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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


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 (born 1935, US) * Seth Abramson (born 1976, US) * Dannie Abse (1923–2014, W) *
Chinua Achebe Chinua Achebe (; born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. His first novel ''Things Fall Apart'' ( ...
(1930–2013, Ni/US) * Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014, Ni) *
Kathy Acker Kathy Acker (April 18, 1947 isputed– November 30, 1997) was an American experimental novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, critic, performance artist, and postmodernist writer, known for her idiosyncratic and transgressive writing that deal ...
(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 Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, humorist, and screenwriter, best known as the creator of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. Originally a 1978 BBC radio comedy, ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the ...
(1952–2001, E) *
John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before Presidency of John Adams, his presidency, he was a leader of ...
(1704–1740, US) * Léonie Adams (1899–1988, US) *
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(born 1974, US) * Gil Adamson (born 1961, C) * Robert Adamson (1943–2022, A) *
Fleur Adcock Fleur Adcock (10 February 1934 – 10 October 2024) was a New Zealand poet and editor. Of English and Northern Irish ancestry, Adcock lived much of her life in England. She is well-represented in New Zealand poetry anthologies, was awarded an ...
(1934–2024, NZ/E) *
Joseph Addison Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 May 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was the eldest son of Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with w ...
(1672–1719, E) *
Kim Addonizio Kim Addonizio (born July 31, 1954) is an American poet and novelist. Life Addonizio was born in Washington, D.C., United States. She is the daughter of tennis champion Pauline Betz and sports writer Bob Addie (born Addonizio). She briefly atte ...
(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 Patience Agbabi FRSL (born 1965) is a British poet and performer who emphasizes the spoken word.. Although her poetry addresses contemporary themes, it often makes use of formal constraints, including traditional poetic forms. She has described ...
(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 Ama Ata Aidoo (23 March 1942 — 31 May 2023) was a Ghanaian author, poet, playwright, politician, and academic. She was a Secretary for Education in Ghana from 1982 to 1983 under Jerry Rawlings's PNDC administration. Her first play, '' The Dil ...
(1940–2023, Gh) * Conrad Aiken (1889–1973, US) * Douglas Ainslie (1865–1948, S) *
Thomas Aird Thomas Aird (28 August 180225 April 1876) was a Scottish poet, best known for his 1830 narrative poem '' The Captive of Fez''. Early life and education Aird was born in 1802 at Bowden, Roxburghshire. His parents were James Aird, a builder, an ...
(1802–1876, S) *
Adam Aitken Adam Aitken (born 1960) is an Australian poet. Early life and education Australian writer Adam Aitken was born in London in 1960. He spent his early childhood with relatives in Thailand, and was educated at a convent in Malaysia, then a school ...
(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 Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c. 1698–1770), legal name Alexander MacDonald, or, in Gaelic Alasdair MacDhòmhnaill, was a Scottish war poet, satirist, lexicographer, and memoirist. He was born at Dalilea into the Scottish nobility () an ...
(c. 1695–1770, S) * Jordie Albiston (1961–2022, A) * Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956, US) *
Amos Bronson Alcott Amos Bronson Alcott (; November 29, 1799 – March 4, 1888) was an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer. As an educator, Alcott pioneered new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational style, and av ...
(1799–1888, US) *
Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott (; November 29, 1832March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel ''Little Women'' (1868) and its sequels ''Good Wives'' (1869), ''Little Men'' (1871), and ''Jo's Boys'' ...
(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 William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling PC (c. 156712 February 1640) was a Scottish courtier and poet who was involved in the Scottish colonisation of Charles Fort, later Port-Royal, Nova Scotia in 1629 and Long Island, New York. His litera ...
(c. 1567–1640, S) *
Sherman Alexie Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr. (born October 7, 1966) is a Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker. His writings draw on his experiences as an Indigenous American with ancestry from several tribes. He grew up ...
(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 (born 1945, 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 Lillian Allen (born 5 April 1951) is a Canadians, Canadian dub poetry, dub poet, writer and Juno Award winner. Biography Born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, Spanish Town, Jamaica, she left that country in 1969, first moving to New York City, where ...
(born 1951, C) * Richard James Allen (born 1960, A) * Ron Allen (1947–2010, US) * Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893, US) *
William Allingham William Allingham (19 March 1824 – 18 November 1889) was an Irish poet, diarist and editor. He wrote several volumes of lyric verse, and his poem "The Faeries" was much anthologised. But he is better known for his posthumously published ''Di ...
(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 Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is an American New Formalist poet, novelist, and essayist. She rose to prominence with the novels '' How the García Girls Lost Their Accents'' (1991), ''In the Time of the Butterflies'' (1994), and ''Yo! ...
(born 1950, D/US) * Moniza Alvi (born 1954, E)


Am–Az

* George Amabile (born 1936, C) * Abdulkareem Baba Aminu (born 1977, Ni) *
Kingsley Amis Sir Kingsley William Amis (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, short stories, radio and television scripts, and works of social crit ...
(1922–1995, E) * A. R. Ammons (1926–2001, US) * Madhur Anand (born 1971, C) * Ingrid Andersen (born 1965, SA) *
Ethel Anderson Ethel Campbell Louise Anderson (née Mason; 16 March 1883 – 4 August 1958) was an early twentieth century Australian poet, essayist, novelist and painter. She considered herself to be mainly a poet, but is now best appreciated for her witty an ...
(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 (born 1951, US) *
Maya Angelou Maya Angelou ( ; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credi ...
(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) *
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(born 1946, US) * Susanne Antonetta (born 1956, US) * Brother Antoninus (1912–1994, US) *
Raymond Antrobus Raymond Antrobus is a British poet, educator and writer who has been performing poetry since 2007. In March 2019, he won the Ted Hughes Award for new work in poetry.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 Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold (academic), Tom Arnold, literary professor, and Willi ...
(1822–1888, E) * Joanne Arnott (born 1960, C) * K. O. Arvidson (1938–2011, NZ) * M. K. Asante (born 1982, US) *
John Ashbery John Lawrence Ashbery (July 28, 1927 – September 3, 2017) was an American poet and art critic. Ashbery is considered the most influential American poet of his time. Oxford University literary critic John Bayley wrote that Ashbery "sounded, in ...
(1927–2017, US) * Cliff Ashby (1919–2012, E) * Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836 or 1838–1917, E) *
Thomas Ashe Thomas Patrick Ashe (; 12 January 1885 – 25 September 1917) was an Irish revolutionary and politician. He was a member of the Gaelic League, the Gaelic Athletic Association, the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and a founding member of th ...
(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 Thea Beatrice May Astley (25 August 1925 – 17 August 2004) was an Australian novelist and short story writer. She was a prolific writer who was published for over 40 years from 1958. At the time of her death, she had won more Miles Franklin ...
(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 Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and an inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight chi ...
(born 1939, C) *
Dorothy Auchterlonie Dorothy Auchterlonie (also known as Dorothy Green; 28 May 1915 – 21 February 1991) was an English-born Australian academic, literary critic and poet. Life Auchterlonie was born in Sunderland, County Durham in England. In 1927 when she ...
(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 Paul Benjamin Auster (February 3, 1947 – April 30, 2024) was an American writer, novelist, memoirist, poet, and filmmaker. His notable works include '' The New York Trilogy'' (1987), '' Moon Palace'' (1989), '' The Music of Chance'' (1990), ' ...
(1947–2024, US) * Alfred Austin (1835–1913, E) * Oana Avasilichioaei (living, C) * James Avery (born 1948, 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 (born 1967, 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 1953, 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 Russell Earl Banks (March 28, 1940 – January 8, 2023) was an American writer of fiction and poetry. His novels are known for "detailed accounts of domestic strife and the daily struggles of ordinary often-marginalized characters". He drew from ...
(born 1940, 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 Amiri Baraka (born Everett Leroy Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. He was the author of numerous b ...
(1934–2014, US) *
Anna Laetitia Barbauld Anna Laetitia Barbauld (, by herself possibly , as in French, Aikin; 20 June 1743 – 9 March 1825) was a prominent English poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and author of children's literature. A prominent member of the Blue Stockings ...
(1743–1825, E) * Mary Barber (c. 1685 – c. 1755, Ir) * Ros Barber (born 1964, E) *
Anna Laetitia Barbauld Anna Laetitia Barbauld (, by herself possibly , as in French, Aikin; 20 June 1743 – 9 March 1825) was a prominent English poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and author of children's literature. A prominent member of the Blue Stockings ...
(1743–1825, E) * John Barbour (c. 1320–1395, S) * Alexander Barclay (1476–1552, S) *
Leland Bardwell Constance Olive Leland Bardwell (25 February 1922 – 28 June 2016) was an Irish poet, novelist, and playwright. She was part of the literary scene in London and later Dublin, where she was an editor of literary magazines ''Hibernia'' and '' Cyp ...
(1922–2016, Ir) * Serie Barford (living, NZ) *
Richard Barham Richard Harris Barham (6 December 1788 – 17 June 1845) was an English cleric of the Church of England, a novelist and a humorous poet. He was known generally by his pseudonym Thomas Ingoldsby and as the author of ''The Ingoldsby Legends''. ...
(Thomas Ingoldsby, 1788–1845, E) * George Barker (1913–1991, E) * Les Barker (born 1947, E) * Coleman Barks (born 1937, US) *
Clement Barksdale Clement Barksdale (November 1609 – January 1687) was a prolific English religious author, polymath and Anglican priest. He lost his London parish in the English Civil War, but gained Gloucestershire livings at the Restoration and taught at a p ...
(1609–1687, E) *
Joel Barlow Joel Barlow (March 24, 1754 – December 26, 1812) was an American poet, diplomat, and politician. In politics, he supported the French Revolution and was an ardent Jeffersonian republican. He worked as an agent for American speculator William ...
(1754–1812, US/F) * Lady Anne Barnard (1750–1825, S/SA) * Mary Barnard (1909–2002, US) *
Djuna Barnes Djuna Barnes ( ; June 12, 1892 – June 18, 1982) was an American artist, illustrator, journalist, and writer who is perhaps best known for her novel '' Nightwood'' (1936), a cult classic of lesbian fiction and an important work of modernist lite ...
(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 Richard Barnfield (baptized 29 June 1574 – 1620) was an English poet. His relationship with William Shakespeare has long made him interesting to scholars. It has been suggested that he was the " rival poet" mentioned in Shakespeare's sonnet ...
(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 Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929) was an American author and poet, chiefly remembered for her anthem "America the Beautiful", but also for her many books and articles on social reform, on which she was a noted speaker. B ...
(1859–1929, US) *
Joseph Bathanti Joseph Bathanti (born July 20, 1953, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American poet, novelist and professor. He was named by Governor of North Carolina, Governor Bev Perdue as the seventh North Carolina Poet Laureate, 2012–2014. Biography Early ...
(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 (born 1947, 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 Francis Beaumont ( ; 1584 – 6 March 1616) was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher. Beaumont's life Beaumont was the son of Sir Francis Beaumont of Grace Dieu, near Thri ...
(1586–1616, E) * Bruce Beaver (1928–2004, A) *
Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer of novels, plays, short stories, and poems. Writing in both English and French, his literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal, and Tragicomedy, tra ...
(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 Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) ( ; ; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican, an activist who wrote in both English and Irish. His widely ackno ...
(1923–1964, Ir) *
Aphra Behn Aphra Behn (; baptism, bapt. 14 December 1640 – 16 April 1689) was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration (England), Restoration era. As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writ ...
(1640–1689, E) * Sinclair Beiles (1930–2000, SA) * Gerard Beirne (born 1962, Ir/C) * Henry Beissel (born 1929, G/C) * Billy-Ray Belcourt (living, C) * Ken Belford (born 1946, 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 Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc ( ; ; 27 July 187016 July 1953) was a French-English writer, politician, and historian. Belloc was also an orator, poet, sailor, satirist, writer of letters, soldier, and political activist. His Catholic fait ...
(1870–1953, E) * John Bemrose (living, C) * Gwen Benaway (born 1987, C) * Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921, US) *
Stephen Vincent Benét Stephen Vincent Benét ( ; July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He wrote a book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, '' John Brown's Body'', published in 1928, for which he receive ...
(1898–1943, US) *
William Rose Benét William Rose Benét (February 2, 1886 – May 4, 1950) was an American poet, writer, and editor. He was the older brother of Stephen Vincent Benét. Early life and education He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Col. James Walker 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 Robbie Benoit (?–2007) was a Canadian poet and writer. A longtime resident of Whitehorse, Yukon, he is best known for his '' Tall Yukon Tales''. Benoit was born in northwestern Quebec. After moving to the Yukon as a young man, he worked for ...
(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 Daniel Joseph Berrigan (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016) was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author. Berrigan's protests against the Vietnam War earned him both scorn and admiratio ...
(1921–2016, US) * Ted Berrigan (1934–1983, US) * James Berry (1924–2017, J/E) * Wendell Berry (born 1934, US) *
John Berryman John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in th ...
(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 Sir John Betjeman, (; 28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architect ...
(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 Margaret Bingham, Countess of Lucan (1740 – 27 February 1814)Ernest Radford, "Bingham, Margaret, Countess of Lucan (c. 1740–1814)", rev. V. Remington, ODNB, Oxford University Press, 200Retrieved 4 October 2014/ref> was an English painter, co ...
(1740–1814, E) *
Laurence Binyon Robert Laurence Binyon, Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, CH (10 August 1869 – 10 March 1943) was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, England, his parents were Frederick Binyon, ...
(1869–1943, E) * Hera Lindsay Bird (born 1987, NZ) *
Earle Birney Earle Alfred Birney (13 May 1904 – 3 September 1995) was a Canadian poet and novelist, who twice won the Governor General's Award, Canada's top literary honour, for his poetry. Life Born in Calgary in the North-West Territories' District o ...
(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) * Lewis Blake (born 1946, E) *
William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the Romantic poetry, poetry and visual art of the Roma ...
(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 Edmund Charles Blunden (1 November 1896 – 20 January 1974) was an English poet, author, and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was als ...
(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 Dermot Bolger (born 1959) is an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and editor from Dublin, Ireland. Born in the Finglas suburb of Dublin in 1959, his older sister is the writer June Considine. Bolger's novels include ''Night Shift'' (1982), ''T ...
(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 Pat Boran (born 1963) is an Irish poetry, Irish poet. Biography Born in Portlaoise, Boran has lived in Dublin for a number of years. He is the publisher of the Dedalus Press which specialises in contemporary poetry from Ireland, and interna ...
(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 (born 1949, 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 1936, 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 Peter Lawrence Boyle (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor. He is known for his character actor roles in film and television and received several awards including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. ...
(born 1951, A) * Samuel Boyse (1702/1703–1749, Ir/E) * Virginia Frazer Boyle (1863–1938, US)


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* Francis Brabazon (1907–1984, A) * Thomas Bracken (1843–1898, NZ) * Alison Brackenbury (born 1953, E) * Anna Braden (1858–1939, US) *
James Bradley James Bradley (September 1692 – 13 July 1762) was an English astronomer and priest who served as the third Astronomer Royal from 1742. He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in astronomy, the aberration of light (1725–1728), and ...
(born 1967, A) *
Anne Bradstreet Anne Bradstreet (née Dudley; March 8, 1612 – September 16, 1672) was among the most prominent of early English poets of North America and the first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. She is the first Puritan ...
(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 Dionne Brand (born 7 January 1953) is a Canadian poet, novelist, essayist and documentarian. She was Toronto's third Poet Laureate from September 2009 to November 2012 and first Black Poet Laureate. She was admitted to the Order of Canada in ...
(born 1953, C) * Di Brandt (born 1952, C) * Charles Brasch (1909–1973, NZ) *
Giannina Braschi Giannina Braschi (born February 5, 1953) is a Puerto Rican poet, novelist, dramatist, and scholar. Her notable works include '' Empire of Dreams'' (1988), '' Yo-Yo Boing!'' (1998), '' United States of Banana'' (2011), and '' Putinoika'' (2024). ...
(born 1953, US) * Kamau Brathwaite (1930–2020, B) *
Richard Brautigan Richard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. He wrote throughout his life and published ten novels, two collections of short stories, and four books of poetry. Brautigan's work has been publi ...
(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) *
Breyten Breytenbach Breyten Breytenbach (; 16 September 193924 November 2024) was a South African writer, poet, and painter. He became internationally well-known as a dissident poet and vocal critic of South Africa under apartheid, and as a political prisoner of ...
(born 1939, SA/F) * 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 (born 1950, 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 Breyten Breytenbach (; 16 September 193924 November 2024) was a South African writer, poet, and painter. He became internationally well-known as a dissident poet and vocal critic of South Africa under apartheid, and as a political prisoner of ...
(born 1939, SA) *
Diana Bridge Diana Bridge (born 1942 in Wellington) is a New Zealand poet. She attended Queen Margaret College and Victoria University of Wellington. She lived most of her adult life in various parts of Asia, including India and China, and as an adult she ...
(born 1942, NZ) *
Robert Bridges Robert Seymour Bridges (23 October 1844 – 21 April 1930) was a British poet who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. His poems reflect a deep Christian faith, and he is ...
(1844–1930, E) * Kim Bridgford (1959–2000, US) *
Robert Bringhurst Robert Bringhurst Appointments to the Order of Canada (2013). (born 1946) is a CanadianWong (1999). poet, typographer and author. He has translated substantial works from Haida and Navajo and from classical Greek and Arabic. He wrote ''The El ...
(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 Patrick Branwell Brontë (, commonly ; 26 June 1817 – 24 September 1848) was an English painter and writer. He was the only son of the Brontë family, and brother of the writers Charlotte Brontë, Charlotte, Emily Brontë, Emily, and Anne Bro ...
(1817–1848, E) *
Charlotte Brontë Charlotte Nicholls (; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855), commonly known as Charlotte Brontë (, commonly ), was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë family, Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novel ...
(1816–1855, E) *
Emily Brontë Emily Jane Brontë (, commonly ; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English writer best known for her 1847 novel, ''Wuthering Heights''. She also co-authored a book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte Brontë, Charlotte and Anne Bront� ...
(1818–1848, E) * Rupert Brooke (1887–1915, E) * David Brooks (born 1953, A) *
Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poet ...
(1917–2000, US) * Alice Williams Brotherton (1848–1930, US) * Audrey Alexandra Brown (1904–1998, C) *
George Mackay Brown George Mackay Brown (17 October 1921 – 13 April 1996) was a Scottish poet, author and dramatist with a distinctly Orkney, Orcadian character. He is widely regarded as one of the great Scottish poets of the 20th century. Biography Early life a ...
(1921–1996, S) *
James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by Honorific nick ...
(J. B. Selkirk, 1832–1904, S) * Jericho Brown (born 1976, US) * Pam Brown (born 1948, A) *
Sterling Allen Brown Sterling Allen Brown (May 1, 1901 – January 13, 1989) was an American professor, folklorist, poet, and literary critic. He chiefly studied black culture of the Southern United States and was a professor at Howard University for most of his ca ...
(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 Sir Thomas Browne ( "brown"; 19 October 160519 October 1682) was an English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including science and medicine, religion and the esoteric. His writings display a d ...
(1605–1682, E) * William Browne (1588–1643, E) * Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861, E/It) *
Robert Browning Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian literature, Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentar ...
(1812–1889, E/It) * Charles Tory Bruce (1906–1971, C) *
Mary Grant Bruce Mary Grant Bruce (born Minnie Grant Bruce, 24 May 1878 – 2 July 1958), was an Australian children's author and journalist. While all her thirty-seven books enjoyed popular success in Australia and overseas, particularly in the United Kingdom, ...
(1878–1958, A) * Julie Bruck (living, C) * Dennis Brutus (1924–2009, SA) *
William Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the '' New York Evening Post''. Born in Massachusetts, he started his career as a lawyer but showed an interest in poe ...
(1794–1878, US) * Colette Bryce (born 1970, NI/E) * Bryher (Annie Winifred Ellerman, 1894–1983, E) * Dugald Buchanan (1716–1768, S) *
George Buchanan George Buchanan (; February 1506 – 28 September 1582) was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. According to historian Keith Brown, Buchanan was "the most profound intellectual sixteenth-century Scotland produced." His ideology of re ...
(1506–1582, S) *
Robert Williams Buchanan Robert Williams Buchanan (18 August 1841 – 10 June 1901) was a Scottish poet, novelist and dramatist. Early life and education He was the son of Robert Buchanan (1813–1866), Owenite lecturer and journalist, and was born at Caverswall, ...
(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 Henry Charles Bukowski ( ; born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, ; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German Americans, German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambien ...
(1920–1994, US) * April Bulmer (born 1963, C) * Rhoda Bulter (1929–1994, S) *
Basil Bunting Basil Cheesman Bunting (1 March 1900 – 17 April 1985) was a British modernist poet whose reputation was established with the publication of '' Briggflatts'' in 1966, generally regarded as one of the major achievements of the modernist traditi ...
(1900–1985, E) *
Anthony Burgess John Anthony Burgess Wilson, (; 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993) who published under the name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer and composer. Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his Utopian and dystopian fiction, dy ...
(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 Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the List of national poets, national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the be ...
(1759–1796, S) * Stanley Burnshaw (1906–2005, US) * John Burnside (born 1955, 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 George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English poet. He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest poets of the United Kingdom. Among his best-kno ...
(1788–1824, E/It)


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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 Robert Newton Calvert (9 March 1945 – 14 August 1988) was a South African-United Kingdom, British writer, poet, and musician. He is principally known for his role as lyricist, performance poet and lead vocalist of the space rock band Hawkwind ...
(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 Angus Peter Campbell (; born 1952) is a Scottish award-winning poet, novelist, journalist, broadcaster and actor. Campbell's works, which are written mainly in Scottish Gaelic, draw heavily upon both Hebridean mythology and folklore and the ma ...
(living, S) * David Campbell (1915–1979, A) * Elizabeth Campbell (born 1980, A) * 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 Thomas Campion (sometimes spelled Campian; 12 February 1567 – 1 March 1620) was an English composer, poet, and physician. He was born in London, educated at Cambridge, and studied law in Gray's Inn. He wrote over a hundred lute songs, masque ...
(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 Thomas Carew (pronounced as "Carey") (1595 – 22 March 1640) was an English poet, among the 'Cavalier' group of Caroline poets. Biography He was the son of Sir Matthew Carew, master in chancery, and his wife Alice, daughter of Sir John Rive ...
(1595–1639, E) * Henry Carey (1693–1743, E) *
Robert Carliell Robert Carliell or Carleill (died c. 1622) was an English didactic poet. A Londoner and a leather seller, he is remembered mainly for a defence in verse of the newly established Church of England. Polemic Carliell is remembered mainly for his ve ...
(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 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and reluctant Anglicanism, Anglican deacon. His most notable works are ''Alice ...
(1832–1898, E) * Hayden Carruth (1921–2008, US) * A.J. Carruthers (living, A) * Ann Elizabeth Carson (1929–2023, C) *
Anne Carson Anne Patricia Carson (born June 21, 1950) is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator, classicist, and professor. Trained at the University of Toronto, Carson has taught classics, comparative literature, and creative writing at universities across ...
(born 1950, C) *
Ciaran Carson Ciaran Gerard Carson ( Irish: ''Ciarán Gearóid Mac Carráin''; 9 October 1948 – 6 October 2019) was a Northern Ireland-born poet and novelist. Early life and education Ciaran Carson was born on 9 October 1948 in Belfast Belfast ...
(1948–2019, NI) * Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806, E) * Jared Carter (born 1939, US) * William Cartwright (1611–1643, E) *
Raymond Carver Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. (May 25, 1938 – August 2, 1988) was an American short story writer and poet. He published his first collection of stories, '' Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?'', in 1976. His breakout collection, '' What We Talk About ...
(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 Ana Castillo (born June 15, 1953) is a Chicana novelist, poet, short story writer, essayist, editor, playwright, translator and independent scholar. Considered one of the leading voices in Chicana experience, Castillo is most known for her experi ...
(born 1953, US) * Lee Cataldi (born 1942, A) * Nancy Cato (1917–2000, A) * Charles Causley (1917–2003, E) *
Nick Cave Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, writer, and actor who fronts the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Known for his baritone voice, Cave's music is characterised by emotional intensity, a wide variety ...
(born 1957, A) * George Cavendish (1494 – c. 1562, E) *
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (; 1623 er exact birth date is unknown– 16 December 1673) was an English philosopher, poet, scientist, fiction writer, and playwright. She was a prolific writer, publishing over 12 origin ...
(1623–1673, E) * Kate Cayley (living, C) *
Susanna Centlivre Susanna Centlivre (c. 1669 (baptised) – 1 December 1723), born Susanna Freeman, and also known professionally as Susanna Carroll, was an English poet, actress, and "the most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century". Centlivre's ...
(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 William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was the foremost Unitarianism, Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton (1786–1853), one of Unitarianism's leading theolo ...
(1818–1901, US) * Arthur Chapman (1873–1935, US) *
George Chapman George Chapman ( – 12 May 1634) was an English dramatist, translator and poet. He was a classical scholar whose work shows the influence of Stoicism. Chapman is seen as an anticipator of the metaphysical poets of the 17th century. He is ...
(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 Thomas Chatterton (20 November 1752 – 24 August 1770) was an English poet whose precocious talents ended in suicide at age 17. He was an influence on Romantic artists of the period such as Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth and Coleridge. Alth ...
(1752–1770, E) *
Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer ( ; – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for ''The Canterbury Tales''. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He w ...
(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 Lydia Maria Child ( Francis; February 11, 1802October 20, 1880) was an American Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist, women's rights activist, Native Americans in the United States, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalis ...
(1802–1880, US) * Harriet L. Childe-Pemberton (1852–1922, E) *
Billy Childish Billy Childish (born Steven John Hamper; 1 December 1959) is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer, and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing, and visual art. He has ...
(born 1959, E) * Marilyn Chin (born 1955, US) * Staceyann Chin (born 1972, J) * Eileen Chong (born 1980, A) *
Robert Choquette Robert Guy Choquette (; April 22, 1905 – January 22, 1991) was a Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat. He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and he moved with his family to Montreal in 1914. In 1968, he was appointed Canada's ambassa ...
(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 Colley Cibber (6 November 1671 – 11 December 1757) was an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Poet Laureate. His colourful memoir ''An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber'' (1740) describes his life in ...
(1671–1757, E) * Charl Cilliers (born 1941, SA) *
Sandra Cisneros Sandra Cisneros (born December 20, 1954) is an American writer. She is best known for her first novel, ''The House on Mango Street'' (1984), and her subsequent short story collection, ''Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories'' (1991). Her wo ...
(born 1954, US) * Carson Cistulli (born 1979, US)


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Amy Clampitt Amy Clampitt (June 15, 1920 – September 10, 1994) was an American poet and author. Life Clampitt was born on June 15, 1920, of Quaker parents, and brought up in New Providence, Iowa. At nearby Grinnell College and later in the American Academy ...
(1920–1994, US * Kate Clanchy (born 1965, S) *
John Clanvowe Sir John Clanvowe (c. 1341 – 17 October 1391) was a Welsh diplomat, poet and chamber knight to Richard II. He was born to a Marcher family and was possibly of mixed Anglo-Welsh origin, holding lands that would lie in the present-day Radnorshir ...
(c. 1341–1391, W/E) *
John Clare John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and his sorrows at its disruption. His work underwent major re-evaluation in the late 20t ...
(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 George Elliott Clarke (born February 12, 1960) is a Canadian poet, playwright and literary critic who served as the Poet Laureate of Toronto from 2012 to 2015 and as the Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2016-2017. Clarke's work addresse ...
(born 1960, C) * Gillian Clarke (born 1937, W) * Jack Clarke (1933–1992, US) *
Marcus Clarke Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke (24 April 1846 – 2 August 1881) was an English-born Australian novelist, journalist, poet, editor, librarian, and playwright. He is best known for his 1874 novel ''For the Term of His Natural Life'', about the con ...
(1846–1881, A) * Brian P. Cleary (born 1959, US) * Brendan Cleary (born 1958, NI) * William Cleland (1661–1689, S) *
Justin Clemens Justin Clemens (born 22 April 1969) is an Australian academic known for his work on Alain Badiou, psychoanalysis, European philosophy, and contemporary Australian art and literature. He is also a published poet. Background Clemens studied at ...
(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 (born 1944, 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 Bob Cobbing (30 July 1920 – 29 September 2002) was a British sound, visual, concrete and performance poet who was a central figure in the British Poetry Revival. Early life Cobbing was born in Enfield. He attended Enfield Grammar School and ...
(1920–2002, E) * Ellen Melicent Cobden (1848–1914, E) *
Robbie Coburn Robbie Coburn (born 25 June 1994) is an Australian poet and author. His young adult verse novel ''The Foal in the Wire'' was published in 2025. Early life and education Born in Melbourne in 1994, Robbie Coburn grew up on his family's farm in ...
(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 Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, soc ...
(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 Hartley Coleridge, possibly David Hartley Coleridge (19 September 1796 – 6 January 1849), was an English poet, biographer, essayist, and teacher. He was the eldest son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. His sister Sara Coleridge was a poet a ...
(1796–1849, E) * Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907, E) *
Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( ; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth ...
(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 Padraic Colum (8 December 1881 – 11 January 1972) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival. Early life Co ...
(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 William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright, satirist, poet, and Whig politician. He spent most of his career between London and Dublin, and was noted for his highly polished style of writing, being regard ...
(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 George Robert Acworth Conquest (15 July 19173 August 2015) was a British and American historian, poet, novelist, and propagandist. He was briefly a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain but later wrote several books condemning commun ...
(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 Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (born Elizabeth Irving, November 17, 1930 – July 5, 2023) was a Native American editor, essayist, poet, and novelist. She was considered to be outspoken in her views about Native American politics, particularly in regards t ...
(born 1930, 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 Wendy Cope (born 21 July 1945) is a contemporary English poet. She read history at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She now lives in Ely, Cambridgeshire, with her husband, the poet Lachlan Mackinnon. Biography Cope was born in Erith in Kent (now ...
(born 1945, E) * Judith Copithorne (born 1939, 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 Frances Crofts Cornford (née Darwin; 30 March 1886 – 19 August 1960) was an English poet. Biography She was the daughter of the botanist Francis Darwin and Newnham College, Cambridge, Newnham College fellow Ellen Wordsworth Darwin, Ellen ...
(1886–1960, E) * Francis M. Cornford (1874–1943, E) * John Cornford (1915–1936, E) * Joe Corrie (1894–1968, S) *
Gregory Corso Gregory Nunzio Corso (March 26, 1930 – January 17, 2001) was an American poet. Along with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs, he was part of the Beat Generation, as well as one of its youngest members. Early life Born N ...
(1930–2001, US) * Jayne Cortez (1936–2012, US) * William Johnson Cory (1823–1892, E) * Louisa Stuart Costello (1799–1877, Ir/F) *
Charles Cotton Charles Cotton (28 April 1630 – 16 February 1687) was an English poet and writer, best known for translating the work of Michel de Montaigne from French, for his contributions to ''The Compleat Angler'', and for the influential ''The Complea ...
(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 Abraham Cowley (; 161828 July 1667) was an English poet and essayist born in the City of London late in 1618. He was one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, with 14 printings of his ''Works'' published between 1668 and 1721. Early ...
(1618–1667, E) * Hannah Cowley (1743–1809, E) *
Malcolm Cowley Malcolm Cowley (August 24, 1898 – March 27, 1989) was an American writer, editor, historian, poet, and literary critic. His best known works include his first book of poetry, ''Blue Juniata'' (1929), and his memoir, ''Exile's Return'' ( ...
(1898–1989, US) * Dorothy Cowlin (1911–2010, E) *
William Cowper William Cowper ( ;  – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the Engli ...
(1731–1800, E) *
George Crabbe George Crabbe ( ; 24 December 1754 – 3 February 1832) was an English poet, surgeon and clergyman. He is best known for his early use of the realistic narrative form and his descriptions of middle and working-class life and people. In the 177 ...
(1754–1832, E) * Christine Craig (born 1943, J) * Helen Craik (c. 1751–1825, S/E) * Hart Crane (1899–1932, US) *
Stephen Crane Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism an ...
(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 (author), Allan Cunningham (1784–1842, S/E) *J. V. Cunningham (1911–1985, US) *John Cunningham (poet and dramatist), John Cunningham (1729–1773, Ir/E) *Allen Curnow (1911–2001, NZ) *Margaret Curran (poet), Margaret Curran (1887–1962, A) *Jen Currin (living, US/C) *Tony Curtis (Welsh poet), Tony Curtis (born 1946, W) *Tony Curtis (Irish poet), 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 (poet), David Daniels (1933–2008, US) *Jeffrey Daniels (author), 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 (poet), Donald Davidson (1893–1968, US) *John Davidson (poet), John Davidson (1857–1909, S/E) *Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808–1825, US) *Michael Davidson (poet), Michael Davidson (born 1944, US) *Donald Davie (1922–1995, E) *Alan Davies (poet), Alan Davies (born 1951, US) *Deborah Kay Davies (living, W) *Hugh Sykes Davies (1909–1984, E) *Idris Davies (1905–1953, W) *John Davies (poet, born 1569), 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 (poet), Jon Davis (living, US) *Norma Davis (1905–1945, A) *Tanya Davis (living, C) *Thomas Davis (Young Irelander), Thomas Osborne Davis (1814–1845, Ir) *Edward Davison (poet), Edward Davison (1898–1970, S/US) *Peter Davison (poet), 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 (writer), 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 (poet), John Denham (1615–1669, E) *C. J. Dennis (1876–1938, A) *John Dennison (poet), 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 (writer), Robert Dickson (1944–2007, C) *Peter Didsbury (born 1946, E) *Modikwe Dikobe (1913–?, SA) *Des Dillon (writer), 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 (author), 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 (playwright), 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 (Australian politician), Charles Gavan Duffy (1816–1903, Ir/A) *Maureen Duffy (born 1933, E) *Alan Dugan (1923–2003, J/US) *Michael Dugan (poet), 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 (poet), Andrew Duncan (born 1956, E) *Robert Duncan (poet), 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 (poet), Jonathan Edwards (born 1979, W) *Rhian Edwards (poet), 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) *Lady Charlotte Elliot, Charlotte Elliot (1839–1880, S) *David Elliott (poet), David Elliott (1923–1999, C) *Julia Anne Elliott (1809–1841, E) *Jean Elliot (1727–1805, S) *Ebenezer Elliott (1781–1849, E) *George Ellis (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (preacher), 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 (poet), Anne Evans (1820–1870, E) *Christine Evans (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (Australian poet), John Farrell (1851–1904, A) *John Farrell (poet), John Farrell (1968–2010, US) *Michael Farrell (poet), 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 (Ulster Scots poet), 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 (author), 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 (poet), Peter Finch (living, W) *Robert Finch (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (playwright), John Fletcher (1579–1625, E) *John Gould Fletcher (1886–1950, US) *Lisa Anne Fletcher (1844–1905, US) *Phineas Fletcher (1582–1650, E) *Robert Fletcher (writer), 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 (poet), Jack Foley (born 1940, US) *Mary Hannay Foott (1846–1918, A) *John Forbes (poet), John Forbes (1950–1998, A) *Carolyn Forché (born 1950, US) *Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939, E) *John Ford (dramatist), John Ford (1586–1639, E) *John M. Ford (1957–2006, US) *Robert Ford (Canadian diplomat), Robert Ford (1915–1998, C) *Mabel Forrest (1872–1935, A) *William Forrest (poet), William Forrest (fl. 1581, E) *Veronica Forrest-Thomson (1947–1975, S) *Gary Jeshel Forrester (born 1946, NZ) *William Forster (Australian politician), William Forster (1818–1882, A) *John Foulcher (born 1952, A) *Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (1860–1920, E) *William Fowler (makar), William Fowler (c. 1560–1612, S) *Kate Fox (writer), Kate Fox (born 1975, E) *Len Fox (1905–2004, A) *Janet Frame (1924–2004, NZ) *Ruth France (1913–1968, NZ) *Matthew Francis (poet), Matthew Francis (born 1956, E/W) *Robert Francis (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (writer), 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 (poet), 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 (writer), Angus Morrison Gidney (1803–1882, C) *Gerry Gilbert (1936–2009, C) *Jack Gilbert (1925–2012, US) *Kevin Gilbert (author), 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 (poet), 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 (Canadian poet), 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 (poet), Alex Grant (living, US) *Richard Graves (1715–1804, E) *Richard Harry Graves (1897–1971, A) *Robert Graves (1895–1985, E) *Alexander Gray (poet), 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 (poet), Robert Gray (born 1945, A) *Stephen Gray (writer), Stephen Gray (born 1941, SA) *Thomas Gray (1716–1771, E) *Dorothy Auchterlonie Green (1915–1991, A) *H. M. Green (journalist), H. M. Green (1881–1962, A) *Paula Green (poet), Paula Green (born 1955, NZ) *Richard Greene (writer), Richard Greene (born 1961, C) *Robert Greene (16th century), 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 (poet), Jane Greer (born 1953, 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 (poet), Bill Griffiths (1948–2007, E) *Bryn Griffiths (writer), Bryn Griffiths (living, W/E) *Jane Griffiths (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), Megan Hall (born 1972, SA) *Phil Hall (poet), Phil Hall (born 1953, C) *Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943, E) *Rodney Hall (writer), Rodney Hall (born 1935, A) *Arthur Hallam (1811–1833, E) *Alan Halsey (born 1949, W/E) *Michael Hamburger (1924–2007, E) *Ian Hamilton (critic), 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 (poet), Edward Harrington (1895–1966, A) *Claire Harris (poet), Claire Harris (1937–2018, C) *Joseph Harris (Gomer), Joseph Harris (1773–1825, W) *Max Harris (poet), Max Harris (1921–1995, A) *Michael Harris (poet), Michael Harris (born 1944, C) *Robert Harris (poet), Robert Harris (1951–1993, A) *Wilson Harris (1921–2018, Gu/E) *Jennifer Harrison (born 1955, A) *Jim Harrison (1937–2016, US) *Martin Harrison (poet), Martin Harrison (1949–2014, A) *Richard Harrison (poet) (living, C) *Tony Harrison (born 1937, 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 (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (American musician), 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 (poet), Brian Henderson (born 1948, C) *Hamish Henderson (1919–2002, S) *Philip Henderson (1906–1977, E) *Thomas William Heney (1862–1928, A) *John Henley (priest), John Henley (1692–1756, E) *William Ernest Henley (1849–1903, E) *Adrian Henri (1932–2000, E) *Paul Henry (poet), 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 Sidney, Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (Mary Sidney, 1561–1621, E) *W. N. Herbert (born 1961, S) *Jason Heroux (born 1971, C) *Robert Herrick (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), Kevin Higgins (born 1967, Ir) *Rita Ann Higgins (born 1955, Ir) *Colleen Higgs (born 1962, SA) *Charles Higham (biographer), Charles Higham (1931–2012, A) *Scott Hightower (born 1952, US) *Conrad Hilberry (1928–2017, US) *Fiona Hile (living, A) *Barry Hill (Australian writer), Barry Hill (born 1943, A) *Edward Hill (painter), Edward Hill (1843–1923, US) *Geoffrey Hill (1932–2016, E/US) *Robert Hilles (born 1951, C) *Richard Hillman (poet), Richard Hillman (born 1964, A) *Ellen Hinsey (born 1960, US) *Jane Hirshfield (born 1953, US) *George Hitchcock (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (novelist), 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 (poet), 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) *Alfred Edward Housman, A. E. Housman (1859–1936, E) *Edward Howard (novelist), Edward Howard (1793–1841, E) *Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547, E) *Liz Howard (writer), Liz Howard (living, C) *Richard Howard (1929–2022, US) *Robert Guy Howarth (1906–1974, A) *Fanny Howe (born 1940, US) *George Howe (printer), George Howe (1769–1821, A) *Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910, US) *Susan Howe (born 1937, US) *Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981, A) *Anthony Howell (performance artist), Anthony Howell (born 1945, E) *Harry Howith (1934–2014, C) *Mary Howitt (1799–1888, E) *Richard Howitt (poet), Richard Howitt (1799–1869, E) *William Howitt (1792–1879, E) *Francis Hubert (died 1629, E) *Thomas Hudson (poet), Thomas Hudson (d. c. 1605, S) *Annie Campbell Huestis (1878–1960, C) *Frieda Hughes (born 1960, A) *Langston Hughes (1902–1967, US) *Richard Hughes (British writer), 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) *James Henry Leigh Hunt, Leigh Hunt (1784–1859, E) *Sam Hunt (poet), Sam Hunt (born 1946, NZ) *Aislinn Hunter (living, C) *Al Hunter (writer), Al Hunter (living, C) *Bruce Hunter (poet), Bruce Hunter (born 1952, C) *Catherine Hunter (poet), Catherine Hunter (born 1957, C) *Rex Hunter (1889–1960, NZ) *Constance Hunting (1925–2006, US) *Cynthia Huntington (born 1952, US) *Chris Hutchinson (poet), Chris Hutchinson (born 1972, C) *Pearse Hutchinson (1927–2012, Ir) *William Hutton (historian), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), Alan James (living, SA) *Clive James (1939–2019, A) *John James (British poet), John James (1939–2018, W/E) *Maria James (poet), 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 (singer), Jemeni (Joanne Gairy, born 1976, Gd/C) *Graham Jenkin (born 1938, A) *John Jenkins (poet), John Jenkins (born 1949, A) *Joseph Jenkins (diarist), Joseph Jenkins (1818–1898, W/A) *Mike Jenkins (poet), Mike Jenkins (born 1953, W) *Nigel Jenkins (1949–2014, W) *Elizabeth Jennings (poet), 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 (poet), Sarah Johnson (born 1980, SA) *George Benson Johnston (1913–2004, C) *Martin Johnston (1947–1990, A) *Amanda Jones (inventor), Amanda Jones (1835–1914, US) *D. G. Jones (1929–2016, C) *David Jones (artist-poet), David Jones (1895–1974, E) *Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860, E) *El Jones (living, C) *Emma Jones (poet), Emma Jones (born 1977, A) *Evan Jones (Australian poet), Evan Jones (1931–2022, A) *Glyn Jones (Welsh writer), Glyn Jones (1905–1995, W) *Jack Jones (Welsh musician), Jack Jones (born 1992, W) *Jill Jones (poet), Jill Jones (born 1951, A) *John Joseph Jones (writer), John Joseph Jones (1930–2000, A) *Patrick Jones (poet), Patrick Jones (born 1965, W) *Rae Desmond Jones (1941–2017, A) *Richard Jones (poet), 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 (poet), 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) *Michael J. Astrue, 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 (poet), 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 (poet), Walter Kennedy (c. 1455 – c. 1508, S) *X. J. Kennedy (born 1929, US) *Jean Kent (poet), 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 (poet), Henry King (1592–1669, E) *William King (poet), William King (1663–1712, E) *Charles Kingsley (1819–1875, E) *Barbara Kingsolver (born 1955, US) *Galway Kinnell (1927–2014, US) *John Kinsella (poet), 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 (poet), 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 Zervos, 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 (poet), Mike Ladd (born 1959, A) *Ben Ladouceur (born 1987, C) *Nick Laird (born 1975, NI) *David Lake (writer), 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 (poet), Patrick Lane (1939–2019, C) *Andrew Lang (1844–1912, S) *D.L. Lang, 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 (poet), 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 (poet), David Lee (born 1944, US) *Dennis Lee (author), Dennis Lee (born 1939, C) *John B. Lee (born 1951, C) *Muna Lee (writer), 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 (poet), John Leonard (born 1965, A) *Tom Leonard (poet), 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 (poet), Dana Levin (born 1965, US) *Philip Levine (poet), Philip Levine (1928–2015, US) *Larry Levis (1946–1996, US) *D. A. Levy (1942–1968, US) *William Levy (author), William Levy (1939–2019, US/Nt) *Emma Lew (born 1962, A) *Oswald LeWinter (1931–2013, US) *Alun Lewis (poet), 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 (writer), Jack Lindsay (1900–1990, A/E) *Maurice Lindsay (broadcaster), 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 (poet), 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 (minister), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (writer), Richard Lush (born 1934, C) *Thomas Lux (1946–2017, US) *John Lydgate (1370–1450, E) *John Lyly (1553–1606, E) *Michael Lynch (professor), 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, 1st Baron Lyttelton, 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 (poet), Allan MacDonald (1859–1905, S) *Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864–1922, C) *George Macdonald (1824–1905, S) *Hugh MacDonald (poet), 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 (author), 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 (writer), David Mallet (c. 1705–1765, S) *Thomas Malory (c. 1415–1471, E) *David Malouf (born 1934, A) *Kim Maltman (born 1951, C) *Eli Mandel (1922–1992, C) *Tom Mandel (poet), 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 (writer), Leonard Mann (1895–1981, A) *Emily Manning (1845–1890, A) *Frederic Manning (1882–1935, A) *Maurice Manning (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), Tom Marshall (1938–1993, C) *John Marston (playwright), John Marston (1576–1634, E) *Garth Martens (living, C) *Camille Martin (born 1956, C) *David Martin (poet), David Martin (1915–1997, E/A) *Philip Martin (poet), 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 (poet), John Mateer (born 1971, A) *Ray Mathew (1929–2002, A) *Robin Mathews (poet), Robin Mathews (1931–2023, C) *Roland Mathias (1915–2007, W) *Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947, US) *Don Mattera (1935–2022, SA) *James Matthews (writer), 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 (poet), Robert McBride (c. 1811/1812–1895, C) *Neil McBride (poet), Neil McBride (1861–1942, Ir) *Ian McBryde (born 1953, A) *Brian McCabe (author), 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 (poet), Roy McDonald (1937–2018, C) *Walt McDonald (1934–2022, US) *David McFadden (poet), David McFadden (1940–2018, C) *Hugh McFadden (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), James McIntyre (1828–1906, S/C) *Claude McKay (1889–1948, J/US) *Don McKay (poet), 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 (songwriter), 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 (poet), 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 (d. 1628), Christopher Middleton (c. 1560–1628, E) *Christopher Middleton (poet), 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 (poet), Ruth Miller (1919–1969, SA) *Thomas Miller (poet), Thomas Miller (1807–1874, E) *Vassar Miller (1924–1998, US) *John Millett (poet), 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 (writer), Paul Mitchell (born 1968, A) *Silas Weir Mitchell (physician), Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914, US) *Stephen Mitchell (translator), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), John Montague (1929–2016, Ir) *Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762, E) *Alexander Montgomerie (c. 1550–1598, S) *James Montgomery (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), Edwin Morgan (1920–2010, S) *J. O. Morgan (born 1978, S) *Jeffrey Morgan (writer), Jeffrey Morgan (living, C) *Mal Morgan (1936–1999, A) *Robin Morgan (born 1941, US) *Lorin Morgan-Richards (born 1975, 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 (author), 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 (journalist), 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 (poet), William Murdoch (1823–1887, S/C) *Edwin Greenslade Murphy (Dryblower, 1866–1939, A) *Hayden Murphy (born 1945, Ir) *Richard Murphy (poet), Richard Murphy (1927–2018, Ir/SLk) *Sheila Murphy (born 1951, US) *Charles Murray (poet), Charles Murray (1864–1941, S) *George Murray (poet), George Murray (born 1971, C) *Joan Murray (born 1945, US) *Les Murray (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), John Newlove (1938–2003, C) *John Henry Newman (1801–1890, E) *Kate Newmann (born 1965, NI/Ir) *William Newton (poet), 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) *The Owl and the Nightingale, Nicholas of Guildford (12th or 13th c., E) *Barrie Phillip Nichol (bpNichol, 1944–1988, C) *Grace Nichols (born 1950, Gu/E) *Robert Nichols (poet), 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 (author), 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 (poet), John O'Brien (Patrick Joseph Hartigan, 1878–1952, A) *Sean O'Brien (writer), Sean O'Brien (born 1952, E) *Patrick O'Connell (poet), Patrick O'Connell (1944–2005, C) *Mark O'Connor (poet), 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) *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 (poet), 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 (activist), 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 (writer), Catherine Owen (living, C) *Jan Owen (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), Thomas Parnell (1670–1718, Ir/E) *Robert Parry (poet), Robert Parry (1540–1612, W) *Lisa Pasold (living, C) *John Pass (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (playwright), Robert Peters (1924–2014, US) *Pascale Petit (poet), 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 (publisher), 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 (poet), Robert Pollok (c. 1798–1827, S) *John Pomfret (poet), 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 (poet), Peter Porter (1929–2010, A) *Rochelle Potkar (born 1979, In) *Robert Potter (translator), Robert Potter (1721–1804, E) *Charles Potts (born 1943, US) *Ezra Pound (1885–1972, US) *B. W. Powe (born 1955, C) *Craig Powell (poet), 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 (writer), Thomas Preston (1537–1598, E) *Ron Pretty (1940–2023, A) *Frank Prewett (1893–1962, C) *Nancy Price (1880–1970, E) *Richard Price (poet), 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 (born 1936, 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 (poet), Allan Ramsay (1686–1758, S) *Theodore Harding Rand (1835–1900, C) *Dudley Randall (1914–2000, US) *Julia Randall (1924–2005, US) *Thomas Randolph (poet), 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 (poet), Henry Reed (1914–1986, E) *Ishmael Reed (born 1938, US) *Jeremy Reed (writer), 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 (writer), James Reeves (1909–1978, E) *Nell Regan (born 1969, Ir) *Alastair Reid (poet), Alastair Reid (1926–2014, S) *Christopher Reid (writer), Christopher Reid (born 1949, E) *D. C. Reid (born 1952, C) *Jamie Reid (Canadian poet), 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 (writer), 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 (poet), John Richardson (1817–1886, E) *Robert Richardson (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (author), Emma Roberts (1794–1840, E) *Michael Roberts (writer), Michael Roberts (1902–1948, E) *Edith Anne Robertson (1883–1973, S) *James Robertson (novelist), James Robertson (born 1958, S) *Lisa Robertson (writer), Lisa Robertson (born 1961, C) *Robin Robertson (born 1955, S) *Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935, US) *Lennox Robinson (1886–1958, Ir) *Mary Robinson (poet), Mary Robinson (1758–1800, E) *Matt Robinson (poet), Matt Robinson (born 1974, C) *Roland Robinson (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (born 1949, 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 (writer), Nicholas Rowe (1674–1718, E) *Noel Rowe (1951–2007, A) *Stephen Rowe (poet), 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) *James Runcie#Personal life, 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 (poet), Brendan Ryan (born 1963, A) *Gig Ryan (born 1956, A) *Kay Ryan (born 1945, US) *Michael Ryan (poet), Michael Ryan (born 1946, US) *Tracy Ryan (writer), Tracy Ryan (born 1964, A) *Thomas Rymer (c. 1643–1713, E)


S


Sa–Si

*Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, Charles Sackville (1643–1706, E) *Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, 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 (poet), John Salusbury (1567–1612, W/E) *Sir Thomas Salusbury, 2nd Baronet, 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 (poet), 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 (16th-century poet), Alexander Scott (c. 1520 – c. 1583, S) *Alexander Scott (20th-century poet), Alexander Scott (1920–1989, S) *Dennis Scott (writer), 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 (architectural historian), Geoffrey Scott (1884–1929, E) *John A. Scott (born 1948, A) *Margaret Scott (Australian author), Margaret Scott (1934–2005, A) *Peter Dale Scott (born 1929, C) *Tom Scott (poet), Tom Scott (1918–1995, S) *Walter Scott, 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) *Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, 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 the younger, 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 (writer), 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) *Scarrington, 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 (author), 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 (poet), Goran Simić (born 1952, Bo/C) *Bren Simmers (born 1976, C) *James Simmons (poet), James Simmons (1933–2001, NI) *Anne Simpson (born 1956, C) *Louis Simpson (1923–2012, J/US) *Matt Simpson (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (writer), Adam Small (1936–2016, SA) *Carolyn Smart (born 1952, C) *Christopher Smart (1722–1771, E) *Elizabeth Smart (Canadian author), Elizabeth Smart (1913–1986, C) *A. J. M. Smith (1902–1980, C) *Alexander Smith (poet), Alexander Smith (1830–1867, S) *Bruce Smith (poet), 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 (Canadian poet), John Smith (1927–2018, C) *Malachi Smith (poet), Malachi Smith (living, J) *Marc Smith (American poet), Marc Smith (born 1949, US) *Margaret Smith (poet), Margaret Smith (born 1958, US) *Michael Smith (poet), Michael Smith (1942–2014, Ir) *Michael V. Smith (living, C) *Patti Smith (born 1946, US) *Rod Smith (poet), Rod Smith (born 1962, US) *Ron Smith (Canadian author), 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 (poet), 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 (Jesuit), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), Peter Steele (1939–2012, A) *Richard Steere (author), Richard Steere (1643–1721, US) *John Steffler (born 1947, C) *Gertrude Stein (1874–1946, US) *Mattie Stepanek (1990–2004, US) *Ian Stephens (poet), Ian Stephens (1955–1996, C) *James Stephens (author), James Stephens (1880–1950, Ir) *James Brunton Stephens (1835–1902, S) *George Stepney (1663–1707, E) *John Sterling (author), 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 (poet), Richard Stevenson (born 1952, C) *Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894, S) *Margo Taft Stever (living, US) *Amanda Stewart (born 1959, A) *Douglas Stewart (poet), Douglas Stewart (1913–1985, A) *Harold Stewart (1916–1995, A) *Shannon Stewart (poet), Shannon Stewart (living, C) *W. Gregory Stewart (living, C/US) *Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904, US) *John Stiles (living, C/E) *James Still (poet), James Still (1906–2001, US) *Anne Stone (writer), 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 (poet), John Struthers (1776–1853, S) *Jesse Stuart (1906–1984, US) *Abhi Subedi (born 1945) *John Suckling (poet), John Suckling (1609–1642, E) *Julie Suk (born 1924, 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 (Canadian writer), John Sutherland (1919–1956, C) *Robert Swanson (inventor), 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 (writer), James Tate (1943–2015, US) *Emma Tatham (1829–1855, E) *Andrew Taylor (poet), Andrew Taylor (born 1940, A) *Ann Taylor (poet), Ann Taylor (1782–1866, E) *Bruce Taylor (poet), Bruce Taylor (born 1960, C) *Edward Taylor (1645–1729, E/US) *Emily Taylor (1795–1872, E) *Heather Taylor (living, C) *Henry Taylor (dramatist), Henry Taylor (1800–1886, E) *Henry S. Taylor (born 1942, US) *Jane Taylor (poet), Jane Taylor (1783–1824, E) *Rachel Annand Taylor (1876–1960, S) *Ruth Taylor (poet), Ruth Taylor (1961–2006, C) *Sara Teasdale (1883–1933, US) *Barry Tebb (born 1942, E) *Fiona Templeton (born 1951, S/E) *William Tennant (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), Edward Thomas (1878–1917, E) *Elizabeth Thomas (poet, born 1675), Elizabeth Thomas (1675–1731, E) *Lorenzo Thomas (poet), Lorenzo Thomas (1944–2005, US) *R. S. Thomas (1913–2000, W) *William Thomas (Islwyn), William Thomas (1832–1878, W) *Francis Thompson (1859–1907, E) *John Thompson (Canadian poet), John Thompson (1938–1976, E/C) *John Reuben Thompson (1823–1873, US) *Edward William Thomson (writer), Edward William Thomson (1849–1924, C) *James Thomson (poet, born 1700), James Thomson (1700–1748, S) *James Thomson (poet, born 1834), James Thomson (awa Bysshe Vanolis, 1834–1882, S) *Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862, US) *Tim Thorne (1944–2021, A) *Russell Thornton (writer), Russell Thornton (living, C) *Joseph Thurston (poet), 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 (poet), 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) *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 (poet), 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 (poet), 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 de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, 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 (Canadian actor), 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 (poet), Rob Walker (born 1953, A) *Bronwen Wallace (1945–1989, C) *Chris Wallace-Crabbe (born 1934, A) *Edmund Waller (1606–1687, E) *Tom Walmsley (born 1948, C) *Agnes Walsh (born 1950, C) *Catherine Walsh (poet), 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 (poet), Stephen Watson (1954–2011, SA) *Thomas Watson (poet), Thomas Watson (1555–1592, E) *William Watson (poet), William Watson (1858–1935, E) *Alison Watt (writer), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), James Wedderburn (c. 1495–1553, S) *John Wedderburn (poet), John Wedderburn (c. 1505–1553, S) *Robert Wedderburn (poet), 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 (novelist), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (writer), 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 Wild (poet), 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 (poet), Anne Wilkinson (1910–1961, C) *John Wilkinson (poet), 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 (poet), Alfred Williams (1877–1930, E) *Anna Williams (poet), 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 (writer), Isaac Williams (1802–1865, E) *Jane Williams (Ysgafell), Jane Williams (1806–1885, W/E) *Jonathan Williams (poet), Jonathan Williams (1929–2008, US) *Miller Williams (1930–2015, US) *Oscar Williams (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (writer), Arthur Wilson (1595–1652, E) *Dede Wilson (born 1937, US) *Edwin Wilson (poet), Edwin Wilson (born 1942, A) *Florence Mary Wilson (writer), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), 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 (poet), Charles Wright (born 1935, US) *David Wright (poet), David Wright (1920–1994, E) *David McKee Wright (1869–1928, NZ/A) *Franz Wright (1953–2015, US) *James Wright (poet), James Wright (1927–1980, US) *Jay Wright (poet), Jay Wright (born 1935, US) *Judith Wright (1915–2000, A) *Kirby Wright (living, US) *Luke Wright (poet), Luke Wright (born 1982, E) *Robert Wrigley (born 1951, US) *Lady Mary Wroth (1587–1651 or 1653) *Thomas Wyatt (poet), 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 (poet, born 1885), Andrew Young (1885–1971, S) *Augustus Young (born 1943, Ir) *d'bi Young (born 1977, J/C) *Douglas Young (classicist), Douglas Young (1913–1973, S) *Edward Young (1683–1765, E) *Ellen Young (poet), Ellen Young (c. 1810–1872, A) *Ian Young (writer), Ian Young (born 1945, C) *Kevin Young (poet), 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 Indian poets#Indian poets writing in English, 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


References

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