List of English-language poets

This is a list of English-language poets, who have written much of their poetry in English. Main country of residence as a poet (not place of birth): A = Australia, Ag = Antigua, B = Barbados, Bo = Bosnia, C = Canada, Ch = Chile, Cu = Cuba, D = Dominica, De = Denmark, E = England, F = France, G = Germany, Ga = Gambia, Gd = Grenada, Gh = Ghana/Gold Coast, Gr = Greece, Gu = Guyana/British Guiana, Gy = Guernsey, HK = Hong Kong, In = India, IoM = Isle of Man, Is = Israel, Ir = Ireland, It = Italy, J = Jamaica, Je = Jersey, Jp = Japan, K = Kenya, L = Lebanon, M = Malta, Me = Mexico, Mo = Montserrat, Ne = Nepal, Nf = Newfoundland (colony), Ni = Nigeria, NI = Northern Ireland, Nt = Netherlands, NZ = New Zealand, P = Pakistan, Pa = Palestine, Ph = Philippines, PI = Pitcairn Islands, RE = Russian Empire, S = Scotland, SA = South Africa, Se = Serbia, SL = Saint Lucia, SLe = Sierra Leone, SLk = Sri Lanka, So = Somalia, Sw = Sweden, T = Trinidad and Tobago, US = United States/preceding colonies, W = Wales, Z = Zimbabwe/Rhodesia

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A

Aa–Al

• Jonathan Aaron (born 1941, US)
• Chris Abani (born 1966, Ni/US)
• Henry Abbey (1842–1911, US)
• Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958, US)
• J. H. M. Abbott (1874–1953, A)
• Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938, E)
• Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956, US)
• Mark Abley (born 1955, C)
• James Aboud (born 1956, T)
• Lionel Abrahams (1928–2004, SA)
• Sam Abrams (1935–2023, US)
• Seth Abramson (born 1976, US)
• Dannie Abse (1923–2014, W)
• Chinua Achebe (1930–2013, Ni/US)
• Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014, Ni)
• Kathy Acker (1947–1997, US)
• Diane Ackerman (born 1948, US)
• Duane Ackerson (1942–2020, US)
• Milton Acorn (1923–1986, C)
• Harold Acton (1904–1994, E/It)
• Gilbert Adair (1944–2011, S/F)
• Virginia Hamilton Adair (1919–2004, US)
• Helen Adam (1909–1993, S/US)
• Jean Adam (1704–1765, S)
• Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936, NZ/A)
• Douglas Adams (1952–2001, E)
• John Adams (1704–1740, US)
• Léonie Adams (1899–1988, US)
• Ryan Adams (born 1974, US)
• Gil Adamson (born 1961, C)
• Robert Adamson (1943–2022, A)
• Fleur Adcock (1934–2024, NZ/E)
• Joseph Addison (1672–1719, E)
• Kim Addonizio (born 1954, US)
• Bayo Adebowale (born 1944, Ni)
• Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969, Ni)
• Opal Palmer Adisa (born 1954, J)
• Tatamkhulu Afrika (1920–2002, SA)
• John Agard (born 1949, Gu)
• Sandra Agard (living, E)
• Patience Agbabi (born 1965, W/E)
• Deborah Ager born 1978, US)
• Kelli Russell Agodon (living, US)
• Allan Ahlberg (1938–1994, E)
• Ai (1947–2010, US)
• Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023, Gh)
• Conrad Aiken (1889–1973, US)
• Douglas Ainslie (1865–1948, S)
• Thomas Aird (1802–1876, S)
• Adam Aitken (born 1960, A)
• Neil Aitken (born 1974, C)
• Funso Aiyejina (1949–2024, Ni)
• Tolu Ajayi (born 1946, Ni)
• Mark Akenside (1721–1770, E)
• Salman Akhtar (born 1946, In/US)
• Tolu Akinyemi (living, Ni)
• Alasdair MacMhaighstir Alasdair (c. 1695–1770, S)
• Jordie Albiston (1961–2022, A)
• Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956, US)
• Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888, US)
• Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888, US)
• Kaye Aldenhoven (living, A)
• Richard Aldington (1892–1962, E)
• Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962, US)
• Sidney A. Alexander (1866–1948, E)
• William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (c. 1567–1640, S)
• Sherman Alexie (born 1966, US)
• Felipe Alfau (1902–1999, US)
• Edna Alford (born 1947, C)
• Mike Alfred (living, SA)
• Agha Shahid Ali (1949–2001, In/US)
• James Alexander Allan (1889–1956, A)
• Rob Allan (1945–2021, NZ)
• Sandra Alland (living, C/S)
• Donna Allard (living, C)
• Dick Allen (1939–2017, US)
• Donald Allen (1912–2004, US)
• Elizabeth Allen (living, A)
• Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911, US)
• Leslie Holdsworth Allen (1879–1964, A)
• Lillian Allen (born 1951, C)
• Richard James Allen (born 1960, A)
• Ron Allen (1947–2010, US)
• Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893, US)
• William Allingham (1824/28–1889, Ir/E)
• Washington Allston (1779–1843, US)
• Anne-Marie Alonzo (1951–2005, C)
• Alta (Alta Gerrey, 1942–2024, US)
• Al Alvarez (1929–2019, E)
• Ivy Alvarez (living, A)
• Julia Alvarez (born 1950, D/US)
• Moniza Alvi (born 1954, E)

Am–Az

• George Amabile (born 1936, C)
• Abdulkareem Baba Aminu (born 1977, Ni)
• Kingsley Amis (1922–1995, E)
• A. R. Ammons (1926–2001, US)
• Madhur Anand (born 1971, C)
• Ingrid Andersen (born 1965, SA)
• Ethel Anderson (1883–1958, A)
• Freddie Anderson (1922–2001, Ir/S)
• J. Redwood Anderson (1883–1964, E)
• Patrick Anderson (1915–1979, E/C)
• Rod Anderson (born 1935, C)
• Victor Henry Anderson (1917–2001, US)
• Michael Andre (born 1946, C/US)
• Bruce Andrews (born 1948, US)
• Kevin Andrews (1924–1989, E/Gr)
• Ron Androla (born 1954, US)
• Ralph Angel (1951–2020, US)
• Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US)
• James Stout Angus (1830–1923, S)
• Marion Angus (1865–1946, S)
• J. K. Annand (1908–1993, S)
• David Antin (1932–2016, US)
• Antler (born 1946, US)
• Susanne Antonetta (born 1956, US)
• Brother Antoninus (1912–1994, US)
• Raymond Antrobus (living, E)
• Philip Appleman (1926–2020, US)
• Richard Appleton (1932–2005, A)
• Alexander Arbuthnot (1538–1583, S)
• Walter Conrad Arensberg (1878–1954, US)
• Rae Armantrout (born 1947, US)
• Simon Armitage (born 1963, E)
• Annie Armitt (1850–1933, E)
• Richard Armour (1906–1989, US)
• Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948, C)
• Peter Armstrong (born 1957, E)
• Tammy Armstrong (born 1974, C)
• David Arnason (born 1940, C)
• Craig Arnold (1967–2009, US)
• Matthew Arnold (1822–1888, E)
• Joanne Arnott (born 1960, C)
• K. O. Arvidson (1938–2011, NZ)
• M. K. Asante (born 1982, US)
• John Ashbery (1927–2017, US)
• Cliff Ashby (1919–2012, E)
• Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836 or 1838–1917, E)
• Thomas Ashe (1836–1889, E)
• Renée Ashley (born 1949, US)
• Anne Askew (1521–1546, E)
• Timoshenko Aslanides (1943–2020, A)
• Herbert Asquith (1881–1947, E)
• Thea Astley (1925–2004, A)
• Tilly Aston (1873–1947, A)
• Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872, E)
• Cassandra Atherton (living, A)
• Rupert Atkinson (1881–1961, A)
• Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972, W)
• Margaret Atwood (born 1939, C)
• Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991, A)
• John Audelay (died c. 1426, E)
• W. H. Auden (1907–1973, E/US)
• William Auld (1924–2006, S)
• Joseph Auslander (1897–1965, US)
• Paul Auster (1947–2024, US)
• Alfred Austin (1835–1913, E)
• Oana Avasilichioaei (living, C)
• James Avery (1945–2013, US)
• Tusiata Avia (born 1966, NZ)
• Margaret Avison (1918–2007, C)
• Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013, Gh)
• Ayo Ayoola-Amale (born 1970, Ni)
• Pam Ayres (born 1947, E)
• Sir Robert Aytoun (1570–1638, S/E)
• William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813–1865, S)
• Nnorom Azuonye (1967–2024, Ni)
• Jody Azzouni (born 1954, US)

B

Ba

• Ken Babstock (born 1970, C)
• Peter Babyon (fl. 1317 – 1366, E)
• Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952, US)
• Bellamy Bach (group pseudonym, 1980s, US)
• Joseph M. Bachelor (Joseph Morris, 1889–1947, US)
• Elizabeth Bachinsky (born 1976, C)
• Gabeba Baderoon (born 1969, SA)
• Grace Shattuck Bail (1898–1996, US)
• Alfred Bailey (1905–1997, C)
• Jacob Bailey (1731–1808, US/C)
• Kevin Bailey (born 1954, E)
• Philip James Bailey (1816–1902, E)
• Joanna Baillie (1762–1861, S/E)
• David Baker (born 1954, US)
• Henry Baker (1698–1774, E)
• Marie Annharte Baker (born 1942, C)
• Peter Bakowski (born 1954, A)
• John Balaban (born 1943, US)
• Jesse Ball (born 1978, US)
• Addie L. Ballou (1838–1916, US)
• Samuel Bamford (1788–1872, E)
• John Banim (1798–1842, Ir/E)
• Chris Banks (born 1970, C)
• Russell Banks (1940–2023, US)
• Kaushalya Bannerji (living, C)
• Anne Bannerman (1765–1829, S)
• Frances Bannerman (1855–1944, C)
• Lex Banning (1921–1965, A)
• Ivy Bannister (born 1951, US/Ir)
• Shabbir Banoobhai (born 1949, SA)
• Amiri Baraka (1934–2014, US)
• Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, E)
• Mary Barber (c. 1685 – c. 1755, Ir)
• Ros Barber (born 1964, E)
• Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, E)
• John Barbour (c. 1320–1395, S)
• Alexander Barclay (1476–1552, S)
• Leland Bardwell (1922–2016, Ir)
• Serie Barford (living, NZ)
• Richard Barham (Thomas Ingoldsby, 1788–1845, E)
• George Barker (1913–1991, E)
• Les Barker (1947–2023, E)
• Coleman Barks (1937–2026, US)
• Clement Barksdale (1609–1687, E)
• Joel Barlow (1754–1812, US/F)
• Lady Anne Barnard (1750–1825, S/SA)
• Mary Barnard (1909–2002, US)
• Djuna Barnes (1892–1982, US)
• Stuart Barnes (born 1977, A)
• William Barnes (1801–1886, E)
• Annie Wall Barnett (1859–1942, US)
• Catherine Barnett (born 1960, US)
• Richard Barnfield (1574–1627, E)
• Willis Barnstone (born 1927, US)
• John Barr (1809–1889, S/NZ)
• Miriam Barr (born 1982, NZ)
• Laird Barron (born 1970, US)
• Bernard Barton (1784–1849, E)
• John Barton (born 1957, C)
• Bertha Hirsch Baruch (later 19th – early 20th century, US)
• Gary Barwin (born 1964, C)
• Todd Bash (born 1965, US)
• Michael Basinski (born 1950, US)
• Shaunt Basmajian (1950–1990, C)
• Ellen Bass (born 1947, US)
• Arlo Bates (1850–1918, US)
• David Bates (1809–1870, US)
• H. E. Bates (1905–1974, E)
• Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929, US)
• Joseph Bathanti (born 1953, US)
• Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959, US)
• Bill Bauer (1932–2010, US/C)
• Edward Baugh (1936–2023, J)
• Charles Baxter (born 1947, US)
• James K. Baxter (1926–1972, NZ)
• Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958, A)
• William Baylebridge (1883–1942, A)

Be–Bo

• Eric Beach (1947–2024, A)
• Thomas Beach (died 1737, W)
• John Beaglehole (1901–1971, NZ)
• Anne Beale (1816–1900, E/W)
• Doug Beardsley (born 1941, C)
• James Beattie (1735–1803, S)
• Jan Beatty (born 1952, US)
• Derek Beaulieu (born 1973, C)
• Francis Beaumont (1586–1616, E)
• Bruce Beaver (1928–2004, A)
• Samuel Beckett (1906–1989, Ir)
• Joshua Beckman (living, US)
• Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849, E/G)
• Ruth Bedford (1882–1963, A)
• Jack Bedson (born 1950, A)
• Patricia Beer (1919–1999, E)
• Ven Begamudré (born 1956, C)
• Brendan Behan (1923–1964, Ir)
• Aphra Behn (1640–1689, E)
• Sinclair Beiles (1930–2000, SA)
• Gerard Beirne (born 1962, Ir/C)
• Henry Beissel (1929–2025, G/C)
• Billy-Ray Belcourt (living, C)
• Ken Belford (1946–2020, C)
• Erin Belieu (born 1965, US)
• J. J. Bell (1871–1934, S)
• Julian Bell (1908–1937, E)
• Marvin Bell (1937–2020, US)
• Lisa Bellear (1961–2006, A)
• Lesley Belleau (living, C)
• Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953, E)
• John Bemrose (living, C)
• Gwen Benaway (born 1987, C)
• Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921, US)
• Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943, US)
• William Rose Benét (1886–1950, US)
• Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827, E)
• Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981, US)
• Jim Bennett (born 1951, E)
• Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919–2006, J)
• Robbie Benoit (died 2007, C)
• A. C. Benson (1862–1925, E)
• Richard Berengarten (born 1943, E)
• Bill Berkson (1939–2016, US)
• Charles Bernstein (born 1950, US)
• Robert Berold (born 1948, SA)
• Anselm Berrigan (born 1972, US)
• Daniel Berrigan (1921–2016, US)
• Ted Berrigan (1934–1983, US)
• James Berry (1924–2017, J/E)
• Wendell Berry (born 1934, US)
• John Berryman (1914–1972, US)
• Charles Best (1570–1627, E)
• Mary Matilda Betham (1776–1852, E)
• Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919, E)
• Ursula Bethell (1874–1945, NZ)
• John Betjeman (1906–1984, E)
• Craven Langstroth Betts (1853–1941, C)
• Elizabeth Beverley (fl. 1815–1830, E)
• Judith Beveridge (born 1956, A)
• Helen Bevington (1906–2001, US)
• L. S. Bevington (1845–1895, E)
• Thomas Bibby (1799–1863, Ir)
• Ruth Bidgood (1922–2022, W)
• Lettie S. Bigelow (1849–1906, US)
• Vonani Bila (born 1972, SA)
• Robert Billings (1949–1986, C)
• William Billington (1825–1884, E)
• Margaret Bingham (1740–1814, E)
• Laurence Binyon (1869–1943, E)
• Hera Lindsay Bird (born 1987, NZ)
• Earle Birney (1904–1995, C)
• Dora Birtles (1903–1992, A)
• Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979, US)
• Morris Bishop (1893–1973, US)
• Samuel Bishop (1731–1795, E)
• Bill Bissett (born 1939, C)
• Sherwin Bitsui (born 1974, US)
• David MacLeod Black (born 1941, S)
• Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958, US)
• Paul Blackburn (1926–1971, US)
• Thomas Blacklock (1721–1791, S)
• Leigh Blackmore (born 1959, A)
• R. P. Blackmur (1904–1965, US)
• Peter Bladen (1922–2001, A)
• Isa Blagden (1816 or 1817–1873, It)
• Max Blagg (born 1948, E/US)
• Mark Blagrave (born 1956, C)
• Robert Blair (1699–1746, S)
• William Blake (1757–1827, E)
• Susanna Blamire (1747–1794, E)
• Paddy Blanchfield (1911–1980, NZ)
• Richard Blanco (born 1968, US)
• Don Blanding (1894–1957, US)
• Robin Blaser (1925–2009, C)
• Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752–1783, US)
• Adrian Blevins (born 1964, US)
• John Blight (1913–1995, A)
• Mathilde Blind (1841–1896, E)
• Laurie Block (1949–2018, C)
• E. D. Blodgett (1935–2018, C)
• Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919, US)
• Valerie Bloom (born 1956, J/E)
• Robert Bloomfield (1766–1823, E)
• Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/63 – post-1816, E)
• Edmund Blunden (1896–1974, E)
• Roy Blumenthal (born 1968, SA)
• Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922, E)
• Robert Bly (1926–2021, US)
• Ali Blythe (living, C)
• Barcroft Boake (1866–1892, A)
• Robert Boates (born 1954, C)
• Merlinda Bobis (born 1959, A)
• Louise Bogan (1897–1970, US)
• Michelle Boisseau (1955–2017, US)
• Christian Bök (born 1966, C)
• Osbern Bokenam (c. 1393 – c. 1464, E)
• George Henry Boker (1823–1890, US)
• Eavan Boland (1944–2020, Ir)
• Alan Bold (1943–1998, S)
• Dermot Bolger (born 1959, Ir)
• Stephanie Bolster (born 1969, C)
• Edmund Bolton (c. 1575 – c. 1633)
• Ken Bolton (born 1949, A)
• Roger Bonair-Agard (living, J/US)
• Horatius Bonar (1808–1889, S)
• Elizabeth Bonhôte (1744–1818, E)
• Sean Bonney (1969–2019, E)
• Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902–1973, US)
• Shane Book (living, C)
• Luke Booker (1762–1835, E)
• Kurt Boone (born 1959, US)
• Henry Ernest Boote (1865–1949, A)
• Ivan Bootham (1939–2016, NZ)
• Pat Boran (born 1963, Ir)
• Jenny Bornholdt (born 1960, NZ)
• Roo Borson (born 1952, C)
• Keith Bosley (1937–2018, E)
• Anne Lynch Botta (1815–1891, US)
• Gordon Bottomley (1874–1948, E)
• David Bottoms (1949–2023, US)
• Jenny Boult (MML Bliss, 1951–2005, A)
• Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921, E)
• Arthur Bourinot (1893–1969, C)
• John Philip Bourke (1860–1914, A)
• Jane Bowdler (1743–1784, E)
• George Bowering (born 1935, C)
• Marilyn Bowering (born 1949, C)
• Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949, US)
• Edgar Bowers (1924–2000, US)
• Tim Bowling (born 1964, C)
• Alex Boyd (born 1969, C)
• Louise Esther Vickroy Boyd (1827–1909, US)
• Mark Alexander Boyd (1563–1601, S)
• Kay Boyle (1902–1992, US)
• Peter Boyle (born 1951, A)
• Samuel Boyse (1702/1703–1749, Ir/E)
• Virginia Frazer Boyle (1863–1938, US)

Br–By

• Francis Brabazon (1907–1984, A)
• Thomas Bracken (1843–1898, NZ)
• Alison Brackenbury (born 1953, E)
• Anna Braden (1858–1939, US)
• James Bradley (born 1967, A)
• Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672, US)
• Robert Bradstreet (1766–1836, E)
• E. J. Brady (1869–1952, A)
• Kate Braid (born 1947, C)
• Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite (1963–2008, C)
• Shannon Bramer (born 1973, C)
• Bertha Southey Brammall (1878–1957, A)
• James Bramston (c. 1694–1743, E)
• Dionne Brand (born 1953, C)
• Di Brandt (born 1952, C)
• Charles Brasch (1909–1973, NZ)
• Giannina Braschi (born 1953, US)
• Kamau Brathwaite (1930–2020, B)
• Richard Brautigan (1935–1984, US)
• John Jefferson Bray (1912–1995, A)
• Diana Brebner (1956–2001, C)
• Jean "Binta" Breeze (1956–2021, J)
• Christopher Brennan (1870–1932, A)
• Joseph Payne Brennan (1918–1990, US)
• Michael Brennan (born 1973, A)
• Jane Brereton (1685–1740, W)
• John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933, A)
• Nicholas Breton (1542–1626, E)
• Brian Brett (1950–2024, C)
• Lily Brett (born 1946, A)
• Ken Brewer (1941–2006, US)
• Elizabeth Brewster (1922–2012, C)
• Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 – c. 1757, US)
• Breyten Breytenbach (1939–2024, SA)
• Diana Bridge (born 1942, NZ)
• Robert Bridges (1844–1930, E)
• Kim Bridgford (1959–2000, US)
• Robert Bringhurst (born 1946, C)
• Geoffrey Brock (born 1964, US)
• Eve Brodlique (1867–1949, UK/C/US)
• Alexander Brome (1620–1666, E)
• David Bromige (1933–2009, C/US)
• William Bronk (1918–1999, US)
• Anne Brontë (1820–1849, E)
• Branwell Brontë (1817–1848, E)
• Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855, E)
• Emily Brontë (1818–1848, E)
• Rupert Brooke (1887–1915, E)
• David Brooks (born 1953, A)
• Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000, US)
• Alice Williams Brotherton (1848–1930, US)
• Audrey Alexandra Brown (1904–1998, C)
• George Mackay Brown (1921–1996, S)
• James Brown (J. B. Selkirk, 1832–1904, S)
• Jericho Brown (born 1976, US)
• Pam Brown (born 1948, A)
• Sterling Allen Brown (1901–1989, US)
• Stewart Brown (born 1951, E)
• Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897, IoM)
• Wayne Brown (1944–2009, T)
• Frances Browne (1816–1879, Ir)
• Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760, E)
• Moses Browne (1704–1787, E)
• Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682, E)
• William Browne (1588–1643, E)
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861, E/It)
• Robert Browning (1812–1889, E/It)
• Charles Tory Bruce (1906–1971, C)
• Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958, A)
• Julie Bruck (living, C)
• Dennis Brutus (1924–2009, SA)
• William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878, US)
• Colette Bryce (born 1970, NI/E)
• Bryher (Annie Winifred Ellerman, 1894–1983, E)
• Dugald Buchanan (1716–1768, S)
• George Buchanan (1506–1582, S)
• Robert Williams Buchanan (1841–1901, S)
• Vincent Buckley (1925–1988, A)
• Charles Buckmaster (1950–1972, A)
• David Budbill (1940–2016, US)
• Andrea Hollander Budy (born 1947, US)
• Suzanne Buffam (living, C)
• Charles Bukowski (1920–1994, US)
• April Bulmer (born 1963, C)
• Rhoda Bulter (1929–1994, S)
• Basil Bunting (1900–1985, E)
• Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, E)
• Haldane Burgess (1862–1927, S)
• Andrew Burke (1944–2023, A)
• Murdoch Burnett (1953–2015, C)
• Joanne Burns (born 1945, A)
• Robert Burns (1759–1796, S)
• Stanley Burnshaw (1906–2005, US)
• John Burnside (1955–2024, S)
• Sophia Burrell (1753–1802, E)
• William S. Burroughs (1914–1997, US)
• Mick Burrs (1940–2021, C)
• Duncan Bush (1946–2017, W/E)
• Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (1869–1944, US)
• Aaron Bushkowsky (born 1957, C)
• Guy Butler (1918–2001, SA)
• Samuel Butler (1612–1680, E)
• Ray Buttigieg (born 1955, M)
• Anthony Butts (born 1969, US)
• A. S. Byatt (1936–2023, E)
• Kathryn Stripling Byer (1944–2017, US)
• Witter Bynner (Emanuel Morgan, 1881–1968, US)
• Lord Byron (1788–1824, E/It)

C

Ca–Ci

• Richard Caddel (1949–2003, E)
• Caroline Caddy (born 1944, A)
• Charmaine Cadeau (living, C)
• Adrian Caesar (born 1955, A)
• Stephen Cain (born 1970, C)
• Scott Cairns (born 1954, US)
• Alison Calder (born 1969, C)
• Angus Calder (1942–2008, S)
• Alex Caldiero (born 1949, US)
• Frank Oliver Call (1878–1956, C)
• Barry Callaghan (born 1937, C)
• Michael Feeney Callan (living, Ir)
• Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884, E)
• Robert Calvert (1945–1988, E)
• Anne Cameron (Cam Hubert, 1938–2022, C)
• Norman Cameron (1905–1953, S)
• Jason Camlot (born 1967, C)
• A. Y. Campbell (1885–1958, S)
• Alistair Campbell (1925–2009, NZ)
• Angus Peter Campbell (born 1954, S)
• David Campbell (1915–1979, A)
• Elizabeth Campbell (born 1980, A)
• Elizabeth Duncan Campbell (1804–1878, S)
• Joseph Campbell (1879–1944, Ir)
• Meg Campbell (1937–2007, NZ)
• Paul-Henri Campbell (born 1982, US)
• Roy Campbell (1901–1957, SA)
• Thomas Campbell (1774–1844, S/E)
• William Wilfred Campbell (1860–1918, C)
• Thomas Campion (1567–1620, E)
• Melville Henry Cane (1879–1980, US)
• Mary Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973, E)
• Moya Cannon (born 1956, Ir)
• Edward Capern (1819–1894, E)
• Vahni Capildeo (born 1973, T/S)
• Natalee Caple (born 1970, C)
• Thomas Carew (1595–1639, E)
• Henry Carey (1693–1743, E)
• Robert Carliell (died c. 1622, E)
• Bliss Carman (1861–1929, C/US)
• Clyde Carr (1886–1962, NZ)
• Fern G. Z. Carr (born 1956, C)
• Jim Carroll (1949–2009, US)
• Lewis Carroll (1832–1898, E)
• Hayden Carruth (1921–2008, US)
• A.J. Carruthers (living, A)
• Ann Elizabeth Carson (1929–2023, C)
• Anne Carson (born 1950, C)
• Ciaran Carson (1948–2019, NI)
• Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806, E)
• Jared Carter (born 1939, US)
• William Cartwright (1611–1643, E)
• Raymond Carver (1938–1988, US)
• Alice Cary (1820–1871, US)
• Phoebe Cary (1824–1871, US)
• Marietta Stanley Case (1845–1900, US)
• James Casey (1824–1909, Ir)
• Juanita Casey (1925–2012, E)
• Neal Cassady (1926–1968, US)
• Cyrus Cassells (born 1957, US)
• Ana Castillo (born 1953, US)
• Lee Cataldi (born 1942, A)
• Nancy Cato (1917–2000, A)
• Charles Causley (1917–2003, E)
• Nick Cave (born 1957, A)
• George Cavendish (1494 – c. 1562, E)
• Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623–1673, E)
• Kate Cayley (living, C)
• Susanna Centlivre (c. 1667/1670 – 1723, E)
• Thomas Centolella (living, US)
• Joseph Ceravolo (1934–1988, US)
• John Chalkhill (fl. 1600, E)
• Gordon Challis (1932–2018, NZ)
• Weyman Chan (born 1963, C)
• Catherine Chandler (born 1950, C)
• Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807–1834, US)
• Diana Chang (1924–2009, US)
• William Ellery Channing (1818–1901, US)
• Arthur Chapman (1873–1935, US)
• George Chapman (1560–1634, E)
• Patrick Chapman (born 1968, Ir)
• Fred Chappell (1936–2024, US)
• Craig Charles (born 1964, E)
• James Charlton (born 1947, A)
• Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770, E)
• Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400, E)
• Angelico Chavez (1910–1996, US)
• Syl Cheney-Coker (born 1945, SLe)
• Maxine Chernoff (born 1952, US)
• Kelly Cherry (1940–2022, US)
• G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936, E)
• Thomas Chestre (late 14th c., E)
• James Wm. Chichetto (born 1941, US)
• Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880, US)
• Harriet L. Childe-Pemberton (1852–1922, E)
• Billy Childish (born 1959, E)
• Marilyn Chin (born 1955, US)
• Staceyann Chin (born 1972, J)
• Eileen Chong (born 1980, A)
• Robert Choquette (1905–1991, C)
• Lesley Choyce (born 1951, C)
• Margaret Christakos (born 1962, C)
• Evie Christie (living, C)
• Ralph Chubb (1892–1960, E)
• Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710, E)
• Hubert Newman Wigmore Church (1857–1932, A)
• Richard Church (1893–1972, E)
• Charles Churchill (1731–1764, E)
• John Ciardi (1916–1986, US)
• Colley Cibber (1671–1757, E)
• Charl Cilliers (born 1941, SA)
• Sandra Cisneros (born 1954, US)
• Carson Cistulli (born 1979, US)

Cl

• Amy Clampitt (1920–1994, US
• Kate Clanchy (born 1965, S)
• John Clanvowe (c. 1341–1391, W/E)
• John Clare (1793–1864, E)
• Dave Clark (living, C)
• Douglas Clark (1942–2010, E)
• Elizabeth Clark (1918–1978, S)
• Emily Clark (fl. 1798–1833, E)
• Ross Clark (born 1953, A)
• Tom Clark (1941–2018, US)
• Thomas Clark (born 1980, S)
• Amy Key Clarke (1892–1980, E)
• Austin Clarke (1886–1974, Ir)
• George Elliott Clarke (born 1960, C)
• Gillian Clarke (born 1937, W)
• Jack Clarke (1933–1992, US)
• Marcus Clarke (1846–1881, A)
• Brian P. Cleary (born 1959, US)
• Brendan Cleary (born 1958, NI)
• William Cleland (1661–1689, S)
• Justin Clemens (born 1969, A)
• Benjamin Clementine (born 1988, E/F)
• Jack Clemo (1916–1994, E)
• John Cleveland (1613–1658, E)
• Michelle Cliff (1946–2016, J/US)
• Wayne Clifford (1944–2025, C)
• Lucille Clifton (1936–2010, US)
• Caroline Clive (1801–1873, E)
• Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861, E)

Co–Cu

• Grace Stone Coates (1881–1976, US)
• Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927, US)
• Bob Cobbing (1920–2002, E)
• Ellen Melicent Cobden (1848–1914, E)
• Robbie Coburn (born 1994, A)
• Alison Cockburn (awa Alison Rutherford, 1712–1794, S)
• Alice Rollit Coe (1858–1940, US)
• Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952–2016, US)
• Brian Coffey (1905–1995, Ir/F)
• Fred Cogswell (1917–2004, C)
• Leonard Cohen (1934–2016, C)
• Matt Cohen (1942–1999, C)
• Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958, US)
• Norma Cole (born 1945, C/US)
• Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch (1945–2019, A)
• Aidan Coleman (born 1976, A)
• Victor Coleman (born 1944, C)
• Wanda Coleman (1946–2013, US)
• Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849, E)
• Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907, E)
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834, E)
• Don Coles (1927–2017, C)
• Katharine Coles (born 1959, US)
• Edward Coletti (living, US)
• Mary Collier (c. 1688–1762, E)
• Billy Collins (born 1941, US)
• John Collins (1742–1808, E)
• William Collins (1721–1759, E)
• Laurence Collinson (1925–1986, A)
• Stephen Collis (living, C)
• John Robert Colombo (born 1936, C)
• Glenn Colquhoun (born 1964, NZ)
• Padraic Colum (1881–1972, Ir/US)
• Anna Olcott Commelin (1841–1924, US)
• Anne Compton (born 1947, C)
• Wayde Compton (born 1972, C)
• Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934, US)
• William Congreve (1670–1729, E)
• Jan Conn (born 1952, C/US)
• Stewart Conn (born 1936, S)
• Paul Conneally (born 1959, E)
• Karen Connelly (born 1969, C)
• Kevin Connolly (born 1962, C)
• Susan Connolly (born 1956, Ir)
• Robert Conquest (1917–2015, E)
• Tony Conran (1931–2013, W)
• Henry Constable (1562–1613, E/F)
• David Constantine (born 1944, E)
• Eliza Cook (1818–1889, E)
• Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (1930–2023, US)
• Sophie Cooke (born 1976, S)
• Ina Coolbrith (1841–1928, US)
• Dennis Cooley (born 1944, C)
• Clark Coolidge (born 1939, US)
• Afua Cooper (born 1957, J/C)
• Thomas Cooper (1805–1892, E)
• John Cooper Clarke (born 1949, E)
• Jack Cope (1913–1991, SA)
• Wendy Cope (born 1945, E)
• Judith Copithorne (1939–2025, C)
• Robert Copland (fl. 1508–1547, E)
• A. E. Coppard (1878–1957, E)
• Julia Copus (born 1969, E)
• Richard Corbet (1582–1635, E)
• Cid Corman (1924–2004, US)
• Alfred Corn (born 1943, US)
• Adam Cornford (born 1950, E)
• Frances Cornford (1886–1960, E)
• Francis M. Cornford (1874–1943, E)
• John Cornford (1915–1936, E)
• Joe Corrie (1894–1968, S)
• Gregory Corso (1930–2001, US)
• Jayne Cortez (1936–2012, US)
• William Johnson Cory (1823–1892, E)
• Louisa Stuart Costello (1799–1877, Ir/F)
• Charles Cotton (1630–1687, E)
• Anna Couani (born 1948, A)
• Anne Ross Cousin (1824–1906, E/S)
• Dani Couture (born 1978, C)
• Thomas Cowherd (1817–1907, C)
• Abraham Cowley (1618–1667, E)
• Hannah Cowley (1743–1809, E)
• Malcolm Cowley (1898–1989, US)
• Dorothy Cowlin (1911–2010, E)
• William Cowper (1731–1800, E)
• George Crabbe (1754–1832, E)
• Christine Craig (born 1943, J)
• Helen Craik (c. 1751–1825, S/E)
• Hart Crane (1899–1932, US)
• Stephen Crane (1871–1900, US)
• Richard Crashaw (1613–1649, E)
• Isabella Valancy Crawford (1846–1887, C)
• Robert Crawford (1868–1930, A)
• Robert Crawford (born 1959, S)
• Richard Crawley (1840–1893, W/E)
• Morri Creech (born 1970, US)
• Robert Creeley (1926–2006, US)
• Caroline de Crespigny (1797–1861, E/G)
• Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (1896–1960, NZ)
• Louise Crisp (born 1957, A)
• Ann Batten Cristall (1769–1848, E)
• Andy Croft (born 1956, E)
• Julian Croft (born 1941, A)
• Alison Croggon (born 1962, A)
• Jeremy Cronin (born 1949, SA)
• M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963, A)
• Lynn Crosbie (born 1963, C)
• Camilla Dufour Crosland (1812–1895, E)
• Zora Cross (1890–1964, A)
• Aleister Crowley (1875–1947, E)
• Andrew Crozier (1943–2008, E)
• Lorna Crozier (Lorna Uher, born 1948, C)
• Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975, S)
• Michael Crummey (born 1965, C)
• Julie Crysler (living, C)
• Anne Virginia Culbertson (1857–1918, US)
• Catherine Ann Cullen (living, Ir)
• Countee Cullen (1903–1946, US)
• Nancy Jo Cullen (living, C)
• Patrick Cullinan (1932–2011, SA)
• E. E. Cummings (1894–1962, US)
• Gary Cummiskey (born 1963, SA)
• Allan Cunningham (1784–1842, S/E)
• J. V. Cunningham (1911–1985, US)
• John Cunningham (1729–1773, Ir/E)
• Allen Curnow (1911–2001, NZ)
• Margaret Curran (1887–1962, A)
• Jen Currin (living, US/C)
• Tony Curtis (born 1946, W)
• Tony Curtis (born 1955, Ir)
• James Cuthbertson (1851–1910, A)
• Ivor Cutler (1923–2006, S)
• Lidija Cvetkovic (born 1967, A)
• Kayla Czaga (born 1989, C)

D

Da–Do

• H.D. (Hilda Doolittle, 1886–1961, US)
• Cyril Dabydeen (living, Gu/C)
• David Dabydeen (born 1955, Gu)
• Kalli Dakos (living, C)
• Victor Daley (1858–1905, A)
• Mary Dalton (born 1950, C)
• Pádraig J. Daly (born 1943, Ir)
• Raymond Garfield Dandridge (1882/1883–1930, US)
• Joseph A. Dandurand (living, C)
• Achmat Dangor (born 1948, SA)
• Samuel Daniel (1562–1619, E)
• David Daniels (1933–2008, US)
• Jeffrey Daniels (living, US)
• George Darley (1795–1846, Ir)
• Tina Darragh (born 1950, US)
• Keki N. Daruwalla (born 1937, In)
• Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802, E)
• Elizabeth Daryush (1887–1977, E)
• Robert von Dassanowsky (Robert Dassanowsky) (born 1965, US)
• Beverley Daurio (born 1953, C)
• William Davenant (1606–1668, E)
• Guy Davenport (1927–2005, US)
• Frank Davey (born 1940, C)
• Donald Davidson (1893–1968, US)
• John Davidson (1857–1909, S/E)
• Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808–1825, US)
• Michael Davidson (born 1944, US)
• Donald Davie (1922–1995, E)
• Alan Davies (born 1951, US)
• Deborah Kay Davies (living, W)
• Hugh Sykes Davies (1909–1984, E)
• Idris Davies (1905–1953, W)
• John Davies (1569–1626, E)
• W. H. Davies (1871–1940, W)
• Nicholas Flood Davin (1840–1901, C)
• Olive Dehn (1914–2007, E)
• Beatrice Deloitte Davis (1909–1992, A)
• Jon Davis (living, US)
• Norma Davis (1905–1945, A)
• Tanya Davis (living, C)
• Thomas Osborne Davis (1814–1845, Ir)
• Edward Davison (1898–1970, S/US)
• Peter Davison (1928–2004, US)
• Bruce Dawe (1930–2020, A)
• Kwame Dawes (born 1962, US)
• Tom Dawe (born 1940, C)
• Jeffery Day (1896–1918, E)
• Sarah Day (born 1958, A)
• Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972, E)
• Adriana de Barros (born 1976, C)
• Somerset de Chair (1911–1995, E)
• Jean Louis De Esque (1879–1956, US)
• Madeline DeFrees (1919–2015, US)
• Celia de Fréine (born 1948, Ir)
• Ingrid de Kok (born 1951, SA)
• Walter de la Mare (1873–1956, E)
• Christine De Luca (born 1947, S)
• Sadiqa de Meijer (born 1977, C)
• Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550–1604, E)
• Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (born 1966, SA)
• James Deahl (born 1945, C)
• Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972, A)
• John F. Deane (born 1943, Ir)
• Joel Deane (born 1969, A)
• Patrick Deeley (born 1953, Ir)
• Madeline DeFrees (1919–2015, US)
• Thomas Dekker (1575–1641, E)
• Greg Delanty (born 1958, Ir/US)
• Kris Demeanor (living, C)
• Barry Dempster (born 1952, C)
• Joe Denham (living, C)
• John Denham (1615–1669, E)
• C. J. Dennis (1876–1938, A)
• John Dennison (born 1978, NZ)
• Tory Dent (1958–2005, US)
• Enid Derham (1882–1941, A)
• Thomas Dermody (1775–1802, Ir)
• Toi Derricotte (born 1941, US)
• Heather Derr-Smith (born 1971, US)
• Michelle Desbarats (living, C)
• Babette Deutsch (1895–1982, US)
• James Devaney (1890–1976, A)
• Mary Deverell (1731–1805, E)
• Denis Devlin (1908–1959, Ir)
• George E. Dewar (1895–1969, NZ)
• Christopher Dewdney (born 1951, C]
• Imtiaz Dharker (born 1954, P/W)
• Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (1949–2019, C)
• Mary di Michele (born 1949, C)
• Diane di Prima (1934–2020, US)
• Ann Diamond (living, C)
• Natalie Diaz (born 1978, US)
• Anne Dick (died 1741, S)
• Jennifer K Dick (born 1970, US)
• James Dickey (1923–1997, US)
• Adam Dickinson (living, C)
• Emily Dickinson (1830–1886, US)
• Matthew Dickman (born 1975, US)
• Michael Dickman (born 1975, US)
• Robert Dickson (1944–2007, C)
• Peter Didsbury (born 1946, E)
• Modikwe Dikobe (1913–?, SA)
• Des Dillon (living, S)
• John Dillon (1851–1927, Ir)
• B. R. Dionysius (born 1969, A)
• Ray DiPalma (1943–2016, US)
• Thomas M. Disch (born 1940, US)
• Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956, In/US)
• Isobel Dixon (born 1969, SA/E)
• Sarah Dixon (1671–1765, E)
• William Hepworth Dixon (1821–1879, E)
• Angifi Dladla (born 1950, SA)
• Tim Dlugos (1950–1990, US)
• Kildare Dobbs (1923–2013, C)
• Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921, E)
• Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012, A)
• Stephen Dobyns (born 1941, US)
• Jeramy Dodds (born 1974, C)
• Robert Dodsley (1703–1764, E)
• Pete Doherty (born 1979, E)
• Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848–1867, E)
• Joe Dolce (born 1947, US/A)
• Don Domanski (born 1950, C)
• Magie Dominic (born 1944, C)
• Jeffery Donaldson (living, C)
• John Donaldson (Jon Inglis, 1921–1989, E)
• John Donne (1572–1631, E)
• David Donnell (born 1939, C)
• Timothy Donnelly (born 1969, US)
• Gerard Donovan (born 1959, Ir/E)
• Theo Dorgan (born 1953, Ir)
• Ed Dorn (1929–1999, US)
• Catherine Ann Dorset (1752–1834, E)
• Candas Jane Dorsey (born 1952, C)
• Mark Doty (born 1953, US)
• Clive Doucet (born 1946, C)
• Sarah Doudney (1841–1926, E)
• Lucy Dougan (born 1966, A)
• Charles Montagu Doughty (1843–1926, E)
• Lord Alfred Douglas (1870–1945, E)
• Alice May Douglas (1865–1943, US)
• Gavin Douglas (c. 1474–1522, S)
• George Brisbane Scott Douglas (1856–1935, S)
• Keith Douglas (1920–1944, E)
• Orville Lloyd Douglas (born 1976, C)
• Rita Dove (born 1952, US)
• Basil Dowling (1910–2000, NZ)
• Finuala Dowling (born 1962, SA)
• Gordon Downie (1964–2017, C)
• Ellen Mary Patrick Downing (1828–1869, Ir)
• Ernest Dowson (1867–1900, E)
• Francis Hastings Doyle (1810–1888, E)
• Kirby Doyle (1932–2003, US)

Dr–Dy

• Michael Dransfield (1948–1973, A)
• Jane Draycott (born 1954, E)
• Michael Drayton (1563–1631, E)
• John Swanwick Drennan (1809–1893, Ir)
• William Drennan (1754–1820, Ir)
• Adam Drinan (also Joseph Macleod, 1903–1984, E)
• John Drinkwater (1882–1937, E)
• William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649, S)
• William Henry Drummond (1854–1907, C)
• John Dryden (1631–1700, E)
• W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963, US)
• I. D. du Plessis (1900–1981, SA)
• Klara du Plessis (living, SA/C)
• Norman Dubie (born 1945, US)
• Stephen Duck (c. 1705–1756, E)
• Louis Dudek (1918–2001, S)
• Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955, S)
• Charles Gavan Duffy (1816–1903, Ir/A)
• Maureen Duffy (1933–2026, E)
• Alan Dugan (1923–2003, J/US)
• Michael Dugan (1947–2006, A)
• Sasha Dugdale (born 1974, E)
• Eileen Duggan (1894–1972, NZ)
• Laurie Duggan (born 1949, A)
• Jas H. Duke (1939–1992, A)
• Richard Duke (1658–1711, E)
• Tug Dumbly (Geoff Forrester, living, A)
• Marilyn Dumont (born 1955, C)
• Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906, US)
• Robert Nugent Dunbar (1798–1866, Ag)
• William Dunbar (1459/1460 – c. 1530, S)
• Andrew Duncan (born 1956, E)
• Robert Duncan (1919–1988, US)
• Camille Dungy (born 1972, US)
• Helen Dunmore (1952–2017, E)
• Douglas Dunn (born 1942, S)
• Max Dunn (died 1963, A)
• Stephen Dunn (1939–2021, US)
• Joe Dunthorne (born 1982, W)
• Paul Durcan (1944–2025, Ir)
• Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990, E)
• Anne Dutton (1692–1765, E)
• Geoffrey Dutton (1922–1998, A)
• Stuart Dybek (born 1942, US)
• Edward Dyer (1543–1607, E)
• John Dyer (1699–1758, W)
• Bob Dylan (born 1941, US)
• Edward Dyson (1865–1931, A)

E

• Joan Adeney Easdale (1913–1998, E)
• Evelyn Eaton (1902–1983, C)
• Richard Eberhart (1904–2005, US)
• Emily Eden (1797–1869, E)
• Helen Parry Eden (1885–1960, E)
• Stephen Edgar (born 1951, A)
• Lauris Edmond (1924–2000, NZ)
• Russell Edson (1928–2014, US)
• Richard Edwardes (c. 1523–1566, E)
• Dic Edwards (born 1953, W)
• Jonathan Edwards (born 1979, W)
• Rhian Edwards (living, W/E)
• Helen Merrill Egerton (1866–1951, C)
• Terry Ehret (born 1955, US)
• Vic Elias (1948–2006, US/C)
• Anne Elder (1918–1976, A)
• George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans, 1819–1880, E)
• T. S. Eliot (1888–1965, US/E)
• Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818–1877, US)
• Charlotte Elliot (1839–1880, S)
• David Elliott (1923–1999, C)
• Julia Anne Elliott (1809–1841, E)
• Jean Elliot (1727–1805, S)
• Ebenezer Elliott (1781–1849, E)
• George Ellis (1753–1815, E)
• Royston Ellis (born 1941, E)
• Chris Else (born 1942, NZ)
• Rebecca Elson (1960–1999, C)
• Crispin Elsted (living, C)
• Edmund Elviden (fl. 1570, E)
• Claudia Emerson (1957–2014, US)
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882, US)
• Chris Emery (born 1963, E)
• William Empson (1906–1984, E)
• Paul Engle (1908–1991, US)
• John Ennis (born 1944, Ir)
• Karen Enns (living, C)
• D. J. Enright (1920–2002, E)
• Riemke Ensing (born 1939, NZ)
• Theodore Enslin (1925–2011, US)
• Louise Erdrich (born 1954, US)
• Ralph Erskine (1685–1752, S)
• Clayton Eshleman (1935–2021, US)
• Martín Espada (born 1957, US)
• Rhina Espaillat (born 1932, US)
• Ramabai Espinet (born 1948, T)
• Jill Alexander Essbaum (born 1971, US)
• Maggie Estep (1963–2014, US)
• Michael Estok (1939–1989, C)
• Jerry Estrin (1947–1993, US)
• George Etherege (1635–1691, E)
• Anne Evans (1820–1870, E)
• Christine Evans (born 1943, E/W)
• George Essex Evans (1863–1909, A)
• Margiad Evans (Peggy Whistler, 1909–1958, E)
• Mari Evans (1919–2017, US)
• Sebastian Evans (1830–1909, E)
• William Everson (Brother Antoninus, 1912–1994, US)
• Gavin Ewart (1916–1995, E)
• John K. Ewers (1904–1978, A)
• Elisabeth Eybers (1915–2007, SA/Nt)

F

• Frederick William Faber (1814–1863, E)
• Diane Fahey (born 1945, A)
• Ruth Fainlight (born 1931, US/E)
• Kingsley Fairbridge (1885–1924, SA)
• A. R. D. Fairburn (1904–1957, NZ)
• Maria and Harriet Falconar (born c. 1771–1774, E or S)
• William Falconer (1732–1769, S)
• Padraic Fallon (1905–1974, Ir)
• Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765–1834, E)
• U. A. Fanthorpe (1929–1909, E)
• Patricia Fargnoli (born 1937, US)
• Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965, E)
• Fiona Farrell (born 1947, NZ)
• John Farrell (1851–1904, A)
• John Farrell (1968–2010, US)
• Michael Farrell (born 1965, A)
• Katie Farris (born 1983, US)
• Margaretta Faugères (1771–1801, US)
• Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961, US)
• Brian Fawcett (1944–2022, C)
• Elaine Feeney (living, Ir)
• Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019, E)
• Alison Fell (born 1944, S)
• Charles Fenerty (c. 1821–1892, C)
• Elijah Fenton (1683–1730, E)
• James Fenton (1931–2021, NI)
• James Fenton (born 1949, E)
• Richard Fenton (1747–1821, W)
• Gus Ferguson (1940–2020, SA)
• Samuel Ferguson (1810–1886, Ir)
• Robert Fergusson (1750–1774, S)
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021, US)
• Ferron (Deborah Foisy, born 1952, C)
• George Fetherling (born 1949, C)
• Michael Field (Katherine Bradley, 1846–1914, and Edith Cooper, 1862–1913, E)
• Henry Fielding (1707–1754, E)
• Connie Fife (1961–2017, C)
• Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720, E)
• Annie Finch (born 1956, US)
• Peter Finch (living, W)
• Robert Finch (1900–1995, C)
• Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006, S)
• Joan Finnigan (1925–2007, C)
• Jon Paul Fiorentino (living, C)
• Catherine Fisher (born 1957, W)
• Roy Fisher (1930–2017, E)
• Edward FitzGerald (1809–1883, E)
• Judith Fitzgerald (1952–2015, C)
• R. D. Fitzgerald (1902–1987, A)
• Robert Fitzgerald (1910–1985, US)
• Richard FitzPatrick (1748–1813, Ir/E)
• Roderick Flanagan (1828–1862, A)
• James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915, E)
• Marjorie Fleming (1803–1811, S)
• Giles Fletcher (c. 1586–1623, E)
• Giles Fletcher, the Elder (c. 1548–1611, E)
• John Fletcher (1579–1625, E)
• John Gould Fletcher (1886–1950, US)
• Lisa Anne Fletcher (1844–1905, US)
• Phineas Fletcher (1582–1650, E)
• Robert Fletcher (fl. 1586, E)
• Maria De Fleury (c. 1754 – c. 1794, E)
• F. S. Flint (1885–1960, E)
• Alice Flowerdew (1759–1830, E)
• Lionel Fogarty (born 1958, A)
• Jack Foley (born 1940, US)
• Mary Hannay Foott (1846–1918, A)
• John Forbes (1950–1998, A)
• Carolyn Forché (born 1950, US)
• Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939, E)
• John Ford (1586–1639, E)
• John M. Ford (1957–2006, US)
• Robert Ford (1915–1998, C)
• Mabel Forrest (1872–1935, A)
• William Forrest (fl. 1581, E)
• Veronica Forrest-Thomson (1947–1975, S)
• Gary Jeshel Forrester (born 1946, NZ)
• William Forster (1818–1882, A)
• John Foulcher (born 1952, A)
• Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (1860–1920, E)
• William Fowler (c. 1560–1612, S)
• Kate Fox (born 1975, E)
• Len Fox (1905–2004, A)
• Janet Frame (1924–2004, NZ)
• Ruth France (1913–1968, NZ)
• Matthew Francis (born 1956, E/W)
• Robert Francis (1901–1987, US)
• George Sutherland Fraser (1915–1980, S)
• Gregory Fraser (living, US)
• Raymond Fraser (1941–2018, C)
• Benjamin Frater (1979–2007, A)
• Brentley Frazer (born 1972, A)
• Grace Beacham Freeman (1916–2002, US)
• John Freeman (1880–1929, E)
• Nicholas Freeston (1907–1978, E)
• Patrick Friesen (born 1946, C)
• Anthony Freston (1757–1819, E)
• Robert Frost (1874–1963, US)
• Gwen Frostic (1906–2001, US)
• Gene Frumkin (1928–2007, US)
• Mark Frutkin (born 1948, US/C)
• Sheila Meiring Fugard (born 1932, SA)
• Ethel Romig Fuller (1883–1965, US)
• John Fuller (born 1937, E)
• Roy Fuller (1912–1991, E)
• Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946, A)
• Alice Fulton (born 1952, US)
• Robin Fulton (born 1937, S)
• Ulpian Fulwell (1545/1546 – before 1586, E)
• Richard Furness (1791–1857, E)

G

Ga–Go

• Frances Dana Barker Gage (1808–1884, US)
• Georgie Starbuck Galbraith (1909–1980, US)
• Dunstan Gale (fl. 1596, E)
• Kate Gale (living, US)
• James Galvin (born 1951, US)
• Patrick Galvin (1927–2011, Ir)
• Forrest Gander (born 1956, US)
• Robert Garioch (1909–1981, S)
• Hamlin Garland (1860–1940, US)
• Raymond Garlick (1926–2011, W)
• Richard Garnett (1835–1906, E)
• Jean Garrigue (1912–1972, US)
• Samuel Garth (1661–1719, E)
• George Gascoigne (1525–1577, E)
• David Gascoyne (1916–2001, E/F)
• Bill Gaston (born 1953, C)
• John Gay (1685–1732, E)
• Ross Gay (born 1974, US)
• William Gay (1865–1897, S/A)
• Alexander Geddes (1737–1802, S)
• Leon Gellert (1892–1977, A)
• W. R. P. George (1912–2006, W)
• Dan Gerber (born 1940, US)
• Amy Gerstler (born 1956, US)
• Marty Gervais (living, C)
• Charles Ghigna (born 1946, US)
• Monk Gibbon (1896–1987, Ir)
• Reginald Gibbons (born 1947, US)
• Stella Gibbons (1902–1989, E)
• Ivy Gibbs (c. 1886–1966, NZ)
• Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931, L/US)
• G. H. Gibson (Ironbark, 1846–1921, A)
• Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878–1962, E)
• Elsa Gidlow (1898–1986, C)
• Angus Morrison Gidney (1803–1882, C)
• Gerry Gilbert (1936–2009, C)
• Jack Gilbert (1925–2012, US)
• Kevin Gilbert (1933–1993, A)
• W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911, E)
• Ellen Gilchrist (born 1935, US)
• George Gilfillan (1813–1878, S)
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935, US)
• Mary Gilmore (1865–1962, A)
• Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997, US)
• Dana Gioia (born 1950, US)
• Nikki Giovanni (1943–2024, US)
• Jesse Glass (born 1954, US/Jp)
• John Glassco (1909–1981, C)
• Madeline Gleason (1903–1979, US)
• Duncan Glen (1933–2008, S)
• William Glen (1789–1826, S)
• Lorri Neilsen Glenn (living, C)
• Denis Glover (1912–1980, NZ)
• Louise Glück (born 1943, US)
• Rumer Godden (1907–1998, In/E)
• Patricia Goedicke (1931–2006, US)
• Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878–1957, Ir)
• Albert Goldbarth (born 1948, US)
• Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961, US)
• Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774, Ir/E)
• Oliver Goldsmith (1794–1861, C)
• Peter Goldsworthy (born 1951, A)
• Leona Gom (born 1946, C)
• W. T. Goodge (1862–1909, A)
• Lorna Goodison (born 1947, J)
• Paul Goodman (1911–1972, US)
• Barnabe Googe (1540–1594, E)
• Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833–1870, A)
• Katherine L. Gordon (living, C)
• Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580–1661, S)
• Hedwig Gorski (born 1949, US)
• Edmund Gosse (1849–1928, E)
• Phyllis Gotlieb (1926–2009, C)
• Keith Gottschalk (born 1946, SA)
• Alan Gould (born 1949, A)
• Nora Gould (living, C)
• John Gower (c. 1330–1408, E)
• Susan Goyette (born 1964, C)

Gr–Gy

• James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612–1650, S)
• Jorie Graham (born 1950, US)
• Neile Graham (born 1958, C)
• Robert Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore (1735–1797, S)
• W. S. Graham (1918–1986, S)
• James Grahame (1765–1811, S)
• Mark Granier (born 1957, E/Ir)
• Paul Grano (1894–1975, A)
• Alex Grant (living, US)
• Richard Graves (1715–1804, E)
• Richard Harry Graves (1897–1971, A)
• Robert Graves (1895–1985, E)
• Alexander Gray (1882–1968, S)
• Catherine Gray, Lady Manners (1766–1852, Ir)
• Kathryn Gray (born 1973, W)
• Maxwell Gray (Mary Gleed Tuttiett, 1846–1923, E)
• Robert Gray (born 1945, A)
• Stephen Gray (born 1941, SA)
• Thomas Gray (1716–1771, E)
• Dorothy Auchterlonie Green (1915–1991, A)
• H. M. Green (1881–1962, A)
• Paula Green (born 1955, NZ)
• Richard Greene (born 1961, C)
• Robert Greene (1558–1592, E)
• Lavinia Greenlaw (born 1962, E)
• Gavin Greenlees (1930–1983, A)
• Leslie Greentree (living, C)
• Dora Greenwell (1821–1882, E)
• Jane Greer (1953–2025, US)
• Linda Gregg (1942–2019, US)
• Horace Gregory (1898–1982, US)
• Andrew Greig (born 1951, S)
• Eamon Grennan (born 1941, Ir)
• H. W. Gretton (1914–1983, NZ)
• Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554–1628, E)
• Gerald Griffin (1803–1840, Ir)
• Sarah Maria Griffin (living, Ir)
• Susan Griffin (born 1943, US)
• Bill Griffiths (1948–2007, E)
• Bryn Griffiths (living, W/E)
• Jane Griffiths (born 1970, E)
• Geoffrey Grigson (1905–1985, E)
• Nicholas Grimald (1519–1562, E)
• Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1958, US)
• Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914, US)
• Eliza Griswold (born 1973, US)
• Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815–1857, US)
• Philip Gross (born 1952, E)
• Paul Groves (born 1947, E/W)
• Bertha Jane Grundy (Mrs. Leith Adams, 1837–1912, E)
• Jeff Guess (born 1948, A)
• Barbara Guest (1920–2006, US)
• Edgar Guest (1881–1959, US)
• Paul Guest (living, US)
• Malcolm Guite (born 1957, E)
• Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943, US)
• Genni Gunn (born 1949, C)
• Thom Gunn (1929–2004, E/US)
• Kristjana Gunnars (born 1948, C)
• Lee Gurga (born 1949, US)
• Ivor Gurney (1890–1937, E)
• Ralph Gustafson (1909–1995, C)
• Mafika Gwala (1946–2014, SA)
• Cyril Gwynn (1897–1988, W/A)
• Stephen Gwynn (1864–1950, Ir)
• Beth Gylys (born 1964, US)
• Brion Gysin (1916–1986, C/E)

H

Ha–He

• William Habington (1605–1654, E)
• Marilyn Hacker (born 1942, US)
• Kimiko Hahn (born 1955, US)
• John Haines (1924–2011, US)
• Paul Haines (1933–2003, US/C)
• Helen Hajnoczky (born 1985, C)
• Thomas Gordon Hake (1809–1895, E)
• Sarah Josepha Hale (1788–1879, US)
• Bernadette Hall (born 1945, NZ)
• Donald Hall (1928–2018, US)
• Megan Hall (born 1972, SA)
• Phil Hall (born 1953, C)
• Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943, E)
• Rodney Hall (born 1935, A)
• Arthur Hallam (1811–1833, E)
• Alan Halsey (born 1949, W/E)
• Michael Hamburger (1924–2007, E)
• Ian Hamilton (1938–2001, E)
• Jane Eaton Hamilton (born 1954, C)
• Janet Hamilton (1795–1873, S)
• Philip Hammial (born 1937, A)
• Robert Gavin Hampson (born 1948, E)
• Susan Hampton (born 1949, A)
• Sophie Hannah (born 1971, E)
• Bilal Haq (born 1948, P)
• Caroline Hardaker (born 1986, E)
• Kerry Hardie (born 1951, NI)
• Thomas Hardy (1840–1928, E)
• Lesbia Harford (1891–1927, A)
• Joy Harjo (born 1951, US)
• William Harmon (born 1938, US)
• Frances Harper (1825–1911, US)
• Michael S. Harper (1938–2016 US)
• Charles Harpur (1813–1868, A)
• Alice Harriman (1861–1925, US)
• Edward Harrington (1895–1966, A)
• Claire Harris (1937–2018, C)
• Joseph Harris (1773–1825, W)
• Max Harris (1921–1995, A)
• Michael Harris (born 1944, C)
• Robert Harris (1951–1993, A)
• Wilson Harris (1921–2018, Gu/E)
• Jennifer Harrison (born 1955, A)
• Jim Harrison (1937–2016, US)
• Martin Harrison (1949–2014, A)
• Richard Harrison (poet) (living, C)
• Tony Harrison (1937–2025, E)
• Les Harrop (born 1948, E/A)
• Kingsley O. Harrop-Williams (1947-2019, GU)
• Molly Harrower (1906–1999, S)
• J. S. Harry (1939–2015, A)
• Carla Harryman (born 1952, US)
• David Harsent (born 1942, E)
• Kevin Hart (born 1954, A)
• Paul Hartal (born 1936, Is/C)
• Anne Le Marquand Hartigan (living, Ir)
• Jill Hartman (born 1974, C)
• Sadakichi Hartmann (1867–1944, US)
• Michael Hartnett (1941–1999, Ir)
• Diana Hartog (born 1942, C)
• William Hart-Smith (1911–1990, NZ)
• F. W. Harvey (1888–1957, E)
• Elisabeth Harvor (1936–2024, C)
• Gwen Harwood (1920–1995, A)
• Lee Harwood (1939–2015, E)
• Alamgir Hashmi (born 1951, E)
• J. H. Haslam (1874–1969, NZ)
• Nicholas Hasluck (born 1942, A)
• Robert Hass (born 1941, US)
• Katherine Hastings (living, US)
• Ann Hatton (1764–1838, W)
• Stephen Hawes (died 1523, E)
• Robert Stephen Hawker (1803–1875, E)
• Kathleen Hawkins (1883–1981, NZ)
• George Campbell Hay (1915–1984, S)
• Gilbert Hay (born c. 1403, S)
• Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963, W/E)
• Robert Hayden (1913–1980, US)
• William Hayley (1745–1820, E)
• Robert Hayman (1575–1629, Nf)
• Tony Haynes (born 1960, US)
• Joel Hayward (born 1964, NZ)
• Eliza Haywood (c. 1693–1756, E)
• H.D. (Hilda Doolittle, 1886–1961, E)
• Randolph Healy (born 1956, Ir)
• Seamus Heaney (1939–2013, Ir)
• Josephine D. Heard (1861 – c. 1921, US)
• John Heath-Stubbs (1918–2006, E)
• Charles Heavysege (1816–1876, C)
• James Hebblethwaite (1857–1921, A)
• Anthony Hecht (1923–2004, US)
• Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965, US)
• John Hegley (born 1953, E)
• Wilfrid Heighington (1897–1945, C)
• Steven Heighton (1961–2022, C)
• Anita Heiss (born 1968, A)
• Lyn Hejinian (born 1941, US)
• Jill Hellyer (1925–2012, A)
• David Helwig (1938–2018, C)
• Maggie Helwig (born 1961, C)
• Felicia Hemans (1793–1835, E)
• Kris Hemensley (born 1946, A)
• Essex Hemphill (1957–1995, US)
• Brian Henderson (born 1948, C)
• Hamish Henderson (1919–2002, S)
• Philip Henderson (1906–1977, E)
• Thomas William Heney (1862–1928, A)
• John Henley (1692–1756, E)
• William Ernest Henley (1849–1903, E)
• Adrian Henri (1932–2000, E)
• Paul Henry (born 1959, W)
• Robert Henryson (fl. 1460–1500, S)
• Thomas Nicoll Hepburn (wrote as Gabriel Setoun, 1861–1930, S)
• Dorothea Herbert (c. 1767–1829, Ir)
• Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1582–1648, E/W)
• George Herbert (1593–1632, W)
• Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (Mary Sidney, 1561–1621, E)
• W. N. Herbert (born 1961, S)
• Jason Heroux (born 1971, C)
• Robert Herrick (1591–1674, E)
• Steven Herrick (born 1958, A)
• Benjamin Hertwig (living, C)
• Thomas Kibble Hervey (1799–1959, E)
• Phoebe Hesketh (1909–2005, E)
• Paul Hetherington (born 1958, A)
• William Maxwell Hetherington (1803–1865, S)
• Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002, A)
• John Hewitt (1907–1987, NI)
• Maurice Hewlett (1861–1923, E)
• William Heyen (born 1940, US)
• Thomas Heywood (c. 1570s – 1650, E)

Hi–Hu

• Bob Hicok (born 1960, US)
• Dick Higgins (1938–1998, US)
• F. R. Higgins (1896–1941, Ir)
• Kevin Higgins (born 1967, Ir)
• Rita Ann Higgins (born 1955, Ir)
• Colleen Higgs (born 1962, SA)
• Charles Higham (1931–2012, A)
• Scott Hightower (born 1952, US)
• Conrad Hilberry (1928–2017, US)
• Fiona Hile (living, A)
• Barry Hill (born 1943, A)
• Edward Hill (1843–1923, US)
• Geoffrey Hill (1932–2016, E/US)
• Robert Hilles (born 1951, C)
• Richard Hillman (born 1964, A)
• Ellen Hinsey (born 1960, US)
• Jane Hirshfield (born 1953, US)
• George Hitchcock (1914–2010, US)
• H. L. Hix (born 1960, US)
• Thomas Hoccleve (c. 1368–1426, E)
• Philip Hodgins (1959–1995, A)
• Ralph Hodgson (1871–1962, E/US)
• W. N. Hodgson (1893–1916, E)
• Barbara Hofland (1770–1844, E)
• Michael Hofmann (born 1957, G/US)
• James Hogg (1770–1835, S)
• David Holbrook (1923–2011, E)
• Susan Holbrook (living, C)
• Thomas Holcroft (1745–1809, E)
• Clive Holden (living, C)
• Margaret Holford (1778–1852, E)
• Abraham Holland (died 1626, E)
• Barbara Holland (1933–2010, US)
• Hugh Holland (1569–1633, W)
• Jane Holland (born 1966, E)
• John Holland (1794–1872, E)
• Norah M. Holland (1876–1925, C)
• Sarah Holland-Batt (born 1982, A)
• John Hollander (1929–2013, US)
• Matthew Hollis (born 1971, E)
• Anselm Hollo (1934–2013, US)
• Nancy Holmes (born 1959, C)
• Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809–1894, US)
• Thomas Hood (1798–1845, E)
• Cornelia Hoogland (living, C)
• Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848, US)
• Hilda Mary Hooke (1898–1978, C)
• Harry Hooton (1908–1961, A)
• A. D. Hope (1907–2000, A)
• Christopher Hope (born 1944, SA)
• Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889, E)
• Leah Horlick (living, C)
• Sean Horlor (born 1981, C)
• Frances Horovitz (1938–1983, E)
• Michael Horovitz (1935–2021, E)
• Peter Horn (1934–2019, SA)
• George Moses Horton (1797–1884, US)
• Allan Kolski Horwitz (born 1952, SA)
• Sylvester Houédard (1924–1992, Gy)
• Karen Houle (living, C)
• Joan Houlihan (living, US)
• A. E. Housman (1859–1936, E)
• Edward Howard (1793–1841, E)
• Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547, E)
• Liz Howard (living, C)
• Richard Howard (1929–2022, US)
• Robert Guy Howarth (1906–1974, A)
• Fanny Howe (1940–2025, US)
• George Howe (1769–1821, A)
• Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910, US)
• Susan Howe (born 1937, US)
• Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981, A)
• Anthony Howell (born 1945, E)
• Harry Howith (1934–2014, C)
• Mary Howitt (1799–1888, E)
• Richard Howitt (1799–1869, E)
• William Howitt (1792–1879, E)
• Francis Hubert (died 1629, E)
• Thomas Hudson (d. c. 1605, S)
• Annie Campbell Huestis (1878–1960, C)
• Frieda Hughes (born 1960, A)
• Langston Hughes (1902–1967, US)
• Richard Hughes (1900–1976, E/W)
• Ted Hughes (1930–1998, E)
• Richard Hugo (1923–1982, US)
• Coral Hull (born 1965, A)
• Lynda Hull (1954–1994, US)
• T. E. Hulme (1883–1917, E)
• Alexander Hume (c. 1560–1609, S)
• Anna Hume (fl. 1644, S)
• David Hume of Godscroft (1558–1629, S)
• Barry Humphries (1934–2023, A/E)
• Emyr Humphreys (1919–2020, W)
• Helen Humphreys (born 1961, C)
• Leigh Hunt (1784–1859, E)
• Sam Hunt (born 1946, NZ)
• Aislinn Hunter (living, C)
• Al Hunter (living, C)
• Bruce Hunter (born 1952, C)
• Catherine Hunter (born 1957, C)
• Rex Hunter (1889–1960, NZ)
• Constance Hunting (1925–2006, US)
• Cynthia Huntington (born 1952, US)
• Chris Hutchinson (born 1972, C)
• Pearse Hutchinson (1927–2012, Ir)
• William Hutton (1723–1815, E)
• Aldous Huxley (1894–1963, E)
• Douglas Smith Huyghue (1816–1891, C/A)
• Douglas Hyde (1860–1949, Ir)
• Robin Hyde (pen name of Iris Wilkinson; 1906–1939, NZ)
• Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896–1983, US)
• Maureen Hynes (living, C)

I

• John Imlah (1799–1846, S)
• Lawson Fusao Inada (born 1938, US)
• Rex Ingamells (1913–1955, A)
• Jean Ingelow (1820–1897, E)
• P. Inman (born 1947, US)
• Susan Ioannou (born 1944, C)
• Valentin Iremonger (1918–1991, Ir)
• Eric Irvin (1908–1993, A)
• Frances Itani (born 1942, C)
• Helen Ivory (born 1969, E)

J

• Alan Jackson (born 1938, S)
• Violet Jacob (1863–1946, S)
• Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003, US)
• Ethel Jacobson (1899–1991, US)
• Richard Jago (1715–1781, E)
• James I of Scotland (1394–1437, S)
• James VI and I (1566–1625, S/E)
• Alan James (living, SA)
• Clive James (1939–2019, A)
• John James (1939–2018, W/E)
• Maria James (1793–1868, W/US)
• Kathleen Jamie (born 1962, S)
• Robert Alan Jamieson (born 1958, S)
• Patricia Janus (1932–2006, US)
• Derek Jarman (1942–1994, E)
• Mark Jarman (born 1952, US)
• Lisa Jarnot (born 1967, US)
• Randall Jarrell (1914–1965, US)
• Alan Jefferies (born 1957, A)
• Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962, US)
• Isadore G. Jeffery (1840–1919, US)
• Rod Jellema (1927–1918, US)
• Jemeni (Joanne Gairy, born 1976, Gd/C)
• Graham Jenkin (born 1938, A)
• John Jenkins (born 1949, A)
• Joseph Jenkins (1818–1898, W/A)
• Mike Jenkins (born 1953, W)
• Nigel Jenkins (1949–2014, W)
• Elizabeth Jennings (1926–2001, E)
• Kate Jennings (1948–2021, A)
• Wopko Jensma (1939–1993 or after, SA)
• Sydney Jephcott (1864–1951, A)
• Paulette Jiles (born 1943, US/C)
• Liesl Jobson (living, SA)
• Rita Joe (1932–2007, C)
• Edmund John (1883–1917, E)
• Godfrey John (living, W)
• E. Pauline Johnson (1861–1913, C)
• Fenton Johnson (born 1953, US)
• Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880–1966, US)
• Helene Johnson (1906–1995, US)
• James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938, US)
• Linton Kwesi Johnson (born 1952, J)
• Lionel Johnson (1867–1902, E)
• Samuel Johnson (1709–1784, E)
• Sarah Johnson (born 1980, SA)
• George Benson Johnston (1913–2004, C)
• Martin Johnston (1947–1990, A)
• Amanda Jones (1835–1914, US)
• D. G. Jones (1929–2016, C)
• David Jones (1895–1974, E)
• Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860, E)
• El Jones (living, C)
• Emma Jones (born 1977, A)
• Evan Jones (1931–2022, A)
• Glyn Jones (1905–1995, W)
• Jack Jones (born 1992, W)
• Jill Jones (born 1951, A)
• John Joseph Jones (1930–2000, A)
• Patrick Jones (born 1965, W)
• Rae Desmond Jones (1941–2017, A)
• Richard Jones (living, US)
• Terry Jones (1942–2020, W/E)
• Erica Jong (born 1942, US)
• Ben Jonson (1573–1637, E)
• Julie Joosten (born 1980, US/C)
• John Jordan (1930–1988, Ir)
• June Jordan (1936–2002, J/US)
• Anthony Joseph (born 1966, T/E)
• Eve Joseph (born 1953, C)
• Jenny Joseph (1932–2018, E)
• Danilo Jovanovitch (1919–2015, A)
• James Joyce (1882–1941, Ir/I)
• Trevor Joyce (born 1947, Ir)
• Frank Judge (living, US)
• A. M. Juster (born 1956, US)
• Donald Justice (1925–2004, US)

K

• Jim Kacian (born 1953, US)
• Aryan Kaganof (born 1964, SA)
• Chester Kallman (1921–1975, US)
• Surjeet Kalsey (living, C)
• Smaro Kamboureli (living, C)
• Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977, US)
• Julie Kane (born 1952, US)
• Adeena Karasick (born 1965, C/US)
• Mary Karr (born 1955, US)
• Julia Kasdorf (born 1962, US)
• Laura Kasischke (born 1961, US)
• Bob Kaufman (1925–1986, US)
• Shirley Kaufman (1923–2016, US)
• Rupi Kaur (born 1992, C)
• Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967, Ir)
• Jackie Kay (born 1961, S)
• Jayne Fenton Keane (living, A)
• Lionel Kearns (born 1937, C)
• Annie Keary (1825–1879, E)
• Diane Keating (living, C)
• John Keats (1795–1821, E)
• John Keble (1792–1866, E)
• Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 1952, C)
• Weldon Kees (1914–1955, US)
• Nancy Keesing (1923–1993, A)
• Antigone Kefala (1935–2022, A)
• Christopher Kelen (born 1958, A)
• S. K. Kelen (born 1956, A)
• Anne Kellas (born 1951, SA/A)
• Isabella Kelly (1759–1857, S/E)
• M. T. Kelly (born 1946, C)
• Arthur Kelton (died c. 1550, E/W)
• Penn Kemp (born 1944, C)
• Henry Kendall (1839–1882, A)
• Francis Kenna (1865–1932, A)
• Cate Kennedy (born 1963, A)
• Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy ("Woodbine Willy", 1883–1929, E)
• Leo Kennedy (1907–2000, C)
• Miranda Kennedy (born 1975, US)
• Walter Kennedy (c. 1455 – c. 1508, S)
• X. J. Kennedy (1929–2026, US)
• Jean Kent (born 1951, A)
• Jane Kenyon (1947–1995, US)
• Robert Kirkland Kernighan (1854–1926, C)
• Jack Kerouac (1922–1969, US)
• Sidney Keyes (1922–1943, E)
• Keorapetse Kgositsile (1938–2018, SA/US)
• Mimi Khalvati (born 1944, E)
• Charles Kickham (1828–1882, Ir)
• Anne Killigrew (1660–1685, E)
• Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918, US)
• Arthur Henry King (1910–2000, E/US)
• Henry King (1592–1669, E)
• William King (1663–1712, E)
• Charles Kingsley (1819–1875, E)
• Barbara Kingsolver (born 1955, US)
• Galway Kinnell (1927–2014, US)
• John Kinsella (born 1963, A)
• Thomas Kinsella (1928–2021, Ir)
• Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936, E)
• Olga Kirsch (1924–1997, SA/Is)
• Roy Kiyooka (1926–1994, C)
• Carolyn Kizer (1925–1914, US)
• Barbara Klar (born 1966, C)
• Sarah Klassen (born 1932, C)
• A. M. Klein (1909–1972, C)
• August Kleinzahler (born 1949, US)
• Etheridge Knight (1931–1991, US)
• Stephen Knight (born 1960, W/E)
• Raymond Knister (1899–1932, C)
• Kenneth Koch (1925–2002, US)
• Ruth Ellen Kocher (born 1965, US)
• Joy Kogawa (born 1935, C)
• komninos (born 1950, A)
• Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1947, US)
• Ted Kooser (born 1939, US)
• Shane Koyczan (born 1976, C)
• Rustum Kozain (born 1966, SA)
• Rudi Krausmann (1933–2019, A)
• Ruth Krauss (1901–1993, US)
• Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (born 1946, US)
• Uys Krige (1910–1987, SA)
• Robert Kroetsch (1927–2011, C)
• Antjie Krog (born 1952, SA)
• Anton Robert Krueger (born 1971, SA)
• Marilyn Krysl (born 1942, US)
• Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954, Ir)
• Abhay Kumar (born 1980, In)
• Mazisi Kunene (1930–2006, SA)
• Tuli Kupferberg (1923–2010, US)
• Maxine Kumin (1925–2014, US)
• Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006, US)
• Frank Kuppner (born 1951, S)
• Stephen Kuusisto (born 1955, US)
• Morris Kyffin (c. 1555–1598, W/E)
• Joanne Kyger (1934–2017, US)
• Francis Kynaston (1587–1642, E)

L

La–Ln

• John La Rose (1927–2006, J/E)
• Sonnet L'Abbé (born 1973, C)
• Edward A. Lacey (1938–1995, C)
• Mike Ladd (born 1959, A)
• Ben Ladouceur (born 1987, C)
• Nick Laird (born 1975, NI)
• David Lake (1929–2016, A)
• Philip Lamantia (1927–2005, US)
• Kendrick Lamar (born 1987, US)
• Charles Lamb (1775–1834, E)
• Archibald Lampman (1861–1899, C)
• Tim Lander (1938–2023, C)
• Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838, E)
• Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864, E)
• M. Travis Lane (born 1934, US/C)
• Patrick Lane (1939–2019, C)
• Andrew Lang (1844–1912, S)
• D. L. Lang (born 1983, US)
• William Langland (c. 1332 – c. 1386, E)
• Eve Langley (1904–1974, A)
• Emilia Lanier (1569–1645, E)
• Sidney Lanier (1842–1881, US)
• Lucy Larcom (1824–1893, US)
• Rebecca Hammond Lard (1772–1855, US)
• Bruce Larkin (born 1957, US)
• Philip Larkin (1922–1985, E)
• Richard Latewar (1560–1601, E)
• Evelyn Lau (born 1971, C)
• James Laughlin (1914–1997, US)
• Ann Lauterbach (born 1942, US)
• Dorianne Laux (born 1952, US)
• Emily Lawless (1845–1913, Ir)
• Anthony Lawrence (born 1957, A)
• D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930, E)
• Henry Lawson (1867–1922, A)
• Louisa Lawson (1848–1920, A)
• Robert Lax (1915–2000, US)
• Layamon (late 12th – early 13th c., E)
• Irving Layton (1912–2006, C)
• Emma Lazarus (1849–1887, US)
• Augustus Asplet Le Gros (1840–1877, Je)
• Bronwyn Lea (living, A)
• Mary Leapor (1722–1746, E)
• Edward Lear (1812–1888, E)
• Lesley Lebkowicz (born 1946, A)
• Francis Ledwidge (1887–1917, Ir)
• David Lee (born 1944, US)
• Dennis Lee (born 1939, C)
• John B. Lee (born 1951, C)
• Muna Lee (1895–1965, US)
• Lily Alice Lefevre (1854–1938, C)
• Anne Brydges Lefroy (1747/8–1804, E)
• Joy Leftow (born 1949, US)
• Sylvia Legris (born 1960, C)
• Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018, US)
• David Lehman (born 1948, US)
• Geoffrey Lehmann (born 1940, A)
• Brad Leithauser (born 1953, US)
• Mark Lemon (1809–1870, E)
• Sue Lenier (born 1957, E)
• Charlotte Lennox (c. 1730–1804, S/E)
• John Lent (living, C)
• John Leonard (born 1965, A)
• Tom Leonard (1944–2018, S)
• William Ellery Leonard (1876–1944, US)
• Douglas LePan (1914–1998, C)
• Ben Lerner (born 1979, US)
• Alex Leslie (living, C)
• Rika Lesser (born 1953, US)
• Lilian Leveridge (1879–1953, C)
• Denise Levertov (1923–1997, E/US)
• Dana Levin (born 1965, US)
• Philip Levine (1928–2015, US)
• Larry Levis (1946–1996, US)
• D. A. Levy (1942–1968, US)
• William Levy (1939–2019, US/Nt)
• Emma Lew (born 1962, A)
• Oswald LeWinter (1931–2013, US)
• Alun Lewis (1915–1944, W)
• C. S. Lewis (1898–1963, Ir/E)
• Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959, W)
• J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942, US)
• Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957, E)
• Anne Ley (c. 1599–1641, E)
• Tim Liardet (born 1959, E)
• Isabella Lickbarrow (1784–1847, E)
• James Liddy (1934–2008, Ir)
• Tim Lilburn (born 1950, C)
• Charles Lillard (1944–1997, C)
• Kate Lilley (born 1960, A)
• Tao Lin (born 1983, US)
• Ada Limón (born 1976, US)
• Jack Lindeman (living, US)
• Eddie Linden (1935–2023, S/E)
• Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001, US)
• Jack Lindsay (1900–1990, A/E)
• Maurice Lindsay (1918–2009, S)
• Sarah Lindsay (born 1958, US)
• Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931, US)
• Jessie Litchfield (1883–1956, A)
• Dorothy Livesay (1909–1996, C)
• Billie Livingston (living, C)
• Douglas Livingstone (1932–1996, SA)

Lo–Ly

• Douglas Lochhead (1922–2011, C)
• Liz Lochhead (born 1947, S)
• Terry Locke (born 1946, NZ)
• Thomas Lodge (1556–1625, E)
• John Logan (1748–1788, S/E)
• Christopher Logue (1926–2011, E)
• James Longenbach (living, US)
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882, US)
• Michael Longley (1939–2025, NI)
• John Longmuir (1803–1883, S)
• Audre Lorde (1934–1992, US)
• LindaAnn Loschiavo (living, US)
• Marguerite St. Leon Loud (1812–1889, US)
• Mary Stanley Low (1912–2007, Cu F US)
• Jennifer LoveGrove (living, C)
• Richard Lovelace (1618–1658, E)
• Henry Lovelich (fl. mid-15th c., E)
• Samuel Lover (1797–1868, Ir/E)
• Amy Lowell (1874–1925, US)
• James Russell Lowell (1819–1891, US)
• Maria White Lowell (1821–1853, US)
• Robert Lowell (1917–1977, US)
• Pat Lowther (1935–1975, C)
• Mina Loy (1882–1966, E/US)
• Edward Lucie-Smith (born 1933, E)
• Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870, US)
• Tatjana Lukić (1959–2008, A)
• Suzanne Lummis (living, US)
• Laura Lush (born 1959, C)
• Richard Lush (born 1934, C)
• Thomas Lux (1946–2017, US)
• John Lydgate (1370–1450, E)
• John Lyly (1553–1606, E)
• Michael Lynch (1944–1991, US/C)
• David Lyndsay (c. 1490 – c. 1555, S)
• P. H. B. Lyon (1893–1986, E)
• Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847, S)
• George Lyttelton Lord Lyttelton (1709–1773, E)

M

Ma–Mi

• Rozena Maart (born 1962, SA/C)
• Lindiwe Mabuza (1938–2021, US/SA)
• Frederick Macartney (1887–1980, A)
• Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859, E)
• George MacBeth (1932–1992, S)
• Norman MacCaig (1910–1996, S)
• Denis Florence MacCarthy (1817–1882, Ir)
• Karen Mac Cormack (born 1956, C/US)
• Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978, S)
• Donagh MacDonagh (1912–1968, Ir)
• Thomas MacDonagh (1878–1916, Ir)
• Allan MacDonald (1859–1905, S)
• Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864–1922, C)
• George Macdonald (1824–1905, S)
• Hugh MacDonald (born 1945, C)
• Wilson MacDonald (1880–1967, C)
• Patrick MacDonogh (1902–1961, Ir)
• Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987, C)
• Seán Mac Falls (1957–2023, Ir)
• Walter Scott MacFarlane (1896–1979, C)
• Patrick MacGill (1889–1963, Ir)
• Alasdair Alpin MacGregor (1899–1970, S)
• Ronald Campbell Macfie (1867–1931, S)
• James Pittendrigh Macgillivray (1856–1938, S)
• Thomas MacGreevy (1893–1967, Ir)
• Arthur Machen (1863–1947, W/E)
• Tom MacInnes (1867–1951, C)
• Louise Mack (1870–1935, A)
• John William Mackail (1859–1945, S)
• John Macken (c. 1784–1823, Ir)
• Lachlan Mackinnon (born 1956, S)
• Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972, S)
• Kenneth Mackenzie (Seaforth Mackenzie, 1913–1955, A)
• Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982, US)
• Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968, A)
• Don Maclennan (1929–2009, SA)
• Joseph Macleod (1903–1984, E)
• Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947, US)
• Don Maclennan (1929–2009, SA)
• Jackson Mac Low (1922–2004, US)
• Louis MacNeice (1907–1963, Ir/E)
• Kevin MacNeil (living, S)
• Hector Macneill (1746–1818, S)
• Lachlan Mackinnon (born 1956, S)
• Alasdair Maclean (1926–1994, S)
• Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982, US)
• Andrea MacPherson (living, C)
• James Macpherson (1736–1796, S)
• Jay Macpherson (1931–2012, C)
• Barry MacSweeney (1948–2000, E)
• Haki R. Madhubuti (born 1942, US)
• John Gillespie Magee Jr. (1922–1941, C)
• Wes Magee (1939–2021, S)
• Jayanta Mahapatra (1928–2023, In)
• Sitakant Mahapatra (born 1937, In)
• Mzi Mahola (born 1949, SA)
• Derek Mahon (born 1941, NI)
• Jennifer Maiden (born 1949, A)
• Keith Maillard (born 1942, US/C)
• Charles Mair (1838–1827, C)
• Alice Major (born 1949, C)
• Clarence Major (born 1936, US)
• Robert Majzels (born 1950, C)
• Taylor Mali (born 1965, US)
• David Mallet (c. 1705–1765, S)
• Thomas Malory (c. 1415–1471, E)
• David Malouf (1934–2026, A)
• Kim Maltman (born 1951, C)
• Eli Mandel (1922–1992, C)
• Tom Mandel (born 1942, US)
• Ahdri Zhina Mandiela (born 1953, J/C)
• James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849, Ir)
• Bill Manhire (born 1946, NZ)
• David Manicom (born 1960, C)
• John Manifold (1915–1985, A)
• Leonard Mann (1895–1981, A)
• Emily Manning (1845–1890, A)
• Frederic Manning (1882–1935, A)
• Maurice Manning (born 1966, US)
• Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988, W)
• Robert Mannyng (1269–1340, E)
• Chris Mansell (born 1953, A)
• Peter Manson (born 1969, S)
• Lee Maracle (1950–2021, C)
• Blaine Marchand (born 1949, C)
• Morton Marcus (1936–2009, US)
• Paul Mariani (born 1940, US)
• E. A. Markham (1939–2008, Mo/E)
• Edwin Markham (1852–1940, US)
• Nicole Markotic (born 1962, C)
• Daphne Marlatt (born 1942, C)
• Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593, E)
• Don Marquis (1878–1937, US)
• Edward Garrard Marsh (1783–1862, E)
• Tom Marshall (1938–1993, C)
• John Marston (1576–1634, E)
• Garth Martens (living, C)
• Camille Martin (born 1956, C)
• David Martin (1915–1997, E/A)
• Philip Martin (1931–2005, A)
• Theodore Martin (1816–1909, S)
• Sid Marty (born 1944, C)
• Andrew Marvell (1621–1678, E)
• John Masefield (1878–1967, E)
• Lebogang Mashile (born 1979, SA)
• R. A. K. Mason (1905–1971, NZ)
• Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950, US)
• John Mateer (born 1971, A)
• Ray Mathew (1929–2002, A)
• Robin Mathews (1931–2023, C)
• Roland Mathias (1915–2007, W)
• Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947, US)
• Don Mattera (1935–2022, SA)
• James Matthews (1929–2024, SA)
• Glyn Maxwell (born 1962, E)
• Bernadette Mayer (born 1945, US)
• Micheline Maylor (born 1970, C)
• Seymour Mayne (born 1944, C)
• Chandra Mayor (born 1973, C)
• Ben Mazer (born 1964, US)
• Mzwakhe Mbuli (born 1959, SA)
• James McAuley (1917–1976, A)
• Robert McBride (c. 1811/1812–1895, C)
• Neil McBride (1861–1942, Ir)
• Ian McBryde (born 1953, A)
• Brian McCabe (born 1951, S)
• Steven McCabe (living, C)
• Steve McCaffery (born 1947, C)
• Julia McCarthy (living, C)
• Susan McCaslin (born 1947, C)
• J. D. McClatchy (1945–2018, US)
• Kim McClenaghan (born 1974, SA/E)
• Michael McClure (1932–2020, US)
• Kathleen McConnell (Kathy Mac, living, C)
• David McCooey (born 1967, A)
• George Gordon McCrae (1833–1927, A)
• John McCrae (1872–1918, C)
• Shane McCrae (born 1975, US)
• Kathleen McCracken (born 1960, C)
• John McCrae (1872–1918, C)
• Ronald McCuaig (1908–1993, A)
• Matthew McDiarmid (1914–1996, S)
• Nan McDonald (1921–1974, A)
• Roger McDonald (born 1941, A)
• Roy McDonald (1937–2018, C)
• Walt McDonald (1934–2022, US)
• David McFadden (1940–2018, C)
• Hugh McFadden (living, Ir)
• David McGimpsey (living, C)
• Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978, US)
• Elvis McGonagall (born 1960, S)
• William McGonagall (1825–1902, S)
• Roger McGough (born 1937, E)
• Michelle McGrane (born 1974, Z/SA)
• Campbell McGrath (born 1962, US)
• Thomas McGrath (1916–1990, US)
• Wendy McGrath (living, C)
• Medbh McGuckian (born 1950, NI)
• Heather McHugh (born 1948, US)
• William McIlvanney (1936–2015, S)
• Nadine McInnis (born 1957, C)
• James McIntyre (1828–1906, S/C)
• Claude McKay (1889–1948, J/US)
• Don McKay (born 1942, C)
• Barry McKinnon (born 1944, C)
• Rod McKuen (1933–2015, US)
• Greg McLaren (born 1967, A)
• Isaac McLellan (1806–1899, US)
• John McLellan (early 19th century, E)
• Brendan McLeod (born 1979, C)
• Nigel McLoughlin (born 1968, NI)
• Emily Julian McManus (1865–1918, C)
• Rhyll McMaster (born 1947, A)
• Susan McMaster (born 1950, C)
• James L. McMichael (born 1939, US)
• Ian McMillan (born 1956, E)
• Eugene McNamara (1930–2016, US/C)
• Anthony McNeill (1941–1996, J)
• Andrew McNeillie (born 1946, W/E)
• Hollie McNish (born 1984, E)
• Bernard McNulty (1842–1892, US)
• Steve McOrmond (living, C)
• Dionyse McTair (born 1950, T)
• Máighréad Medbh (born 1959, Ir]
• Thomas Medwin (1788–1869, E)
• Paula Meehan (born 1955, Ir)
• Peter Meinke (born 1932, US)
• Mary Melfi (born 1951, C)
• Elizabeth Melville (c. 1578 – c. 1640, S)
• Herman Melville (1819–1891, US)
• Christopher Meredith (born 1955, W)
• George Meredith (1828–1909, E)
• Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895, E/A)
• James Merrill (1926–1995, US)
• Stuart Merrill (1863–1915, US)
• Iman Mersal (born 1966, C)
• Thomas Merton (1915–1968, US)
• W. S. Merwin (1927–2019, US)
• Sarah Messer (born 1966, US)
• Joan Metelerkamp (born 1956, SA)
• Charlotte Mew (1869–1928, E)
• Bruce Meyer (born 1957, C)
• Alice Meynell (1847–1922, E)
• Viola Meynell (1885–1956, E)
• James Lionel Michael (1824–1868, E/A)
• Anne Michaels (born 1958, C)
• William Julius Mickle (1734–1788, S)
• Marianne Micros (born 1943, C)
• Christopher Middleton (c. 1560–1628, E)
• Christopher Middleton (1926–2015, E)
• Richard Barham Middleton (1882–1911, E)
• Thomas Middleton (1580–1627, E)
• Roy Miki (born 1942, C)
• Dorothy Miles (1931–1993, W/US)
• Josephine Miles (1911–1985, US)
• Jennifer Militello (living, US)
• Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950, US)
• Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942, US)
• Jane Miller (born 1949, US)
• Joaquin Miller (1837–1913, US)
• Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956, US)
• Ruth Miller (1919–1969, SA)
• Thomas Miller (1807–1874, E)
• Vassar Miller (1924–1998, US)
• John Millett (1921–2019, A)
• Robert Millhouse (1788–1839, E)
• Alice Milligan (1865–1953, Ir/NI)
• Spike Milligan (1918–2002, E/Ir)
• Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004, C)
• Roswell George Mills (1896–1966, C)
• John Milton (1608–1674, E)
• Robert Minhinnick (born 1952, W)
• Matthew Minicucci (born 1981, US)
• Gary Miranda (born 1939, US)
• Sudesh Mishra (born 1962, A)
• Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008, E)
• Paul Mitchell (born 1968, A)
• Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914, US)
• Stephen Mitchell (born 1943, US)
• Waddie Mitchell (born 1950, US)
• Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999, S)
• Amitabh Mitra (living, SA)
• Ange Mlinko (born 1960, US)

Mo–Mu

• David Macbeth Moir (1798–1851, S)
• Anis Mojgani (born 1977, US)
• John Mole (born 1941, E)
• Natalia Molebatsi (living, SA)
• Dorothy Molloy (1942–2004, Ir)
• Geraldine Monk (born 1952, E)
• Harold Monro (1879–1932, E)
• Harriet Monroe (1860–1936, US)
• Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661–1715, E)
• John Montague (1929–2016, Ir)
• Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762, E)
• Alexander Montgomerie (c. 1550–1598, S)
• James Montgomery (1771–1854, E)
• Lucy Maud Montgomery (L. M. Montgomery, 1874–1942, C)
• Marion E. Moodie (1867–1958, C)
• Susanna Moodie (1803–1885, E/C)
• Kobus Moolman (living, SA)
• Jacob McArthur Mooney (born 1983, C)
• Alan Moore (born 1960, Ir)
• Marianne Moore (1887–1972, US)
• Merrill Moore (1903–1957, US)
• Ruth Moore (1903–1989, US)
• T. Inglis Moore (1901–1978, A)
• Thomas Moore (1779–1852, Ir/E)
• Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944, E)
• Dom Moraes (1938–2004, In)
• Barbara Moraff (born 1939, US)
• Cherríe Moraga (born 1952, US)
• Edythe Morahan de Lauzon (fl. early 20th c., C)
• Pamela Mordecai (born 1942, J/C)
• Hannah More (1745–1833, E)
• Dwayne Morgan (born 1974, C)
• Edwin Morgan (1920–2010, S)
• J. O. Morgan (born 1978, S)
• Jeffrey Morgan (living, C)
• Mal Morgan (1936–1999, A)
• Robin Morgan (born 1941, US)
• A. F. Moritz (born 1947, US/C)
• Eliza F. Morris (1821–1874, E)
• Mervyn Morris (born 1937, J)
• Sharon Morris (living, W/E)
• William Morris (1834–1896, E)
• David R. Morrison (1941–2012, S)
• Jim Morrison (1943–1971, US)
• Morrissey (born 1959, E)
• Kim Morrissey (Janice Dales, living, C)
• Garry Thomas Morse (living, C)
• Viggo Mortensen (born 1958, US/De)
• Colin Morton (born 1948, C)
• Frank Morton (1869–1923, A)
• Twm Morys (born 1961, W)
• Daniel David Moses (born 1952, C)
• Howard Moss (1922–1987, US)
• Thylias Moss (born 1954, US)
• Isabella Motadinyane (1963–2003, SA)
• William Motherwell (1797–1835, S)
• Andrew Motion (born 1952, E)
• Seitlhamo Motsapi (born 1966, SA)
• Casey Motsisi (1932–1977, SA)
• Eric Mottram (1924–1995, E)
• Erín Moure (born 1955, C)
• Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali (born 1940, SA)
• Ian Mudie (1911–1976, A)
• Mudrooroo (Colin Thomas Johnson, 1938–2019, A)
• Lisel Mueller (1924–2020, US)
• Micere Githae Mugo (1942–2023, K/Z)
• Edwin Muir (1887–1959, S/E)
• Paul Muldoon (born 1951, Ir/US)
• Wendy Mulford (born 1941, W/E)
• Harryette Mullen (born 1953, US)
• Laura Mullen (born 1958, US)
• Anthony Munday (c. 1560–1633, E)
• Jane Munro (born 1943, C)
• Sachiko Murakami (born 1980, C)
• William Murdoch (1823–1887, S/C)
• Edwin Greenslade Murphy (Dryblower, 1866–1939, A)
• Hayden Murphy (born 1945, Ir)
• Richard Murphy (1927–2018, Ir/SLk)
• Sheila Murphy (born 1951, US)
• Charles Murray (1864–1941, S)
• George Murray (born 1971, C)
• Joan Murray (born 1945, US)
• Les Murray (1938–2019, A)
• David Musgrave (born 1965, A)
• Susan Musgrave (born 1951, C)
• Togara Muzanenhamo (born 1975, Z)

N

• Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977, RE/US)
• Constance Naden (1858–1889, E)
• Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949, In)
• Carolina Nairne (1766–1845, S)
• Sydney Elliott Napier (1870–1940, A)
• Akhtar Naraghi (living, C)
• Ogden Nash (1902–1971, US)
• Roger Nash (born 1942, E/C)
• Thomas Nashe (1567–1601, E)
• John Neal (1793–1876, US)
• Charles Neaves (1800–1876, S)
• Henry Neele (1798–1828, E)
• Lyle Neff (born 1969, C)
• John Neihardt (1881–1973, US)
• William Neill (1922–2010, S)
• Philip Neilsen (living, A)
• Shaw Neilson (1872–1942, A)
• Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875–1935, US)
• Holly Nelson (living, US/C)
• Marilyn Nelson (born 1946, US)
• Howard Nemerov (1920–1991, US)
• Kenn Nesbitt (born 1962, US)
• W. H. New (born 1938, C)
• Henry Newbolt (1862–1938, E)
• John Newlove (1938–2003, C)
• John Henry Newman (1801–1890, E)
• Kate Newmann (born 1965, NI/Ir)
• William Newton (1750–1830, E)
• Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974, US)
• Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 1970, Ir)
• Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942, Ir)
• Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (born 1952, Ir)
• Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh (born 1984, Ir)
• Doireann Ní Ghríofa (born 1981, Ir)
• Nicholas of Guildford (12th or 13th c., E)
• Barrie Phillip Nichol (bpNichol, 1944–1988, C)
• Grace Nichols (born 1950, Gu/E)
• Robert Nichols (1893–1944, E)
• Cecily Nicholson (living, C)
• Norman Nicholson (1914–1987, E)
• Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970, US)
• Emilia Nielsen (living, C)
• Hume Nisbet (1849–1923, A/S)
• Christopher Nolan (1965–2009, Ir)
• Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1993, A)
• Leslie Norris (1921–2006, W/US)
• Harry Northup (born 1940, US)
• Arthur Nortje (1942–1970, SA)
• Caroline Norton (1808–1877, E)
• Alice Notley (born 1945, US)
• Alden Nowlan (1933–1983, C)
• Alfred Noyes (1880–1958, E)
• Jeff Nuttall (1933–2004, E)
• Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952, US)
• Robert Nye (1939–2016, E)

O

• Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938, US)
• John O'Brien (Patrick Joseph Hartigan, 1878–1952, A)
• Sean O'Brien (born 1952, E)
• Patrick O'Connell (1944–2005, C)
• Mark O'Connor (born 1945, A)
• Philip O'Connor (1916–1998, E)
• Mary O'Donnell (born 1954, Ir)
• Bernard O'Donoghue (born 1945, Ir)
• Gregory O'Donoghue (1951–2005, Ir)
• Bernard O'Dowd (1866–1953, A)
• Dennis O'Driscoll (born 1954, Ir)
• Ernest O'Ferrall (1881–1925, A)
• Ron Offen (1930–2010, US)
• William Henry Ogilvie (1869–1963, S)
• Frank O'Hara (1926–1966, US)
• John Bernard O'Hara (1862–1927, A)
• Theodore O'Hara (1820–1867, US)
• Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991, A)
• Sharon Olds (born 1942, US)
• Alexandra Oliver (living, C)
• Mary Oliver (1935–2019, US)
• Redell Olsen (born 1971, E)
• Charles Olson (1910–1970, US)
• Sheree-Lee Olson (born 1954, C)
• Nessa O'Mahony (living, Ir)
• David O'Meara (born 1968, C)
• Michael Ondaatje (born 1943, SLk/C)
• Heather O'Neill (born 1973, C)
• Henrietta O'Neill (1758–1793, Ir)
• Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1976, Ir)
• George Oppen (1908–1984, US)
• Mary Oppen (1908–1990, US)
• Antoine Ó Raifteiri (1784–1835, Ir)
• Edward Otho Cresap Ord, II (1858–1923, US)
• Dowell O'Reilly (1865–1923, A)
• Peter Orlovsky (1933–2010, US)
• John Ormond (1923–1990, W)
• Frank Ormsby (born 1947, NI)
• Gregory Orr (born 1947, US)
• Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1844–1881, E)
• Micheal O'Siadhail (born 1947, Ir)
• Alicia Ostriker (born 1937, US)
• Maggie O'Sullivan (born 1951, E)
• Seumas O'Sullivan (1879–1958, Ir)
• Niyi Osundare (born 1947, Ni/US)
• Alice Oswald (born 1966, E)
• John Oswald (died 1793, S)
• Eoghan Ó Tuairisc (1919–1982, Ir)
• Richard Outram (1930–2005, C)
• Ouyang Yu (歐陽昱; born 1955, A)
• Catherine Owen (living, C)
• Jan Owen (born 1940, A)
• Wilfred Owen (1893–1918, E)

P

• Susan Paddon (living, C)
• Ruth Padel (born 1947, E)
• Ron Padgett (born 1942, US)
• Isabel Pagan (c. 1740–1821, S)
• Geoff Page (born 1940, A)
• P. K. Page (1916–2010, C)
• Janet Paisley (1948–2018, S)
• Grace Paley (1922–2007, E)
• Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897, E)
• Michael Palmer (born 1943, US)
• Nettie Palmer (1885–1964, A)
• Vance Palmer (1885–1959, A)
• Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960, E)
• William Williams Pantycelyn (W)
• Aristides Paradissis (1923–2006, A)
• Arleen Paré (born 1946, C)
• Dorothy Parker (1893–1967, US)
• Amy Parkinson (1855–1938, C)
• Thomas Parnell (1670–1718, Ir/E)
• Robert Parry (1540–1612, W)
• Lisa Pasold (living, C)
• John Pass (born 1947, C)
• Linda Pastan (1932–2023, US)
• Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972, US)
• Banjo Paterson (1864–1941, A)
• Don Paterson (born 1963, S)
• Coventry Patmore (1823–1896, E)
• Brian Patten (born 1946, E)
• Ian Patterson (born 1948, E)
• Philip Kevin Paul (living, C)
• Tom Paulin (born 1949, NI/E)
• Ricardo Pau-Llosa (born 1954, Cu)
• James Payn (1830–1898, E/S)
• Molly Peacock (born 1947, US/C)
• Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866, E)
• Patrick Pearse (1879–1916, Ir)
• Soraya Peerbaye (living, C)
• Pearl Poet (14th c., E)
• Patrick Pearse (1879–1916, Ir)
• James Larkin Pearson (1879–1981, US)
• Neil Peart (1952–2020, C)
• Kathleen Peirce (born 1956, US)
• J. D. C. Pellow (1890–1960, E)
• Nathan Penlington (living, W/E)
• Anne Penny (1729–1784, W/E)
• Margaret Pennyman (bap. 1685, d. 1733), E
• Hilary Douglas Clark Pepler (1878–1951, E)
• Sam Pereira (born 1949, US)
• Lucia Perillo (1958–2016, US)
• Grace Perry (1927–1987, A)
• Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845–1921, US)
• Lenrie Peters (1932–2009, Ga)
• Robert Peters (1924–2014, US)
• Pascale Petit (born 1953, W)
• Mario Petrucci (born 1958, E)
• W. T. Pfefferle (born 1962, C)
• Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1890–1964, US)
• M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947, T/C)
• Ambrose Philips (1674–1749, E)
• Katherine Philips (1631/1632–1664, E/W)
• Ben Phillips (born 1947, C)
• Eden Phillpotts (1862–1960, E)
• Alison Pick (born 1975, C)
• Tom Pickard (born 1946, E)
• Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (born 1975, US/C)
• Marge Piercy (born 1936, US)
• Laetitia Pilkington (c. 1709–1750, Ir/E)
• Mary Pilkington (1761–1839, E)
• Sarah Pinder (living, C)
• Percy Edward Pinkerton (1855–1946, E)
• Robert Pinsky (born 1940, US)
• George Pirie (1799–1870, C)
• Christopher Pitt (1699–1748, E)
• Marie Pitt (1869–1948, A)
• Ruth Pitter (1897–1992, E)
• Al Pittman (1940–2001, C)
• Marjorie Pizer (1920–2016, A)
• Sylvia Plath (1932–1963, US/E)
• William Plomer (1903–1973, SA/E)
• Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878–1957, Ir/E)
• Joseph Plunkett (1887–1916, Ir)
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849, US)
• Emily Pohl-Weary (born 1973, C)
• Craig Poile (living, C)
• Suman Pokhrel (born 1967, Ne)
• Marcella Polain (born 1958, A)
• Margaret Steuart Pollard (1904–1996, E)
• Edward Pollock (1823–1858, US)
• Robert Pollok (c. 1798–1827, S)
• John Pomfret (1667–1702, E)
• Marie Ponsot (1921–2019, US)
• John Pook (born 1942, W/F)
• Sandy Pool (living, C)
• Marie Ponsot (1921–2019, US)
• Alexander Pope (1688–1744, E)
• Judith Pordon (born 1954, US)
• Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832, E)
• Dorothy Porter (1954–2008, A)
• Hal Porter (1911–1984, A)
• Peter Porter (1929–2010, A)
• Rochelle Potkar (born 1979, In)
• Robert Potter (1721–1804, E)
• Charles Potts (born 1943, US)
• Ezra Pound (1885–1972, US)
• B. W. Powe (born 1955, C)
• Craig Powell (born 1940, A)
• Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839, E)
• Claire Pratt (1921–1995, C)
• E. J. Pratt (1882–1964, C)
• Jack Prelutsky (born 1940, US)
• Karen Press (born 1956, SA)
• Thomas Preston (1537–1598, E)
• Ron Pretty (1940–2023, A)
• Frank Prewett (1893–1962, C)
• Nancy Price (1880–1970, E)
• Richard Price (born 1966, S/E)
• Robert Priest (born 1951, C)
• F. T. Prince (1912–2003, E)
• Thomas Pringle (1789–1834, S/SA)
• Matthew Prior (1664–1721, E)
• Pauline Prior-Pitt (living, S)
• Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864, E)
• Bryan Procter (1787–1874, E)
• Kevin Prufer (born 1969, US)
• J. H. Prynne (1936–2026, E)
• Sheenagh Pugh (born 1950, W/E)
• Al Purdy (1918–2000, C)

Q

• Andy Quan (born 1969, C/A)
• Francis Quarles (1592–1644, E)
• Peter Quennell (1905–1993, E)
• Sina Queyras (living, C)
• Roderic Quinn (1867–1949, A)

R

Ra–Ri

• William Radice (born 1951, E)
• Kenneth Radu (born 1945, C)
• Sam Ragan (1915–1996, US)
• Jennifer Rahim (born 1963, T)
• Craig Raine (born 1944, E)
• Kathleen Raine (1908–2003, US)
• Carl Rakosi (1903–2004, US)
• Walter Raleigh (1552 or 1554–1618, E)
• James Ralph (1705–1762, US/E)
• Raymond Ramcharitar (living, T)
• Lesego Rampolokeng (born 1965, S)
• Allan Ramsay (1686–1758, S)
• Theodore Harding Rand (1835–1900, C)
• Dudley Randall (1914–2000, US)
• Julia Randall (1924–2005, US)
• Thomas Randolph (1605–1635, E)
• Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979, A)
• Claudia Rankine (born 1963, J)
• John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974, US)
• Lennox Raphael (born 1939, J)
• Stephen Ratcliffe (born 1948, US)
• Angela Rawlings (born 1978, C)
• Tom Raworth (1938–2017, E)
• Herbert Read (1893–1968, E)
• Angela Readman (born 1973, E)
• James Reaney (1926–2008, C)
• George Reavey (1907–1976, Ir)
• Peter Redgrove (1932–2003, E)
• Michael Redhill (born 1966, C)
• Beatrice Redpath (1886–1937, C)
• Henry Reed (1914–1986, E)
• Ishmael Reed (born 1938, US)
• Jeremy Reed (born 1951, Je)
• Kerry Reed-Gilbert (1956–2019, A)
• Ennis Rees (1925–2009, US)
• Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856–1935, US)
• Deryn Rees-Jones (living, E/W)
• James Reeves (1909–1978, E)
• Nell Regan (born 1969, Ir)
• Alastair Reid (1926–2014, S)
• Christopher Reid (born 1949, E)
• D. C. Reid (born 1952, C)
• Jamie Reid (1941–2015, C)
• Azila Talit Reisenberger (living, SA)
• James Reiss (1941–2016, US)
• Joseph Relph (1712–1743, E)
• Robert Rendall (1898–1967, S)
• Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982, US)
• Oliver Reynolds (born 1957, W)
• Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976, US)
• Shane Rhodes (living, C)
• Ernest Rhys (1859–1946, W/E)
• Henry Rice (1585 or 1586–1651, W/E)
• Stan Rice (1942–2002, US)
• Adrienne Rich (1929–2012, US)
• Dorothy Richardson (1873–1957, E)
• John Richardson (1817–1886, E)
• Robert Richardson (1850–1901, A)
• Edgell Rickword (1898–1982, E)
• Elizabeth Riddell (1910–1998, A)
• Lola Ridge (1873–1941, US)
• Laura Riding (1901–1991, US)
• Elijah Ridings (1802–1872)
• Anne Ridler (1912–2001, E)
• Denise Riley (born 1948, E)
• James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916, US)
• John Riley (1937–1978, E)
• Peter Riley (born 1940, E)
• Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958, US)
• Maurice Riordan (born 1953, Ir)
• Alberto Ríos (born 1952, US)

Ro–Ru

• E. M. Roach (Merton Maloney, 1915–1974, T)
• Charles G. D. Roberts (1860–1943, C)
• Emma Roberts (1794–1840, E)
• Michael Roberts (1902–1948, E)
• Edith Anne Robertson (1883–1973, S)
• James Robertson (born 1958, S)
• Lisa Robertson (born 1961, C)
• Robin Robertson (born 1955, S)
• Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935, US)
• Lennox Robinson (1886–1958, Ir)
• Mary Robinson (1758–1800, E)
• Matt Robinson (born 1974, C)
• Roland Robinson (1912–1992, A)
• Ajmer Rode (living, C)
• Gordon Rodgers (born 1952, C)
• W. R. Rodgers (1909–1969, NI)
• Carmen Rodríguez (born 1948 Ch/C)
• Judith Rodriguez (1936–2018, A)
• Theodore Roethke (1908–1963, US)
• January Rogers (born 1963, C)
• Linda Rogers (born 1944, C)
• Samuel Rogers (1763–1855, E)
• Isabella Whiteford Rogerson (Isabella Whiteford, 1835–1905, Ir/C)
• Matthew Rohrer (born 1972, US)
• Mary Rolls (1775–1835, E)
• Ethel Rolt Wheeler (1869–1958, E)
• David Romtvedt (living, US)
• Dilys Rose (born 1954, S)
• Peter Rose (born 1955, A)
• Raymond Roseliep (1917–1983, US)
• Franklin Rosemont (1943–2009, US)
• Penelope Rosemont (born 1942, US)
• Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918, E)
• Joe Rosenblatt (1933–2019, C)
• Gabriel Rosenstock (1949–2026, Ir)
• Laisha Rosnau (born 1972, C)
• Alan Ross (1922–2001, E)
• Bruce Ross (living, C)
• Stuart Ross (born 1959, C)
• W. W. E. Ross (1894–1966, C)
• Christina Rossetti (1830–1894, E)
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882, E)
• Jerome Rothenberg (1931–2024, US)
• Nancy-Gay Rotstein (living, C)
• Anne Rouse (born 1954, US/E)
• David Rowbotham (1924–2010, A)
• Elizabeth Singer Rowe (1674–1737, E)
• Nicholas Rowe (1674–1718, E)
• Noel Rowe (1951–2007, A)
• Stephen Rowe (born 1980, C)
• Graham Rowlands (born 1947, A)
• Richard Rowlands (1565–1630, E/Nt)
• Samuel Rowlands (c. 1573–1630, E)
• Rosemarie Rowley (born 1942, Ir)
• Susanna Rowson (1762–1824, E/US)
• Susanna Roxman (1946–2015, Sw)
• Adam Rudden (born 1983, Ir)
• Ellen Sergeant Rude (1838–1916, US)
• Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980, US)
• Charlotte Runcie (born 1989, S)
• Jenny Terrill Ruprecht (1839–1916, US)
• George William Russell (1867–1935, Ir/E)
• Nipsey Russell (1918–2005, US)
• Brendan Ryan (born 1963, A)
• Gig Ryan (born 1956, A)
• Kay Ryan (born 1945, US)
• Michael Ryan (born 1946, US)
• Tracy Ryan (born 1964, A)
• Thomas Rymer (c. 1643–1713, E)

S

Sa–Si

• Charles Sackville (1643–1706, E)
• Thomas Sackville (1536–1608, E)
• Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962, E)
• Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 1954, US)
• Maria Grace Saffery (1773–1858, E)
• Lake Sagaris (born 1956, C/Ch)
• Nandini Sahu (born 1973, In)
• Albert Saijo (1926–2011, US)
• Arja Salafranca (born 1971, SA)
• Trish Salah (living, C)
• Nina Salaman (1877–1925, E)
• Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1959, Ir)
• Philip Salom (born 1950, A)
• John Salusbury (1567–1612, W/E)
• Thomas Salusbury (1612–1643, W/E)
• Fiona Sampson (born 1963, E)
• Sonia Sanchez (born 1934, US)
• Carl Sandburg (1878–1967, US)
• Peter Sanger (born 1943, C)
• Charles Sangster (1822–1893, C)
• Ann Sansom (living, E)
• Clive Sansom (1910–1981, E/A)
• Andrew Sant (born 1950, A)
• Robyn Sarah (born 1949, C)
• Jaydeep Sarangi (born 1973, India)
• Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960, A)
• May Sarton (1912–1995, US)
• Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967, E)
• K. Satchidanandan (born 1948, In)
• Esther Saunders (1793–1862, US)
• Jen Saunders (born 1962, A)
• Richard Savage (c. 1697–1743, E)
• Jaya Savige (born 1978, A)
• Leslie Scalapino (1944–2010, US)
• Herman George Scheffauer (1876–1927, US)
• Jacob Scheier (born 1980, C)
• Libby Scheier (1946–2000, US/C)
• Bel Schenk (born 1975, A)
• Dennis Schmitz (1937–2019, US)
• Pat Schneider (1934–2020, US)
• Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842, US)
• Andreas Schroeder (born 1946, C)
• Philip Schultz (born 1945, US)
• James Schuyler (1923–1991, US)
• Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966, US)
• Stephen Scobie (born 1943, C)
• Gregory Scofield (born 1966, C)
• Alexander Scott (c. 1520 – c. 1583, S)
• Alexander Scott (1920–1989, S)
• Dennis Scott (1939–1991, J)
• Duncan Campbell Scott (1862–1947, C)
• F. R. Scott (1899–1985, C)
• Frederick George Scott (1861–1944, C)
• Geoffrey Scott (1884–1929, E)
• John A. Scott (born 1948, A)
• Margaret Scott (1934–2005, A)
• Peter Dale Scott (born 1929, C)
• Tom Scott (1918–1995, S)
• Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832, S)
• William Bell Scott (1811–1890, S)
• Gil Scott-Heron (1949–2011, US)
• Ann Scott-Moncrieff (1914–1943, S)
• E. J. Scovell (1907–1999, E)
• Maurice Scully (1952–2023, Ir)
• George Bazeley Scurfield (1920–1991, E)
• Peter Seaton (1942–2010, US)
• Charles Sedley (1639–1701, E)
• Frederick Seidel (born 1936, US)
• Hugh Seidman (born 1940, US)
• Rebecca Seiferle (living, US)
• Lasana M. Sekou (born 1959, SM)
• Francis Sempill (c. 1616–1682, S)
• Robert Sempill (c. 1595 – c. 1663, S)
• Olive Senior (born 1941, J/C)
• Sipho Sepamla (1932–2007, SA)
• Mongane Wally Serote (born 1944, SA)
• Nina Serrano (born 1934, US)
• Robert W. Service (1874–1958, S/C)
• Vikram Seth (born 1952, SM)
• Elkanah Settle (1648–1724, E)
• Anna Seward (1742–1809, E)
• Anne Sexton (1928–1974, US)
• John W. Sexton (born 1958, Ir)
• Thomas Shadwell (1642–1692, E)
• Kathy Shaidle (born 1964, C)
• William Shakespeare (1564–1616, E)
• Tupac Shakur (1971–1996, US)
• Otep Shamaya (born 1979, US)
• Eileen Shanahan (1901–1979, Ir)
• Ntozake Shange (1948–2018, US)
• Edward Shanks (1892–1953, E)
• Jo Shapcott (born 1953, E)
• Thomas Shapcott (born 1935, A)
• Karl Shapiro (1913–2000, US)
• Michael Sharkey (born 1946, A)
• William Sharp (awa Fiona MacLeod, 1855–1905, S)
• Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970, US)
• Luci Shaw (born 1928, E/US)
• Owen Sheers (born 1974, W/E)
• Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822, E)
• William Shenstone (1714–1763, E)
• Nan Shepherd (1893–1981, S)
• Francis Joseph Sherman (1871–1926, C)
• Joseph Sherman (1945–2006, C)
• Kate Brownlee Sherwood (1841–1914, US)
• Carol Shields (1935–2003, US/C)
• Trish Shields (living, C)
• Thomas Shipman (1632–1680, E)
• James Shirley (1596–1666, E)
• Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873–1962, US)
• Fredegond Shove (1889–1949, E)
• Sandy Shreve (living, C)
• Penelope Shuttle (born 1947, E)
• Beau Sia (born 1976, US)
• Mary Sidney (1561–1621, E)
• Philip Sidney (1554–1586, E)
• Melanie Siebert (living, C)
• Eli Siegel (1902–1978, US)
• Robert Siegel (1939–2012, US)
• Jon Silkin (1930–1997, E)
• Hilda Siller (1861–1945, US)
• Ron Silliman (born 1946, US)
• Shel Silverstein (1930–1999, US)
• Charles Simic (1938–2023, US)
• Goran Simić (born 1952, Bo/C)
• Bren Simmers (born 1976, C)
• James Simmons (1933–2001, NI)
• Anne Simpson (born 1956, C)
• Louis Simpson (1923–2012, J/US)
• Matt Simpson (1936–2009, E)
• R. A. Simpson (1929–2002, A)
• Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000, US)
• Iain Sinclair (born 1943, W/E)
• May Sinclair (1863–1946, E)
• Sue Sinclair (living, C)
• Tim Sinclair (born 1972, A)
• Burns Singer (1928–1964, S)
• Marilyn Singer (born 1948, US)
• Sarah Singleton (born 1966, E)
• George Sipos (living, C)
• Peter Sirr (born 1960, Ir)
• Lemn Sissay (born 1967, E)
• C. H. Sisson (1914–2003, E)
• Ari Sitas (born 1952, SA)
• Edith Sitwell (1887–1964, E)
• Osbert Sitwell (1892–1969, E)
• Sacheverell Sitwell (1897–1988, E)

Sk–Sq

• Sonja Skarstedt (1960–2009, C)
• John Skelton (1460–1529, E)
• Robin Skelton (1925–1997, E/C)
• Douglas Reid Skinner (born 1949, SA)
• Myra Sklarew (born 1934, US)
• Ed Skoog (born 1971, US)
• Zoë Skoulding (born 1967, W)
• Peter Skrzynecki (born 1945, A)
• Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971, A)
• Daniel Sloate (1931–2009, C)
• Edward Slow (1841–1925, E)
• Adam Small (1936–2016, SA)
• Carolyn Smart (born 1952, C)
• Christopher Smart (1722–1771, E)
• Elizabeth Smart (1913–1986, C)
• A. J. M. Smith (1902–1980, C)
• Alexander Smith (1830–1867, S)
• Bruce Smith (born 1946, US)
• Charlotte Turner Smith (1749–1806, E)
• Clara Kathleen Smith (1911–2004, C)
• Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961, US)
• Douglas Burnet Smith (born 1949, C)
• Iain Crichton Smith (1928–1998, S)
• John Smith (1927–2018, C)
• Malachi Smith (living, J)
• Marc Smith (born 1949, US)
• Margaret Smith (born 1958, US)
• Michael Smith (1942–2014, Ir)
• Michael V. Smith (living, C)
• Patti Smith (born 1946, US)
• Rod Smith (born 1962, US)
• Ron Smith (born 1943, C)
• Steven Ross Smith (born 1945, C)
• Stevie Smith (1902–1971, E)
• Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915–1975, S)
• Tracy K. Smith (born 1972, US)
• Vivian Smith (born 1933, A)
• William Jay Smith (1918–2015, US)
• Tobias Smollett (1721–1771, S)
• W. D. Snodgrass (1925–2009, US)
• Gary Snyder (born 1930, US)
• Karen Solie (born 1966, C)
• David Solway (born 1941, C)
• William Somervile (1675–1742, E)
• Cathy Song (born 1955, US)
• Madeline Sonik (born 1960, C)
• Edward Sorenson (1869–1939, A)
• Charles Sorley (1895–1915, S)
• Gary Soto (born 1952, US)
• Carolyn Marie Souaid (born 1959, C)
• Raymond Souster (1921–2012, C)
• William Soutar (1898–1946, S)
• Caroline Anne Southey (1786–1854, E)
• Robert Southey (1774–1843, E)
• Robert Southwell (1561–1595, E)
• Wole Soyinka (born 1934, Ni)
• Esta Spalding (living, US/C)
• Heather Spears (1934–2021, C/De)
• Alan Spence (living, S)
• Lewis Spence (1874–1955, S)
• Anne Spencer (1882–1975, US)
• Bernard Spencer (1909–1963, E)
• Thomas Edward Spencer (1845–1911, A)
• Stephen Spender (1909–1995, E)
• Edmund Spenser (1552–1599, E)
• Leonora Speyer (1872–1956, US)
• Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921, US)
• Eintou Pearl Springer (born 1944, T)
• Birk Sproxton (1943–2007, C)
• J. C. Squire (1884–1958, E)
• Geoffrey Squires (born 1942, NI)

St–Sy

• William Stafford (1914–1993, US)
• A. E. Stallings (born 1968, US)
• Jon Stallworthy (1935–2014, E)
• Ann Stanford (1916–1987, US)
• Frank Stanford (1948–1978, US)
• George Stanley (born 1937, US/C)
• George Starbuck (1931–1996, US)
• Carmine Starnino (born 1970, C)
• Nicolette Stasko (born 1950, A)
• C. K. Stead (born 1932, NZ)
• Peter Steele (1939–2012, A)
• Richard Steere (1643–1721, US)
• John Steffler (born 1947, C)
• Gertrude Stein (1874–1946, US)
• Mattie Stepanek (1990–2004, US)
• Ian Stephens (1955–1996, C)
• James Stephens (1880–1950, Ir)
• James Brunton Stephens (1835–1902, S)
• George Stepney (1663–1707, E)
• John Sterling (1806–1844, S)
• Gerald Stern (1925–2022, US)
• Ricardo Sternberg (born 1948, C/US)
• C. J. Stevens (1927–2021, US)
• Wallace Stevens (1880–1955, US)
• Richard Stevenson (born 1952, C)
• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894, S)
• Margo Taft Stever (living, US)
• Amanda Stewart (born 1959, A)
• Douglas Stewart (1913–1985, A)
• Harold Stewart (1916–1995, A)
• Shannon Stewart (living, C)
• W. Gregory Stewart (living, C/US)
• Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904, US)
• John Stiles (living, C/E)
• James Still (1906–2001, US)
• Anne Stone (living, C)
• Donna J. Stone (1933–1994, US)
• Ruth Stone (1915–2011, US)
• Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born 1968, US)
• Edward Storer (1880–1944, E)
• Randolph Stow (1935–2010, A)
• Mark Strand (1934–2014, US)
• Jennifer Strauss (born 1933, A)
• Sean Street (born 1946, E)
• Agnes Strickland (1796–1874, E)
• Adelle Stripe (born 1976, E)
• Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904, US)
• Donna J. Stone (1933–1994, US)
• Billy Marshall Stoneking (1947–2016, A)
• Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born 1968, US)
• Edward Storer (1880–1944, E)
• Eithne Strong (1923–1999, Ir)
• Joseph Stroud (born 1943, US)
• Betsy Struthers (born 1951, C)
• John Struthers (1776–1853, S)
• Jesse Stuart (1906–1984, US)
• Abhi Subedi (born 1945)
• John Suckling (1609–1642, E)
• Julie Suk (1924–2025, US)
• Andrew Suknaski (1942–2012, C)
• Alan Sullivan (1868–1947, C)
• Aloysius Michael Sullivan (1896–1980, US)
• Rosemary Sullivan (born 1947, C)
• Maud Sulter (1960–2008, S)
• Moez Surani (born 1979, C)
• Kamala Surayya (1934–2009, In)
• Efua Sutherland (1924–1996, Gh)
• John Sutherland (1919–1956, C)
• Robert Swanson (1905–1994, C)
• Robert Sward (1933–2022, US/C)
• George Swede (born 1940, C)
• Matthew Sweeney (1951–2018, Ir)
• Cole Swensen (born 1955, US)
• Karen Swenson (born 1936, US)
• May Swenson (1913–1989, US)
• Jonathan Swift (1667–1745, Ir/E)
• Todd Swift (born 1966, C/E)
• Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909, E)
• Randall Swingler (1909–1967, E)
• Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal (c. 1430 – c. 1480, W)
• Bobbi Sykes (1943–2010, A)
• Joshua Sylvester (1563–1618, E)
• Arthur Symons (1865–1945, E)
• John Millington Synge (1871–1909, Ir)
• Arthur Sze (born 1950, US)
• George Szirtes (born 1948, E)
• Anne Szumigalski (1922–1999, E/C)

T

• Eileen Tabios (born 1960, US)
• Proma Tagore (living, C)
• Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941, In)
• Maria Takolander (born 1973, A)
• Ronald Phillip Tanaka (1944–2007, US)
• Francis W. Tancred (1874–1925, E)
• Robert Tannahill (1774–1810, S)
• Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012, US)
• Allen Tate (1899–1979, US)
• James Tate (1943–2015, US)
• Emma Tatham (1829–1855, E)
• Andrew Taylor (born 1940, A)
• Ann Taylor (1782–1866, E)
• Bruce Taylor (born 1960, C)
• Edward Taylor (1645–1729, E/US)
• Emily Taylor (1795–1872, E)
• Heather Taylor (living, C)
• Henry Taylor (1800–1886, E)
• Henry S. Taylor (born 1942, US)
• Jane Taylor (1783–1824, E)
• Rachel Annand Taylor (1876–1960, S)
• Ruth Taylor (1961–2006, C)
• Sara Teasdale (1883–1933, US)
• Barry Tebb (born 1942, E)
• Fiona Templeton (born 1951, S/E)
• William Tennant (1784–1848, S)
• Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892, E)
• Frederick Tennyson (1807–1898, E)
• John Terpstra (living, C)
• Elaine Terranova (born 1939, US)
• A. S. J. Tessimond (1902–1962, E)
• Lucy Terry (c. 1730–1821, US)
• Souvankham Thammavongsa (born 1978, C)
• Celia Thaxter (1824–1894, US)
• Ernest Thayer (1863–1940, US)
• John Thelwall (1764–1834, E)
• Sharon Thesen (born 1946, C)
• Colin Thiele (1920–2006, A)
• Kai Cheng Thom (living, C)
• William Thom (1799–1848, S)
• Thomas the Rhymer (Thomas Learmonth, c. 1220 – c. 1298, S)
• Thomas of Hales (13th c., E)
• D. M. Thomas (1935–2023, E)
• Dylan Thomas (1914–1953, W/E)
• Edward Thomas (1878–1917, E)
• Elizabeth Thomas (1675–1731, E)
• Lorenzo Thomas (1944–2005, US)
• R. S. Thomas (1913–2000, W)
• William Thomas (1832–1878, W)
• Francis Thompson (1859–1907, E)
• John Thompson (1938–1976, E/C)
• John Reuben Thompson (1823–1873, US)
• Edward William Thomson (1849–1924, C)
• James Thomson (1700–1748, S)
• James Thomson (awa Bysshe Vanolis, 1834–1882, S)
• Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862, US)
• Tim Thorne (1944–2021, A)
• Russell Thornton (living, C)
• Joseph Thurston (1704–1732, E)
• Anthony Thwaite (1930–2021, E)
• Michael Thwaites (1915–2005, A)
• Chidiock Tichborne (1558–1586, E)
• Thomas Tickell (1685–1740, E)
• Matthew Tierney (born 1970, C)
• Mary Tighe (1772–1810, Ir)
• Lydia H. Tilton (1839–1915, US)
• Richard Tipping (born 1949, A)
• José Tlatelpas (born 1953, Me/C)
• Nick Toczek (born 1950, E)
• Barbara Euphan Todd (1890–1976, E)
• Ruthven Todd (1914–1978, S)
• Mohamud Siad Togane (born 1947, So/C)
• J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973, E)
• Beatrix Lucia Catherine Tollemache (1840–1926, E)
• Francis Tolson (died 1745, E)
• Melvin B. Tolson (1898–1966, US)
• Charles Tomlinson (1927–2015, E)
• Jean Toomer (1894–1967, US)
• Charles Tompson (1807–1883, A)
• Angela Topping (born 1954, E)
• Lola Lemire Tostevin (born 1937, C)
• Cyril Tourneur (died 1626, E)
• Ann Townsend (born 1962, US)
• Thomas Traherne (1636/1637–1674, E)
• John Tranter (1943–2023, A)
• Elizabeth Treadwell (born 1967, US)
• Mark Tredinnick (born 1962, A)
• Rhea Tregebov (born 1953, C)
• Raymond D. Tremblay (living, C)
• Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972, C/E)
• Natasha Trethewey (born 1966, US)
• Tony Trigilio (born 1966, US)
• Calvin Trillin (born 1935, US)
• David Trinidad (born 1953, US)
• John Tripp (1927–1986, W/E)
• Quincy Troupe (born 1939, US)
• Peter Trower (1930–2017, C)
• Mark Truscott (born 1970, US/C)
• Dimitris Tsaloumas (1921–2016, A)
• Charlotte Maria Tucker (A.L.O.E, 1821–1893, E)
• Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite (c. 1764–1850, Ir)
• George Turberville (c. 1540 – before 1597, E)
• Richard Marggraf Turley (born 1970, E)
• Gael Turnbull (1928–2004, S)
• Charles Tennyson Turner (1808–1879, E)
• Julian Turner (born 1955, E)
• Walter J. Turner (1889–1946, A/E)
• Thomas Tusser (1524–1580, E)
• Emma Rood Tuttle (1839–1916, US)
• Hone Tuwhare (1922–2008, NZ)
• Violet Tweedale (1862–1936, S/E)
• Chase Twichell (born 1950, US)
• Katharine Tynan (1859–1932, Ir/E)
• John Tyndall (born 1951, C)
• Daniel Scott Tysdal (born 1978, C)

U

• Laura Ulewicz (1930–2007, US)
• Jeff Unaegbu (born 1979, Ni)
• Jean Starr Untermeyer (1886–1970, US)
• Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977, US)
• John Updike (1932–2009, US)
• Priscila Uppal (1974–2018, C)
• Allen Upward (1863–1926, E)
• Joan Ure (Elizabeth Thoms Clark, 1918–1978, S)
• David UU (David W. Harris, 1948–1994, C)
• Amy Uyematsu (1947–2023, US)

V

• Jean Valentine (1934–2020, US)
• Valentine Vallis (1916–2009, A)
• Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931, US)
• Mona Van Duyn (1921–2004, US)
• Lin Van Hek (born 1944, A)
• Peter van Toorn (1944–2021, C)
• Christopher van Wyk (1957–2014, SA)
• Henry Vaughan (1621–1695, W)
• R. M. Vaughan (born 1965, C)
• Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1509–1556, E)
• Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003, US)
• Janine Pommy Vega (1942–2010, US)
• Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford (1550–1604, E)
• Helen Vendler (1933–2024, US)
• Jumoke Verissimo (born 1976, Ni)
• Paul Vermeersch (born 1973, C)
• Katherena Vermette (born 1977, C)
• Jones Very (1813–1880, US)
• Vicki Viidikas (1948–1998, A)
• Peter Viereck (1916–2006, US)
• José García Villa (1908–1997, Ph)
• Pamelia Sarah Vining (1826–1897, C)
• Vivian Virtue (1911–1998, J/E)
• Garth Von Buchholz (living, C)
• Brian Vrepont (1882–1955, A)
• Prvoslav Vujcic (Prvoslav Vujčić, born 1960, Se/C)

W

Wa–We

• Miriam Waddington (1917–2004, C)
• Michael Wade (1944–2004, C)
• Sidney Wade (born 1951, US)
• Fred Wah (born 1939, C)
• John Wain (1925–1994, E)
• A. E. Waite (1857–1942, E)
• Nayyirah Waheed (living, US)
• Diane Wakoski (born 1937, US)
• Derek Walcott (1930–2017, SL)
• Anne Waldman (born 1945, US)
• George Waldron (1690 – c. 1730, E/IoM)
• Keith Waldrop (1932–2023, US)
• Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935, US)
• Arthur Waley (1889–1966, E)
• Alice Walker (born 1944, US)
• Margaret Walker (1915–1998, US)
• Rob Walker (born 1953, A)
• Bronwen Wallace (1945–1989, C)
• Chris Wallace-Crabbe (1934–2025, A)
• Edmund Waller (1606–1687, E)
• Tom Walmsley (born 1948, C)
• Agnes Walsh (born 1950, C)
• Catherine Walsh (born 1964, Ir)
• Minnie Gow Walsworth (1859–1947, US)
• David Waltner-Toews (born 1948, C)
• Ania Walwicz (1951–2020, A)
• Connie Wanek (born 1952, US)
• John Powell Ward (born 1937, E/W)
• Ned Ward (1667–1731, E)
• Sarah Wardle (born 1969, E)
• Anna Laetitia Waring (1823–1910, W/E)
• Emily Warn (living, US)
• Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893–1978, E)
• Crystal Warren (living, SA)
• John Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley (1835–1895, E)
• Meralda Warren (born 1959, PI)
• Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989, US)
• Thomas Warton (1728–1790, E)
• Terry Watada (born 1951, C)
• Vernon Watkins (1906–1967, W)
• George Watsky (born 1986, US)
• Rosamund Marriott Watson (Graham R. Tomson, 1860–1911, E)
• Samuel Wagan Watson (born 1972, A)
• Stephen Watson (1954–2011, SA)
• Thomas Watson (1555–1592, E)
• William Watson (1858–1935, E)
• Alison Watt (born 1957, C)
• Barrett Watten (born 1948, US)
• Isaac Watts (1674–1748, E)
• Rebecca Watts (born 1983, E)
• Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832–1914, E)
• Tom Wayman (born 1945, C)
• Alan Wearne (born 1948, A)
• Francis Webb (1925–1973, A)
• Harri Webb (1920–1994, W)
• Phyllis Webb (1927–2021, C)
• John Webster (c. 1580 – c. 1634, E)
• Mary Morison Webster (1894–1980, SA)
• James Wedderburn (c. 1495–1553, S)
• John Wedderburn (c. 1505–1553, S)
• Robert Wedderburn (c. 1510 – c. 1555, S)
• Rebecca Wee (living, US)
• George Weideman (1947–2008, SA)
• John Weier (born 1949, C)
• Hannah Weiner (1928–1997, US)
• Robert Stanley Weir (1856–1926, C)
• Marjorie Welish (born 1944, US)
• Zachariah Wells (born 1976, C)
• Viola S. Wendt (1907–1986, US)
• Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958, US)
• William Wentworth (1790–1872, A)
• Darren Wershler (Darren Wershler-Henry, born 1966, C)
• Charles Wesley (1707–1788, E)
• Gilbert West (1703–1756, E)
• Jane West (1758–1852, E)
• David Wevill (born 1935, C/US)

Wh–Wy

• Philip Whalen (1923–2002, US)
• Dawud Wharnsby (born 1972, C)
• Anne Wharton (1659–1685, E)
• Gordon Wharton (1929–2011, E)
• Herb Wharton (born 1936, A)
• Mary Whateley (1738–1835, E)
• Anne Wheathill (fl. 1584, E)
• David Wheatley (born 1970, Ir/S)
• Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784, US)
• Billy Edd Wheeler (born 1932, US)
• E. B. White (1899–1985, US)
• Henry Kirke White (1785–1806, E)
• James L. White (1936–1981, US)
• Kenneth White (1936–2023, S)
• Laura Rosamond White (1844–1922, US)
• Joshua Whitehead (living, C)
• Bruce Whiteman (born 1952, C)
• Walt Whitman (1819–1892, US)
• Isabella Whitney (c. 1546/1548 – after 1624, E)
• Zoe Whittall (born 1976, C)
• Reed Whittemore (1919–2012, US)
• John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892, US)
• Brian Whittingham (1950–2022, S)
• Christopher Whyte (born 1952, S)
• George Whyte-Melville (1821–1878, S/E)
• Anna Wickham (1883–1947, E/A)
• Les Wicks (born 1955, A)
• John Wieners (1934–2002, US)
• Nissanka Wijeyeratne (1924–2007, SLa)
• Richard Wilbur (1921–2017, US)
• Dora Wilcox (1873–1953, A)
• Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919, US)
• Robert Will (1615–1679, E)
• Jane Wilde (1821–1896, Ir/E)
• Oscar Wilde (1854–1900, Ir/E)
• Amos Wilder (1895–1993, US)
• Charlotte Wilder (1898–1980, US)
• Anne Wilkinson (1910–1961, C)
• John Wilkinson (born 1953, E)
• William of Nassyngton (died 1354, E)
• William of Shoreham (fl. 14th century, E)
• Aeneas Francon Williams (1886–1971, E)
• Alfred Williams (1877–1930, E)
• Anna Williams (1706–1783, W/E)
• Athol Williams (born 1970, SA)
• C. K. Williams (1936–2015, US)
• David Gwyn Williams (1904–1990, W/E)
• Donna Williams (1963–2017, A)
• Emmett Williams (1925–2007, US)
• Heathcote Williams (1941–2017, E)
• Helen Maria Williams (1759/1762–1827, E/F)
• Hugo Williams (born 1942, E)
• Isaac Williams (1802–1865, E)
• Jane Williams (1806–1885, W/E)
• Jonathan Williams (1929–2008, US)
• Miller Williams (1930–2015, US)
• Oscar Williams (1900–1964, US)
• Richard D'Alton Williams (1822–1862, Ir)
• Rowan Williams (born 1950, W/E)
• Saul Williams (born 1972, US)
• Sherley Anne Williams (1944–1999, US)
• William Carlos Williams (1883–1963, US)
• Frank S. Williamson (1865–1936, A)
• Elizabeth Willis (born 1961, US)
• James Wills (1790–1868, Ir)
• Ruth Wills (1826–1908, E)
• Clive Wilmer (1945–2025, E)
• Frank Wilmot (Furnley Maurice, 1881–1942, A)
• John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680, E)
• Eleanor Wilner (born 1937, US)
• Alan R. Wilson (living, C)
• Anne Elizabeth Wilson (1901–1946, US/C)
• Arthur Wilson (1595–1652, E)
• Dede Wilson (born 1937, US)
• Edwin Wilson (born 1942, A)
• Florence Mary Wilson (c. 1870–1946, Ir/NI)
• Peter Lamborn Wilson (also Hakim Bey, 1945–2022, US)
• Sheri-D Wilson (living, C)
• Christian Wiman (born 1966, US)
• Liz Winfield (born 1964, A)
• Rob Winger (born 1974, C)
• Sheila Wingfield (1906–1992, E/Ir)
• Yvor Winters (1900–1968, US)
• Jane Wiseman (Mrs. Holt, 1673 – after 1717, E)
• George Wither (1588–1667, E)
• Charles Wolfe (1791–1823, Ir)
• Humbert Wolfe (1885–1940, E)
• Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938, US)
• Theresa Wolfwood (living, C)
• Jennifer Wong (living, HK)
• Nellie Wong (born 1934, US)
• Gwyneth Barber Wood (died 2006, J)
• George Woodcock (1912–1995, C)
• Gregory Woods (born 1953, E)
• Joseph Woods (born 1966, Ir/Z)
• Macdara Woods (1942–2018, Ir)
• Lance Woolaver (born 1948, C)
• Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855, E)
• William Wordsworth (1770–1850, E)
• Philip Stanhope Worsley (1835–1866, E)
• Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639, E)
• Carolyn D. Wright (1949–2016, US)
• Carolyne Wright (born 1949, US)
• Charles Wright (born 1935, US)
• David Wright (1920–1994, E)
• David McKee Wright (1869–1928, NZ/A)
• Franz Wright (1953–2015, US)
• James Wright (1927–1980, US)
• Jay Wright (born 1935, US)
• Judith Wright (1915–2000, A)
• Kirby Wright (living, US)
• Luke Wright (born 1982, E)
• Robert Wrigley (born 1951, US)
• Lady Mary Wroth (1587–1651 or 1653)
• Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542, E)
• Elinor Wylie (1885–1928, US)
• Edward Alexander Wyon (1842–1872, E)

X–Y

• Makhosazana Xaba (born 1957, SA)
• Mitsuye Yamada (born 1923, US)
• Leo Yankevich (1961–2018, US)
• Morgan Yasbincek (born 1964, A)
• J. Michael Yates (1938–2021, US/C)
• W. B. Yeats (1865–1939, Ir)
• Jean Yoon (born 1962, C)
• Marly Youmans (born 1953, US)
• Monica Youn (born 1971, US)
• Andrew Young (1885–1971, S)
• Augustus Young (born 1943, Ir)
• d'bi Young (born 1977, J/C)
• Douglas Young (1913–1973, S)
• Edward Young (1683–1765, E)
• Ellen Young (c. 1810–1872, A)
• Ian Young (born 1945, C)
• Kevin Young (born 1970, US)
• Marguerite Young (1908–1995, US)

Z

• Alessio Zanelli (born 1963, It)
• Matthew Zapruder (born 1967, US)
• Marya Zaturenska (1902–1982, US)
• Robert Zend (1929–1985, C)
• Benjamin Zephaniah (1958–2023, E)
• Komninos Zervos (born 1950, A)
• David Zieroth (born 1946, C)
• Rachel Zolf (born 1968, C)
• Daniel Zomparelli (living, C)
• Carolyn Zonailo (born 1947, C)
• Louis Zukofsky (1904–1978, US)
• Fay Zwicky (1933–2017, A)
• Jan Zwicky (born 1955, C)

Lists of English language poets by nationality

• List of Australian poets
• List of Canadian poets
• List of Irish poets
• List of English poets from India
• List of Nigerian poets
• List of South African poets
• List of poets from the United States

See also

• English poetry
• List of poets
• List of women poets