), Canada
7. Richard Eberhart (1904-2005), United States
8. Pelham Edgar (1871-1948), Canada
9. Stephen Edgar (born 1951), Australia
10. James Edmeston (1791-1867), England
11. Lauris Edmond (born 1924), New Zealand
12. Murray Edmond (born 1949), New Zealand
13. Russell Edson (born 1935), United States
14. Richard Edwardes (?1523-1566), England
15. John Edwards (1745-1792), Wales
16. John Edwards (1751-1832), Ireland
17. John Edwards (?1772-1845 fl.), England
18. kari edwards (1954-2006), United States
19. Thomas Edwards (1595 fl.), England
20. Thomas Edwards (1699-1757), England
21. Francis Egerton (1800-1857), England
22. Sarah Fyge Egerton (1670-1723), England
23. David Eggleton (born 1952), New Zealand
24. Terry Ehret, (born 1955), United States
25. W.D. Ehrhart (born 1948), United States
26. Max Ehrmann (1872-1945), United States
27. Larry Eigner (1927-1996), United States
28. Loren Eiseley (1907-1977), United States
29. Anne Elder (1918-1976), Australia
30. Paul Eldridge (1888-1982), United States
31. Che Elias (born 1980), United States
32. Vic Elias (1948-2006), Canada
33. George Eliot (1819-1880), England
34. T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), United States / England
35. Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), England
36. Ronda Eller (born 1965), Canada
37. David Elliott (1923-1999), Canada
38. David Elliott, United States
39. Charlotte Elliott (1789-1871), England
40. Charlotte Elliott (1839-1880), Scotland
41. Ebenezer Elliott (1781-1849), England
42. Jean Elliot (1727-1805), Scotland
43. Edwin J. Ellis (1848-1916), England
44. George Ellis (1753-1815), England
45. Thomas Sayers Ellis, United States
46. John Regnault Ellyson (1854-1922), United States
47. Samuel Elsdale (1780-1827), England
48. Chris Else (born 1942), New Zealand
49. Rebecca Elson (1960-1999), Canada / United States
50. Charles Abraham Elton (1778-1853), England
51. James A. Emanuel (born 1921), United States
52. Lynn Emanuel (born 1949), United States
53. Emma C. Embury (1806-1863), United States
54. Claudia Emerson (1957-2014), United States
55. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), United States
56. Chris Emery (born 1963), England
57. Charles Emily (1734-1762), England
58. William Empson (1906-1984), England
59. Anita Endrezze (born 1952), United States
60. John Engels (1931-2007)
61. Paul Engle (1908-1991), United States
62. Maurice English (1909-1983), United States
63. Thomas Dunn English (1819-1902), United States
64. John Ennis (born 1944), Ireland
65. D.J. Enright (1920-2002), England
66. Riemke Ensing (born 1939), New Zealand
67. Theodore Enslin (1925-2011), United States
68. R.C.K. Ensor (1877-1958), England
69. Daniel Mark Epstein, United States
70. Elaine Equi (born 1953), United States
71. Louise Erdrich (born 1954), United States
72. Andrew Erskine (1739-1793), Scotland
73. Henry Erskine (1746-1817), Scotland
74. Clayton Eshleman (born 1935), United States
75. Martín Espada (born 1957), United States
76. Rhina Espaillat (born 1932), United States
77. Willard R. Espy (1910-1999), United States
78. Jill Alexander Essbaum (born 1971), United States
79. Maggie Estep (1962-2014), United States
80. Jerry Estrin (1947-1993), United States
81. Sir George Etherege (1635-1691), England
82. Dave Etter (1928-2015), United States
83. Robert Etty (1815 fl.), England
84. Laurence Eusden (1688-1730), England
85. Abel Evans (1679-1737), England
86. David Allan Evans (born 1940), United States
87. George Essex Evans (1863-1909), Australia
88. Lewis Evans (1830-1842 fl.), England
89. Mari Evans (born 1923), United States
90. Nathaniel Evans (1742-1767), United States
91. Sebastian Evans (1830-1909), England
92. Landis Everson  (1926-2007), United States
93. R.G. Everson (1903-1992), Canada
94. William Everson (1912-1994), United States
95. Peter Everwine (born 1930), United States
96. Gavin Ewart (1916-1995), England
97. John K. Ewers (1904-1978), Australia

F

Fa-Fi

1. Frederick William Faber (1814-1863), England
2. Sir Geoffrey Faber (1889-1961), England
3. Kathy Fagan, United States
4. Diane Fahey (born 1945), Australia
5. Chris Faiers (born 1948), Canada
6. Harry Fainlight (1935-1982), England
7. Ruth Fainlight (born 1931), England
8. Kingsley Fairbridge (1885-1924), South Africa / England
9. A.R.D. Fairburn (1904-1957), New Zealand
10. B.H. Fairchild (born 1942), United States
11. Edward Fairfax (?1580-1635), England
12. John Fairfax (1930-2009), England
13. Sumner Lincoln Fairfield (1803-1844), United States
14. Margaret Fairley (1885-1968), Canada
15. William Falconer (1732-1769), Scotland
16. Marcia Falk (born 1946), United States
17. W.C. Falkner (1826-1899), United States
18. Mildmay Fane (1600-1666), England
19. Violet Fane (1843-1905), England
20. Roger Fanning (born 1962), United States
21. Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765-1834), England
22. Sir Richard Fanshawe (1608-1666) England
23. U.A. Fanthorpe (1929-2009), England
24. Norma Farber (1909-1984), United States
25. Patricia Fargnoli (born 1937), United States
26. Helen Farish (born 1962), England
27. Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965), England
28. Dorothy Farmiloe (born 1920), Canada
29. John C. Farrar (1896-1974), United States
30. J.P. Farrell (1968-2010), United States
31. John Farrell (1851-1904), Australia
32. John Farrer (1758-1820), England
33. William Faulkner (1897-1962), United States
34. Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961), United States
35. Brian Fawcett (born 1944), Canada
36. Francis Fawkes (1720-1777), England
37. Kenneth Fearing (1902-1961), United States
38. Vicki Feaver (born 1943), England
39. Elaine Feeney (born 1979), Ireland
40. Elaine Feinstein (born 1930), England
41. Frederick Feirstein (born 1940), United States
42. Irving Feldman (born 1928), United States
43. Mary Fell (born 1947), United States
44. Owen Felltham (1602-1668), England
45. Charles Fenerty (1821-1892), Canada
46. Elijah Fenton (1683-1730), England
47. James Fenton (born 1949), England
48. Richard Fenton (1746-1821), Wales
49. Jesse Patrick Ferguson , Canada
50. Sir Samuel Ferguson (1810-1886), Ireland
51. Robert Fergusson (1750-1774), Scotland
52. Paul Fericano (born 1951), United States
53. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born 1919), United States
54. Ferron (born 1952), Canada
55. David Ferry (born 1924), United States
56. Douglas George Fetherling (born 1949), Canada
57. Marya Fiamengo (born 1926), Canada
58. Arthur Davison Ficke (1883-1945), United States
59. Leslie Fiedler (1917-2003), United States
60. Barron Field (1786-1846), Australia
61. Edward Field (born 1924), United States
62. Eugene Field (1850-1895), United States
63. Michael Field, England
64. Rachel Field (1894-1942), United States
65. Henry Fielding (1707-1754), England
66. Darrell Figgis (1882-1925), Ireland
67. Anne Finch (1661-1720), England
68. Annie Finch (born 1956), United States
69. Robert Finch (1900-1995), Canada
70. Donald Finkel (1929-2008), United States
71. Nikky Finney (born 1957), United States
72. John Finlay (1782-1810), Scotland
73. John Finlay (1941-1991), United States
74. Joan Finnigan (1925-2007), Canada
75. Jon Paul Fiorentino (born 1975), Canada
76. Susan Firer (born 1948), United States
77. Raymond P. Fischer (1900-1990), United States
78. Zoketsu Norman Fischer (born 1946), United States
79. Williston Fish (1858-1939), United States 
80. Aileen Fisher (1906-2002), United States
81. Roy Fisher (born 1930), England
82. Ann Fisher-Wirth (born 1947), United States
83. Molly Fisk (born 1955), United States
84. Robert Fitterman (born 1959), United States
85. Charles Fitzgeffrey (1576-1838), England
86. Henry Fitzgeffrey (1617-1618 fl.), England
87. Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883), England
88. Judith Fitzgerald (born 1952), Canada
89. Robert Fitzgerald (1910-1985), United States
90. Thomas Fitzgerald (?1695-1752), England
91. William Thomas Fitzgerald (1759-1829), England
92. Richard Fitzpatrick (1748-1813), Ireland

Fl-Fy

1. Bob Flanagan (1952-1996), United States
2. Roderick Flanagan (1828-1862), Australia
3. Hildegarde Flanner (1899-1987), United States
4. Thomas Flatman (1637-1688), England
5. James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915), England
6. Richard Flecknoe (?1600-1678?), England
7. Wilmington Fleming (1819-1830 fl.), England
8. Kathleen Flenniken (born 1960), United States
9. Giles Fletcher (?1548-1611), England
10. Giles Fletcher (?1586-1623), England
11. John Fletcher (1579-1625), England
12. John Gould Fletcher (1886-1950), United States
13. Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650), England
14. Ralph Fletcher (born 1953), United States
15. Hortense Flexner (1885-1973), United States
16. F.S. Flint (1885-1960), England
17. Roland Flint (1934-2001), United States
18. Leontia Flynn (born 1974), Northern Ireland
19. Nick Flynn (born 1960), United States
20. Aaron Fogel (born 1947)
21. Jack Foley (born 1940), United States
22. Eliza Lee Follen (1787-1860), United States
23. James Foot (1771 fl.), England
24. Mary Hannay Foott (1846-1918), Australia
25. Calvin Forbes (born 1945), United States
26. Carolyn Forché (born 1950), United States
27. Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939), England
28. John Ford (1586-1637), England
29. John M. Ford (1957-2006), United States
30. Robert A.D. Ford (1915-1998), Canada
31. Mary Weston Fordham (1843-1905), United States
32. James Fordyce (1720-1796), Scotland
33. Chris Forhan (born 1959), United States
34. William Forster (1818-1882), Australia
35. James Fortescue (1716-1777), England
36. Timothy Thomas Fortune (1856-1928), United States
37. Thomas Dudley Fosbroke (1770-1842), England
38. Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911), United States
39. Sesshu Foster (born 1957),United States
40. Adam Foulds (born 1974), England
41. Thomas Fowler (1790 fl.), England
42. William Fowler (?1560-1612), Scotland
43. Charles Fox (1749-1809), England
44. Janet Frame (1924-2004), New Zealand
45. Ruth France (1913-1968), New Zealand
46. FrancEyE (1922-2009), United States
47. Robert Francis (1901-1987), United States
48. Florence Kiper Frank (1885-1976), United States
49. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), United States
50. Robert Franklin (?1790-1824 fl.), England
51. Alexander Louis Fraser (1870-1954), Canada
52. David Fraser, Canada
53. G.S. Fraser (1915-1980), Scotland
54. Raymond Fraser (born 1941), Canada
55. Abraham Fraunce (?1558-1633?), England
56. Robert Frazier (born 1951), United States
57. John Free (1711-1791), England
58. Joseph Freeman (1897-1965), United States
59. Thomas Freeman (?1590-1630), England
60. Percy French (1854-1920), Ireland
61. Philip Freneau (1752–1832), United States
62. Nora May French (1881-1907), United States
63. J.H. Frere (1769-1846), England
64. Anthony Freston (1757-1819), England
65. Patrick Friesen (born 1946), Canada
66. Frances Frost (1905-1959), United States
67. Helen Frost (born 1949), United States
68. Robert Frost (1874-1963), United States
69. Gene Frumkin (1928-2007), United States
70. Mark Frutkin (born 1948), Canada
71. Nan Fry, United States
72. Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2004), United States
73. Joanna Fuhrman (born 1972), United States
74. Jun Fujita (1888-1963), United States
75. Ethel Romig Fuller (1883-1965), United States
76. Henry B. Fuller (1857-1929), 
77. John Fuller (born 1937), England
78. Mary E. Fullerton (1868-1946), Australia
79. Alice Fulton (born 1952), United States
80. Sol Funaroff (1911-1942), United States
81. Erica Funkhouser (born 1949), United States
82. Thomas Furlong (1794-1827), Ireland
83. Richard Furness (1791-1857), England
84. Joseph Furphy (1843-1912), Australia
85. Sarah Fyge (1670-1723), England
86. Rose Fyleman (1877-1957), England

G

Ga-Gi

1. Ruth Gaines (1877-1952), United States
2. Jonathan Galassi (born 1949), United States
3. Kate Gale (born 1965), United States
4. Norman Gale (1862-1942), England
5. Katherine Gallagher (born 1935), Australia / England
6. Tess Gallagher (born 1943), United States
7. John Galt (1779-1839), Scotland
8. James Galvin (born 1951), United States
9. Patrick Galvin (1927-2011), Ireland
10. Forrest Gander (born 1956), United States
11. Diana Garcia (born 1950), United States
12. Edward Gardner (1752-1823), England
13. Keith Garebian (born 1943), Canada
14. Hamlin Garland (1880-1940), United States
15. Max Garland (born 1954), United States
16. Richard Garnett (1835-1906), England
17. George Garrett (1929-2008), United States
18. Jean Garrigue (1914-1972), United States
19. Deborah Garrison (born 1965), United States
20. Theodosia Garrison (1874-1944), United States
21. H.W. Garrod (1878-1960), England
22. Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719), England
23. George Gascoigne (1525-1577), England
24. David Gascoyne (1916-2001), England
25. Bill Gaston (born 1953), Canada
26. Edward Gates (born 1950), Canada
27. John Gay (1685-1732), England
28. Ross Gay (born 1974), United States
29. William Gay (1865-1897), Australia
30. Edmund Gayton (1698-1666), England
31. Alexander Geddes (1737-1802), Scotland
32. Gary Geddes (born 1940), Canada
33. Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991), United States
34. Leon Gellert (1892-1977), Australia
35. Thomas Gent (1693-1778), England
36. Dan Gerber (born 1940), United States
37. Amy Gerstler (born 1956), United States
38. Marty Gervais (born 1946), Canada
39. David Gewanter (born 1954), United States
40. Christopher Gewen (1617-1634 fl.), England
41. Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (born 1946), United States
42. Khasiprasad Ghose (1809-1873), India
43. Manmohan Ghose (1869-1924), India
44. Robert Gibb (born 1946), United States
45. Monk Gibbon (1896-1987), Ireland
46. Perceval Gibbon (1879-1926), South Africa
47. Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), England
48. Reginald Gibbons (born 1947), United States
49. Thomas Gibbons (1720-1782), England
50. Ivy Gibbs (?1886-1966), Australia / New Zealand
51. Robert Gibbs (born 1930), Canada
52. Dobby Gibson (born 1970), United States
53. G. Herbert Gibson (1846-1921), Australia
54. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878-1962), England
55. Angus Morrison Gidney (1803-1882), Canada
56. Humphrey Gifford (died 1589), England
57. Richard Gifford (1725-1807), England
58. William Gifford (1756-1826), England
59. Christopher Gilbert (born 1949), United States
60. Jack Gilbert (born 1925), United States
61. Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993), Australia
62. Ruth Gilbert (born 1917), New Zealand
63. Sandra M. Gilbert (born 1936), United States
64. Thomas Gilbert (1713-1766), England
65. Charles Gildon (1665-1724), England
66. Joseph Giles (1771 fl.), England
67. Frances Tyrell Gill, Australia
68. Robert Gilfillan (1798-1850), Scotland
69. George W. Gillespie (died 1847), Scotland / Canada
70. William Gillespie (1776-1825), Scotland
71. Robert Pearse Gillies (1788-1858), Scotland
72. Strickland Gillilan (1869-1954), United States
73. Alice E. Gillington (1863-1934), England
74. William Gillum (?1765-1797), England
75. Caroline Gilman (1794-1888), United States
76. Samuel Gilman (1791-1858), United States
77. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935), United States
78. Louis Gilmore (1891-1972), United States
79. Dame Mary Gilmore (1865-1962), Australia
80. John Gilmour (1810-1828), Scotland
81. Carmen Giménez Smith (born 1971), United States
82. Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), United States
83. Dana Gioia (born 1950), United States
84. Nikki Giovanni (born 1943), United States
85. Chrissie Gittins, England
86. Peter Gizzi (born 1959), United States

Gl-Go

1. Jody Gladding (born 1955), United States
2. Renee Gladman (born 1971), United States
3. Richard Butler Glaenzer (1876-1937), United States
4. Elton Glaser (born 1945), United States
5. Michael S. Glaser (born 1943), United States
6. Jesse Glass (born 1954), United States
7. John Glassco (1909-1981), Canada
8. Greg Glazner, United States
9. Duncan Glen (1933-2008), Scotland
10. William Glen (1789-1826), Scotland
11. Susan Glickman (born 1953), Canada
12. Denis Glover (1912-1980), New Zealand
13. Richard Glover (1712-1785), England
14. Louise Glück (born 1943), United States
15. Harold Goad (1878-1956), England
16. Thomas Godfrey (1736-1763), United States
17. Sidney Godolphin (?1606-1643), England
18. Catherine Grace Godwin (1798-1845), Scotland
19. Patricia Goedicke (1931-2006), United States
20. Douglas Goetsch (born 1963), United States
21. Philip Becker Goetz (1870-1950), United States
22. Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878-1957), Ireland
23. Michael Gold (1894-1967), United States 
24. Albert Goldbarth (born 1948), United States
25. Louis Golding (1895-1958), England
26. William Golding (1911-1993), England
27. Douglas Goldring (1887-1960), England
28. Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961), United States
29. Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774), Ireland / England
30. Oliver Goldsmith (1794-1861), Canada
31. Laurence Goldstein (born 1943), United States
32. Peter Goldsworthy (born 1951), Australia
33. Leona Gom (born 1946), Canada
34. Gabriel Gomez, United States
35. Rigoberto González (born 1970), United States
36. Dora Read Goodale (1866-1953), United States
37. Kevin Goodan, United States
38. John Arthur Goodchild (1851-1914), England
39. Arthur Goodenough (1871-1936), United States
40. Henry Goodere (1571-1627), England
41. W.T. Goodge (1862-1909), Australia
42. Lorna Goodison (born 1947), Jamaica
43. Alice Goodman (born 1952), United States
44. Paul Goodman (1911-1972), United States
45. Barnabe Googe (1540-1594), England
46. Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870), Australia
47. Alfred Gordon (1888-1959), Canada
48. Armistead C. Gordon (1855-1931), United States
49. Patrick Gordon (1614-1615 fl.), Scotland
50. Katherine L. Gordon, Canada
51. Eva Gore-Booth (1870-1926), Ireland
52. Sir Arthur Gorges (?1569-1625), England
53. Hedwig Gorski (born 1949), United States
54. Sir Edmund Gosse (1849-1928), England
55. Phyllis Gotlieb (1926-2009), Canada
56. Alan Gould (born 1949), Australia
57. Gerald Gould (1885-1936), England
58. Janice Gould (born 1949), United States
59. John Gower (1330-1408), England
60. Sue Goyette (born 1964), Canada

Gr-Gy

1. David Graham, United States
2. Harry Graham (1874-1936), England
3. Charles Graham (1774-1796 fl.), England
4. James Graham (1612-1650), Scotland
5. John Graham (1776-1844), Ireland
6. Neile Graham (born 1958), Canada
7. Robert Cunninghame Graham (1735-1797), Scotland
8. Jorie Graham (born 1950), United States
9. W.S. Graham (1918-1986), Scotland
10. James Grahame (1765-1811), Scotland
11. Simion Grahame (?1570-1614), Scotland
12. Judy Grahn (born 1940), United States
13. Mark Granier (born 1957), Ireland
14. Paul Grano (1894-1975), Australia
15. Anne Grant (1755-1838), Scotland
16. Jamie Grant (born 1949), Australia
17. Joseph Grant (1805-1835), Scotland
18. George Granville, Lord Lansdowne (1667-1735), England
19. Richard Graves (1715-1804), England
20. Richard Harry Graves (1898-1971), Australia
21. Robert Graves (1895-1985), England
22. David Gray (1838-1861), Scotland
23. Jason Gray, United States
24. John Henry Gray (1866-1934), England
25. Thomas Gray (1716-1771), England
26. Bertie Greatheed (1759-1826), England
27. H.M. Green (1881-1962), Australia
28. Matthew Green (1696-1737), England
29. Samuel Green (born 1948), United States
30. Edward Burnaby Greene (died 1788), England
31. Richard Greene (born 1961), Canada
32. Robert Greene (1558-1592), England
33. Andrew Greenfield (1750-1788), Scotland
34. Lavinia Greenlaw (born 1962), England
35. Gavin Greenlees (1930-1983), Australia
36. Leslie Greentree, Canada
37. Bill Greenwell (born 1952), England
38. Dora Greenwell (1821-1882), England
39. Grace Greenwood (1823-1904), United States
40. Debora Greger (born 1949), United States
41. Linda Gregerson (born 1950), United States
42. Linda Gregg (born 1942), United States
43. Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852-1932), Ireland
44. Julian Grenfell (1888-1915), England
45. Robert Grenier (born 1941), United States
46. Eamon Grennan (born 1941), Ireland / United States
47. William Parr Greswell (1765-1824), England
48. H.W. Gretton (1814-1983), New Zealand
49. Frances Greville (?1727-1789), Ireland / England
50. Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554-1628), England
51. Eldon Grier (1917-2001), Canada
52. Constantia Grierson (?1705-1732), Ireland
53. Gerald Griffin (1803-1840), Ireland
54. Philip Griffin (1741-1785 fl.), England
55. Susan Griffin (born 1943), United States
56. William Griffith (1878-1936), United States
57. Bill Griffiths (1948-2007), England
58. Nicholas Grimald (1519-1562), England
59. Angelina Weld Grimké (1880-1958), United States
60. Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837-1914), United States
61. Andreas Gripp (born 1964), Canada
62. Eliza Griswold (born 1973), United States
63. Vona Groarke (born 1964), Ireland
64. L.D. Groban (1947-2011), United States
65. Philip  Gross (born 1952), England
66. Allen Grossman (1932-2014), United States
67. Jennifer Grotz (born 1971), United States
68. Louis Grudin (1898-1993), United States
69. Bob Grumman (born 1941), United States
70. Gabriel Gudding (born 1966), United States
71. Charles Guenther (1920-2008), United States
72. Barbara Guest (1920-2006), United States
73. Edgar Guest (1881-1959), United States
74. Edward Guilpin (1598-1601 fl.), England
75. Louise Imogen Guiney (1861-1920), United States
76. Arthur Guiterman (1871-1943), United States
77. Charles Gullans (1929-1993), United States
78. Gregory Wm. Gunn, Canada
79. Thom Gunn (1929-2004), England / United States
80. Kristjana Gunnars (born 1948), Canada
81. Ivor Gurney (1890-1937), England
82. Jason Guriel, Canada
83. Ralph Gustafson (1909-1995), Canada
84. John Gwilliam (1811-1845 fl.), England
85. Richard Gwinnett (1676-1717), England
86. R.S. Gwynn (born 1948), United States
87. Stephen Gwynn (1864-1950), Ireland
88. Brion Gysin (1916-1986), England

H

Ha

1. William Habington (1605-1654), England
2. Marilyn Hacker (born 1942), United States
3. Rachel Hadas (born 1948), United States
4. Elizabeth Hadaway, United States
5. Jen Hadfield (born 1978), England
6. Hermann Hagedorn (1882-1964), United States
7. Kimiko Hahn (born 1955), United States
8. Susan Hahn (born 1941), United States
9. John Haines (1924-2011), United States
10. Paul Haines (1933-2003), Canada
11. Thomas Gordon Hake (1809-1895), England
12. Katherine Hale (1878-1956), Canada
13. Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879), United States
14. Donald Hall (born 1928), United States
15. Bernadette Hall (born 1945), New Zealand
16. Gertrude Hall (1863-1961), United States
17. Hazel Hall (1886-1924), United States
18. Joseph Hall (1574-1656), England
19. Judith Hall (born 1951), United States
20. Phil Hall (born 1953), Canada
21. Radclyffe Hall (1880-1943), England
22. Rodney Hall (born 1935), Australia
23. Arthur Hallam (1811-1833), England
24. Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867), United States
25. Mark Halliday (born 1949), United States
26. Laurence Hynes Halloran (1765-1831), England
27. Daniel Halpern (born 1945), United States
28. Alan Halsey (born 1949), England
29. Michael Hamburger (1924-2007), England
30. Ronald Hambleton (born 1917), Canada
31. Barbara Hamby (born 1952), United States
32. Forrest Hamer (born 1956), United States
33. Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834-1894), England
34. Sam Hamill (born 1943), United States
35. David Osborne Hamilton (1893-1953), United States
36. George Rostrevor Hamilton (1888-1967), England
37. Harriet Hamilton King (1840-1920), England
38. Ian Hamilton (1938-2001), England
39. Jane Eaton Hamilton (born 1954), Canada
40. Saskia Hamilton (born 1967), United States
41. William Gerard Hamilton (1729-1796), England
42. William Hamilton (?1665-1751), Scotland
43. William Hamilton (1704-1754), Scotland
44. William Robert Hamilton (1891-1917), South Africa
45. Edward Hamley (1764-1834), England
46. Dennis M. Hammes (1945-1980), United States
47. Philip Hammial (born 1937), Australia
48. Jupiter Hammon (1711-1805?), United States
49. Eleanor Hammond (1890-1950), United States
50. James Hammond (1710-1742), England
51. Mac Hammond (1926-1977), United States
52. Susan Hampton (born 1949), Australia
53. Thomas Hancock (1783-1849), England
54. Nathalie Handal (born 1969), United States
55. Elizabeth Hands (1746-1815), England
56. Thomas Edwards Hankinson (1805-1843), England
57. John Hanmer (1809-1881), England
58. Patrick Hannay (1616-1629 fl.), Scotland
59. William Harbert (1604-1606 fl.), Wales
60. Kerry Hardie (born 1951), Ireland
61. George Hardinge (1743-1816), England
62. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), England
63. Lesbia Harford (1891-1927), Australia
64. John Harington (1560-1612), England
65. Joy Harjo (born 1951), United States
66. Michael Harlow (born 1937), New Zealand
67. William Harmon (born 1938), United States
68. John Milton Harney (1789-1825), United States
69. Frances Harper (1825-1911), United States
70. Michael S. Harper (born 1938), United States
71. Charles Harpur (1813-1868), Australia
72. Edward Harrington (1895-1966), Australia
73. Max Harris (1921-1995), Australia
74. Michael Harris, Canada
75. Robert Harris (1951-1993), Australia
76. Jennifer Harrison (born 1955), Australia
77. Jim Harrison (born 1937), United States
78. Martin Harrison (born 1949), Australia
79. Richard Harrison, Canada
80. Susan Frances Harrison (1859-1935), Canada
81. Tony Harrison (born 1937), England
82. Blind Harry (?1440-1492), Scotland
83. Carla Harryman (born 1952), United States
84. David Harsent (born 1942), England
85. Kevin Hart (born 1954), England / Australia
86. Paul Hartal (born 1936), Canada
87. Bret Harte (1836-1902), United States
88. Walter Harte (1709-1774), England
89. Patrick Joseph Hartigan (1878-1952), Australia
90. John Hartley (1839-1915), England
91. Marsden Hartley (1877-1943), United States
92. Jill Hartman (born 1974), Canada
93. Lawrence Hart (1901-1996), United States 
94. Sadakichi Hartmann (1867-1944), United States / Japan
95. Michael Hartnett (1941-1999), Ireland
96. William Hart-Smith (1911-1990), Australia
97. F.W. Harvey (1888-1957), England
98. Gabriel Harvey (?1545-1630), England
99. Matthea Harvey (born 1973), United States
100. Siobhan Harvey (born 1973), New Zealand
101. Elisabeth Harvor (born 1936), Canada
102. Lee Harwood (born 1939), England
103. Ruth Harwood (1896-1959), United States
104. Lola Haskins, United States
105. J.H. Haslam (1874-1969), New Zealand
106. Robert Hass (born 1941), United States
107. Robert Bernard Hass (born 1962), United States
108. Gwendolen Haste (1889-1979), United States
109. Katherine Hastings, United States
110. Sibella Elizabeth Hatfield (1800-1882), England
111. Kaylin Haught (born 1947), United States
112. Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879), England
113. Stephen Hawes (died 1523), England
114. Robert Stephen Hawker (1803-1875), England
115. Christian Hawkey (born 1969), United States
116. Kathleen Hawkins (1883-1981), New Zealand
117. William Hawkins (1722-1801), England
118. William Hawkins (1772-1786 fl.), England
119. William Hawkins (1940-2016), Canada
120. William Fitz Hawley (1894-1855), Canada
121. Robert Hayden (1913-1980), United States
122. Alfred Hayes (1857-1936), England
123. Alfred Hayes (1911-1985), United States
124. Daniel Hayes (1736-1767), Ireland
125. Kate Simpson Hayes (1856-1945), Canada
126. Samuel Hayes (1749-1795), England
127. Terrance Hayes (born 1971), United States
128. William Hayley (1745-1820), England
129. Robert Hayman (1575-1629), England
130. Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830-1886), United States
131. William Shakespeare Hays (1837-1907), United States
132. Caroline Hayward (1855 fl.), Canada

He

1. Henry Headley (1765-1788), England
2. Trebor Healey (born 1962), United States
3. Eloise Klein Healy (born 1943), United States
4. Tom Healy (born 1961), United States
5. Seamus Heaney (1939-2013), Ireland
6. Vicki Hearne (1946-2001), United States
7. Todd Hearon. United States
8. James Hearst (1900-1983), Iowa
9. George Heath (1844-1869), England
10. Robert Heath (1650 fl.), England
11. John Heath-Stubbs (1918-2006), England
12. Charles Heavysege (1816-1876), Canada
13. James Hebblethwaite (1857-1921), Australia
14. Reginald Heber (1783-1826), India
15. Anne Hecht (fl. 1786), Canada
16. Anthony Hecht (1923-2004), United States
17. Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965), United States
18. Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (born 1958), United States
19. John Hegley (born 1953), England
20. Wilfrid Heighington (1897-1945), Canada
21. Steven Heighton (born 1961), Canada
22. Lyn Hejinian (born 1941), United States
23. Michael Heller (born 1937), United States
24. Maggie Helwig (born 1961), Canada
25. Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), England
26. Kris Hemensley (born 1946), Australia
27. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), United States
28. Percy Hemingway (1866-1916), England
29. Graham Lee Hemminger (1895-1949), United States
30. Essex Hemphill (1957-1995), United States
31. Alice Corbin Henderson (1881-1949), United States
32. Brian Henderson (born 1948), Canada
33. David Henderson (born 1942), United States
34. Tom Hendricks, United States
35. Thomas William Heney (1862-1928), Australia
36. William Ernest Henley (1849-1903), England
37. Adrian Henri (1932-2000), England
38. King Henry VI (1421-1471), England
39. King Henry VIII (1491-1547), England
40. Brian Henry (born 1972), United States
41. Gordon Henry (born 1955), United States
42. Nancy A. Henry (born 1961), United States
43. Sophia Almon Hensley (1856-1946), Canada
44. John Abraham Heraud (1799-1887), England
45. Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583-1648), Wales / England
46. George Herbert (1593-1633), England
47. Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621), England
48. William Herbert (1778-1847), England
49. John Frederic Herbin (1860-1923), Canada
50. David Herbison (1800-1880), Ireland
51. Victor Hernández Cruz (born 1949), United States
52. Mary Heron (1786-1792 fl.), England
53. Juan Felipe Herrera (born 1948), United States
54. Robert Herrick (1591-1674), England
55. Steven Herrick (born 1958), Australia
56. Duane L. Herrmann (born 1951), United States
57. John Herschel (1792-1871), England
58. Robert Hershon, United States
59. J.R. Hervey (1889-1958), New Zealand
60. Thomas K. Hervey (1799-1859), England
61. Phoebe Hesketh (1909-2005), England
62. Dorothy Hewett (1923-2002), Australia
63. John Hewitt (1907-1987), Ireland
64. Maurice Henry Hewlett (1861-1923), England
65. William Heyen (born 1940), United States
66. Thomas Heyrick (1649-1694), England
67. DuBose Heyward (1885-1940), United States
68. Jasper Heywood (1535-1598), England
69. John Heywood (?1497-1580?), England
70. Thomas Heywood (1570s-1650), England

Hi

1. Emily Henrietta Hickey (1845-1923), Ireland
2. Leland Hickman (1934-1991), United States
3. Bob Hicok (born 1960), United States
4. Dick Higgins (1938-1998), United States
5. F.R. Higgins (1896-1941), Ireland
6. Kevin Higgins (born 1967), Ireland
7. Rita Ann Higgins (born 1955), Ireland
8. Bevil Higgons (1670-1735), England
9. Scott Hightower (born 1952)
10. Brewster Higley (1823-1911), United States
11. Harold Hikins (born 1919), England
12. Sylvia Hikins , England
13. Conrad Hilberry (born 1928), United States
14. Ernest Hilbert (born 1970), United States
15. Aaron Hill (1685-1750), England
16. Fidelia S.T. Hill (1794-1854), Australia
17. Geoffrey Hill (1932-2016), England
18. Robert Hill (1775 fl.), England
19. Selima Hill (born 1945), England
20. Tobias Hill (born 1970), England
21. Joseph Hillary (1794-1814 fl.), Ireland
22. Robert Hilles (born 1951), Canada
23. Brenda Hillman (born 1951), United States
24. Robert Hillyer (1895-1961), United States
25. Arthur Clement Hilton (1851-1877), England
26. William Hinchliffe (1692-1752), England
27. Daryl Hine (1936-2012), Canada
28. Katherine Tynan Hinkson (1861-1931), English
29. Edward Hirsch (born 1950), United States
30. Jack Hirschman (born 1933), United States
31. Jane Hirshfield (born 1953), United States
32. George Hitchcock (1914-2010), United States
33. H.L. Hix (born 1960), United States

Ho

1. Tony Hoagland (born 1953), United States
2. Philip Hobsbaum (1932-2005), England
3. Thomas Hoccleve (?1369-1426), England
4. John Hodgen, United States
5. Philip Hodgins (1959-1995), Australia
6. Francis Hodgson (1781-1852), England
7. Ralph Hodgson (1871-1962), England
8. William Noel Hodgson (1893-1916), England
9. Allen Hoey (1952 - 2010), United States
10. Daniel Hoffman (born 1928), United States
11. John Hoffman (1928-1952), United States
12. Roald Hoffmann (born 1937), United States
13. Barbara Hofland (1770-1844), England
14. Michael Hofmann (born 1957)
15. Linda Hogan (born 1947), United States
16. James Hogg (1770-1835), Scotland
17. David Holbrook (1923-2011), England
18. Susan Holbrook (born 1967), Canada
19. Jonathan Holden, United States
20. Raymond Holden (1894-1972), United States
21. Richard Hole (1746-1803), England
22. Margaret Holford (1757-1834), England
23. Margaret Holford (1778-1852), England
24. Sarah Holland-Batt, Australia
25. Hugh Holland (1571-1633), Wales
26. Jane Holland (born 1966), England
27. John Holland (1794-1872), England
28. Norah M. Holland (1876-1925), Canada
29. John Hollander (born 1929), United States
30. Horace Holley (1882-1960), United States
31. Anselm Hollo (born 1934), United States
32. John Holloway (1920-1999), England
33. William Holloway (1789-1812 fl.), England
34. Joseph Cephas Holly (1825-1855), United States
35. Bill Holm (1943-2009), United States
36. Bob Holman (born 1948), United States
37. M. Carl Holman (1919-1988), United States
38. James Holme (1824 fl.), England
39. Edmond Holmes (1850-1936), Ireland
40. Janet Holmes, United States
41. John Holmes (1904-1962), United States
42. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894), United States
43. Robert Holmes (1748-1805), England
44. Dennis Holt (born 1942), United States
45. F. Wyville Home (born 1851), Scotland
46. Cathy Park Hong (born 1976), United States
47. Garrett Hongo (born 1951), United States
48. Thomas Hood (1799-1845), England
49. Cornelia Hoogland (born 1952), Canada
50. Jeremy Hooker (born 1941), Wales
51. Teresa Hooley (1888-1973), England
52. Harry Hooton (1908-1961), Australia
53. Paul Hoover (born 1946), United States
54. A.D. Hope (1907-2000), Australia
55. Christopher Hope (born 1944), South Africa
56. Laurence Hope (1865-1904), India
57. Charles Hopkins (?1664-1700?), England
58. Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), England
59. John Hopkins (1675-1700 fl.), England
60. Lemuel Hopkins (1750-1801), United States
61. Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791), United States
62. Nora Hopper (1871-1906), England
63. Robert Horan (born 1922), United States
64. Joseph Horgan (born 1964), Ireland
65. Sean Horlor (born 1981), Canada
66. Richard Henry Horne (1802-1884), England / Australia
67. Frances Horovitz (1938-1983), England
68. Michael Horovitz (born 1935), England
69. George Moses Horton (?1797-1884), United States
70. John Hoskins (1566-1638), England
71. Joan Houlihan, United States
72. Roy Temple House (1878-1963), United States 
73. A.E. Housman (1859-1936), England
74. Laurence Housman (1865-1959), England
75. Dale M. Houstman (born 1950), United States
76. Margaret Bell Houston (1876-1966), United States 
77. Edward Howard (1624-1689 fl.), England
78. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547), England
79. Nathaniel Howard (1804-1832), England
80. Richard Howard (born 1929), United States
81. Robert Howard (1626-1698), England
82. Robert E. Howard (1906-1936), United States
83. Fanny Howe (born 1940), United States
84. Joseph Howe (1804-1873), Canada
85. Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), United States
86. LeAnne Howe (born 1951), United States
87. Marie Howe (born 1950), United States
88. Rick Howe (died 2007), United States
89. Susan Howe (born 1937), United States
90. Ada Verdun Howell (1902-1981), Australia
91. Anthony Howell (born 1945), England
92. Christopher Howell (born1945), United States
93. Emma Howell (1981-2001), United States
94. William Dean Howells (1837-1920), United States
95. Barbara Howes (1914-1996), United States
96. Mary Howitt (1799-1888), England
97. Richard Howitt (1799-1869), England
98. William Howitt (1792-1879), England
99. Francis Hoyland (1727-1786), England
100. Charles Hoyle (?1773-1848), England
101. Helen Hoyt (1887-1972), United States

Hs-Hy

1. Ray Hsu (born1978), Canada
2. John Clarke Hubbard (1745-1805), England
3. Tom Hubbard (born 1950), Scotland
4. John Huckell (1729-1771), England
5. George Huddesford (1749-1809), England
6. Thomas Hudson (1547-1610 fl.), Scotland
7. Thomas Hudson (1709-1788 fl.), England
8. Andrew Hudgins (born 1951), United States
9. Annie Campbell Huestis (1878-1970), Canada
10. Joyce Huff, United States
11. Anne Hughes (1784-1795 fl.), England
12. Detrick Hughes (born 1966), United States
13. Jabez Hughes (?1685-1731), England
14. John Hughes (1677-1720), England
15. John Hughes (born 1962), Ireland
16. Langston Hughes (1902-1967), United States
17. Richard Hughes (1900-1976), England
18. Frieda Hughes (born 1960). Aistralia
19. Ted Hughes (1930-1998), England
20. Richard Hugo (1923-1982), United States
21. Lynda Hull (1954-1994), United States
22. Robert Hull, England
23. T.E. Hulme (1881-1917), England
24. Michael Hulse (born 1955), England
25. Alexander Hume (1560-1609), Scotland
26. David Humphreys (1752-1818), United States
27. Helen Humphreys (born 1961), Canada
28. Rolfe Humphries (1894-1969), United States
29. Leigh Hunt (1784-1859), England
30. Sam Hunt (born 1946), New Zealand
31. Aislinn Hunter (born 1969), Canada
32. Al Hunter, Canada
33. Anne Hunter (1742-1821), Scotland
34. Bruce Hunter (born 1952), Canada
35. Catherine Hunter (born 1957), Canada
36. Rex Hunter (1889-1960), New Zealand
37. John Hunter-Duvar (1821-1899), Canada
38. Constance Hunting (1925-2006), United States
39. Cynthia Huntington (born 1951), United States
40. Daniel Huntington (1788-1858), United States
41. James Hurdis (1763-1801), England
42. Chris Hutchinson (born 1972), Canada
43. Garrie Hutchinson (born 1949), Australia
44. Susan Hutton (born 1968), United States
45. Henrietta Anne Huxley (1825-1914), England
46. Douglas Smith Huyghue (1816-1891), Canada / Australia
47. Robin Hyde (1906-1939), New Zealand
48. James Hyslop (1798-1827), Scotland

I

1. David Ignatow (1914-1997), United States
2. Selwyn Image (1849-1930), England
3. Catherine Imbriglio, United States
4. Mick Imlah (1956-2009), Scotland
5. Elijah Barwell Impey (1780-1849), England
6. Lawson Fusao Inada (born 1938), United States
7. Colette Inez (born 1931), United States
8. Rex Ingamells (1913-1955), Australia
9. Jean Ingelow (1820-1897), England
10. Thomas Ingoldsby (1788-1845), England
11. John Kells Ingram (1823-1907), Ireland
12. Arthur Crew Inman (1895-1963), United States
13. P. Inman (born 1947), United States
14. Kevin Ireland (born 1933), New Zealand
15. William Henry Ireland (1775-1835), England
16. Valentin Iremonger (1918-1991), Ireland
17. Scharmel Iris (1889-1967), United States
18. Eyles Irwin (?1751-1817), England / India
19. Mark Irwin (born 1953), United States
20. Frances Itani (born 1942), Canada

J

Ja-Ji

1. Anna Jackson (born 1967), New Zealand
2. Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885), United States
3. Laura Riding Jackson (1901-1991), United States
4. Major Jackson (born 1970), United States
5. Michael Jackson (1958-2009), United States
6. Michael D. Jackson (born 1940), New Zealand
7. Samuel Richard Jackson (1821-1826 fl.), England
8. Giles Jacob (1686-1744), England
9. Hildebrand Jacob (1693-1739), England
10. Josephine Jacobsen (1905-2003), United States
11. Richard Jago (1715-1781), England
12. Afdhere Jama (born 1980), United States
13. King James I (1394-1437), Scotland
14. King James I (1566-1625), England
15. Clive James (born 1939), England
16. John James (born 1939), Wales
17. J.J. Jameson (born 1940), United States
18. Kathleen Jamie (born 1962), Scotland
19. Patricia Janus (1932-2006), United States
20. Rhoda Janzen, United States
21. Alexander Hay Japp (1837-1905), Scotland
22. Mark Jarman (born 1952), United States
23. Lisa Jarnot (born 1967), United States
24. Randall Jarrell (1914–1965), United States
25. Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (born 1967), United States
26. Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962), United States
27. John Jefferys (1800 fl.), England
28. George Jeffreys (1678-1755), England
29. Catherine Jemmat (1714-1766), England
30. Alan Jenkins (born 1955), England
31. John Jenkins 1949), Australia
32. Louis Jenkins (born 1942), United States
33. Tudor Jenks (1857-1922), United States 
34. Charles Jenner (1736-1774), England
35. Elizabeth Jennings (1926-2001), England
36. Kate Jennings (born 1948), Australia
37. James Jennings (1672-1733) England
38. Sydney Jephcott (1864-1951), Australia
39. William Jerdan (1782-1869), Scotland
40. Edward Jerningham (1727-1812), England
41. V.J. Jerome (1896-1965), United States
42. Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909), United States
43. Sophie Jewett (1861-1909), United States
44. Paulette Jiles (born 1943), Canada

Jo-Ju

Pauline Johnson

1. Ted Joans (1928-2003), United States
2. Rita Joe (1932-2007), Canada
3. Reg Johanson (born 1968), Canada
4. John Johns (1823-1844 fl.), England
5. Orrick Johns (1887-1946), United States
6. Denis Johnson (born 1949), United States
7. Fenton Johnson (1888-1958), United States
8. Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880-1966), United States
9. Helene Johnson (1906-1995), United States
10. James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938), United States
11. Josephine W. Johnson (1910-1990), United States
12. Kate Knapp Johnson, United States
13. Linton Kwesi Johnson (born 1952), Jamaica / England
14. Lionel Johnson (1867-1902), England
15. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913), Canada
16. Robert Underwood Johnson (1853-1937), United States
17. Ronald Johnson (1935-1998), United States
18. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), England
19. Charles Johnston (?1790-1823). England
20. George Johnston (1913-2004), Canada
21. Martin Johnston (1947-1990), Australia
22. Troy Jollimore (born 1971), United States
23. George Jonas (born 1935), Canada
24. David Jones (1895–1974), Wales
25. Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860), England
26. Emma Jones (born 1992)
27. Evan Jones (born 1931), Australia
28. Evan Jones, Canada
29. Hettie Jones (born 1934), United States
30. Jill Jones (born 1951), Australia
31. John Joseph Jones (1930-2000), Australia
32. LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) (born 1934), United States
33. Mary Jones (1707-1778), England
34. Patrick Jones (born 1965), Wales
35. Richard Jones (born 1953), United States
36. Robert L. Jones, United States
37. Rodney Jones (born 1950), United States
38. Sarah Jones (born 1973), United States
39. T. Harri Jones (1921-1965), Wales
40. Tim Jones (born 1959), New Zealand
41. Thomas S. Jones, Jr. (1882-1932), United States
42. William Jones (1726-1795), Wales
43. Sir William Jones (1746-1794), England / India
44. Erica Jong (born 1942), United States
45. Ben Jonson (1572–1637), England
46. A. Van Jordan (born 1965), United States
47. John Jordan (1930-1988), Ireland
48. Judy Jordan (born 1961), United States
49. June Jordan (1936-2002), United States
50. Thomas Jordan (1612-1685), England
51. Anthony Joseph (born 1966), Trinidad / England
52. Eve Joseph (born 1953), Canada
53. Jenny Joseph (born 1932), England
54. Lawrence Joseph (born 1948), United States
55. M.K. Joseph (1914-1981), New Zealand
56. Matthew Josephson (1899-1978), United States
57. Fady Joudah (born 1971), United States
58. Anna Journey (born 1980), United States
59. Marie Joussaye (?1864-1949), Canada
60. James Joyce (1882–1941), Ireland
61. Robert Dwyer Joyce (1830-1883), Ireland / United States 
62. Trevor Joyce (born 1947), Ireland
63. Frank Judge, United States
64. S. de V. Julius (1874-1930)
65. Margaret Judson (died 1963), United States
66. A.M. Juster (born 1956), United States
67. Donald Justice (1925–2004), United States

K

Ka-Ki

John Keats

1. Jim Kacian (born 1953), United States
2. Mohja Kahf (born 1967), United States
3. Mary Elizabeth Kail (1828-1890), United States
4. Joseph Kalar (1906-1972), United States
5. Sheema Kalbasi (born 1972), Iran / United States
6. Chester Kallman (1921-1975), United States
7. Surjeet Kalsey (born 1944), Canada
8. Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977), United States
9. Lenore Kandel (1932-2009), United States
10. Katia Kapovich (born 1960), United States
11. Mary Karr (born 1955), United States
12. Julia Kasdorf (born 1962), United States
13. Kapka Kassabova (born 1973), New Zealand / Scotland
14. Richard Katrovas (born 1953), United States
15. Mary Jane Katzmann (1828-1890), Canada
16. Janet Kauffman (born 1945), United States
17. Bob Kaufman (1925–1986), United States
18. Herbert Kaufman (1878-1947), United States
19. P.J. Kavanagh (born 1931), England
20. Morgan Kavanagh (?1799-1874), Ireland
21. Patrick Kavanagh (1904-1967), Ireland
22. Jackie Kay (born 1961), Scotland
23. Sarah Kay (born 1988), United States
24. Jayne Fenton Keane (born 1971), Australia
25. Douglas Kearney, United States
26. Lionel Kearns (born 1937), Canada
27. George Keate (1729-1797), England
28. John Keats (1795-1821), England
29. John Keble (1792-1866), England
30. W.B. Keckler (born 1966), United States
31. Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 1952), Canada
32. John Keene (born 1965), United States
33. Weldon Kees (1914-1955), United States
34. Nancy Keesing (1923-1993), Australia
35. Antigone Kefala (born 1935), Australia
36. Bill Keith (1929-2004), United States
37. W.J. Keith (born 1934), Canada
38. Brigit Pegeen Kelly (born 1951), United States
39. M.T. Kelly (born 1949), Canada
40. Mary Eva Kelly (1826-1910), Ireland
41. Robert Kelly (born 1935), United States
42. Arthur Kelton (died 1550?), Wales
43. Fanny Kemble (1809-1893), United States
44. Harry Kemp (1883-1960), United States
45. Harry Kemp (1911-1984), England
46. Jan Kemp (born 1949), New Zealand
47. Penn Kemp (born 1944), Canada
48. Henry Kendall (1839-1882), Australia
49. May Kendall (1861-1943), England 
50. Tim Kendall (born 1970), England
51. Frank Kendon (1893-1959), England
52. Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy (1883-1929), England
53. Leo Kennedy (1907-2000), Canada
54. William Kennedy (1799-1871), Ireland
55. X.J. Kennedy (born 1929), United States
56. Brendan Kennelly (born 1936), Ireland
57. White Kennett (?1700-1740), England
58. Richard Kenney (born 1948), United States
59. Maurice Kenny (born 1929), United States
60. Charles Kent (1823-1902), England
61. Jane Kenyon (1947-1995), United States
62. John Kenyon (1784-1856), England
63. Robert Kirkland Kernighan (1854-1926), Canada
64. Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), United States
65. Charles Kerr (1821 fl.), Scotland
66. Frederick Kesner (born 1967)
67. Stephen Kessler (born 1947), United States
68. Henry Kett (1761-1825), England
69. Francis Scott Key (1779-1843), United States
70. Sidney Keyes (1922-1943), England
71. Kerry Shawn Keys (born 1946), United States
72. Keorapetse Kgositsile (born 1938), South Africa
73. Adam Kidd (?1802-1831), Canada
74. D. Kildare (1934-2005), United States
75. Anne Killigrew (1660-1685), England
76. Aline Kilmer (1888-1941), United States
77. Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918), United States
78. Myung Mi Kim (born 1957), United States
79. Suji Kwock Kim (born 1969), United States
80. James Kimbrell (born 1967), United States
81. Haven Kimmel (born 1965), United States
82. Anthony King (1742-1797), Ireland
83. Arthur Henry King (1910-2000), England
84. Ben King (1857-1894), United States
85. Edith L.M. King (1871-1962), South Africa
86. Henry King (1592-1669), England
87. William King (1663-1712), England
88. William King (1685-1763), England
89. Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), England
90. Galway Kinnell (born 1927), United States
91. Elizabeth C. Kinney (1810-1889), United States
92. John Kinsella (born 1963), Australia
93. Thomas Kinsella (born 1928), Ireland
94. Sally Bruce Kinsolving (1876-1962), United States
95. Susan Kinsolving, United States
96. Mary Kinzie (born 1944), United States
97. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), India / England
98. David Kirby (born 1944), United States
99. William Kirby (1817-1906), Canada
100. H.T. Kirby-Smith (born 1938), United States
101. Karl Kirchwey (born 1956), United States
102. Adam Kirsch (born 1976), United States
103. Lincoln Kirstein (1907-1996), United States
104. Roy Kiyooka (1926-1994), Canada
105. Carolyn Kizer (born 1925), United States

Kl-Ky

1. Sarah Klassen (born 1932), Canada
2. A.M. Klein (1909-1972), Canada
3. August Kleinzahler (born 1949), United States
4. Joanna Klink, United States
5. William Kloefkorn (1932-2011), United States
6. Ralph Knevet (1600-1671), England
7. Anne Cuthbert Knight (1788-1860), Scotland
8. Etheridge Knight (1931-1991), United States
9. Henry C. Knight (1789-1835), United States
10. Raymond Knister (1899-1932), Canada
11. Bill Knott (born 1940), United States
12. E.V. Knox (1881-1971), England
13. Isa Craig Knox (1831-1903), Scotland
14. William Knox (1789-1825), Scotland
15. Kenneth Koch (1925-2002), United States
16. Ruth Ellen Kocher (born 1965), United States
17. Ron Koertge (born 1940), United States
18. Wayne Koestenbaum (born 1958), United States
19. John Koethe (born 1945), United States
20. Joy Kogawa (born 1935), Canada
21. Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1947), United States
22. Ted Kooser (born 1939), United States
23. Steve Kowit (1938-2015), United States
24. Aaron Kramer (1921-1997), United States
25. Rudi Krausmann (born 1933), Australia
26. Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, (born 1946), United States
27. Alfred Kreymborg (1883-1966), United States
28. Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954), Russia / Ireland
29. Maxine Kumin (born 1925), United States
30. Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006), United States
31. Karla Kuskin (1932-2009), United States
32. Laurie Kutchins, United States
33. Stephen Kuusisto, (born 1955), United States
34. Thomas Kyd (1558-1594), England
35. Joanne Kyger (born 1934), United States
36. Francis Kynaston (1587-1642), England

L

La

1. Sonnet L'Abbé (born 1973), Canada
2. Alexander Laing (1787-1857), Scotland
3. Nick Laird (born 1975), Northern Ireland
4. Philip Lamantia (1927-2005), United States
5. Jonathan Lamas (born 1974), United States
6. Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828), England
7. Charles Lamb (1775-1834), England
8. Mary Lamb (1764-1847), England
9. Archibald Lampman (1861-1899), Canada
10. Ben Hur Lampman (1886-1934), United States
11. Tim Lander (born 1938), Canada
12. Fran Landesman (1927-2011), United States
13. Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838), England
14. Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864-), England
15. M. Travis Lane (born 1934), Canada
16. Patrick Lane (born 1939), Canada
17. Andrew Lang (1844-1912), Scotland
18. Susanna Lang, United States
19. Gary Langford (born 1947), New Zealand
20. Charles Hartley Langhorne (died 1845), England
21. John Langhorne (1735-1779), England
22. William Langhorne (1721-1772)
23. Joseph Langland (1917-2007), United States
24. William Langland (?1332-1386), England
25. R.F. Langley (1938-2011), England
26. Emilia Lanier (1569-1645), England
27. Sidney Lanier (1842–1881), United States
28. George Granville, Lord Lansdowne (1667-1735), England
29. Lucy Larcom (1824-1893), United States
30. Ring Lardner (1885-1933), United States
31. Joan Larkin (born 1939), United States
32. Philip Larkin (1922-1985), England
33. Lance Larsen (born 1961), United States
34. Katherine Larson, United States
35. James Lasdun (born 1958), United States
36. Michael Laskey (born 1944), England
37. Dorothea Lasky (born 1978), United States
38. George Parsons Lathrop (1851-1898), United States
39. Richmond Lattimore (1906-1984), United States
40. Evelyn Lau (born 1971), Canada
41. Sanders Anne Laubenthal (1943-2002), United States
42. James Laughlin, (1914-1997), United States
43. Ann Lauterbach (born 1942), United States
44. Dorianne Laux (born 1952), United States
45. Edythe Morahan de Lauzon (fl.1918-1922}, Canada
46. James Lavilla-Havelin (born 1948), United States
47. Anne Mary Lawler (1908-1980), United States
48. Emily Lawless (1845–1913), Ireland
49. Anthony Lawrence (born 1957), Australia
50. D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930), England
51. Henry Lawson (1867–1922), Australia
52. Louisa Lawson (1848-1920), Australia
53. Will Lawson (1876-1930), Australia
54. Robert Lax (1915-2000), United States
55. Samuel Laycock (1826-1893), England
56. Irving Layton (1912-2006), Canada
57. Emma Lazarus (1849–1887), United States

Le-Ll

1. Sydney Lea (born 1942), United States
2. Stephen Leacock (1869-1944), Canada
3. Mary Leadbeater (1758-1826), Ireland
4. Mary Leapor (1722-1746), England
5. Edward Lear (1812–1888), England
6. Julie Lechevsky, United States
7. Francis Ledwidge (1887-1917), Ireland
8. Agnes Lee (1868-1939), United States
9. David Lee (born 1944), United States
10. Dennis Lee (born 1939), Canada
11. Eleanor Percy Lee (1819-1849), United States
12. John B. Lee (born 1951), Canada
13. Karen An-hwei Lee (born 1973), United States
14. Laurie Lee (1914-1997), England
15. Li-Young Lee (born 1957), United States
16. Muna Lee (1895-1965), United States
17. Eugene Lee-Hamilton (1845-1907), England
18. Kelly Le Fave (born 1959), United States
19. Edward Cracroft Lefroy (1855-1891), England
20. Joy Leftow (born 1949)
21. Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947), England
22. Alexandra Leggat (born 1964), Canada
23. Sylvia Legris (born 1960), Canada
24. David Lehman (born 1948), United States
25. John Lehmann (1907-1987), England
26. Helen Leigh (fl.1788), England
27. Richard Leigh (?1649-1728), England
28. Robert Leighton (1822-1869), Scotland
29. Brad Leithauser (born 1953), United States
30. Sue Lenier (born 1957)
31. Phil LeNoir (1882-1923)
32. John Lent (1948-2006), Canada
33. Aya de Leon (born 1967), United States
34. John Leonard (born 1965), Australia
35. Tom Leonard (born 1944), Scotland
36. William Ellery Leonard (1876-1944), United States
37. Douglas LePan (1914-1998), Canada
38. Rosanna Leprohon (1829-1879), Canada
39. Eleanor Lerman (born 1952), United States
40. Ben Lerner (born 1979), United States
41. David Lerner (1951-1997), United States
42. Jimmy Lerner (born 1951), United States
43. Laurence Lerner (born 1925), England
44. Kenneth Leslie (1892-1974), Canada
45. Rika Lesser (born 1953), United States
46. Denise Levertov (1923-1997), United States
47. Jan Heller Levi (born 1954), United States
48. Dana Levin (born 1965), United States
49. Mark Levine (born 1965), United States
50. Philip Levine (born 1928), United States
51. Larry Levis (1946–1996), United States
52. Amy Levy (1861-1889), England
53. D.A. Levy (1942-1968), United States
54. William Levy (born 1939), United States
55. Alonzo Lewis (1794-1861), United States
56. Alun Lewis (1915-1944), Wales
57. Bill Lewis (born 1953), England
58. C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), England
59. Janet Lewis (1899-1998), United States
60. J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942), United States
61. Richard Lewis (1756-1787 fl.), Ireland
62. Catherine C. Liddell (1848-1927), England
63. William Liddiard (1773-1841), England
64. William Douw Lighthall (1857-1954), Canada
65. Tim Lilburn (born 1950), Canada
66. Charles Lillard (1944-1997), Canada
67. Kate Lilley (born 1960), Australia
68. Ada Limón (born 1976), United States
69. Tao Lin (born 1983), United States
70. Richard Linche (1596-1601 fl.), England
71. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), United States
72. Blanche Elizabeth Lindsay (1844-1912), England
73. David Lindsay (?1490-1555?), Scotland
74. Frannie Lindsay (born 1949), United States
75. Sarah Lindsay, United States
76. Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), United States
77. Moira Linehan, United States
78. Amon Liner (1940-1976), United States
79. William James Linton (1812-1897), England / United States
80. Sara Jane Lippincott (1823-1904), United States
81. William Lipscomb (1754-1842), England
82. Lawrence Lipton (1898-1975), United States
83. William Lisle (?1569-1637), England
84. Michael Lista (born 1983), Canada
85. Grace Denio Litchfield (1849-1944), United States
86. Lizzie M. Little (died 1909), Ireland
87. Matt Little (born 1991), United States
88. Sophia Little (1799-1893), United States
89. Timothy Liu (born 1965), United States
90. Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996), Canada
91. Florence Randal Livesay (1874-1953), Canada
92. Douglas Livingstone (1932-1996), South Africa
93. Billie Livingston (born 1965), Canada
94. Stuart Livingston (1865-1923), Canada
95. Henry Livingston, Jr. (1748-1828), United States
96. Kate Llewellyn (born 1936), Australia
97. Charles Lloyd (1775-1839), England
98. Evan Lloyd (1734-1776), Wales
99. Robert Lloyd (1733-1764), England
100. Richard Llwyd (1752-1835), Wales

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Lo-Ly

1. Douglas Lochhead (1922-2011), Canada
2. Liz Lochhead (born 1947), Scotland
3. Terry Locke (born 1946), New Zealand
4. Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821-1895), England
5. George Cabot Lodge (1873-1909), United States
6. Thomas Lodge (c.1558-1625), England
7. Ron Loewinsohn (born 1937), United States
8. Capell Lofft (1751-1824), England
9. Capell Lofft (1806-1873), England
10. John Logan (1748-1788), Scotland
11. John Logan (1923-1987), United States
12. John Daniel Logan (1869-1929), Canada
13. John E. Logan (1852-1915), Canada
14. William Logan (born 1950), United States
15. Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994), United States
16. James Longenbach, United States
17. Christopher Logue (1926-2011), England
18. Audrey Longbottom (1922-1986), Australia
19. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), United States
20. Michael Longley (born 1939), Ireland
21. David Longworth (1766-1821), United States
22. Phillip Lopate (born 1943), United States
23. Luis A. López, United States
24. Audre Lorde (1934-1992), United States
25. Adrian C. Louis (born ca. 1947), United States
26. Dick Lourie (born 1937), United States
27. James Love (1721-1744), England
28. H.P.Lovecraft (1890-1937), United States
29. Richard Lovelace (1618-1658), England
30. Robert Lovell (?1770-1796), England
31. Samuel Loveman (1882-1976), United States
32. Samuel Lover (1797-1868), Ireland
33. John Lovett (1761-1818), United States
34. Denise Low (born 1949), United States
35. May Austin Low (1763-1958), Canada
36. Amy Lowell (1874-1925), United States
37. James Russell Lowell (1819-1891), United States
38. Maria White Lowell (1821-1853), United States
39. Robert Lowell (1917-1977), United States
40. Walter Lowenfels (1897-1976), United States
41. Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957), England
42. Pat Lowther (1935-1975), Canada
43. Mina Loy (1882-1966), United States
44. Felipe Luciano (born 1947), United States
45. Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836-1870), United States
46. Susan Ludvigson (born 1942), United States
47. Roddy Lumsden (born 1966), Scotland
48. Sheryl Luna, United States
49. Lydia Lunch (born 1959), United States
50. Deacon Lunchbox (1950-1992). United States
51. George Lunt (1803-1885), United States
52. Matthew Luscombe (1776-1846), England
53. Laura Lush (born 1959), Canada
54. Masiela Lusha (born 1985), United States
55. Thomas Lux (born 1946), United States
56. Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911), India / England
57. John Lydgate (1370-1450), England
58. John Lyly (1553-1606), England
59. Henry Lyman, United States
60. William Whittingham Lyman, Jr. (1885-1983), United States
61. Thomas P. Lynch (born 1948), United States
62. Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), England
63. Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847), Scotland
64. George Lyttelton, Lord Lyttelton (1709-1773), England
65. Robert Bulwer-Lytton (1831-1891), England

M

Ma

1. James Macaulay (1788 fl.), Scotland
2. Lewis MacAdams (born 1944), United States
3. Rose Macaulay (1881-1958), England
4. Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859), England
5. George MacBeth (1932-1992), Scotland
6. Norman MacCaig (1910-1996), Scotland
7. Denis Florence MacCarthy (1817-1868), Ireland
8. Thomas MacCarthy (1819 fl.), Ireland
9. Evan MacColl (1898-1898), Scotland / Canada
10. Martin MacDermot (1813-1824 fl.), Ireland
11. Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978), Scotland
12. Donagh MacDonagh (1912-1968), Ireland
13. Thomas MacDonagh (1878-1916), Ireland
14. Patrick MacDonogh (1902-1961), Ireland
15. Andrew Macdonald (?1755-1790), Scotland
16. Frederika Richardson Macdonald (?1845-1923), England
17. George MacDonald (1824-1905), Scotland
18. Goodridge MacDonald (1897-1967), Canada
19. Hugh MacDonald (born 1945), Canada
20. Jane Elizabeth MacDonald (1864-1922), Canada
21. Wilson MacDonald (1880-1967), Canada
22. Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941-1987), Canada
23. Seán Mac Falls (born 1957), Ireland
24. Walter Scott MacFarlane (1896-1979), Canada
25. Patrick MacGill (1889-1960), Ireland
26. Thomas MacGreevy (1893-1967), Ireland
27. Agnes Maule Machar {1837-1927), Canada
28. Tom MacInnes (1867-1951), Canada
29. Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890-1967), United States
30. Louise Mack (1870-1935), Australia
31. John William Mackail (1859-1945), Scotland
32. Charles Mackay (1814-1889), Scotland
33. Isabel Ecclestone Mackay (1875-1928), Canada
34. Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), United States
35. John Macken (?1784-1823), Ireland
36. George A. Mackenzie (1849-1936), Canada
37. Kenneth Seaforth Mackenzie (1913-1955), Australia
38. Robert Shelton Mackenzie (1809-1880), Ireland
39. W.M. MacKeracher (1871-1913), Canada
40. Isabel Ecclestone Mackay (1875-1928), Canada
41. J. MacKay (1791 fl.), Canada
42. Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947), United States
43. Lachlan Mackinnon (born 1956), Scotland
44. Colin Maclaurin (?1770-1833), Scotland
45. Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982), United States
46. Fiona MacLeod (1855-1905), Scotland
47. Joseph Macleod (1903-1984), England
48. Jackson Mac Low (1922-2004), United States
49. Archibald MacMechan (1862-1933), Canada
50. Louis MacNeice (1907-1963), England
51. Hector Macneill (1746-1818), Scotland
52. Valerie Macon (born 1950), United States
53. Andrea MacPherson (born 1976), Canada
54. Donald Macpherson (1824 fl.), Scotland
55. James Macpherson (1736-1796), Scotland
56. Jay Macpherson (born 1931), Canada
57. Barry MacSweeney (1948-2000), England
58. Judith Madan (1702-1781), England
59. Charles Madge (1912-1996), England
60. Naomi Long Madgett (born 1923), United States
61. Haki Madhubuti (born 1942), United States
62. Wes Magee (born 1939), Scotland
63. William Maginn (1793-1842), Ireland
64. Derek Mahon (born 1941), Northern Ireland
65. Francis Mahony (1804-1866), Ireland
66. Jennifer Maiden (born 1949), Australia
67. Charles Mair (?1840-1927), Canada
68. Amit Majmudar, United States
69. Alice Major, Canada
70. Clarence Major (born 1936), United States
71. Robert Majzels (born 1950), Canada
72. Gerard Malanga (born 1943), United States
73. Dora Malech (born 1981), United States
74. Taylor Mali (born 1965), United States
75. David Mallet (?1705-1765), Scotland
76. Frank Richard Maloney (1945-2009), United States
77. David Malouf (born 1934), Australia
78. Kim Maltman (born 1950), Canada
79. Eli Mandel (1922-1992), Canada
80. Miriam Mandel (1930-1982), Canada
81. Tom Mandel (born 1942), United States
82. Ahdri Zhina Mandiela (born 1953), Canada
83. James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849), Ireland
84. Sarah Manguso (born 1974), United States
85. Bill Manhire (born 1946), New Zealand
86. David Manicom (born 1960), Canada
87. John Manifold (1915-1985), Australia
88. Leonard Mann (1895-1981), Australia
89. Randall Mann (born 1972), United States
90. Catherine Manners (1766-1842), Ireland
91. Francis Manning (?1674-1738 fl.), England
92. Maurice Manning (born 1966), United States
93. Robert Mannyng (1269-1340), England
94. Chris Mansell (born 1953)
95. Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), England
96. Peter Manson (born 1969), Scotland
97. Richard Mant (1776-1848), England
98. Jack Mapanje (born 1944), Malawi
99. Lee Maracle (born 1950), Canada
100. Djelloul Marbrook (born 1934), United States
101. Joseph Moncure March (1899-1977), United States
102. Morton Marcus (1936-2009), United States
103. Walter de la Mare (1873-1956), England
104. Richard Marggraf Turley (born 1970), Wales
105. Gary Margolis, United States
106. Paul Mariani (born 1940), United States
107. E.A. Markham (1939-2008), England
108. Edwin Markham (1852-1940), United States
109. Nicole Markotic, Canada
110. Jeannette Marks (1875-1964), United States
111. Daphne Marlatt (born 1942), Canada
112. Earl Bowman Marlatt (1892-1976), United States
113. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), England
114. Shackerley Marmion (1603-1639), England
115. Don Marquis (1878-1937), United States
116. Anne Marriott (1913-1997), Canada
117. George Marriott (died 1793), England
118. James Marriott (?1730-1803), England
119. Edward Garrard Marsh (1783-1862), England
120. Jack Marshall (born 1936), United States
121. Tom Marshall (1938-1993), Canada
122. Billy Marshall Stoneking (born 1947), Australia
123. John Marston (1576-1634), England
124. John Westland Marston (1819-1890), England
125. Philip Bourke Marston (1850-1887), England
126. Robert Marston (1614 fl.), England
127. Arthur Patchett Martin (1851-1902), Australia
128. Camille Martin (born 1956), Canada
129. Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (1848-1937)
130. Charles Martin (born 1942), United States
131. William Martin (born 1922)
132. Dionisio D. Martinez (born 1956), United States
133. Paul Martinez Pompa, United States
134. Andrew Marvell (1621-1678), England
135. Cate Marvin (born 1969), United States
136. Frank Marzials (1840-1912), England
137. John Masefield (1878-1967), England
138. David Mason (born 1954), United States
139. Matt Mason (born 1968), United States
140. R.A.K. Mason (1905-1971), New Zealand
141. Steve Mason (1940-2005), United States
142. William Mason (1724-1797), England
143. Clinton Joseph Masseck (1886-1948), United States
144. William Bryan Massey III, United States
145. Philip Massinger (1583-1640), England
146. Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950), United States
147. Dan Masterson (born 1934), United States
148. Florence Ripley Mastin (1886-1968), United States
149. William Matchett (born 1923), United States
150. Adrian Matejka (born 1971), United States
151. Edward Powys Mathers (1892-1939), England
152. Ray Mathew (1929-2002), Australia
153. Harry Mathews (born 1930), United States
154. Robin Mathews (born 1931), Canada
155. Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947), United States
156. Khaled Mattawa (born 1964), United States
157. Don Mattera (born 1935), South Africa
158. Harley Matthews (1889-1968), Australia
159. James Matthews (born 1929), South Africa
160. Marc Matthews (born 1945?), Guyana
161. Sebastian Matthews (born 1965), United States
162. William Matthews (1942-1997), United States
163. John Matthias (born 1941), United States
164. Thomas Maude (1801-1865), England
165. Kevin Max (born 1967), United States
166. Glyn Maxwell (born 1962), England
167. James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scotland
168. Thomas May (1595-1630), England
169. Bernadette Mayer (born 1945), United States
170. Frances Mayes (born 1940?), United States
171. Chandra Mayor (born 1973), Canada

Mc

1. Janet McAdams (born 1957), United States
2. John C. M'Call (1793-1846), United States
3. Robert McAlmon (1895-1956), United States
4. Peter McArthur (1866-1924), Canada
5. James McAuley (1917-1976), Australia
6. Dick McBride (1928-2012), United States
7. Robert McBride (?1811-1895), Canada
8. Chris McCabe (born 1977), England
9. Steven McCabe (born 1949), Canada
10. Steve McCaffery (born 1947), Canada
11. Linda McCarriston, United States
12. Jack McCarthy (1939-2013), United States
13. Thomas McCarthy (born 1954), Ireland
14. J.D. McClatchy (born 1945), United States
15. George Marion McClellan (1860-1934), United States
16. Michael McClure (born 1932), United States
17. Alma Frances McCollum (1879-1906), Canada
18. Davis McCombs (born 1969), United States
19. Orma McCormick (1906-1988), United States 
20. Edna Wahlert McCourt (1867-1964), United States
21. George Gordon McCrae (1833-1927), Australia
22. Hugh McCrae (1876-1958), Australia
23. John McCrae (1872-1918), Canada
24. John Luckey McCreery (1835-1906), United States
25. Laura E. McCully (1886-1924), Canada
26. Jeffrey McDaniel (born 1967), United States
27. Raymond McDaniel, United States
28. Roger McDonald (born 1941), Australia
29. Walt McDonald (born 1934), United States
30. Jill McDonough (born 1972), United States
31. Colleen J. McElroy (born 1935), United States
32. Bernard McEvoy (1842-1932), Canada
33. David McFadden (born 1940), Canada
34. Hugh McFadden (born 1942), Ireland
35. Michael McFee (born 1954), United States
36. Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1825-1868), Canada 
37. David McGimpsey (born 1962), Canada
38. Phyllis McGinley (1905-1978), United States
39. James McGirt (1874-1930), United States
40. Karyna McGlynn (born 1977), United States
41. William McGonagall (1825-1902), Scotland
42. Roger McGough (born 1937), England
43. Michael McGovern (1848-1933), United States
44. Campbell McGrath (born 1962), United States
45. Thomas McGrath (1916-1990), United States
46. Medbh McGuckian (born 1950), Northern Ireland
47. James McHenry (1765-1845), Ireland / United States
48. Heather McHugh (born 1948), United States
49. Lexi MacHugh (born 1923), Australia
50. Nadine McInnis (born 1957), Canada
51. James McIntyre (1828-1906), Canada
52. Claude McKay (1889-1948), Jamaica / United States
53. Don McKay (born 1942), Canada
54. Louis McKee (1951-2011), United States
55. Jamie McKendrick (born 1955), England
56. Irene McKinney (1939-2012), United States
57. Barry McKinnon (born 1944), Canada
58. Rod McKuen (born 1933), United States
59. Alexander McLachlan (1817-1896), Canada
60. Isaac McLellan (1806-1899), United States
61. Rhyll McMaster (born 1947), Australia
62. Susan McMaster (born 1950), Canada
63. James McMichael (born 1939), United States
64. Ian McMillan (born 1956), England
65. Mark McMorris (born 1960), Jamaica / United States
66. Wesley McNair (born 1941), United States
67. Eugene McNamara (born 1930), Canada
68. Louise McNeill (1911-1993), United States
69. Sandra McPherson (born 1943), United States
70. Joyelle McSweeney (born 1976), United States

Me-Ml

John Milton

1. Jane Mead (born 1958), United States
2. Philip Mead (born 1953), Australia
3. Patrick J. Meagher (1810-1880), Ireland
4. Thomas Medwin (1788-1869), England
5. Paula Meehan (born 1955), Ireland
6. A.B. Meek (1814-1865), United States
7. Joshua Mehigan (born 1969), United States
8. Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (born 1947), India
9. George Bubb Dodington, Baron Melcombe (1691-1762), England
10. Mary Melfi (born 1951), Canada
11. Grenville Mellen (1799-1841), United States
12. Herman Melville (1819-1891), United States
13. Philip Memmer, United States
14. Samuel Menashe (1925-2011), United States
15. Moses Mendes (died 1758), England
16. Adah Isaacs Menken (1835-1868), United States
17. Nancy Mercado (born 1959), United States
18. George Meredith (1828-1909), England
19. Louisa Anne Meredith (1812-1895), England / Australia
20. Owen Meredith (1831-1891), England
21. William Meredith (1919-2007), United States
22. Herman Charles Merivale (1839-1906), England
23. John Herman Merivale (1779-1844), England
24. Billy Merrell (born 1982), United States
25. Eve Merriam (1916-1992), United States
26. James Merrick (1720-1769), England
27. Helen M. Merrill (1866-1951), Canada
28. James Merrill (1926-1995), United States
29. Robert Merry (1755-1798), England
30. Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
31. W.S. Merwin (born 1927), United States
32. Tom Meschery (born 1938), United States
33. Sarah Messer (born 1966), United States
34. Douglas Messerli (born 1947), United States
35. Philip Metres (born 1970), United States
36. Bruce Meyer (born 1957), Canada
37. William Meyler (1755-1821), England
38. Alice Meynell (1847-1922), England
39. Francis Meynell (1891-1975), England
40. Robert Mezey (born 1935), United States
41. William Michaelian (born 1956), United States
42. Anne Michaels (born 1958), Canada
43. Max Michelson (1880-1953), United States
44. William Mickle (1735-1788), Scotland
45. Diane Middlebrook (1939-2007), United States
46. Christopher Middleton (born 1926), England
47. J. Edgar Middleton (1872-1960), Canada
48. Richard Middleton (1882-1911), England
49. Thomas Middleton (1580-1627), England
50. Scudder Middleton (1888-1959), United States
51. Albert Midlane (1825-1909), England
52. Lloyd Mifflin (1846-1921), United States
53. Luke Milbourne (1649-1720), England
54. Josephine Miles (1911-1985), United States
55. William Millar (1821-1822 fl.), Scotland
56. Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950), United States
57. Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942), United States
58. E. Ethelbert Miller (born 1950), United States
59. Greg Miller (bon 1957), United States
60. Hugh MIller (1802-1856), Scotland
61. Jane Miller (born 1949), United States
62. Kei Miller (born 1978), Jamaica
63. Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956), United States
64. May Miller (1899-1995), United States
65. Thomas Miller (1807-1874), England
66. Tim Miller (born 1979), United States
67. Vassar Miller (1924-1998), United States
68. William Miller (1810-1872), Scotland
69. Robert Millhouse (1788-1839), England
70. James Lewis Milligan (1876-1961), Canada
71. Spike Milligan (1918-2002), England / Ireland
72. David Mills (1831-1903), Canada
73. Kenneth G. Mills (1923-2004), Canada
74. Henry Hart Milman (1791-1868), England
75. A.A. Milne (1882-1956), England
76. Christian Milne (1773-1816), Scotland
77. George Milner (1820-1824 fl.), England
78. Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809-1885), England
79. John Milton (1608-1674), England
80. Sexton Ming (born 1961), England
81. Robert Minhinnick (born 1952), Wales
82. Meade Minnegerode (1887-1967), United States
83. Chelsey Minnis (born 1970), United States
84. Peter Minter (born 1967), Australia
85. Deborah A. Miranda (born 1961), United States
86. Gary Miranda (born 1939)
87. Barry Mitcalfe (1930-1966), New Zealand
88. Judson Mitcham (born 1948), United States
89. Adrian Mitchell (1932-2008), England
90. John Kearsley Mitchell (1798-1858), United States
91. Joseph Mitchell (1684-1738), Scotland
92. Ruth Comfort MItchell (1882-1954), United States
93. Stephen Mitchell (born 1943), United States
94. Susan Mitchell (born 1944), United States
95. Susan L. Mitchell (1866-1926), Ireland
96. Jack Mitford (1782-1831), England
97. John Mitford (1781-1859), England
98. Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855), England
99. Tony Mitton (born 1951), England
100. Florence Kilpatrick Mixter (1877-1949), United States
101. Ange Mlinko (born 1969), United States

Mo-My

Marianne Moore

1. John Moat (1936-2014), England
2. H.D. Moe (born 1937), United States
3. David Macbeth Moir (1798-1851), Scotland
4. Anis Mojgani (born 1977), United States
5. N. Scott Momaday (born 1934), United States
6. Mary Monck (ca.1678-1715), Ireland
7. Paul Monette (1945-1995), United States
8. Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852-1923), England
9. Mong-Lan, United States
10. Geraldine Monk (born 1952), England
11. William Cosmo Monkhouse (1840-1901), England
12. Harold Monro (1879-1932), England
13. Harriet Monroe (1860-1936), United States
14. John S.B. Monsell (1811-1875), Ireland
15. Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661-1715), England
16. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762), England
17. John Montague (born 1929), Ireland
18. Stephanie de Montalk (born 1945), New Zealand
19. Elizabeth Montgomery (1885-1907 fl.), New Zealand
20. James Montgomery (1771-1854), England
21. Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942), Canada
22. Marion Montgomery (1925-2011), United States
23. Robert Montgomery (1807-1855), England
24. José Montoya (born 1932), United States
25. Marion E. Moodie (1867-1958), Canada
26. Susanna Moodie (1803-1885), England / Canada
27. Elizabeth Moody (1737-1814), England
28. Jacob McArthur Mooney (born 1983), Canada
29. Anthony Moore (1747-1756 fl.), England
30. Charles Leonard Moore (1854-1925), United States
31. Clara Jessup Moore (1824-1889), United States
32. Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863), United States
33. Daniel Moore (born 1940), United States
34. Dugald Moore (1805-1841), Scotland
35. Edward Moore (1712-1757), England
36. Jacqueline S. Moore (1926-2002), United States
37. James Lovell Moore (1791-1811 fl.), England
38. Jessica Care Moore (born 1971), United States
39. J. Sheridan Moore (1828-1871), Australia
40. Julia A. Moore (1847-1920), United States
41. Marianne Moore (1887-1972), United States
42. Richard O. Moore (born 1920), United States
43. S. Moore, Canada
44. Thomas Moore (1779–1852), Ireland
45. Thomas Sturge Moore (1870-1944), England
46. Todd Moore (1937-2010), United States
47. Lizelia Moorer (fl. 1895-1907), United States
48. Pat Mora (born 1942), United States
49. Barbara Moraff (born 1939), Vermont
50. Edythe Morahan de Lauzon (fl.1918-1922}, Canada
51. Moore Moran (1931-2011), United States
52. Thomas Osbert Mordaunt (1730-1809), England
53. Hannah More (1745-1833), England
54. Henry More (1614-1687), England
55. Thomas Morell (1703-1784), England
56. John Morfitt (1758-1809), England
57. Dwayne Morgan (born 1974), Canada
58. Edwin Morgan (1920-2010), Scotland
59. Elizabeth Seydel Morgan (born 1939), United States
60. Frederick Morgan (1922-2004), United States
61. Mal Morgan (1935-1999), Australia
62. Matthew Morgan (1652-1703), England
63. Robert Morgan (born 1944), United States
64. Robin Morgan (born 1941), United States
65. Iolo Morganwg (1746-1826), Wales
66. A.F. Moritz (born 1947), Canada
67. Christopher Morley (1890-1957), United States
68. Hilda Morley (1916-1998), United States
69. George Pope Morris (1802-1864), United States
70. Harrison S. Morris (1858-1948), United States
71. Sir Lewis Morris (1833-1907), Wales
72. Mervyn Morris (born 1937), Jamaica
73. William Morris (1834-1896), England
74. Jim Morrison (1943-1971), United States
75. Rusty Morrison (born 1956), United States
76. Kim Morrissey (born 1955), Canada
77. Michael J.T. Morrissey (born 1942), New Zealand
78. Bradford Morrow (born 1951), United States
79. Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (1893-1955), United States
80. Samuel French Morse (1916-1985), United States
81. Viggo Mortensen (born 1958), United States
82. Colin Morton (born 1948), Canada
83. Frank Morton (1869-1923), New Zealand / Australia
84. Anna Moschovakis, United States
85. Daniel David Moses (born 1952), Canada
86. Howard Moss (1922-1987), United States
87. Jeff Moss (1942-1998), United States
88. Stanley Moss (born 1925), United States
89. Thylias Moss (born 1954), United States
90. William Motherwell (1797-1835), Scotland
91. Sir Andrew Motion (born 1952), England
92. Eric Mottram (1924-1995), England
93. Thomas Moult (1893-1974), England
94. Louise Chandler Moulton (1835-1908), United States
95. John Moultrie (1799-1874), England
96. George Mountain (1789-1863), Canada
97. Erin Mouré (born 1955), Canada
98. Anna Cora Mowatt (1819-1870), United States
99. Jennifer Moxley (born 1964), United States
100. Edward Moxon (1801-1858), England
101. Ian Mudie (1911-1976), Australia
102. Lisel Mueller (born 1924), United States
103. Edwin Muir (1887-1959), Orkney Islands
104. Dhan Gopal Mukerji (1890-1936), India / United States
105. Paul Muldoon (born 1951), Ireland
106. Alan Mulgan (1881-1962), New Zealand
107. John Mulgan (1911-1945), New Zealand
108. Harryette Mullen (born 1953), United States
109. Rosa Mulholland (1841-1921), 
110. Hugh Mulligan (1784-1788 fl.), Ireland
111. Arthur Munby (1828-1910), England
112. Anthony Munday (?1560–1633), England
113. F.N.C. Mundy (1739-1815), England
114. Charles Muñoz (born 1926), United States
115. William Murdoch (1823-1887), Canada
116. Charles R. Murphy (1884-1936), United Statess
117. Edwin Greenslade Murphy (1866-1939), Australia
118. Erin Murphy, United States
119. Richard Murphy (born 1927), Ireland
120. Sheila Murphy (born 1951), United States
121. Timothy Murphy (born 1951), United States
122. George Murray (born 1971), Canada
123. Joan Murray (1917-1942), United States
124. Joan Murray (born 1945), United States
125. Les Murray (born 1938), Australia
126. Robert Fuller Murray (1863-1894), Scotland
127. Ann Murry (1799-1809 fl.), England
128. David Musgrave (born 1965), Australia
129. Susan Musgrave (born 1951), Canada
130. Charles Hamilton Musgrove (1871-1926), United States
131. Carol Muske-Dukes (born 1945), United States
132. Ernest Myers (1844-1921), England
133. Frederic W.H. Myers (1843-1901), England
134. Eileen Myles (born 1949), United States

N

1. Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), United States
2. James Nack (1809-1879), United States
3. Constance C.W. Naden (1858-1889), England
4. Daljit Nagra (born 1966), England
5. Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949), India
6. Lady Carolina Nairne (1766-1845), Scotland
7. Akhtar Naraghi, Canada
8. Nora Naranjo-Morse (born 1953) United States
9. Ogden Nash (1902–1971), United States
10. Roger Nash (born 1942), Canada
11. Thomas Nashe (1567–1601), England
12. Leonard E. Nathan (1924-2007), United States
13. John Neal (1793-1876), United States
14. Henry Neele (1798-1828), England
15. Lyle Neff (born 1969), Canada
16. John G. Neihardt (1881-1973), United States
17. John Shaw Neilson (1872-1942), Australia
18. Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875-1935), United States
19. Graham Nelson (born 1968), England
20. Holly Nelson, Canada
21. Joel Nelson (born 1945), United States
22. Marilyn Nelson (born 1946), United States
23. Howard Nemerov (1920-1991), United States
24. Arthur Nersesian (born 1958), United States
25. Edith Nesbit (1858-1924), England
26. Kenn Nesbitt (born 1962), United States
27. Arthur H. Nethercot (1895-1981), United States
28. F.A. Nettelbeck (1950-2011), United States
29. W.H. New (born 1938), Canada
30. Sir Henry Newbolt (1862-1938), England
31. Thomas Newcomb (?1686-1765), England
32. Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890), England
33. Richard Newman (born 1966), United States
34. Richard Jeffrey Newman (born 1962), United States
35. Charles Newton (1794-1801 fl.), England
36. Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974), United States
37. Hoa Nguyen (born 1967), United States
38. Richard Niccols (1584-1616?), England
39. bpNichol (1944-1988), Canada
40. John Nichol (1833-1894), Scotland
41. Louise Townsend Nicholl (1890-1981), United States
42. Judith Nicholls (born 1941), England
43. Marjory Nicholls (1890-1930), New Zealand
44. Bowyer Nichols (1859-1939), England
45. Grace Nichols (born 1950), Guyana
46. John Nichols (1745-1826), England
47. Robert Nichols (1893-1944), England
48. John Nicholson (1790-1843), England
49. Norman Nicholson (1914-1987), England
50. Samuel Nicholson (1598-1602 fl.), England
51. Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942), Ireland
52. Robert Nicoll (1814-1837), Scotland
53. Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970), United States
54. Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015), United States
55. John Frederick Nims (1913-1999), United States
56. James Hume Nisbet (1849-1923), Australia / Scotland
57. W. NIsbet (1780-1798 fl.), Scotland
58. Roden Noel (1834-1894), England
59. Yone Noguchi (1875-1947), Japan
60. Eric Nord (1919-1989), United States
61. Jessica Nordell, United States
62. Kathleen Norris (born 1947), United States
63. Harold Norse (1916-2009), United States
64. Charles North (born 1941), United States
65. Jessica Nelson North (1891-1988), United States
66. Jim Northrup (born 1943), United States
67. Harry Northup (born 1940), United States
68. Caroline Norton (1808-1877), England
69. Eliza Bland Norton (1814-1862 fl.), England
70. Grace Fallow Norton (1876-1926), United States
71. Robert Norwood (1874-1932), Canada
72. Alice Notley (born 1945), United States
73. Idra Novey (born 1978), United States
74. Alden Nowlan (1933-1983), Canada
75. Alfred Noyes (1880-1958), England
76. D. Nurkse, United States
77. Jeff Nuttall (1933–2004), England
78. Medora Addison Nutter (born 1891), United States
79. Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952), United States

O

Wilfred Owen

1. Richard Oakley, United States
2. William Oandasan (1947-1992), United States
3. Edward J. O'Brien (1890-1941), United States
4. Geoffrey O'Brien (born 1948), United States
5. Geoffrey G. O'Brien (born 1969), United States
6. Sean O'Brien (born 1952), England
7. Conor O'Callaghan (born 1968), Ireland
8. Patrick O'Connell (1944-2005), Canada
9. Ed Ochester (born 1939), United States
10. Frank O'Connor (1903-1966), Ireland
11. Mark O'Connor (born 1945), Australia
12. Jonathan Odell (1737-1818), United States / Canada
13. Charles L. O'Donnell (1884-1934), United States
14. Ciaran O'Driscoll (born 1943), Ireland
15. Dennis O'Driscoll (born 1954), Ireland
16. Bernard O'Dowd (1866-1953), Australia
17. Blanche Oelrichs (1890-1950), United States
18. Ernest O'Ferrall (1881-1925), Australia
19. Ron Offen (1930-2010), United States
20. Charles O'Flaherty (1794-1828), Ireland
21. John Ogilvie (1733-1813), Scotland
22. Will H. Ogilvie (1869-1963), Australia / Scotland
23. George Ogle (1704-1746), Ireland
24. Standish O'Grady (fl. 1793-1841), Canada
25. Thomas O'Hagan (1855-1939), Canada
26. Frank O'Hara`(1926-1966), United States
27. John Bernard O'Hara (1862-1927), Australia
28. Theodore O'Hara (1820-1867), United States
29. Gabriel Okara (born 1921), Nigeria
30. Christopher Okigbo (1932-1967), Nigeria
31. Ben Okri (born 1959), Nigeria
32. John Oldham (1653-1683), England
33. John Oldmixon (1673-1742), England
34. Peter Olds (born 1944), New Zealand
35. Sharon Olds (born 1942), United States
36. Alexander Oldys (1636-1708), England
37. William Oldys (1696-1761), England
38. Ellen O'Leary (1831-1889), Ireland
39. Michael O'Leary (born 1950), New Zealand
40. Mary Oliver (born 1935),United States
41. W.H. Oliver (born 1925), New Zealand
42. Tillie Olsen (1912-2007), United States
43. Alix Olson (born 1975), United States
44. Charles Olson (1910–1970), United States
45. Michael Ondaatje (born 1943), Canada
46. David O'Neil (1874-1947), United States / France
47. George O'Neil (1896-1940), United States
48. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), United States
49. Heather O'Neill, Canada
50. Henrietta, Lady O'Neill (1758-1793), Ireland
51. Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1976), Ireland
52. Moira O'Neill (1864-1955), Ireland
53. Amelia Opie (1769-1853), England
54. George Oppen (1908–1984), United States
55. Mary Oppen (1908-1990), United States
56. James Oppenheim (1882-1932), United States
57. Joel Oppenheimer (1930-1988), New York
58. Samuel Marsh Oram (1767-1793), England
59. Mary Rose O'Reilley, United States
60. Caitriona O'Reilly (born 1973), Ireland
61. Dowell O'Reilly (1865-1923), Australia
62. John Boyle O'Reilly (1844-1890), United States
63. Laurence O'Reilly (1790-1803 fl.), Ireland
64. Peter Oresick (born 1955), United States
65. Orinda (1632-1664), England
66. Steve Orlen (1942-2010), United States
67. Peter Orlovsky (1933–2010) United States
68. Meghan O'Rourke (born 1946), United States
69. Bob Orr (born 1949), New Zealand
70. David Orr (born 1974), United States
71. Gregory Orr (born 1947), United States
72. James Orr (1770-1816), Ireland
73. Chris Orsman (born 1955), New Zealand
74. Simon J. Ortiz (born 1941), United States
75. Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1844-1881), England
76. Jacqueline Osherow (born 1956), United States
77. Jena Osman (born 1963), United States
78. Femi Osofisan (born 1946), Nigeria
79. Martha Ostenso (1900-1963), Canada
80. Alicia Ostriker (born 1937), United States
81. Leanne O'Sullivan (born 1983), Ireland
82. Maggie O'Sullivan (born 1951), England
83. Seumas O'Sullivan (1879–1958), Ireland
84. Vincent O'Sullivan (born 1937), New Zealand
85. Alice Oswald (born 1966), England
86. Eliza A. Otis (1833-1904), United States
87. George Francis Ottey (1793-1861), England
88. Thomas Otway (1652-1685), England
89. George Outram (1805-1856), Scotland
90. Richard Outram (1930-2005), Canada
91. Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613), England
92. Laurence Overmire (born 1957), United States
93. Jan Owen (born 1940), Australia
94. Wilfred Owen (1893-918), Wales
95. Rochelle Owens (born 1936), United States
96. Henry Nutcombe Oxenham (1829-1888), England
97. John Oxenham (1852-1941), England
98. Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604), England

P

Pa-Pe

1. Desmond Pacey (1917-1975), Canada
2. Robert Pack (born 1929), United States
3. Ruth Padel (born 1947), England
4. Ron Padgett (born 1942), United States
5. Isobel Pagan (?1740-1821), Scotland
6. Geoff Page (born 1940), Australia
7. P.K. Page (born 1916), Canada
8. Robert Treat Paine Jr. (1773-1811), United States
9. Grace Paley (1922-2007), United States
10. Francis Turner Palgrave (1824-1897), England
11. Cheryl Pallant (born 1960), United States
12. Herbert Edward Palmer (1880-1961), England
13. Michael Palmer (born 1943), United States
14. Nettie Palmer (1885-1964), Australia
15. Eric Pankey (born 1959), United States
16. Stephen Panting (?1733-1770?), England
17. Suzanne Paola (born 1956), United States
18. Aristides Paradissis (1923-2006), Australia
19. Arleen Pare, Canada
20. Deborah Paredez (born 1970), United States
21. Jay Parini (born 1948), United States
22. Thomas Park (1759-1834), England
23. Dorothy Parker (1893-1967), United States
24. Martin Parker (died 1656?), England
25. Ian Parks (born 1959), England
26. Thomas Parnell (1679-1718), Ireland
27. Charles Parrott (1713-1787), England
28. Arthur Parsey (1791-1857), England
29. Thomas William Parsons (1819-1892), United States
30. William Parsons (1785-1807), England
31. R. Parthasarathy (born 1934), India
32. George Pasmore (1781-1816 fl.), England
33. John Pass (born 1947), Canada
34. Lee Passarella (born 1949), United States
35. Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972), United States
36. Alistair Paterson (born 1929), New Zealand
37. Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (1864-1941), Australia
38. Don Paterson (born 1963), Scotland
39. Coventry Patmore (1823-1896), England
40. Brian Patten (born 1946), England
41. William Pattison (1706-1727), England
42. James Kirke Paulding (1779-1860), United States
43. Tom Paulin (born 1949), England
44. Ricardo Pau-Llosa (born 1954), United States
45. John Payne (1842-1917), England
46. John Howard Payne (1791-1852), United States
47. Josephine Preston Peabody (1874-1922), United States
48. Richard Peabody, United States
49. Henry Peacham (?1578-1643?), England
50. Molly Peacock (born 1947), United States
51. Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866), England
52. The Pearl Poet (14th century), England
53. Patrick Pearse(1879-1916), Ireland
54. James Larkin Pearson (1879-1981), United States
55. Harry Thurston Peck (1856-1914), United States
56. George Peele (1556-1596), England
57. David Pekrul (born 1950), Canada
58. J.D.C. Pellow (1890-1960), England
59. Bryan Penberthy (born 1976), United States
60. Michael Pendragon (born 1963), United States
61. Granville Penn (1761-1844), England
62. John Penn (1760-1834), England
63. Alexander Pennecuik (1652-1722), Scotland
64. Alexander Pennecuik (died 1730), Scotland
65. Rob Penny (1941-2003), United States
66. Thomas Penrose (1742-1779), England
67. Thomas Pentycross (1746-1806), England
68. James Gates Percival (1795-1856), United States
69. J. Percy (1814-1822 fl.), England
70. Thomas Percy (1729-1811), England
71. William Alexander Percy (1885-1942), United States
72. Willie Perdomo, United States
73. Peter Pereira (born 1959), United States
74. Sam Pereira (born 1949), United States
75. William Perfect (1737-1809), England
76. Lucia Perillo (born 1958), United States
77. Sasenarine Persaud (born 1958), Guyana / Canada
78. Alice N. Persons (born 1952), United States
79. Marc Petersen, United States
80. Paulann Petersen (born 1942) United States
81. Peter Pett (1599 fl.), England

Pf-Pl

Sylvia Plath

1. W.T. Pfefferle (born 1958), United States
2. Emily Pfeiffer (1827-1890), England
3. M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947), Canada
4. Ambrose Philips (1674-1749), England
5. John Philips (1676-1709) England
6. Katherine Philips (1631-1664), England
7. J.S. Phillimore (1873-1926), England
8. Ben Phillips (born 1947), Canada
9. Carl Phillips (born 1959), United States
10. John Arthur Phillips (1842-1907), Canada
11. Stephen Phillips (1864-1915), England
12. Charles Philpot (1759-1823), England
13. William Philpot (1823-1889), England
14. Wanda Phipps (born 1960), United States
15. Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836-1919), United States
16. Tom Pickard (born 1946), England
17. Henry Pickering (1781-1831), United States
18. Marjorie Pickthall (1883-1922), Canada / England
19. James Picot (1906-1944), Australia
20. Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (born 1975), Canada
21. Marge Piercy (born 1936), United States
22. John Pierpoint (1785-1866), United States
23. Laetitia Pilkington (1712-1750), Ireland
24. Matthew Pilkington (1725-1733 fl.), Ireland
25. Josephine Pinckney (1895-1957), United States
26. Helen Pinkerton (born 1927), United States
27. John PInkerton (1758-1826), England
28. Edward Coote Pinkney (1802-1828), United States
29. Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945), United States
30. Robert Pinsky (born 1940), United States
31. Harold Pinter (1930-2008), England
32. Nick Piombino (born 1942), United States
33. Edwin Ford Piper (1871-1939), United States
34. George Pirie (1799-1870), Canada
35. Vivian de Sola Pinto (1895-1969), England
36. Christopher Pitt (1699-1748), England
37. Marie Pitt (1869-1948), Australia
38. Ruth Pitter (1897–1992), England
39. Al Pittman (1940-2001), Canada
40. Vanessa Place (born 1968), United States
41. Ted Plantos (1943-2001), Canada
42. Victor Plarr (1863-1929), England
43. Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), United States / England
44. Ann Plato, United States
45. Stanley Plumly (born 1939), United States
46. Sterling D. Plumpp (born 1940), United States
47. Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany (1878–1957), Ireland

Po-Pu

Edgar Allan Poe

Alexander Pope

1. John Poch (born 1966), United States
2. Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), United States
3. Emily Pohl-Weary, Canada
4. Robert Polito (born 1951), United States
5. Clare Pollard (born 1978), England
6. Velma Pollard (born 1937), Jamaica
7. Jacob Polley (born 1975), England
8. Katha Pollitt (born 1949), United States
9. Walter Herries Pollock (1850-1926), England
10. Robert Pollok (?1798–1827), Scotland
11. Walter Herries Pollock (1850-1926), England
12. Richard Polwhele (1760-1838), England
13. Ralph Pomeroy (1926-1999), United States
14. John Pomfret (1667-1702), England
15. Marie Ponsot (born 1921), United States
16. Aaron Poochigian (born 1973), United States
17. George Pooke (1757-1763 fl.), England
18. Sandy Pool, Canada
19. Peggy Poole (1925-2016), England
20. Alexander Pope (1688–1744), England
21. Walter Pope (c.1627-1714), England
22. Samuel Pordage (1633-1691?), England
23. Abraham Portal (1726-1809), England
24. Anna Maria Porter (1780-1832), England
25. Dorothy Porter (1954-2008), Australia
26. Hal Porter (1911-1984), Australia
27. Peter Porter (1929-2010), Australia / England
28. Walter Porter (c.1590-1659), England
29. Beilby Porteus (1731-1809), England
30. Alexander Posey (1873-1908), United States
31. Joshua Poteat (born 1971), United States
32. Carol Potter, United States
33. Robert Potter (1721-1804), England
34. Charles Potts (born 1943), United States
35. A. Poulin, Jr. (1938-1996), United States
36. Ezra Pound (1885–1972), United States / England
37. B.W. Powe (born 1955), Canada
38. D.A. Powell (born 1963), United States
39. Frederick York Powell(1850-1904), England
40. Kevin Powell (born 1966), United States
41. John Cowper Powys (1872-1963), Wales
42. Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802-1839), England
43. Claire Pratt (1921-1995), Canada
44. E.J. Pratt (1882-1964), Canada
45. Minnie Bruce Pratt (born 1946), United States
46. Samuel Jackson Pratt (1749-1814), England
47. Jack Prelutsky (born 1940), United States
48. Elizabeth Prentiss (1818-1878), United States
49. William Preston (1753-1807), Ireland
50. Frank Prewett (1893-1962), Canada / England
51. Nancy Price (1880–1970), England
52. Reynolds Price (1933-2011), United States
53. Richard Price (born 1966), Scotland
54. V.B. Price (born 1940), United States
55. Robert Priest (born 1951), Canada
56. F.T. Prince (1912-2003), England
57. Thomas Pringle (1789-1834), Scotland
58. Matthew Prior (1664-1721), England
59. Pauline Prior-Pitt, Scotland
60. May Probyn (1856-1909), England
61. Adelaide Procter (1825-1864), England
62. Edna Dean Proctor (1827-1923), United States
63. Kevin Prufer (born 1969), United States
64. Wyatt Prunty (born 1947), United States
65. J.H. Prynne (born 1936), England
66. J.N. Puddicombe (1758-1797 fl.), England
67. Christina Pugh, United States
68. Sheenagh Pugh (born 1950), Wales
69. Al Purdy (1918-2000), Canada
70. Thomas Purney (1695-1730?), England
71. Shri Purohit Swami (1882-1941), India
72. Henry James Pye (1745-1813), England

Q

1. Andy Quan (born 1969), Canada 
2. Francis Quarles (1592-1644), England
3. John Quarles (1624-1665), England
4. Sina Queyras (born 1963), Canada
5. Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), England
6. Edward Quillinan (1791-1851), England
7. Patrick Edward Quinn (1862-1926), Australia
8. Roderic Quinn (1867-1949), Australia

R

Ra

1. Sun Ra (1914-1993), United States
2. Lawrence Raab (born 1946). United States
3. Kevin Rabas, United States
4. Anna Rabinowitz (born 1933), United States
5. Dollie Radford (1858-1920), England
6. Ernest Radford (1857-1919), England
7. William Radice (born 1951), England
8. Burton Raffel (born 1928), United States
9. Sam Ragan (1915-1996), United States
10. Henry Rago (1915-1969), United States
11. Craig Raine (born 1944), England
12. Kathleen Raine (1908-2003), England
13. Dachine Rainer (1921-2000), United States
14. Carl Rakosi (1903-2004), United States
15. Sir Walter Raleigh (?1554-1618), England
16. Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh (1861-1922), England
17. James Ralph (?1705-1762), England
18. Bin Ramke (born 1947), United States
19. Lesego Rampolokeng (born 1965), South Africa
20. Allan Ramsay (1686-1758), Scotland
21. Lee Ranaldo (born 1956), United States
22. Theodore Harding Rand (1835-1900), Canada
23. Dudley Randall (1914-2000), United States
24. Julia Randall (1924-2005), United States
25. Thomas Randolph (1605-1635), England
26. James Ryder Randall (1839-1908), United States
27. Julia Randall (1923-2005), United States
28. William Brighty Rands (1823-1882), England
29. Jennifer Rankin (1941-1979), Australia
30. Jeremiah Rankin (1828-1903), United States
31. Claudia Rankine (born 1963), United States
32. William John MacQuorn Rankine (1820-1872), Scotland
33. John Rannie (1789-1791 fl.), Scotland
34. John Crowe Ransom (1888-1974), United States
35. Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti (born 1966) United States
36. Barbara Ras (born 1949), United States
37. Ron Rash (born 1953), United States
38. an Iqbal Rashid (born 1971), Canada / England
39. Stephen Ratcliffe (born 1948), United States
40. Chelsea Rathburn (born 1975), United States
41. Beatrice Ravenel (1870-1956), United States
42. Robyn Ravlich (born 1949), Australia
43. a.rawlings, Canada
44. Tom Raworth (born 1938), England
45. David Ray (born 1932), United States
46. H. Cordelia Ray (1852-1916), United States
47. Wayne Ray (born 1950), Canada

Re-Ri

1. Sally Read (born 1971), England
2. Thomas Buchanan Read (1822-1872), United States
3. John Reade (1837-1919), Canada
4. John Edmund Reade (1800-1870), England
5. James Reaney (1926-2008), Canada
6. Liam Rector (1949-2007), United States
7. Beatrice Redpath (1886-1937), Canada
8. Spencer Reece (born 1963), United States
9. Henry Reed (1914-1986), England
10. Ishmael Reed (born 1938), United States
11. John Reed (1887-1920), United States
12. Lou Reed (1942-2013), United States
13. Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856-1935), United States
14. Deryn Rees-Jones (born 1968), Wales
15. Clara Reeve (1729-1807), England
16. Pam Rehm (born 1967), United States
17. John Reibetanz (born 1944), Canada
18. D.C. Reid (born 1952), Canada
19. Jamie Reid (born 1941), Canada
20. William Hamilton Reid (died 1826), England
21. James Reiss (born 1941), United States
22. Joseph Relph (1712-1743), England
23. Naomi Replansky (born 1918), United States
24. Paul Reps (1895-1990), United States
25. Augustus Julian Requier (1825-1887), United States
26. Joan Retallack (born 1941), United States
27. Carter Revard (born 1931), United States
28. Donald Revell (born 1954]), United States
29. Eben E. Rexford (1848-1916), United States
30. Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982), United States
31. Barbara Jane Reyes (born 1971), United States
32. John Reynolds (?1588-1655?), England
33. John Reynolds (1667-1727), England
34. John Hamilton Reynolds (1794-1852), England
35. Charles Reznikoff (1894-1976), United States
36. Shane Rhodes, Canada
37. William Henry Rhodes (1822-1876), United States
38. Ernest Rhys (1859-1946), England
39. René Ricard (born 1946), United States
40. Cale Young Rice (1872-1943), United States
41. Oliver Rice (1921-2016), United States
42. Stan Rice (1942-2002), United States
43. Adrienne Rich (born 1929), United States
44. H. Thompson Rich (1893-1974), United States
45. Beah Richards (1920-2000), United States
46. George Richards (?1755-1814), United States
47. George Richards (1767-1837), England
48. Laura E. Richards (1850-1943), United States
49. Monica Richards (born 1965), United States
50. Catherine Eliza Richardson (1777-1853), Scotland
51. Charlotte Richardson (1775-1825), England
52. James Richardson (born 1950), United States
53. John Richardson (1750-1840), England
54. John Richardson (1796-1852), Canada
55. William Richardson (1743-1814), Scotland
56. Thomas Clio Rickman (1761-1834), England
57. Edgell Rickword (1898-1982), England
58. Elizabeth Riddell (1910-1998), Australia
59. Lola Ridge (1873-1941), United States
60. Laura Riding (1901-1991), United States
61. Anne Ridler (1912-2001), England
62. Glocester Ridley (1702-1774), England
63. Denise Riley (born 1948), England
64. James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916), United States
65. John Riley (1937-1978), England
66. Peter Riley (born 1940), England
67. Alberto Ríos (born 1952), United States
68. Jessie B. Rittenhouse (1869-1948), United States
69. David Rivard (born 1953), United States
70. Tomás Rivera (1935-1984), United States
71. Amélie Rives (1863-1945), United States
72. David Rivers (1795-1818 fl.), England

Ro-Ry

Christina Rossetti

1. Ed Roberson (born 1939), United States
2. Sir Charles G.D. Roberts (1860-1943), Canada
3. Dorothy Roberts (1906-1993), Canada
4. Elizabeth Madox Roberts (1881-1941), United States
5. James J. Roberts (born 1947), United States
6. Lloyd Roberts (1884-1966), Canada
7. Michael Roberts (1902-1948), England
8. Michael Symmons Roberts (born 1963), England
9. Theodore Goodridge Roberts (1877-1953), Canada
10. William Carman Roberts (1874-1941), Canada
11. William Hayward Roberts (1734-1791), England
12. David Robertson (1784 fl.), Scotland
13. Howard W. Robertson (born 1947), United States
14. James Robertson (died 1903), England
15. Robin Robertson (born 1955), Scotland
16. William John Robertson (1846-1894), Canada
17. Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935), United States
18. Harriet Hanson Robinson (1825-1911), United States
19. John Robinson (1765-1771 fl.), England
20. Kit Robinson (born 1949), United States
21. Mary Robinson (1758-1800), England
22. Thomas Robinson (1621 fl.), England
23. John Pierre Roche (1889-1960), United States
24. Robert Roche (1576-1629), England
25. John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647-1680), England
26. Rennell Rodd (1858-1941), England
27. Ajmer Rode, Canada
28. David Roderick (born 1970), United States
29. Carolyn M. Rodgers (1940-2010), United States
30. Edouard Roditi (1910-1992), United States
31. Carmen Rodriguez (born 1948) Chile / Canada
32. Judith Rodriguez (born 1936), Australia
33. Luis J. Rodriguez (born 1954), United States
34. Sir John Roe (1581-1608), England
35. Theodore Roethke (1908-1963), United States
36. Linda Rogers (born 1944), Canada
37. Pattiann Rogers (born 1940), United States
38. Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), England
39. Steve Roggenbuck (born 1987), United States
40. Matthew Rohrer (born 1970), United States
41. Percy Rolle (1826 fl.), England
42. Richard Rolle (?1290-1349), England
43. T.W. Rolleston (1857-1920), Ireland
44. Henry Rollins (born 1961), United States
45. David Romtvedt, United States
46. Martha Ronk (born 1940), United States
47. Kathleen Rooney, United States
48. E. Merrill Root (1895-1973), United States
49. William Pitt Root (born 1941), United States
50. Arthur Reed Ropes (1859-1933), England
51. Lee Ann Roripaugh (born 1965), United States
52. James Rorty (1890-1973), United States
53. William Roscoe (1753-1831), England
54. William Caldwell Roscoe (1823-1859), England
55. William Stanley Roscoe (1782-1843), England
56. Adrian Ross (1859-1933), England
57. Alexander MacGregor Rose (1846-1898), Canada
58. Edward Hampden Rose (died 1810), Ireland
59. Peter Rose (born 1955), Australia
60. Wendy Rose (born 1948), United States
61. Raymond Roseliep (1917–1983), United States
62. Franklin Rosemont (1943-2009), United States
63. Penelope Rosemont (born 1942), United States
64. Michael Rosen (born 1946), England
65. Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918), England
66. Joel Rosenberg (born 1943), United States 
67. Liz Rosenberg (born 1955), United States
68. Joe Rosenblatt (born 1933), Canada
69. Gabriel Rosenstock (born 1949), Ireland
70. David H. Rosenthal (1945-1992), United States
71. Laisha Rosnau (born 1972), Canada
72. Bruce Ross (born 1945), Canada / United States
73. Peter J. Ross (born 1964), England
74. Ronald Ross (1857-1932), England
75. Stuart Ross (born 1959), Canada
76. W.W.E. Ross (1894-1966), Canada
77. Christina Rossetti (1830-1894), England
78. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), England
79. Robert St. Clair-Erskine, Earl of Rosslyn (1833-1890), Scotland
80. Jerome Rothenberg (born 1931), United States
81. Anne Rouse (born 1954), England
82. Frances Arabella Rowden (1801-1829 fl.), England
83. Henry Rowe (1750-1819), England
84. Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718), England
85. Richard Rowe (1828-1879), Australia
86. Stephen Rowe (born 1980), Canada
87. Antony Rowland (born 1970), England
88. Graham Rowlands (born 1947), Australia
89. Rosemarie Rowley (born 1942), Ireland
90. Thomas Rowley (1721-1803), United States
91. Gibbons Ruark (born 1941), United States
92. Mark Rudman (born 1948), United States
93. Mary Ruefle (born 1952), United States
94. Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980), United States
95. Edward Rushton (1756-1814), England
96. Percy Russell (born 1847), England
97. Thomas Russell (1762-1788), England
98. William Russell (1741-1793), Scotland
99. Archibald Rutledge (1883-1973), United States
100. Vern Rutsala (1934-2014), United States
101. Carl Hancock Rux, United States
102. Abram Ryan (1838-1886), United States
103. Gig Ryan (born 1956), Australia
104. Kay Ryan (born 1945), United States
105. Michael Ryan (born 1946), United States
106. Tracy Ryan (born 1964), Australia
107. George Ryga (1932-1987), Canada
108. Elizabeth Ryves (1750-1797), Ireland

S

Sa-Sc

1. Marx G. Sabel (1894-1934), United States
2. Peter Sacks (born 1950), United States
3. Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1638-1706), England
4. Lady Margaret Sackville (1881-1963), England
5. Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1536-1608), England
6. Ira Sadoff (born 1945), United States
7. Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 1954), United States
8. Lake Sagaris (born 1956), Canada / Chile
9. David St. John (born 1949), United States
10. Primus St. John (born 1939), United States
11. Trish Salah (born 1968), Canada
12. Michael Salinger (born 1962), United States
13. Ralph Salisbury (born 1924), United States
14. Blanaid Salkeld (1880-1959), Ireland
15. Philip Salom (born 1950), Australia
16. Francis Saltus Saltus (1849-1889), United States
17. Jacob Sam-La Rose (born 1976), England
18. Fiona Sampson (born 1963), England
19. Sonia Sanchez (born 1934, United States
20. Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), United States
21. Ed Sanders (born 1939), United States
22. Robert C. Sands (1799-1832), United States
23. George Sandys (1577-1644), England
24. Peter Sanger (born 1943), Canada
25. Charles Sangster (1822-1893), Canada
26. Margaret Sangster (1838-1912), United States
27. Andrew Sant (born 1950), Australia
28. George Santayana (1863-1952), United States
29. Edward Sapir (1884-1939), United States
30. Robyn Sarah (born 1949), Canada
31. Lew Sarett (1888-1954), United States
32. Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960), Australia
33. E.B. Sargant (1855-1935), England
34. Epes Sargent (1813-1880). United States
35. Aram Saroyan (born 1943), United States
36. Stephen Sartarelli (born 1954), United States
37. May Sarton (1912-1995), United States
38. Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), England
39. Minot Judson Savage (1841-1918), United States
40. Philip Henry Savage (1868-1899),  United States
41. George Francis Savage-Armstrong (1845-1906), Ireland
42. Jeannine Savard (born 1950), United States
43. Leslie Scalapino (1947-2010), United States
44. Vernon Scannell (1922-2007), England
45. Maxine Scates (born 1949), United States
46. Ruth Lisa Schechter (1918-1989), United States
47. Libby Scheier (1946-2000), Canada
48. Andrew Schelling (born 1953), United States
49. Peter Schjeldahl (born 1942), United States
50. Michael Schmidt (born 1947), England
51. Dennis Schmitz (born 1937), United States
52. Gjertrud Schnackenberg (born 1953), United States
53. Pat Schneider (born 1934), United States
54. Dan Schneider (born 1965), United States
55. Isidor Schneider (1896-1976), United States
56. Steven Schneider, United States
57. Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842), United States
58. E.M. Schorb (born 1940), United States
59. Penelope Scambly Schott (born 1942), United States
60. Matthew Schreuder (born 1971), Australia
61. Andreas Schroeder (born 1946), Canada
62. Philip Schultz (born 1945), United States
63. Susan Polis Schutz (born 1944) United States
64. James Schuyler (1923–1991), United States
65. Delmore Schwartz (1913-1966), United States
66. Ruth L. Schwartz (born 1962), United States
67. Lloyd Schwartz (born 1941), United States
68. Armand Schwerner (1927-1999), United States
69. Stephen Scobie (born 1943), Canada
70. Clinton Scollard (1860-1932), United States
71. Alexander Scott (1520-1582), Scotland
72. Alexander Scott (1920-1989), Scotland
73. Clement William Scott (1841-1904), England
74. Dennis Scott (1939-1991), Jamaica
75. Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947), Canada
76. Evelyn Scott (1893-1963), United States
77. F.R. Scott (1899-1985), Canada
78. Frederick George Scott (1861-1944), Canada
79. Geoffrey Scott (1884-1929), England
80. Margaret Scott (1934-2005), Australia
81. Peter Dale Scott (born 1929), Canada
82. Rosie Scott (born 1948), New Zealand
83. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scotland
84. William Bell Scott (1811-1890), Scotland
85. Winfield Townley Scott (1910-1968), United States
86. Robert Paine Scripps (1895-1938), United States
87. Joseph Scriven (1819-1886), Canada
88. James Scully (born 1937), United States
89. Maurice Scully (born 1952), Ireland
90. Peter Scupham (born 1933), England

Se

1. Sir Owen Seaman (1861-1936), England
2. Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810-1876), United States
3. Peter Sears (born 1937), United States
4. Peter Seaton (1942-2010). United States
5. Sir Charles Sedley (1639-1701), England
6. Roger Sedarat (born 1971), United States
7. Alan Seeger (1888-1916), United States
8. Tim Seibles (born 1955), United States
9. Frederick Seidel (born 1936), United States
10. Hugh Seidman (born 1940), United States
11. Rebecca Seiferle (born 1951), United States
12. James Sempill (1566-1625), Scotland
13. Robert Sempill (?1530-1595), Scotland
14. Robert Sempill the younger (?1595-1663?), Scotland
15. Olive Senior (born 1941), Jamaica / Canada
16. Sipho Sepamla (1932-2007), South Africa
17. Seranus (1859-1935), Canada
18. Mongane Wally Serote (born 1944), South Africa
19. Martha Serpas (born 1965), United States
20. Nina Serrano (born 1934), United States
21. Robert W. Service (1874-1958), Scotland / Canada
22. Vijay Seshadri (born 1954), United States
23. Dr. Seuss (1904-1991), United States
24. Anna Seward (1747-1809), England
25. Anne Sexton (1928-1974), United States
26. Tom Sexton (born 1940), United States

Sh-Si

William Shakespeare

1. Thomas Shadwell (?1642-1692), England
2. Kathy Shaidle (born 1964), Canada
3. John Campbell Shairp (1819-1885), Scotland
4. William Shakespeare (1564-1616), England
5. Ilya Shambat (born 1975), Australia
6. Ntozake Shange (born 1948), United States
7. Ravi Shankar (born 1975), United States
8. Jo Shapcott (born 1953), England
9. Iain Sharp (born 1953), New Zealand
10. Alan Shapiro (born 1952), United States
11. David Shapiro (born 1947), United States
12. Harvey Shapiro (1924-2013), United States
13. Karl Shapiro (1913-2000), United States
14. G.S. Sharat Chandra (1935-2000), India / United States
15. Michael Sharkey (born 1946), Australia
16. William Sharp (1855-1905), Scotland
17. Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970), United States
18. Frances Shaw (1872-1937), United States
19. John Augustus Shea (1802-1845), Ireland / United States
20. Virna Sheard (1865-1943), Canada
21. Laurie Sheck, United States
22. Julie Sheehan, United States
23. Owen Sheers (born 1974), Wales
24. John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham (1648-1721), England
25. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), England
26. William Shenstone (1714-1763), England
27. Odell Shepard (1884-1967), United States 
28. Reginald Shepherd (1963-2008), United States
29. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), England
30. Francis Sherman (1871-1926), Canada
31. Joseph Sherman (1945-2006), Canada
32. Laura Sherry (1876-1947), United States
33. Pearl Andelson Sherry (1899-1966), United States
34. Carol Shields (1935-2003), Canada
35. Trish Shields, Canada
36. Jason Shinder (1955-2008), United States
37. James Shirley (1596-1666), England
38. Tanya Shirley (born 1976), Jamaica
39. Evie Shockley, United States
40. Jane Shore (born 1947), United States
41. Dora Sigerson Shorter (1866-1918), Ireland
42. Sandy Shreve (born 1950), Canada
43. Aaron Shurin (born 1947), United States
44. Shoshauna Shy, United States
45. Elizabeth Siddal (1829-1862), England
46. Joyce Sidman (born 1956), United States
47. Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621), England
48. Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), England
49. Melanie Siebert, Canada
50. Eli Siegel (1902-1978), United States
51. Robert Siegel (1939-2012), United States
52. Cedar Sigo (born 1978), United States
53. Lydia Sigourney (1791-1865), United States
54. Eleni Sikélianòs (born 1991), United States
55. Richard Siken (born 1967), United States
56. Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948), United States
57. Edward Rowland Sill (1841-1887), United States
58. Ron Silliman (born 1946), United States
59. Alan Sillitoe (1928-2010), England
60. Murray Silverstein (born 1943), United States
61. Shel Silverstein (1930-1999), United States
62. George Augustus Simcox (1841-1905), England
63. Charles Simic (born 1938), United States
64. Jim Simmerman (1952-2006), United States
65. Bartholomew Simmons (1804-1850), Ireland
66. James Simmons (1933-2001), Ireland
67. William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870), United States
68. Marge Simon (born 1942), United States
69. Anne Simpson (born 1956), Canada
70. Louis Simpson (born 1923), United States
71. Iain Sinclair (born 1943), England
72. John Sinclair (born 1941), United States
73. Sir Keith Sinclair (1922-1993), New Zealand
74. May Sinclair (1863-1946), England
75. Sue Sinclair, Canada
76. Marilyn Singer (born 1948), United States
77. Ram Krishna Singh (born 1950), India
78. Percy F. Sinnett , Australia
79. Hal Sirowitz (born 1949), United States
80. Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964), England
81. Sacheverell Sitwell (1897-1988), England

Sk-Sm

1. Sonja A. Skarstedt (1960-2009), Canada
2. John Skelton (1460–1529), England
3. Robin Skelton (1925-1997), England / Canada
4. Tom Skeyhill (1895-1932), Australia
5. Robert F. Skillings (1819-1902), United States
6. Judith Skillman (born 1954), United States
7. Constance Lindsay Skinner (1877-1939), Canada
8. Joseph Skipsey (1832-1903), England
9. Myra Sklarew (born 1934), United States
10. Floyd Skloot (born 1947), United States
11. Ed Skoog (born 1971), United States
12. Alex Skovron (born 1948), Australia
13. Douglas Sladen (1856-1947), England
14. William Slatyer (1587-1647), England
15. David R. Slavitt (born 1935), United States
16. e. smith sleigh (born 1977), United States
17. Tom Sleigh (born 1953), United States
18. Kenneth Slessor (1901-1971), Australia
19. Daniel Sloate (1931-2009), Canada
20. Carolyn Smart (born 1952), Canada
21. Christopher Smart (1722-1771), England
22. Elizabeth Smart (1913-1986), Canada / England
23. Dorothea Smartt (born 1963), England
24. Menella Bute Smedley (1820-1877), England
25. A.C. Smith , Australia
26. A.J.M. Smith (1902-1980), Canada
27. Alexander Smith (1830–1867), Scotland
28. Arabella Eugenia Smith (1844-1916), United States
29. Bruce Smith (born 1946), United States
30. Catherine Smith (born 1962), England
31. Charlie Smith (born 1947), United States
32. Charlotte Smith (1749–1806), England
33. Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961), United States
34. Dave Smith (born 1942), United States
35. Douglas Burnet Smith (born 1949), Canada
36. Edwin E. Smith (born 1968), United States
37. Elbert H. Smith, United States
38. Elihu Hubbard Smith (1771-1798), United States
39. Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806-1893), United States
40. Emelius Felix Smith (1778-1803), India
41. John Smith (1662-1717), England
42. John Smith (born 1927), Canada
43. John Gibson Smith (fl. 1834-1864), Scotland
44. Kay Smith (1911-2004), Canada
45. Langdon Smith (1858-1908), United States
46. Lewis Worthington Smith (1866-1947), United States
47. Marc Smith (born 1949), United States
48. Mary Barry Smith (1844-1914), Canada
49. Maurine Smith (died 1919), United States
50. Michael V. Smith, Canada
51. Patricia Smith (born 1955), United States
52. Patti Smith (born 1946), United States
53. R.T. Smith (born 1947), United States
54. Rod Smith (born 1962), United States
55. Ron Smith, Virginia
56. Stevie Smith (1902–1971), England
57. Sydney Smith (1771-1845), England
58. Thomas Charleton Smith (1794-1883), Ireland
59. Thomas Enort Smith (1797-1848 fl.), England
60. Tracy K. Smith (born 1972), United States
61. Vivian Smith (born 1933), Australia
62. Walter Chalmers Smith (1824-1908), England
63. Welton Smith (1940-2006), United States
64. William Smith (1596 fl.), England
65. William Jay Smith (born 1918), United States
66. William Wye Smith (1826-1917), Canada
67. Elizabeth Smither (born 1941), New Zealand
68. Kendrick Smithyman (1922-1995), New Zealand
69. Tobias Smollett (1721-1771), Scotland
70. Paul Smyth (1944-2006), United States
71. Albert E.S. Smythe (1861-1947), Canada

Sn-Sq

1. Florence D. Snelling, United States
2. Ann Snodgrass, United States
3. W.D. Snodgrass (1926-2009), United States
4. Carol Snow (born 1949), United States
5. Edward Snow, United States
6. Eliza R. Snow (1804-1887), United States
7. Joseph Snow (1813-1845 fl.), England
8. Craig Snyder, United States
9. Gary Snyder (born 1930), United States
10. Gustaf Sobin (1935-2005), United States / France
11. Karen Solie (born 1966), Canada
12. Roberto Solis (born 1945), United States
13. John Solomon, Canada
14. Laura Solomon (born 1974), New Zealand
15. David Solway (born 1941), Canada
16. William Somerville (1675-1742), England
17. Cathy Song (born 1955), United States
18. Madeline Sonik (born 1960), Canada
19. Charles Hamilton Sorley (1895–1915), Scotland
20. Gilbert Sorrentino (1929-2006), United States
21. William Sotheby (1757-1833), England
22. Gary Soto (born 1952), United States
23. Carolyn Marie Souaid (born 1959), Canada
24. Raymond Souster (1921-2012), Canada
25. William Soutar (1898-1946), Scotland
26. James Carnegie, Earl of Southesk (1827-1905), Scotland
27. Caroline Southey (1786-1854), England.
28. Robert Southey (1774-1843), England
29. Saint Robert Southwell (1561–1595), England
30. Solomon Southwick (1773-1839), United States
31. Wole Soyinka (born 1934), Nigeria
32. Lisa Russ Spaar, United States
33. Juliana Spahr (born 1966), United States
34. John Spaulding, United States
35. Herman Spector (1905-1959) United States
36. A.B. Spellman (born 1935), United States
37. Anne Spencer (1882–1975), United States
38. Frederick Charles Spencer (?1796-1831?), England
39. Theodore Spencer (1902-1949), United States
40. Thomas E. Spencer (1845-1910), Australia
41. Stephen Spender (1909-1995), England
42. Ambrose Spenser (1829 fl.), England
43. Edmund Spenser (1552-1599), England
44. Leonora Speyer (1872-1956), United States
45. Jack Spicer (1925-1965), United States
46. Harriet Prescott Spofford (1835-1891), United States
47. Henry Sandford Spofford (1845-1868), United States
48. Jean Sprackland (born 1962), England
49. Charles Sprague (1791-1875), United States
50. Thomas Spring (died 1794), Ireland
51. Jane Springer, United States
52. Birk Sproxton (1943-2007), Canada
53. Geoffrey Squires (born 1942), Ireland

St

1. William Stafford (1914-1993), United States
2. Alex Staines (born 1962), New Zealand
3. A.E. Stallings (born 1968), United States
4. Jon Stallworthy (born 1935), England
5. John Stammers (born 1954), England
6. Harold Standish (1919-1972), Canada
7. Frank Stanford (1948-1978), United States
8. George Stanley (born 1934), United States / Canada
9. Thomas Stanley (1625-1678), England
10. Frank L. Stanton (1857-1927), United States
11. Henry T. Stanton (1834-1899), United States
12. Joseph Stanton (born 1949), United States
13. George Starbuck (1931-1996), United States
14. Victor Starbuck (1887-1935), United States
15. Carmine Starnino (born 1970), Canada
16. Nicolette Stasko (born 1950), Australia
17. C.K. Stead (born 1932), New Zealand
18. William Force Stead (1884-1967), United States
19. Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908), United States
20. Richard Steele (1672-1729), Ireland / England
21. Timothy Steele (born 1948), United States
22. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), United States
23. Edward Steinhardt (born 1961), United States
24. Mattie Stepanek (1990-2004), United States
25. James Kenneth Stephen (1859-1892), England
26. A.G. Stephens (1865-1933), Australia
27. Ian Stephens (1954-1996), Canada
28. James Brunton Stephens (1835-1902), Scotland / Australia
29. James Stephens (1880–1950), Ireland
30. Shelby Stephenson (born 1938), United States
31. George Sterling (1869-1926), United States
32. John Sterling (1806-1844), England
33. Joseph Sterling (1768-1794 fl.), Ireland
34. Gerald Stern (born 1925), United States
35. Ricardo Sternberg (born 1948), Canada
36. C.J. Stevens (born 1927), United States
37. James Thomas Stevens (born 1966), United States
38. Thomas Wood Stevens (1880-1942), United States
39. Wallace Stevens (1880-1955), United States
40. William Bagshaw Stevens (1756-1800), England
41. Anne Stevenson (born 1933), England / United States
42. Richard Stevenson (born 1952), Canada
43. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scotland
44. William Stevenson (1530-1573), England
45. Amanda Stewart (born 1959), Australia
46. Douglas Stewart (1913-1985), Australia
47. Harold Stewart (1916-1995), Australia
48. H.W. Stewart (1883-1947), Australia
49. John Stewart (1800-1816 fl.), Ireland
50. W. Gregory Stewart (born 1950), United States
51. Trumbull Stickney (1874-1904), United States
52. John Stigall (1951-2009), United States
53. John Stiles (born 1966), Canada
54. James Still (1906-2001), United States
55. Percival Stockdale (1736-1811), England
56. Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909), United States
57. Elizabeth Stoddard (1823-1902), United States
58. Lorimer Stoddard (1863-1901), United States
59. Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903), United States
60. Henry Sewell Stokes (1808-1895), England
61. Anne Stone (born 1969), Canada
62. Charles Wharton Stork (1881-1971), United States
63. Thomas Stott (1755-1829), Ireland
64. Robert Story (1795-1860), England
65. William Wetmore Story (1819-1895), United States / Italy
66. Adrien Stoutenburg (1916-1982), United States
67. Randolph Stow (1935-2010), Australia
68. Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), United States
69. John Strachan (1829 fl.), Scotland
70. John Stradling (1563-1637), England
71. John Straley (born 1953), United States
72. Mark Strand (born 1934), United States
73. Thomas Stratford (1735-1784?), Ireland
74. Barry Straton (1854-1906), Canada
75. Jennifer Strauss (born 1933), Australia
76. Liane Strauss, England
77. Peter Streckfus (born 1969), United States
78. Agnes Strickland (1796-1874), England
79. Stephanie Strickland (born 1942), United States
80. Arthur Stringer (1874-1950), Canada / United States
81. Marion Strobel (1895-1967), United States
82. William Strode (1600-1643), England
83. Leonard Strong (1896-1958), England
84. Joseph Stroud (born 1943), United States
85. Betsy Struthers (born 1951), Canada
86. John Struthers (1776-1853), Scotland
87. Lucien Stryk (born 1924), United States
88. Jesse Stuart (1907-1984), United States
89. Muriel Stuart (1889-1967), Scotland
90. Ruth McEnery Stuart (1849-1917), United States
91. Michael Sturdy (born 1969), United States
92. Frank Pearce Sturm (1879-1942), England

Su-Sz

Algernon Charles Swinburne

1. Virgil Suárez (born 1962), United States
2. Mike Subritzky (born 1950), New Zealand
3. Sir John Suckling (1609-1642), England
4. Ira Sukrungruang (born 1976), United States
5. A.M. Sullivan (1896–1980), United States
6. Alan Sullivan (1868-1947), Canada
7. Robert Sullivan (born 1967), New Zealand
8. Rosemary Sullivan (born 1947), Canada
9. Paul Summers (born 1967), England
10. Sekou Sundiata (1948-2007), United States
11. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (?1517-1547), England
12. John Sutherland (1919-1956), Canada
13. Joyce Sutphen (born 1949), United States
14. Barton Sutter (born 1949), United States
15. H.S. Sutton (1825-1901), England
16. Charles Swain (1801-1874), England
17. Shri Purohit Swami (1882-1941), India
18. William Swan (1791-1866), Scotland
19. Mary Swander (born 1950), United States
20. Thomas Burnett Swann (1928-1976), United States
21. Robert Swanson (1905-1994), Canada
22. John Swanwick (1740-1798), United States
23. Robert Sward (born 1933), Canada / United States
24. George Swede (born 1940), Canada
25. John Sweet (born 1968), United States
26. Cole Swensen (born 1955), United States
27. Karen Swenson (born 1936), United States
28. May Swenson (1913-1989), United States
29. Edmund Lewis Swift (1777-1875), England
30. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Ireland
31. Theophilus Swift (1746-1815), Ireland
32. Todd Swift (born 1966), Canada
33. Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909), England
34. Bobbi Sykes (born 1945)
35. James Joseph Sylvester (1814-1897), England
36. Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes (1943-2010), Australia
37. Joshua Sylvester (1563–1618), England
38. Arthur Symons (1865–1945), England
39. John Addington Symonds (1840-1853), England
40. John Millington Synge (1871-1909), Ireland
41. Arthur Sze (born 1950), United States
42. George Szirtes (born 1948), England
43. Larissa Szporluk (born 1967), United States
44. Anne Szumigalski (1922-1999), Canada
45. Mary Szybist (born 1970), United States
46. Stacy Szymaszek (born 1969), United States

T

Alfred Tennyson

Ta-Th

1. John Banister Tabb (1845-1909), United States
2. Eileen Tabios (born 1960), United States
3. Genevieve Taggard (1894-1948), United States
4. John Taggart (born 1942), United States
5. John Tait (1748-1817), Scotland
6. Mary TallMountain (1918-1994), United States
7. Amber Tamblyn (born 1983), United States
8. Margo Tamez (born 1962), United States 
9. Paul Tanaquil (1898-1972), United States
10. F.W. Tancred (1874-1925), England
11. Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012), United States
12. Luci Tapahonso (born 1953), United States
13. Anne Tardos, United States
14. Nathaniel Tarn (born 1928), England / United States
15. Allen Tate (1899-1979), United States
16. James Tate (1943-2015), United States
17. Nahum Tate (1652-1715), Ireland / England
18. Ann Taylor (1782-1866), England
19. Bert Leston Taylor (1866-1921), United States
20. Bruce Taylor (born 1947), United States
21. Bruce Taylor (born 1960), Canada
22. Edward Taylor (1645-1729), United States
23. Edward Robeson Taylor (1838-1923), United States
24. Eleanor Ross Taylor (1920-2011), United States
25. Emily Taylor (1795-1872), England
26. George Taylor (1805-1821 fl.), England
27. Heather Taylor (born 1977), Canada / England
28. Sir Henry Taylor (1800-1866), England
29. Henry S. Taylor (born 1942), United States
30. Jane Taylor (1783-1824), England
31. John Taylor (1580-1653), England
32. John Taylor (1757-1832), England
33. Ken Taylor (born 1930), Australia
34. Marilyn Taylor, United States
35. Ruth Taylor (1961-2006), Canada
36. Tom Taylor (1817-1880), England
37. William Taylor (1765-1836), England
38. Michelle Tea (born 1971), United States
39. Brian Teare (born 1974), United States
40. Sara Teasdale (1883-1933), United States
41. Barry Tebb (born 1942), England
42. Michael Teig (born 1968), United States
43. James Telfer (1800-1862), Scotland
44. Robbie Q. Telfer (born 1980), United States
45. Todd Temkin (born 1964), United States / Chile
46. Kate Tempest (born 1986), England
47. William Temple (1628-1699), England
48. William Tennant (1784-1848), Scotland
49. Alfred Tennyson, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), England
50. Frederick Tennyson (1807-1898), England
51. John Terpstra, Canada
52. Dabney Carr Terrell (1801-1827), United State
53. Maria Terrone (born 1951), United States
54. Lucy Terry (?1730-1821), United States
55. William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), England
56. Celia Thaxter (1835-1894), United States
57. Ernest Thayer (1863-1940), United States
58. William Roscoe Thayer (1859-1923), United States
59. John Thelwall (1764-1834), England
60. Lewis Theobald (1688-1744), England
61. Sharon Thesen (born 1946), Canada
62. Colleen Thibaudeau (1925-2012), Canada
63. William Thom (1799-1848), Scotland
64. Dylan Thomas (1914-1953), Wales
65. Edith M. Thomas (1854-1925), United States
66. Edward Thomas (1878-1917), Wales
67. Elizabeth Thomas (1675-1731), England
68. Lorenzo Thomas (1944-2005), United States
69. Margaret Thomas (1842-1929), Australia
70. R.S. Thomas (1913-2000), Wales
71. Clara Ann Thompson (1869-1949), United States
72. Dunstan Thompson (1918-1975), United States / England
73. Francis Thompson (1859-1907), England
74. Gilbert Thompson (1728-1803), England
75. Isaac Thompson (1702-1776), England
76. John Thompson (1938-1976), Canada
77. Maurice Thompson (1844-1901), United States
78. William Thompson (?1712-1766?), England
79. William Irwin Thompson (born 1938), United States
80. Alexander Thomson (1763-1803), Scotland
81. Charles Thomson (born 1953), England
82. E.W. Thomson (1849-1924), Canada
83. James Thomson (1700-1748), Scotland
84. James Thomson (1817-1820 fl.), England
85. James Thomson (B.V.) (1834-1882), Scotland
86. Samuel Thomson (1766-1816), Ireland
87. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), United States
88. Wilfrid Thorley (1878-1963), England
89. Romaine Joseph Thorn (?1764-1850), England
90. George Walter Thornbury (1828-1876), England
91. Tim Thorne (born 1944), Australia
92. N. Howard Thorp (1867-1940), United States
93. Edward Thurlow (1781-1829), England
94. Anthony Thwaite (born 1930), England

Ti-Ty

1. Chidiock Tichborne (1558-1586), England
2. Richard Tickell (1751-1793), England
3. Thomas Tickell (1685-1740), England
4. Matthew Tierney (born 1970), Canada
5. Richard L. Tierney (born 1936), United States
6. Eunice Tietjens (1884-1944), United States
7. Mary Tighe (1772-1810), Ireland
8. Richard Tillinghast (born 1940), United States
9. Jane Timbury (1770-1791 fl.), England
10. Richard Tipping (born 1949), Australia
11. Allison Titus (born 1976), United States
12. Nick Toczek (born 1950), England
13. John Todhunter (1839-1916), Ireland
14. Robert Tofte (died 1620), England
15. J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), England
16. Melvin B. Tolson (1896-1966), United States
17. Charles Tomlinson (born 1927), England
18. Charles Tompson (1807-1883), Australia
19. Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (1790-1846), England
20. Lee Tonouchi (born circa 1972), United States
21. Jean Toomer (1894-1967), United States
22. George Philip Toosey (died 1795), England
23. Angela Topping (born 1954), England
24. Ridgely Torrence (1874-1950), United States
25. Rodney Torreson (born 1951), United States
26. Rodrigo Toscano, United States
27. Nick Tosches (born 1949), United States
28. Tony Tost (born 1975), United States
29. Lola Lemire Tostevin (born 1937), Canada
30. Cecil Touchon (born 1956), United States
31. Cyril Tourneur (?1575-1626), England
32. Charles Hanson Towne (1877-1949), United States
33. George Townsend (1788-1857), England
34. Aurelian Townshend (?1583-1643?), England
35. Chauncy Hare Townshend (1798-1868), England
36. Thomas Townshend (1791-1801 fl.), Ireland
37. Thomas Traherne (?1636-1674), England
38. John Tranter (born 1943), Australia
39. Joseph Trapp (1679-1747), England
40. Henry Travers (died 1754), England
41. Mark Tredinnick (born 1962), Australia
42. Iris Tree (1897-1968), England
43. Elizabeth Trefusis (1762-1809), England
44. Bill Tremblay (born 1940), United States
45. Herbert Trench (1865-1923), Ireland
46. Melesina Trench (1768-1827), Ireland
47. Richard Chenevix Trench (1807-1886), Ireland
48. Natasha Trethewey (born 1966), United States
49. R.C. Trevelyan (1872-1951), England
50. Arlene Tribbia, United States
51. Wesley Trimpi (1928-2014), United States
52. David Trinidad (born 1953), United States
53. John Tripp (1927-1986), Wales
54. Alexander Trocchi (1925-1984), Scotland
55. Quincy Troupe (born 1939), United States
56. Peter Trower (born 1930), Canada
57. John Trumbull (1750-1831), United States
58. Mark Truscott (born 1970), Canada
59. Dimitris Tsaloumas (born 1949), Australia
60. Helen Tsiriotakis (born 1967), Canada
61. David Tucker (born 1947), United States
62. St. George Tucker (1752-1827), United States
63. James Alexander Tucker (1872-1903), Canada
64. Nathaniel Tucker (1750-1807), England
65. Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821-1873), United States
66. Jewell Bothwell Tull (1889-1963), United States
67. Martin F. Tupper (1810-1889), England
68. George Turberville (?1540-1610?), England
69. Lewis Turco (born 1934), United States
70. Gael Turnbull (1928-2004) Scotland
71. Gavin Turnbull (1765-1816), Scotland / United States
72. Brian Turner (born 1944), New Zealand
73. Brian Turner (born 1967), United States
74. Charles Tennyson Turner (1808-1879), England
75. Julian Turner (born 1955), England
76. Nancy Byrd Turner (1880-1971), United States
77. Walter J. Turner (1889-1946), England
78. Genya Turovskaya (born 1973), United States
79. Thomas Tusser (?1524-1580), England
80. Hone Tuwhare (1922-2008), New Zealand
81. Mark Twain (1835-1910), United States
82. Chase Twichell (born 1950), United States
83. E. Donald Two-Rivers (1945-2008), United States
84. Katharine Tynan (1861-1931), Ireland / England
85. Michael Tyrell (born 1974), United States
86. John Tyndall (born 1951), Canada
87. Maxine Tynes (1943-2011), Canada
88. Richard St. John Tyrwhitt (1827-1895), England

U

1. Doug Underhill (born 1946), Canada
2. Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941), England
3. John Curtis Underwood (1874-1949), United States
4. David Unger (born 1950), United States
5. Jean Starr Untermeyer (1886-1970), United States
6. Louis Untermeyer (1885-1977), United States
7. John Updike (1932-2009), United States
8. Priscila Uppal (born 1974), Canada
9. Charles Upton (born 1948), United States
10. Thomas Cogswell Upham (1799-1872), United States
11. John Upton (1707-1760), England
12. Allen Upward (1863-1926), England
13. Jane Urquhart (born 1949), Canada
14. Luís Alberto Urrea (born 1955), United States
15. David UU (1948-1994), Canada
16. Amy Uyematsu (born 1947), United States

V

1. Laurence Vail (1891-1968), United States / France
2. Catherynne M. Valente (born 1979), United States
3. Jean Valentine (born 1934), United States
4. Sheldon Vanauken (1914-1996), United States
5. Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931), United States
6. Mark Van Doren (1894-1972), United States
7. Sally Van Doren, United States
8. Mona Van Duyn (1921-2004), United States
9. Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933), United States
10. Peter Van Toorn (born 1944), Canada
11. Anna Jane Vardill (1781-1852), England
12. Henry Vaughan (1621-1695), Wales
13. R.M. Vaughan (born 1965), Canada
14. William Vaughan (1577-1641), Wales
15. Thomas Vaux, Baron Vaux (1509-1556), England
16. David Vedder (1790-1854), Scotland
17. Janine Pommy Vega (1942-2010), United States
18. John Veitch (1829-1894), Scotland
19. Margaret Veley (1843-1887), England
20. M.R. Venkatesh (born 1972), India
21. Richard Vennar (died 1615), England
22. Steve Venright (born 1961), Canada
23. Pasquale Verdicchio (born 1954), Canada
24. Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814-1902), Ireland
25. Paul Vermeersch (born 1973), Canada
26. Katherena Vermette (born 1977), Canada
27. William Vernon (1757-1761 fl.), England
28. Charles Verral (1810-1815 fl.), England
29. George Anderson Vetch (1785-1873), Scotland
30. Jones Very (1813-1880), United States
31. Benjamin Victor (died 1778), England / Ireland
32. Vicki Viidikas (1948-1998), Australia
33. Roger Viets (1738-1811), Canada
34. José Garcia Villa (1908-1997), Philippines
35. Luisa Villani (born 1964), United States
36. Paul Violi (1944-2011), United States
37. Nick Virgilio (1928-1989), United States
38. Gerald Vizenor (born 1934), United States
39. Ellen Bryant Voigt (born 1943), United States
40. Karen Volkman (born 1967), United States

W

Derek Walcott

Wa

1. Miriam Waddington (1917-2004), Canada
2. Samuel Waddington (1844-1923), England
3. Thomas Wade (1805-1875), England
4. Catherine Wagner (born 1969), United States
5. David Wagoner (born 1926), Washington
6. Fred Wah (born 1939), Canada
7. John Wain (1925-1994), England
8. Buddy Wakefield (born 1974), United States
9. Diane Wakoski (born 1937), United States
10. Derek Walcott (born 1930), Saint Lucia
11. Diane Wald, United States
12. Alfred Islay Walden (1847-1884), United States
13. Anne Waldman (born 1945), United States
14. Liz Waldner, United States
15. G.C. Waldrep (born 1968), United States
16. Keith Waldrop (born 1932), United States
17. Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935), United States
18. Alice Walker (born 1944), United States
19. Anna Louisa Walker (1836-1907), Canada / England
20. James Scott Walker (1793-1850), England
21. Jeanne Murray Walker (born 1944), United States
22. Margaret Walker (1915-1998), United States
23. William Sidney Walker (1795-1846), England
24. Bronwen Wallace (1945-1989), Canada
25. Chris Wallace-Crabbe (born 1934), Australia
26. Ronald Wallace (born 1945), United States
27. Tony Wallace, United States
28. Bryan Waller (1765-1842), England
29. Edmund Waller (1606-1687), England
30. Tom Walmsley (born 1948), Canada
31. Horace Walpole (1717-1797), England
32. Francis Walrond (1875-1948), South Africa
33. Agnes Walsh (born 1950), Canada
34. Ernest Walsh (1895-1926), United States / France
35. William Walsh (1663-1708), England
36. David Waltner-Toews (born 1948), Canada
37. Eda Lou Walton (1894-1961), United States
38. Izaak Walton (1593-1683), England
39. Clarence A. Walworth (1820-1900), United States
40. Connie Wanek, (born 1952), United States
41. BJ Ward (born 1967), United States
42. Christian Ward (born 1980), England
43. Diane Ward (born 1956), United States
44. Frederick William Orde Ward (1834-1922), England
45. James Ward (1714-1724 fl.), Ireland
46. Sarah Wardle (born 1969), England
47. Catherine Ann Warfield (1816-1877), United States
48. Anna Laetitia Waring (1823-1910), Wales
49. Elijah Waring (1809-1850 fl.), England
50. Samuel Miller Waring (1792-1827), England
51. Emily Warn, United States
52. Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978), England
53. William Warner (?1558-1609), England
54. Bertram Warr (1917-1943), Canada / England
55. Gretchen Warren (1868-1961), United States
56. John Byrne Leicester Warren, Baron de Tabley (1835-1985), England
57. Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), United States
58. Rosanna Warren (born 1953), United States
59. Joseph Warton (1722-1800), England
60. Thomas Warton (1728-1790), England
61. David Atwood Wasson (1823-1887), United States
62. Terry Watada (born 1951), Canada
63. Gilbert Waterhouse (1883-1916), England
64. Michael Waters (born 1949), United States
65. Vernon Watkins (1906-1967), Wales
66. William Jon Watkins (born 1942), United States
67. James Wreford Watson (1915-1990), Canada
68. Minor Watson (1941 fl.), United States
69. Thomas Watson (1555-1592), England
70. Wilfred Watson (1911-1998), Canada
71. Sir William Watson (1858-1935), England
72. Alison Watt (born 1957), Canada
73. Bob Watt (1925-2012), United States
74. Barrett Watten (born 1948), United States
75. Willard Wattles (1888-1950), United States
76. Alaric Alexander Watts (1797-1864), England
77. Isaac Watts (1674-1748), England
78. Edwin Waugh (1817-1890), England
79. Gregory Lewis Way (1756-1799), England
80. Tom Wayman (born 1945), Canada
81. April Halprin Wayland (born 1954)

We-Wh

Walt Whitman

1. Frederic Weatherly (1848-1929), England
2. Afaa M. Weaver (born 1951), United States
3. John V.A. Weaver (1893-1938), United States
4. Charles Harper Webb (born 1952), United States
5. Jim Webb (born 1945), United States
6. Mary Webb (1881-1927), England
7. Phyllis Webb (born 1927), Canada
8. Charles Webbe (circa 1678), England
9. Cornelius Webbe (1813-1837 fl.), England
10. Augusta Webster (1837-1894), England
11. John Webster (?1580-1634?), England
12. Paul Francis Webster (1907-1984), United States
13. Rebecca Wee, United States
14. Nathaniel Weekes (1752-1785 fl.), England
15. John Weever (1576-1632), England
16. Bruce Weigl (born 1949), United States
17. Eliot Weinberger (born 1949), United States
18. Hannah Weiner (1928-1997), United States
19. Joshua Weiner, United States
20. Paul Weinman (1940-2015), United States
21. Arthur Weir (1864-1902), Canada
22. Robert Stanley Weir (1856-1926), Canada
23. Theodore Weiss (1916-2003), United States
24. Don Welch (born 1939), United States
25. James Welch (1940-2003), United States
26. Lew Welch (1926-1971?), United States
27. Liliane Welch (born 1937), Canada
28. Sarah Welch (1851-1914?), Australia
29. Marjorie Welish (born 1944), United States
30. Archie Weller (born 1957), Australia
31. Dorothy Wellesley (1889-1956), England
32. Charles Jeremiah Wells (1799-1879), England
33. Carolyn Wells (1862-1942), United States
34. Zachariah Wells (born 1976), Canada
35. Leonard Welsted (1688-1747), England
36. Joe Wenderoth (born 1966), United States
37. William Wentworth (1790-1872), Australia
38. John Werge (born 1728), England
39. Darren Wershler (born 1966), Canada
40. Glenway Wescott (1901-1987), United States / France
41. Charles Wesley (1707-1788), England
42. John Wesley (1703-1791), England
43. Samuel Wesley (1662-1735), England
44. Samuel Wesley (1691-1739), England
45. Gilbert West (1703-1756), England
46. Jane West (1758-1852), England
47. Matthew West (1749-1814), Ireland
48. Paul West (born 1930), England / United States
49. Richard West (1716-1742), England
50. Richard Westall (1765-1836), England
51. Mildred Weston (1905-1998), United States
52. Thomas Westwood (1814-1888), England 
53. Ethelwyn Wetherald (1857-1940), Canada
54. Rachel Wetzsteon (1967-2009), United States
55. R. Wever (fl. 1549-1553), England
56. David Wevill (born 1935), Canada
57. Philip Whalen (1923-2002), United States
58. John Whaley (1710-1745), England
59. George Whalley (1915-1983), Canada
60. John Whalley (died 1748), England
61. Mark Whalon (1886-1956), United States
62. Dawud Wharnsby (born 1972), Canada
63. Edith Wharton (1862-1937), United States
64. Gordon Wharton (born 1929), England
65. John Wheatcroft (born 1925), United States
66. Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), United States
67. Susan Wheeler (born 1955), United States
68. John Hall Wheelock (1886-1978), United States
69. John Wheelwright (1897-1940), United States
70. Michael Whelan (1858-1937), Canada
71. George Whetstone (?1544-1587?), England
72. Anthony Whistler (1714-1754), England
73. E.B. White (1899-1985), United States
74. Edward Lucas White (1866-1934), United States
75. Henry Kirke White (1785-1806), England
76. Hervey White (1866-1944), United States
77. John Nesbitt White (1788-1805), England
78. Joseph Blanco White (1775-1841), England
79. Gary J. Whitehead (born 1965), United States
80. William Whitehead (1715-1785), England
81. John Whitehouse (1756-1824), England
82. Henry Whitfield (1776-1816), England
83. Ruth Whitman (1922-1999), United States
84. Sarah Helen Whitman (1803-1878), United States
85. Walt Whitman (1819–1892), United States
86. A.D.T. Whitney (1824-1906), United States
87. Geoffrey Whitney (?1548-1601?), England
88. Isabella Whitney (1567-1573 fl.), England
89. Zoe Whittall (born 1976), Canada
90. Reed Whittemore (1919-2012), United States
91. John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892), United States
92. William Henry Whitworth, England
93. David Whyte (born 1955), England
94. Samuel Whyte (1733-1811), Ireland

Wi

William Carlos Williams

1. Anna Wickham (1884-1947), England
2. Les Wicks (born 1955), Australia
3. Margaret Widdemer (1884-1978), United States
4. John Wieners (1934-2002), United States
5. Dara Wier (born 1949), United States
6. Anne Pierson Wiese (born 1964), United States
7. Jeremiah Wiffen (1792-1836), England
8. Richard Wilbur (born 1921), United States
9. Carlos Wilcox (1794-1827), United States
10. Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919), United States
11. Jane Wilde (1821-1896), Ireland
12. Oscar Wilde (1854-900), Ireland / England
13. Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1843), United States
14. Amos N. Wilder (1895-1983), United States
15. Charlotte Wilder (1898-1980), United States
16. William Wilkie (1721-1772), Scotland
17. Anne Wilkinson (1910-1961), Canada
18. Edward Wilkinson (1600-1603 fl.), England
19. Florence Wilkinson (born 1878), United States
20. John Wilkinson (born 1953), England
21. Marguerite Wilkinson (1883-1928), United States
22. Nancy Willard (born 1936), United States
23. Charles Willeford (1919-1988), United States
24. William of Shoreham (14th century), England
25. Charles Hanbury Williams (1708-1759), England
26. C.K. Williams (1936-2015), United States
27. Edward Williams (1746-1826), Wales
28. Emmett Williams (1925-2007), United States
29. Helen Maria Williams (1761-1827), England
30. Hugo Williams (born 1942), England
31. John Williams (1761-1818), England
32. Jonathan Williams (1929-2008), United States
33. Julia Williams (born 1976), Canada
34. Miller Williams (1930-2015), United States
35. Oscar Williams (1900-1964), United States
36. Paul O. Williams (1935-2009), United States
37. Philip Lee Williams (born 1950), United States
38. Sarah Williams (1841-1868), England
39. Saul Williams (born 1972), United States
40. Sherley Anne Williams (1944-1999), United States
41. Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), United States
42. William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), United States
43. Frank S. Williamson (1865-1936), Australia
44. Greg Williamson (born 1964), United States
45. Elizabeth Willis (born 1961), United States
46. James Wills (1790-1868), Ireland
47. Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867), United States
48. W.G. Wills (1820-1891), Ireland
49. Forceythe Willson (1837-1867), United States
50. James Brydges Willyams (1772-1820), England
51. Clive Wilmer (born 1945), England
52. Frank Wilmot (1881-1942), Australia
53. John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647-1680), England
54. Walter Leslie Wilmshurst (1867-1939), England
55. Eleanor Wilner (born 1937), United States
56. Alexander Wilson (1766-1813), Scotland / United States
57. Anne Wilson (1848-1930), Australia / New Zealand
58. Anne Elizabeth Wilson (1901-1946), Canada
59. Cornwell Baron Wilson (1797-1846), England
60. Edmund Wilson (1893-1972), United States
61. Emily Wilson (born 1968), United States
62. John Wilson (1785-1854), Scotland
63. Peter Lamborn Wilson (born 1945), United States
64. Sheri-D Wilson (born 1958), Canada
65. Christian Wiman (born 1966), United States
66. Rob Winger (born 1974), Canada
67. Septimus Winner (1827-1902), United States
68. John Winstanley (died 1750), Ireland
69. William Winstanley (?1628-1698), England
70. Anne Winters, United States
71. Yvor Winters (1900-1968), United States
72. George Wither (1588-1667), England
73. Sam Witt (born 1970), United States
74. Amy Witting (1918-2001), Australia

Wo-Wy

William Wordsworth

1. Roger Woddis (1917-1993), England
2. Michael Wodhull (1740-1816), England
3. Warren Woessner (born 1944), United States
4. John Wolcot (1738-1819), England
5. Larry Woiwode (born 1941), United States
6. David Wojahn (born 1953), United States
7. Charles Wolfe (1791-1823), Ireland
8. Adolf Wolff (1883-1944), United States
9. Rebecca Wolff (born 1967), United States
10. John Barton Wolgamot. United States
11. Sholeh Wolpé (born 1962), Unites States
12. Terry Wolverton (born 1954), United States
13. Alison Wong (born 1960), New Zealand
14. Nellie Wong (born 1934), United States
15. Briar Wood (born 1958), New Zealand
16. Charles E.S. Wood (1852-1944), United States
17. Clement Wood (1888-1950), United States
18. Susan Wood (born 1946), United States
19. George E. Woodberry (1852-1930), United States
20. George Woodcock (1912-1995), Canada
21. Samuel Woodford (1636-1700), England
22. George Woodley (1746-1826), England
23. Constance Woodrow (1899-1937), Canada
24. Margaret L. Woods (1856-1945), England
25. E.A. Woodward (born 1858), United States
26. George Woodward (1727-1730 fl.), England
27. George M. Woodward (?1760-1809), England
28. Samuel Woodworth (1784-1832), United States
29. Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855), England
30. Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth (1840-1932), England
31. William Wordsworth (1770-1850), England
32. Bryan Thao Worra (born 1973), United States
33. Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639), England
34. William Woty (?1731-1791), England
35. Theodore Wratislaw (1871-1933), England
36. C.D. Wright (born 1949), United States
37. Charles Wright (born 1935), United States
38. David McKee Wright (1869-1928), New Zealand / Australia
39. Elizur Wright (1804-1885), United States
40. Franz Wright (born 1953), United States
41. James Wright (1927-1980), United States
42. Jay Wright (born 1935), United States
43. John Wright (1805-1843?), Scotland
44. Judith Wright (1915-2000), Australia
45. Kirby Wright (born 1955), United States
46. Richard Wright (1908-1960), United States
47. Robert Wrigley (born 1951), United States
48. Harold Verschoyle Wrong (1891-1916), Ontario
49. Lady Mary Wroth (1587-1653), England
50. Mark Wunderlich (born 1968), United States
51. Edith Wyatt (1873-1958), United States
52. Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542), England
53. John Allan Wyeth (1894-1981), United States
54. Elinor Wylie (1885-1928), United States
55. John Huddlestone Wynne (1743-1788), England

X

1. Emanuel Xavier (born 1971), United States

Y

W.B. Yeats

1. Mitsuye Yamada (born 1923), United States
2. Lois-Ann Yamanaka (born 1961), United States
3. Leo Yankevich (born 1961), United States / Poland
4. J. Michael Yates (born 1938), Canada
5. John Yau (born 1950), United States
6. Ann Yearsley (1753-1806), England
7. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Ireland
8. Stephen Yenser (born 1941), United States
9. Eric Mackay Yeoman (1885-1909), Canada
10. David Yezzi (born 1966), United States
11. Jane Yolen (born 1939), United States
12. Jean Yoon (born 1962), Canada
13. Jake Adam York (1972-2012), United States
14. Monica Youn (born 1971), United States
15. Al Young (born 1939), United States
16. C. Dale Young (born 1969), United States
17. David Young (born 1936), United States
18. D'bi Young, Canada
19. Dean Young (born 1955), United States
20. Edward Young (1683-1765), England
21. Ella Young (1867-1956), Ireland
22. Kevin Young (born 1970), United States
23. Patricia Young (born 1954), Canada
24. Ray Young Bear (born 1950), United States
25. Joy Yourcenar (1963-2016), United States
26. Ouyang Yu (born 1955), Australia
27. Pamelia Vining Yule (1826-1897), Canada

Z

1. Matthew Zapruder (born 1967), United States
2. Lisa Zaran (born 1969), United States
3. Cynthia Zarin (born 1959), United States
4. Bill Zavatsky (born 1943), United States
5. Andrew Zawacki (born 1972), United States
6. Ofelia Zepeda (born 1952), United States
7. Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958), England
8. David Zieroth (born 1946) Canada
9. Paul Zimmer (born 1934), United States
10. Paul Edwin Zimmer (1943-1997), United States
11. Musaemura Zimunya (born 1949), Zimbabwe
12. Sheldon Zitner (1925-2005), Canada
13. Rachel Zolf (born 1968),, Canada
14. Carolyn Zonailo (born 1947), Canada
15. Ahmos Zu-Bolton (1943-2005), United States
16. Rachel Zucker (born 1971), United States
17. Louis Zukofsky (1904–1978), United States
18. Martha Zweig, United States
19. Fay Zwicky (born 1933), Australia
20. Jan Zwicky (born 1955), Canada

See also

• Category:English-language poets
• List of poets

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