List of English-language poets
This is a list of English-language poets, who wrote or write much of their poetry in English.
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A
- Lascelles Abercrombie, (1881–1938)
- Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956)
- Harold Acton (1904–1994)
- Gilbert Adair (born 1944)
- Helen Adam (1909–1993)
- Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936)
- Robert Adamson (born 1943)
- Fleur Adcock (born 1934)
- Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
- Allan Ahlberg (born 1938)
- Mark Akenside (1721–1770)
- Sidney A. Alexander (1866–1948)
- James Alexander Allan (1889–1956)
- Leslie Holdsworth Allen (1879–1964)
- Sherman Alexie (born 1966)
- William Allingham (1824/28–1889)
- Al Alvarez, (born 1929)
- Moniza Alvi, (born 1968)
- Kingsley Amis (1922–1995)
- Ethel Anderson (1883–1958)
- Bruce Andrews (born 1948)
- Maya Angelou (1928–2014)
- Rae Armantrout (born 1947)
- Simon Armitage (born 1963)
- Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)
- John Ashbery (born 1927)
- Thomas Ashe (1836–1889)
- Anne Askew (1521–1546)
- Thea Astley (1925–2004)
- Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872)
- Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
- W. H. Auden (1907–1973)
- Alfred Austin (1835–1913)
- Pam Ayres (born 1947)
- Sir Robert Aytoun (1570–1638)
- William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813–1865)
B
Ba
- Kevin Bailey (born 1953)
- Joanna Baillie (1762–1861)
- Jesse Ball (born 1978)
- John Banim (1798–1842)
- Lex Banning (born 1921)
- Amiri Baraka (1934–2014)
- Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825)
- John Barbour (died 1395)
- Richard Harris Barham, (pen name Thomas Ingoldsby, 1788–1845)
- Les Barker (born 1947)
- Joel Barlow (1754–1812)
- Mary Barnard (1909–2002)
- Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)
- William Barnes (1801–1886)
- Richard Barnfield (1574–1627)
- Syd Barrett (1946–2006)
- Bernard Barton (1784–1849)
- Todd Bash (born 1965)
- David Bates (1809–1870)
- H. E. Bates (1905–1974)
- Joseph Bathanti (born 1953)
- James K. Baxter (1926–1972)
- Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958)
- William Baylebridge (1883–1942)
Be–Bo
- Francis Beaumont (1586–1616)
- Bruce Beaver (1928–2004)
- Thomas Lovell Beddoes, (1803–1849)
- Julian Bell, (1908–1937)
- Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981)
- Jim Bennett, (born 1951)
- Richard Berengarten (born 1943)
- Bill Berkson (born 1939)
- Charles Bernstein (born 1950)
- Anselm Berrigan (born 1972)
- Ted Berrigan (1934–1983)
- Wendell Berry (born 1934)
- John Berryman (1914–1972)
- Charles Best, (1570–1627)
- John Betjeman (1906–1984)
- William Billington (1825–1884)
- Laurence Binyon, (1869–1943)
- Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
- Samuel Bishop (1731–1795)
- Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958)
- Thomas Blacklock (1721–1791)
- Peter Bladen (1922–2001)
- William Blake (1757–1827)
- Susanna Blamire (1747–1794)
- John Blight (1913–1995)
- Mathilde Blind (1841–1896)
- Edmund Blunden (1896–1974)
- Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922)
- Barcroft Boake (1866–1892)
- George Henry Boker (1823–1890)
- Eavan Boland (born 1944)
- Ken Bolton (born 1949)
- Horatius Bonar (1808–1889)
- Sean Bonney
- Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902–1973)
- Keith Bosley (born 1937)
- John Philip Bourke (1860–1914)
- Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949)
- Mark Alexander Boyd (1563–1601)
Br–By
- Thomas Bracken (1843–1898)
- Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672)
- E. J. Brady (1869–1952)
- Richard Brautigan (1935–1984)
- Christopher Brennan (1870–1932)
- John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933)
- Nicholas Breton (1542–1626)
- Ken Brewer (1941–2006)
- Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710–c. 1757)
- Robert Bridges (1844–1930)
- James Brock (born 1958)
- Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855)
- Emily Brontë (1818–1848)
- Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)
- Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000)
- Sterling A. Brown (1901–1989)
- Stewart Brown (born 1951)
- Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897)
- Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760)
- Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682)
- William Browne (1588–1643)
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)
- Robert Browning (1812–1889)
- William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
- Vincent Buckley (1925–1988)
- Charles Bukowski (1920–1994)
- Basil Bunting (1900–1985)
- Anthony Burgess (1917–1993)
- Robert Burns (1759–1796)
- Samuel Butler (1612–1680)
- Kathryn Stripling Byer (born 19440
- Lord Byron (1788–1824)
C
Ca–Ci
- Richard Caddel (1949–2003)
- Alex Caldiero (born 1949)
- Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884)
- Paul-Henri Campbell (born 1982)
- Thomas Campbell (1774–1844)
- Thomas Campion (1567–1620)
- Mary Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973)
- Thomas Carew (1595–1639)
- Henry Carey (1693–1743)
- Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)
- William Cartwright (1611–1643)
- Raymond Carver (1938–1988)
- Alice Cary (1820–1871)
- Phoebe Cary (1824–1871)
- Charles Causley (1917–2003)
- Constantine Cavafy (1863–1933)
- Joseph Ceravolo (1934–1988)
- John Chalkhill (fl. 1600)
- William Ellery Channing (1818–1901)
- George Chapman (1560–1634)
- Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400)
- Maxine Chernoff (born 1952)
- G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
- James Wm. Chichetto (born 1941)
- Billy Childish (born 1959)
- Hubert Newman Wigmore Church (1857–1932)
- Richard Church (poet) (1893–1972)
- Charles Churchill (1731–1764)
- Colley Cibber (1671–1757)
- Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
- Carson Cistulli (born 1979)
Cl
- John Clare (1793–1864)
- Tom Clark (born 1941)
- Amy Key Clarke (1892–1980)
- Austin Clarke (1886–1974)
- Jack Clarke (1933–1992)
- Brendan Cleary (born 1958)
- Benjamin Clementine (born 1988)
- John Cleveland (1613–1658)
- Michelle Cliff (born 1946)
- Lucille Clifton (1936–2010)
- Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861)
Co–Cu
- Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927)
- Bob Cobbing (1920–2002)
- Robbie Coburn (born 1994)
- Brian Coffey (1905–1995)
- Leonard Cohen (born 1934)
- Norma Cole (born 1945)
- Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849)
- Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
- Billy Collins (born 1941)
- William Collins (1721–1759)
- William Congreve (1670–1729)
- Paul Conneally (born 1959)
- Henry Constable (1562–1613)
- Eliza Cook (1818–1889)
- Clark Coolidge (born 1939)
- Thomas Cooper (1805–1892)
- Wendy Cope (born 1945)
- Richard Corbet (1582–1635)
- Cid Corman (1924–2004)
- Frances Cornford (1886–1960)
- Francis M. Cornford (1874–1943)
- Jayne Cortez (1936–2012)
- William Johnson Cory (1823–1892)
- Louisa Stuart Costello (1799–1877)
- Anne Ross Cousin (1824–1906)
- Abraham Cowley (1618–1667)
- Dorothy Cowlin (1911-2010)
- William Cowper (1731–1800)
- George Crabbe (1754–1832)
- Richard Crashaw (1613–1649)
- E. E. Cummings (1894–1962)
D
Da–Do
- Samuel Daniel (1562–1619)
- George Darley (1795–1846)
- Tina Darragh (born 1950)
- Robert von Dassanowsky (a.k.a. Robert Dassanowsky) (born 1965)
- William Davenant (1606–1668)
- John Davidson (1837–1909)
- Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808–1825), American poet
- Michael Davidson (born 1944)
- Alan Davies (born 1951)
- John Davies (1569–1626)
- Thomas Osborne Davis (1814–1845)
- Edward de Vere, earl of Oxford (1550–1604)
- Thomas Dekker (1575–1641)
- John Denham (1615–1669)
- Thomas Dermody (1775–1802)
- Heather Derr-Smith (born 1971)
- Denis Devlin (1908–1959)
- Imtiaz Dharker (born 1954)
- James Dickey (1923–1997)
- Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
- Peter Didsbury (born 1946)
- Ray DiPalma (born 1943)
- Diane di Prima (born 1934)
- Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921)
- Pete Doherty (born 1979)
- Joe Dolce (born 1947)
- John Donaldson, a.k.a. Jon Inglis (1921–1989)
- John Donne (1572–1631)
- Theo Dorgan (born 1953)
- Mark Doty (born 1953)
- Keith Douglas (1920–1944)
- Mike Doughty (born 1970)
- Rita Dove (born 1952)
- Gordon Downie (born 1964)
- Ernest Dowson (1867–1900)
- Francis Hastings Doyle (1810–1888)
- Kirby Doyle (1932–2003)
Dr–Dy
- Michael Drayton (1563–1631)
- Adam Drinan AKA Joseph Macleod (1903–1984)
- John Drinkwater (1882–1937)
- William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649)
- John Dryden (1631–1700)
- Norman Dubie (born 1945)
- W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963)
- Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955)
- Charles Gavan Duffy (1816–1903)
- Alan Dugan (1923–2003)
- Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)
- William Dunbar (1465–1520)
- Andrew Duncan (born 1956)
- Robert Duncan (1919–1988)
- Douglas Dunn (born 1942)
- John Dyer (1699–1758)
- Bob Dylan (born 1941)
E–F
- Richard Eberhart (1904–2005)
- Richard Edwardes (c. 1523–1566)
- T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)
- Jean Elliot (1727–1805)
- Ebenezer Elliott (1781–1849)
- George Ellis (1753–1815)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
- Chris Emery (born 1963)
- William Empson (1906–1984)
- D. J. Enright (1920–2002) MN*Theodore Enslin (1925–2011)
- Sir George Etherege (1635–1691)
- Mari Evans (born 1923)
- Samuel Ferguson (1810–1886)
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born 1919)
- Jack Foley (born 1940)
- Grace Beacham Freeman (1916–2002)
- Gwen Frostic (26 April 1906 – 25 April 2001)
- Richard Furness (1791–1857)
G
Ga–Go
- Dunstan Gale (fl. 1596)
- Samuel Garth (1661–1719)
- George Gascoigne (1525–1577)
- David Gascoyne (1916–2001)
- John Gay (1685–1732)
- Ross Gay (born 1974)
- William Gay (1865–1897)
- Dr. Seuss (1904–1991)
- Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (born 1946)
- Dame Mary Gilmore (1865–1962)
- Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)
- Nikki Giovanni (born 1943)
- Jesse Glass (born 1954)
- Denis Glover (1912–1980)
- Louise Glück (born 1943)
- Albert Goldbarth (born 1948)
- Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961)
- Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)
- Hedwig Gorski (born 1949)
- John Gower (c. 1330 – 1408)
Gr–Gy
- W. S. Graham (1918–1986)
- Alex Grant
- Richard Graves (1715–1804)
- Robert Graves (1895–1985)
- Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
- Dorothy Auchterlonie Green (1915–1991)
- Robert Greene (1558–1592)
- Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554–1628)
- Gerald Griffin (1803–1840)
- Bill Griffiths (1948–2007)
- Nicholas Grimald (1519–1562)
- Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1958)
- Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914)
- Barbara Guest (1920–2006)
- Edgar Guest (1881–1959)
- Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943)
- Thom Gunn (1929–2004)
- Ivor Gurney (1890–1937)
- Beth Gylys (born 1964)
- Brion Gysin (1916–1986)
H
Ha–He
- William Habington (1605–1654)
- Thomas Gordon Hake (1809–1895)
- Alan Halsey (born 1949)
- Ian Hamilton (critic) (1938–2001)
- Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
- Joy Harjo (born 1951)
- William Harmon (born 1938)
- Michael S. Harper (born 1938)
- Tony Harrison (born 1937)
- Carla Harryman (born 1952)
- Sadakichi Hartmann (1867–1944)
- F. W. Harvey (1888–1957)
- Lee Harwood (born 1939)
- Alamgir Hashmi (born 1951)
- Stephen Hawes (died 1523)
- Robert Hayden (1913–1980)
- Robert Hayman (1575–1629)
- Seamus Heaney (born 1939)
- Josephine D. Heard (1861 – c. 1921)
- Anthony Hecht (1923–2004)
- Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965)
- Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958)
- John Hegley (born 1953)
- Lyn Hejinian (born 1941)
- Felicia Hemans (1793–1835)
- Essex Hemphill (1957–1995)
- William Ernest Henley (1849–1903)
- George Herbert (1593–1632)
- Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
- Phoebe Hesketh (1909–2005)
- Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002)
- John Hewitt (1907–1987)
- Thomas Heywood (c. 1570s – 1650)
Hi–Hu
- Dick Higgins (1938–1998)
- Scott Hightower (born 1952)
- Conrad Hilberry (born 1928)
- Geoffrey Hill (1932–2016)
- James Hogg (1770–1835)
- David Holbrook (1923–2011)
- Jane Holland (born 1966)
- Anselm Hollo (born 1934)
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)
- Thomas Hood (1798–1845)
- Alec Derwent Hope (1907–2000)
- Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
- Frances Horovitz (1938–1983)
- Michael Horovitz (born 1935)
- George Moses Horton (1797–1884)
- A. E. Housman (1859–1936)
- Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547)
- Richard Howard (born 1929)
- Fanny Howe (born 1940)
- Susan Howe (born 1937)
- Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981)
- Anthony Howell (born 1945)
- Francis Hubert
- Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
- Ted Hughes (1930–1998)
- Richard Hugo (1923–1982)
- Alexander Hume (1560–1609)
- Leigh Hunt (1784–1859)
- Sam Hunt (born 1946)
- Cynthia Huntington (born 1952)
- Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896–1983)
I–J
- P. Inman (born 1947)
- Richard Jago (1715–1781)
- John James (born 1939)
- Patricia Janus (1932–2006)
- Lisa Jarnot (born 1967)
- Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)
- Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)
- Fenton Johnson (born 1953)
- Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880–1966)
- Helene Johnson (1906–1995)
- James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)
- Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
- David Jones (1895–1974)
- Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860)
- Emma Jones (born 1977)
- Patrick Jones (born 1965)
- Erica Jong (born 1942)
- Ben Jonson (1573–1637)
- June Jordan (1936–2002)
- Anthony Joseph (born 1966)
- Jenny Joseph (born 1932)
- James Joyce (1882–1941)
- Trevor Joyce (born 1947)
- Frank Judge
- Donald Justice (1925–2004)
K
- Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977)
- Bob Kaufman (1925–1986)
- Jayne Fenton Keane
- John Keats (1795–1821)
- Arthur Kelton (died c. 1550)
- Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy a.k.a. "Woodbine Willy" (1883–1929)
- Jack Kerouac (1922–1969)
- Sidney Keyes (1922–1943)
- Keorapetse Kgositsile (born 1938)
- Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918)
- Arthur Henry King (1910–2000)
- Henry King (1592–1669)
- William King (1663–1712)
- Galway Kinnell (born 1927)
- John Kinsella (born 1963)
- Thomas Kinsella (born 1928)
- Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)
- Etheridge Knight (1931–1991)
- Kenneth Koch (1925–2002)
- Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1947)
- Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954)
- Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006)
- Joanne Kyger (born 1934)
L
La–Ln
- Sonnet L'Abbé (born 1973)
- Nick Laird (born 1975)
- Charles Lamb (1775–1834)
- Tim Lander (born 1938)
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838)
- Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)
- William Langland (c.1332-c.1386)
- Emilia Lanier (1569–1645)
- Sidney Lanier (1842–1881)
- Bruce Larkin (born 1957)
- Philip Larkin (1922–1985)
- Evelyn Lau (born 1971)
- D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930)
- Henry Lawson (1867–1922)
- Robert Lax (1915–2000)
- Emma Lazarus (1849–1887)
- Edward Lear (1812–1888)
- Francis Ledwidge (1887–1917)
- Joy Leftow (born 1949)
- Sue Lenier (born 1957)
- John Leonard (born 1965)
- Tom Leonard (born 1944)
- William Ellery Leonard (1876–1944)
- Ben Lerner (born 1979)
- Philip Levine (born 1928)
- Larry Levis (1946–1996)
- D. A. Levy (1942–1968)
- Alun Lewis (1915–1944)
- C. S. Lewis (1898–1963)
- J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942)
- Tao Lin (born 1983)
Lo–Ly
- Douglas Lochhead (1922–2011)
- Terry Locke (born 1946)
- Thomas Lodge (1556–1625)
- James Longenbach
- Christopher Logue (1926–2011)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
- Michael Longley (born 1939)
- Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
- Richard Lovelace (1618–1658)
- Samuel Lover (1797–1868)
- Amy Lowell (1874–1925)
- James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
- Robert Lowell (1917–1977)
- Mina Loy (1882–1966)
- Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870)
- John Lydgate (1370–1450)
- John Lyly (1553–1606)
- George Lyttelton, Lord Lyttelton (1709–1773)
M
Ma–Mi
- Lord Macaulay (1800–1859)
- Norman MacCaig (1910–1996)
- John McCrae (1872–1918)
- Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978)
- Seán Mac Falls (born 1957)
- Roger McGough (born 1937)
- Thomas MacGreevy (1893–1967)
- Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947)
- Lachlan Mackinnon (born 1956)
- Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)
- Isaac McLellan (1806–1899)
- Joseph Macleod (1903–1984)
- Jackson Mac Low (1922–2004)
- Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)
- Barry MacSweeney (1948–2000)
- Haki R. Madhubuti (born 1942)
- Derek Mahon (born 1941)
- Jennifer Maiden (born 1949)
- Taylor Mali (born 1965)
- David Mallet (c.1705–1765)
- Tom Mandel (born 1942)
- James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849)
- Bill Manhire (born 1946)
- Robert Mannyng of Brunne (1269–1340)
- Chris Mansell (born 1953)
- Peter Manson (born 1969)
- Morton Marcus (1936–2009)
- Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)
- Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)
- John Masefield (1878–1967)
- Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947)
- Paula Meehan (born 1955)
- Herman Melville (1819–1891)
- Dwight Russel Micnhimer (1948)
- Spike Milligan (1918–2002)
- John Milton (1608–1674)
- Gary Miranda (born 1939)
Mo–Mu
- Anis Mojgani (born 1977)
- Geraldine Monk (born 1952)
- Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661–1715)
- James Montgomery (1771–1854)
- Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
- Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
- Barbara Moraff (born 1939)
- Edythe Morahan de Lauzon
- Edwin Morgan (1920–2010)
- Robin Morgan (born 1941)
- Mervyn Morris (born 1937)
- William Morris (1834–1896)
- Jim Morrison (1943–1971)
- Morrissey (born 1959)
- Frank Morton (1869–1923)
- Andrew Motion (born 1952)
- Eric Mottram (1924–1995)
- Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
- Harryette Mullen (born 1953)
- Anthony Munday (1553–1633)
- Sheila Murphy (born 1951)
- Les Murray (born 1938)
- Togara Muzanenhamo (born 1975)
N–O
- Ogden Nash (1902–1971)
- Thomas Nashe (1567–1601)
- Henry Neele (1798–1828)
- Alice Moore Dunbar Nelson (1875–1935)
- Howard Nemerov (1920–1991)
- Kenn Nesbitt (born 1962)
- Henry Newbolt (1862–1938)
- John Henry Newman (1801–1890)
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974)
- Norman Nicholson (1914–1987)
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942)
- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (born 1952)
- Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970)
- Harry Northup (born 1940)
- Alice Notley (born 1945)
- Jeff Nuttall (1933–2004)
- Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952)
- Sean O'Brien (born 1952)
- Dennis O'Driscoll (born 1954)
- Frank O'Hara (1926–1966)
- Theodore O'Hara (1820–1867)
- Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1844–1881)
- Mary Oliver (born 1935)
- Charles Olson (1910–1970)
- Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1976)
- George Oppen (1908–1984)
- Antoine Ó Raifteiri (1784–1835)
- Peter Orlovsky (1933–2010)
- Maggie O'Sullivan (born 1951)
- Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)
P–Q
- Ruth Padel (born 1947)
- Ron Padgett (born 1942)
- Michael Palmer (born 1943)
- Nettie Palmer (1885–1964)
- Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)
- Thomas Parnell (1670–1718)
- Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972)
- Brian Patten (born 1946)
- Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (1864–1941)
- Ricardo Pau-Llosa (born 1954)
- Molly Peacock (born 1947)
- Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866)
- Sam Pereira (born 1949)
- Ambrose Philips (1674–1749)
- Tom Pickard (born 1946)
- Robert Pinsky (born 1940)
- Ruth Pitter (1897–1992)
- Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
- Robert Pollok (c. 1798–1827)
- Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
- Charles Potts (born 1943)
- Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
- Jack Prelutsky (born 1940)
- Nancy Price (1880–1970)
- Richard Price (born 1966)
- Matthew Prior (1664–1721)
- Pauline Prior-Pitt
- Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864)
- Bryan Procter (1787–1874)
- J. H. Prynne (born 1936)
- Sheenagh Pugh (born 1950)
- Francis Quarles (1592–1644)
R
Ra–Ri
- William Radice (born 1951)
- Craig Raine (born 1944)
- Kathleen Raine (1908–2003)
- Carl Rakosi (1903–2004)
- Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)
- Dudley Randall (1914–2000)
- Julia Randall (1924–2005)
- Thomas Randolph (1605–1635)
- Tom Raworth (born 1938)
- Henry Reed (1914–1986)
- Ishmael Reed (born 1938)
- Ennis Rees (1925–2009)
- Abraham Regelson (1896–1981)
- Joseph Relph (1712–1743)
- Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982)
- Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976)
- Adrienne Rich (1929–2012)
- Lola Ridge (1873–1941)
- Denise Riley (born 1948)
- John Riley (1937–1978)
- Peter Riley (born 1940)
Ro–Ru
- Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)
- Mary Robinson (1758–1800)
- Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)
- Raymond Roseliep (1917–1983)
- Franklin Rosemont (1943–2009)
- Penelope Rosemont (born 1942)
- Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918)
- Gabriel Rosenstock (born 1949)
- Christina Rossetti (1830–1894)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)
- Jerome Rothenberg (born 1931)
- Nicholas Rowe (1674–1718)
- Richard Rowlands (1565–1630)
- Susanna Roxman (fl. late 20th–21st centuries)
- Ru Born (born 1994)
S
Sa–Si
- Maria Grace Saffery (1773–1858)
- Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1959)
- Fiona Sampson (born 1963)
- Sonia Sanchez (born 1934)
- Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)
- May Sarton (1912–1995)
- Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967)
- Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
- William Bell Scott (1811–1890)
- Maurice Scully (born 1952)
- Sir Charles Sedley (1639–1701)
- Nina Serrano (born 1934)
- Robert W. Service (1874–1958)
- Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
- William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
- Ntozake Shange (born 1948)
- Jo Shapcott (born 1953)
- Karl Shapiro (1913–2000)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
- William Shenstone (1714–1763)
- James Shirley (1596–1666)
- Beau Sia (born 1976)
- Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)
- Eli Siegel (1902–1978)
- Ron Silliman (born 1946)
- Shel Silverstein (1930–1999)
- Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000)
- Iain Sinclair (born 1943)
- May Sinclair (1862–1946)
- Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)
Sk–Sq
- John Skelton (1460–1529)
- Myra Sklarew (born 1934)
- Edward Slow (1841–1925)
- Alexander Smith (1830–1867)
- Charlotte Turner Smith (1749–1806)
- Marc Smith (born 1949)
- Patti Smith (born 1946)
- Rod Smith (born 1962)
- Stevie Smith (1902–1971)
- Tracy K. Smith (born 1972)
- Tobias Smollett (1721–1771)
- Gary Snyder (born 1930)
- William Somervile (1675–1742)
- Charles Sorley (1895–1915)
- William Soutar (1898–1946)
- Robert Southey (1774–1843)
- Robert Southwell (1561–1595)
- Wole Soyinka (born 1934)
- Anne Spencer (1882–1975)
- Stephen Spender (1909–1995)
- Edmund Spenser (1552–1599)
- Geoffrey Squires (born 1942)
St–Sy
- William Stafford (1914–1993)
- Frank Stanford (1948–1978)
- Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
- Gerald Stern (born 1925)
- Ricardo Sternberg (born 1948)
- Wallace Stevens (1880–1955)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
- Mark Strand (born 1934)
- Seán Street (born 1946)
- Sir John Suckling (1609–1642)
- A.M. Sullivan (1896–1980)
- Pat Summers (born 1967)
- Robert Sward (born 1933)
- George Swede (born 1940)
- Matthew Sweeney (born 1951)
- May Swenson (1913–1989)
- Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
- Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909)
- Bobbi Sykes (1943–2010)
- Josuah Sylvester (1563–1618)
- Arthur Symons (1865–1945)
T–V
- Eileen Tabios (born 1960)
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
- Francis W. Tancred (1874–1925)
- Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012)
- Allen Tate (1899–1979)
- Edward Taylor (1645–1729)
- Sara Teasdale (1883–1933)
- Barry Tebb (born 1942)
- Fiona Templeton (born 1951)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
- Lucy Terry (c. 1730–1821)
- Celia Thaxter (1824–1894)
- Ernest Thayer (1863–1940)
- William Thom (poet) (1799–1848)
- Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
- Edward Thomas (1878–1917)
- R. S. Thomas (1913–2000)
- Francis Thompson (1859–1907)
- James Thomson (B.V.) a.k.a. Bysshe Vanolis (1834–1882)
- James Thomson (poet) (1700–1748)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
- Tim Thorne (born 1944)
- Chidiock Tichborne (1558–1586)
- Thomas Tickell (1685–1740)
- Mary Tighe (1772–1810)
- Richard Tipping (born 1949)
- Nick Toczek (born 1950)
- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973)
- Francis Tolson (died 1745)
- Melvin B. Tolson (1898–1966)
- Jean Toomer (1894–1967)
- Angela Topping (born 1954)
- Thomas Traherne (1636/1637–1674)
- Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972)
- Quincy Troupe (born 1939)
- Richard Marggraf Turley (born 1970)
- Gael Turnbull (1928–2004)
- Julian Turner (born 1955)
- Hone Tuwhare (1922–2008)
- Chase Twichell (born 1950)
- John Updike (1932–2009)
- Allen Upward (1863–1926)
- Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931)
- Lin Van Hek (born 1944)
- Henry Vaughan (1621–1695)
- Janine Pommy Vega (1942–2010)
- Jones Very (1813–1880)
W
Wa–We
- Diane Wakoski (born 1937)
- Derek Walcott (born 1930)
- Anne Waldman (born 1945)
- Keith Waldrop (born 1932)
- Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935)
- Alice Walker (born 1944)
- Margaret Walker (1915–1998)
- Rob Walker (born 1953)
- Edmund Waller (1606–1687)
- Agnes Walsh (born 1950)
- Sarah Wardle (born 1969)
- Meralda Warren (born 1959)
- Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)
- Thomas Warton (1728–1790)
- Barrett Watten (born 1948)
- Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
- John Webster (c.1580 – c.1634)
- Hannah Weiner (1928–1997)
- Marjorie Welish (born 1944)
- Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958)
Wh–Wy
- Gordon Wharton (born 1929)
- Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784)
- Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
- John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
- Les Wicks (born 1955)
- Richard Wilbur (born 1921)
- Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
- John Wilkinson (born 1953)
- William of Shoreham (fl. 14th century)
- Emmett Williams (1925–2007)
- Hugo Williams (born 1942)
- Oscar Williams (1900–1964)
- Saul Williams (born 1972)
- Sherley Anne Williams (1944–1999)
- William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)
- Frank S. Williamson (1865–1936)
- Elizabeth Willis (born 1961)
- John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680)
- Peter Lamborn Wilson (a.k.a. Hakim Bey) (born 1945)
- George Wither (1588–1667)
- Nissanka Wijeyeratne (1924-2007)
- Charles Wolfe (1791–1823)
- Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855)
- William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
- Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639)
- C. D. Wright (born 1949)
- Judith Wright (1915–2000)
- Kirby Wright
- Robert Wrigley (born 1951)
- Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542)
- Elinor Morton Wylie (1885–1928)
X–Z
- W. B. Yeats (1865–1939)
- Edward Young (1683–1765)
- Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958)
- Louis Zukofsky (1904–1978)
Lists of English language poets by nationality
- List of Australian poets
- List of Canadian poets
- List of Pakistani poets
- List of Irish poets
- List of English poets from India
- List of Nigerian poets
- List of South African poets
- List of poets from the United States
See also
References
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