Editing List of English-language poets (section)

===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)