List of English language poets

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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List of Irish poets

List of English poets from India

List of Nigerian poets

List of South African poets

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