Editing List of English-language poets

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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}This is a '''list of English-language poets''', who have written much of their poetry in English.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00005500 |title=Ansell, George |date=2011-10-31 |publisher=Oxford University Press |series=Benezit Dictionary of Artists|doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00005500 }}</ref> Main country of residence as a poet (not place of birth): A = Australia, Ag = Antigua, B = Barbados, Bo = Bosnia, C = Canada, Ch = Chile, Cu = Cuba, D = Dominica, De = Denmark, E = England, F = France, G = Germany, Ga = Gambia, Gd = Grenada, Gh = Ghana/Gold Coast, Gr = Greece, Gu = Guyana/British Guiana, Gy = Guernsey, HK = Hong Kong, In = India, IoM = Isle of Man, Is = Israel, Ir = Ireland, It = Italy, J = Jamaica, Je = Jersey, Jp = Japan, K = Kenya, L = Lebanon, M = Malta, Me = Mexico, Mo = Montserrat, Ne = Nepal, Nf = Newfoundland (colony), Ni = Nigeria, NI = Northern Ireland, Nt = Netherlands, NZ = New Zealand, P = Pakistan, Pa = Palestine, Ph = Philippines, PI = Pitcairn Islands, RE = Russian Empire, S = Scotland, SA = South Africa, Se = Serbia, SL = Saint Lucia, SLe = Sierra Leone, SLk = Sri Lanka, So = Somalia, Sw = Sweden, T = Trinidad and Tobago, US = United States/preceding colonies, W = Wales, Z = Zimbabwe/Rhodesia
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==A==
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===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)

===Am–Az===
*[[George Amabile]] (born 1936, C)
*[[Abdulkareem Baba Aminu]] (born 1977, Ni)
*[[Kingsley Amis]] (1922–1995, E)
*[[A. R. Ammons]] (1926–2001, US)
*[[Madhur Anand]] (born 1971, C)
*[[Ingrid Andersen]] (born 1965, SA)
*[[Ethel Anderson]] (1883–1958, A)
*[[Freddie Anderson (writer)|Freddie Anderson]] (1922–2001, Ir/S)
*[[J. Redwood Anderson]] (1883–1964, E)
*[[Patrick Anderson (poet)|Patrick Anderson]] (1915–1979, E/C)
*[[Rod Anderson (writer)|Rod Anderson]] (born 1935, C)
*[[Victor Henry Anderson]] (1917–2001, US)
*[[Michael Andre]] (born 1946, C/US)
*[[Bruce Andrews]] (born 1948, US)
*[[Kevin Andrews (writer)|Kevin Andrews]] (1924–1989, E/Gr)
*[[Ron Androla]] (born 1954, US)
*[[Ralph Angel]] (born 1951, US)
*[[Maya Angelou]] (1928–2014, US)
*[[James Stout Angus]] (1830–1923, S)
*[[Marion Angus]] (1865–1946, S)
*[[J. K. Annand]] (1908–1993, S)
*[[David Antin]] (1932–2016, US)
*[[Antler (poet)|Antler]] (born 1946, US)
*[[Susanne Antonetta]] (born 1956, US)
*[[Brother Antoninus]] (1912–1994, US)
*[[Raymond Antrobus]] (living, E)
*[[Philip Appleman]] (1926–2020, US)
*[[Richard Appleton]] (1932–2005, A)
*[[Alexander Arbuthnot (poet)|Alexander Arbuthnot]] (1538–1583, S)
*[[Walter Arensberg|Walter Conrad Arensberg]] (1878–1954, US)
*[[Rae Armantrout]] (born 1947, US)
*[[Simon Armitage]] (born 1963, E)
*[[Annie Armitt]] (1850–1933, E)
*[[Richard Armour]] (1906–1989, US)
*[[Jeannette Armstrong]] (born 1948, C)
*[[Peter Armstrong (poet)|Peter Armstrong]] (born 1957, E)
*[[Tammy Armstrong]] (born 1974, C)
*[[David Arnason]] (born 1940, C)
*[[Craig Arnold]] (1967–2009, US)
*[[Matthew Arnold]] (1822–1888, E)
*[[Joanne Arnott]] (born 1960, C)
*[[K. O. Arvidson]] (1938–2011, NZ)
*[[M. K. Asante]] (born 1982, US)
*[[John Ashbery]] (1927–2017, US)
*[[Cliff Ashby]] (1919–2012, E)
*[[Joseph Ashby-Sterry]] (1836 or 1838–1917, E)
*[[Thomas Ashe (poet)|Thomas Ashe]] (1836–1889, E)
*[[Renée Ashley]] (born 1949, US)
*[[Anne Askew]] (1521–1546, E)
*[[Timoshenko Aslanides]] (1943–2020, A)
*[[Herbert Asquith (poet)|Herbert Asquith]] (1881–1947, E)
*[[Thea Astley]] (1925–2004, A)
*[[Tilly Aston]] (1873–1947, A)
*[[Edwin Atherstone]] (1788–1872, E)
*[[Cassandra Atherton]] (living, A)
*[[Rupert Atkinson (poet)|Rupert Atkinson]] (1881–1961, A)
*[[Tiffany Atkinson]] (born 1972, W)
*[[Margaret Atwood]] (born 1939, C)
*[[Dorothy Auchterlonie Green|Dorothy Auchterlonie]] (1915–1991, A)
*[[John Audelay]] (died c. 1426, E)
*[[W. H. Auden]] (1907–1973, E/US)
*[[William Auld]] (1924–2006, S)
*[[Joseph Auslander]] (1897–1965, US)
*[[Paul Auster]] (1947–2024, US)
*[[Alfred Austin]] (1835–1913, E)
*[[Oana Avasilichioaei]] (living, C)
*[[James Avery (actor)|James Avery]] (born 1948, US)
*[[Tusiata Avia]] (born 1966, NZ)
*[[Margaret Avison]] (1918–2007, C)
*[[Kofi Awoonor]] (1935–2013, Gh)
*[[Ayo Ayoola-Amale]] (born 1970, Ni)
*[[Pam Ayres]] (born 1947, E)
*[[Robert Aytoun|Sir Robert Aytoun]] (1570–1638, S/E)
*[[William Edmondstoune Aytoun]] (1813–1865, S)
*[[Nnorom Azuonye]] (born 1967, Ni)
*[[Jody Azzouni]] (born 1954, US)
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==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)
{{div col end}}

==C==
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===Ca–Ci===
*[[Richard Caddel]] (1949–2003, E)
*[[Caroline Caddy]] (born 1944, A)
*[[Charmaine Cadeau]] (living, C)
*[[Adrian Caesar]] (born 1955, A)
*[[Stephen Cain (poet)|Stephen Cain]] (born 1970, C)
*[[Scott Cairns]] (born 1954, US)
*[[Alison Calder]] (born 1969, C)
*[[Angus Calder]] (1942–2008, S)
*[[Alex Caldiero]] (born 1949, US)
*[[Frank Oliver Call]] (1878–1956, C)
*[[Barry Callaghan]] (born 1937, C)
*[[Michael Feeney Callan]] (living, Ir)
*[[Charles Stuart Calverley]] (1831–1884, E)
*[[Robert Calvert]] (1945–1988, E)
*[[Anne Cameron]] (Cam Hubert, 1938–2022, C)
*[[Norman Cameron (poet)|Norman Cameron]] (1905–1953, S)
*[[Jason Camlot]] (born 1967, C)
*[[A. Y. Campbell]] (1885–1958, S)
*[[Alistair Campbell (poet)|Alistair Campbell]] (1925–2009, NZ)
*[[Angus Peter Campbell]] (living, S)
*[[David Campbell (poet)|David Campbell]] (1915–1979, A)
*[[Elizabeth Campbell (poet)|Elizabeth Campbell]] (born 1980, A)
*[[Joseph Campbell (poet)|Joseph Campbell]] (1879–1944, Ir)
*[[Meg Campbell]] (1937–2007, NZ)
*[[Paul-Henri Campbell]] (born 1982, US)
*[[Roy Campbell (poet)|Roy Campbell]] (1901–1957, SA)
*[[Thomas Campbell (poet)|Thomas Campbell]] (1774–1844, S/E)
*[[William Wilfred Campbell]] (1860–1918, C)
*[[Thomas Campion]] (1567–1620, E)
*[[Melville Henry Cane]] (1879–1980, US)
*[[Mary Wedderburn Cannan]] (1893–1973, E)
*[[Moya Cannon]] (born 1956, Ir)
*[[Edward Capern]] (1819–1894, E)
*[[Vahni Capildeo]] (born 1973, T/S)
*[[Natalee Caple]] (born 1970, C)
*[[Thomas Carew]] (1595–1639, E)
*[[Henry Carey (writer)|Henry Carey]] (1693–1743, E)
*[[Robert Carliell]] (died c. 1622, E)
*[[Bliss Carman]] (1861–1929, C/US)
*[[Clyde Carr]] (1886–1962, NZ)
*[[Fern G. Z. Carr]] (born 1956, C)
*[[Jim Carroll]] (1949–2009, US)
*[[Lewis Carroll]] (1832–1898, E)
*[[Hayden Carruth]] (1921–2008, US)
*[[A.J. Carruthers]] (living, A)
*[[Ann Elizabeth Carson]] (1929–2023, C)
*[[Anne Carson]] (born 1950, C)
*[[Ciaran Carson]] (1948–2019, NI)
*[[Elizabeth Carter]] (1717–1806, E)
*[[Jared Carter (poet)|Jared Carter]] (born 1939, US)
*[[William Cartwright (dramatist)|William Cartwright]] (1611–1643, E)
*[[Raymond Carver]] (1938–1988, US)
*[[Alice Cary]] (1820–1871, US)
*[[Phoebe Cary]] (1824–1871, US)
*[[Marietta Stanley Case]] (1845–1900, US)
*[[James Casey (poet-priest)|James Casey]] (1824–1909, Ir)
*[[Juanita Casey]] (1925–2012, E)
*[[Neal Cassady]] (1926–1968, US)
*[[Cyrus Cassells]] (born 1957, US)
*[[Ana Castillo]] (born 1953, US)
*[[Lee Cataldi]] (born 1942, A)
*[[Nancy Cato]] (1917–2000, A)
*[[Charles Causley]] (1917–2003, E)
*[[Nick Cave]] (born 1957, A)
*[[George Cavendish (writer)|George Cavendish]] (1494 – c. 1562, E)
*[[Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne]] (1623–1673, E)
*[[Kate Cayley]] (living, C)
*[[Susanna Centlivre]] (c. 1667/1670 – 1723, E)
*[[Thomas Centolella]] (living, US)
*[[Joseph Ceravolo]] (1934–1988, US)
*[[John Chalkhill]] (fl. 1600, E)
*[[Gordon Challis]] (1932–2018, NZ)
*[[Weyman Chan]] (born 1963, C)
*[[Catherine Chandler]] (born 1950, C)
*[[Elizabeth Margaret Chandler]] (1807–1834, US)
*[[Diana Chang]] (1924–2009, US)
*[[William Ellery Channing (poet)|William Ellery Channing]] (1818–1901, US)
*[[Arthur Chapman (poet)|Arthur Chapman]] (1873–1935, US)
*[[George Chapman]] (1560–1634, E)
*[[Patrick Chapman]] (born 1968, Ir)
*[[Fred Chappell]] (1936–2024, US)
*[[Craig Charles]] (born 1964, E)
*[[James Charlton (poet)|James Charlton]] (born 1947, A)
*[[Thomas Chatterton]] (1752–1770, E)
*[[Geoffrey Chaucer]] (c. 1343–1400, E)
*[[Angelico Chavez]] (1910–1996, US)
*[[Syl Cheney-Coker]] (born 1945, SLe)
*[[Maxine Chernoff]] (born 1952, US)
*[[Kelly Cherry]] (1940–2022, US)
*[[G. K. Chesterton]] (1874–1936, E)
*[[Thomas Chestre]] (late 14th c., E)
*[[James Wm. Chichetto]] (born 1941, US)
*[[Lydia Maria Child]] (1802–1880, US)
*[[Harriet L. Childe-Pemberton]] (1852–1922, E)
*[[Billy Childish]] (born 1959, E)
*[[Marilyn Chin]] (born 1955, US)
*[[Staceyann Chin]] (born 1972, J)
*[[Eileen Chong (poet)|Eileen Chong]] (born 1980, A)
*[[Robert Choquette]] (1905–1991, C)
*[[Lesley Choyce]] (born 1951, C)
*[[Margaret Christakos]] (born 1962, C)
*[[Evie Christie]] (living, C)
*[[Ralph Chubb]] (1892–1960, E)
*[[Mary Chudleigh]] (1656–1710, E)
*[[Hubert Newman Wigmore Church]] (1857–1932, A)
*[[Richard Church (poet)|Richard Church]] (1893–1972, E)
*[[Charles Churchill (satirist)|Charles Churchill]] (1731–1764, E)
*[[John Ciardi]] (1916–1986, US)
*[[Colley Cibber]] (1671–1757, E)
*[[Charl Cilliers (writer)|Charl Cilliers]] (born 1941, SA)
*[[Sandra Cisneros]] (born 1954, US)
*[[Carson Cistulli]] (born 1979, US)

===Cl===
*[[Amy Clampitt]] (1920–1994, US
*[[Kate Clanchy]] (born 1965, S)
*[[John Clanvowe]] (c. 1341–1391, W/E)
*[[John Clare]] (1793–1864, E)
*[[Dave Clark (Canadian musician)|Dave Clark]] (living, C)
*[[Douglas Clark (poet)|Douglas Clark]] (1942–2010, E)
*[[Joan Ure|Elizabeth Clark]] (1918–1978, S)
*[[Emily Clark (novelist)|Emily Clark]] (fl. 1798–1833, E)
*[[Ross Clark (poet)|Ross Clark]] (born 1953, A)
*[[Tom Clark (poet)|Tom Clark]] (1941–2018, US)
*[[Thomas Clark (writer)|Thomas Clark]] (born 1980, S)
*[[Amy Key Clarke]] (1892–1980, E)
*[[Austin Clarke (poet)|Austin Clarke]] (1886–1974, Ir)
*[[George Elliott Clarke]] (born 1960, C)
*[[Gillian Clarke]] (born 1937, W)
*[[John Clarke (poet)|Jack Clarke]] (1933–1992, US)
*[[Marcus Clarke]] (1846–1881, A)
*[[Brian P. Cleary]] (born 1959, US)
*[[Brendan Cleary]] (born 1958, NI)
*[[William Cleland (poet)|William Cleland]] (1661–1689, S)
*[[Justin Clemens]] (born 1969, A)
*[[Benjamin Clementine]] (born 1988, E/F)
*[[Jack Clemo]] (1916–1994, E)
*[[John Cleveland]] (1613–1658, E)
*[[Michelle Cliff]] (1946–2016, J/US)
*[[Wayne Clifford]] (born 1944, C)
*[[Lucille Clifton]] (1936–2010, US)
*[[Caroline Clive]] (1801–1873, E)
*[[Arthur Hugh Clough]] (1819–1861, E)

===Co–Cu===
*[[Grace Stone Coates]] (1881–1976, US)
*[[Florence Earle Coates]] (1850–1927, US)
*[[Bob Cobbing]] (1920–2002, E)
*[[Ellen Melicent Cobden]] (1848–1914, E)
*[[Robbie Coburn]] (born 1994, A)
*[[Alison Cockburn]] (awa Alison Rutherford, 1712–1794, S)
*[[Alice Rollit Coe]] (1858–1940, US)
*[[Judith Ortiz Cofer]] (1952–2016, US)
*[[Brian Coffey]] (1905–1995, Ir/F)
*[[Fred Cogswell]] (1917–2004, C)
*[[Leonard Cohen]] (1934–2016, C)
*[[Matt Cohen (writer)|Matt Cohen]] (1942–1999, C)
*[[Allison Hedge Coke]] (born 1958, US)
*[[Norma Cole]] (born 1945, C/US)
*[[Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch]] (1945–2019, A)
*[[Aidan Coleman (poet)|Aidan Coleman]] (born 1976, A)
*[[Victor Coleman]] (born 1944, C)
*[[Wanda Coleman]] (1946–2013, US)
*[[Hartley Coleridge]] (1796–1849, E)
*[[Mary Elizabeth Coleridge]] (1861–1907, E)
*[[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]] (1772–1834, E)
*[[Don Coles]] (1927–2017, C)
*[[Katharine Coles]] (born 1959, US)
*[[Edward Coletti]] (living, US)
*[[Mary Collier]] (c. 1688–1762, E)
*[[Billy Collins]] (born 1941, US)
*[[John Collins (poet)|John Collins]] (1742–1808, E)
*[[William Collins (poet)|William Collins]] (1721–1759, E)
*[[Laurence Collinson]] (1925–1986, A)
*[[Stephen Collis]] (living, C)
*[[John Robert Colombo]] (born 1936, C)
*[[Glenn Colquhoun]] (born 1964, NZ)
*[[Padraic Colum]] (1881–1972, Ir/US)
*[[Anna Olcott Commelin]] (1841–1924, US)
*[[Anne Compton]] (born 1947, C)
*[[Wayde Compton]] (born 1972, C)
*[[Helen Gray Cone]] (1859–1934, US)
*[[William Congreve]] (1670–1729, E)
*[[Jan Conn]] (born 1952, C/US)
*[[Stewart Conn]] (born 1936, S)
*[[Paul Conneally]] (born 1959, E)
*[[Karen Connelly]] (born 1969, C)
*[[Kevin Connolly (writer)|Kevin Connolly]] (born 1962, C)
*[[Susan Connolly (poet)|Susan Connolly]] (born 1956, Ir)
*[[Robert Conquest]] (1917–2015, E)
*[[Tony Conran]] (1931–2013, W)
*[[Henry Constable]] (1562–1613, E/F)
*[[David Constantine]] (born 1944, E)
*[[Eliza Cook]] (1818–1889, E)
*[[Elizabeth Cook-Lynn]] (born 1930, US)
*[[Sophie Cooke]] (born 1976, S)
*[[Ina Coolbrith]] (1841–1928, US)
*[[Dennis Cooley]] (born 1944, C)
*[[Clark Coolidge]] (born 1939, US)
*[[Afua Cooper]] (born 1957, J/C)
*[[Thomas Cooper (poet)|Thomas Cooper]] (1805–1892, E)
*[[John Cooper Clarke]] (born 1949, E)
*[[Jack Cope]] (1913–1991, SA)
*[[Wendy Cope]] (born 1945, E)
*[[Judith Copithorne]] (born 1939, C)
*[[Robert Copland]] (fl. 1508–1547, E)
*[[A. E. Coppard]] (1878–1957, E)
*[[Julia Copus]] (born 1969, E)
*[[Richard Corbet]] (1582–1635, E)
*[[Cid Corman]] (1924–2004, US)
*[[Alfred Corn]] (born 1943, US)
*[[Adam Cornford]] (born 1950, E)
*[[Frances Cornford]] (1886–1960, E)
*[[F. M. Cornford|Francis M. Cornford]] (1874–1943, E)
*[[John Cornford]] (1915–1936, E)
*[[Joe Corrie]] (1894–1968, S)
*[[Gregory Corso]] (1930–2001, US)
*[[Jayne Cortez]] (1936–2012, US)
*[[William Johnson Cory]] (1823–1892, E)
*[[Louisa Stuart Costello]] (1799–1877, Ir/F)
*[[Charles Cotton]] (1630–1687, E)
*[[Anna Couani]] (born 1948, A)
*[[Anne Ross Cousin]] (1824–1906, E/S)
*[[Dani Couture]] (born 1978, C)
*[[Thomas Cowherd]] (1817–1907, C)
*[[Abraham Cowley]] (1618–1667, E)
*[[Hannah Cowley (writer)|Hannah Cowley]] (1743–1809, E)
*[[Malcolm Cowley]] (1898–1989, US)
*[[Dorothy Cowlin]] (1911–2010, E)
*[[William Cowper]] (1731–1800, E)
*[[George Crabbe]] (1754–1832, E)
*[[Christine Craig]] (born 1943, J)
*[[Helen Craik]] (c. 1751–1825, S/E)
*[[Hart Crane]] (1899–1932, US)
*[[Stephen Crane]] (1871–1900, US)
*[[Richard Crashaw]] (1613–1649, E)
*[[Isabella Valancy Crawford]] (1846–1887, C)
*[[Robert Crawford (Australian poet)|Robert Crawford]] (1868–1930, A)
*[[Robert Crawford (Scottish poet)|Robert Crawford]] (born 1959, S)
*[[Richard Crawley]] (1840–1893, W/E)
*[[Morri Creech]] (born 1970, US)
*[[Robert Creeley]] (1926–2006, US)
*[[Caroline de Crespigny]] (1797–1861, E/G)
*[[Walter D'Arcy Cresswell]] (1896–1960, NZ)
*[[Louise Crisp]] (born 1957, A)
*[[Ann Batten Cristall]] (1769–1848, E)
*[[Andy Croft]] (born 1956, E)
*[[Julian Croft]] (born 1941, A)
*[[Alison Croggon]] (born 1962, A)
*[[Jeremy Cronin]] (born 1949, SA)
*[[M. T. C. Cronin]] (born 1963, A)
*[[Lynn Crosbie]] (born 1963, C)
*[[Camilla Dufour Crosland]] (1812–1895, E)
*[[Zora Cross]] (1890–1964, A)
*[[Aleister Crowley]] (1875–1947, E)
*[[Andrew Crozier]] (1943–2008, E)
*[[Lorna Crozier]] (Lorna Uher, born 1948, C)
*[[Helen Cruickshank]] (1886–1975, S)
*[[Michael Crummey]] (born 1965, C)
*[[Julie Crysler]] (living, C)
*[[Anne Virginia Culbertson]] (1857–1918, US)
*[[Catherine Ann Cullen]] (living, Ir)
*[[Countee Cullen]] (1903–1946, US)
*[[Nancy Jo Cullen]] (living, C)
*[[Patrick Cullinan]] (1932–2011, SA)
*[[E. E. Cummings]] (1894–1962, US)
*[[Gary Cummiskey]] (born 1963, SA)
*[[Allan Cunningham (author)|Allan Cunningham]] (1784–1842, S/E)
*[[J. V. Cunningham]] (1911–1985, US)
*[[John Cunningham (poet and dramatist)|John Cunningham]] (1729–1773, Ir/E)
*[[Allen Curnow]] (1911–2001, NZ)
*[[Margaret Curran (poet)|Margaret Curran]] (1887–1962, A)
*[[Jen Currin]] (living, US/C)
*[[Tony Curtis (Welsh poet)|Tony Curtis]] (born 1946, W)
*[[Tony Curtis (Irish poet)|Tony Curtis]] (born 1955, Ir)
*[[James Cuthbertson]] (1851–1910, A)
*[[Ivor Cutler]] (1923–2006, S)
*[[Lidija Cvetkovic]] (born 1967, A)
*[[Kayla Czaga]] (born 1989, C)
{{div col end}}

==D==
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===Da–Do===
*[[H.D.]] (Hilda Doolittle, 1886–1961, US)
*[[Cyril Dabydeen]] (living, Gu/C)
*[[David Dabydeen]] (born 1955, Gu)
*[[Kalli Dakos]] (living, C)
*[[Victor Daley]] (1858–1905, A)
*[[Mary Dalton]] (born 1950, C)
*[[Pádraig J. Daly]] (born 1943, Ir)
*[[Raymond Garfield Dandridge]] (1882/1883–1930, US)
*[[Joseph A. Dandurand]] (living, C)
*[[Achmat Dangor]] (born 1948, SA)
*[[Samuel Daniel]] (1562–1619, E)
*[[David Daniels (poet)|David Daniels]] (1933–2008, US)
*[[Jeffrey Daniels (author)|Jeffrey Daniels]] (living, US)
*[[George Darley]] (1795–1846, Ir)
*[[Tina Darragh]] (born 1950, US)
*[[Keki N. Daruwalla]] (born 1937, In)
*[[Erasmus Darwin]] (1731–1802, E)
*[[Elizabeth Daryush]] (1887–1977, E)
*[[Robert von Dassanowsky]] (Robert Dassanowsky) (born 1965, US)
*[[Beverley Daurio]] (born 1953, C)
*[[William Davenant]] (1606–1668, E)
*[[Guy Davenport]] (1927–2005, US)
*[[Frank Davey]] (born 1940, C)
*[[Donald Davidson (poet)|Donald Davidson]] (1893–1968, US)
*[[John Davidson (poet)|John Davidson]] (1857–1909, S/E)
*[[Lucretia Maria Davidson]] (1808–1825, US)
*[[Michael Davidson (poet)|Michael Davidson]] (born 1944, US)
*[[Donald Davie]] (1922–1995, E)
*[[Alan Davies (poet)|Alan Davies]] (born 1951, US)
*[[Deborah Kay Davies]] (living, W)
*[[Hugh Sykes Davies]] (1909–1984, E)
*[[Idris Davies]] (1905–1953, W)
*[[John Davies (poet, born 1569)|John Davies]] (1569–1626, E)
*[[W. H. Davies]] (1871–1940, W)
*[[Nicholas Flood Davin]] (1840–1901, C)
*[[Olive Dehn]] (1914–2007, E)
*[[Beatrice Deloitte Davis]] (1909–1992, A)
*[[Jon Davis (poet)|Jon Davis]] (living, US)
*[[Norma Davis]] (1905–1945, A)
*[[Tanya Davis]] (living, C)
*[[Thomas Davis (Young Irelander)|Thomas Osborne Davis]] (1814–1845, Ir)
*[[Edward Davison (poet)|Edward Davison]] (1898–1970, S/US)
*[[Peter Davison (poet)|Peter Davison]] (1928–2004, US)
*[[Bruce Dawe]] (1930–2020, A)
*[[Kwame Dawes]] (born 1962, US)
*[[Tom Dawe]] (born 1940, C)
*[[Jeffery Day]] (1896–1918, E)
*[[Sarah Day]] (born 1958, A)
*[[Cecil Day-Lewis]] (1904–1972, E)
*[[Adriana de Barros]] (born 1976, C)
*[[Somerset de Chair]] (1911–1995, E)
*[[Jean Louis De Esque]] (1879–1956, US)
*[[Madeline DeFrees]] (1919–2015, US)
*[[Celia de Fréine]] (born 1948, Ir)
*[[Ingrid de Kok]] (born 1951, SA)
*[[Walter de la Mare]] (1873–1956, E)
*[[Christine De Luca]] (born 1947, S)
*[[Sadiqa de Meijer]] (born 1977, C)
*[[Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford]] (1550–1604, E)
*[[Phillippa Yaa de Villiers]] (born 1966, SA)
*[[James Deahl]] (born 1945, C)
*[[Dulcie Deamer]] (1890–1972, A)
*[[John F. Deane]] (born 1943, Ir)
*[[Joel Deane]] (born 1969, A)
*[[Patrick Deeley]] (born 1953, Ir)
*[[Madeline DeFrees]] (1919–2015, US)
*[[Thomas Dekker (writer)|Thomas Dekker]] (1575–1641, E)
*[[Greg Delanty]] (born 1958, Ir/US)
*[[Kris Demeanor]] (living, C)
*[[Barry Dempster]] (born 1952, C)
*[[Joe Denham]] (living, C)
*[[John Denham (poet)|John Denham]] (1615–1669, E)
*[[C. J. Dennis]] (1876–1938, A)
*[[John Dennison (poet)|John Dennison]] (born 1978, NZ)
*[[Tory Dent]] (1958–2005, US)
*[[Enid Derham]] (1882–1941, A)
*[[Thomas Dermody]] (1775–1802, Ir)
*[[Toi Derricotte]] (born 1941, US)
*[[Heather Derr-Smith]] (born 1971, US)
*[[Michelle Desbarats]] (living, C)
*[[Babette Deutsch]] (1895–1982, US)
*[[James Devaney]] (1890–1976, A)
*[[Mary Deverell]] (1731–1805, E)
*[[Denis Devlin]] (1908–1959, Ir)
*[[George E. Dewar]] (1895–1969, NZ)
*[[Christopher Dewdney]] (born 1951, C]
*[[Imtiaz Dharker]] (born 1954, P/W)
*[[Pier Giorgio Di Cicco]] (1949–2019, C)
*[[Mary di Michele]] (born 1949, C)
*[[Diane di Prima]] (1934–2020, US)
*[[Ann Diamond]] (living, C)
*[[Natalie Diaz]] (born 1978, US)
*[[Anne Dick]] (died 1741, S)
*[[Jennifer K Dick]] (born 1970, US)
*[[James Dickey]] (1923–1997, US)
*[[Adam Dickinson]] (living, C)
*[[Emily Dickinson]] (1830–1886, US)
*[[Matthew Dickman]] (born 1975, US)
*[[Michael Dickman]] (born 1975, US)
*[[Robert Dickson (writer)|Robert Dickson]] (1944–2007, C)
*[[Peter Didsbury]] (born 1946, E)
*[[Modikwe Dikobe]] (1913–?, SA)
*[[Des Dillon (writer)|Des Dillon]] (living, S)
*[[John Dillon]] (1851–1927, Ir)
*[[B. R. Dionysius]] (born 1969, A)
*[[Ray DiPalma]] (1943–2016, US)
*[[Thomas M. Disch]] (born 1940, US)
*[[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni]] (born 1956, In/US)
*[[Isobel Dixon]] (born 1969, SA/E)
*[[Sarah Dixon]] (1671–1765, E)
*[[William Hepworth Dixon]] (1821–1879, E)
*[[Angifi Dladla]] (born 1950, SA)
*[[Tim Dlugos]] (1950–1990, US)
*[[Kildare Dobbs]] (1923–2013, C)
*[[Henry Austin Dobson]] (1840–1921, E)
*[[Rosemary Dobson]] (1920–2012, A)
*[[Stephen Dobyns]] (born 1941, US)
*[[Jeramy Dodds]] (born 1974, C)
*[[Robert Dodsley]] (1703–1764, E)
*[[Pete Doherty]] (born 1979, E)
*[[Digby Mackworth Dolben]] (1848–1867, E)
*[[Joe Dolce]] (born 1947, US/A)
*[[Don Domanski]] (born 1950, C)
*[[Magie Dominic]] (born 1944, C)
*[[Jeffery Donaldson]] (living, C)
*[[John Donaldson (author)|John Donaldson]] (Jon Inglis, 1921–1989, E)
*[[John Donne]] (1572–1631, E)
*[[David Donnell]] (born 1939, C)
*[[Timothy Donnelly]] (born 1969, US)
*[[Gerard Donovan]] (born 1959, Ir/E)
*[[Theo Dorgan]] (born 1953, Ir)
*[[Ed Dorn]] (1929–1999, US)
*[[Catherine Ann Dorset]] (1752–1834, E)
*[[Candas Jane Dorsey]] (born 1952, C)
*[[Mark Doty]] (born 1953, US)
*[[Clive Doucet]] (born 1946, C)
*[[Sarah Doudney]] (1841–1926, E)
*[[Lucy Dougan]] (born 1966, A)
*[[Charles Montagu Doughty]] (1843–1926, E)
*[[Lord Alfred Douglas]] (1870–1945, E)
*[[Alice May Douglas]] (1865–1943, US)
*[[Gavin Douglas]] (c. 1474–1522, S)
*[[George Brisbane Scott Douglas]] (1856–1935, S)
*[[Keith Douglas]] (1920–1944, E)
*[[Orville Lloyd Douglas]] (born 1976, C)
*[[Rita Dove]] (born 1952, US)
*[[Basil Dowling]] (1910–2000, NZ)
*[[Finuala Dowling]] (born 1962, SA)
*[[Gordon Downie]] (1964–2017, C)
*[[Ellen Mary Patrick Downing]] (1828–1869, Ir)
*[[Ernest Dowson]] (1867–1900, E)
*[[Francis Hastings Doyle]] (1810–1888, E)
*[[Kirby Doyle]] (1932–2003, US)

===Dr–Dy===
*[[Michael Dransfield]] (1948–1973, A)
*[[Jane Draycott]] (born 1954, E)
*[[Michael Drayton]] (1563–1631, E)
*[[John Swanwick Drennan]] (1809–1893, Ir)
*[[William Drennan]] (1754–1820, Ir)
*[[Adam Drinan]] (also [[Joseph Macleod]], 1903–1984, E)
*[[John Drinkwater (playwright)|John Drinkwater]] (1882–1937, E)
*[[William Drummond of Hawthornden]] (1585–1649, S)
*[[William Henry Drummond]] (1854–1907, C)
*[[John Dryden]] (1631–1700, E)
*[[W. E. B. Du Bois]] (1868–1963, US)
*[[I. D. du Plessis]] (1900–1981, SA)
*[[Klara du Plessis]] (living, SA/C)
*[[Norman Dubie]] (born 1945, US)
*[[Stephen Duck]] (c. 1705–1756, E)
*[[Louis Dudek]] (1918–2001, S)
*[[Carol Ann Duffy]] (born 1955, S)
*[[Charles Gavan Duffy (Australian politician)|Charles Gavan Duffy]] (1816–1903, Ir/A)
*[[Maureen Duffy]] (born 1933, E)
*[[Alan Dugan]] (1923–2003, J/US)
*[[Michael Dugan (poet)|Michael Dugan]] (1947–2006, A)
*[[Sasha Dugdale]] (born 1974, E)
*[[Eileen Duggan]] (1894–1972, NZ)
*[[Laurie Duggan]] (born 1949, A)
*[[Jas H. Duke]] (1939–1992, A)
*[[Richard Duke]] (1658–1711, E)
*[[Tug Dumbly]] (Geoff Forrester, living, A)
*[[Marilyn Dumont]] (born 1955, C)
*[[Paul Laurence Dunbar]] (1872–1906, US)
*[[Robert Nugent Dunbar]] (1798–1866, Ag)
*[[William Dunbar]] (1459/1460 – c. 1530, S)
*[[Andrew Duncan (poet)|Andrew Duncan]] (born 1956, E)
*[[Robert Duncan (poet)|Robert Duncan]] (1919–1988, US)
*[[Camille Dungy]] (born 1972, US)
*[[Helen Dunmore]] (1952–2017, E)
*[[Douglas Dunn]] (born 1942, S)
*[[Max Dunn]] (died 1963, A)
*[[Stephen Dunn]] (1939–2021, US)
*[[Joe Dunthorne]] (born 1982, W)
*[[Paul Durcan]] (1944–2025, Ir)
*[[Lawrence Durrell]] (1912–1990, E)
*[[Anne Dutton]] (1692–1765, E)
*[[Geoffrey Dutton]] (1922–1998, A)
*[[Stuart Dybek]] (born 1942, US)
*[[Edward Dyer]] (1543–1607, E)
*[[John Dyer]] (1699–1758, W)
*[[Bob Dylan]] (born 1941, US)
*[[Edward Dyson]] (1865–1931, A)
{{div col end}}

==E==
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Joan Adeney Easdale]] (1913–1998, E)
*[[Evelyn Eaton]] (1902–1983, C)
*[[Richard Eberhart]] (1904–2005, US)
*[[Emily Eden]] (1797–1869, E)
*[[Helen Parry Eden]] (1885–1960, E)
*[[Stephen Edgar]] (born 1951, A)
*[[Lauris Edmond]] (1924–2000, NZ)
*[[Russell Edson]] (1928–2014, US)
*[[Richard Edwardes]] (c. 1523–1566, E)
*[[Dic Edwards]] (born 1953, W)
*[[Jonathan Edwards (poet)|Jonathan Edwards]] (born 1979, W)
*[[Rhian Edwards (poet)|Rhian Edwards]] (living, W/E)
*[[Helen Merrill Egerton]] (1866–1951, C)
*[[Terry Ehret]] (born 1955, US)
*[[Vic Elias]] (1948–2006, US/C)
*[[Anne Elder]] (1918–1976, A)
*[[George Eliot]] (Mary Anne Evans, 1819–1880, E)
*[[T. S. Eliot]] (1888–1965, US/E)
*[[Elizabeth F. Ellet]] (1818–1877, US)
*[[Lady Charlotte Elliot|Charlotte Elliot]] (1839–1880, S)
*[[David Elliott (poet)|David Elliott]] (1923–1999, C)
*[[Julia Anne Elliott]] (1809–1841, E)
*[[Jean Elliot]] (1727–1805, S)
*[[Ebenezer Elliott]] (1781–1849, E)
*[[George Ellis (poet)|George Ellis]] (1753–1815, E)
*[[Royston Ellis]] (born 1941, E)
*[[Chris Else]] (born 1942, NZ)
*[[Rebecca Elson]] (1960–1999, C)
*[[Crispin Elsted]] (living, C)
*[[Edmund Elviden]] (fl. 1570, E)
*[[Claudia Emerson]] (1957–2014, US)
*[[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] (1803–1882, US)
*[[Chris Emery]] (born 1963, E)
*[[William Empson]] (1906–1984, E)
*[[Paul Engle]] (1908–1991, US)
*[[John Ennis (poet)|John Ennis]] (born 1944, Ir)
*[[Karen Enns]] (living, C)
*[[D. J. Enright]] (1920–2002, E)
*[[Riemke Ensing]] (born 1939, NZ)
*[[Theodore Enslin]] (1925–2011, US)
*[[Louise Erdrich]] (born 1954, US)
*[[Ralph Erskine (preacher)|Ralph Erskine]] (1685–1752, S)
*[[Clayton Eshleman]] (1935–2021, US)
*[[Martín Espada]] (born 1957, US)
*[[Rhina Espaillat]] (born 1932, US)
*[[Ramabai Espinet]] (born 1948, T)
*[[Jill Alexander Essbaum]] (born 1971, US)
*[[Maggie Estep]] (1963–2014, US)
*[[Michael Estok]] (1939–1989, C)
*Jerry Estrin (1947–1993, US)
*[[George Etherege]] (1635–1691, E)
*[[Anne Evans (poet)|Anne Evans]] (1820–1870, E)
*[[Christine Evans (poet)|Christine Evans]] (born 1943, E/W)
*[[George Essex Evans]] (1863–1909, A)
*[[Margiad Evans]] (Peggy Whistler, 1909–1958, E)
*[[Mari Evans]] (1919–2017, US)
*[[Sebastian Evans]] (1830–1909, E)
*[[William Everson (poet)|William Everson]] (Brother Antoninus, 1912–1994, US)
*[[Gavin Ewart]] (1916–1995, E)
*[[John K. Ewers]] (1904–1978, A)
*[[Elisabeth Eybers]] (1915–2007, SA/Nt)
{{div col end}}

==F==
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Frederick William Faber]] (1814–1863, E)
*[[Diane Fahey]] (born 1945, A)
*[[Ruth Fainlight]] (born 1931, US/E)
*[[Kingsley Fairbridge]] (1885–1924, SA)
*[[A. R. D. Fairburn]] (1904–1957, NZ)
*[[Maria and Harriet Falconar]] (born c. 1771–1774, E or S)
*[[William Falconer (poet)|William Falconer]] (1732–1769, S)
*[[Padraic Fallon]] (1905–1974, Ir)
*[[Catherine Maria Fanshawe]] (1765–1834, E)
*[[U. A. Fanthorpe]] (1929–1909, E)
*[[Patricia Fargnoli]] (born 1937, US)
*[[Eleanor Farjeon]] (1881–1965, E)
*[[Fiona Farrell]] (born 1947, NZ)
*[[John Farrell (Australian poet)|John Farrell]] (1851–1904, A)
*[[John Farrell (poet)|John Farrell]] (1968–2010, US)
*[[Michael Farrell (poet)|Michael Farrell]] (born 1965, A)
*[[Katie Farris]] (born 1983, US)
*[[Margaretta Faugères]] (1771–1801, US)
*[[Jessie Redmon Fauset]] (1882–1961, US)
*[[Brian Fawcett]] (1944–2022, C)
*[[Elaine Feeney]] (living, Ir)
*[[Elaine Feinstein]] (1930–2019, E)
*[[Alison Fell]] (born 1944, S)
*[[Charles Fenerty]] (c. 1821–1892, C)
*[[Elijah Fenton]] (1683–1730, E)
*[[James Fenton (Ulster Scots poet)|James Fenton]] (1931–2021, NI)
*[[James Fenton]] (born 1949, E)
*[[Richard Fenton]] (1747–1821, W)
*[[Gus Ferguson]] (1940–2020, SA)
*[[Samuel Ferguson]] (1810–1886, Ir)
*[[Robert Fergusson]] (1750–1774, S)
*[[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]] (1919–2021, US)
*[[Ferron]] (Deborah Foisy, born 1952, C)
*[[George Fetherling]] (born 1949, C)
*[[Michael Field (author)|Michael Field]] (Katherine Bradley, 1846–1914, and Edith Cooper, 1862–1913, E)
*[[Henry Fielding]] (1707–1754, E)
*[[Connie Fife]] (1961–2017, C)
*[[Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea]] (1661–1720, E)
*[[Annie Finch]] (born 1956, US)
*[[Peter Finch (poet)|Peter Finch]] (living, W)
*[[Robert Finch (poet)|Robert Finch]] (1900–1995, C)
*[[Ian Hamilton Finlay]] (1925–2006, S)
*[[Joan Finnigan]] (1925–2007, C)
*[[Jon Paul Fiorentino]] (living, C)
*[[Catherine Fisher]] (born 1957, W)
*[[Roy Fisher]] (1930–2017, E)
*[[Edward FitzGerald (poet)|Edward FitzGerald]] (1809–1883, E)
*[[Judith Fitzgerald]] (1952–2015, C)
*[[R. D. Fitzgerald]] (1902–1987, A)
*[[Robert Fitzgerald]] (1910–1985, US)
*[[Richard FitzPatrick]] (1748–1813, Ir/E)
*[[Roderick Flanagan]] (1828–1862, A)
*[[James Elroy Flecker]] (1884–1915, E)
*[[Marjorie Fleming]] (1803–1811, S)
*[[Giles Fletcher]] (c. 1586–1623, E)
*[[Giles Fletcher, the Elder]] (c. 1548–1611, E)
*[[John Fletcher (playwright)|John Fletcher]] (1579–1625, E)
*[[John Gould Fletcher]] (1886–1950, US)
*[[Lisa Anne Fletcher]] (1844–1905, US)
*[[Phineas Fletcher]] (1582–1650, E)
*[[Robert Fletcher (writer)|Robert Fletcher]] (fl. 1586, E)
*[[Maria De Fleury]] (c. 1754 – c. 1794, E)
*[[F. S. Flint]] (1885–1960, E)
*[[Alice Flowerdew]] (1759–1830, E)
*[[Lionel Fogarty]] (born 1958, A)
*[[Jack Foley (poet)|Jack Foley]] (born 1940, US)
*[[Mary Hannay Foott]] (1846–1918, A)
*[[John Forbes (poet)|John Forbes]] (1950–1998, A)
*[[Carolyn Forché]] (born 1950, US)
*[[Ford Madox Ford]] (1873–1939, E)
*[[John Ford (dramatist)|John Ford]] (1586–1639, E)
*[[John M. Ford]] (1957–2006, US)
*[[Robert Ford (Canadian diplomat)|Robert Ford]] (1915–1998, C)
*[[Mabel Forrest]] (1872–1935, A)
*[[William Forrest (poet)|William Forrest]] (fl. 1581, E)
*[[Veronica Forrest-Thomson]] (1947–1975, S)
*[[Gary Jeshel Forrester]] (born 1946, NZ)
*[[William Forster (Australian politician)|William Forster]] (1818–1882, A)
*[[John Foulcher]] (born 1952, A)
*[[Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler]] (1860–1920, E)
*[[William Fowler (makar)|William Fowler]] (c. 1560–1612, S)
*[[Kate Fox (writer)|Kate Fox]] (born 1975, E)
*[[Len Fox]] (1905–2004, A)
*[[Janet Frame]] (1924–2004, NZ)
*[[Ruth France]] (1913–1968, NZ)
*[[Matthew Francis (poet)|Matthew Francis]] (born 1956, E/W)
*[[Robert Francis (poet)|Robert Francis]] (1901–1987, US)
*[[George Sutherland Fraser]] (1915–1980, S)
*[[Gregory Fraser]] (living, US)
*[[Raymond Fraser]] (1941–2018, C)
*[[Benjamin Frater]] (1979–2007, A)
*[[Brentley Frazer]] (born 1972, A)
*[[Grace Beacham Freeman]] (1916–2002, US)
*[[John Freeman (poet)|John Freeman]] (1880–1929, E)
*[[Nicholas Freeston]] (1907–1978, E)
*[[Patrick Friesen]] (born 1946, C)
*[[Anthony Freston]] (1757–1819, E) 
*[[Robert Frost]] (1874–1963, US)
*[[Gwen Frostic]] (1906–2001, US)
*[[Gene Frumkin]] (1928–2007, US)
*[[Mark Frutkin]] (born 1948, US/C)
*[[Sheila Meiring Fugard]] (born 1932, SA)
*[[Ethel Romig Fuller]] (1883–1965, US)
*[[John Fuller (poet)|John Fuller]] (born 1937, E)
*[[Roy Fuller]] (1912–1991, E)
*[[Mary Eliza Fullerton]] (1868–1946, A)
*[[Alice Fulton]] (born 1952, US)
*[[Robin Fulton]] (born 1937, S)
*[[Ulpian Fulwell]] (1545/1546 – before 1586, E)
*[[Richard Furness]] (1791–1857, E)
{{div col end}}

==G==
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===Ga–Go===
*[[Frances Dana Barker Gage]] (1808–1884, US)
*[[Georgie Starbuck Galbraith]] (1909–1980, US)
*[[Dunstan Gale]] (fl. 1596, E)
*[[Kate Gale]] (living, US)
*[[James Galvin (poet)|James Galvin]] (born 1951, US)
*[[Patrick Galvin]] (1927–2011, Ir)
*[[Forrest Gander]] (born 1956, US)
*[[Robert Garioch]] (1909–1981, S)
*[[Hamlin Garland]] (1860–1940, US)
*[[Raymond Garlick]] (1926–2011, W)
*[[Richard Garnett (writer)|Richard Garnett]] (1835–1906, E)
*[[Jean Garrigue]] (1912–1972, US)
*[[Samuel Garth]] (1661–1719, E)
*[[George Gascoigne]] (1525–1577, E)
*[[David Gascoyne]] (1916–2001, E/F)
*[[Bill Gaston]] (born 1953, C)
*[[John Gay]] (1685–1732, E)
*[[Ross Gay]] (born 1974, US)
*[[William Gay (poet)|William Gay]] (1865–1897, S/A)
*[[Alexander Geddes]] (1737–1802, S)
*[[Leon Gellert]] (1892–1977, A)
*[[W. R. P. George]] (1912–2006, W)
*[[Dan Gerber]] (born 1940, US)
*[[Amy Gerstler]] (born 1956, US)
*[[Marty Gervais]] (living, C)
*[[Charles Ghigna]] (born 1946, US)
*[[Monk Gibbon]] (1896–1987, Ir)
*[[Reginald Gibbons]] (born 1947, US)
*[[Stella Gibbons]] (1902–1989, E)
*[[Ivy Gibbs]] (c. 1886–1966, NZ)
*[[Kahlil Gibran]] (1883–1931, L/US)
*[[G. H. Gibson]] (Ironbark, 1846–1921, A)
*[[Wilfrid Wilson Gibson]] (1878–1962, E)
*[[Elsa Gidlow]] (1898–1986, C)
*[[Angus Morrison Gidney (writer)|Angus Morrison Gidney]] (1803–1882, C)
*[[Gerry Gilbert]] (1936–2009, C)
*[[Jack Gilbert]] (1925–2012, US)
*[[Kevin Gilbert (author)|Kevin Gilbert]] (1933–1993, A)
*[[W. S. Gilbert]] (1836–1911, E)
*[[Ellen Gilchrist]] (born 1935, US)
*[[George Gilfillan]] (1813–1878, S)
*[[Charlotte Perkins Gilman]] (1860–1935, US)
*[[Mary Gilmore]] (1865–1962, A)
*[[Allen Ginsberg]] (1926–1997, US)
*[[Dana Gioia]] (born 1950, US)
*[[Nikki Giovanni]] (1943–2024, US)
*[[Jesse Glass]] (born 1954, US/Jp)
*[[John Glassco]] (1909–1981, C)
*[[Madeline Gleason]] (1903–1979, US)
*[[Duncan Glen]] (1933–2008, S)
*[[William Glen (poet)|William Glen]] (1789–1826, S)
*[[Lorri Neilsen Glenn]] (living, C)
*[[Denis Glover]] (1912–1980, NZ)
*[[Louise Glück]] (born 1943, US)
*[[Rumer Godden]] (1907–1998, In/E)
*[[Patricia Goedicke]] (1931–2006, US)
*[[Oliver St. John Gogarty]] (1878–1957, Ir)
*[[Albert Goldbarth]] (born 1948, US)
*[[Kenneth Goldsmith]] (born 1961, US)
*[[Oliver Goldsmith]] (1728–1774, Ir/E)
*[[Oliver Goldsmith (Canadian poet)|Oliver Goldsmith]] (1794–1861, C)
*[[Peter Goldsworthy]] (born 1951, A)
*[[Leona Gom]] (born 1946, C)
*[[W. T. Goodge]] (1862–1909, A)
*[[Lorna Goodison]] (born 1947, J)
*[[Paul Goodman]] (1911–1972, US)
*[[Barnabe Googe]] (1540–1594, E)
*[[Adam Lindsay Gordon]] (1833–1870, A)
*[[Katherine L. Gordon]] (living, C)
*[[Robert Gordon of Straloch]] (1580–1661, S)
*[[Hedwig Gorski]] (born 1949, US)
*[[Edmund Gosse]] (1849–1928, E)
*[[Phyllis Gotlieb]] (1926–2009, C)
*[[Keith Gottschalk]] (born 1946, SA)
*[[Alan Gould]] (born 1949, A)
*[[Nora Gould]] (living, C)
*[[John Gower]] (c. 1330–1408, E)
*[[Susan Goyette]] (born 1964, C)

===Gr–Gy===
*[[James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose]] (1612–1650, S)
*[[Jorie Graham]] (born 1950, US)
*[[Neile Graham]] (born 1958, C)
*[[Robert Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore]] (1735–1797, S)
*[[W. S. Graham]] (1918–1986, S)
*[[James Grahame]] (1765–1811, S)
*[[Mark Granier]] (born 1957, E/Ir)
*[[Paul Grano]] (1894–1975, A)
*[[Alex Grant (poet)|Alex Grant]] (living, US)
*[[Richard Graves]] (1715–1804, E)
*[[Richard Harry Graves]] (1897–1971, A)
*[[Robert Graves]] (1895–1985, E)
*[[Alexander Gray (poet)|Alexander Gray]] (1882–1968, S)
*[[Catherine Gray, Lady Manners]] (1766–1852, Ir)
*[[Kathryn Gray]] (born 1973, W)
*[[Maxwell Gray]] (Mary Gleed Tuttiett, 1846–1923, E)
*[[Robert Gray (poet)|Robert Gray]] (born 1945, A)
*[[Stephen Gray (writer)|Stephen Gray]] (born 1941, SA)
*[[Thomas Gray]] (1716–1771, E)
*[[Dorothy Auchterlonie Green]] (1915–1991, A)
*[[H. M. Green (journalist)|H. M. Green]] (1881–1962, A)
*[[Paula Green (poet)|Paula Green]] (born 1955, NZ)
*[[Richard Greene (writer)|Richard Greene]] (born 1961, C)
*[[Robert Greene (16th century)|Robert Greene]] (1558–1592, E)
*[[Lavinia Greenlaw]] (born 1962, E)
*[[Gavin Greenlees]] (1930–1983, A)
*[[Leslie Greentree]] (living, C)
*[[Dora Greenwell]] (1821–1882, E)
*[[Jane Greer (poet)|Jane Greer]] (born 1953, US)
*[[Linda Gregg]] (1942–2019, US)
*[[Horace Gregory]] (1898–1982, US)
*[[Andrew Greig]] (born 1951, S)
*[[Eamon Grennan]] (born 1941, Ir)
*[[H. W. Gretton]] (1914–1983, NZ)
*[[Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke]] (1554–1628, E)
*[[Gerald Griffin]] (1803–1840, Ir)
*[[Sarah Maria Griffin]] (living, Ir)
*[[Susan Griffin]] (born 1943, US)
*[[Bill Griffiths (poet)|Bill Griffiths]] (1948–2007, E)
*[[Bryn Griffiths (writer)|Bryn Griffiths]] (living, W/E)
*[[Jane Griffiths (poet)|Jane Griffiths]] (born 1970, E)
*[[Geoffrey Grigson]] (1905–1985, E)
*[[Nicholas Grimald]] (1519–1562, E)
*[[Angelina Weld Grimké]] (1880–1958, US)
*[[Charlotte Forten Grimké]] (1837–1914, US)
*[[Eliza Griswold]] (born 1973, US)
*[[Rufus Wilmot Griswold]] (1815–1857, US)
*[[Philip Gross]] (born 1952, E)
*[[Paul Groves (poet)|Paul Groves]] (born 1947, E/W)
*[[Bertha Jane Grundy]] (Mrs. Leith Adams, 1837–1912, E)
*[[Jeff Guess]] (born 1948, A)
*[[Barbara Guest]] (1920–2006, US)
*[[Edgar Guest]] (1881–1959, US)
*[[Paul Guest]] (living, US)
*[[Malcolm Guite]] (born 1957, E)
*[[Arthur Guiterman]] (1871–1943, US)
*[[Genni Gunn]] (born 1949, C)
*[[Thom Gunn]] (1929–2004, E/US)
*[[Kristjana Gunnars]] (born 1948, C)
*[[Lee Gurga]] (born 1949, US)
*[[Ivor Gurney]] (1890–1937, E)
*[[Ralph Gustafson]] (1909–1995, C)
*[[Mafika Gwala]] (1946–2014, SA)
*[[Cyril Gwynn]] (1897–1988, W/A)
*[[Stephen Gwynn]] (1864–1950, Ir)
*[[Beth Gylys]] (born 1964, US)
*[[Brion Gysin]] (1916–1986, C/E)
{{div col end}}

==H==
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===Ha–He===
*[[William Habington]] (1605–1654, E)
*[[Marilyn Hacker]] (born 1942, US)
*[[Kimiko Hahn]] (born 1955, US)
*[[John Haines]] (1924–2011, US)
*[[Paul Haines (poet)|Paul Haines]] (1933–2003, US/C)
*[[Helen Hajnoczky]] (born 1985, C)
*[[Thomas Gordon Hake]] (1809–1895, E)
*[[Sarah Josepha Hale]] (1788–1879, US)
*[[Bernadette Hall]] (born 1945, NZ)
*[[Donald Hall]] (1928–2018, US)
*[[Megan Hall (poet)|Megan Hall]] (born 1972, SA)
*[[Phil Hall (poet)|Phil Hall]] (born 1953, C)
*[[Radclyffe Hall]] (1880–1943, E)
*[[Rodney Hall (writer)|Rodney Hall]] (born 1935, A)
*[[Arthur Hallam]] (1811–1833, E)
*[[Alan Halsey]] (born 1949, W/E)
*[[Michael Hamburger]] (1924–2007, E)
*[[Ian Hamilton (critic)|Ian Hamilton]] (1938–2001, E)
*[[Jane Eaton Hamilton]] (born 1954, C)
*[[Janet Hamilton]] (1795–1873, S)
*[[Philip Hammial]] (born 1937, A)
*[[Robert Gavin Hampson]] (born 1948, E)
*[[Susan Hampton]] (born 1949, A)
*[[Sophie Hannah]] (born 1971, E)
*[[Bilal Haq]] (born 1948, P)
*[[Caroline Hardaker]] (born 1986, E)
*[[Kerry Hardie]] (born 1951, NI)
*[[Thomas Hardy]] (1840–1928, E)
*[[Lesbia Harford]] (1891–1927, A)
*[[Joy Harjo]] (born 1951, US)
*[[William Harmon]] (born 1938, US)
*[[Frances Harper]] (1825–1911, US)
*[[Michael S. Harper]] (1938–2016 US)
*[[Charles Harpur]] (1813–1868, A)
*[[Alice Harriman]] (1861–1925, US)
*[[Edward Harrington (poet)|Edward Harrington]] (1895–1966, A)
*[[Claire Harris (poet)|Claire Harris]] (1937–2018, C)
*[[Joseph Harris (Gomer)|Joseph Harris]] (1773–1825, W)
*[[Max Harris (poet)|Max Harris]] (1921–1995, A)
*[[Michael Harris (poet)|Michael Harris]] (born 1944, C)
*[[Robert Harris (poet)|Robert Harris]] (1951–1993, A)
*[[Wilson Harris]] (1921–2018, Gu/E)
*[[Jennifer Harrison]] (born 1955, A)
*[[Jim Harrison]] (1937–2016, US)
*[[Martin Harrison (poet)|Martin Harrison]] (1949–2014, A)
*[[Richard Harrison (poet)]] (living, C)
*[[Tony Harrison]] (born 1937, E)
*[[Les Harrop]] (born 1948, E/A)
*[[Kingsley O. Harrop-Williams]] (1947-2019, GU) 
*[[Molly Harrower]] (1906–1999, S)
*[[J. S. Harry]] (1939–2015, A)
*[[Carla Harryman]] (born 1952, US)
*[[David Harsent]] (born 1942, E)
*[[Kevin Hart (poet)|Kevin Hart]] (born 1954, A)
*[[Paul Hartal]] (born 1936, Is/C)
*[[Anne Le Marquand Hartigan]] (living, Ir)
*[[Jill Hartman]] (born 1974, C)
*[[Sadakichi Hartmann]] (1867–1944, US)
*[[Michael Hartnett]] (1941–1999, Ir)
*[[Diana Hartog]] (born 1942, C)
*[[William Hart-Smith]] (1911–1990, NZ)
*[[F. W. Harvey]] (1888–1957, E)
*[[Elisabeth Harvor]] (1936–2024, C)
*[[Gwen Harwood]] (1920–1995, A)
*[[Lee Harwood]] (1939–2015, E)
*[[Alamgir Hashmi]] (born 1951, E)
*[[J. H. Haslam]] (1874–1969, NZ)
*[[Nicholas Hasluck]] (born 1942, A)
*[[Robert Hass]] (born 1941, US)
*[[Katherine Hastings]] (living, US)
*[[Ann Hatton]] (1764–1838, W)
*[[Stephen Hawes]] (died 1523, E)
*[[Robert Stephen Hawker]] (1803–1875, E)
*[[Kathleen Hawkins]] (1883–1981, NZ)
*[[George Campbell Hay]] (1915–1984, S)
*[[Gilbert Hay (poet)|Gilbert Hay]] (born c. 1403, S)
*[[Myfanwy Haycock]] (1913–1963, W/E)
*[[Robert Hayden]] (1913–1980, US)
*[[William Hayley]] (1745–1820, E)
*[[Robert Hayman]] (1575–1629, Nf)
*[[Tony Haynes (American musician)|Tony Haynes]] (born 1960, US)
*[[Joel Hayward]] (born 1964, NZ)
*[[Eliza Haywood]] (c. 1693–1756, E)
*[[H.D.]] (Hilda Doolittle, 1886–1961, E)
*[[Randolph Healy]] (born 1956, Ir)
*[[Seamus Heaney]] (1939–2013, Ir)
*[[Josephine D. Heard]] (1861 – c. 1921, US)
*[[John Heath-Stubbs]] (1918–2006, E)
*[[Charles Heavysege]] (1816–1876, C)
*[[James Hebblethwaite]] (1857–1921, A)
*[[Anthony Hecht]] (1923–2004, US)
*[[Jennifer Michael Hecht]] (born 1965, US)
*[[John Hegley]] (born 1953, E)
*[[Wilfrid Heighington]] (1897–1945, C)
*[[Steven Heighton]] (1961–2022, C)
*[[Anita Heiss]] (born 1968, A)
*[[Lyn Hejinian]] (born 1941, US)
*[[Jill Hellyer]] (1925–2012, A)
*[[David Helwig]] (1938–2018, C)
*[[Maggie Helwig]] (born 1961, C)
*[[Felicia Hemans]] (1793–1835, E)
*[[Kris Hemensley]] (born 1946, A)
*[[Essex Hemphill]] (1957–1995, US)
*[[Brian Henderson (poet)|Brian Henderson]] (born 1948, C)
*[[Hamish Henderson]] (1919–2002, S)
*[[Philip Henderson]] (1906–1977, E)
*[[Thomas William Heney]] (1862–1928, A)
*[[John Henley (priest)|John Henley]] (1692–1756, E)
*[[William Ernest Henley]] (1849–1903, E)
*[[Adrian Henri]] (1932–2000, E)
*[[Paul Henry (poet)|Paul Henry]] (born 1959, W)
*[[Robert Henryson]] (fl. 1460–1500, S)
*[[Thomas Nicoll Hepburn]] (wrote as Gabriel Setoun, 1861–1930, S)
*[[Dorothea Herbert]] (c. 1767–1829, Ir)
*[[Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury]] (1582–1648, E/W)
*[[George Herbert]] (1593–1632, W)
*[[Mary Sidney|Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke]] (Mary Sidney, 1561–1621, E)
*[[W. N. Herbert]] (born 1961, S)
*[[Jason Heroux]] (born 1971, C)
*[[Robert Herrick (poet)|Robert Herrick]] (1591–1674, E)
*[[Steven Herrick]] (born 1958, A)
*[[Benjamin Hertwig]] (living, C)
*[[Thomas Kibble Hervey]] (1799–1959, E)
*[[Phoebe Hesketh]] (1909–2005, E)
*[[Paul Hetherington]] (born 1958, A)
*[[William Maxwell Hetherington]] (1803–1865, S)
*[[Dorothy Hewett]] (1923–2002, A)
*[[John Hewitt (poet)|John Hewitt]] (1907–1987, NI)
*[[Maurice Hewlett]] (1861–1923, E)
*[[William Heyen]] (born 1940, US)
*[[Thomas Heywood]] (c. 1570s – 1650, E)

===Hi–Hu===
*[[Bob Hicok]] (born 1960, US)
*[[Dick Higgins]] (1938–1998, US)
*[[F. R. Higgins]] (1896–1941, Ir)
*[[Kevin Higgins (poet)|Kevin Higgins]] (born 1967, Ir)
*[[Rita Ann Higgins]] (born 1955, Ir)
*[[Colleen Higgs]] (born 1962, SA)
*[[Charles Higham (biographer)|Charles Higham]] (1931–2012, A)
*[[Scott Hightower]] (born 1952, US)
*[[Conrad Hilberry]] (1928–2017, US)
*[[Fiona Hile]] (living, A)
*[[Barry Hill (Australian writer)|Barry Hill]] (born 1943, A)
*[[Edward Hill (painter)|Edward Hill]] (1843–1923, US)
*[[Geoffrey Hill]] (1932–2016, E/US)
*[[Robert Hilles]] (born 1951, C)
*[[Richard Hillman (poet)|Richard Hillman]] (born 1964, A)
*[[Ellen Hinsey]] (born 1960, US)
*[[Jane Hirshfield]] (born 1953, US)
*[[George Hitchcock (poet)|George Hitchcock]] (1914–2010, US)
*[[H. L. Hix]] (born 1960, US)
*[[Thomas Hoccleve]] (c. 1368–1426, E)
*[[Philip Hodgins]] (1959–1995, A)
*[[Ralph Hodgson]] (1871–1962, E/US)
*[[W. N. Hodgson]] (1893–1916, E)
*[[Barbara Hofland]] (1770–1844, E)
*[[Michael Hofmann]] (born 1957, G/US)
*[[James Hogg]] (1770–1835, S)
*[[David Holbrook]] (1923–2011, E)
*[[Susan Holbrook]] (living, C)
*[[Thomas Holcroft]] (1745–1809, E)
*[[Clive Holden]] (living, C)
*[[Margaret Holford]] (1778–1852, E)
*[[Abraham Holland]] (died 1626, E)
*[[Barbara Holland]] (1933–2010, US)
*[[Hugh Holland]] (1569–1633, W)
*[[Jane Holland]] (born 1966, E)
*[[John Holland (poet)|John Holland]] (1794–1872, E)
*[[Norah M. Holland]] (1876–1925, C)
*[[Sarah Holland-Batt]] (born 1982, A)
*[[John Hollander]] (1929–2013, US)
*[[Matthew Hollis]] (born 1971, E)
*[[Anselm Hollo]] (1934–2013, US)
*[[Nancy Holmes]] (born 1959, C)
*[[Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.]] (1809–1894, US)
*[[Thomas Hood]] (1798–1845, E)
*[[Cornelia Hoogland]] (living, C)
*[[Ellen Sturgis Hooper]] (1812–1848, US)
*[[Hilda Mary Hooke]] (1898–1978, C)
*[[Harry Hooton]] (1908–1961, A)
*[[A. D. Hope]] (1907–2000, A)
*[[Christopher Hope (novelist)|Christopher Hope]] (born 1944, SA)
*[[Gerard Manley Hopkins]] (1844–1889, E)
*[[Leah Horlick]] (living, C)
*[[Sean Horlor]] (born 1981, C)
*[[Frances Horovitz]] (1938–1983, E)
*[[Michael Horovitz]] (1935–2021, E)
*[[Peter Horn (poet)|Peter Horn]] (1934–2019, SA)
*[[George Moses Horton]] (1797–1884, US)
*[[Allan Kolski Horwitz]] (born 1952, SA)
*[[Sylvester Houédard]] (1924–1992, Gy)
*[[Karen Houle]] (living, C)
*[[Joan Houlihan]] (living, US)
*[[Alfred Edward Housman|A. E. Housman]] (1859–1936, E)
*[[Edward Howard (novelist)|Edward Howard]] (1793–1841, E) 
*[[Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey]] (1517–1547, E)
*[[Liz Howard (writer)|Liz Howard]] (living, C)
*[[Richard Howard]] (1929–2022, US)
*[[Robert Guy Howarth]] (1906–1974, A)
*[[Fanny Howe]] (born 1940, US)
*[[George Howe (printer)|George Howe]] (1769–1821, A)
*[[Julia Ward Howe]] (1819–1910, US)
*[[Susan Howe]] (born 1937, US)
*[[Ada Verdun Howell]] (1902–1981, A)
*[[Anthony Howell (performance artist)|Anthony Howell]] (born 1945, E)
*[[Harry Howith]] (1934–2014, C)
*[[Mary Howitt]] (1799–1888, E)
*[[Richard Howitt (poet)|Richard Howitt]] (1799–1869, E)
*[[William Howitt]] (1792–1879, E)
*[[Francis Hubert]] (died 1629, E)
*[[Thomas Hudson (poet)|Thomas Hudson]] (d. c. 1605, S)
*[[Annie Campbell Huestis]] (1878–1960, C)
*[[Frieda Hughes]] (born 1960, A)
*[[Langston Hughes]] (1902–1967, US)
*[[Richard Hughes (British writer)|Richard Hughes]] (1900–1976, E/W)
*[[Ted Hughes]] (1930–1998, E)
*[[Richard Hugo]] (1923–1982, US)
*[[Coral Hull]] (born 1965, A)
*[[Lynda Hull]] (1954–1994, US)
*[[T. E. Hulme]] (1883–1917, E)
*[[Alexander Hume]] (c. 1560–1609, S)
*[[Anna Hume]] (fl. 1644, S)
*[[David Hume of Godscroft]] (1558–1629, S)
*[[Barry Humphries]] (1934–2023, A/E)
*[[Emyr Humphreys]] (1919–2020, W)
*[[Helen Humphreys]] (born 1961, C)
*[[James Henry Leigh Hunt|Leigh Hunt]] (1784–1859, E)
*[[Sam Hunt (poet)|Sam Hunt]] (born 1946, NZ)
*[[Aislinn Hunter]] (living, C)
*[[Al Hunter (writer)|Al Hunter]] (living, C)
*[[Bruce Hunter (poet)|Bruce Hunter]] (born 1952, C)
*[[Catherine Hunter (poet)|Catherine Hunter]] (born 1957, C)
*[[Rex Hunter]] (1889–1960, NZ)
*[[Constance Hunting]] (1925–2006, US)
*[[Cynthia Huntington]] (born 1952, US)
*[[Chris Hutchinson (poet)|Chris Hutchinson]] (born 1972, C)
*[[Pearse Hutchinson]] (1927–2012, Ir)
*[[William Hutton (historian)|William Hutton]] (1723–1815, E)
*[[Aldous Huxley]] (1894–1963, E)
*[[Douglas Smith Huyghue]] (1816–1891, C/A)
*[[Douglas Hyde]] (1860–1949, Ir)
*[[Robin Hyde]] (pen name of Iris Wilkinson; 1906–1939, NZ)
*[[Helen von Kolnitz Hyer]] (1896–1983, US)
*[[Maureen Hynes]] (living, C)
{{div col end}}

==I==
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*[[John Imlah]] (1799–1846, S)
*[[Lawson Fusao Inada]] (born 1938, US)
*[[Rex Ingamells]] (1913–1955, A)
*[[Jean Ingelow]] (1820–1897, E)
*[[P. Inman]] (born 1947, US)
*[[Susan Ioannou]] (born 1944, C)
*[[Valentin Iremonger]] (1918–1991, Ir)
*[[Eric Irvin]] (1908–1993, A)
*[[Frances Itani]] (born 1942, C)
*[[Helen Ivory]] (born 1969, E)
{{div col end}}

==J==
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Alan Jackson (poet)|Alan Jackson]] (born 1938, S)
*[[Violet Jacob]] (1863–1946, S)
*[[Josephine Jacobsen]] (1908–2003, US)
*[[Ethel Jacobson]] (1899–1991, US)
*[[Richard Jago]] (1715–1781, E)
*[[James I of Scotland]] (1394–1437, S)
*[[James VI and I]] (1566–1625, S/E)
*[[Alan James (poet)|Alan James]] (living, SA)
*[[Clive James]] (1939–2019, A)
*[[John James (British poet)|John James]] (1939–2018, W/E)
*[[Maria James (poet)|Maria James]] (1793–1868, W/US)
*[[Kathleen Jamie]] (born 1962, S)
*[[Robert Alan Jamieson]] (born 1958, S)
*[[Patricia Janus]] (1932–2006, US)
*[[Derek Jarman]] (1942–1994, E)
*[[Mark Jarman]] (born 1952, US)
*[[Lisa Jarnot]] (born 1967, US)
*[[Randall Jarrell]] (1914–1965, US)
*[[Alan Jefferies]] (born 1957, A)
*[[Robinson Jeffers]] (1887–1962, US)
*[[Isadore G. Jeffery]] (1840–1919, US)
*[[Rod Jellema]] (1927–1918, US)
*[[Jemeni (singer)|Jemeni]] (Joanne Gairy, born 1976, Gd/C)
*[[Graham Jenkin]] (born 1938, A)
*[[John Jenkins (poet)|John Jenkins]] (born 1949, A)
*[[Joseph Jenkins (diarist)|Joseph Jenkins]] (1818–1898, W/A)
*[[Mike Jenkins (poet)|Mike Jenkins]] (born 1953, W)
*[[Nigel Jenkins]] (1949–2014, W)
*[[Elizabeth Jennings (poet)|Elizabeth Jennings]] (1926–2001, E)
*[[Kate Jennings]] (1948–2021, A)
*[[Wopko Jensma]] (1939–1993 or after, SA)
*[[Sydney Jephcott]] (1864–1951, A)
*[[Paulette Jiles]] (born 1943, US/C)
*[[Liesl Jobson]] (living, SA)
*[[Rita Joe]] (1932–2007, C)
*[[Edmund John]] (1883–1917, E)
*[[Godfrey John]] (living, W)
*[[E. Pauline Johnson]] (1861–1913, C)
*[[Fenton Johnson]] (born 1953, US)
*[[Georgia Douglas Johnson]] (1880–1966, US)
*[[Helene Johnson]] (1906–1995, US)
*[[James Weldon Johnson]] (1871–1938, US)
*[[Linton Kwesi Johnson]] (born 1952, J)
*[[Lionel Johnson]] (1867–1902, E)
*[[Samuel Johnson]] (1709–1784, E)
*[[Sarah Johnson (poet)|Sarah Johnson]] (born 1980, SA)
*[[George Benson Johnston]] (1913–2004, C)
*[[Martin Johnston]] (1947–1990, A)
*[[Amanda Jones (inventor)|Amanda Jones]] (1835–1914, US)
*[[D. G. Jones]] (1929–2016, C)
*[[David Jones (artist-poet)|David Jones]] (1895–1974, E)
*[[Ebenezer Jones]] (1820–1860, E)
*[[El Jones]] (living, C)
*[[Emma Jones (poet)|Emma Jones]] (born 1977, A)
*[[Evan Jones (Australian poet)|Evan Jones]] (1931–2022, A)
*[[Glyn Jones (Welsh writer)|Glyn Jones]] (1905–1995, W)
*[[Jack Jones (Welsh musician)|Jack Jones]] (born 1992, W)
*[[Jill Jones (poet)|Jill Jones]] (born 1951, A)
*[[John Joseph Jones (writer)|John Joseph Jones]] (1930–2000, A)
*[[Patrick Jones (poet)|Patrick Jones]] (born 1965, W)
*[[Rae Desmond Jones]] (1941–2017, A)
*[[Richard Jones (poet)|Richard Jones]] (living, US)
*[[Terry Jones]] (1942–2020, W/E)
*[[Erica Jong]] (born 1942, US)
*[[Ben Jonson]] (1573–1637, E)
*[[Julie Joosten]] (born 1980, US/C)
*[[John Jordan (poet)|John Jordan]] (1930–1988, Ir)
*[[June Jordan]] (1936–2002, J/US)
*[[Anthony Joseph]] (born 1966, T/E)
*[[Eve Joseph]] (born 1953, C)
*[[Jenny Joseph]] (1932–2018, E)
*[[Danilo Jovanovitch]] (1919–2015, A)
*[[James Joyce]] (1882–1941, Ir/I)
*[[Trevor Joyce]] (born 1947, Ir)
*[[Frank Judge]] (living, US)
*[[Michael J. Astrue|A. M. Juster]] (born 1956, US)
*[[Donald Justice]] (1925–2004, US)
{{div col end}}

==K==
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Jim Kacian]] (born 1953, US)
*[[Aryan Kaganof]] (born 1964, SA)
*[[Chester Kallman]] (1921–1975, US)
*[[Surjeet Kalsey]] (living, C)
*[[Smaro Kamboureli]] (living, C)
*[[Ilya Kaminsky]] (born 1977, US)
*[[Julie Kane]] (born 1952, US)
*[[Adeena Karasick]] (born 1965, C/US)
*[[Mary Karr]] (born 1955, US)
*[[Julia Kasdorf]] (born 1962, US)
*[[Laura Kasischke]] (born 1961, US)
*[[Bob Kaufman]] (1925–1986, US)
*[[Shirley Kaufman]] (1923–2016, US)
*[[Rupi Kaur]] (born 1992, C)
*[[Patrick Kavanagh]] (1904–1967, Ir)
*[[Jackie Kay]] (born 1961, S)
*[[Jayne Fenton Keane]] (living, A)
*[[Lionel Kearns]] (born 1937, C)
*[[Annie Keary]] (1825–1879, E)
*[[Diane Keating]] (living, C)
*[[John Keats]] (1795–1821, E)
*[[John Keble]] (1792–1866, E)
*[[Janice Kulyk Keefer]] (born 1952, C)
*[[Weldon Kees]] (1914–1955, US)
*[[Nancy Keesing]] (1923–1993, A)
*[[Antigone Kefala]] (1935–2022, A)
*[[Christopher Kelen]] (born 1958, A)
*[[S. K. Kelen]] (born 1956, A)
*[[Anne Kellas]] (born 1951, SA/A)
*[[Isabella Kelly]] (1759–1857, S/E)
*[[M. T. Kelly]] (born 1946, C)
*[[Arthur Kelton]] (died c. 1550, E/W)
*[[Penn Kemp]] (born 1944, C)
*[[Henry Kendall (poet)|Henry Kendall]] (1839–1882, A)
*[[Francis Kenna]] (1865–1932, A)
*[[Cate Kennedy]] (born 1963, A)
*[[Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy]] ("Woodbine Willy", 1883–1929, E)
*[[Leo Kennedy]] (1907–2000, C)
*[[Miranda Kennedy]] (born 1975, US)
*[[Walter Kennedy (poet)|Walter Kennedy]] (c. 1455 – c. 1508, S)
*[[X. J. Kennedy]] (born 1929, US)
*[[Jean Kent (poet)|Jean Kent]] (born 1951, A)
*[[Jane Kenyon]] (1947–1995, US)
*[[Robert Kirkland Kernighan]] (1854–1926, C)
*[[Jack Kerouac]] (1922–1969, US)
*[[Sidney Keyes]] (1922–1943, E)
*[[Keorapetse Kgositsile]] (1938–2018, SA/US)
*[[Mimi Khalvati]] (born 1944, E)
*[[Charles Kickham]] (1828–1882, Ir)
*[[Anne Killigrew]] (1660–1685, E)
*[[Joyce Kilmer]] (1886–1918, US)
*[[Arthur Henry King]] (1910–2000, E/US)
*[[Henry King (poet)|Henry King]] (1592–1669, E)
*[[William King (poet)|William King]] (1663–1712, E)
*[[Charles Kingsley]] (1819–1875, E)
*[[Barbara Kingsolver]] (born 1955, US)
*[[Galway Kinnell]] (1927–2014, US)
*[[John Kinsella (poet)|John Kinsella]] (born 1963, A)
*[[Thomas Kinsella]] (1928–2021, Ir)
*[[Rudyard Kipling]] (1865–1936, E)
*[[Olga Kirsch]] (1924–1997, SA/Is)
*[[Roy Kiyooka]] (1926–1994, C)
*[[Carolyn Kizer]] (1925–1914, US)
*[[Barbara Klar]] (born 1966, C)
*[[Sarah Klassen]] (born 1932, C)
*[[A. M. Klein]] (1909–1972, C)
*[[August Kleinzahler]] (born 1949, US)
*[[Etheridge Knight]] (1931–1991, US)
*[[Stephen Knight (poet)|Stephen Knight]] (born 1960, W/E)
*[[Raymond Knister]] (1899–1932, C)
*[[Kenneth Koch]] (1925–2002, US)
*[[Ruth Ellen Kocher]] (born 1965, US)
*[[Joy Kogawa]] (born 1935, C)
*[[Komninos Zervos|komninos]] (born 1950, A)
*[[Yusef Komunyakaa]] (born 1947, US)
*[[Ted Kooser]] (born 1939, US)
*[[Shane Koyczan]] (born 1976, C)
*[[Rustum Kozain]] (born 1966, SA)
*[[Rudi Krausmann]] (1933–2019, A)
*[[Ruth Krauss]] (1901–1993, US)
*[[Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda]] (born 1946, US)
*[[Uys Krige]] (1910–1987, SA)
*[[Robert Kroetsch]] (1927–2011, C)
*[[Antjie Krog]] (born 1952, SA)
*[[Anton Robert Krueger]] (born 1971, SA)
*[[Marilyn Krysl]] (born 1942, US)
*[[Anatoly Kudryavitsky]] (born 1954, Ir)
*[[Abhay Kumar]] (born 1980, In)
*[[Mazisi Kunene]] (1930–2006, SA)
*[[Tuli Kupferberg]] (1923–2010, US)
*[[Maxine Kumin]] (1925–2014, US)
*[[Stanley Kunitz]] (1905–2006, US)
*[[Frank Kuppner]] (born 1951, S)
*[[Stephen Kuusisto]] (born 1955, US)
*[[Morris Kyffin]] (c. 1555–1598, W/E)
*[[Joanne Kyger]] (1934–2017, US)
*[[Francis Kynaston]] (1587–1642, E)
{{div col end}}

==L==
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}

===La–Ln===
*[[John La Rose]] (1927–2006, J/E)
*[[Sonnet L'Abbé]] (born 1973, C)
*[[Edward A. Lacey]] (1938–1995, C)
*[[Mike Ladd (poet)|Mike Ladd]] (born 1959, A)
*[[Ben Ladouceur]] (born 1987, C)
*[[Nick Laird]] (born 1975, NI)
*[[David Lake (writer)|David Lake]] (1929–2016, A)
*[[Philip Lamantia]] (1927–2005, US)
*[[Kendrick Lamar]] (born 1987, US)
*[[Charles Lamb]] (1775–1834, E)
*[[Archibald Lampman]] (1861–1899, C)
*[[Tim Lander]] (1938–2023, C)
*[[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]] (1802–1838, E)
*[[Walter Savage Landor]] (1775–1864, E)
*[[M. Travis Lane]] (born 1934, US/C)
*[[Patrick Lane (poet)|Patrick Lane]] (1939–2019, C)
*[[Andrew Lang]] (1844–1912, S)
*[[D.L. Lang|D. L. Lang]] (born 1983, US)
*[[William Langland]] (c. 1332 – c. 1386, E)
*[[Eve Langley]] (1904–1974, A)
*[[Emilia Lanier]] (1569–1645, E)
*[[Sidney Lanier]] (1842–1881, US)
*[[Lucy Larcom]] (1824–1893, US)
*[[Rebecca Hammond Lard]] (1772–1855, US)
*[[Bruce Larkin]] (born 1957, US)
*[[Philip Larkin]] (1922–1985, E)
*[[Richard Latewar]] (1560–1601, E) 
*[[Evelyn Lau]] (born 1971, C)
*[[James Laughlin]] (1914–1997, US)
*[[Ann Lauterbach]] (born 1942, US)
*[[Dorianne Laux]] (born 1952, US)
*[[Emily Lawless]] (1845–1913, Ir)
*[[Anthony Lawrence (poet)|Anthony Lawrence]] (born 1957, A)
*[[D. H. Lawrence]] (1885–1930, E)
*[[Henry Lawson]] (1867–1922, A)
*[[Louisa Lawson]] (1848–1920, A)
*[[Robert Lax]] (1915–2000, US)
*[[Layamon]] (late 12th – early 13th c., E)
*[[Irving Layton]] (1912–2006, C)
*[[Emma Lazarus]] (1849–1887, US)
*[[Augustus Asplet Le Gros]] (1840–1877, Je)
*[[Bronwyn Lea]] (living, A)
*[[Mary Leapor]] (1722–1746, E)
*[[Edward Lear]] (1812–1888, E)
*[[Lesley Lebkowicz]] (born 1946, A)
*[[Francis Ledwidge]] (1887–1917, Ir)
*[[David Lee (poet)|David Lee]] (born 1944, US)
*[[Dennis Lee (author)|Dennis Lee]] (born 1939, C)
*[[John B. Lee]] (born 1951, C)
*[[Muna Lee (writer)|Muna Lee]] (1895–1965, US)
*[[Lily Alice Lefevre]] (1854–1938, C)
*[[Anne Brydges Lefroy]] (1747/8–1804, E)
*[[Joy Leftow]] (born 1949, US)
*[[Sylvia Legris]] (born 1960, C)
*[[Ursula K. Le Guin]] (1929–2018, US)
*[[David Lehman]] (born 1948, US)
*[[Geoffrey Lehmann]] (born 1940, A)
*[[Brad Leithauser]] (born 1953, US)
*[[Mark Lemon]] (1809–1870, E)
*[[Sue Lenier]] (born 1957, E)
*[[Charlotte Lennox]] (c. 1730–1804, S/E)
*[[John Lent]] (living, C)
*[[John Leonard (poet)|John Leonard]] (born 1965, A)
*[[Tom Leonard (poet)|Tom Leonard]] (1944–2018, S)
*[[William Ellery Leonard]] (1876–1944, US)
*[[Douglas LePan]] (1914–1998, C)
*[[Ben Lerner]] (born 1979, US)
*[[Alex Leslie]] (living, C)
*[[Rika Lesser]] (born 1953, US)
*[[Lilian Leveridge]] (1879–1953, C)
*[[Denise Levertov]] (1923–1997, E/US)
*[[Dana Levin (poet)|Dana Levin]] (born 1965, US)
*[[Philip Levine (poet)|Philip Levine]] (1928–2015, US)
*[[Larry Levis]] (1946–1996, US)
*[[D. A. Levy]] (1942–1968, US)
*[[William Levy (author)|William Levy]] (1939–2019, US/Nt)
*[[Emma Lew]] (born 1962, A)
*[[Oswald LeWinter]] (1931–2013, US)
*[[Alun Lewis (poet)|Alun Lewis]] (1915–1944, W)
*[[C. S. Lewis]] (1898–1963, Ir/E)
*[[Gwyneth Lewis]] (born 1959, W)
*[[J. Patrick Lewis]] (born 1942, US)
*[[Wyndham Lewis]] (1882–1957, E)
*[[Anne Ley]] (c. 1599–1641, E)
*[[Tim Liardet]] (born 1959, E)
*[[Isabella Lickbarrow]] (1784–1847, E)
*[[James Liddy]] (1934–2008, Ir)
*[[Tim Lilburn]] (born 1950, C)
*[[Charles Lillard]] (1944–1997, C)
*[[Kate Lilley]] (born 1960, A)
*[[Tao Lin]] (born 1983, US)
*[[Ada Limón]] (born 1976, US)
*[[Jack Lindeman]] (living, US)
*[[Eddie Linden]] (1935–2023, S/E)
*[[Anne Morrow Lindbergh]] (1906–2001, US)
*[[Jack Lindsay (writer)|Jack Lindsay]] (1900–1990, A/E)
*[[Maurice Lindsay (broadcaster)|Maurice Lindsay]] (1918–2009, S)
*[[Sarah Lindsay]] (born 1958, US)
*[[Vachel Lindsay]] (1879–1931, US)
*[[Jessie Litchfield]] (1883–1956, A)
*[[Dorothy Livesay]] (1909–1996, C)
*[[Billie Livingston]] (living, C)
*[[Douglas Livingstone (poet)|Douglas Livingstone]] (1932–1996, SA)

===Lo–Ly===
*[[Douglas Lochhead]] (1922–2011, C)
*[[Liz Lochhead]] (born 1947, S)
*[[Terry Locke]] (born 1946, NZ)
*[[Thomas Lodge]] (1556–1625, E)
*[[John Logan (minister)|John Logan]] (1748–1788, S/E)
*[[Christopher Logue]] (1926–2011, E)
*[[James Longenbach]] (living, US)
*[[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]] (1807–1882, US)
*[[Michael Longley]] (1939–2025, NI)
*[[John Longmuir (poet)|John Longmuir]] (1803–1883, S)
*[[Audre Lorde]] (1934–1992, US)
*[[LindaAnn Loschiavo]] (living, US)
*[[Marguerite St. Leon Loud]] (1812–1889, US)
*[[Mary Stanley Low]] (1912–2007, Cu  F US)
*[[Jennifer LoveGrove]] (living, C)
*[[Richard Lovelace (poet)|Richard Lovelace]] (1618–1658, E)
*[[Henry Lovelich]] (fl. mid-15th c., E)
*[[Samuel Lover]] (1797–1868, Ir/E)
*[[Amy Lowell]] (1874–1925, US)
*[[James Russell Lowell]] (1819–1891, US)
*[[Maria White Lowell]] (1821–1853, US)
*[[Robert Lowell]] (1917–1977, US)
*[[Pat Lowther]] (1935–1975, C)
*[[Mina Loy]] (1882–1966, E/US)
*[[Edward Lucie-Smith]] (born 1933, E)
*[[Fitz Hugh Ludlow]] (1836–1870, US)
*[[Tatjana Lukić]] (1959–2008, A)
*[[Suzanne Lummis]] (living, US)
*[[Laura Lush]] (born 1959, C)
*[[Richard Lush (writer)|Richard Lush]] (born 1934, C)
*[[Thomas Lux]] (1946–2017, US)
*[[John Lydgate]] (1370–1450, E)
*[[John Lyly]] (1553–1606, E)
*[[Michael Lynch (professor)|Michael Lynch]] (1944–1991, US/C)
*[[David Lyndsay]] (c. 1490 – c. 1555, S)
*[[P. H. B. Lyon]] (1893–1986, E)
*[[Henry Francis Lyte]] (1793–1847, S)
*[[George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton|George Lyttelton]] Lord Lyttelton (1709–1773, E)
{{div col end}}

==M==
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===Ma–Mi===
<!-- Strictly alphabetical order, please. -->
*[[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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==N==
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*[[Vladimir Nabokov]] (1899–1977, RE/US)
*[[Constance Naden]] (1858–1889, E)
*[[Sarojini Naidu]] (1879–1949, In)
*[[Carolina Nairne]] (1766–1845, S)
*[[Sydney Elliott Napier]] (1870–1940, A)
*[[Akhtar Naraghi]] (living, C)
*[[Ogden Nash]] (1902–1971, US)
*[[Roger Nash]] (born 1942, E/C)
*[[Thomas Nashe]] (1567–1601, E)
*[[John Neal]] (1793–1876, US)
*[[Charles Neaves]] (1800–1876, S)
*[[Henry Neele]] (1798–1828, E)
*[[Lyle Neff]] (born 1969, C)
*[[John Neihardt]] (1881–1973, US)
*[[William Neill (poet)|William Neill]] (1922–2010, S)
*[[Philip Neilsen]] (living, A)
*[[Shaw Neilson]] (1872–1942, A)
*[[Alice Dunbar Nelson]] (1875–1935, US)
*[[Holly Nelson]] (living, US/C)
*[[Marilyn Nelson]] (born 1946, US)
*[[Howard Nemerov]] (1920–1991, US)
*[[Kenn Nesbitt]] (born 1962, US)
*[[W. H. New]] (born 1938, C)
*[[Henry Newbolt]] (1862–1938, E)
*[[John Newlove (poet)|John Newlove]] (1938–2003, C)
*[[John Henry Newman]] (1801–1890, E)
*[[Kate Newmann]] (born 1965, NI/Ir)
*[[William Newton (poet)|William Newton]] (1750–1830, E)
*[[Aimee Nezhukumatathil]] (born 1974, US)
*[[Nuala Ní Chonchúir]] (born 1970, Ir)
*[[Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin]] (born 1942, Ir)
*[[Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill]] (born 1952, Ir)
*[[Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh]] (born 1984, Ir)
*[[Doireann Ní Ghríofa]] (born 1981, Ir)
*[[The Owl and the Nightingale|Nicholas of Guildford]] (12th or 13th c., E)
*[[Barrie Phillip Nichol]] (bpNichol, 1944–1988, C)
*[[Grace Nichols]] (born 1950, Gu/E)
*[[Robert Nichols (poet)|Robert Nichols]] (1893–1944, E)
*[[Cecily Nicholson]] (living, C)
*[[Norman Nicholson]] (1914–1987, E)
*[[Lorine Niedecker]] (1903–1970, US)
*[[Emilia Nielsen]] (living, C)
*[[Hume Nisbet]] (1849–1923, A/S)
*[[Christopher Nolan (author)|Christopher Nolan]] (1965–2009, Ir)
*[[Oodgeroo Noonuccal]] (1920–1993, A)
*[[Leslie Norris]] (1921–2006, W/US)
*[[Harry Northup]] (born 1940, US)
*[[Arthur Nortje]] (1942–1970, SA)
*[[Caroline Norton]] (1808–1877, E)
*[[Alice Notley]] (born 1945, US)
*[[Alden Nowlan]] (1933–1983, C)
*[[Alfred Noyes]] (1880–1958, E)
*[[Jeff Nuttall]] (1933–2004, E)
*[[Naomi Shihab Nye]] (born 1952, US)
*[[Robert Nye]] (1939–2016, E)
{{div col end}}

==O==
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Joyce Carol Oates]] (born 1938, US)
*[[John O'Brien (poet)|John O'Brien]] (Patrick Joseph Hartigan, 1878–1952, A)
*[[Sean O'Brien (writer)|Sean O'Brien]] (born 1952, E)
*[[Patrick O'Connell (poet)|Patrick O'Connell]] (1944–2005, C)
*[[Mark O'Connor (poet)|Mark O'Connor]] (born 1945, A)
*[[Philip O'Connor]] (1916–1998, E)
*[[Mary O'Donnell]] (born 1954, Ir)
*[[Bernard O'Donoghue]] (born 1945, Ir)
*[[Gregory O'Donoghue]] (1951–2005, Ir)
*[[Bernard O'Dowd]] (1866–1953, A)
*[[Dennis O'Driscoll]] (born 1954, Ir)
*[[Ernest O'Ferrall]] (1881–1925, A)
*[[Ron Offen]] (1930–2010, US)
*[[William Henry Ogilvie]] (1869–1963, S)
*[[Frank O'Hara]] (1926–1966, US)
*[[John Bernard O'Hara]] (1862–1927, A)
*[[Theodore O'Hara]] (1820–1867, US)
*[[Pixie O'Harris]] (1903–1991, A)
*[[Sharon Olds]] (born 1942, US)
*[[Alexandra Oliver]] (living, C)
*[[Mary Oliver]] (1935–2019, US)
*[[Redell Olsen]] (born 1971, E)
*[[Charles Olson]] (1910–1970, US)
*[[Sheree-Lee Olson]] (born 1954, C)
*[[Nessa O'Mahony]] (living, Ir)
*[[Michael Ondaatje]] (born 1943, SLk/C)
*[[Heather O'Neill]] (born 1973, C)
*[[Henrietta O'Neill]] (1758–1793, Ir)
*[[Mary Devenport O'Neill]] (1879–1976, Ir)
*[[George Oppen]] (1908–1984, US)
*[[Mary Oppen]] (1908–1990, US)
*[[Antoine Ó Raifteiri]] (1784–1835, Ir)
*[[Edward Otho Cresap Ord, II]] (1858–1923, US)
*[[Dowell O'Reilly]] (1865–1923, A)
*[[Peter Orlovsky]] (1933–2010, US)
*[[John Ormond]] (1923–1990, W)
*[[Frank Ormsby]] (born 1947, NI)
*[[Gregory Orr (poet)|Gregory Orr]] (born 1947, US)
*[[Arthur O'Shaughnessy]] (1844–1881, E)
*[[Micheal O'Siadhail]] (born 1947, Ir)
*[[Alicia Ostriker]] (born 1937, US)
*[[Maggie O'Sullivan]] (born 1951, E)
*[[Seumas O'Sullivan]] (1879–1958, Ir)
*[[Niyi Osundare]] (born 1947, Ni/US)
*[[Alice Oswald]] (born 1966, E)
*[[John Oswald (activist)|John Oswald]] (died 1793, S)
*[[Eoghan Ó Tuairisc]] (1919–1982, Ir)
*[[Richard Outram]] (1930–2005, C)
*[[Ouyang Yu]] (歐陽昱; born 1955, A)
*[[Catherine Owen (writer)|Catherine Owen]] (living, C)
*[[Jan Owen (poet)|Jan Owen]] (born 1940, A)
*[[Wilfred Owen]] (1893–1918, E)
{{div col end}}

==P==
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Susan Paddon]] (living, C)
*[[Ruth Padel]] (born 1947, E)
*[[Ron Padgett]] (born 1942, US)
*[[Isabel Pagan]] (c. 1740–1821, S)
*[[Geoff Page]] (born 1940, A)
*[[P. K. Page]] (1916–2010, C)
*[[Janet Paisley]] (1948–2018, S)
*[[Grace Paley]] (1922–2007, E)
*[[Francis Turner Palgrave]] (1824–1897, E)
*[[Michael Palmer (poet)|Michael Palmer]] (born 1943, US)
*[[Nettie Palmer]] (1885–1964, A)
*[[Vance Palmer]] (1885–1959, A)
*[[Sylvia Pankhurst]] (1882–1960, E)
*[[William Williams Pantycelyn]] (W)
*[[Aristides Paradissis]] (1923–2006, A)
*[[Arleen Paré]] (born 1946, C)
*[[Dorothy Parker]] (1893–1967, US)
*[[Amy Parkinson]] (1855–1938, C)
*[[Thomas Parnell (poet)|Thomas Parnell]] (1670–1718, Ir/E)
*[[Robert Parry (poet)|Robert Parry]] (1540–1612, W)
*[[Lisa Pasold]] (living, C)
*[[John Pass (poet)|John Pass]] (born 1947, C)
*[[Linda Pastan]] (1932–2023, US)
*[[Kenneth Patchen]] (1911–1972, US)
*[[Banjo Paterson]] (1864–1941, A)
*[[Don Paterson]] (born 1963, S)
*[[Coventry Patmore]] (1823–1896, E)
*[[Brian Patten]] (born 1946, E)
*[[Ian Patterson (poet)|Ian Patterson]] (born 1948, E)
*[[Philip Kevin Paul]] (living, C)
*[[Tom Paulin]] (born 1949, NI/E)
*[[Ricardo Pau-Llosa]] (born 1954, Cu)
*[[James Payn]] (1830–1898, E/S)
*[[Molly Peacock]] (born 1947, US/C)
*[[Thomas Love Peacock]] (1785–1866, E)
*[[Patrick Pearse]] (1879–1916, Ir)
*[[Soraya Peerbaye]] (living, C)
*[[Pearl Poet]] (14th c., E)
*[[Patrick Pearse]] (1879–1916, Ir)
*[[James Larkin Pearson]] (1879–1981, US)
*[[Neil Peart]] (1952–2020, C)
*[[Kathleen Peirce]] (born 1956, US)
*[[J. D. C. Pellow]] (1890–1960, E)
*[[Nathan Penlington]] (living, W/E)
*[[Anne Penny]] (1729–1784, W/E)
*[[Margaret Pennyman]] (bap. 1685, d. 1733), E
*[[Hilary Douglas Clark Pepler]] (1878–1951, E)
*[[Sam Pereira]] (born 1949, US)
*[[Lucia Perillo]] (1958–2016, US)
*[[Grace Perry]] (1927–1987, A)
*[[Alice E. Heckler Peters]] (1845–1921, US)
*[[Lenrie Peters]] (1932–2009, Ga)
*[[Robert Peters (playwright)|Robert Peters]] (1924–2014, US)
*[[Pascale Petit (poet)|Pascale Petit]] (born 1953, W)
*[[Mario Petrucci]] (born 1958, E)
*[[W. T. Pfefferle]] (born 1962, C)
*[[Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan]] (1890–1964, US)
*[[M. NourbeSe Philip]] (born 1947, T/C)
*[[Ambrose Philips]] (1674–1749, E)
*[[Katherine Philips]] (1631/1632–1664, E/W)
*Ben Phillips (born 1947, C)
*[[Eden Phillpotts]] (1862–1960, E)
*[[Alison Pick]] (born 1975, C)
*[[Tom Pickard]] (born 1946, E)
*[[Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha]] (born 1975, US/C)
*[[Marge Piercy]] (born 1936, US)
*[[Laetitia Pilkington]] (c. 1709–1750, Ir/E)
*[[Mary Pilkington]] (1761–1839, E)
*[[Sarah Pinder]] (living, C)
*[[Percy Edward Pinkerton]] (1855–1946, E)
*[[Robert Pinsky]] (born 1940, US)
*[[George Pirie (publisher)|George Pirie]] (1799–1870, C)
*[[Christopher Pitt]] (1699–1748, E)
*[[Marie Pitt]] (1869–1948, A)
*[[Ruth Pitter]] (1897–1992, E)
*[[Al Pittman]] (1940–2001, C)
*[[Marjorie Pizer]] (1920–2016, A)
*[[Sylvia Plath]] (1932–1963, US/E)
*[[William Plomer]] (1903–1973, SA/E)
*[[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany]] (1878–1957, Ir/E)
*[[Joseph Plunkett]] (1887–1916, Ir)
*[[Edgar Allan Poe]] (1809–1849, US)
*[[Emily Pohl-Weary]] (born 1973, C)
*[[Craig Poile]] (living, C)
*[[Suman Pokhrel]] (born 1967, Ne)
*[[Marcella Polain]] (born 1958, A)
*[[Margaret Steuart Pollard]] (1904–1996, E)
*[[Edward Pollock]] (1823–1858, US)
*[[Robert Pollok (poet)|Robert Pollok]] (c. 1798–1827, S)
*[[John Pomfret (poet)|John Pomfret]] (1667–1702, E)
*[[Marie Ponsot]] (1921–2019, US)
*[[John Pook]] (born 1942, W/F)
*[[Sandy Pool]] (living, C)
*[[Marie Ponsot]] (1921–2019, US)
*[[Alexander Pope]] (1688–1744, E)
*[[Judith Pordon]] (born 1954, US)
*[[Anna Maria Porter]] (1780–1832, E)
*[[Dorothy Porter]] (1954–2008, A)
*[[Hal Porter]] (1911–1984, A)
*[[Peter Porter (poet)|Peter Porter]] (1929–2010, A)
*[[Rochelle Potkar]] (born 1979, In)
*[[Robert Potter (translator)|Robert Potter]] (1721–1804, E)
*[[Charles Potts]] (born 1943, US)
*[[Ezra Pound]] (1885–1972, US)
*[[B. W. Powe]] (born 1955, C)
*[[Craig Powell (poet)|Craig Powell]] (born 1940, A)
*[[Winthrop Mackworth Praed]] (1802–1839, E)
*[[Claire Pratt]] (1921–1995, C)
*[[E. J. Pratt]] (1882–1964, C)
*[[Jack Prelutsky]] (born 1940, US)
*[[Karen Press]] (born 1956, SA)
*[[Thomas Preston (writer)|Thomas Preston]] (1537–1598, E)
*[[Ron Pretty]] (1940–2023, A)
*[[Frank Prewett]] (1893–1962, C)
*[[Nancy Price]] (1880–1970, E)
*[[Richard Price (poet)|Richard Price]] (born 1966, S/E)
*[[Robert Priest]] (born 1951, C)
*[[F. T. Prince]] (1912–2003, E)
*[[Thomas Pringle]] (1789–1834, S/SA)
*[[Matthew Prior]] (1664–1721, E)
*[[Pauline Prior-Pitt]] (living, S)
*[[Adelaide Anne Procter]] (1825–1864, E)
*[[Bryan Procter]] (1787–1874, E)
*[[Kevin Prufer]] (born 1969, US)
*[[J. H. Prynne]] (born 1936, E)
*[[Sheenagh Pugh]] (born 1950, W/E)
*[[Al Purdy]] (1918–2000, C)
{{div col end}}

==Q==
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Andy Quan]] (born 1969, C/A)
*[[Francis Quarles]] (1592–1644, E)
*[[Peter Quennell]] (1905–1993, E)
*[[Sina Queyras]] (living, C)
*[[Roderic Quinn]] (1867–1949, A)
{{div col end}}

==R==
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}

===Ra–Ri===
*[[William Radice]] (born 1951, E)
*[[Kenneth Radu]] (born 1945, C)
*[[Sam Ragan]] (1915–1996, US)
*[[Jennifer Rahim]] (born 1963, T)
*[[Craig Raine]] (born 1944, E)
*[[Kathleen Raine]] (1908–2003, US)
*[[Carl Rakosi]] (1903–2004, US)
*[[Walter Raleigh]] (1552 or 1554–1618, E)
*[[James Ralph]] (1705–1762, US/E)
*[[Raymond Ramcharitar]] (living, T)
*[[Lesego Rampolokeng]] (born 1965, S)
*[[Allan Ramsay (poet)|Allan Ramsay]] (1686–1758, S)
*[[Theodore Harding Rand]] (1835–1900, C)
*[[Dudley Randall]] (1914–2000, US)
*[[Julia Randall]] (1924–2005, US)
*[[Thomas Randolph (poet)|Thomas Randolph]] (1605–1635, E)
*[[Jennifer Rankin]] (1941–1979, A)
*[[Claudia Rankine]] (born 1963, J)
*[[John Crowe Ransom]] (1888–1974, US)
*[[Lennox Raphael]] (born 1939, J)
*[[Stephen Ratcliffe]] (born 1948, US)
*[[Angela Rawlings]] (born 1978, C)
*[[Tom Raworth]] (1938–2017, E)
*[[Herbert Read]] (1893–1968, E)
*[[Angela Readman]] (born 1973, E)
*[[James Reaney]] (1926–2008, C)
*[[George Reavey]] (1907–1976, Ir)
*[[Peter Redgrove]] (1932–2003, E)
*[[Michael Redhill]] (born 1966, C)
*[[Beatrice Redpath]] (1886–1937, C)
*[[Henry Reed (poet)|Henry Reed]] (1914–1986, E)
*[[Ishmael Reed]] (born 1938, US)
*[[Jeremy Reed (writer)|Jeremy Reed]] (born 1951, Je)
*[[Kerry Reed-Gilbert]] (1956–2019, A)
*[[Ennis Rees]] (1925–2009, US)
*[[Lizette Woodworth Reese]] (1856–1935, US)
*[[Deryn Rees-Jones]] (living, E/W)
*[[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]] (1909–1978, E)
*[[Nell Regan]] (born 1969, Ir)
*[[Alastair Reid (poet)|Alastair Reid]] (1926–2014, S)
*[[Christopher Reid (writer)|Christopher Reid]] (born 1949, E)
*[[D. C. Reid]] (born 1952, C)
*[[Jamie Reid (Canadian poet)|Jamie Reid]] (1941–2015, C)
*[[Azila Talit Reisenberger]] (living, SA)
*[[James Reiss]] (1941–2016, US)
*[[Joseph Relph]] (1712–1743, E)
*[[Robert Rendall]] (1898–1967, S)
*[[Kenneth Rexroth]] (1905–1982, US)
*[[Oliver Reynolds]] (born 1957, W)
*[[Charles Reznikoff]] (1894–1976, US)
*[[Shane Rhodes]] (living, C)
*[[Ernest Rhys]] (1859–1946, W/E)
*[[Henry Rice (writer)|Henry Rice]] (1585 or 1586–1651, W/E)
*[[Stan Rice]] (1942–2002, US)
*[[Adrienne Rich]] (1929–2012, US)
*[[Dorothy Richardson]] (1873–1957, E)
*[[John Richardson (poet)|John Richardson]] (1817–1886, E)
*[[Robert Richardson (poet)|Robert Richardson]] (1850–1901, A)
*[[Edgell Rickword]] (1898–1982, E)
*[[Elizabeth Riddell]] (1910–1998, A)
*[[Lola Ridge]] (1873–1941, US)
*[[Laura Riding]] (1901–1991, US)
*[[Elijah Ridings]] (1802–1872)
*[[Anne Ridler]] (1912–2001, E)
*[[Denise Riley]] (born 1948, E)
*[[James Whitcomb Riley]] (1849–1916, US)
*[[John Riley (poet)|John Riley]] (1937–1978, E)
*[[Peter Riley]] (born 1940, E)
*[[Mary Roberts Rinehart]] (1876–1958, US)
*[[Maurice Riordan]] (born 1953, Ir)
*[[Alberto Ríos]] (born 1952, US)

===Ro–Ru===
*[[E. M. Roach]] (Merton Maloney, 1915–1974, T)
*[[Charles G. D. Roberts]] (1860–1943, C)
*[[Emma Roberts (author)|Emma Roberts]] (1794–1840, E)
*[[Michael Roberts (writer)|Michael Roberts]] (1902–1948, E)
*[[Edith Anne Robertson]] (1883–1973, S)
*[[James Robertson (novelist)|James Robertson]] (born 1958, S)
*[[Lisa Robertson (writer)|Lisa Robertson]] (born 1961, C)
*[[Robin Robertson]] (born 1955, S)
*[[Edwin Arlington Robinson]] (1869–1935, US)
*[[Lennox Robinson]] (1886–1958, Ir)
*[[Mary Robinson (poet)|Mary Robinson]] (1758–1800, E)
*[[Matt Robinson (poet)|Matt Robinson]] (born 1974, C)
*[[Roland Robinson (poet)|Roland Robinson]] (1912–1992, A)
*[[Ajmer Rode]] (living, C)
*[[Gordon Rodgers]] (born 1952, C)
*[[W. R. Rodgers]] (1909–1969, NI)
*[[Carmen Rodríguez]] (born 1948 Ch/C)
*[[Judith Rodriguez]] (1936–2018, A)
*[[Theodore Roethke]] (1908–1963, US)
*[[January Rogers]] (born 1963, C)
*[[Linda Rogers]] (born 1944, C)
*[[Samuel Rogers]] (1763–1855, E)
*[[Isabella Whiteford Rogerson]] (Isabella Whiteford, 1835–1905, Ir/C)
*[[Matthew Rohrer]] (born 1972, US)
*[[Mary Rolls]] (1775–1835, E)
*[[Ethel Rolt Wheeler]] (1869–1958, E)
*[[David Romtvedt]] (living, US)
*[[Dilys Rose]] (born 1954, S)
*[[Peter Rose (poet)|Peter Rose]] (born 1955, A)
*[[Raymond Roseliep]] (1917–1983, US)
*[[Franklin Rosemont]] (1943–2009, US)
*[[Penelope Rosemont]] (born 1942, US)
*[[Isaac Rosenberg]] (1890–1918, E)
*[[Joe Rosenblatt]] (1933–2019, C)
*[[Gabriel Rosenstock]] (born 1949, Ir)
*[[Laisha Rosnau]] (born 1972, C)
*[[Alan Ross]] (1922–2001, E)
*[[Bruce Ross]] (living, C)
*[[Stuart Ross]] (born 1959, C)
*[[W. W. E. Ross]] (1894–1966, C)
*[[Christina Rossetti]] (1830–1894, E)
*[[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]] (1828–1882, E)
*[[Jerome Rothenberg]] (1931–2024, US)
*[[Nancy-Gay Rotstein]] (living, C)
*[[Anne Rouse]] (born 1954, US/E)
*[[David Rowbotham]] (1924–2010, A)
*[[Elizabeth Singer Rowe]] (1674–1737, E)
*[[Nicholas Rowe (writer)|Nicholas Rowe]] (1674–1718, E)
*[[Noel Rowe]] (1951–2007, A)
*[[Stephen Rowe (poet)|Stephen Rowe]] (born 1980, C)
*[[Graham Rowlands]] (born 1947, A)
*[[Richard Rowlands]] (1565–1630, E/Nt)
*[[Samuel Rowlands]] (c. 1573–1630, E)
*[[Rosemarie Rowley]] (born 1942, Ir)
*[[Susanna Rowson]] (1762–1824, E/US)
*[[Susanna Roxman]] (1946–2015, Sw)
*[[Adam Rudden]] (born 1983, Ir)
*[[Ellen Sergeant Rude]] (1838–1916, US)
*[[Muriel Rukeyser]] (1913–1980, US)
*[[James Runcie#Personal life|Charlotte Runcie]] (born 1989, S)
*[[Jenny Terrill Ruprecht]] (1839–1916, US)
*[[George William Russell]] (1867–1935, Ir/E)
*[[Nipsey Russell]] (1918–2005, US)
*[[Brendan Ryan (poet)|Brendan Ryan]] (born 1963, A)
*[[Gig Ryan]] (born 1956, A)
*[[Kay Ryan]] (born 1945, US)
*[[Michael Ryan (poet)|Michael Ryan]] (born 1946, US)
*[[Tracy Ryan (writer)|Tracy Ryan]] (born 1964, A)
*[[Thomas Rymer]] (c. 1643–1713, E)
{{div col end}}

==S==
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===Sa–Si===
*[[Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset|Charles Sackville]] (1643–1706, E)
*[[Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset|Thomas Sackville]] (1536–1608, E)
*[[Vita Sackville-West]] (1892–1962, E)
*[[Benjamin Alire Sáenz]] (born 1954, US)
*[[Maria Grace Saffery]] (1773–1858, E)
*[[Lake Sagaris]] (born 1956, C/Ch)
*[[Nandini Sahu]] (born 1973, In)
*[[Albert Saijo]] (1926–2011, US)
*[[Arja Salafranca]] (born 1971, SA)
*[[Trish Salah]] (living, C)
*[[Nina Salaman]] (1877–1925, E)
*[[Blanaid Salkeld]] (1880–1959, Ir)
*[[Philip Salom]] (born 1950, A)
*[[John Salusbury (poet)|John Salusbury]] (1567–1612, W/E)
*[[Sir Thomas Salusbury, 2nd Baronet|Thomas Salusbury]] (1612–1643, W/E)
*[[Fiona Sampson]] (born 1963, E)
*[[Sonia Sanchez]] (born 1934, US)
*[[Carl Sandburg]] (1878–1967, US)
*[[Peter Sanger]] (born 1943, C)
*[[Charles Sangster]] (1822–1893, C)
*[[Ann Sansom]] (living, E)
*[[Clive Sansom]] (1910–1981, E/A)
*[[Andrew Sant]] (born 1950, A)
*[[Robyn Sarah]] (born 1949, C)
*[[Jaydeep Sarangi]] (born 1973, India)
*[[Dipti Saravanamuttu]] (born 1960, A)
*[[May Sarton]] (1912–1995, US)
*[[Siegfried Sassoon]] (1886–1967, E)
*[[K. Satchidanandan]] (born 1948, In)
*[[Esther Saunders]] (1793–1862, US)
*[[Jen Saunders]] (born 1962, A)
*[[Richard Savage (poet)|Richard Savage]] (c. 1697–1743, E)
*[[Jaya Savige]] (born 1978, A)
*[[Leslie Scalapino]] (1944–2010, US)
*[[Herman George Scheffauer]] (1876–1927, US)
*[[Jacob Scheier]] (born 1980, C)
*[[Libby Scheier]] (1946–2000, US/C)
*[[Bel Schenk]] (born 1975, A)
*[[Dennis Schmitz]] (1937–2019, US)
*[[Pat Schneider]] (1934–2020, US)
*[[Jane Johnston Schoolcraft]] (1800–1842, US)
*[[Andreas Schroeder]] (born 1946, C)
*[[Philip Schultz]] (born 1945, US)
*[[James Schuyler]] (1923–1991, US)
*[[Delmore Schwartz]] (1913–1966, US)
*[[Stephen Scobie]] (born 1943, C)
*[[Gregory Scofield]] (born 1966, C)
*[[Alexander Scott (16th-century poet)|Alexander Scott]] (c. 1520 – c. 1583, S)
*[[Alexander Scott (20th-century poet)|Alexander Scott]] (1920–1989, S)
*[[Dennis Scott (writer)|Dennis Scott]] (1939–1991, J)
*[[Duncan Campbell Scott]] (1862–1947, C)
*[[F. R. Scott]] (1899–1985, C)
*[[Frederick George Scott]] (1861–1944, C)
*[[Geoffrey Scott (architectural historian)|Geoffrey Scott]] (1884–1929, E)
*[[John A. Scott]] (born 1948, A)
*[[Margaret Scott (Australian author)|Margaret Scott]] (1934–2005, A)
*[[Peter Dale Scott]] (born 1929, C)
*[[Tom Scott (poet)|Tom Scott]] (1918–1995, S)
*[[Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott]] (1771–1832, S)
*[[William Bell Scott]] (1811–1890, S)
*[[Gil Scott-Heron]] (1949–2011, US)
*[[Ann Scott-Moncrieff]] (1914–1943, S)
*[[E. J. Scovell]] (1907–1999, E)
*[[Maurice Scully]] (1952–2023, Ir)
*[[George Bazeley Scurfield]] (1920–1991, E)
*[[Peter Seaton]] (1942–2010, US)
*[[Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet|Charles Sedley]] (1639–1701, E)
*[[Frederick Seidel]] (born 1936, US)
*[[Hugh Seidman]] (born 1940, US)
*[[Rebecca Seiferle]] (living, US)
*[[Lasana M. Sekou]] (born 1959, SM)
*[[Francis Sempill]] (c. 1616–1682, S)
*[[Robert Sempill the younger|Robert Sempill]] (c. 1595 – c. 1663, S)
*[[Olive Senior]] (born 1941, J/C)
*[[Sipho Sepamla]] (1932–2007, SA)
*[[Mongane Wally Serote]] (born 1944, SA)
*[[Nina Serrano]] (born 1934, US)
*[[Robert W. Service]] (1874–1958, S/C)
*[[Vikram Seth]] (born 1952, SM)
*[[Elkanah Settle]] (1648–1724, E)
*[[Anna Seward]] (1742–1809, E)
*[[Anne Sexton]] (1928–1974, US)
*[[John W. Sexton]] (born 1958, Ir)
*[[Thomas Shadwell]] (1642–1692, E)
*[[Kathy Shaidle]] (born 1964, C)
*[[William Shakespeare]] (1564–1616, E)
*[[Tupac Shakur]] (1971–1996, US)
*[[Otep Shamaya]] (born 1979, US)
*[[Eileen Shanahan]] (1901–1979, Ir)
*[[Ntozake Shange]] (1948–2018, US)
*[[Edward Shanks]] (1892–1953, E)
*[[Jo Shapcott]] (born 1953, E)
*[[Thomas Shapcott]] (born 1935, A)
*[[Karl Shapiro]] (1913–2000, US)
*[[Michael Sharkey]] (born 1946, A)
*[[William Sharp (writer)|William Sharp]] (awa Fiona MacLeod, 1855–1905, S)
*[[Brenda Shaughnessy]] (born 1970, US)
*[[Luci Shaw]] (born 1928, E/US)
*[[Owen Sheers]] (born 1974, W/E)
*[[Percy Bysshe Shelley]] (1792–1822, E)
*[[William Shenstone]] (1714–1763, E)
*[[Nan Shepherd]] (1893–1981, S)
*[[Francis Joseph Sherman]] (1871–1926, C)
*[[Joseph Sherman]] (1945–2006, C)
*[[Kate Brownlee Sherwood]] (1841–1914, US)
*[[Carol Shields]] (1935–2003, US/C)
*[[Trish Shields]] (living, C)
*[[Scarrington|Thomas Shipman]] (1632–1680, E)
*[[James Shirley]] (1596–1666, E)
*[[Dora Adele Shoemaker]] (1873–1962, US)
*[[Fredegond Shove]] (1889–1949, E)
*[[Sandy Shreve]] (living, C)
*[[Penelope Shuttle]] (born 1947, E)
*[[Beau Sia]] (born 1976, US)
*[[Mary Sidney]] (1561–1621, E)
*[[Philip Sidney]] (1554–1586, E)
*[[Melanie Siebert]] (living, C)
*[[Eli Siegel]] (1902–1978, US)
*[[Robert Siegel (author)|Robert Siegel]] (1939–2012, US)
*[[Jon Silkin]] (1930–1997, E)
*[[Hilda Siller]] (1861–1945, US)
*[[Ron Silliman]] (born 1946, US)
*[[Shel Silverstein]] (1930–1999, US)
*[[Charles Simic]] (1938–2023, US)
*[[Goran Simić (poet)|Goran Simić]] (born 1952, Bo/C)
*[[Bren Simmers]] (born 1976, C)
*[[James Simmons (poet)|James Simmons]] (1933–2001, NI)
*[[Anne Simpson]] (born 1956, C)
*[[Louis Simpson]] (1923–2012, J/US)
*[[Matt Simpson (poet)|Matt Simpson]] (1936–2009, E)
*[[R. A. Simpson]] (1929–2002, A)
*[[Bennie Lee Sinclair]] (1939–2000, US)
*[[Iain Sinclair]] (born 1943, W/E)
*[[May Sinclair]] (1863–1946, E)
*[[Sue Sinclair]] (living, C)
*[[Tim Sinclair]] (born 1972, A)
*[[Burns Singer]] (1928–1964, S)
*[[Marilyn Singer]] (born 1948, US)
*[[Sarah Singleton]] (born 1966, E)
*[[George Sipos]] (living, C)
*[[Peter Sirr]] (born 1960, Ir)
*[[Lemn Sissay]] (born 1967, E)
*[[C. H. Sisson]] (1914–2003, E)
*[[Ari Sitas]] (born 1952, SA)
*[[Edith Sitwell]] (1887–1964, E)
*[[Osbert Sitwell]] (1892–1969, E)
*[[Sacheverell Sitwell]] (1897–1988, E)

===Sk–Sq===
*[[Sonja Skarstedt]] (1960–2009, C)
*[[John Skelton (poet)|John Skelton]] (1460–1529, E)
*[[Robin Skelton]] (1925–1997, E/C)
*[[Douglas Reid Skinner]] (born 1949, SA)
*[[Myra Sklarew]] (born 1934, US)
*[[Ed Skoog]] (born 1971, US)
*[[Zoë Skoulding]] (born 1967, W)
*[[Peter Skrzynecki]] (born 1945, A)
*[[Kenneth Slessor]] (1901–1971, A)
*[[Daniel Sloate]] (1931–2009, C)
*[[Edward Slow]] (1841–1925, E)
*[[Adam Small (writer)|Adam Small]] (1936–2016, SA)
*[[Carolyn Smart]] (born 1952, C)
*[[Christopher Smart]] (1722–1771, E)
*[[Elizabeth Smart (Canadian author)|Elizabeth Smart]] (1913–1986, C)
*[[A. J. M. Smith]] (1902–1980, C)
*[[Alexander Smith (poet)|Alexander Smith]] (1830–1867, S)
*[[Bruce Smith (poet)|Bruce Smith]] (born 1946, US)
*[[Charlotte Turner Smith]] (1749–1806, E)
*[[Clara Kathleen Smith]] (1911–2004, C)
*[[Clark Ashton Smith]] (1893–1961, US)
*[[Douglas Burnet Smith]] (born 1949, C)
*[[Iain Crichton Smith]] (1928–1998, S)
*[[John Smith (Canadian poet)|John Smith]] (1927–2018, C)
*[[Malachi Smith (poet)|Malachi Smith]] (living, J)
*[[Marc Smith (American poet)|Marc Smith]] (born 1949, US)
*[[Margaret Smith (poet)|Margaret Smith]] (born 1958, US)
*[[Michael Smith (poet)|Michael Smith]] (1942–2014, Ir)
*[[Michael V. Smith]] (living, C)
*[[Patti Smith]] (born 1946, US)
*[[Rod Smith (poet)|Rod Smith]] (born 1962, US)
*[[Ron Smith (Canadian author)|Ron Smith]] (born 1943, C)
*[[Steven Ross Smith]] (born 1945, C)
*[[Stevie Smith]] (1902–1971, E)
*[[Sydney Goodsir Smith]] (1915–1975, S)
*[[Tracy K. Smith]] (born 1972, US)
*[[Vivian Smith (poet)|Vivian Smith]] (born 1933, A)
*[[William Jay Smith]] (1918–2015, US)
*[[Tobias Smollett]] (1721–1771, S)
*[[W. D. Snodgrass]] (1925–2009, US)
*[[Gary Snyder]] (born 1930, US)
*[[Karen Solie]] (born 1966, C)
*[[David Solway]] (born 1941, C)
*[[William Somervile]] (1675–1742, E)
*[[Cathy Song]] (born 1955, US)
*[[Madeline Sonik]] (born 1960, C)
*[[Edward Sorenson]] (1869–1939, A)
*[[Charles Sorley]] (1895–1915, S)
*[[Gary Soto]] (born 1952, US)
*[[Carolyn Marie Souaid]] (born 1959, C)
*[[Raymond Souster]] (1921–2012, C)
*[[William Soutar]] (1898–1946, S)
*[[Caroline Anne Southey]] (1786–1854, E)
*[[Robert Southey]] (1774–1843, E)
*[[Robert Southwell (Jesuit)|Robert Southwell]] (1561–1595, E)
*[[Wole Soyinka]] (born 1934, Ni)
*[[Esta Spalding]] (living, US/C)
*[[Heather Spears]] (1934–2021, C/De)
*[[Alan Spence]] (living, S)
*[[Lewis Spence]] (1874–1955, S)
*[[Anne Spencer]] (1882–1975, US)
*[[Bernard Spencer]] (1909–1963, E)
*[[Thomas Edward Spencer]] (1845–1911, A)
*[[Stephen Spender]] (1909–1995, E)
*[[Edmund Spenser]] (1552–1599, E)
*[[Leonora Speyer]] (1872–1956, US)
*[[Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford]] (1835–1921, US)
*[[Eintou Pearl Springer]] (born 1944, T)
*[[Birk Sproxton]] (1943–2007, C)
*[[J. C. Squire]] (1884–1958, E)
*[[Geoffrey Squires]] (born 1942, NI)

===St–Sy===
*[[William Stafford (poet)|William Stafford]] (1914–1993, US)
*[[A. E. Stallings]] (born 1968, US)
*[[Jon Stallworthy]] (1935–2014, E)
*[[Ann Stanford]] (1916–1987, US)
*[[Frank Stanford]] (1948–1978, US)
*[[George Stanley (poet)|George Stanley]] (born 1937, US/C)
*[[George Starbuck]] (1931–1996, US)
*[[Carmine Starnino]] (born 1970, C)
*[[Nicolette Stasko]] (born 1950, A)
*[[C. K. Stead]] (born 1932, NZ)
*[[Peter Steele (poet)|Peter Steele]] (1939–2012, A)
*[[Richard Steere (author)|Richard Steere]] (1643–1721, US)
*[[John Steffler]] (born 1947, C)
*[[Gertrude Stein]] (1874–1946, US)
*[[Mattie Stepanek]] (1990–2004, US)
*[[Ian Stephens (poet)|Ian Stephens]] (1955–1996, C)
*[[James Stephens (author)|James Stephens]] (1880–1950, Ir)
*[[James Brunton Stephens]] (1835–1902, S)
*[[George Stepney]] (1663–1707, E)
*[[John Sterling (author)|John Sterling]] (1806–1844, S)
*[[Gerald Stern]] (1925–2022, US)
*[[Ricardo Sternberg]] (born 1948, C/US)
*[[C. J. Stevens]] (1927–2021, US)
*[[Wallace Stevens]] (1880–1955, US)
*[[Richard Stevenson (poet)|Richard Stevenson]] (born 1952, C)
*[[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (1850–1894, S)
*[[Margo Taft Stever]] (living, US)
*[[Amanda Stewart]] (born 1959, A)
*[[Douglas Stewart (poet)|Douglas Stewart]] (1913–1985, A)
*[[Harold Stewart]] (1916–1995, A)
*[[Shannon Stewart (poet)|Shannon Stewart]] (living, C)
*[[W. Gregory Stewart]] (living, C/US)
*[[Trumbull Stickney]] (1874–1904, US)
*[[John Stiles]] (living, C/E)
*[[James Still (poet)|James Still]] (1906–2001, US)
*[[Anne Stone (writer)|Anne Stone]] (living, C)
*[[Donna J. Stone]] (1933–1994, US)
*[[Ruth Stone]] (1915–2011, US)
*[[Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet]] (born 1968, US)
*[[Edward Storer]] (1880–1944, E)
*[[Randolph Stow]] (1935–2010, A)
*[[Mark Strand]] (1934–2014, US)
*[[Jennifer Strauss]] (born 1933, A)
*[[Sean Street]] (born 1946, E)
*[[Agnes Strickland]] (1796–1874, E)
*[[Adelle Stripe]] (born 1976, E)
*[[Trumbull Stickney]] (1874–1904, US)
*[[Donna J. Stone]] (1933–1994, US)
*[[Billy Marshall Stoneking]] (1947–2016, A)
*[[Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet]] (born 1968, US)
*[[Edward Storer]] (1880–1944, E)
*[[Eithne Strong]] (1923–1999, Ir)
*[[Joseph Stroud]] (born 1943, US)
*[[Betsy Struthers]] (born 1951, C)
*[[John Struthers (poet)|John Struthers]] (1776–1853, S)
*[[Jesse Stuart]] (1906–1984, US)
*[[Abhi Subedi]] (born 1945)
*[[John Suckling (poet)|John Suckling]] (1609–1642, E)
*[[Julie Suk]] (born 1924, US)
*[[Andrew Suknaski]] (1942–2012, C)
*[[Alan Sullivan]] (1868–1947, C)
*[[Aloysius Michael Sullivan]] (1896–1980, US)
*[[Rosemary Sullivan]] (born 1947, C)
*[[Maud Sulter]] (1960–2008, S)
*[[Moez Surani]] (born 1979, C)
*[[Kamala Surayya]] (1934–2009, In)
*[[Efua Sutherland]] (1924–1996, Gh)
*[[John Sutherland (Canadian writer)|John Sutherland]] (1919–1956, C)
*[[Robert Swanson (inventor)|Robert Swanson]] (1905–1994, C)
*[[Robert Sward]] (1933–2022, US/C)
*[[George Swede]] (born 1940, C)
*[[Matthew Sweeney]] (1951–2018, Ir)
*[[Cole Swensen]] (born 1955, US)
*[[Karen Swenson]] (born 1936, US)
*[[May Swenson]] (1913–1989, US)
*[[Jonathan Swift]] (1667–1745, Ir/E)
*[[Todd Swift]] (born 1966, C/E)
*[[Algernon Charles Swinburne]] (1837–1909, E)
*[[Randall Swingler]] (1909–1967, E)
*[[Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal]] (c. 1430 – c. 1480, W)
*[[Bobbi Sykes]] (1943–2010, A)
*[[Joshua Sylvester]] (1563–1618, E)
*[[Arthur Symons]] (1865–1945, E)
*[[John Millington Synge]] (1871–1909, Ir)
*[[Arthur Sze]] (born 1950, US)
*[[George Szirtes]] (born 1948, E)
*[[Anne Szumigalski]] (1922–1999, E/C)
{{div col end}}

==T==
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Eileen Tabios]] (born 1960, US)
*[[Proma Tagore]] (living, C)
*[[Rabindranath Tagore]] (1861–1941, In)
*[[Maria Takolander]] (born 1973, A)
*[[Ronald Phillip Tanaka]] (1944–2007, US)
*[[Francis W. Tancred]] (1874–1925, E)
*[[Robert Tannahill]] (1774–1810, S)
*[[Dorothea Tanning]] (1910–2012, US)
*[[Allen Tate]] (1899–1979, US)
*[[James Tate (writer)|James Tate]] (1943–2015, US)
*[[Emma Tatham]] (1829–1855, E)
*[[Andrew Taylor (poet)|Andrew Taylor]] (born 1940, A)
*[[Ann Taylor (poet)|Ann Taylor]] (1782–1866, E)
*[[Bruce Taylor (poet)|Bruce Taylor]] (born 1960, C)
*[[Edward Taylor]] (1645–1729, E/US)
*[[Emily Taylor]] (1795–1872, E)
*[[Heather Taylor]] (living, C)
*[[Henry Taylor (dramatist)|Henry Taylor]] (1800–1886, E)
*[[Henry S. Taylor]] (born 1942, US)
*[[Jane Taylor (poet)|Jane Taylor]] (1783–1824, E)
*[[Rachel Annand Taylor]] (1876–1960, S)
*[[Ruth Taylor (poet)|Ruth Taylor]] (1961–2006, C)
*[[Sara Teasdale]] (1883–1933, US)
*[[Barry Tebb]] (born 1942, E)
*[[Fiona Templeton]] (born 1951, S/E)
*[[William Tennant (poet)|William Tennant]] (1784–1848, S)
*[[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]] (1809–1892, E)
*[[Frederick Tennyson]] (1807–1898, E)
*[[John Terpstra]] (living, C)
*[[Elaine Terranova]] (born 1939, US)
*[[A. S. J. Tessimond]] (1902–1962, E)
*[[Lucy Terry]] (c. 1730–1821, US)
*[[Souvankham Thammavongsa]] (born 1978, C)
*[[Celia Thaxter]] (1824–1894, US)
*[[Ernest Thayer]] (1863–1940, US)
*[[John Thelwall]] (1764–1834, E)
*[[Sharon Thesen]] (born 1946, C)
*[[Colin Thiele]] (1920–2006, A)
*[[Kai Cheng Thom]] (living, C)
*[[William Thom (poet)|William Thom]] (1799–1848, S)
*[[Thomas the Rhymer]] (Thomas Learmonth, c. 1220 – c. 1298, S)
*[[Thomas of Hales]] (13th c., E)
*[[D. M. Thomas]] (1935–2023, E)
*[[Dylan Thomas]] (1914–1953, W/E)
*[[Edward Thomas (poet)|Edward Thomas]] (1878–1917, E)
*[[Elizabeth Thomas (poet, born 1675)|Elizabeth Thomas]] (1675–1731, E)
*[[Lorenzo Thomas (poet)|Lorenzo Thomas]] (1944–2005, US)
*[[R. S. Thomas]] (1913–2000, W)
*[[William Thomas (Islwyn)|William Thomas]] (1832–1878, W)
*[[Francis Thompson]] (1859–1907, E)
*[[John Thompson (Canadian poet)|John Thompson]] (1938–1976, E/C)
*[[John Reuben Thompson]] (1823–1873, US)
*[[Edward William Thomson (writer)|Edward William Thomson]] (1849–1924, C)
*[[James Thomson (poet, born 1700)|James Thomson]] (1700–1748, S)
*[[James Thomson (poet, born 1834)|James Thomson]] (awa Bysshe Vanolis, 1834–1882, S)
*[[Henry David Thoreau]] (1817–1862, US)
*[[Tim Thorne]] (1944–2021, A)
*[[Russell Thornton (writer)|Russell Thornton]] (living, C)
*[[Joseph Thurston (poet)|Joseph Thurston]] (1704–1732, E)
*[[Anthony Thwaite]] (1930–2021, E)
*[[Michael Thwaites]] (1915–2005, A)
*[[Chidiock Tichborne]] (1558–1586, E)
*[[Thomas Tickell]] (1685–1740, E)
*[[Matthew Tierney (poet)|Matthew Tierney]] (born 1970, C)
*[[Mary Tighe]] (1772–1810, Ir)
*[[Lydia H. Tilton]] (1839–1915, US)
*[[Richard Tipping]] (born 1949, A)
*[[José Tlatelpas]] (born 1953, Me/C)
*[[Nick Toczek]] (born 1950, E)
*[[Barbara Euphan Todd]] (1890–1976, E)
*[[Ruthven Todd]] (1914–1978, S)
*[[Mohamud Siad Togane]] (born 1947, So/C)
*[[J. R. R. Tolkien]] (1892–1973, E)
*[[Francis Tolson]] (died 1745, E)
*[[Melvin B. Tolson]] (1898–1966, US)
*[[Charles Tomlinson]] (1927–2015, E)
*[[Jean Toomer]] (1894–1967, US)
*[[Charles Tompson]] (1807–1883, A)
*[[Angela Topping]] (born 1954, E)
*[[Lola Lemire Tostevin]] (born 1937, C)
*[[Cyril Tourneur]] (died 1626, E)
*[[Ann Townsend]] (born 1962, US)
*[[Thomas Traherne]] (1636/1637–1674, E)
*[[John Tranter]] (1943–2023, A)
*[[Elizabeth Treadwell]] (born 1967, US)
*[[Mark Tredinnick]] (born 1962, A)
*[[Rhea Tregebov]] (born 1953, C)
*[[Raymond D. Tremblay]] (living, C)
*[[Roland Michel Tremblay]] (born 1972, C/E)
*[[Natasha Trethewey]] (born 1966, US)
*[[Tony Trigilio]] (born 1966, US)
*[[Calvin Trillin]] (born 1935, US)
*[[David Trinidad]] (born 1953, US)
*[[John Tripp (poet)|John Tripp]] (1927–1986, W/E)
*[[Quincy Troupe]] (born 1939, US)
*[[Peter Trower]] (1930–2017, C)
*[[Mark Truscott]] (born 1970, US/C)
*[[Dimitris Tsaloumas]] (1921–2016, A)
*[[Charlotte Maria Tucker]] (A.L.O.E, 1821–1893, E)
*[[Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite]] (c. 1764–1850, Ir)
*[[George Turberville]] (c. 1540 – before 1597, E)
*[[Richard Marggraf Turley]] (born 1970, E)
*[[Gael Turnbull]] (1928–2004, S)
*[[Charles Tennyson Turner]] (1808–1879, E)
*[[Julian Turner]] (born 1955, E)
*[[Walter J. Turner]] (1889–1946, A/E)
*[[Thomas Tusser]] (1524–1580, E)
*[[Emma Rood Tuttle]] (1839–1916, US)
*[[Hone Tuwhare]] (1922–2008, NZ)
*[[Violet Tweedale]] (1862–1936, S/E)
*[[Chase Twichell]] (born 1950, US)
*[[Katharine Tynan]] (1859–1932, Ir/E)
*[[John Tyndall (poet)|John Tyndall]] (born 1951, C)
*[[Daniel Scott Tysdal]] (born 1978, C)
{{div col end}}

==U==
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*[[Laura Ulewicz]] (1930–2007, US)
*[[Jeff Unaegbu]] (born 1979, Ni)
*[[Jean Starr Untermeyer]] (1886–1970, US)
*[[Louis Untermeyer]] (1885–1977, US)
*[[John Updike]] (1932–2009, US)
*[[Priscila Uppal]] (1974–2018, C)
*[[Allen Upward]] (1863–1926, E)
*[[Joan Ure]] (Elizabeth Thoms Clark, 1918–1978, S)
*[[David UU]] (David W. Harris, 1948–1994, C)
*[[Amy Uyematsu]] (1947–2023, US)
{{div col end}}

==V==
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Jean Valentine]] (1934–2020, US)
*[[Valentine Vallis]] (1916–2009, A)
*[[Cor van den Heuvel]] (born 1931, US)
*[[Mona Van Duyn]] (1921–2004, US)
*[[Lin Van Hek]] (born 1944, A)
*[[Peter van Toorn]] (1944–2021, C)
*[[Christopher van Wyk]] (1957–2014, SA)
*[[Henry Vaughan]] (1621–1695, W)
*[[R. M. Vaughan]] (born 1965, C)
*[[Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden]] (1509–1556, E)
*[[Reetika Vazirani]] (1962–2003, US)
*[[Janine Pommy Vega]] (1942–2010, US)
*[[Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford|Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford]] (1550–1604, E)
*[[Helen Vendler]] (1933–2024, US)
*[[Jumoke Verissimo]] (born 1976, Ni)
*[[Paul Vermeersch]] (born 1973, C)
*[[Katherena Vermette]] (born 1977, C)
*[[Jones Very]] (1813–1880, US)
*[[Vicki Viidikas]] (1948–1998, A)
*[[Peter Viereck]] (1916–2006, US)
*[[José García Villa]] (1908–1997, Ph)
*[[Pamelia Sarah Vining]] (1826–1897, C)
*[[Vivian Virtue]] (1911–1998, J/E)
*[[Garth Von Buchholz]] (living, C)
*[[Brian Vrepont]] (1882–1955, A)
*[[Prvoslav Vujcic]] (Prvoslav Vujčić, born 1960, Se/C)
{{div col end}}

==W==
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}

===Wa–We===
*[[Miriam Waddington]] (1917–2004, C)
*[[Michael Wade (Canadian actor)|Michael Wade]] (1944–2004, C)
*[[Sidney Wade]] (born 1951, US)
*[[Fred Wah]] (born 1939, C)
*[[John Wain]] (1925–1994, E)
*[[A. E. Waite]] (1857–1942, E)
*[[Nayyirah Waheed]] (living, US)
*[[Diane Wakoski]] (born 1937, US)
*[[Derek Walcott]] (1930–2017, SL)
*[[Anne Waldman]] (born 1945, US)
*[[George Waldron]] (1690 – c. 1730, E/IoM)
*[[Keith Waldrop]] (1932–2023, US)
*[[Rosmarie Waldrop]] (born 1935, US)
*[[Arthur Waley]] (1889–1966, E)
*[[Alice Walker]] (born 1944, US)
*[[Margaret Walker]] (1915–1998, US)
*[[Rob Walker (poet)|Rob Walker]] (born 1953, A)
*[[Bronwen Wallace]] (1945–1989, C)
*[[Chris Wallace-Crabbe]] (born 1934, A)
*[[Edmund Waller]] (1606–1687, E)
*[[Tom Walmsley]] (born 1948, C)
*[[Agnes Walsh]] (born 1950, C)
*[[Catherine Walsh (poet)|Catherine Walsh]] (born 1964, Ir)
*[[Minnie Gow Walsworth]] (1859–1947, US)
*[[David Waltner-Toews]] (born 1948, C)
*[[Ania Walwicz]] (1951–2020, A)
*[[Connie Wanek]] (born 1952, US)
*[[John Powell Ward]] (born 1937, E/W)
*[[Ned Ward]] (1667–1731, E)
*[[Sarah Wardle]] (born 1969, E)
*[[Anna Laetitia Waring]] (1823–1910, W/E)
*[[Emily Warn]] (living, US)
*[[Sylvia Townsend Warner]] (1893–1978, E)
*[[Crystal Warren]] (living, SA)
*[[John Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley]] (1835–1895, E)
*[[Meralda Warren]] (born 1959, PI)
*[[Robert Penn Warren]] (1905–1989, US)
*[[Thomas Warton]] (1728–1790, E)
*[[Terry Watada]] (born 1951, C)
*[[Vernon Watkins]] (1906–1967, W)
*[[George Watsky]] (born 1986, US)
*[[Rosamund Marriott Watson]] (Graham R. Tomson, 1860–1911, E)
*[[Samuel Wagan Watson]] (born 1972, A)
*[[Stephen Watson (poet)|Stephen Watson]] (1954–2011, SA)
*[[Thomas Watson (poet)|Thomas Watson]] (1555–1592, E)
*[[William Watson (poet)|William Watson]] (1858–1935, E)
*[[Alison Watt (writer)|Alison Watt]] (born 1957, C)
*[[Barrett Watten]] (born 1948, US)
*[[Isaac Watts]] (1674–1748, E)
*[[Rebecca Watts]] (born 1983, E)
*[[Theodore Watts-Dunton]] (1832–1914, E)
*[[Tom Wayman]] (born 1945, C)
*[[Alan Wearne]] (born 1948, A)
*[[Francis Webb (poet)|Francis Webb]] (1925–1973, A)
*[[Harri Webb]] (1920–1994, W)
*[[Phyllis Webb]] (1927–2021, C)
*[[John Webster]] (c. 1580 – c. 1634, E)
*[[Mary Morison Webster]] (1894–1980, SA)
*[[James Wedderburn (poet)|James Wedderburn]] (c. 1495–1553, S)
*[[John Wedderburn (poet)|John Wedderburn]] (c. 1505–1553, S)
*[[Robert Wedderburn (poet)|Robert Wedderburn]] (c. 1510 – c. 1555, S)
*[[Rebecca Wee]] (living, US)
*[[George Weideman]] (1947–2008, SA)
*[[John Weier]] (born 1949, C)
*[[Hannah Weiner]] (1928–1997, US)
*[[Robert Stanley Weir]] (1856–1926, C)
*[[Marjorie Welish]] (born 1944, US)
*[[Zachariah Wells]] (born 1976, C)
*[[Viola S. Wendt]] (1907–1986, US)
*[[Marjory Heath Wentworth]] (born 1958, US)
*[[William Wentworth]] (1790–1872, A)
*[[Darren Wershler]] (Darren Wershler-Henry, born 1966, C)
*[[Charles Wesley]] (1707–1788, E)
*[[Gilbert West]] (1703–1756, E)
*[[Jane West (novelist)|Jane West]] (1758–1852, E)
*[[David Wevill]] (born 1935, C/US)

===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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==X–Y==
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*[[Makhosazana Xaba]] (born 1957, SA)
*[[Mitsuye Yamada]] (born 1923, US)
*[[Leo Yankevich]] (1961–2018, US)
*[[Morgan Yasbincek]] (born 1964, A)
*[[J. Michael Yates]] (1938–2021, US/C)
*[[W. B. Yeats]] (1865–1939, Ir)
*[[Jean Yoon]] (born 1962, C)
*[[Marly Youmans]] (born 1953, US)
*[[Monica Youn]] (born 1971, US)
*[[Andrew Young (poet, born 1885)|Andrew Young]] (1885–1971, S)
*[[Augustus Young]] (born 1943, Ir)
*[[d'bi Young]] (born 1977, J/C)
*[[Douglas Young (classicist)|Douglas Young]] (1913–1973, S)
*[[Edward Young]] (1683–1765, E)
*[[Ellen Young (poet)|Ellen Young]] (c. 1810–1872, A)
*[[Ian Young (writer)|Ian Young]] (born 1945, C)
*[[Kevin Young (poet)|Kevin Young]] (born 1970, US)
*[[Marguerite Young]] (1908–1995, US)
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==Z==
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*[[Alessio Zanelli]] (born 1963, It)
*[[Matthew Zapruder]] (born 1967, US)
*[[Marya Zaturenska]] (1902–1982, US)
*[[Robert Zend]] (1929–1985, C)
*[[Benjamin Zephaniah]] (1958–2023, E)
*[[Komninos Zervos]] (born 1950, A)
*[[David Zieroth]] (born 1946, C)
*[[Rachel Zolf]] (born 1968, C)
*[[Daniel Zomparelli]] (living, C)
*[[Carolyn Zonailo]] (born 1947, C)
*[[Louis Zukofsky]] (1904–1978, US)
*[[Fay Zwicky]] (1933–2017, A)
*[[Jan Zwicky]] (born 1955, C)
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==Lists of English language poets by nationality==
*[[List of Australian poets]]
*[[List of Canadian poets]]
*[[List of Irish poets]]
*[[List of Indian poets#Indian poets writing in English|List of English poets from India]]
*[[List of Nigerian poets]]
*[[List of South African poets]]
*[[List of poets from the United States]]

==See also==
*[[English poetry]]
*[[List of poets]]
*[[List of women poets]]

{{Lists of poets}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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