List of English-language poets

This is a list of English-language poets, who wrote or write much of their poetry in English.

A

• Lascelles Abercrombie, (1881â€"1938)
• Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872â€"1956)
• Harold Acton (1904â€"1994)
• Gilbert Adair (born 1944)
• Helen Adam (1909â€"1993)
• Arthur Henry Adams (1872â€"1936)
• Robert Adamson (1852â€"1902)
• Fleur Adcock (born 1934)
• Joseph Addison (1672â€"1719)
• Mark Akenside (1721â€"1770)
• Sidney A. Alexander (1866â€"1948)
• James Alexander Allan (1889â€"1956)
• Sherman Alexie (born 1966)
• Leslie Holdsworth Allen (1879â€"1964)
• William Allingham (1824/28â€"1889)
• Al Alvarez, (born 1929)
• Moniza Alvi, (born 1968)
• Kingsley Amis (1922â€"1995)
• Ethel Anderson (1883â€"1958)
• Bruce Andrews (born 1948)
• Maya Angelou (1928â€"2014)
• Rae Armantrout (born 1947)
• Simon Armitage (born 1963)
• Matthew Arnold (1822â€"1888)
• John Ashbery (born 1927)
• Thomas Ashe (1836â€"1889)
• Anne Askew (1521â€"1546)
• Thea Astley (1925â€"2004)
• Edwin Atherstone (1788â€"1872)
• Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
• Dorothy Auchterlonie Green (1915â€"1991)
• W. H. Auden (1907â€"1973)
• Alfred Austin (1835â€"1913)
• Pam Ayres (born 1947)
• Sir Robert Aytoun (1570â€"1638)
• William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813â€"1865)
• Allan Ahlberg (born 1938)

B

Ba

• Joanna Baillie (1762â€"1861)
• Kevin Bailey (born 1953)
• Jesse Ball (born 1978)
• John Banim (1798â€"1842)
• Lex Banning (born 1921)
• Amiri Baraka (1934â€"2014)
• Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743â€"1825)
• John Barbour (died 1395)
• Richard Harris Barham, (pen name Thomas Ingoldsby, 1788â€"1845)
• Joel Barlow (1754â€"1812)
• Mary Barnard (1909â€"2002)
• Syd Barrett (1946â€"2006)
• Les Barker (born 1947)
• Richard Barnfield (1574â€"1627)
• Djuna Barnes (1892â€"1982)
• William Barnes (1801â€"1886)
• Bernard Barton (1784â€"1849)
• Todd Bash (born 1965)
• David Bates (1809â€"1870)
• H. E. Bates (1905â€"1974)
• Joseph Bathanti (born 1953*James K. Baxter (1926â€"1972)
• Arthur Bayldon (1865â€"1958)
• William Baylebridge (1883â€"1942)

Beâ€"Bo

• Francis Beaumont (1586â€"1616)
• Bruce Beaver (1928â€"2004)
• Thomas Lovell Beddoes, (1803â€"1849)
• Julian Bell, (1908â€"1937)
• Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902â€"1981)
• Jim Bennett, (born 1951)
• Bill Berkson (born 1939)
• Charles Bernstein (born 1950)
• Anselm Berrigan (born 1972)
• Ted Berrigan (1934â€"1983)
• Wendell Berry (born 1934)
• John Berryman (1914â€"1972)
• Charles Best, (1570â€"1627)
• John Betjeman (1906â€"1984)
• Laurence Binyon, (1869â€"1943)
• Elizabeth Bishop (1911â€"1979)
• Samuel Bishop (1731â€"1795)
• Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958)
• Thomas Blacklock (1721â€"1791)
• Peter Bladen (1922â€"2001)
• William Blake (1757â€"1827)
• Susanna Blamire (1747â€"1794)
• John Blight (1913â€"1995)
• Mathilde Blind (1841â€"1896)
• Edmund Blunden (1896â€"1974)
• Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840â€"1922)
• Barcroft Boake (1866â€"1892)
• George Henry Boker (1823â€"1890)
• Eavan Boland (born 1944)
• Ken Bolton (born 1949)
• Horatius Bonar (1808â€"1889)
• Sean Bonney
• Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902â€"1973)
• Keith Bosley (born 1937)
• John Philip Bourke (1860â€"1914)
• Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949*Mark Alexander Boyd (1563â€"1601)

Brâ€"By

• Thomas Bracken (1843â€"1898)
• Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612â€"1672)
• E. J. Brady (1869â€"1952)
• Richard Brautigan (1935â€"1984)
• Christopher Brennan (1870â€"1932)
• John Le Gay Brereton (1871â€"1933)
• Nicholas Breton (1542â€"1626)
• Ken Brewer (1941â€"2006)
• Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710â€"c. 1757)
• Robert Bridges (1844â€"1930)
• James Brock (born 1958)
• Emily Brontë (1818â€"1848)
• Rupert Brooke (1887â€"1915)
• Gwendolyn Brooks (1917â€"2000)
• Sterling A. Brown (1901â€"1989)
• Stewart Brown (born 1951)
• Thomas Edward Brown (1830â€"1897)
• Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705â€"1760)
• William Browne (1588â€"1643)
• Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682)
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806â€"1861)
• Robert Browning (1812â€"1889)
• William Cullen Bryant (1794â€"1878)
• Vincent Buckley (1925â€"1988)
• Charles Bukowski (1920â€"1994)
• Basil Bunting (1900â€"1985)
• Anthony Burgess (1917â€"1993)
• Richard Burns (born 1943)
• Robert Burns (1759â€"1796)
• Samuel Butler (1612â€"1680)
• Kathryn Stripling Byer (born 19440
• Lord Byron (1788â€"1824)

C

Caâ€"Ci

• Richard Caddel (1949â€"2003)
• Alex Caldiero (born 1949)
• Charles Stuart Calverley (1831â€"1884)
• Paul-Henri Campbell (born 1982)
• Thomas Campbell (1774â€"1844)
• Thomas Campion (1567â€"1620)
• Mary Wedderburn Cannan (1893â€"1973)
• Thomas Carew (1595â€"1639)
• Henry Carey (1693â€"1743)
• Lewis Carroll (1832â€"1898)
• William Cartwright (1611â€"1643)
• Raymond Carver (1938â€"1988)
• Alice Cary (1820â€"1871)
• Phoebe Cary (1824â€"1871)
• Charles Causley (1917â€"2003)
• Constantine Cavafy (1863â€"1933)
• Joseph Ceravolo (1934â€"1988)
• John Chalkhill (fl. 1600)
• William Ellery Channing (1818â€"1901)
• George Chapman (1560â€"1634)
• Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343â€"1400)
• Maxine Chernoff (born 1952)
• G. K. Chesterton (1874â€"1936)
• James Wm. Chichetto (born 1941)
• Billy Childish (born 1959)
• Hubert Newman Wigmore Church (1857â€"1932)
• Richard Church (poet) (1893â€"1972)
• Charles Churchill (1731â€"1764)
• Colley Cibber (1671â€"1757)
• Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
• Carson Cistulli (born 1979)

Cl

• John Clare (1793â€"1864)
• Tom Clark (born 1941)
• Amy Key Clarke (1892â€"1980)
• Austin Clarke (1886â€"1974)
• Jack Clarke (1933â€"1992)
• Brendan Cleary (born 1958)
• Benjamin Clementine (born 1988)
• John Cleveland (1613â€"1658)
• Michelle Cliff (born 1946)
• Lucille Clifton (1936â€"2010)
• Arthur Hugh Clough (1819â€"1861)

Coâ€"Cu

• Florence Earle Coates (1850â€"1927)
• Bob Cobbing (1920â€"2002)
• Brian Coffey (1905â€"1995)
• Leonard Cohen (born 1934)
• Norma Cole (born 1945)
• Hartley Coleridge (1796â€"1849)
• Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861â€"1907)
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772â€"1834)
• Billy Collins (born 1941)
• William Collins (1721â€"1759)
• William Congreve (1670â€"1729)
• Paul Conneally (born 1959)
• Henry Constable (1562â€"1613)
• Eliza Cook (1818â€"1889)
• Clark Coolidge (born 1939)
• Thomas Cooper (1805â€"1892)
• Wendy Cope (born 1945)
• Richard Corbet (1582â€"1635)
• Cid Corman (1924â€"2004)
• Frances Cornford (1886â€"1960)
• Francis M. Cornford (1874â€"1943)
• Jayne Cortez (1936â€"2012)
• William Johnson Cory (1823â€"1892)
• Louisa Stuart Costello (1799â€"1877)
• Anne Ross Cousin (1824â€"1906)
• Abraham Cowley (1618â€"1667)
• Dorothy Cowlin (1911-2010)
• William Cowper (1731â€"1800)
• George Crabbe (1754â€"1832)
• Richard Crashaw (1613â€"1649)
• E. E. Cummings (1894â€"1962)

D

Daâ€"Do

• Samuel Daniel (1562â€"1619)
• George Darley (1795â€"1846)
• Tina Darragh (born 1950)
• Robert von Dassanowsky (a.k.a. Robert Dassanowsky) (born 1965)
• William Davenant (1606â€"1668)
• John Davidson (1837â€"1909)
• Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808â€"1825), American poet
• Michael Davidson (born 1944)
• Alan Davies (born 1951)
• John Davies (1569â€"1626)
• Thomas Osborne Davis (1814â€"1845)
• Edward de Vere, earl of Oxford (1550â€"1604)
• Thomas Dekker (1575â€"1641)
• John Denham (1615â€"1669)
• Thomas Dermody (1775â€"1802)
• Heather Derr-Smith (born 1971)
• Denis Devlin (1908â€"1959)
• Imtiaz Dharker (born 1954)
• James Dickey (1923â€"1997)
• Emily Dickinson (1830â€"1886)
• Peter Didsbury (born 1946)
• Ray DiPalma (born 1943)
• Diane di Prima (born 1934)
• Henry Austin Dobson (1840â€"1921)
• Pete Doherty (born 1979)
• Joe Dolce (born 1947)
• John Donaldson, a.k.a. Jon Inglis (1921â€"1989)
• John Donne (1572â€"1631)
• Theo Dorgan (born 1953)
• Mark Doty (born 1953)
• Keith Douglas (1920â€"1944)
• Mike Doughty (born 1970)
• Rita Dove (born 1952)
• Gordon Downie (born 1964)
• Ernest Dowson (1867â€"1900)
• Francis Hastings Doyle (1810â€"1888)
• Kirby Doyle (1932â€"2003)

Drâ€"Dy

• Michael Drayton (1563â€"1631)
• Adam Drinan AKA Joseph Macleod (1903â€"1984)
• John Drinkwater (1882â€"1937)
• William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585â€"1649)
• John Dryden (1631â€"1700)
• Norman Dubie (born 1945)
• W. E. B. Du Bois (1868â€"1963)
• Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955)
• Charles Gavan Duffy (1816â€"1903)
• Alan Dugan (1923â€"2003)
• Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872â€"1906)
• William Dunbar (1465â€"1520)
• Andrew Duncan (born 1956)
• Robert Duncan (1919â€"1988)
• Douglas Dunn (born 1942)
• John Dyer (1699â€"1758)
• Bob Dylan (born 1941)

Eâ€"F

• Richard Eberhart (1904â€"2005)
• Richard Edwardes (c. 1523â€"1566)
• T. S. Eliot (1888â€"1965)
• Ebenezer Elliott (1781â€"1849)
• Jean Elliot (1727â€"1805)
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803â€"1882)
• Chris Emery (born 1963)
• William Empson (1906â€"1984)
• D. J. Enright (1920â€"2002)
• Theodore Enslin (1925â€"2011)
• Sir George Etherege (1635â€"1691)
• Mari Evans (born 1923)
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born 1919)
• Samuel Ferguson (1810â€"1886)
• Jack Foley (born 1940)
• Grace Beacham Freeman (1916â€"2002)
• Gwen Frostic (April 26, 1906 â€" April 25, 2001)
• Richard Furness (1791â€"1857)

G

Gaâ€"Go

• Dunstan Gale (fl. 1596)
• Samuel Garth (1661â€"1719)
• George Gascoigne (1525â€"1577)
• David Gascoyne (1916â€"2001)
• John Gay (1685â€"1732)
• Ross Gay (born 1974)
• William Gay (1865â€"1897)
• Dr. Seuss (1904â€"1991)
• Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) (born 1946)
• Dame Mary Gilmore (1865â€"1962)
• Allen Ginsberg (1926â€"1997)
• Nikki Giovanni (born 1943)
• Jesse Glass (born 1954)
• Denis Glover (1912â€"1980)
• Louise Glück (born 1943)
• Albert Goldbarth (born 1948)
• Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961)
• Oliver Goldsmith (1728â€"1774)
• Hedwig Gorski (born 1949)
• John Gower (c. 1330 â€" 1408)

Grâ€"Gy

• W. S. Graham (1918â€"1986)
• Alex Grant
• Richard Graves (1715â€"1804)
• Robert Graves (1895â€"1985)
• Thomas Gray (1716â€"1771)
• Robert Greene (1558â€"1592)
• Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554â€"1628)
• Gerald Griffin (1803â€"1840)
• Bill Griffiths (1948â€"2007)
• Nicholas Grimald (1519â€"1562)
• Angelina Weld Grimké (1880â€"1958)
• Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837â€"1914)
• Barbara Guest (1920â€"2006)
• Edgar Guest (1881â€"1959)
• Arthur Guiterman (1871â€"1943)
• Thom Gunn (1929â€"2004)
• Ivor Gurney (1890â€"1937)
• Beth Gylys (born 1964)
• Brion Gysin (1916â€"1986)

H

Haâ€"He

• William Habington (1605â€"1654)
• Thomas Gordon Hake (1809â€"1895)
• Alan Halsey (born 1949)
• Thomas Hardy (1840â€"1928)
• Joy Harjo (born 1951)
• William Harmon (born 1938)
• Michael S. Harper (born 1938)
• Tony Harrison (born 1937)
• Carla Harryman (born 1952)
• Sadakichi Hartmann (1867â€"1944)
• F. W. Harvey (1888â€"1957)
• Lee Harwood (born 1939)
• Alamgir Hashmi (born 1951)
• Stephen Hawes (died 1523)
• Robert Hayden (1913â€"1980)
• Robert Hayman (1575â€"1629)
• Seamus Heaney (born 1939)
• Josephine D. Heard (1861 â€" c. 1921)
• Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965)
• Anthony Hecht (1923â€"2004)
• Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958)
• John Hegley (born 1953)
• Lyn Hejinian (born 1941)
• Felicia Hemans (1793â€"1835)
• Essex Hemphill (1957â€"1995)
• William Ernest Henley (1849â€"1903)
• George Herbert (1593â€"1632)
• Robert Herrick (1591â€"1674)
• Phoebe Hesketh (1909â€"2005)
• Dorothy Hewett (1923â€"2002)
• John Hewitt (1907â€"1987)
• Thomas Heywood (c. 1570s â€" 1650)

Hiâ€"Hu

• Dick Higgins (1938â€"1998)
• Scott Hightower (born 1952)
• Conrad Hilberry (born 1928)
• Geoffrey Hill (born 1932)
• James Hogg (1770â€"1835)
• David Holbrook (1923â€"2011)
• Jane Holland (born 1966)
• Anselm Hollo (born 1934)
• Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809â€"1894)
• Thomas Hood (1798â€"1845)
• Alec Derwent Hope (1907â€"2000)
• Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844â€"1889)
• Frances Horovitz (1938â€"1983)
• Michael Horovitz (born 1935)
• George Moses Horton (1797â€"1884)
• A. E. Housman (1859â€"1936)
• Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517â€"1547)
• Richard Howard (born 1929)
• Fanny Howe (born 1940)
• Susan Howe (born 1937)
• Ada Verdun Howell (1902â€"1981)
• Anthony Howell (born 1945)
• Langston Hughes (1902â€"1967)
• Ted Hughes (1930â€"1998)
• Richard Hugo (1923â€"1982)
• Alexander Hume (1560â€"1609)
• Sam Hunt (born 1946), New Zealand poet
• Leigh Hunt (1784â€"1859)
• Cynthia Huntington (born 1952)
• Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896â€"1983), American poet, writer; South Carolina Poet Laureate 1974â€"1983

Iâ€"K

• P. Inman (born 1947)
• Richard Jago (1715â€"1781)
• John James (born 1939)
• Patricia Janus (1932â€"2006), American poet and artist
• Lisa Jarnot (born 1967)
• Randall Jarrell (1914â€"1965)
• Robinson Jeffers (1887â€"1962)
• Fenton Johnson (born 1953)
• Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880â€"1966)
• Helene Johnson (1906â€"1995)
• James Weldon Johnson (1871â€"1938)
• Samuel Johnson (1709â€"1784)
• David Jones (1895â€"1974)
• Ebenezer Jones (1820â€"1860)
• Emma Jones (born 1977)
• Patrick Jones (born 1965)
• Erica Jong (born 1942)
• Ben Jonson (1573â€"1637)
• June Jordan (1936â€"2002)
• Anthony Joseph
• Jenny Joseph (born 1932)
• James Joyce (1882â€"1941)
• Trevor Joyce (born 1947)
• Frank Judge
• Donald Justice (1925â€"2004)
• Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977)
• Bob Kaufman (1925â€"1986)
• Jayne Fenton Keane
• John Keats (1795â€"1821)
• Arthur Kelton (died c. 1550)
• Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy a.k.a. "Woodbine Willy" (1883â€"1929)
• Jack Kerouac (1922â€"1969)
• Sidney Keyes (1922â€"1943)
• Keorapetse Kgositsile (born 1938)
• Joyce Kilmer (1886â€"1918)
• Arthur Henry King (1910â€"2000)
• Henry King (1592â€"1669)
• William King (1663â€"1712)
• Galway Kinnell (born 1927)
• John Kinsella (born 1963)
• Thomas Kinsella (born 1928)
• Rudyard Kipling (1865â€"1936)
• Etheridge Knight (1931â€"1991)
• Kenneth Koch (1925â€"2002)
• Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1947)
• Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954)
• Stanley Kunitz (1905â€"2006)
• Joanne Kyger (born 1934)

L

Laâ€"Ln

• Sonnet L'Abbé (born 1973)
• Nick Laird (born 1975)
• Charles Lamb (1775â€"1834)
• Tim Lander (born 1938)
• Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802â€"1838)
• Walter Savage Landor (1775â€"1864)
• William Langland (c.1332-c.1386)
• Sidney Lanier (1842â€"1881)
• Emilia Lanier (1569â€"1645)
• Bruce Larkin (born 1957)
• Philip Larkin (1922â€"1985)
• Evelyn Lau (born 1971)
• D. H. Lawrence (1885â€"1930)
• Henry Lawson (1867â€"1922)
• Robert Lax (1915â€"2000)
• Emma Lazarus (1849â€"1887)
• Edward Lear (1812â€"1888)
• Francis Ledwidge (1887â€"1917)
• Joy Leftow (born 1949)
• Sue Lenier (born 1957)
• William Ellery Leonard (1876â€"1944)
• John Leonard (born 1965)
• Tom Leonard (born 1944)
• Ben Lerner (born 1979)
• Philip Levine (born 1928)
• Larry Levis (1946â€"1996)
• D. A. Levy (1942â€"1968)
• Alun Lewis (1915â€"1944)
• C. S. Lewis (1898â€"1963)
• J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942)
• Tao Lin (born 1983)

Loâ€"Ly

• Douglas Lochhead (1922â€"2011)
• Thomas Lodge (1556â€"1625)
• James Longenbach
• Christopher Logue (1926â€"2011)
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807â€"1882)
• Michael Longley (born 1939)
• Terry Locke (born 1946) New Zealand poet
• Audre Lorde (1934â€"1992)
• Richard Lovelace (1618â€"1658)
• Samuel Lover (1797â€"1868)
• Amy Lowell (1874â€"1925)
• James Russell Lowell (1819â€"1891)
• Robert Lowell (1917â€"1977)
• Mina Loy (1882â€"1966)
• Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836â€"1870)
• John Lydgate (1370â€"1450)
• John Lyly (1553â€"1606)
• George Lyttelton, Lord Lyttelton (1709â€"1773)

M

Maâ€"Mi

• Lord Macaulay (1800â€"1859)
• Norman MacCaig (1910â€"1996)
• Hugh MacDiarmid (1892â€"1978)
• Seán Mac Falls (born 1957)
• Roger McGough (born 1937)
• Thomas MacGreevy (1893â€"1967)
• Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947)
• Lachlan Mackinnon (born 1956)
• Archibald MacLeish (1892â€"1982)
• Isaac McLellan (1806â€"1899)
• Joseph Macleod (1903â€"1984)
• Jackson Mac Low (1922â€"2004)
• Louis MacNeice (1907â€"1963)
• Barry MacSweeney (1948â€"2000)
• Haki R. Madhubuti (born 1942)
• Derek Mahon (born 1941)
• Jennifer Maiden (born 1949)
• Taylor Mali (born 1965)
• David Mallet (c.1705â€"1765)
• Tom Mandel (born 1942)
• James Clarence Mangan (1803â€"1849)
• Bill Manhire (born 1946)
• Robert Mannyng of Brunne (1269â€"1340)
• Chris Mansell (born 1953)
• Peter Manson (born 1969)
• Morton Marcus (1936â€"2009)
• Richard Marggraf Turley (born 1970)
• Christopher Marlowe (1564â€"1593)
• Andrew Marvell (1621â€"1678)
• John Masefield (1878â€"1967)
• Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947)
• Paula Meehan (born 1955)
• John McCrae (1872â€"1918)
• Herman Melville (1819â€"1891)
• Spike Milligan (1918â€"2002)
• John Milton (1608â€"1674)
• Gary Miranda (born 1939)

Moâ€"Mu

• H. D. Moe (born 1937)
• Anis Mojgani (born 1977)
• Geraldine Monk (born 1952)
• Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661â€"1715)
• James Montgomery (1771â€"1854)
• Marianne Moore (1887â€"1972)
• Thomas Moore (1779â€"1852)
• Barbara Moraff (born 1939)
• Edythe Morahan de Lauzon
• Edwin Morgan (1920â€"2010)
• Robin Morgan (born 1941)
• Mervyn Morris (born 1937)
• William Morris (1834â€"1896)
• Jim Morrison (1943â€"1971)
• Morrissey (born 1959)
• Frank Morton (1869â€"1923)
• Andrew Motion (born 1952)
• Eric Mottram (1924â€"1995)
• Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
• Harryette Mullen (born 1953)
• Anthony Munday (1553â€"1633)
• Sheila Murphy (born 1951)
• Les Murray (born 1938)
• Togara Muzanenhamo (born 1975)

Nâ€"O

• Ogden Nash (1902â€"1971)
• Thomas Nashe (1567â€"1601)
• Henry Neele (1798â€"1828)
• Alice Moore Dunbar Nelson (1875â€"1935)
• Howard Nemerov (1920â€"1991)
• Kenn Nesbitt (born 1962)
• Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974)
• Henry Newbolt (1862â€"1938)
• John Henry Newman (1801â€"1890)
• Norman Nicholson (1914â€"1987)
• Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942)
• Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (born 1952)
• Lorine Niedecker (1903â€"1970)
• Harry Northup (born 1940)
• Alice Notley (born 1945)
• Jeff Nuttall (1933â€"2004)
• Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952)
• Sean O'Brien (born 1952)
• Dennis O'Driscoll (born 1954)
• Frank O'Hara (1926â€"1966)
• Theodore O'Hara (1820â€"1867)
• Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1844â€"1881)
• Mary Oliver (born 1935)
• Charles Olson (1910â€"1970)
• Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879â€"1976)
• George Oppen (1908â€"1984)
• Peter Orlovsky (1933â€"2010)
• Antoine Ã" Raifteiri (1784â€"1835)
• Maggie O'Sullivan (born 1951)
• Wilfred Owen (1893â€"1918)

Pâ€"Q

• Ruth Padel (born 1947)
• Ron Padgett (born 1942)
• Michael Palmer (born 1943)
• Nettie Palmer (1885â€"1964)
• Dorothy Parker (1893â€"1967)
• Thomas Parnell (1670â€"1718)
• Kenneth Patchen (1911â€"1972)
• Brian Patten (born 1946)
• Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (1864â€"1941)
• Ricardo Pau-Llosa (born 1954)
• Molly Peacock (born 1947)
• Thomas Love Peacock (1785â€"1866)
• Sam Pereira (born 1949)
• Ambrose Philips (1674â€"1749)
• Tom Pickard (born 1946)
• Robert Pinsky (born 1940)
• Ruth Pitter (1897â€"1992)
• Sylvia Plath (1932â€"1963)
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809â€"1849)
• Robert Pollok (c. 1798â€"1827)
• Alexander Pope (1688â€"1744)
• Charles Potts (born 1943)
• Ezra Pound (1885â€"1972)
• Jack Prelutsky (born 1940)
• Nancy Price (1880â€"1970)
• Richard Price (born 1966)
• Matthew Prior (1664â€"1721)
• Pauline Prior-Pitt
• Adelaide Anne Procter (1825â€"1864)
• Bryan Procter (1787â€"1874)
• J. H. Prynne (born 1936)
• Sheenagh Pugh (born 1950)
• Francis Quarles (1592â€"1644)

R

Raâ€"Ri

• William Radice (born 1951)
• Craig Raine (born 1944)
• Kathleen Raine (1908â€"2003)
• Carl Rakosi (1903â€"2004)
• Sir Walter Raleigh (1552â€"1618)
• Dudley Randall (1914â€"2000)
• Julia Randall (1924â€"2005)
• Thomas Randolph (1605â€"1635)
• Tom Raworth (born 1938)
• Henry Reed (1914â€"1986)
• Ishmael Reed (born 1938)
• Ennis Rees (1925â€"2009)
• Abraham Regelson (1896â€"1981)
• Joseph Relph (1712â€"1743)
• Kenneth Rexroth (1905â€"1982)
• Charles Reznikoff (1894â€"1976)
• Adrienne Rich (1929â€"2012)
• Lola Ridge (1873â€"1941)
• Denise Riley (born 1948)
• John Riley (1937â€"1978)
• Peter Riley (born 1940)

Roâ€"Ru

• Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869â€"1935)
• Mary Robinson (1758â€"1800)
• Theodore Roethke (1908â€"1963)
• Raymond Roseliep (1917â€"1983)
• Franklin Rosemont (1943â€"2009)
• Penelope Rosemont (born 1942)
• Isaac Rosenberg (1890â€"1918)
• Gabriel Rosenstock (born 1949)
• Christina Rossetti (1830â€"1894)
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828â€"1882)
• Jerome Rothenberg (born 1931)
• Nicholas Rowe (1674â€"1718)
• Richard Rowlands (1565â€"1630)
• Susanna Roxman (fl. late 20th-21st centuries)

S

Saâ€"Si

• Maria Grace Saffery (1773â€"1858)
• Blanaid Salkeld (1880â€"1959)
• Fiona Sampson (born 1963)
• Sonia Sanchez (born 1934)
• Carl Sandburg (1878â€"1967)
• May Sarton (1912â€"1995)
• Siegfried Sassoon (1886â€"1967)
• Sir Walter Scott (1771â€"1832)
• William Bell Scott (1811â€"1890)
• Maurice Scully (born 1952)
• Sir Charles Sedley (1639â€"1701)
• Nina Serrano (born 1934)
• Robert W. Service (1874â€"1958)
• Anne Sexton (1928â€"1974)
• William Shakespeare (1564â€"1616)
• Ntozake Shange (born 1948)
• Jo Shapcott (born 1953)
• Karl Shapiro (1913â€"2000)
• Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792â€"1822)
• William Shenstone (1714â€"1763)
• James Shirley (1596â€"1666)
• Sir Philip Sidney (1554â€"1586)
• Eli Siegel (1902â€"1978)
• Ron Silliman (born 1946)
• Shel Silverstein (1930â€"1999)
• Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939â€"2000), American poet, novelist, short story writer; South Carolina Poet Laureate, 1986â€"2000
• Iain Sinclair (born 1943)
• May Sinclair (1862â€"1946), English novelist, poet, and short story writer
• Edith Sitwell (1887â€"1964)

Skâ€"Sq

• Beau Sia (born 1976)
• John Skelton (1460â€"1529)
• Myra Sklarew (born 1934)
• Edward Slow (1841â€"1925)
• Alexander Smith (1830â€"1867)
• Charlotte Turner Smith (1749â€"1806)
• Marc Smith (born 1949)
• Rod Smith (born 1962)
• Patti Smith (born 1946)
• Stevie Smith (1902â€"1971)
• Tracy K. Smith (born 1972)
• Tobias Smollett (1721â€"1771)
• Gary Snyder (born 1930)
• William Somervile (1675â€"1742)
• Charles Sorley (1895â€"1915)
• William Soutar (1898â€"1946)
• Robert Southey (1774â€"1843)
• Robert Southwell (1561â€"1595)
• Wole Soyinka (born 1934)
• Anne Spencer (1882â€"1975)
• Stephen Spender (1909â€"1995)
• Edmund Spenser (1552â€"1599)
• Geoffrey Squires (born 1942)

Stâ€"Sy

• Frank Stanford (1948â€"1978)
• William Stafford (1914â€"1993)
• Gertrude Stein (1874â€"1946)
• Gerald Stern (born 1925)
• Ricardo Sternberg (born 1948)
• Wallace Stevens (1880â€"1955)
• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850â€"1894)
• Mark Strand (born 1934)
• Seán Street (born 1946)
• Sir John Suckling (1609â€"1642)
• A.M. Sullivan (1896â€"1980)
• Pat Summers (born 1967)
• Robert Sward (born 1933)
• George Swede (born 1940)
• May Swenson (1913â€"1989)
• Jonathan Swift (1667â€"1745)
• Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837â€"1909)
• Bobbi Sykes (1943â€"2010)
• Joshua Sylvester (1563â€"1618)
• Arthur Symons (1865â€"1945)

Tâ€"V

• Barry Tebb (born 1942)
• Eileen Tabios (born 1960)
• Francis W. Tancred (1874â€"1925)
• Dorothea Tanning (1910â€"2012)
• Allen Tate (1899â€"1979)
• Edward Taylor (1645â€"1729)
• Sara Teasdale (1883â€"1933)
• Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809â€"1892)
• Fiona Templeton (born 1951)
• Lucy Terry (c. 1730â€"1821)
• Celia Thaxter (1824â€"1894)
• Ernest Thayer (1863â€"1940)
• William Thom (poet) (1799â€"1848)
• Dylan Thomas (1914â€"1953)
• Edward Thomas (1878â€"1917)
• R. S. Thomas (1913â€"2000)
• Francis Thompson (1859â€"1907)
• James Thomson (B.V.) a.k.a. Bysshe Vanolis (1834â€"1882), Scottish poet
• James Thomson (poet) (1700â€"1748), Scottish poet and playwright
• Henry David Thoreau (1817â€"1862)
• Tim Thorne (born 1944), Australian poet
• Chidiock Tichborne (1558â€"1586)
• Thomas Tickell (1685â€"1740), English poet
• Mary Tighe (1772â€"1810)
• Richard Tipping (born 1949), Australian poet
• Nick Toczek (born 1950)
• J. R. R. Tolkien (1892â€"1973)
• Francis Tolson (died 1745)
• Melvin B. Tolson (1898â€"1966)
• Jean Toomer (1894â€"1967)
• Angela Topping (born 1954)
• Thomas Traherne (1636/1637â€"1674)
• Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972)
• Quincy Troupe (born 1939)
• Gael Turnbull (1928â€"2004)
• Julian Turner (born 1955)
• Hone Tuwhare (1922â€"2008)
• Chase Twichell (born 1950)
• John Updike (1932â€"2009)
• Allen Upward (1863â€"1926), Imagist poet, lawyer and politician
• Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931)
• Lin Van Hek (born 1944)
• Henry Vaughan (1621â€"1695)
• Janine Pommy Vega (1942â€"2010)
• Jones Very (1813â€"1880)

W

Waâ€"We

• Diane Wakoski (born 1937)
• Derek Walcott (born 1930)
• Anne Waldman (born 1945)
• Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935)
• Keith Waldrop (born 1932)
• Alice Walker (born 1944)
• Margaret Walker (1915â€"1998)
• Rob Walker (born 1953)
• Edmund Waller (1606â€"1687)
• Agnes Walsh (born 1950)
• Sarah Wardle (born 1969)
• Meralda Warren (born 1959)
• Robert Penn Warren (1905â€"1989)
• Thomas Warton (1728â€"1790)
• Isaac Watts (1674â€"1748)
• Barrett Watten (born 1948)
• John Webster (c.1580 â€" c.1634)
• Hannah Weiner (1928â€"1997)
• Marjorie Welish (born 1944)
• Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958), American poet; South Carolina Poet Laureate

Whâ€"Wy

• Gordon Wharton (born 1929)
• Phillis Wheatley (1753â€"1784)
• Walt Whitman (1819â€"1892)
• John Greenleaf Whittier (1807â€"1892)
• Les Wicks (born 1955)
• Richard Wilbur (born 1921)
• Oscar Wilde (1854â€"1900)
• John Wilkinson (born 1953)
• William of Shoreham (fl. 14th century)
• Emmett Williams (1925â€"2007)
• Hugo Williams (born 1942)
• Oscar Williams (1900â€"1964)
• Saul Williams (born 1972)
• Sherley Anne Williams (1944â€"1999)
• William Carlos Williams (1883â€"1963)
• Frank S. Williamson (1865â€"1936)
• Elizabeth Willis (born 1961)
• John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647â€"1680)
• Peter Lamborn Wilson (a.k.a. Hakim Bey) (born 1945)
• George Wither (1588â€"1667)
• Charles Wolfe (1791â€"1823)
• Dorothy Wordsworth (1771â€"1855)
• William Wordsworth (1770â€"1850)
• Sir Henry Wotton (1568â€"1639)
• C. D. Wright (born 1949)
• Judith Wright (1915â€"2000)
• Kirby Wright
• Robert Wrigley (born 1951)
• Thomas Wyatt (1503â€"1542)
• Elinor Morton Wylie (1885 â€" 1928)

Xâ€"Z

• W. B. Yeats (1865â€"1939)
• Edward Young (1683â€"1765)
• Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958)
• Louis Zukofsky (1904â€"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

• English poetry
• List of poets
• List of women poets

References