Editing List of English-language poets (section)

==B==
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===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 (poet)|Alfred Bailey]] (1905–1997, C)
*[[Jacob Bailey (author)|Jacob Bailey]] (1731–1808, US/C)
*[[Kevin Bailey (poet)|Kevin Bailey]] (born 1953, E)
*[[Philip James Bailey]] (1816–1902, E)
*[[Joanna Baillie]] (1762–1861, S/E)
*[[David Baker (poet)|David Baker]] (born 1954, US)
*[[Henry Baker (naturalist)|Henry Baker]] (1698–1774, E)
*[[Marie Annharte Baker]] (born 1942, C)
*[[Peter Bakowski]] (born 1954, A)
*[[John Balaban (poet)|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 (poet)|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 (poet)|Mary Barber]] (c. 1685 – c. 1755, Ir)
*[[Ros Barber]] (born 1964, E)
*[[Anna Laetitia Barbauld]] (1743–1825, E)
*[[John Barbour (poet)|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 (poet)|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 (poet)|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 (poet, born 1809)|John Barr]] (1809–1889, S/NZ)
*[[Miriam Barr]] (born 1982, NZ)
*[[Laird Barron]] (born 1970, US)
*[[Bernard Barton]] (1784–1849, E)
*[[John Barton (poet)|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 (poet)|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 (poet)|Bill Bauer]] (1932–2010, US/C)
*[[Edward Baugh]] (1936–2023, J)
*[[Charles Baxter (author)|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 (poet)|Thomas Beach]] (died 1737, W)
*[[John Beaglehole]] (1901–1971, NZ)
*[[Anne Beale]] (1816–1900, E/W)
*[[Doug Beardsley]] (born 1941, C)
*[[James Beattie (poet)|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)
*[[John Joy Bell|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 (poet)|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 (poet)|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 (poet)|James Berry]] (1924–2017, J/E)
*[[Wendell Berry]] (born 1934, US)
*[[John Berryman]] (1914–1972, US)
*[[Charles Best (poet)|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 (poet)|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 (poet)|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 (poet)|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 (poet)|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 (author)|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 (poet)|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)
*[[Mrs. Findley Braden|Anna Braden]] (1858–1939, US)
*[[James Bradley (Australian writer)|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 (poet)|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 (author)|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)
*[[J B Selkirk|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 (author)|Wayne Brown]] (1944–2009, T)
*[[Frances Browne]] (1816–1879, Ir)
*[[Isaac Hawkins Browne (poet)|Isaac Hawkins Browne]] (1705–1760, E)
*[[Moses Browne]] (1704–1787, E)
*[[Sir Thomas Browne]] (1605–1682, E)
*[[William Browne (poet)|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 (novelist)|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 (poet)|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 (writer)|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 (poet)|Guy Butler]] (1918–2001, SA)
*[[Samuel Butler (poet)|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)
*[[George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron|Lord Byron]] (1788–1824, E/It)
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