Editing List of English-language poets (section)

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

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

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