Editing List of English-language poets (section)

===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 (poet)|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 (poet)|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 (poet)|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 (poet)|Dick Allen]] (1939–2017, US)
*[[Donald Allen]] (1912–2004, US)
*[[Elizabeth Allen (poet)|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 (playwright)|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 (poet)|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)