List of English-language poets
This is a list of English-language poets, who have written much of their poetry in English. Main country of residence (not place of birth): A = Australia, C = Canada, E = England, F = France, G = Germany, In = India, IoM = Isle of Man, Ir = Ireland, It = Italy, J = Jamaica, Jp = Japan, NI = Northern Ireland, NZ = New Zealand, P = Pakistan, S = Scotland, SA = South Africa, US = United States, W = Wales
A
- Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938, E)
- Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956, US)
- Harold Acton (1904–1994, E/It)
- Gilbert Adair (born 1944, S/F)
- Helen Adam (1909–1993, S/US)
- Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936, NZ/A)
- Robert Adamson (born 1943, A)
- Fleur Adcock (born 1934, NZ/E)
- Joseph Addison (1672–1719, E)
- Patience Agbabi (born 1965, W/E)
- Allan Ahlberg (born 1938, E)
- Mark Akenside (1721–1770, E)
- Richard Aldington (1892–1962, E)
- Sidney A. Alexander (1866–1948, E)
- William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (c. 1567–1640, E)
- James Alexander Allan (1889–1956, A)
- Leslie Holdsworth Allen (1879–1964, A)
- Sherman Alexie (born 1966, US)
- William Allingham (1824/28–1889, I/E)
- Al Alvarez (born 1929, E)
- Moniza Alvi (born 1954, E)
- Kingsley Amis (1922–1995, E)
- Ethel Anderson (1883–1958, A)
- Bruce Andrews (born 1948, US)
- Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US)
- Marion Angus (1865–1946, S)
- Rae Armantrout (born 1947, US)
- Simon Armitage (born 1963, E)
- Peter Armstrong (born 1957, E)
- Matthew Arnold (1822–1888, E)
- John Ashbery (1927–2017, US)
- Thomas Ashe (1836–1889, E)
- Anne Askew (1521–1546, E)
- Thea Astley (1925–2004, A)
- Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872, E)
- Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972, W)
- Margaret Atwood (born 1939, C)
- John Audelay (died c. 1426, E)
- W. H. Auden (1907–1973, E/US)
- Alfred Austin (1835–1913, E)
- Pam Ayres (born 1947, E)
- Sir Robert Aytoun (1570–1638, S/E)
- William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813–1865, S)
B
Ba
- Kevin Bailey (born 1953, E)
- Joanna Baillie (1762–1861, S/E)
- Jesse Ball (born 1978, US)
- John Banim (1798–1842, Ir/E)
- Lex Banning (born 1921, A)
- Amiri Baraka (1934–2014, US)
- Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, E)
- John Barbour (died 1395, S)
- Richard Harris Barham (pen name Thomas Ingoldsby, 1788–1845, E)
- Les Barker (born 1947, E)
- Joel Barlow (1754–1812, US/F)
- Lady Anne Barnard (1750–1825, S/SA)
- Mary Barnard (1909–2002, US)
- Djuna Barnes (1892–1982, US)
- William Barnes (1801–1886, E)
- Richard Barnfield (1574–1627, E)
- Bernard Barton (1784–1849, E)
- Todd Bash (born 1965, US)
- David Bates (1809–1870, US)
- H. E. Bates (1905–1974, E)
- Joseph Bathanti (born 1953, US)
- James K. Baxter (1926–1972, NZ)
- Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958, A)
- William Baylebridge (1883–1942, A)
Be–Bo
- Thomas Beach (died 1737, W)
- Anne Beale (1816–1900, E/W)
- Francis Beaumont (1586–1616, E)
- Bruce Beaver (1928–2004, A)
- Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849, E/G)
- Julian Bell (1908–1937, E)
- Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953, E)
- Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827, E)
- Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981, US)
- Jim Bennett (born 1951, E)
- A. C. Benson (1862–1925, E)
- Richard Berengarten (born 1943, E)
- Bill Berkson (born 1939, US)
- Charles Bernstein (born 1950, US)
- Anselm Berrigan (born 1972, US)
- Ted Berrigan (1934–1983, US)
- Wendell Berry (born 1934, US)
- John Berryman (1914–1972, US)
- Charles Best (1570–1627, E)
- Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919, E)
- Ursula Bethell (1874–1945, NZ)
- John Betjeman (1906–1984, E)
- Elizabeth Beverley (fl. 1815–1830, E)
- L. S. Bevington (1845–1895, E)
- Ruth Bidgood (born 1922, W)
- William Billington (1825–1884, E)
- Margaret Bingham (1740–1814, E)
- Laurence Binyon (1869–1943, E)
- Dora Birtles (1903–1992, A)
- Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979, US)
- Samuel Bishop (1731–1795, E)
- Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958, US)
- Thomas Blacklock (1721–1791, S)
- Peter Bladen (1922–2001, A)
- Isa Blagden (1816 or 1817–1873, It)
- William Blake (1757–1827, E)
- Susanna Blamire (1747–1794, E)
- John Blight (1913–1995, A)
- Mathilde Blind (1841–1896, E)
- Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/63 – post-1816, E)
- Edmund Blunden (1896–1974, E)
- Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922, E)
- Barcroft Boake (1866–1892, A)
- George Henry Boker (1823–1890, US)
- Eavan Boland (born 1944, Ir)
- Ken Bolton (born 1949, A)
- Horatius Bonar (1808–1889, S)
- Elizabeth Bonhôte (1744–1818, E)
- Sean Bonney (living, E)
- Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902–1973, US)
- Keith Bosley (1937–2018, E)
- Gordon Bottomley (1874–1948, E)
- Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921, E)
- John Philip Bourke (1860–1914, A)
- Jane Bowdler (1743–1784, E)
- Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949, US)
- Mark Alexander Boyd (1563–1601, S)
Br–By
- Thomas Bracken (1843–1898, NZ)
- Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672, New England)
- E. J. Brady (1869–1952, A)
- James Bramston (c. 1694–1743, E)
- Richard Brautigan (1935–1984, US)
- Christopher Brennan (1870–1932, A)
- Jane Brereton (1685–1740, W)
- John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933, A)
- Nicholas Breton (1542–1626, E)
- Ken Brewer (1941–2006, US)
- Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710– c. 1757, US)
- Robert Bridges (1844–1930, E)
- 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)
- Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000, US)
- Sterling A. Brown (1901–1989, US)
- Stewart Brown (born 1951, E)
- Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897, IoM)
- Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760, E)
- Moses Browne (1704–1787, E)
- Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682, E)
- William Browne (1588–1643, E)
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861, E/It)
- Robert Browning (1812–1889, E/It)
- William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878, US)
- Vincent Buckley (1925–1988, A)
- Charles Bukowski (1920–1994, US)
- Basil Bunting (1900–1985, E)
- Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, E)
- Robert Burns (1759–1796, S)
- Duncan Bush (1946–2017, W/E)
- Samuel Butler (1612–1680, E)
- Kathryn Stripling Byer (born 1944, US)
- Lord Byron (1788–1824, E/It)
C
Ca–Ci
- Richard Caddel (1949–2003, E)
- Alex Caldiero (born 1949, US)
- Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884, E)
- Joseph Campbell (1879–1944, Ir)
- Paul-Henri Campbell (born 1982, US)
- Roy Campbell (1901–1957, SA)
- Thomas Campbell (1774–1844, S/E)
- Thomas Campion (1567–1620, E)
- Mary Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973, E)
- Thomas Carew (1595–1639, E)
- Henry Carey (1693–1743, E)
- Robert Carliell (died c. 1622, E)
- Lewis Carroll (1832–1898, E)
- Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806, E)
- William Cartwright (1611–1643, E)
- Raymond Carver (1938–1988, US)
- Alice Cary (1820–1871, US)
- Phoebe Cary (1824–1871, US)
- Charles Causley (1917–2003, E)
- Joseph Ceravolo (1934–1988, US)
- John Chalkhill (fl. 1600, E)
- William Ellery Channing (1818–1901, US)
- George Chapman (1560–1634, E)
- Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400, E)
- Maxine Chernoff (born 1952, US)
- G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936, E)
- Thomas Chestre (late 14th c., E)
- James Wm. Chichetto (born 1941, US)
- Billy Childish (born 1959, E)
- Hubert Newman Wigmore Church (1857–1932, A)
- Richard Church (1893–1972, E)
- Charles Churchill (1731–1764, E)
- Colley Cibber (1671–1757, E)
- Sandra Cisneros (born 1954, US)
- Carson Cistulli (born 1979, US)
Cl
- John Clanvowe (c. 1341–1391, W/E)
- John Clare (1793–1864, E)
- Douglas Clark (1942–2010, E)
- Emily Clark (fl. 1798–1833, E)
- Tom Clark (born 1941, US)
- Amy Key Clarke (1892–1980, E)
- Austin Clarke (1886–1974, Ir)
- Gillian Clarke (born 1937, W)
- Jack Clarke (1933–1992, US)
- Brendan Cleary (born 1958, NI)
- Benjamin Clementine (born 1988, E/F)
- John Cleveland (1613–1658, E)
- Michelle Cliff (born 1946, J/US)
- Lucille Clifton (1936–2010, US)
- Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861, E)
Co–Cu
- Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927, US)
- Bob Cobbing (1920–2002, E)
- Robbie Coburn (born 1994, A)
- Brian Coffey (1905–1995, Ir/F)
- Leonard Cohen (1934–2016, C)
- Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958, US)
- Norma Cole (born 1945, C/US)
- Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849, E)
- Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907, E)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834, E)
- Billy Collins (born 1941, US)
- John Collins (1742–1808, E)
- William Collins (1721–1759, E)
- Padraic Colum (1881–1972, Ir/US)
- William Congreve (1670–1729, E)
- Paul Conneally (born 1959, E)
- Tony Conran (1931–2013, W)
- Henry Constable (1562–1613, E/F)
- Eliza Cook (1818–1889, E)
- Clark Coolidge (born 1939, US)
- Thomas Cooper (1805–1892, E)
- Wendy Cope (born 1945, E)
- A. E. Coppard (1878–1957, E)
- Richard Corbet (1582–1635, E)
- Cid Corman (1924–2004, US)
- Frances Cornford (1886–1960, E)
- Francis M. Cornford (1874–1943, E)
- Jayne Cortez (1936–2012, US)
- William Johnson Cory (1823–1892, E)
- Louisa Stuart Costello (1799–1877, Ir/F)
- Anne Ross Cousin (1824–1906, E/S)
- Abraham Cowley (1618–1667, E)
- Dorothy Cowlin (1911–2010, E)
- William Cowper (1731–1800, E)
- George Crabbe (1754–1832, E)
- Helen Craik (c. 1751–1825, S/E)
- Richard Crashaw (1613–1649, E)
- Richard Crawley (1840–1893, W/E)
- Camilla Dufour Crosland (1812–1895, E)
- E. E. Cummings (1894–1962, US)
- Allan Cunningham (1784–1842, S/E)
- Tony Curtis (born 1946, W)
D
Da–Do
- Samuel Daniel (1562–1619, E)
- George Darley (1795–1846, Ir)
- Tina Darragh (born 1950, US)
- Keki N. Daruwalla (born 1937, In)
- Robert von Dassanowsky (also Robert Dassanowsky) (born 1965, US)
- William Davenant (1606–1668, E)
- John Davidson (1837–1909, S/E)
- Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808–1825, US)
- Michael Davidson (born 1944, US)
- Alan Davies (born 1951, US)
- Deborah Kay Davies (living, W)
- Idris Davies (1905–1953, W)
- John Davies (1569–1626, E)
- W. H. Davies (1871–1940, W)
- Thomas Osborne Davis (1814–1845, Ir)
- Jeffery Day (1896–1918, E)
- Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972, E)
- Somerset de Chair (1911–1995, E)
- Walter de la Mare (1873–1956, E)
- Edward de Vere Earl of Oxford (1550–1604, E)
- Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972, A)
- Thomas Dekker (1575–1641, E)
- John Denham (1615–1669, E)
- Thomas Dermody (1775–1802, Ir)
- Heather Derr-Smith (born 1971, US)
- Mary Deverell (1731–1805, E)
- Denis Devlin (1908–1959, Ir)
- Imtiaz Dharker (born 1954, P/W)
- James Dickey (1923–1997, US)
- Emily Dickinson (1830–1886, US)
- Peter Didsbury (born 1946, E)
- Ray DiPalma (born 1943, US)
- Diane di Prima (born 1934, US)
- Sarah Dixon (1671–1765, E)
- Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921, E)
- Pete Doherty (born 1979, E)
- Joe Dolce (born 1947, US/A)
- John Donaldson (also Jon Inglis, 1921–1989, E)
- John Donne (1572–1631, E)
- Theo Dorgan (born 1953, Ir)
- Mark Doty (born 1953, US)
- Sarah Doudney (1841–1926, E)
- Lord Alfred Douglas (1870–1945, E)
- Keith Douglas (1920–1944, E)
- Rita Dove (born 1952, US)
- Gordon Downie (born 1964, C)
- Ernest Dowson (1867–1900, E)
- Francis Hastings Doyle (1810–1888, E)
- Kirby Doyle (1932–2003, US)
Dr–Dy
- Michael Drayton (1563–1631, E)
- Adam Drinan aka Joseph Macleod (1903–1984, E)
- John Drinkwater (1882–1937, E)
- William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649, S)
- John Dryden (1631–1700, E)
- Norman Dubie (born 1945, US)
- W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963, US)
- Stephen Duck (c. 1705–1756, E)
- Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955, S)
- Charles Gavan Duffy (1816–1903, Ir/A)
- Alan Dugan (1923–2003, J/US)
- Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906, US)
- William Dunbar (1465–1520, S)
- Andrew Duncan (born 1956, E)
- Robert Duncan (1919–1988, US)
- Douglas Dunn (born 1942, S)
- Joe Dunthorne (born 1982, W)
- Anne Dutton (1692–1765, E)
- John Dyer (1699–1758, W)
- Bob Dylan (born 1941, US)
E–F
- Joan Adeney Easdale (1913–1998, E)
- Richard Eberhart (1904–2005, US)
- Helen Parry Eden (1885–1960, E)
- Richard Edwardes (c. 1523–1566, E)
- Dic Edwards (living, W)
- Jonathan Edwards (born 1979, W)
- Rhian Edwards (living, W/E)
- T. S. Eliot (1888–1965, US/E)
- Jean Elliot (1727–1805, S)
- Ebenezer Elliott (1781–1849, E)
- George Ellis (1753–1815, E)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882, US)
- Chris Emery (born 1963, E)
- William Empson (1906–1984, E)
- D. J. Enright (1920–2002, E)
- Theodore Enslin (1925–2011, US)
- Sir George Etherege (1635–1691, E)
- Anne Evans (1820–1870, E)
- Christine Evans (born 1943, E/W)
- Mari Evans (1919–2017, US)
- Sebastian Evans (1830–1909, E)
- Maria and Harriet Falconar (born c. 1771–1774, E or S)
- Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765–1834, E)
- U. A. Fanthorpe (1929–1909, E)
- Patricia Fargnoli (born 1937, US)
- Richard Fenton (1747–1821, W)
- Samuel Ferguson (1810–1886, Ir)
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born 1919, US)
- Michael Field (E) = Katherine Bradley (1846–1914) and Edith Cooper (1862–1913)
- Peter Finch (living, W)
- Edward FitzGerald (1809–1883, E)
- James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915, E)
- F. S. Flint (1885–1960, E)
- Jack Foley (born 1940, US)
- Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939, E)
- Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (1860–1920, E)
- Matthew Francis (born 1956, E/W)
- Grace Beacham Freeman (1916–2002, US)
- John Freeman (1880–1929, E)
- Robert Frost (1874–1963, US)
- Gwen Frostic (1906–2001, US)
- Richard Furness (1791–1857, E)
G
Ga–Go
- Dunstan Gale (fl. 1596, E)
- Raymond Garlick (1926–2011, W)
- Samuel Garth (1661–1719, E)
- George Gascoigne (1525–1577, E)
- David Gascoyne (1916–2001, E/F)
- John Gay (1685–1732, E)
- Ross Gay (born 1974, US)
- William Gay (1865–1897, S/A)
- W. R. P. George (1912–2006, W)
- Charles Ghigna (born 1946, US)
- Stella Gibbons (1902–1989, E)
- Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878–1962, E)
- Dame Mary Gilmore (1865–1962, A)
- Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997, US)
- Nikki Giovanni (born 1943, US)
- Jesse Glass (born 1954, US/Jp)
- Denis Glover (1912–1980, NZ)
- Louise Glück (born 1943, US)
- Albert Goldbarth (born 1948, US)
- Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961, US)
- Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774, Ir/E)
- Hedwig Gorski (born 1949, US)
- John Gower (c. 1330–1408, E)
Gr–Gy
- Robert Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore (1735–1797, S)
- W. S. Graham (1918–1986, S)
- Alex Grant (living, US)
- Richard Graves (1715–1804, E)
- Robert Graves (1895–1985, E)
- Thomas Gray (1716–1771, E)
- Dorothy Auchterlonie Green (1915–1991, A)
- Robert Greene (1558–1592, E)
- Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554–1628, E)
- Gerald Griffin (1803–1840, Ir)
- Bill Griffiths (1948–2007, E)
- Bryn Griffiths (living, W/E)
- Jane Griffiths (born 1970, E)
- Nicholas Grimald (1519–1562, E)
- Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1958, US)
- Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914, US)
- Paul Groves (living, E/W)
- Barbara Guest (1920–2006, US)
- Edgar Guest (1881–1959, US)
- Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943, US)
- Thom Gunn (1929–2004, E)
- Ivor Gurney (1890–1937, E)
- Cyril Gwynn (1897–1988, W/A)
- Beth Gylys (born 1964, US)
- Brion Gysin (1916–1986, C/E)
H
Ha–He
- William Habington (1605–1654)
- Thomas Gordon Hake (1809–1895)
- Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943, E)
- Alan Halsey (born 1949)
- Ian Hamilton (critic) (1938–2001)
- Thomas Hardy (1840–1928, E)
- Joy Harjo (born 1951)
- William Harmon (born 1938)
- Michael S. Harper (born 1938)
- Joseph Harris (1773–1825, W)
- Tony Harrison (born 1937)
- Carla Harryman (born 1952)
- Sadakichi Hartmann (1867–1944)
- F. W. Harvey (1888–1957, E)
- Lee Harwood (born 1939)
- Alamgir Hashmi (born 1951)
- Ann Hatton (1764–1838, W)
- Stephen Hawes (died 1523)
- Robert Stephen Hawker (1803–1875)
- Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963, W)
- Robert Hayden (1913–1980)
- Robert Hayman (1575–1629)
- H.D. = Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961, E)
- Seamus Heaney (born 1939, Ir)
- Josephine D. Heard (1861 – c. 1921)
- Anthony Hecht (1923–2004)
- Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965)
- John Hegley (born 1953)
- Lyn Hejinian (born 1941)
- Felicia Hemans (1793–1835)
- Essex Hemphill (1957–1995)
- Philip Henderson (1906–1977)
- William Ernest Henley (1849–1903)
- Paul Henry (born 1959, W)
- George Herbert (1593–1632, W)
- Robert Herrick (1591–1674, E)
- Thomas Kibble Hervey (1799–1959)
- Phoebe Hesketh (1909–2005)
- Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002)
- John Hewitt (1907–1987)
- Maurice Hewlett (1861–1923)
- Thomas Heywood (c. 1570s–1650, E)
Hi–Hu
- Dick Higgins (1938–1998)
- Scott Hightower (born 1952)
- Conrad Hilberry (born 1928)
- Geoffrey Hill (1932–2016)
- Thomas Hoccleve (c. 1368–1426, E)
- Ralph Hodgson (1871–1962)
- W. N. Hodgson (1893–1916)
- Barbara Hofland (1770–1844)
- James Hogg (1770–1835)
- David Holbrook (1923–2011)
- Margaret Holford (1778–1852)
- Hugh Holland (1569–1633, W)
- Jane Holland (born 1966)
- Anselm Hollo (born 1934)
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)
- Thomas Hood (1798–1845, E)
- A. D. Hope (1907–2000)
- Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889, E)
- Frances Horovitz (1938–1983)
- Michael Horovitz (born 1935)
- George Moses Horton (1797–1884)
- A. E. Housman (1859–1936, E)
- 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)
- Mary Howitt (1799–1888)
- Francis Hubert
- Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
- Richard Hughes (1900–1976, E/W)
- Ted Hughes (1930–1998, E)
- Richard Hugo (1923–1982)
- T. E. Hulme (1883–1917)
- Alexander Hume (1560–1609)
- Emyr Humphreys (born 1919, W)
- Leigh Hunt (1784–1859)
- Sam Hunt (born 1946)
- Cynthia Huntington (born 1952)
- Aldous Huxley (1894–1963, E)
- Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896–1983)
I–J
- Jean Ingelow (1820–1897)
- P. Inman (born 1947)
- Richard Jago (1715–1781)
- John James (born 1939)
- Maria James (1793–1868, W/US)
- Patricia Janus (1932–2006)
- Lisa Jarnot (born 1967)
- Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)
- Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)
- Joseph Jenkins (1818–1898, W/A)
- Mike Jenkins (born 1953, W)
- Nigel Jenkins (1949–2014, W)
- Godfrey John (living, W)
- Fenton Johnson (born 1953)
- Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880–1966)
- Helene Johnson (1906–1995)
- James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)
- Lionel Johnson (1867–1902)
- Samuel Johnson (1709–1784, E)
- David Jones (1895–1974)
- Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860)
- Emma Jones (born 1977)
- Glyn Jones (1905–1995, W)
- Jack Jones (born 1992, W)
- Patrick Jones (born 1965, W)
- Terry Jones (born 1942, W/E)
- Erica Jong (born 1942)
- Ben Jonson (1573–1637, E)
- June Jordan (1936–2002)
- Anthony Joseph (born 1966)
- Jenny Joseph (born 1932, E)
- James Joyce (1882–1941, Ir/I)
- Trevor Joyce (born 1947)
- Frank Judge (living, US)
- Donald Justice (1925–2004)
K
- Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977)
- Bob Kaufman (1925–1986)
- Rupi Kaur (born 1992)
- Jayne Fenton Keane
- John Keats (1795–1821)
- Isabella Kelly (1759–1857)
- Arthur Kelton (died c. 1550)
- Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy ("Woodbine Willy", 1883–1929)
- Jack Kerouac (1922–1969)
- Sidney Keyes (1922–1943)
- Keorapetse Kgositsile (1938–2018)
- Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918)
- Arthur Henry King (1910–2000)
- Henry King (1592–1669)
- William King (1663–1712)
- Charles Kingsley (1819–1875)
- Galway Kinnell (born 1927)
- John Kinsella (born 1963)
- Thomas Kinsella (born 1928)
- Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)
- Etheridge Knight (1931–1991)
- Stephen Knight (born 1960, W/E)
- Kenneth Koch (1925–2002)
- Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1947)
- Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954)
- Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006)
- [[Morris Kyffin (c. 1555–1598, W/E)
- 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, E)
- Emilia Lanier (1569–1645)
- Sidney Lanier (1842–1881)
- Bruce Larkin (born 1957)
- Philip Larkin (1922–1985, E)
- Evelyn Lau (born 1971)
- D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930, E)
- Henry Lawson (1867–1922)
- Robert Lax (1915–2000)
- Layamon (late 12th – early 13th c.)
- Emma Lazarus (1849–1887)
- Edward Lear (1812–1888, E)
- 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, W)
- C. S. Lewis (1898–1963, Ir/E)
- J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942)
- Tao Lin (born 1983)
Lo–Ly
- Douglas Lochhead (1922–2011, C)
- Terry Locke (born 1946, NZ)
- Thomas Lodge (1556–1625, E)
- John Logan (1748–1788, S/E)
- James Longenbach (living, US)
- Christopher Logue (1926–2011, E)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882, US)
- Michael Longley (born 1939, NI)
- Audre Lorde (1934–1992, US)
- 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)
- Robert Lowell (1917–1977, US)
- Mina Loy (1882–1966, E/US)
- Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870, US)
- John Lydgate (1370–1450, E)
- John Lyly (1553–1606, E)
- George Lyttelton Lord Lyttelton (1709–1773, E)
M
Ma–Mi
- Lord Macaulay (1800–1859)
- Norman MacCaig (1910–1996)
- John McCrae (1872–1918)
- Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978, S)
- 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, Ir/E)
- Andrew McNeillie (born 1946, W/E)
- Barry MacSweeney (1948–2000)
- Haki R. Madhubuti (born 1942)
- Jayanta Mahapatra (born 1928)
- Sitakant Mahapatra (born 1937)
- 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)
- Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988, W)
- Robert Mannyng of Brunne (1269–1340)
- Chris Mansell (born 1953)
- Peter Manson (born 1969)
- Morton Marcus (1936–2009)
- Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593, E)
- Andrew Marvell (1621–1678, E)
- John Masefield (1878–1967, E)
- R. A. K. Mason (1905–1971)
- Roland Mathias (1915–2007, W)
- Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947)
- Hollie McNish (living)
- Paula Meehan (born 1955)
- Herman Melville (1819–1891, US)
- [[Hugh Menai (1886–1961, W)
- Christopher Meredith (born 1955, W)
- Charlotte Mew (1869–1928)
- Alice Meynell (1847–1922)
- Viola Meynell (1885–1956)
- William Julius Mickle (1734–1788)
- Dorothy Miles (1931–1993, W/US)
- Thomas Miller (1807–1874)
- Spike Milligan (1918–2002)
- John Milton (1608–1674, E)
- Robert Minhinnick (born 1952, W
- Gary Miranda (born 1939)
Mo–Mu
- Anis Mojgani (born 1977)
- John Mole (born 1941)
- Geraldine Monk (born 1952)
- Harold Monro (1879–1932)
- Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661–1715)
- James Montgomery (1771–1854)
- Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
- Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
- Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944)
- Barbara Moraff (born 1939)
- Edythe Morahan de Lauzon (fl. early 20th c.)
- Hannah More (1745–1833)
- Edwin Morgan (1920–2010)
- Robin Morgan (born 1941)
- Mervyn Morris (born 1937)
- Sharon Morris (living, W/E)
- William Morris (1834–1896, E)
- Jim Morrison (1943–1971)
- Morrissey (born 1959)
- Frank Morton (1869–1923)
- Twm Morys (born 1961, W)
- Andrew Motion (born 1952)
- Eric Mottram (1924–1995)
- Edwin Muir (1887–1959)
- Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
- Wendy Mulford (born 1941, W/E)
- Harryette Mullen (born 1953)
- Anthony Munday (c. 1560–1633)
- Sheila Murphy (born 1951)
- Les Murray (born 1938)
- Togara Muzanenhamo (born 1975)
N–O
- Carolina Nairne (1766–1845)
- 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)
- Nicholas of Guildford (12th or 13th c.)
- Robert Nichols (1893–1944)
- Norman Nicholson (1914–1987)
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942)
- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (born 1952)
- Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970)
- Leslie Norris (1921–2006, W/US)
- Harry Northup (born 1940)
- Alice Notley (born 1945)
- Alfred Noyes (1880–1958)
- 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)
- John Ormond (1923–1990, W)
- 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, US)
- Thomas Parnell (1670–1718)
- Robert Parry (1540–1612, W)
- Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972)
- Coventry Patmore (1823–1896, E)
- Brian Patten (born 1946)
- Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (1864–1941)
- Ricardo Pau-Llosa (born 1954)
- James Payn (1830–1898, E/S)
- Molly Peacock (born 1947)
- Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866, E)
- Pearl Poet (14th c.)
- J. D. C. Pellow (1890–1960)
- Nathan Penlington (living, W/E)
- Anne Penny (1729–1784, W/E)
- Hilary Douglas Clark Pepler (1878–1951)
- Sam Pereira (born 1949)
- Ambrose Philips (1674–1749)
- Eden Phillpotts (1862–1960)
- Tom Pickard (born 1946)
- Laetitia Pilkington (c. 1709–1750)
- Robert Pinsky (born 1940)
- Christopher Pitt (1699–1748)
- Ruth Pitter (1897–1992)
- Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
- Suman Pokhrel (born 1967)
- Robert Pollok (c. 1798–1827)
- John Pook (born 1942, W/F)
- Alexander Pope (1688–1744, E)
- Charles Potts (born 1943)
- Ezra Pound (1885–1972, US)
- Jack Prelutsky (born 1940)
- Thomas Preston (1537–1598)
- Nancy Price (1880–1970)
- Richard Price (born 1966)
- Matthew Prior (1664–1721)
- Pauline Prior-Pitt (living)
- Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864)
- Bryan Procter (1787–1874)
- J. H. Prynne (born 1936)
- Sheenagh Pugh (born 1950, W/E)
- Francis Quarles (1592–1644)
- Peter Quennell (1905–1993)
R
Ra–Ri
- William Radice (born 1951)
- Craig Raine (born 1944)
- Kathleen Raine (1908–2003, US)
- Carl Rakosi (1903–2004)
- Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618, E)
- James Ralph (1705–1762)
- Allan Ramsay (1686–1758)
- Dudley Randall (1914–2000)
- Julia Randall (1924–2005)
- Thomas Randolph (1605–1635)
- Tom Raworth (born 1938)
- Herbert Read (1893–1968)
- Henry Reed (1914–1986)
- Ishmael Reed (born 1938)
- Ennis Rees (1925–2009)
- Deryn Rees-Jones (living, E/W)
- Abraham Regelson (1896–1981)
- Joseph Relph (1712–1743)
- Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982)
- Oliver Reynolds (born 1957, W)
- Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976)
- Ernest Rhys (1859–1946, W/E)
- Henry Rice (1585 or 1586–1651, W/E)
- 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)
- Samuel Rogers (1763–1855)
- 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)
- George William Russell (1867–1935)
S
Sa–Si
- Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962, E)
- Maria Grace Saffery (1773–1858)
- Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1959)
- John Salusbury (1567–1612, W/E)
- Thomas Salusbury (1612–1643, W/E)
- Fiona Sampson (born 1963)
- Sonia Sanchez (born 1934)
- Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)
- Clive Sansom (1910–1981, E/A)
- May Sarton (1912–1995)
- Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967, E)
- K. Satchidanandan (born 1948)
- Richard Savage (c. 1697–1743)
- Geoffrey Scott (1884–1929)
- Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832, S)
- 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, E)
- Ntozake Shange (born 1948)
- Edward Shanks (1892–1953)
- Jo Shapcott (born 1953)
- Karl Shapiro (1913–2000)
- Owen Sheers (born 1974, W/E)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822, E)
- William Shenstone (1714–1763)
- Thomas Shipman (1632–1680)
- James Shirley (1596–1666)
- Fredegond Shove (1889–1949)
- Beau Sia (born 1976)
- Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586, E)
- 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, E)
- Osbert Sitwell (1892–1969, E)
- Sacheverell Sitwell (1897–1988, E)
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)
- Caroline Anne Southey (1786–1854)
- Robert Southey (1774–1843)
- Robert Southwell (1561–1595)
- Wole Soyinka (born 1934)
- Anne Spencer (1882–1975)
- Stephen Spender (1909–1995)
- Edmund Spenser (1552–1599)
- J. C. Squire (1884–1958)
- Geoffrey Squires (born 1942)
St–Sy
- William Stafford (1914–1993)
- Frank Stanford (1948–1978)
- Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
- James Stephens (1880–1950)
- 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)
- Abhi Subedi (born 1945)
- Sir John Suckling (1609–1642)
- A.M. Sullivan (1896–1980)
- Pat Summers (born 1967)
- Robert Sward (born 1933)
- George Swede (born 1940)
- Matthew Sweeney (1951–2018)
- May Swenson (1913–1989)
- Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
- Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909)
- Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal (c. 1430 – c. 1480, W)
- Bobbi Sykes (1943–2010)
- Josuah Sylvester (1563–1618)
- Arthur Symons (1865–1945, E)
T–V
- Eileen Tabios (born 1960)
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941)
- Francis W. Tancred (1874–1925)
- Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012)
- Allen Tate (1899–1979)
- Emma Tatham (1829–1855)
- Edward Taylor (1645–1729)
- Emily Taylor (1795–1872)
- Jane Taylor (1783–1824)
- Sara Teasdale (1883–1933)
- Barry Tebb (born 1942)
- Fiona Templeton (born 1951)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892, E)
- Lucy Terry (c. 1730–1821)
- Celia Thaxter (1824–1894)
- Ernest Thayer (1863–1940)
- William Thom (1799–1848)
- Thomas of Hales (13th c.)
- Dylan Thomas (1914–1953, W/E)
- Edward Thomas (1878–1917)
- Elizabeth Thomas (1675–1731)
- R. S. Thomas (1913–2000, W)
- William Thomas (1832–1878, W)
- Francis Thompson (1859–1907)
- James Thomson (1700–1748)
- James Thomson (also Bysshe Vanolis, 1834–1882)
- 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)
- Barbara Euphan Todd (1890–1976)
- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973, E)
- 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)
- John Tripp (1927–1986, W/E)
- Quincy Troupe (born 1939)
- Richard Marggraf Turley (born 1970)
- Gael Turnbull (1928–2004)
- Julian Turner (born 1955)
- Walter J. Turner (1889–1946)
- Hone Tuwhare (1922–2008)
- Chase Twichell (born 1950)
- John Updike (1932–2009, US)
- Allen Upward (1863–1926)
- Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931)
- Lin Van Hek (born 1944)
- Henry Vaughan (1621–1695, W)
- Janine Pommy Vega (1942–2010)
- Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford (1550–1604, E)
- Jones Very (1813–1880)
W
Wa–We
- Nayyirah Waheed (living)
- 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)
- John Powell Ward (born 1937, E/W)
- Ned Ward (1667–1731)
- Sarah Wardle (born 1969)
- Anna Laetitia Waring (1823–1910, W/E)
- Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893–1978)
- Meralda Warren (born 1959)
- Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)
- Thomas Warton (1728–1790)
- Vernon Watkins (1906–1967, W)
- Barrett Watten (born 1948)
- Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
- Rebecca Watts (living)
- Harri Webb (1920–1994, W)
- John Webster (c. 1580 – c. 1634)
- Hannah Weiner (1928–1997)
- Marjorie Welish (born 1944)
- Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958)
Wh–Wy
- Anne Wharton (1659–1685)
- Gordon Wharton (born 1929)
- Mary Whateley (1738–1835)
- Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784)
- Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
- John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
- Anna Wickham (1883–1947)
- Les Wicks (born 1955)
- Richard Wilbur (born 1921)
- Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
- John Wilkinson (born 1953)
- William of Nassyngton (died 1354)
- William of Shoreham (fl. 14th century)
- Anna Williams (1706–1783, W/E)
- David Gwyn Williams (1904–1990, W/E)
- Emmett Williams (1925–2007)
- Hugo Williams (born 1942)
- Isaac Williams (1802–1865, E)
- Jane Williams (1806–1885, W/E)
- Oscar Williams (1900–1964)
- Rowan Williams (born 1950, W/E)
- 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 (also Hakim Bey, born 1945)
- George Wither (1588–1667)
- Nissanka Wijeyeratne (1924–2007)
- Charles Wolfe (1791–1823)
- Humbert Wolfe (1885–1940)
- Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938)
- Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855)
- William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
- Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639)
- C. D. Wright (born 1949)
- Judith Wright (1915–2000)
- Kirby Wright (living)
- Robert Wrigley (born 1951)
- Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542)
- Elinor Morton Wylie (1885–1928)
X–Z
- W. B. Yeats (1865–1939, Ir)
- Edward Young (1683–1765, E)
- Matthew Zapruder (born 1967, US)
- Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958, E)
- Louis Zukofsky (1904–1978, US)
Lists of English language poets by nationality
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