Editing List of English-language poets (section)

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