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), journalist, minister, scholar; first North Carolina Poet Laureate
• Harold Acton (1904–1994)
• Gilbert Adair (born 1944)
• Helen Adam (1909–1993)
• Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936)
• Robert Adamson (1852–1902)
• Fleur Adcock (born 1934)
• Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
• Mark Akenside (1721–1770)
• Sidney A. Alexander (1866–1948)
• James Alexander Allan (1889–1956)
• Leslie Holdsworth Allen (1879–1964)
• 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 (born 1928)
• 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)
• Dorothy Auchterlonie Green (1915–1991)
• W. H. Auden (1907–1973)
• Alfred Austin, (1835–1913)
• Pam Ayres (born 1947)
• Sir Robert Aytoun (1570–1638)
• William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813–1865)
• Allan Ahlberg (born 1938)

B

Ba

• Joanna Baillie (1762–1851)
• Kevin Bailey (born 1953)
• Jesse Ball (born 1978)
• John Banim (1798–1842)
• Lex Banning (born 1921)
• Amiri Baraka (born 1934)
• Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825)
• John Barbour (died 1395)
• Richard Harris Barham, (pen name Thomas Ingoldsby, 1788–1845)
• Joel Barlow (1754–1812)
• Mary Barnard (1909–2002)
• Syd Barrett (1946–2006)
• Les Barker (born 1947)
• Richard Barnfield (1574–1627)
• Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)
• William Barnes (1801–1886)
• Bernard Barton (1784–1849)
• Todd Bash (born 1965)
• David Bates (1809–1870)
• H. E. Bates (1905–1974)
• Joseph Bathanti (born 1953), American poet, writer, professor; North Carolina Poet Laureate
• 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)
• Aphra Behn (1640–1689)
• Julian Bell, (1908–1937)
• Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981)
• Jim Bennett, (born 1951)
• 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)
• 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), American poet; North Carolina Poet Laureate 2010–2012
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Richard Burns (born 1943)
• Robert Burns (1759–1796)
• Samuel Butler (1612–1680)
• Kathryn Stripling Byer (born 1944), American poet and teacher; North Carolina Poet Laureate 2005–2009
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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 (aka 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)
• John Donaldson, aka 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)
• Ebenezer Elliott (1781–1849)
• Jean Elliot (1727–1805)
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
• Chris Emery (born 1963)
• William Empson (1906–1984)
• D. J. Enright (1920–2002)
• Theodore Enslin (1925–2011)
• Sir George Etherege (1635–1691)
• Mari Evans (born 1923)
• Samuel Ferguson (1810–1886)
• Jack Foley (born 1940)
• Grace Beacham Freeman (1916–2002), American poet, columnist, short story writer; South Carolina Poet Laureate 1985–86
• 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)

Gr–Gy

• W. S. Graham (1918–1986)
• Alex Grant
• Richard Graves (1715–1804)
• Robert Graves (1895–1985)
• Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
• 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)
• 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), American teacher, poet
• Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965)
• Anthony Hecht (1923–2004)
• 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 (born 1932)
• 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)
• Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
• Ted Hughes (1930–1998)
• Richard Hugo (1923–1982)
• Alexander Hume (1560–1609)
• Sam Hunt (born 1946), New Zealand poet
• Leigh Hunt (1784–1859)
• Cynthia Huntington (born 1952)
• Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896–1983), American poet, writer; South Carolina Poet Laureate 1974–1983

I–K

• P. Inman (born 1947)
• Richard Jago (1715–1781)
• John James (born 1939)
• Patricia Janus (1932–2006), American poet and artist
• 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
• Jenny Joseph (born 1932)
• James Joyce (1882–1941)
• Trevor Joyce (born 1947)
• Frank Judge
• Donald Justice (1925–2004)
• Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977)
• Bob Kaufman (1925–1986)
• Jayne Fenton Keane
• John Keats (1795–1821)
• Arthur Kelton (died c. 1550)
• Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy aka "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)
• Sidney Lanier (1842–1881)
• Emilia Lanier (1569–1645)
• 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)
• William Ellery Leonard (1876–1944)
• John Leonard (born 1965)
• Tom Leonard (born 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)
• Thomas Lodge (1556–1625)
• James Longenbach
• Christopher Logue (1926–2011)
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
• Michael Longley (born 1939)
• Terry Locke (born 1946) New Zealand poet
• Luis A. López
• 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)
• 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)
• Richard Marggraf Turley (born 1970)
• Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)
• Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)
• John Masefield (1878–1967)
• Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947)
• Paula Meehan (born 1955)
• John McCrae (1872–1918)
• Herman Melville (1819–1891)
• Spike Milligan (1918–2002)
• John Milton (1608–1674)
• Gary Miranda (born 1939)

Mo–Mu

• H. D. Moe (born 1937)
• 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)

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)
• Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974)
• Henry Newbolt (1862–1938)
• John Henry Newman (1801–1890)
• 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)
• Mary Oliver (born 1935)
• Charles Olson (1910–1970)
• Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1976)
• George Oppen (1908–1984)
• Peter Orlovsky (1933–2010)
• Antoine Ó Raifteiri (1784–1835)
• 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
• 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), American poet, professor, translator; South Carolina Poet Laureate, 1984–1985
• 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, English poet and critic born in Stockholm

S

Sa–Si

• 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)
• Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)
• Eli Siegel (1902–1978)
• Ron Silliman (born 1946)
• Shel Silverstein (1930–1999)
• Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000), American poet, novelist, short story writer; South Carolina Poet Laureate, 1986–2000
• Iain Sinclair (born 1943)
• May Sinclair (1862–1946), English novelist, poet, and short story writer
• Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)

Sk–Sq

• Beau Sia (born 1976)
• 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)
• Rod Smith (born 1962)
• Patti Smith (born 1946)
• 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

• Frank Stanford (1948–1978)
• William Stafford (1914–1993)
• 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)
• May Swenson (1913–1989)
• Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
• Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909)
• Bobbi Sykes (1943–2010)
• Joshua Sylvester (1563–1618)
• Arthur Symons (1865–1945)

T–V

• Barry Tebb (born 1942)
• Eileen Tabios (born 1960)
• Francis W. Tancred (1874–1925)
• Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012)
• Allen Tate (1899–1979)
• Edward Taylor (1645–1729)
• Sara Teasdale (1883–1933)
• Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
• Fiona Templeton (born 1951)
• 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.) aka Bysshe Vanolis (1834–1882), Scottish poet
• James Thomson (poet) (1700–1748), Scottish poet and playwright
• Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
• Tim Thorne (born 1944), Australian poet
• Chidiock Tichborne (1558–1586)
• Thomas Tickell (1685–1740), English poet
• Mary Tighe (1772–1810)
• 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)
• Gael Turnbull (1928–2004)
• Julian Turner (born 1955)
• Hone Tuwhare (1922–2008)
• Chase Twichell (born 1950)
• John Updike (1932–2009)
• Allen Upward (1863–1926), Imagist poet, lawyer and politician
• Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931)
• 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)
• Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935)
• Keith Waldrop (born 1932)
• Alice Walker (born 1944)
• Margaret Walker (1915–1998)
• Rob Walker (born 1953)
• Edmund Waller (1606–1687)
• Agnes Walsh (born 1950)
• Sarah Wardle (born 1969)
• Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)
• Thomas Warton (1728–1790)
• Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
• Barrett Watten (born 1948)
• John Webster (c.1580 – c.1634)
• Hannah Weiner (1928–1997)
• Marjorie Welish (born 1944)
• Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958), American poet; South Carolina Poet Laureate

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 (aka Hakim Bey) (born 1945)
• George Wither (1588–1667)
• 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)

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

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