# List of English-language poets

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

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

### Am–Az

* George Amabile (born 1936, C)
* Abdulkareem Baba Aminu (born 1977, Ni)
* Kingsley Amis (1922–1995, E)
* A. R. Ammons (1926–2001, US)
* Madhur Anand (born 1971, C)
* Ingrid Andersen (born 1965, SA)
* Ethel Anderson (1883–1958, A)
* Freddie Anderson (1922–2001, Ir/S)
* J. Redwood Anderson (1883–1964, E)
* Patrick Anderson (1915–1979, E/C)
* Rod Anderson (born 1935, C)
* Victor Henry Anderson (1917–2001, US)
* Michael Andre (born 1946, C/US)
* Bruce Andrews (born 1948, US)
* Kevin Andrews (1924–1989, E/Gr)
* Ron Androla (born 1954, US)
* Ralph Angel (born 1951, US)
* Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US)
* James Stout Angus (1830–1923, S)
* Marion Angus (1865–1946, S)
* J. K. Annand (1908–1993, S)
* David Antin (1932–2016, US)
* Antler (born 1946, US)
* Susanne Antonetta (born 1956, US)
* Brother Antoninus (1912–1994, US)
* Raymond Antrobus (living, E)
* Philip Appleman (1926–2020, US)
* Richard Appleton (1932–2005, A)
* Alexander Arbuthnot (1538–1583, S)
* Walter Conrad Arensberg (1878–1954, US)
* Rae Armantrout (born 1947, US)
* Simon Armitage (born 1963, E)
* Annie Armitt (1850–1933, E)
* Richard Armour (1906–1989, US)
* Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948, C)
* Peter Armstrong (born 1957, E)
* Tammy Armstrong (born 1974, C)
* David Arnason (born 1940, C)
* Craig Arnold (1967–2009, US)
* Matthew Arnold (1822–1888, E)
* Joanne Arnott (born 1960, C)
* K. O. Arvidson (1938–2011, NZ)
* M. K. Asante (born 1982, US)
* John Ashbery (1927–2017, US)
* Cliff Ashby (1919–2012, E)
* Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836 or 1838–1917, E)
* Thomas Ashe (1836–1889, E)
* Renée Ashley (born 1949, US)
* Anne Askew (1521–1546, E)
* Timoshenko Aslanides (1943–2020, A)
* Herbert Asquith (1881–1947, E)
* Thea Astley (1925–2004, A)
* Tilly Aston (1873–1947, A)
* Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872, E)
* Cassandra Atherton (living, A)
* Rupert Atkinson (1881–1961, A)
* Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972, W)
* Margaret Atwood (born 1939, C)
* Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991, A)
* John Audelay (died c. 1426, E)
* W. H. Auden (1907–1973, E/US)
* William Auld (1924–2006, S)
* Joseph Auslander (1897–1965, US)
* Paul Auster (1947–2024, US)
* Alfred Austin (1835–1913, E)
* Oana Avasilichioaei (living, C)
* James Avery (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 (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 (1934–2014, US)
* Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, E)
* Mary Barber (c. 1685 – c. 1755, Ir)
* Ros Barber (born 1964, E)
* Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, E)
* John Barbour (c. 1320–1395, S)
* Alexander Barclay (1476–1552, S)
* Leland Bardwell (1922–2016, Ir)
* Serie Barford (living, NZ)
* Richard Barham (Thomas Ingoldsby, 1788–1845, E)
* George Barker (1913–1991, E)
* Les Barker (born 1947, E)
* Coleman Barks (born 1937, US)
* Clement Barksdale (1609–1687, E)
* Joel Barlow (1754–1812, US/F)
* Lady Anne Barnard (1750–1825, S/SA)
* Mary Barnard (1909–2002, US)
* Djuna Barnes (1892–1982, US)
* Stuart Barnes (born 1977, A)
* William Barnes (1801–1886, E)
* Annie Wall Barnett (1859–1942, US)
* Catherine Barnett (born 1960, US)
* Richard Barnfield (1574–1627, E)
* Willis Barnstone (born 1927, US)
* John Barr (1809–1889, S/NZ)
* Miriam Barr (born 1982, NZ)
* Laird Barron (born 1970, US)
* Bernard Barton (1784–1849, E)
* John Barton (born 1957, C)
* Bertha Hirsch Baruch (later 19th – early 20th century, US)
* Gary Barwin (born 1964, C)
* Todd Bash (born 1965, US)
* Michael Basinski (born 1950, US)
* Shaunt Basmajian (1950–1990, C)
* Ellen Bass (born 1947, US)
* Arlo Bates (1850–1918, US)
* David Bates (1809–1870, US)
* H. E. Bates (1905–1974, E)
* Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929, US)
* Joseph Bathanti (born 1953, US)
* Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959, US)
* Bill Bauer (1932–2010, US/C)
* Edward Baugh (1936–2023, J)
* Charles Baxter (born 1947, US)
* James K. Baxter (1926–1972, NZ)
* Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958, A)
* William Baylebridge (1883–1942, A)

### Be–Bo

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

### Br–By

* Francis Brabazon (1907–1984, A)
* Thomas Bracken (1843–1898, NZ)
* Alison Brackenbury (born 1953, E)
* Anna Braden (1858–1939, US)
* James Bradley (born 1967, A)
* Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672, US)
* Robert Bradstreet (1766–1836, E)
* E. J. Brady (1869–1952, A)
* Kate Braid (born 1947, C)
* Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite (1963–2008, C)
* Shannon Bramer (born 1973, C)
* Bertha Southey Brammall (1878–1957, A)
* James Bramston (c. 1694–1743, E)
* Dionne Brand (born 1953, C)
* Di Brandt (born 1952, C)
* Charles Brasch (1909–1973, NZ)
* Giannina Braschi (born 1953, US)
* Kamau Brathwaite (1930–2020, B)
* Richard Brautigan (1935–1984, US)
* John Jefferson Bray (1912–1995, A)
* Diana Brebner (1956–2001, C)
* Jean "Binta" Breeze (1956–2021, J)
* Christopher Brennan (1870–1932, A)
* Breyten Breytenbach (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 (born 1939, SA)
* Diana Bridge (born 1942, NZ)
* Robert Bridges (1844–1930, E)
* Kim Bridgford (1959–2000, US)
* Robert Bringhurst (born 1946, C)
* Geoffrey Brock (born 1964, US)
* Eve Brodlique (1867–1949, UK/C/US)
* Alexander Brome (1620–1666, E)
* David Bromige (1933–2009, C/US)
* William Bronk (1918–1999, US)
* Anne Brontë (1820–1849, E)
* Branwell Brontë (1817–1848, E)
* Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855, E)
* Emily Brontë (1818–1848, E)
* Rupert Brooke (1887–1915, E)
* David Brooks (born 1953, A)
* Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000, US)
* Alice Williams Brotherton (1848–1930, US)
* Audrey Alexandra Brown (1904–1998, C)
* George Mackay Brown (1921–1996, S)
* James Brown (J. B. Selkirk, 1832–1904, S)
* Jericho Brown (born 1976, US)
* Pam Brown (born 1948, A)
* Sterling Allen Brown (1901–1989, US)
* Stewart Brown (born 1951, E)
* Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897, IoM)
* Wayne Brown (1944–2009, T)
* Frances Browne (1816–1879, Ir)
* Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760, E)
* Moses Browne (1704–1787, E)
* Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682, E)
* William Browne (1588–1643, E)
* Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861, E/It)
* Robert Browning (1812–1889, E/It)
* Charles Tory Bruce (1906–1971, C)
* Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958, A)
* Julie Bruck (living, C)
* Dennis Brutus (1924–2009, SA)
* William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878, US)
* Colette Bryce (born 1970, NI/E)
* Bryher (Annie Winifred Ellerman, 1894–1983, E)
* Dugald Buchanan (1716–1768, S)
* George Buchanan (1506–1582, S)
* Robert Williams Buchanan (1841–1901, S)
* Vincent Buckley (1925–1988, A)
* Charles Buckmaster (1950–1972, A)
* David Budbill (1940–2016, US)
* Andrea Hollander Budy (born 1947, US)
* Suzanne Buffam (living, C)
* Charles Bukowski (1920–1994, US)
* April Bulmer (born 1963, C)
* Rhoda Bulter (1929–1994, S)
* Basil Bunting (1900–1985, E)
* Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, E)
* Haldane Burgess (1862–1927, S)
* Andrew Burke (1944–2023, A)
* Murdoch Burnett (1953–2015, C)
* Joanne Burns (born 1945, A)
* Robert Burns (1759–1796, S)
* Stanley Burnshaw (1906–2005, US)
* John Burnside (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 (1788–1824, E/It)

## C
### Ca–Ci

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

### Cl

* Amy Clampitt (1920–1994, US
* Kate Clanchy (born 1965, S)
* John Clanvowe (c. 1341–1391, W/E)
* John Clare (1793–1864, E)
* Dave Clark (living, C)
* Douglas Clark (1942–2010, E)
* Elizabeth Clark (1918–1978, S)
* Emily Clark (fl. 1798–1833, E)
* Ross Clark (born 1953, A)
* Tom Clark (1941–2018, US)
* Thomas Clark (born 1980, S)
* Amy Key Clarke (1892–1980, E)
* Austin Clarke (1886–1974, Ir)
* George Elliott Clarke (born 1960, C)
* Gillian Clarke (born 1937, W)
* Jack Clarke (1933–1992, US)
* Marcus Clarke (1846–1881, A)
* Brian P. Cleary (born 1959, US)
* Brendan Cleary (born 1958, NI)
* William Cleland (1661–1689, S)
* Justin Clemens (born 1969, A)
* Benjamin Clementine (born 1988, E/F)
* Jack Clemo (1916–1994, E)
* John Cleveland (1613–1658, E)
* Michelle Cliff (1946–2016, J/US)
* Wayne Clifford (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 (1920–2002, E)
* Ellen Melicent Cobden (1848–1914, E)
* Robbie Coburn (born 1994, A)
* Alison Cockburn (awa Alison Rutherford, 1712–1794, S)
* Alice Rollit Coe (1858–1940, US)
* Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952–2016, US)
* Brian Coffey (1905–1995, Ir/F)
* Fred Cogswell (1917–2004, C)
* Leonard Cohen (1934–2016, C)
* Matt Cohen (1942–1999, C)
* Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958, US)
* Norma Cole (born 1945, C/US)
* Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch (1945–2019, A)
* Aidan Coleman (born 1976, A)
* Victor Coleman (born 1944, C)
* Wanda Coleman (1946–2013, US)
* Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849, E)
* Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907, E)
* Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834, E)
* Don Coles (1927–2017, C)
* Katharine Coles (born 1959, US)
* Edward Coletti (living, US)
* Mary Collier (c. 1688–1762, E)
* Billy Collins (born 1941, US)
* John Collins (1742–1808, E)
* William Collins (1721–1759, E)
* Laurence Collinson (1925–1986, A)
* Stephen Collis (living, C)
* John Robert Colombo (born 1936, C)
* Glenn Colquhoun (born 1964, NZ)
* Padraic Colum (1881–1972, Ir/US)
* Anna Olcott Commelin (1841–1924, US)
* Anne Compton (born 1947, C)
* Wayde Compton (born 1972, C)
* Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934, US)
* William Congreve (1670–1729, E)
* Jan Conn (born 1952, C/US)
* Stewart Conn (born 1936, S)
* Paul Conneally (born 1959, E)
* Karen Connelly (born 1969, C)
* Kevin Connolly (born 1962, C)
* Susan Connolly (born 1956, Ir)
* Robert Conquest (1917–2015, E)
* Tony Conran (1931–2013, W)
* Henry Constable (1562–1613, E/F)
* David Constantine (born 1944, E)
* Eliza Cook (1818–1889, E)
* Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (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 (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 (1886–1960, E)
* Francis M. Cornford (1874–1943, E)
* John Cornford (1915–1936, E)
* Joe Corrie (1894–1968, S)
* Gregory Corso (1930–2001, US)
* Jayne Cortez (1936–2012, US)
* William Johnson Cory (1823–1892, E)
* Louisa Stuart Costello (1799–1877, Ir/F)
* Charles Cotton (1630–1687, E)
* Anna Couani (born 1948, A)
* Anne Ross Cousin (1824–1906, E/S)
* Dani Couture (born 1978, C)
* Thomas Cowherd (1817–1907, C)
* Abraham Cowley (1618–1667, E)
* Hannah Cowley (1743–1809, E)
* Malcolm Cowley (1898–1989, US)
* Dorothy Cowlin (1911–2010, E)
* William Cowper (1731–1800, E)
* George Crabbe (1754–1832, E)
* Christine Craig (born 1943, J)
* Helen Craik (c. 1751–1825, S/E)
* Hart Crane (1899–1932, US)
* Stephen Crane (1871–1900, US)
* Richard Crashaw (1613–1649, E)
* Isabella Valancy Crawford (1846–1887, C)
* Robert Crawford (1868–1930, A)
* Robert Crawford (born 1959, S)
* Richard Crawley (1840–1893, W/E)
* Morri Creech (born 1970, US)
* Robert Creeley (1926–2006, US)
* Caroline de Crespigny (1797–1861, E/G)
* Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (1896–1960, NZ)
* Louise Crisp (born 1957, A)
* Ann Batten Cristall (1769–1848, E)
* Andy Croft (born 1956, E)
* Julian Croft (born 1941, A)
* Alison Croggon (born 1962, A)
* Jeremy Cronin (born 1949, SA)
* M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963, A)
* Lynn Crosbie (born 1963, C)
* Camilla Dufour Crosland (1812–1895, E)
* Zora Cross (1890–1964, A)
* Aleister Crowley (1875–1947, E)
* Andrew Crozier (1943–2008, E)
* Lorna Crozier (Lorna Uher, born 1948, C)
* Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975, S)
* Michael Crummey (born 1965, C)
* Julie Crysler (living, C)
* Anne Virginia Culbertson (1857–1918, US)
* Catherine Ann Cullen (living, Ir)
* Countee Cullen (1903–1946, US)
* Nancy Jo Cullen (living, C)
* Patrick Cullinan (1932–2011, SA)
* E. E. Cummings (1894–1962, US)
* Gary Cummiskey (born 1963, SA)
* Allan Cunningham (1784–1842, S/E)
* J. V. Cunningham (1911–1985, US)
* John Cunningham (1729–1773, Ir/E)
* Allen Curnow (1911–2001, NZ)
* Margaret Curran (1887–1962, A)
* Jen Currin (living, US/C)
* Tony Curtis (born 1946, W)
* Tony Curtis (born 1955, Ir)
* James Cuthbertson (1851–1910, A)
* Ivor Cutler (1923–2006, S)
* Lidija Cvetkovic (born 1967, A)
* Kayla Czaga (born 1989, C)

## D
### Da–Do

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

### Dr–Dy

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

## E

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

## F

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

## G
### Ga–Go

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

### Gr–Gy

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

## H
### Ha–He

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

### Hi–Hu

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

## I

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

## J

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

## K

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

## L
### La–Ln

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

### Lo–Ly

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

## M
### Ma–Mi

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

### Mo–Mu

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

## N

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

## O

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

## P

* Susan Paddon (living, C)
* Ruth Padel (born 1947, E)
* Ron Padgett (born 1942, US)
* Isabel Pagan (c. 1740–1821, S)
* Geoff Page (born 1940, A)
* P. K. Page (1916–2010, C)
* Janet Paisley (1948–2018, S)
* Grace Paley (1922–2007, E)
* Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897, E)
* Michael Palmer (born 1943, US)
* Nettie Palmer (1885–1964, A)
* Vance Palmer (1885–1959, A)
* Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960, E)
* William Williams Pantycelyn (W)
* Aristides Paradissis (1923–2006, A)
* Arleen Paré (born 1946, C)
* Dorothy Parker (1893–1967, US)
* Amy Parkinson (1855–1938, C)
* Thomas Parnell (1670–1718, Ir/E)
* Robert Parry (1540–1612, W)
* Lisa Pasold (living, C)
* John Pass (born 1947, C)
* Linda Pastan (1932–2023, US)
* Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972, US)
* Banjo Paterson (1864–1941, A)
* Don Paterson (born 1963, S)
* Coventry Patmore (1823–1896, E)
* Brian Patten (born 1946, E)
* Ian Patterson (born 1948, E)
* Philip Kevin Paul (living, C)
* Tom Paulin (born 1949, NI/E)
* Ricardo Pau-Llosa (born 1954, Cu)
* James Payn (1830–1898, E/S)
* Molly Peacock (born 1947, US/C)
* Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866, E)
* Patrick Pearse (1879–1916, Ir)
* Soraya Peerbaye (living, C)
* Pearl Poet (14th c., E)
* Patrick Pearse (1879–1916, Ir)
* James Larkin Pearson (1879–1981, US)
* Neil Peart (1952–2020, C)
* Kathleen Peirce (born 1956, US)
* J. D. C. Pellow (1890–1960, E)
* Nathan Penlington (living, W/E)
* Anne Penny (1729–1784, W/E)
* Margaret Pennyman (bap. 1685, d. 1733), E
* Hilary Douglas Clark Pepler (1878–1951, E)
* Sam Pereira (born 1949, US)
* Lucia Perillo (1958–2016, US)
* Grace Perry (1927–1987, A)
* Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845–1921, US)
* Lenrie Peters (1932–2009, Ga)
* Robert Peters (1924–2014, US)
* Pascale Petit (born 1953, W)
* Mario Petrucci (born 1958, E)
* W. T. Pfefferle (born 1962, C)
* Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1890–1964, US)
* M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947, T/C)
* Ambrose Philips (1674–1749, E)
* Katherine Philips (1631/1632–1664, E/W)
* Ben Phillips (born 1947, C)
* Eden Phillpotts (1862–1960, E)
* Alison Pick (born 1975, C)
* Tom Pickard (born 1946, E)
* Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (born 1975, US/C)
* Marge Piercy (born 1936, US)
* Laetitia Pilkington (c. 1709–1750, Ir/E)
* Mary Pilkington (1761–1839, E)
* Sarah Pinder (living, C)
* Percy Edward Pinkerton (1855–1946, E)
* Robert Pinsky (born 1940, US)
* George Pirie (1799–1870, C)
* Christopher Pitt (1699–1748, E)
* Marie Pitt (1869–1948, A)
* Ruth Pitter (1897–1992, E)
* Al Pittman (1940–2001, C)
* Marjorie Pizer (1920–2016, A)
* Sylvia Plath (1932–1963, US/E)
* William Plomer (1903–1973, SA/E)
* Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878–1957, Ir/E)
* Joseph Plunkett (1887–1916, Ir)
* Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849, US)
* Emily Pohl-Weary (born 1973, C)
* Craig Poile (living, C)
* Suman Pokhrel (born 1967, Ne)
* Marcella Polain (born 1958, A)
* Margaret Steuart Pollard (1904–1996, E)
* Edward Pollock (1823–1858, US)
* Robert Pollok (c. 1798–1827, S)
* John Pomfret (1667–1702, E)
* Marie Ponsot (1921–2019, US)
* John Pook (born 1942, W/F)
* Sandy Pool (living, C)
* Marie Ponsot (1921–2019, US)
* Alexander Pope (1688–1744, E)
* Judith Pordon (born 1954, US)
* Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832, E)
* Dorothy Porter (1954–2008, A)
* Hal Porter (1911–1984, A)
* Peter Porter (1929–2010, A)
* Rochelle Potkar (born 1979, In)
* Robert Potter (1721–1804, E)
* Charles Potts (born 1943, US)
* Ezra Pound (1885–1972, US)
* B. W. Powe (born 1955, C)
* Craig Powell (born 1940, A)
* Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839, E)
* Claire Pratt (1921–1995, C)
* E. J. Pratt (1882–1964, C)
* Jack Prelutsky (born 1940, US)
* Karen Press (born 1956, SA)
* Thomas Preston (1537–1598, E)
* Ron Pretty (1940–2023, A)
* Frank Prewett (1893–1962, C)
* Nancy Price (1880–1970, E)
* Richard Price (born 1966, S/E)
* Robert Priest (born 1951, C)
* F. T. Prince (1912–2003, E)
* Thomas Pringle (1789–1834, S/SA)
* Matthew Prior (1664–1721, E)
* Pauline Prior-Pitt (living, S)
* Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864, E)
* Bryan Procter (1787–1874, E)
* Kevin Prufer (born 1969, US)
* J. H. Prynne (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 (1686–1758, S)
* Theodore Harding Rand (1835–1900, C)
* Dudley Randall (1914–2000, US)
* Julia Randall (1924–2005, US)
* Thomas Randolph (1605–1635, E)
* Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979, A)
* Claudia Rankine (born 1963, J)
* John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974, US)
* Lennox Raphael (born 1939, J)
* Stephen Ratcliffe (born 1948, US)
* Angela Rawlings (born 1978, C)
* Tom Raworth (1938–2017, E)
* Herbert Read (1893–1968, E)
* Angela Readman (born 1973, E)
* James Reaney (1926–2008, C)
* George Reavey (1907–1976, Ir)
* Peter Redgrove (1932–2003, E)
* Michael Redhill (born 1966, C)
* Beatrice Redpath (1886–1937, C)
* Henry Reed (1914–1986, E)
* Ishmael Reed (born 1938, US)
* Jeremy Reed (born 1951, Je)
* Kerry Reed-Gilbert (1956–2019, A)
* Ennis Rees (1925–2009, US)
* Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856–1935, US)
* Deryn Rees-Jones (living, E/W)
* James Reeves (1909–1978, E)
* Nell Regan (born 1969, Ir)
* Alastair Reid (1926–2014, S)
* Christopher Reid (born 1949, E)
* D. C. Reid (born 1952, C)
* Jamie Reid (1941–2015, C)
* Azila Talit Reisenberger (living, SA)
* James Reiss (1941–2016, US)
* Joseph Relph (1712–1743, E)
* Robert Rendall (1898–1967, S)
* Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982, US)
* Oliver Reynolds (born 1957, W)
* Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976, US)
* Shane Rhodes (living, C)
* Ernest Rhys (1859–1946, W/E)
* Henry Rice (1585 or 1586–1651, W/E)
* Stan Rice (1942–2002, US)
* Adrienne Rich (1929–2012, US)
* Dorothy Richardson (1873–1957, E)
* John Richardson (1817–1886, E)
* Robert Richardson (1850–1901, A)
* Edgell Rickword (1898–1982, E)
* Elizabeth Riddell (1910–1998, A)
* Lola Ridge (1873–1941, US)
* Laura Riding (1901–1991, US)
* Elijah Ridings (1802–1872)
* Anne Ridler (1912–2001, E)
* Denise Riley (born 1948, E)
* James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916, US)
* John Riley (1937–1978, E)
* Peter Riley (born 1940, E)
* Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958, US)
* Maurice Riordan (born 1953, Ir)
* Alberto Ríos (born 1952, US)

### Ro–Ru

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

## S
### Sa–Si

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

### Sk–Sq

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

### St–Sy

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

## T

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

## U

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

## V

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

## W
### Wa–We

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

### Wh–Wy

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

## X–Y

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

## Z

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

## Lists of English language poets by nationality

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