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 as a poet (not place of birth): A = Australia, Ag = Antigua, B = Barbados, Bo = Bosnia, C = Canada, Ch = Chile, Cu = Cuba, D = Dominica, De = Denmark, E = England, F = France, G = Germany, Ga = Gambia, Gd = Grenada, Gh = Ghana/Gold Coast, Gr = Greece, Gu = Guyana/British Guiana, Gy = Guernsey, HK = Hong Kong, In = India, IoM = Isle of Man, Is = Israel, Ir = Ireland, It = Italy, J = Jamaica, Je = Jersey, Jp = Japan, K = Kenya, L = Lebanon, M = Malta, Me = Mexico, Mo = Montserrat, Ne = Nepal, Nf = Newfoundland (colony), Ni = Nigeria, NI = Northern Ireland, Nt = Netherlands, NZ = New Zealand, P = Pakistan, Pa = Palestine, Ph = Philippines, PI = Pitcairn Islands, RE = Russian Empire, S = Scotland, SA = South Africa, Se = Serbia, SL = Saint Lucia, SLe = Sierra Leone, SLk = Sri Lanka, So = Somalia, Sw = Sweden, T = Trinidad and Tobago, US = United States/preceding colonies, W = Wales, Z = Zimbabwe/Rhodesia

Aa–Al

 * Jonathan Aaron (born 1941, US)
 * Chris Abani (born 1966, Ni/US)
 * Henry Abbey (1842–1911, US)
 * Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958, US)
 * J. H. M. Abbott (1874–1953, A)
 * Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938, E)
 * Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956, US)
 * Mark Abley (born 1955, C)
 * James Aboud (born 1956, T)
 * Lionel Abrahams (1928–2004, SA)
 * Sam Abrams (born 1935, US)
 * Seth Abramson (born 1976, US)
 * Dannie Abse (1923–2014, W)
 * Chinua Achebe (1930–2013, Ni/US)
 * Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014, Ni)
 * Kathy Acker (1947–1997, US)
 * Diane Ackerman (born 1948, US)
 * Duane Ackerson (1942–2020, US)
 * Milton Acorn (1923–1986, C)
 * Harold Acton (1904–1994, E/It)
 * Gilbert Adair (1944–2011, S/F)
 * Virginia Hamilton Adair (1919–2004, US)
 * Helen Adam (1909–1993, S/US)
 * Jean Adam (1704–1765, S)
 * Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936, NZ/A)
 * Douglas Adams (1952–2001, E)
 * John Adams (1704–1740, US)
 * Léonie Adams (1899–1988, US)
 * Ryan Adams (born 1974, US)
 * Gil Adamson (born 1961, C)
 * Robert Adamson (1943–2022, A)
 * Fleur Adcock (born 1934, NZ/E)
 * Joseph Addison (1672–1719, E)
 * Kim Addonizio (born 1954, US)
 * Bayo Adebowale] (born 1944, Ni)
 * Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969, Ni)
 * Opal Palmer Adisa (born 1954, J)
 * Tatamkhulu Afrika (1920–2002, SA)
 * John Agard (born 1949, Gu)
 * Sandra Agard (living, E)
 * Patience Agbabi (born 1965, W/E)
 * Deborah Ager born 1978, US)
 * Kelli Russell Agodon (living, US)
 * Allan Ahlberg (1938–1994, E)
 * Ai (1947–2010, US)
 * Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023, Gh)
 * Conrad Aiken (1889–1973, US)
 * Douglas Ainslie (1865–1948, S)
 * Thomas Aird (1802–1876, S)
 * Adam Aitken (born 1960, A)
 * Neil Aitken (born 1974, C)
 * Funso Aiyejina (1949–2024, Ni)
 * Tolu Ajayi (born 1946, Ni)
 * Mark Akenside (1721–1770, E)
 * Salman Akhtar (born 1946, In/US)
 * Tolu Akinyemi (living, Ni)
 * Alasdair MacMhaighstir Alasdair (c. 1695–1770, S)
 * Jordie Albiston (1961–2022, A)
 * Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956, US)
 * Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888, US)
 * Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888, US)
 * Kaye Aldenhoven (living, A)
 * Richard Aldington (1892–1962, E)
 * Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962, US)
 * Sidney A. Alexander (1866–1948, E)
 * William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (c. 1567–1640, S)
 * Sherman Alexie (born 1966, US)
 * Felipe Alfau (1902–1999, US)
 * Edna Alford (born 1947, C)
 * Mike Alfred (living, SA)
 * Agha Shahid Ali (1949–2001, In/US)
 * James Alexander Allan (1889–1956, A)
 * Rob Allan (born 1945, NZ)
 * Sandra Alland (living, C/S)
 * Donna Allard (living, C)
 * Dick Allen (1939–2017, US)
 * Donald Allen (1912–2004, US)
 * Elizabeth Allen (living, A)
 * Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911, US)
 * Leslie Holdsworth Allen (1879–1964, A)
 * Lillian Allen (born 1951, C)
 * Richard James Allen (born 1960, A)
 * Ron Allen (1947–2010, US)
 * Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893, US)
 * William Allingham (1824/28–1889, Ir/E)
 * Washington Allston (1779–1843, US)
 * Anne-Marie Alonzo (1951–2005, C)
 * Alta (Alta Gerrey, born 1942, US)
 * Al Alvarez (1929–2019, E)
 * Ivy Alvarez (living, A)
 * Julia Alvarez (born 1950, D/US)
 * Moniza Alvi (born 1954, E)

Am–Az

 * George Amabile (born 1936, C)
 * Abdulkareem Baba Aminu (born 1977, Ni)
 * Kingsley Amis (1922–1995, E)
 * A. R. Ammons (1926–2001, US)
 * Madhur Anand (born 1971, C)
 * Ingrid Andersen (born 1965, SA)
 * Ethel Anderson (1883–1958, A)
 * Freddie Anderson (1922–2001, Ir/S)
 * J. Redwood Anderson (1883–1964, E)
 * Patrick Anderson (1915–1979, E/C)
 * Rod Anderson (born 1935, C)
 * Victor Henry Anderson (1917–2001, US)
 * Michael Andre (born 1946, C/US)
 * Bruce Andrews (born 1948, US)
 * Kevin Andrews (1924–1989, E/Gr)
 * Ron Androla (born 1954, US)
 * Ralph Angel (born 1951, US)
 * Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US)
 * James Stout Angus (1830–1923, S)
 * Marion Angus (1865–1946, S)
 * J. K. Annand (1908–1993, S)
 * David Antin (1932–2016, US)
 * Antler (born 1946, US)
 * Susanne Antonetta (born 1956, US)
 * Brother Antoninus (1912–1994, US)
 * Raymond Antrobus (living, E)
 * Philip Appleman (1926–2020, US)
 * Richard Appleton (1932–2005, A)
 * Alexander Arbuthnot (1538–1583, S)
 * Walter Conrad Arensberg (1878–1954, US)
 * Rae Armantrout (born 1947, US)
 * Simon Armitage (born 1963, E)
 * Annie Armitt (1850–1933, E)
 * Richard Armour (1906–1989, US)
 * Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948, C)
 * Peter Armstrong (born 1957, E)
 * Tammy Armstrong (born 1974, C)
 * David Arnason (born 1940, C)
 * Craig Arnold (1967–2009, US)
 * Matthew Arnold (1822–1888, E)
 * Joanne Arnott (born 1960, C)
 * K. O. Arvidson (1938–2011, NZ)
 * M. K. Asante (born 1982, US)
 * John Ashbery (1927–2017, US)
 * Cliff Ashby (1919–2012, E)
 * Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836 or 1838–1917, E)
 * Thomas Ashe (1836–1889, E)
 * Renée Ashley (born 1949, US)
 * Anne Askew (1521–1546, E)
 * Timoshenko Aslanides (1943–2020, A)
 * Herbert Asquith (1881–1947, E)
 * Thea Astley (1925–2004, A)
 * Tilly Aston (1873–1947, A)
 * Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872, E)
 * Cassandra Atherton (living, A)
 * Rupert Atkinson (1881–1961, A)
 * Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972, W)
 * Margaret Atwood (born 1939, C)
 * Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991, A)
 * John Audelay (died c. 1426, E)
 * W. H. Auden (1907–1973, E/US)
 * William Auld (1924–2006, S)
 * Joseph Auslander (1897–1965, US)
 * Paul Auster (1947–2024, US)
 * Alfred Austin (1835–1913, E)
 * Oana Avasilichioaei (living, C)
 * James Avery (born 1948, US)
 * Tusiata Avia (born 1966, NZ)
 * Margaret Avison (1918–2007, C)
 * Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013, Gh)
 * Ayo Ayoola-Amale (born 1970, Ni)
 * Pam Ayres (born 1947, E)
 * Sir Robert Aytoun (1570–1638, S/E)
 * William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813–1865, S)
 * Nnorom Azuonye (born 1967, Ni)
 * Jody Azzouni (born 1954, US)

Ba

 * Ken Babstock (born 1970, C)
 * Peter Babyon (fl. 1317 – 1366, E)
 * Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952, US)
 * Bellamy Bach (group pseudonym, 1980s, US)
 * Joseph M. Bachelor (Joseph Morris, 1889–1947, US)
 * Elizabeth Bachinsky (born 1976, C)
 * Gabeba Baderoon (born 1969, SA)
 * Grace Shattuck Bail (1898–1996, US)
 * Alfred Bailey (1905–1997, C)
 * Jacob Bailey (1731–1808, US/C)
 * Kevin Bailey (born 1953, E)
 * Philip James Bailey (1816–1902, E)
 * Joanna Baillie (1762–1861, S/E)
 * David Baker (born 1954, US)
 * Henry Baker (1698–1774, E)
 * Marie Annharte Baker (born 1942, C)
 * Peter Bakowski (born 1954, A)
 * John Balaban (born 1943, US)
 * Jesse Ball (born 1978, US)
 * Addie L. Ballou (1838–1916, US)
 * Samuel Bamford (1788–1872, E)
 * John Banim (1798–1842, Ir/E)
 * Chris Banks (born 1970, C)
 * Russell Banks (born 1940, US)
 * Kaushalya Bannerji (living, C)
 * Anne Bannerman (1765–1829, S)
 * Frances Bannerman (1855–1944, C)
 * Lex Banning (1921–1965, A)
 * Ivy Bannister (born 1951, US/Ir)
 * Shabbir Banoobhai (born 1949, SA)
 * Amiri Baraka (1934–2014, US)
 * Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, E)
 * Mary Barber (c. 1685 – c. 1755, Ir)
 * Ros Barber (born 1964, E)
 * Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, E)
 * John Barbour (c. 1320–1395, S)
 * Alexander Barclay (1476–1552, S)
 * Leland Bardwell (1922–2016, Ir)
 * Serie Barford (living, NZ)
 * Richard Barham (Thomas Ingoldsby, 1788–1845, E)
 * George Barker (1913–1991, E)
 * Les Barker (born 1947, E)
 * Coleman Barks (born 1937, US)
 * Clement Barksdale (1609–1687, E)
 * Joel Barlow (1754–1812, US/F)
 * Lady Anne Barnard (1750–1825, S/SA)
 * Mary Barnard (1909–2002, US)
 * Djuna Barnes (1892–1982, US)
 * Stuart Barnes (born 1977, A)
 * William Barnes (1801–1886, E)
 * Annie Wall Barnett (1859–1942, US)
 * Catherine Barnett (born 1960, US)
 * Richard Barnfield (1574–1627, E)
 * Willis Barnstone (born 1927, US)
 * John Barr (1809–1889, S/NZ)
 * Miriam Barr (born 1982, NZ)
 * Laird Barron (born 1970, US)
 * Bernard Barton (1784–1849, E)
 * John Barton (born 1957, C)
 * Bertha Hirsch Baruch (later 19th – early 20th century, US)
 * Gary Barwin (born 1964, C)
 * Todd Bash (born 1965, US)
 * Michael Basinski (born 1950, US)
 * Shaunt Basmajian (1950–1990, C)
 * Ellen Bass (born 1947, US)
 * Arlo Bates (1850–1918, US)
 * David Bates (1809–1870, US)
 * H. E. Bates (1905–1974, E)
 * Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929, US)
 * Joseph Bathanti (born 1953, US)
 * Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959, US)
 * Bill Bauer (1932–2010, US/C)
 * Edward Baugh (1936–2023, J)
 * Charles Baxter (born 1947, US)
 * James K. Baxter (1926–1972, NZ)
 * Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958, A)
 * William Baylebridge (1883–1942, A)

Be–Bo

 * Eric Beach (born 1947, A)
 * Thomas Beach (died 1737, W)
 * John Beaglehole (1901–1971, NZ)
 * Anne Beale (1816–1900, E/W)
 * Doug Beardsley (born 1941, C)
 * James Beattie (1735–1803, S)
 * Jan Beatty (born 1952, US)
 * Derek Beaulieu (born 1973, C)
 * Francis Beaumont (1586–1616, E)
 * Bruce Beaver (1928–2004, A)
 * Samuel Beckett (1906–1989, Ir)
 * Joshua Beckman (living, US)
 * Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849, E/G)
 * Ruth Bedford (1882–1963, A)
 * Jack Bedson (born 1950, A)
 * Patricia Beer (1919–1999, E)
 * Ven Begamudré (born 1956, C)
 * Brendan Behan (1923–1964, Ir)
 * Aphra Behn (1640–1689, E)
 * Sinclair Beiles (1930–2000, SA)
 * Gerard Beirne (born 1962, Ir/C)
 * Henry Beissel (born 1929, G/C)
 * Billy-Ray Belcourt (living, C)
 * Ken Belford (born 1946, C)
 * Erin Belieu (born 1965, US)
 * J. J. Bell (1871–1934, S)
 * Julian Bell (1908–1937, E)
 * Marvin Bell (1937–2020, US)
 * Lisa Bellear (1961–2006, A)
 * Lesley Belleau (living, C)
 * Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953, E)
 * John Bemrose (living, C)
 * Gwen Benaway (born 1987, C)
 * Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921, US)
 * Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943, US)
 * William Rose Benét (1886–1950, US)
 * Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827, E)
 * Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981, US)
 * Jim Bennett (born 1951, E)
 * Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919–2006, J)
 * Robbie Benoit (died 2007, C)
 * A. C. Benson (1862–1925, E)
 * Richard Berengarten (born 1943, E)
 * Bill Berkson (1939–2016, US)
 * Charles Bernstein (born 1950, US)
 * Robert Berold (born 1948, SA)
 * Anselm Berrigan (born 1972, US)
 * Daniel Berrigan (1921–2016, US)
 * Ted Berrigan (1934–1983, US)
 * James Berry (1924–2017, J/E)
 * Wendell Berry (born 1934, US)
 * John Berryman (1914–1972, US)
 * Charles Best (1570–1627, E)
 * Mary Matilda Betham (1776–1852, E)
 * Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919, E)
 * Ursula Bethell (1874–1945, NZ)
 * John Betjeman (1906–1984, E)
 * Craven Langstroth Betts (1853–1941, C)
 * Elizabeth Beverley (fl. 1815–1830, E)
 * Judith Beveridge (born 1956, A)
 * Helen Bevington (1906–2001, US)
 * L. S. Bevington (1845–1895, E)
 * Thomas Bibby (1799–1863, Ir)
 * Ruth Bidgood (1922–2022, W)
 * Lettie S. Bigelow (1849–1906, US)
 * Vonani Bila (born 1972, SA)
 * Robert Billings (1949–1986, C)
 * William Billington (1825–1884, E)
 * Margaret Bingham (1740–1814, E)
 * Laurence Binyon (1869–1943, E)
 * Hera Lindsay Bird (born 1987, NZ)
 * Earle Birney (1904–1995, C)
 * Dora Birtles (1903–1992, A)
 * Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979, US)
 * Morris Bishop (1893–1973, US)
 * Samuel Bishop (1731–1795, E)
 * Bill Bissett (born 1939, C)
 * Sherwin Bitsui (born 1974, US)
 * David MacLeod Black (born 1941, S)
 * Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958, US)
 * Paul Blackburn (1926–1971, US)
 * Thomas Blacklock (1721–1791, S)
 * Leigh Blackmore (born 1959, A)
 * R. P. Blackmur (1904–1965, US)
 * Peter Bladen (1922–2001, A)
 * Isa Blagden (1816 or 1817–1873, It)
 * Max Blagg (born 1948, E/US)
 * Mark Blagrave (born 1956, C)
 * Robert Blair (1699–1746, S)
 * Lewis Blake (born 1946, E)
 * William Blake (1757–1827, E)
 * Susanna Blamire (1747–1794, E)
 * Paddy Blanchfield (1911–1980, NZ)
 * Richard Blanco (born 1968, US)
 * Don Blanding (1894–1957, US)
 * Robin Blaser (1925–2009, C)
 * Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752–1783, US)
 * Adrian Blevins (born 1964, US)
 * John Blight (1913–1995, A)
 * Mathilde Blind (1841–1896, E)
 * Laurie Block (1949–2018, C)
 * E. D. Blodgett (1935–2018, C)
 * Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919, US)
 * Valerie Bloom (born 1956, J/E)
 * Robert Bloomfield (1766–1823, E)
 * Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/63 – post-1816, E)
 * Edmund Blunden (1896–1974, E)
 * Roy Blumenthal (born 1968, SA)
 * Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922, E)
 * Robert Bly (1926–2021, US)
 * Ali Blythe (living, C)
 * Barcroft Boake (1866–1892, A)
 * Robert Boates (born 1954, C)
 * Merlinda Bobis (born 1959, A)
 * Louise Bogan (1897–1970, US)
 * Michelle Boisseau (1955–2017, US)
 * Christian Bök (born 1966, C)
 * Osbern Bokenam (c. 1393 – c. 1464, E)
 * George Henry Boker (1823–1890, US)
 * Eavan Boland (1944–2020, Ir)
 * Alan Bold (1943–1998, S)
 * Dermot Bolger (born 1959, Ir)
 * Stephanie Bolster (born 1969, C)
 * Edmund Bolton (c. 1575 – c. 1633)
 * Ken Bolton (born 1949, A)
 * Roger Bonair-Agard (living, J/US)
 * Horatius Bonar (1808–1889, S)
 * Elizabeth Bonhôte (1744–1818, E)
 * Sean Bonney (1969–2019, E)
 * Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902–1973, US)
 * Shane Book (living, C)
 * Luke Booker (1762–1835, E)
 * Kurt Boone (born 1959, US)
 * Henry Ernest Boote (1865–1949, A)
 * Ivan Bootham (1939–2016, NZ)
 * Pat Boran (born 1963, Ir)
 * Jenny Bornholdt (born 1960, NZ)
 * Roo Borson (born 1952, C)
 * Keith Bosley (1937–2018, E)
 * Anne Lynch Botta (1815–1891, US)
 * Gordon Bottomley (1874–1948, E)
 * David Bottoms (born 1949, US)
 * Jenny Boult (MML Bliss, 1951–2005, A)
 * Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921, E)
 * Arthur Bourinot (1893–1969, C)
 * John Philip Bourke (1860–1914, A)
 * Jane Bowdler (1743–1784, E)
 * George Bowering (born 1936, C)
 * Marilyn Bowering (born 1949, C)
 * Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949, US)
 * Edgar Bowers (1924–2000, US)
 * Tim Bowling (born 1964, C)
 * Alex Boyd (born 1969, C)
 * Louise Esther Vickroy Boyd (1827–1909, US)
 * Mark Alexander Boyd (1563–1601, S)
 * Kay Boyle (1902–1992, US)
 * Peter Boyle (born 1951, A)
 * Samuel Boyse (1702/1703–1749, Ir/E)
 * Virginia Frazer Boyle (1863–1938, US)

Br–By

 * Francis Brabazon (1907–1984, A)
 * Thomas Bracken (1843–1898, NZ)
 * Alison Brackenbury (born 1953, E)
 * Anna Braden (1858–1939, US)
 * James Bradley (born 1967, A)
 * Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672, US)
 * Robert Bradstreet (1766–1836, E)
 * E. J. Brady (1869–1952, A)
 * Kate Braid (born 1947, C)
 * Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite (1963–2008, C)
 * Shannon Bramer (born 1973, C)
 * Bertha Southey Brammall (1878–1957, A)
 * James Bramston (c. 1694–1743, E)
 * Dionne Brand (born 1953, C)
 * Di Brandt (born 1952, C)
 * Charles Brasch (1909–1973, NZ)
 * Giannina Braschi (born 1953, US)
 * Kamau Brathwaite (1930–2020, B)
 * Richard Brautigan (1935–1984, US)
 * John Jefferson Bray (1912–1995, A)
 * Diana Brebner (1956–2001, C)
 * Jean "Binta" Breeze (1956–2021, J)
 * Christopher Brennan (1870–1932, A)
 * Breyten Breytenbach (born 1939, SA/F)
 * Joseph Payne Brennan (1918–1990, US)
 * Michael Brennan (born 1973, A)
 * Jane Brereton (1685–1740, W)
 * John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933, A)
 * Nicholas Breton (1542–1626, E)
 * Brian Brett (born 1950, C)
 * Lily Brett (born 1946, A)
 * Ken Brewer (1941–2006, US)
 * Elizabeth Brewster (1922–2012, C)
 * Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 – c. 1757, US)
 * Breyten Breytenbach (born 1939, SA)
 * Diana Bridge (born 1942, NZ)
 * Robert Bridges (1844–1930, E)
 * Kim Bridgford (1959–2000, US)
 * Robert Bringhurst (born 1946, C)
 * Geoffrey Brock (born 1964, US)
 * Eve Brodlique (1867–1949, UK/C/US)
 * Alexander Brome (1620–1666, E)
 * David Bromige (1933–2009, C/US)
 * William Bronk (1918–1999, US)
 * 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)
 * David Brooks (born 1953, A)
 * Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000, US)
 * Alice Williams Brotherton (1848–1930, US)
 * Audrey Alexandra Brown (1904–1998, C)
 * George Mackay Brown (1921–1996, S)
 * James Brown (J. B. Selkirk, 1832–1904, S)
 * Jericho Brown (born 1976, US)
 * Pam Brown (born 1948, A)
 * Sterling Allen Brown (1901–1989, US)
 * Stewart Brown (born 1951, E)
 * Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897, IoM)
 * Wayne Brown (1944–2009, T)
 * Frances Browne (1816–1879, Ir)
 * 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)
 * Charles Tory Bruce (1906–1971, C)
 * Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958, A)
 * Julie Bruck (living, C)
 * Dennis Brutus (1924–2009, SA)
 * William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878, US)
 * Colette Bryce (born 1970, NI/E)
 * Bryher (Annie Winifred Ellerman, 1894–1983, E)
 * Dugald Buchanan (1716–1768, S)
 * George Buchanan (1506–1582, S)
 * Robert Williams Buchanan (1841–1901, S)
 * Vincent Buckley (1925–1988, A)
 * Charles Buckmaster (1950–1972, A)
 * David Budbill (1940–2016, US)
 * Andrea Hollander Budy (born 1947, US)
 * Suzanne Buffam (living, C)
 * Charles Bukowski (1920–1994, US)
 * April Bulmer (born 1963, C)
 * Rhoda Bulter (1929–1994, S)
 * Basil Bunting (1900–1985, E)
 * Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, E)
 * Haldane Burgess (1862–1927, S)
 * Andrew Burke (1944–2023, A)
 * Murdoch Burnett (1953–2015, C)
 * Joanne Burns (born 1945, A)
 * Robert Burns (1759–1796, S)
 * Stanley Burnshaw (1906–2005, US)
 * John Burnside (born 1955, S)
 * Sophia Burrell (1753–1802, E)
 * William S. Burroughs (1914–1997, US)
 * Mick Burrs (1940–2021, C)
 * Duncan Bush (1946–2017, W/E)
 * Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (1869–1944, US)
 * Aaron Bushkowsky (born 1957, C)
 * Guy Butler (1918–2001, SA)
 * Samuel Butler (1612–1680, E)
 * Ray Buttigieg (born 1955, M)
 * Anthony Butts (born 1969, US)
 * A. S. Byatt (1936–2023, E)
 * Kathryn Stripling Byer (1944–2017, US)
 * Witter Bynner (Emanuel Morgan, 1881–1968, US)
 * Lord Byron (1788–1824, E/It)

Ca–Ci

 * Richard Caddel (1949–2003, E)
 * Caroline Caddy (born 1944, A)
 * Charmaine Cadeau (living, C)
 * Adrian Caesar (born 1955, A)
 * Stephen Cain (born 1970, C)
 * Scott Cairns (born 1954, US)
 * Alison Calder (born 1969, C)
 * Angus Calder (1942–2008, S)
 * Alex Caldiero (born 1949, US)
 * Frank Oliver Call (1878–1956, C)
 * Barry Callaghan (born 1937, C)
 * Michael Feeney Callan (living, Ir)
 * Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884, E)
 * Robert Calvert (1945–1988, E)
 * Anne Cameron (Cam Hubert, 1938–2022, C)
 * Norman Cameron (1905–1953, S)
 * Jason Camlot (born 1967, C)
 * A. Y. Campbell (1885–1958, S)
 * Alistair Campbell (1925–2009, NZ)
 * Angus Peter Campbell (living, S)
 * David Campbell (1915–1979, A)
 * Elizabeth Campbell (born 1980, A)
 * Joseph Campbell (1879–1944, Ir)
 * Meg Campbell (1937–2007, NZ)
 * Paul-Henri Campbell (born 1982, US)
 * Roy Campbell (1901–1957, SA)
 * Thomas Campbell (1774–1844, S/E)
 * William Wilfred Campbell (1860–1918, C)
 * Thomas Campion (1567–1620, E)
 * Melville Henry Cane (1879–1980, US)
 * Mary Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973, E)
 * Moya Cannon (born 1956, Ir)
 * Edward Capern (1819–1894, E)
 * Vahni Capildeo (born 1973, T/S)
 * Natalee Caple (born 1970, C)
 * Thomas Carew (1595–1639, E)
 * Henry Carey (1693–1743, E)
 * Robert Carliell (died c. 1622, E)
 * Bliss Carman (1861–1929, C/US)
 * Clyde Carr (1886–1962, NZ)
 * Fern G. Z. Carr (born 1956, C)
 * Jim Carroll (1949–2009, US)
 * Lewis Carroll (1832–1898, E)
 * Hayden Carruth (1921–2008, US)
 * A.J. Carruthers (living, A)
 * Ann Elizabeth Carson (1929–2023, C)
 * Anne Carson (born 1950, C)
 * Ciaran Carson (1948–2019, NI)
 * Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806, E)
 * Jared Carter (born 1939, US)
 * William Cartwright (1611–1643, E)
 * Raymond Carver (1938–1988, US)
 * Alice Cary (1820–1871, US)
 * Phoebe Cary (1824–1871, US)
 * Marietta Stanley Case (1845–1900, US)
 * James Casey (1824–1909, Ir)
 * Juanita Casey (1925–2012, E)
 * Neal Cassady (1926–1968, US)
 * Cyrus Cassells (born 1957, US)
 * Ana Castillo (born 1953, US)
 * Lee Cataldi (born 1942, A)
 * Nancy Cato (1917–2000, A)
 * Charles Causley (1917–2003, E)
 * Nick Cave (born 1957, A)
 * George Cavendish (1494 – c. 1562, E)
 * Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623–1673, E)
 * Kate Cayley (living, C)
 * Susanna Centlivre (c. 1667/1670 – 1723, E)
 * Thomas Centolella (living, US)
 * Joseph Ceravolo (1934–1988, US)
 * John Chalkhill (fl. 1600, E)
 * Gordon Challis (1932–2018, NZ)
 * Weyman Chan (born 1963, C)
 * Catherine Chandler (born 1950, C)
 * Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807–1834, US)
 * Diana Chang (1924–2009, US)
 * William Ellery Channing (1818–1901, US)
 * Arthur Chapman (1873–1935, US)
 * George Chapman (1560–1634, E)
 * Patrick Chapman (born 1968, Ir)
 * Fred Chappell (1936–2024, US)
 * Craig Charles (born 1964, E)
 * James Charlton (born 1947, A)
 * Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770, E)
 * Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400, E)
 * Angelico Chavez (1910–1996, US)
 * Syl Cheney-Coker (born 1945, SLe)
 * Maxine Chernoff (born 1952, US)
 * Kelly Cherry (1940–2022, US)
 * G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936, E)
 * Thomas Chestre (late 14th c., E)
 * James Wm. Chichetto (born 1941, US)
 * Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880, US)
 * Harriet L. Childe-Pemberton (1852–1922, E)
 * Billy Childish (born 1959, E)
 * Marilyn Chin (born 1955, US)
 * Staceyann Chin (born 1972, J)
 * Eileen Chong (born 1980, A)
 * Robert Choquette (1905–1991, C)
 * Lesley Choyce (born 1951, C)
 * Margaret Christakos (born 1962, C)
 * Evie Christie (living, C)
 * Ralph Chubb (1892–1960, E)
 * Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710, E)
 * Hubert Newman Wigmore Church (1857–1932, A)
 * Richard Church (1893–1972, E)
 * Charles Churchill (1731–1764, E)
 * John Ciardi (1916–1986, US)
 * Colley Cibber (1671–1757, E)
 * Charl Cilliers (born 1941, SA)
 * Sandra Cisneros (born 1954, US)
 * Carson Cistulli (born 1979, US)

Cl

 * Amy Clampitt (1920–1994, US
 * Kate Clanchy (born 1965, S)
 * John Clanvowe (c. 1341–1391, W/E)
 * John Clare (1793–1864, E)
 * Dave Clark (living, C)
 * Douglas Clark (1942–2010, E)
 * Elizabeth Clark (1918–1978, S)
 * Emily Clark (fl. 1798–1833, E)
 * Ross Clark (born 1953, A)
 * Tom Clark (1941–2018, US)
 * Thomas Clark (born 1980, S)
 * Amy Key Clarke (1892–1980, E)
 * Austin Clarke (1886–1974, Ir)
 * George Elliott Clarke (born 1960, C)
 * Gillian Clarke (born 1937, W)
 * Jack Clarke (1933–1992, US)
 * Marcus Clarke (1846–1881, A)
 * Brian P. Cleary (born 1959, US)
 * Brendan Cleary (born 1958, NI)
 * William Cleland (1661–1689, S)
 * Justin Clemens (born 1969, A)
 * Benjamin Clementine (born 1988, E/F)
 * Jack Clemo (1916–1994, E)
 * John Cleveland (1613–1658, E)
 * Michelle Cliff (1946–2016, J/US)
 * Wayne Clifford (born 1944, C)
 * Lucille Clifton (1936–2010, US)
 * Caroline Clive (1801–1873, E)
 * Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861, E)

Co–Cu

 * Grace Stone Coates (1881–1976, US)
 * Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927, US)
 * Bob Cobbing (1920–2002, E)
 * Robbie Coburn (born 1994, A)
 * Alison Cockburn (awa Alison Rutherford, 1712–1794, S)
 * Alice Rollit Coe (1858–1940, US)
 * Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952–2016, US)
 * Brian Coffey (1905–1995, Ir/F)
 * Fred Cogswell (1917–2004, C)
 * Leonard Cohen (1934–2016, C)
 * Matt Cohen (1942–1999, C)
 * Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958, US)
 * Norma Cole (born 1945, C/US)
 * Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch (1945–2019, A)
 * Aidan Coleman (born 1976, A)
 * Victor Coleman (born 1944, C)
 * Wanda Coleman (1946–2013, US)
 * Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849, E)
 * Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907, E)
 * Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834, E)
 * Don Coles (1927–2017, C)
 * Katharine Coles (born 1959, US)
 * Edward Coletti (living, US)
 * Mary Collier (c. 1688–1762, E)
 * Billy Collins (born 1941, US)
 * John Collins (1742–1808, E)
 * William Collins (1721–1759, E)
 * Laurence Collinson (1925–1986, A)
 * Stephen Collis (living, C)
 * John Robert Colombo (born 1936, C)
 * Glenn Colquhoun (born 1964, NZ)
 * Padraic Colum (1881–1972, Ir/US)
 * Anna Olcott Commelin (1841–1924, US)
 * Anne Compton (born 1947, C)
 * Wayde Compton (born 1972, C)
 * Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934, US)
 * William Congreve (1670–1729, E)
 * Jan Conn (born 1952, C/US)
 * Stewart Conn (born 1936, S)
 * Paul Conneally (born 1959, E)
 * Karen Connelly (born 1969, C)
 * Kevin Connolly (born 1962, C)
 * Susan Connolly (born 1956, Ir)
 * Robert Conquest (1917–2015, E)
 * Tony Conran (1931–2013, W)
 * Henry Constable (1562–1613, E/F)
 * David Constantine (born 1944, E)
 * Eliza Cook (1818–1889, E)
 * Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (born 1930, US)
 * Sophie Cooke (born 1976, S)
 * Ina Coolbrith (1841–1928, US)
 * Dennis Cooley (born 1944, C)
 * Clark Coolidge (born 1939, US)
 * Afua Cooper (born 1957, J/C)
 * Thomas Cooper (1805–1892, E)
 * Jack Cope (1913–1991, SA)
 * Wendy Cope (born 1945, E)
 * Judith Copithorne (born 1939, C)
 * Robert Copland (fl. 1508–1547, E)
 * A. E. Coppard (1878–1957, E)
 * Julia Copus (born 1969, E)
 * Richard Corbet (1582–1635, E)
 * Cid Corman (1924–2004, US)
 * Alfred Corn (born 1943, US)
 * Adam Cornford (born 1950, E)
 * Frances Cornford (1886–1960, E)
 * Francis M. Cornford (1874–1943, E)
 * John Cornford (1915–1936, E)
 * Joe Corrie (1894–1968, S)
 * Gregory Corso (1930–2001, US)
 * Jayne Cortez (1936–2012, US)
 * William Johnson Cory (1823–1892, E)
 * Louisa Stuart Costello (1799–1877, Ir/F)
 * Charles Cotton (1630–1687, E)
 * Anna Couani (born 1948, A)
 * Anne Ross Cousin (1824–1906, E/S)
 * Dani Couture (born 1978, C)
 * Thomas Cowherd (1817–1907, C)
 * Abraham Cowley (1618–1667, E)
 * Hannah Cowley (1743–1809, E)
 * Malcolm Cowley (1898–1989, US)
 * Dorothy Cowlin (1911–2010, E)
 * William Cowper (1731–1800, E)
 * George Crabbe (1754–1832, E)
 * Christine Craig (born 1943, J)
 * Helen Craik (c. 1751–1825, S/E)
 * Hart Crane (1899–1932, US)
 * Stephen Crane (1871–1900, US)
 * Richard Crashaw (1613–1649, E)
 * Isabella Valancy Crawford (1846–1887, C)
 * Robert Crawford (1868–1930, A)
 * Robert Crawford (born 1959, S)
 * Richard Crawley (1840–1893, W/E)
 * Morri Creech (born 1970, US)
 * Robert Creeley (1926–2006, US)
 * Caroline de Crespigny (1797–1861, E/G)
 * Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (1896–1960, NZ)
 * Louise Crisp (born 1957, A)
 * Ann Batten Cristall (1769–1848, E)
 * Andy Croft (born 1956, E)
 * Julian Croft (born 1941, A)
 * Alison Croggon (born 1962, A)
 * Jeremy Cronin (born 1949, SA)
 * M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963, A)
 * Lynn Crosbie (born 1963, C)
 * Camilla Dufour Crosland (1812–1895, E)
 * Zora Cross (1890–1964, A)
 * Aleister Crowley (1875–1947, E)
 * Andrew Crozier (1943–2008, E)
 * Lorna Crozier (Lorna Uher, born 1948, C)
 * Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975, S)
 * Michael Crummey (born 1965, C)
 * Julie Crysler (living, C)
 * Anne Virginia Culbertson (1857–1918, US)
 * Catherine Ann Cullen (living, Ir)
 * Countee Cullen (1903–1946, US)
 * Nancy Jo Cullen (living, C)
 * Patrick Cullinan (1932–2011, SA)
 * E. E. Cummings (1894–1962, US)
 * Gary Cummiskey (born 1963, SA)
 * Allan Cunningham (1784–1842, S/E)
 * J. V. Cunningham (1911–1985, US)
 * John Cunningham (1729–1773, Ir/E)
 * Allen Curnow (1911–2001, NZ)
 * Margaret Curran (1887–1962, A)
 * Jen Currin (living, US/C)
 * Tony Curtis (born 1946, W)
 * Tony Curtis (born 1955, Ir)
 * James Cuthbertson (1851–1910, A)
 * Ivor Cutler (1923–2006, S)
 * Lidija Cvetkovic (born 1967, A)
 * Kayla Czaga (born 1989, C)

Da–Do

 * H.D. (Hilda Doolittle, 1886–1961, US)
 * Cyril Dabydeen (living, Gu/C)
 * David Dabydeen (born 1955, Gu)
 * Kalli Dakos (living, C)
 * Victor Daley (1858–1905, A)
 * Mary Dalton (born 1950, C)
 * Pádraig J. Daly (born 1943, Ir)
 * Raymond Garfield Dandridge (1882/1883–1930, US)
 * Joseph A. Dandurand (living, C)
 * Achmat Dangor (born 1948, SA)
 * Samuel Daniel (1562–1619, E)
 * David Daniels (1933–2008, US)
 * Jeffrey Daniels (living, US)
 * George Darley (1795–1846, Ir)
 * Tina Darragh (born 1950, US)
 * Keki N. Daruwalla (born 1937, In)
 * Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802, E)
 * Elizabeth Daryush (1887–1977, E)
 * Robert von Dassanowsky (Robert Dassanowsky) (born 1965, US)
 * Beverley Daurio (born 1953, C)
 * William Davenant (1606–1668, E)
 * Guy Davenport (1927–2005, US)
 * Frank Davey (born 1940, C)
 * Donald Davidson (1893–1968, US)
 * John Davidson (1857–1909, S/E)
 * Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808–1825, US)
 * Michael Davidson (born 1944, US)
 * Donald Davie (1922–1995, E)
 * Alan Davies (born 1951, US)
 * Deborah Kay Davies (living, W)
 * Hugh Sykes Davies (1909–1984, E)
 * Idris Davies (1905–1953, W)
 * John Davies (1569–1626, E)
 * W. H. Davies (1871–1940, W)
 * Nicholas Flood Davin (1840–1901, C)
 * Olive Dehn (1914–2007, E)
 * Beatrice Deloitte Davis (1909–1992, A)
 * Jon Davis (living, US)
 * Norma Davis (1905–1945, A)
 * Tanya Davis (living, C)
 * Thomas Osborne Davis (1814–1845, Ir)
 * Edward Davison (1898–1970, S/US)
 * Peter Davison (1928–2004, US)
 * Bruce Dawe (1930–2020, A)
 * Kwame Dawes (born 1962, US)
 * Tom Dawe (born 1940, C)
 * Jeffery Day (1896–1918, E)
 * Sarah Day (born 1958, A)
 * Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972, E)
 * Adriana de Barros (born 1976, C)
 * Somerset de Chair (1911–1995, E)
 * Jean Louis De Esque (1879–1956, US)
 * Madeline DeFrees (1919–2015, US)
 * Celia de Fréine (born 1948, Ir)
 * Ingrid de Kok (born 1951, SA)
 * Walter de la Mare (1873–1956, E)
 * Christine De Luca (born 1947, S)
 * Sadiqa de Meijer (born 1977, C)
 * Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550–1604, E)
 * Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (born 1966, SA)
 * James Deahl (born 1945, C)
 * Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972, A)
 * John F. Deane (born 1943, Ir)
 * Joel Deane (born 1969, A)
 * Patrick Deeley (born 1953, Ir)
 * Madeline DeFrees (1919–2015, US)
 * Thomas Dekker (1575–1641, E)
 * Greg Delanty (born 1958, Ir/US)
 * Kris Demeanor (living, C)
 * Barry Dempster (born 1952, C)
 * Joe Denham (living, C)
 * John Denham (1615–1669, E)
 * C. J. Dennis (1876–1938, A)
 * John Dennison (born 1978, NZ)
 * Tory Dent (1958–2005, US)
 * Enid Derham (1882–1941, A)
 * Thomas Dermody (1775–1802, Ir)
 * Toi Derricotte (born 1941, US)
 * Heather Derr-Smith (born 1971, US)
 * Michelle Desbarats (living, C)
 * Babette Deutsch (1895–1982, US)
 * James Devaney (1890–1976, A)
 * Mary Deverell (1731–1805, E)
 * Denis Devlin (1908–1959, Ir)
 * George E. Dewar (1895–1969, NZ)
 * Christopher Dewdney (born 1951, C]
 * Imtiaz Dharker (born 1954, P/W)
 * Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (1949–2019, C)
 * Mary di Michele (born 1949, C)
 * Diane di Prima (1934–2020, US)
 * Ann Diamond (living, C)
 * Natalie Diaz (born 1978, US)
 * Anne Dick (died 1741, S)
 * Jennifer K Dick (born 1970, US)
 * James Dickey (1923–1997, US)
 * Adam Dickinson (living, C)
 * Emily Dickinson (1830–1886, US)
 * Matthew Dickman (born 1975, US)
 * Michael Dickman (born 1975, US)
 * Robert Dickson (1944–2007, C)
 * Peter Didsbury (born 1946, E)
 * Modikwe Dikobe (1913–?, SA)
 * Des Dillon (living, S)
 * John Dillon (1851–1927, Ir)
 * B. R. Dionysius (born 1969, A)
 * Ray DiPalma (1943–2016, US)
 * Thomas M. Disch (born 1940, US)
 * Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956, In/US)
 * Isobel Dixon (born 1969, SA/E)
 * Sarah Dixon (1671–1765, E)
 * William Hepworth Dixon (1821–1879, E)
 * Angifi Dladla (born 1950, SA)
 * Tim Dlugos (1950–1990, US)
 * Kildare Dobbs (1923–2013, C)
 * Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921, E)
 * Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012, A)
 * Stephen Dobyns (born 1941, US)
 * Jeramy Dodds (born 1974, C)
 * Robert Dodsley (1703–1764, E)
 * Pete Doherty (born 1979, E)
 * Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848–1867, E)
 * Joe Dolce (born 1947, US/A)
 * Don Domanski (born 1950, C)
 * Magie Dominic (born 1944, C)
 * Jeffery Donaldson (living, C)
 * John Donaldson (Jon Inglis, 1921–1989, E)
 * John Donne (1572–1631, E)
 * David Donnell (born 1939, C)
 * Timothy Donnelly (born 1969, US)
 * Gerard Donovan (born 1959, Ir/E)
 * Theo Dorgan (born 1953, Ir)
 * Ed Dorn (1929–1999, US)
 * Catherine Ann Dorset (1752–1834, E)
 * Candas Jane Dorsey (born 1952, C)
 * Mark Doty (born 1953, US)
 * Clive Doucet (born 1946, C)
 * Sarah Doudney (1841–1926, E)
 * Lucy Dougan (born 1966, A)
 * Charles Montagu Doughty (1843–1926, E)
 * Lord Alfred Douglas (1870–1945, E)
 * Alice May Douglas (1865–1943, US)
 * Gavin Douglas (c. 1474–1522, S)
 * George Brisbane Scott Douglas (1856–1935, S)
 * Keith Douglas (1920–1944, E)
 * Orville Lloyd Douglas (born 1976, C)
 * Rita Dove (born 1952, US)
 * Basil Dowling (1910–2000, NZ)
 * Finuala Dowling (born 1962, SA)
 * Gordon Downie (1964–2017, C)
 * Ellen Mary Patrick Downing (1828–1869, Ir)
 * Ernest Dowson (1867–1900, E)
 * Francis Hastings Doyle (1810–1888, E)
 * Kirby Doyle (1932–2003, US)

Dr–Dy

 * Michael Dransfield (1948–1973, A)
 * Jane Draycott (born 1954, E)
 * Michael Drayton (1563–1631, E)
 * John Swanwick Drennan (1809–1893, Ir)
 * William Drennan (1754–1820, Ir)
 * Adam Drinan (also Joseph Macleod, 1903–1984, E)
 * John Drinkwater (1882–1937, E)
 * William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649, S)
 * William Henry Drummond (1854–1907, C)
 * John Dryden (1631–1700, E)
 * W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963, US)
 * I. D. du Plessis (1900–1981, SA)
 * Klara du Plessis (living, SA/C)
 * Norman Dubie (born 1945, US)
 * Stephen Duck (c. 1705–1756, E)
 * Louis Dudek (1918–2001, S)
 * Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955, S)
 * Charles Gavan Duffy (1816–1903, Ir/A)
 * Maureen Duffy (born 1933, E)
 * Alan Dugan (1923–2003, J/US)
 * Michael Dugan (1947–2006, A)
 * Sasha Dugdale (born 1974, E)
 * Eileen Duggan (1894–1972, NZ)
 * Laurie Duggan (born 1949, A)
 * Jas H. Duke (1939–1992, A)
 * Richard Duke (1658–1711, E)
 * Tug Dumbly (Geoff Forrester, living, A)
 * Marilyn Dumont (born 1955, C)
 * Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906, US)
 * Robert Nugent Dunbar (1798–1866, Ag)
 * William Dunbar (1459/1460 – c. 1530, S)
 * Andrew Duncan (born 1956, E)
 * Robert Duncan (1919–1988, US)
 * Camille Dungy (born 1972, US)
 * Helen Dunmore (1952–2017, E)
 * Douglas Dunn (born 1942, S)
 * Max Dunn (died 1963, A)
 * Stephen Dunn (1939–2021, US)
 * Joe Dunthorne (born 1982, W)
 * Paul Durcan (born 1944, Ir)
 * Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990, E)
 * Anne Dutton (1692–1765, E)
 * Geoffrey Dutton (1922–1998, A)
 * Stuart Dybek (born 1942, US)
 * Edward Dyer (1543–1607, E)
 * John Dyer (1699–1758, W)
 * Bob Dylan (born 1941, US)
 * Edward Dyson (1865–1931, A)

E

 * Joan Adeney Easdale (1913–1998, E)
 * Evelyn Eaton (1902–1983, C)
 * Richard Eberhart (1904–2005, US)
 * Emily Eden (1797–1869, E)
 * Helen Parry Eden (1885–1960, E)
 * Stephen Edgar (born 1951, A)
 * Lauris Edmond (1924–2000, NZ)
 * Russell Edson (1928–2014, US)
 * Richard Edwardes (c. 1523–1566, E)
 * Dic Edwards (born 1953, W)
 * Jonathan Edwards (born 1979, W)
 * Rhian Edwards (living, W/E)
 * Helen Merrill Egerton (1866–1951, C)
 * Terry Ehret (born 1955, US)
 * Vic Elias (1948–2006, US/C)
 * Anne Elder (1918–1976, A)
 * George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans, 1819–1880, E)
 * T. S. Eliot (1888–1965, US/E)
 * Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818–1877, US)
 * Charlotte Elliot (1839–1880, S)
 * David Elliott (1923–1999, C)
 * Julia Anne Elliott (1809–1841, E)
 * Jean Elliot (1727–1805, S)
 * Ebenezer Elliott (1781–1849, E)
 * George Ellis (1753–1815, E)
 * Royston Ellis (born 1941, E)
 * Chris Else (born 1942, NZ)
 * Rebecca Elson (1960–1999, C)
 * Crispin Elsted (living, C)
 * Edmund Elviden (fl. 1570, E)
 * Claudia Emerson (1957–2014, US)
 * Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882, US)
 * Chris Emery (born 1963, E)
 * William Empson (1906–1984, E)
 * Paul Engle (1908–1991, US)
 * John Ennis (born 1944, Ir)
 * Karen Enns (living, C)
 * D. J. Enright (1920–2002, E)
 * Riemke Ensing (born 1939, NZ)
 * Theodore Enslin (1925–2011, US)
 * Louise Erdrich (born 1954, US)
 * Ralph Erskine (1685–1752, S)
 * Clayton Eshleman (1935–2021, US)
 * Martín Espada (born 1957, US)
 * Ramabai Espinet (born 1948, T)
 * Jill Alexander Essbaum (born 1971, US)
 * Maggie Estep (1963–2014, US)
 * George Etherege (1635–1691, E)
 * Michael Estok (1939–1989, C)
 * Jerry Estrin (1947–1993, US)
 * Anne Evans (1820–1870, E)
 * Christine Evans (born 1943, E/W)
 * George Essex Evans (1863–1909, A)
 * Margiad Evans (Peggy Whistler, 1909–1958, E)
 * Mari Evans (1919–2017, US)
 * Sebastian Evans (1830–1909, E)
 * William Everson (Brother Antoninus, 1912–1994, US)
 * Gavin Ewart (1916–1995, E)
 * John K. Ewers (1904–1978, A)
 * Elisabeth Eybers (1915–2007, SA/Nt)

F

 * Frederick William Faber (1814–1863, E)
 * Diane Fahey (born 1945, A)
 * Ruth Fainlight (born 1931, US/E)
 * Kingsley Fairbridge (1885–1924, SA)
 * A. R. D. Fairburn (1904–1957, NZ)
 * Maria and Harriet Falconar (born c. 1771–1774, E or S)
 * William Falconer (1732–1769, S)
 * Padraic Fallon (1905–1974, Ir)
 * Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765–1834, E)
 * U. A. Fanthorpe (1929–1909, E)
 * Patricia Fargnoli (born 1937, US)
 * Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965, E)
 * Fiona Farrell (born 1947, NZ)
 * John Farrell (1851–1904, A)
 * John Farrell (1968–2010, US)
 * Michael Farrell (born 1965, A)
 * Katie Farris (born 1983, US)
 * Margaretta Faugères (1771–1801, US)
 * Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961, US)
 * Brian Fawcett (1944–2022, C)
 * Elaine Feeney (living, Ir)
 * Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019, E)
 * Alison Fell (born 1944, S)
 * Charles Fenerty (c. 1821–1892, C)
 * Elijah Fenton (1683–1730, E)
 * James Fenton (1931–2021, NI)
 * James Fenton (born 1949, E)
 * Richard Fenton (1747–1821, W)
 * Gus Ferguson (1940–2020, SA)
 * Samuel Ferguson (1810–1886, Ir)
 * Robert Fergusson (1750–1774, S)
 * Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021, US)
 * Ferron (Deborah Foisy, born 1952, C)
 * George Fetherling (born 1949, C)
 * Michael Field (Katherine Bradley, 1846–1914, and Edith Cooper, 1862–1913, E)
 * Henry Fielding (1707–1754, E)
 * Connie Fife (1961–2017, C)
 * Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720, E)
 * Annie Finch (born 1956, US)
 * Peter Finch (living, W)
 * Robert Finch (1900–1995, C)
 * Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006, S)
 * Joan Finnigan (1925–2007, C)
 * Jon Paul Fiorentino (living, C)
 * Catherine Fisher (born 1957, W)
 * Roy Fisher (1930–2017, E)
 * Edward FitzGerald (1809–1883, E)
 * Judith Fitzgerald (1952–2015, C)
 * R. D. Fitzgerald (1902–1987, A)
 * Robert Fitzgerald (1910–1985, US)
 * Richard FitzPatrick (1748–1813, Ir/E)
 * Roderick Flanagan (1828–1862, A)
 * James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915, E)
 * Marjorie Fleming (1803–1811, S)
 * Giles Fletcher (c. 1586–1623, E)
 * Giles Fletcher, the Elder (c. 1548–1611, E)
 * John Fletcher (1579–1625, E)
 * John Gould Fletcher (1886–1950, US)
 * Lisa Anne Fletcher (1844–1905, US)
 * Phineas Fletcher (1582–1650, E)
 * Robert Fletcher (fl. 1586, E)
 * Maria De Fleury (c. 1754 – c. 1794, E)
 * F. S. Flint (1885–1960, E)
 * Alice Flowerdew (1759–1830, E)
 * Lionel Fogarty (born 1958, A)
 * Jack Foley (born 1940, US)
 * Mary Hannay Foott (1846–1918, A)
 * John Forbes (1950–1998, A)
 * Carolyn Forché (born 1950, US)
 * Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939, E)
 * John Ford (1586–1639, E)
 * John M. Ford (1957–2006, US)
 * Robert Ford (1915–1998, C)
 * Mabel Forrest (1872–1935, A)
 * William Forrest (fl. 1581, E)
 * Veronica Forrest-Thomson (1947–1975, S)
 * Gary Jeshel Forrester (born 1946, NZ)
 * William Forster (1818–1882, A)
 * John Foulcher (born 1952, A)
 * Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (1860–1920, E)
 * William Fowler (c. 1560–1612, S)
 * Kate Fox (born 1975, E)
 * Len Fox (1905–2004, A)
 * Janet Frame (1924–2004, NZ)
 * Ruth France (1913–1968, NZ)
 * Matthew Francis (born 1956, E/W)
 * Robert Francis (1901–1987, US)
 * George Sutherland Fraser (1915–1980, S)
 * Gregory Fraser (living, US)
 * Raymond Fraser (1941–2018, C)
 * Benjamin Frater (1979–2007, A)
 * Brentley Frazer (born 1972, A)
 * Grace Beacham Freeman (1916–2002, US)
 * John Freeman (1880–1929, E)
 * Nicholas Freeston (1907–1978, E)
 * Patrick Friesen (born 1946, C)
 * Anthony Freston (1757–1819, E)
 * Robert Frost (1874–1963, US)
 * Gwen Frostic (1906–2001, US)
 * Gene Frumkin (1928–2007, US)
 * Mark Frutkin (born 1948, US/C)
 * Sheila Meiring Fugard (born 1932, SA)
 * Ethel Romig Fuller (1883–1965, US)
 * John Fuller (born 1937, E)
 * Roy Fuller (1912–1991, E)
 * Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946, A)
 * Alice Fulton (born 1952, US)
 * Robin Fulton (born 1937, S)
 * Ulpian Fulwell (1545/1546 – before 1586, E)
 * Richard Furness (1791–1857, E)

Ga–Go

 * Frances Dana Barker Gage (1808–1884, US)
 * Georgie Starbuck Galbraith (1909–1980, US)
 * Dunstan Gale (fl. 1596, E)
 * Kate Gale (living, US)
 * James Galvin (born 1951, US)
 * Patrick Galvin (1927–2011, Ir)
 * Forrest Gander (born 1956, US)
 * Robert Garioch (1909–1981, S)
 * Hamlin Garland (1860–1940, US)
 * Raymond Garlick (1926–2011, W)
 * Richard Garnett (1835–1906, E)
 * Jean Garrigue (1912–1972, US)
 * Samuel Garth (1661–1719, E)
 * George Gascoigne (1525–1577, E)
 * David Gascoyne (1916–2001, E/F)
 * Bill Gaston (born 1953, C)
 * John Gay (1685–1732, E)
 * Ross Gay (born 1974, US)
 * William Gay (1865–1897, S/A)
 * Alexander Geddes (1737–1802, S)
 * Leon Gellert (1892–1977, A)
 * W. R. P. George (1912–2006, W)
 * Dan Gerber (born 1940, US)
 * Amy Gerstler (born 1956, US)
 * Marty Gervais (living, C)
 * Charles Ghigna (born 1946, US)
 * Monk Gibbon (1896–1987, Ir)
 * Reginald Gibbons (born 1947, US)
 * Stella Gibbons (1902–1989, E)
 * Ivy Gibbs (c. 1886–1966, NZ)
 * Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931, L/US)
 * G. H. Gibson (Ironbark, 1846–1921, A)
 * Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878–1962, E)
 * Elsa Gidlow (1898–1986, C)
 * Angus Morrison Gidney (1803–1882, C)
 * Gerry Gilbert (1936–2009, C)
 * Jack Gilbert (1925–2012, US)
 * Kevin Gilbert (1933–1993, A)
 * W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911, E)
 * Ellen Gilchrist (born 1935, US)
 * George Gilfillan (1813–1878, S)
 * Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935, US)
 * Mary Gilmore (1865–1962, A)
 * Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997, US)
 * Dana Gioia (born 1950, US)
 * Nikki Giovanni (born 1943, US)
 * Jesse Glass (born 1954, US/Jp)
 * John Glassco (1909–1981, C)
 * Madeline Gleason (1903–1979, US)
 * Duncan Glen (1933–2008, S)
 * William Glen (1789–1826, S)
 * Lorri Neilsen Glenn (living, C)
 * Denis Glover (1912–1980, NZ)
 * Louise Glück (born 1943, US)
 * Rumer Godden (1907–1998, In/E)
 * Patricia Goedicke (1931–2006, US)
 * Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878–1957, Ir)
 * Albert Goldbarth (born 1948, US)
 * Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961, US)
 * Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774, Ir/E)
 * Oliver Goldsmith (1794–1861, C)
 * Peter Goldsworthy (born 1951, A)
 * Leona Gom (born 1946, C)
 * W. T. Goodge (1862–1909, A)
 * Lorna Goodison (born 1947, J)
 * Paul Goodman (1911–1972, US)
 * Barnabe Googe (1540–1594, E)
 * Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833–1870, A)
 * Katherine L. Gordon (living, C)
 * Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580–1661, S)
 * Hedwig Gorski (born 1949, US)
 * Edmund Gosse (1849–1928, E)
 * Phyllis Gotlieb (1926–2009, C)
 * Keith Gottschalk (born 1946, SA)
 * Alan Gould (born 1949, A)
 * Nora Gould (living, C)
 * John Gower (c. 1330–1408, E)
 * Susan Goyette (born 1964, C)

Gr–Gy

 * James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612–1650, S)
 * Jorie Graham (born 1950, US)
 * Neile Graham (born 1958, C)
 * Robert Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore (1735–1797, S)
 * W. S. Graham (1918–1986, S)
 * James Grahame (1765–1811, S)
 * Mark Granier (born 1957, E/Ir)
 * Paul Grano (1894–1975, A)
 * Alex Grant (living, US)
 * Richard Graves (1715–1804, E)
 * Richard Harry Graves (1897–1971, A)
 * Robert Graves (1895–1985, E)
 * Alexander Gray (1882–1968, S)
 * Catherine Gray, Lady Manners (1766–1852, Ir)
 * Kathryn Gray (born 1973, W)
 * Maxwell Gray (Mary Gleed Tuttiett, 1846–1923, E)
 * Robert Gray (born 1945, A)
 * Stephen Gray (born 1941, SA)
 * Thomas Gray (1716–1771, E)
 * Dorothy Auchterlonie Green (1915–1991, A)
 * H. M. Green (1881–1962, A)
 * Paula Green (born 1955, NZ)
 * Richard Greene (born 1961, C)
 * Robert Greene (1558–1592, E)
 * Lavinia Greenlaw (born 1962, E)
 * Gavin Greenlees (1930–1983, A)
 * Leslie Greentree (living, C)
 * Dora Greenwell (1821–1882, E)
 * Jane Greer (born 1953, US)
 * Linda Gregg (1942–2019, US)
 * Horace Gregory (1898–1982, US)
 * Andrew Greig (born 1951, S)
 * Eamon Grennan (born 1941, Ir)
 * H. W. Gretton (1914–1983, NZ)
 * Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554–1628, E)
 * Gerald Griffin (1803–1840, Ir)
 * Sarah Maria Griffin (living, Ir)
 * Susan Griffin (born 1943, US)
 * Bill Griffiths (1948–2007, E)
 * Bryn Griffiths (living, W/E)
 * Jane Griffiths (born 1970, E)
 * Geoffrey Grigson (1905–1985, E)
 * Nicholas Grimald (1519–1562, E)
 * Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1958, US)
 * Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914, US)
 * Eliza Griswold (born 1973, US)
 * Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815–1857, US)
 * Philip Gross (born 1952, E)
 * Paul Groves (born 1947, E/W)
 * Bertha Jane Grundy (Mrs. Leith Adams, 1837–1912, E)
 * Jeff Guess (born 1948, A)
 * Barbara Guest (1920–2006, US)
 * Edgar Guest (1881–1959, US)
 * Paul Guest (living, US)
 * Malcolm Guite (born 1957, E)
 * Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943, US)
 * Genni Gunn (born 1949, C)
 * Thom Gunn (1929–2004, E/US)
 * Kristjana Gunnars (born 1948, C)
 * Lee Gurga (born 1949, US)
 * Ivor Gurney (1890–1937, E)
 * Ralph Gustafson (1909–1995, C)
 * Mafika Gwala (1946–2014, SA)
 * Cyril Gwynn (1897–1988, W/A)
 * Stephen Gwynn (1864–1950, Ir)
 * Beth Gylys (born 1964, US)
 * Brion Gysin (1916–1986, C/E)

Ha–He

 * William Habington (1605–1654, E)
 * Marilyn Hacker (born 1942, US)
 * John Haines (1924–2011, US)
 * Paul Haines (1933–2003, US/C)
 * Helen Hajnoczky (born 1985, C)
 * Thomas Gordon Hake (1809–1895, E)
 * Sarah Josepha Hale (1788–1879, US)
 * Bernadette Hall (born 1945, NZ)
 * Donald Hall (1928–2018, US)
 * Megan Hall (born 1972, SA)
 * Phil Hall (born 1953, C)
 * Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943, E)
 * Rodney Hall (born 1935, A)
 * Arthur Hallam (1811–1833, E)
 * Alan Halsey (born 1949, W/E)
 * Michael Hamburger (1924–2007, E)
 * Ian Hamilton (1938–2001, E)
 * Jane Eaton Hamilton (born 1954, C)
 * Janet Hamilton (1795–1873, S)
 * Philip Hammial (born 1937, A)
 * Robert Gavin Hampson (born 1948, E)
 * Susan Hampton (born 1949, A)
 * Sophie Hannah (born 1971, E)
 * Bilal Haq (born 1948, P)
 * Caroline Hardaker (born 1986, E)
 * Kerry Hardie (born 1951, NI)
 * Thomas Hardy (1840–1928, E)
 * Lesbia Harford (1891–1927, A)
 * Joy Harjo (born 1951, US)
 * William Harmon (born 1938, US)
 * Frances Harper (1825–1911, US)
 * Michael S. Harper (1938–2016 US)
 * Charles Harpur (1813–1868, A)
 * Alice Harriman (1861–1925, US)
 * Edward Harrington (1895–1966, A)
 * Claire Harris (1937–2018, C)
 * Joseph Harris (1773–1825, W)
 * Max Harris (1921–1995, A)
 * Michael Harris (born 1944, C)
 * Robert Harris (1951–1993, A)
 * Wilson Harris (1921–2018, Gu/E)
 * Jennifer Harrison (born 1955, A)
 * Jim Harrison (1937–2016, US)
 * Martin Harrison (1949–2014, A)
 * Richard Harrison (poet) (living, C)
 * Tony Harrison (born 1937, E)
 * Les Harrop (born 1948, E/A)
 * Molly Harrower (1906–1999, S)
 * J. S. Harry (1939–2015, A)
 * Carla Harryman (born 1952, US)
 * David Harsent (born 1942, E)
 * Kevin Hart (born 1954, A)
 * Paul Hartal (born 1936, Is/C)
 * Anne Le Marquand Hartigan (living, Ir)
 * Jill Hartman (born 1974, C)
 * Sadakichi Hartmann (1867–1944, US)
 * Michael Hartnett (1941–1999, Ir)
 * Diana Hartog (born 1942, C)
 * William Hart-Smith (1911–1990, NZ)
 * F. W. Harvey (1888–1957, E)
 * Elisabeth Harvor (living, C)
 * Gwen Harwood (1920–1995, A)
 * Lee Harwood (1939–2015, E)
 * Alamgir Hashmi (born 1951, E)
 * J. H. Haslam (1874–1969, NZ)
 * Nicholas Hasluck (born 1942, A)
 * Robert Hass (born 1941, US)
 * Katherine Hastings (living, US)
 * Ann Hatton (1764–1838, W)
 * Stephen Hawes (died 1523, E)
 * Robert Stephen Hawker (1803–1875, E)
 * Kathleen Hawkins (1883–1981, NZ)
 * George Campbell Hay (1915–1984, S)
 * Gilbert Hay (born c. 1403, S)
 * Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963, W/E)
 * Robert Hayden (1913–1980, US)
 * William Hayley (1745–1820, E)
 * Robert Hayman (1575–1629, Nf)
 * Tony Haynes (born 1960, US)
 * Joel Hayward (born 1964, NZ)
 * Eliza Haywood (c. 1693–1756, E)
 * H.D. (Hilda Doolittle, 1886–1961, E)
 * Randolph Healy (born 1956, Ir)
 * Seamus Heaney (1939–2013, Ir)
 * Josephine D. Heard (1861 – c. 1921, US)
 * John Heath-Stubbs (1918–2006, E)
 * Charles Heavysege (1816–1876, C)
 * James Hebblethwaite (1857–1921, A)
 * Anthony Hecht (1923–2004, US)
 * Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965, US)
 * John Hegley (born 1953, E)
 * Wilfrid Heighington (1897–1945, C)
 * Steven Heighton (1961–2022, C)
 * Anita Heiss (born 1968, A)
 * Lyn Hejinian (born 1941, US)
 * Jill Hellyer (1925–2012, A)
 * David Helwig (1938–2018, C)
 * Maggie Helwig (born 1961, C)
 * Felicia Hemans (1793–1835, E)
 * Kris Hemensley (born 1946, A)
 * Essex Hemphill (1957–1995, US)
 * Brian Henderson (born 1948, C)
 * Hamish Henderson (1919–2002, S)
 * Philip Henderson (1906–1977, E)
 * Thomas William Heney (1862–1928, A)
 * John Henley (1692–1756, E)
 * William Ernest Henley (1849–1903, E)
 * Adrian Henri (1932–2000, E)
 * Paul Henry (born 1959, W)
 * Robert Henryson (fl. 1460–1500, S)
 * Thomas Nicoll Hepburn (wrote as Gabriel Setoun, 1861–1930, S)
 * Dorothea Herbert (c. 1767–1829, Ir)
 * Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1582–1648, E/W)
 * George Herbert (1593–1632, W)
 * Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (Mary Sidney, 1561–1621, E)
 * W. N. Herbert (born 1961, S)
 * Jason Heroux (born 1971, C)
 * Robert Herrick (1591–1674, E)
 * Steven Herrick (born 1958, A)
 * Benjamin Hertwig (living, C)
 * Thomas Kibble Hervey (1799–1959, E)
 * Phoebe Hesketh (1909–2005, E)
 * Paul Hetherington (born 1958, A)
 * William Maxwell Hetherington (1803–1865, S)
 * Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002, A)
 * John Hewitt (1907–1987, NI)
 * Maurice Hewlett (1861–1923, E)
 * William Heyen (born 1940, US)
 * Thomas Heywood (c. 1570s – 1650, E)

Hi–Hu

 * Bob Hicok (born 1960, US)
 * Dick Higgins (1938–1998, US)
 * F. R. Higgins (1896–1941, Ir)
 * Kevin Higgins (born 1967, Ir)
 * Rita Ann Higgins (born 1955, Ir)
 * Colleen Higgs (born 1962, SA)
 * Charles Higham (1931–2012, A)
 * Scott Hightower (born 1952, US)
 * Conrad Hilberry (1928–2017, US)
 * Fiona Hile (living, A)
 * Barry Hill (born 1943, A)
 * Edward Hill (1843–1923, US)
 * Geoffrey Hill (1932–2016, E/US)
 * Robert Hilles (born 1951, C)
 * Richard Hillman (born 1964, A)
 * Ellen Hinsey (born 1960, US)
 * Jane Hirshfield (born 1953, US)
 * George Hitchcock (1914–2010, US)
 * H. L. Hix (born 1960, US)
 * Thomas Hoccleve (c. 1368–1426, E)
 * Philip Hodgins (1959–1995, A)
 * Ralph Hodgson (1871–1962, E/US)
 * W. N. Hodgson (1893–1916, E)
 * Barbara Hofland (1770–1844, E)
 * Michael Hofmann (born 1957, G/US)
 * James Hogg (1770–1835, S)
 * David Holbrook (1923–2011, E)
 * Susan Holbrook (living, C)
 * Thomas Holcroft (1745–1809, E)
 * Clive Holden (living, C)
 * Margaret Holford (1778–1852, E)
 * Abraham Holland (died 1626, E)
 * Barbara Holland (1933–2010, US)
 * Hugh Holland (1569–1633, W)
 * Jane Holland (born 1966, E)
 * John Holland (1794–1872, E)
 * Norah M. Holland (1876–1925, C)
 * Sarah Holland-Batt (born 1982, A)
 * John Hollander (1929–2013, US)
 * Matthew Hollis (born 1971, E)
 * Anselm Hollo (1934–2013, US)
 * Nancy Holmes (born 1959, C)
 * Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809–1894, US)
 * Thomas Hood (1798–1845, E)
 * Cornelia Hoogland (living, C)
 * Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848, US)
 * Hilda Mary Hooke (1898–1978, C)
 * Harry Hooton (1908–1961, A)
 * A. D. Hope (1907–2000, A)
 * Christopher Hope (born 1944, SA)
 * Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889, E)
 * Leah Horlick (living, C)
 * Sean Horlor (born 1981, C)
 * Frances Horovitz (1938–1983, E)
 * Michael Horovitz (1935–2021, E)
 * Peter Horn (1934–2019, SA)
 * George Moses Horton (1797–1884, US)
 * Allan Kolski Horwitz (born 1952, SA)
 * Sylvester Houédard (1924–1992, Gy)
 * Karen Houle (living, C)
 * Joan Houlihan (living, US)
 * A. E. Housman (1859–1936, E)
 * Edward Howard (1793–1841, E)
 * Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547, E)
 * Liz Howard (living, C)
 * Richard Howard (1929–2022, US)
 * Robert Guy Howarth (1906–1974, A)
 * Fanny Howe (born 1940, US)
 * George Howe (1769–1821, A)
 * Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910, US)
 * Susan Howe (born 1937, US)
 * Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981, A)
 * Anthony Howell (born 1945, E)
 * Harry Howith (1934–2014, C)
 * Mary Howitt (1799–1888, E)
 * Richard Howitt (1799–1869, E)
 * William Howitt (1792–1879, E)
 * Francis Hubert (died 1629, E)
 * Thomas Hudson (d. c. 1605, S)
 * Frieda Hughes (born 1960, A)
 * Langston Hughes (1902–1967, US)
 * Richard Hughes (1900–1976, E/W)
 * Ted Hughes (1930–1998, E)
 * Richard Hugo (1923–1982, US)
 * Coral Hull (born 1965, A)
 * Lynda Hull (1954–1994, US)
 * T. E. Hulme (1883–1917, E)
 * Alexander Hume (c. 1560–1609, S)
 * Anna Hume (fl. 1644, S)
 * David Hume of Godscroft (1558–1629, S)
 * Barry Humphries (1934–2023, A/E)
 * Emyr Humphreys (1919–2020, W)
 * Helen Humphreys (born 1961, C)
 * Leigh Hunt (1784–1859, E)
 * Sam Hunt (born 1946, NZ)
 * Aislinn Hunter (living, C)
 * Al Hunter (living, C)
 * Bruce Hunter (born 1952, C)
 * Catherine Hunter (born 1957, C)
 * Rex Hunter (1889–1960, NZ)
 * Constance Hunting (1925–2006, US)
 * Cynthia Huntington (born 1952, US)
 * Chris Hutchinson (born 1972, C)
 * Pearse Hutchinson (1927–2012, Ir)
 * William Hutton (1723–1815, E)
 * Aldous Huxley (1894–1963, E)
 * Douglas Smith Huyghue (1816–1891, C/A)
 * Douglas Hyde (1860–1949, Ir)
 * Robin Hyde (pen name of Iris Wilkinson; 1906–1939, NZ)
 * Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896–1983, US)
 * Maureen Hynes (living, C)

I

 * John Imlah (1799–1846, S)
 * Rex Ingamells (1913–1955, A)
 * Jean Ingelow (1820–1897, E)
 * P. Inman (born 1947, US)
 * Susan Ioannou (born 1944, C)
 * Valentin Iremonger (1918–1991, Ir)
 * Eric Irvin (1908–1993, A)
 * Frances Itani (born 1942, C)
 * Helen Ivory (born 1969, E)

J

 * Alan Jackson (born 1938, S)
 * Violet Jacob (1863–1946, S)
 * Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003, US)
 * Ethel Jacobson (1899–1991, US)
 * Richard Jago (1715–1781, E)
 * James I of Scotland (1394–1437, S)
 * James VI and I (1566–1625, S/E)
 * Alan James (living, SA)
 * Clive James (1939–2019, A)
 * John James (1939–2018, W/E)
 * Maria James (1793–1868, W/US)
 * Kathleen Jamie (born 1962, S)
 * Robert Alan Jamieson (born 1958, S)
 * Patricia Janus (1932–2006, US)
 * Derek Jarman (1942—1994, E)
 * Mark Jarman (born 1952, US)
 * Lisa Jarnot (born 1967, US)
 * Randall Jarrell (1914–1965, US)
 * Alan Jefferies (born 1957, A)
 * Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962, US)
 * Isadore G. Jeffery (1840–1919, US)
 * Rod Jellema (1927–1918, US)
 * Jemeni (Joanne Gairy, born 1976, Gd/C)
 * Graham Jenkin (born 1938, A)
 * John Jenkins (born 1949, A)
 * Joseph Jenkins (1818–1898, W/A)
 * Mike Jenkins (born 1953, W)
 * Nigel Jenkins (1949–2014, W)
 * Elizabeth Jennings (1926–2001, E)
 * Kate Jennings (1948–2021, A)
 * Wopko Jensma (1939–1993 or after, SA)
 * Sydney Jephcott (1864–1951, A)
 * Paulette Jiles (born 1943, US/C)
 * Liesl Jobson (living, SA)
 * Rita Joe (1932–2007, C)
 * Edmund John (1883–1917, E)
 * Godfrey John (living, W)
 * E. Pauline Johnson (1861–1913, C)
 * Fenton Johnson (born 1953, US)
 * Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880–1966, US)
 * Helene Johnson (1906–1995, US)
 * James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938, US)
 * Linton Kwesi Johnson (born 1952, J)
 * Lionel Johnson (1867–1902, E)
 * Samuel Johnson (1709–1784, E)
 * Sarah Johnson (born 1980, SA)
 * George Benson Johnston (1913–2004, C)
 * Martin Johnston (1947–1990, A)
 * Amanda Jones (1835–1914, US)
 * D. G. Jones (1929–2016, C)
 * David Jones (1895–1974, E)
 * Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860, E)
 * El Jones (living, C)
 * Emma Jones (born 1977, A)
 * Evan Jones (1931–2022, A)
 * Glyn Jones (1905–1995, W)
 * Jack Jones (born 1992, W)
 * Jill Jones (born 1951, A)
 * John Joseph Jones (1930–2000, A)
 * Patrick Jones (born 1965, W)
 * Rae Desmond Jones (1941–2017, A)
 * Richard Jones (living, US)
 * Terry Jones (1942–2020, W/E)
 * Erica Jong (born 1942, US)
 * Ben Jonson (1573–1637, E)
 * Julie Joosten (born 1980, US/C)
 * John Jordan (1930–1988, Ir)
 * June Jordan (1936–2002, J/US)
 * Anthony Joseph (born 1966, T/E)
 * Eve Joseph (born 1953, C)
 * Jenny Joseph (1932–2018, E)
 * Danilo Jovanovitch (1919–2015, A)
 * James Joyce (1882–1941, Ir/I)
 * Trevor Joyce (born 1947, Ir)
 * Frank Judge (living, US)
 * A. M. Juster (born 1956, US)
 * Donald Justice (1925–2004, US)

K

 * Jim Kacian (born 1953, US)
 * Aryan Kaganof (born 1964, SA)
 * Chester Kallman (1921–1975, US)
 * Surjeet Kalsey (living, C)
 * Smaro Kamboureli (living, C)
 * Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977, US)
 * Julie Kane (born 1952, US)
 * Adeena Karasick (born 1965, C/US)
 * Mary Karr (born 1955, US)
 * Julia Kasdorf (born 1962, US)
 * Laura Kasischke (born 1961, US)
 * Bob Kaufman (1925–1986, US)
 * Shirley Kaufman (1923–2016, US)
 * Rupi Kaur (born 1992, C)
 * Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967, Ir)
 * Jackie Kay (born 1961, S)
 * Jayne Fenton Keane (living, A)
 * Lionel Kearns (born 1937, C)
 * Annie Keary (1825–1879, E)
 * Diane Keating (living, C)
 * John Keats (1795–1821, E)
 * John Keble (1792–1866, E)
 * Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 1952, C)
 * Weldon Kees (1914–1955, US)
 * Nancy Keesing (1923–1993, A)
 * Antigone Kefala (1935–2022, A)
 * Christopher Kelen (born 1958, A)
 * S. K. Kelen (born 1956, A)
 * Anne Kellas (born 1951, SA/A)
 * Isabella Kelly (1759–1857, S/E)
 * M. T. Kelly (born 1946, C)
 * Arthur Kelton (died c. 1550, E/W)
 * Penn Kemp (born 1944, C)
 * Henry Kendall (1839–1882, A)
 * Francis Kenna (1865–1932, A)
 * Cate Kennedy (born 1963, A)
 * Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy ("Woodbine Willy", 1883–1929, E)
 * Leo Kennedy (1907–2000, C)
 * Miranda Kennedy (born 1975, US)
 * Walter Kennedy (c. 1455 – c. 1508, S)
 * X. J. Kennedy (born 1929, US)
 * Jean Kent (born 1951, A)
 * Jane Kenyon (1947–1995, US)
 * Robert Kirkland Kernighan (1854–1926, C)
 * Jack Kerouac (1922–1969, US)
 * Sidney Keyes (1922–1943, E)
 * Keorapetse Kgositsile (1938–2018, SA/US)
 * Mimi Khalvati (born 1944, E)
 * Charles Kickham (1828–1882, Ir)
 * Anne Killigrew (1660–1685, E)
 * Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918, US)
 * Arthur Henry King (1910–2000, E/US)
 * Henry King (1592–1669, E)
 * William King (1663–1712, E)
 * Charles Kingsley (1819–1875, E)
 * Barbara Kingsolver (born 1955, US)
 * Galway Kinnell (1927–2014, US)
 * John Kinsella (born 1963, A)
 * Thomas Kinsella (1928–2021, Ir)
 * Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936, E)
 * Olga Kirsch (1924–1997, SA/Is)
 * Roy Kiyooka (1926–1994, C)
 * Carolyn Kizer (1925–1914, US)
 * Barbara Klar (born 1966, C)
 * Sarah Klassen (born 1932, C)
 * A. M. Klein (1909–1972, C)
 * August Kleinzahler (born 1949, US)
 * Etheridge Knight (1931–1991, US)
 * Stephen Knight (born 1960, W/E)
 * Raymond Knister (1899–1932, C)
 * Kenneth Koch (1925–2002, US)
 * Ruth Ellen Kocher (born 1965, US)
 * Joy Kogawa (born 1935, C)
 * komninos (born 1950, A)
 * Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1947, US)
 * Ted Kooser (born 1939, US)
 * Shane Koyczan (born 1976, C)
 * Rustum Kozain (born 1966, SA)
 * Rudi Krausmann (1933–2019, A)
 * Ruth Krauss (1901–1993, US)
 * Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (born 1946, US)
 * Uys Krige (1910–1987, SA)
 * Robert Kroetsch (1927–2011, C)
 * Antjie Krog (born 1952, SA)
 * Anton Robert Krueger (born 1971, SA)
 * Marilyn Krysl (born 1942, US)
 * Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954, Ir)
 * Abhay Kumar (born 1980, In)
 * Mazisi Kunene (1930–2006, SA)
 * Tuli Kupferberg (1923–2010, US)
 * Maxine Kumin (1925–2014, US)
 * Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006, US)
 * Frank Kuppner (born 1951, S)
 * Stephen Kuusisto (born 1955, US)
 * Morris Kyffin (c. 1555–1598, W/E)
 * Joanne Kyger (1934–2017, US)
 * Francis Kynaston (1587–1642, E)

La–Ln

 * John La Rose (1927–2006, J/E)
 * Sonnet L'Abbé (born 1973, C)
 * Edward A. Lacey (1938–1995, C)
 * Mike Ladd (born 1959, A)
 * Ben Ladouceur (born 1987, C)
 * Nick Laird (born 1975, NI)
 * David Lake (1929–2016, A)
 * Philip Lamantia (1927–2005, US)
 * Kendrick Lamar (born 1987, US)
 * Charles Lamb (1775–1834, E)
 * Archibald Lampman (1861–1899, C)
 * Tim Lander (1938–2023, C)
 * Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838, E)
 * Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864, E)
 * M. Travis Lane (born 1934, US/C)
 * Patrick Lane (1939–2019, C)
 * Andrew Lang (1844–1912, S)
 * D. L. Lang (born 1983, US)
 * William Langland (c. 1332 – c. 1386, E)
 * Eve Langley (1904–1974, A)
 * Emilia Lanier (1569–1645, E)
 * Sidney Lanier (1842–1881, US)
 * Lucy Larcom (1824–1893, US)
 * Rebecca Hammond Lard (1772–1855, US)
 * Bruce Larkin (born 1957, US)
 * Philip Larkin (1922–1985, E)
 * Richard Latewar (1560–1601, E)
 * Evelyn Lau (born 1971, C)
 * James Laughlin (1914–1997, US)
 * Ann Lauterbach (born 1942, US)
 * Dorianne Laux (born 1952, US)
 * Emily Lawless (1845–1913, Ir)
 * Anthony Lawrence (born 1957, A)
 * D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930, E)
 * Henry Lawson (1867–1922, A)
 * Louisa Lawson (1848–1920, A)
 * Robert Lax (1915–2000, US)
 * Layamon (late 12th – early 13th c., E)
 * Irving Layton (1912–2006, C)
 * Emma Lazarus (1849–1887, US)
 * Augustus Asplet Le Gros (1840–1877, Je)
 * Bronwyn Lea (living, A)
 * Mary Leapor (1722–1746, E)
 * Edward Lear (1812–1888, E)
 * Lesley Lebkowicz (born 1946, A)
 * Francis Ledwidge (1887–1917, Ir)
 * David Lee (born 1944, US)
 * Dennis Lee (born 1939, C)
 * John B. Lee (born 1951, C)
 * Muna Lee (1895–1965, US)
 * Lily Alice Lefevre (1854–1938, C)
 * Anne Brydges Lefroy (1747/8–1804, E)
 * Joy Leftow (born 1949, US)
 * Sylvia Legris (born 1960, C)
 * Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018, US)
 * David Lehman (born 1948, US)
 * Geoffrey Lehmann (born 1940, A)
 * Brad Leithauser (born 1953, US)
 * Mark Lemon (1809–1870, E)
 * Sue Lenier (born 1957, E)
 * Charlotte Lennox (c. 1730–1804, S/E)
 * John Lent (living, C)
 * John Leonard (born 1965, A)
 * Tom Leonard (1944–2018, S)
 * William Ellery Leonard (1876–1944, US)
 * Douglas LePan (1914–1998, C)
 * Ben Lerner (born 1979, US)
 * Alex Leslie (living, C)
 * Rika Lesser (born 1953, US)
 * Lilian Leveridge (1879–1953, C)
 * Denise Levertov (1923–1997, E/US)
 * Dana Levin (born 1965, US)
 * Philip Levine (1928–2015, US)
 * Larry Levis (1946–1996, US)
 * D. A. Levy (1942–1968, US)
 * William Levy (1939–2019, US/Nt)
 * Emma Lew (born 1962, A)
 * Oswald LeWinter (1931–2013, US)
 * Alun Lewis (1915–1944, W)
 * C. S. Lewis (1898–1963, Ir/E)
 * Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959, W)
 * J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942, US)
 * Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957, E)
 * Anne Ley (c. 1599–1641, E)
 * Tim Liardet (born 1959, E)
 * Isabella Lickbarrow (1784–1847, E)
 * James Liddy (1934–2008, Ir)
 * Tim Lilburn (born 1950, C)
 * Charles Lillard (1944–1997, C)
 * Kate Lilley (born 1960, A)
 * Tao Lin (born 1983, US)
 * Ada Limón (born 1976, US)
 * Jack Lindeman (living, US)
 * Eddie Linden (1935–2023, S/E)
 * Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001, US)
 * Jack Lindsay (1900–1990, A/E)
 * Maurice Lindsay (1918–2009, S)
 * Sarah Lindsay (born 1958, US)
 * Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931, US)
 * Jessie Litchfield (1883–1956, A)
 * Dorothy Livesay (1909–1996, C)
 * Billie Livingston (living, C)
 * Douglas Livingstone (1932–1996, SA)

Lo–Ly

 * Douglas Lochhead (1922–2011, C)
 * Liz Lochhead (born 1947, S)
 * Terry Locke (born 1946, NZ)
 * Thomas Lodge (1556–1625, E)
 * John Logan (1748–1788, S/E)
 * Christopher Logue (1926–2011, E)
 * James Longenbach (living, US)
 * Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882, US)
 * Michael Longley (born 1939, NI)
 * John Longmuir (1803–1883, S)
 * Audre Lorde (1934–1992, US)
 * LindaAnn Loschiavo (living, US)
 * Marguerite St. Leon Loud (1812–1889, US)
 * Jennifer LoveGrove (living, C)
 * 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)
 * Maria White Lowell (1821–1853, US)
 * Robert Lowell (1917–1977, US)
 * Pat Lowther (1935–1975, C)
 * Mina Loy (1882–1966, E/US)
 * Edward Lucie-Smith (born 1933, E)
 * Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870, US)
 * Tatjana Lukić (1959–2008, A)
 * Suzanne Lummis (living, US)
 * Laura Lush (born 1959, C)
 * Richard Lush (born 1934, C)
 * Thomas Lux (1946–2017, US)
 * John Lydgate (1370–1450, E)
 * John Lyly (1553–1606, E)
 * Michael Lynch (1944–1991, US/C)
 * David Lyndsay (c. 1490 – c. 1555, S)
 * P. H. B. Lyon (1893–1986, E)
 * Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847, S)
 * George Lyttelton Lord Lyttelton (1709–1773, E)

Ma–Mi

 * Rozena Maart (born 1962, SA/C)
 * Lindiwe Mabuza (1938–2021, US/SA)
 * Frederick Macartney (1887–1980, A)
 * Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859, E)
 * George MacBeth (1932–1992, S)
 * Norman MacCaig (1910–1996, S)
 * Denis Florence MacCarthy (1817–1882, Ir)
 * Karen Mac Cormack (born 1956, C/US)
 * Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978, S)
 * Donagh MacDonagh (1912–1968, Ir)
 * Thomas MacDonagh (1878–1916, Ir)
 * Allan MacDonald (1859–1905, S)
 * Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864–1922, C)
 * George Macdonald (1824–1905, S)
 * Hugh MacDonald (born 1945, C)
 * Wilson MacDonald (1880–1967, C)
 * Patrick MacDonogh (1902–1961, Ir)
 * Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987, C)
 * Seán Mac Falls (1957–2023, Ir)
 * Walter Scott MacFarlane (1896–1979, C)
 * Patrick MacGill (1889–1963, Ir)
 * Alasdair Alpin MacGregor (1899–1970, S)
 * Ronald Campbell Macfie (1867–1931, S)
 * James Pittendrigh Macgillivray (1856–1938, S)
 * Thomas MacGreevy (1893–1967, Ir)
 * Arthur Machen (1863–1947, W/E)
 * Tom MacInnes (1867–1951, C)
 * Louise Mack (1870–1935, A)
 * John William Mackail (1859–1945, S)
 * John Macken (c. 1784–1823, Ir)
 * Lachlan Mackinnon (born 1956, S)
 * Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972, S)
 * Kenneth Mackenzie (Seaforth Mackenzie, 1913–1955, A)
 * Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982, US)
 * Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968, A)
 * Don Maclennan (1929–2009, SA)
 * Joseph Macleod (1903–1984, E)
 * Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947, US)
 * Don Maclennan (1929–2009, SA)
 * Jackson Mac Low (1922–2004, US)
 * Louis MacNeice (1907–1963, Ir/E)
 * Kevin MacNeil (living, S)
 * Hector Macneill (1746–1818, S)
 * Lachlan Mackinnon (born 1956, S)
 * Alasdair Maclean (1926–1994, S)
 * Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982, US)
 * Andrea MacPherson (living, C)
 * James Macpherson (1736–1796, S)
 * Jay Macpherson (1931–2012, C)
 * Barry MacSweeney (1948–2000, E)
 * Haki R. Madhubuti (born 1942, US)
 * John Gillespie Magee Jr. (1922–1941, C)
 * Wes Magee (1939–2021, S)
 * Jayanta Mahapatra (1928–2023, In)
 * Sitakant Mahapatra (born 1937, In)
 * Mzi Mahola (born 1949, SA)
 * Derek Mahon (born 1941, NI)
 * Jennifer Maiden (born 1949, A)
 * Keith Maillard (born 1942, US/C)
 * Charles Mair (1838–1827, C)
 * Alice Major (born 1949, C)
 * Clarence Major (born 1936, US)
 * Robert Majzels (born 1950, C)
 * Taylor Mali (born 1965, US)
 * David Mallet (c. 1705–1765, S)
 * Thomas Malory (c. 1415–1471, E)
 * David Malouf (born 1934, A)
 * Kim Maltman (born 1951, C)
 * Eli Mandel (1922–1992, C)
 * Tom Mandel (born 1942, US)
 * Ahdri Zhina Mandiela (born 1953, J/C)
 * James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849, Ir)
 * Bill Manhire (born 1946, NZ)
 * David Manicom (born 1960, C)
 * John Manifold (1915–1985, A)
 * Leonard Mann (1895–1981, A)
 * Emily Manning (1845–1890, A)
 * Frederic Manning (1882–1935, A)
 * Maurice Manning (born 1966, US)
 * Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988, W)
 * Robert Mannyng (1269–1340, E)
 * Chris Mansell (born 1953, A)
 * Peter Manson (born 1969, S)
 * Lee Maracle (1950–2021, C)
 * Blaine Marchand (born 1949, C)
 * Morton Marcus (1936–2009, US)
 * Paul Mariani (born 1940, US)
 * E. A. Markham (1939–2008, Mo/E)
 * Edwin Markham (1852–1940, US)
 * Nicole Markotic (born 1962, C)
 * Daphne Marlatt (born 1942, C)
 * Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593, E)
 * Don Marquis (1878–1937, US)
 * Edward Garrard Marsh (1783–1862, E)
 * Tom Marshall (1938–1993, C)
 * John Marston (1576–1634, E)
 * Garth Martens (living, C)
 * Camille Martin (born 1956, C)
 * David Martin (1915–1997, E/A)
 * Philip Martin (1931–2005, A)
 * Theodore Martin (1816–1909, S)
 * Sid Marty (born 1944, C)
 * Andrew Marvell (1621–1678, E)
 * John Masefield (1878–1967, E)
 * Lebogang Mashile (born 1979, SA)
 * R. A. K. Mason (1905–1971, NZ)
 * Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950, US)
 * John Mateer (born 1971, A)
 * Ray Mathew (1929–2002, A)
 * Robin Mathews (1931–2023, C)
 * Roland Mathias (1915–2007, W)
 * Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947, US)
 * Don Mattera (1935–2022, SA)
 * James Matthews (born 1929, SA)
 * Glyn Maxwell (born 1962, E)
 * Bernadette Mayer (born 1945, US)
 * Micheline Maylor (born 1970, C)
 * Seymour Mayne (born 1944, C)
 * Chandra Mayor (born 1973, C)
 * Ben Mazer (born 1964, US)
 * Mzwakhe Mbuli (born 1959, SA)
 * James McAuley (1917–1976, A)
 * Robert McBride (c. 1811/1812–1895, C)
 * Neil McBride (1861–1942, Ir)
 * Ian McBryde (born 1953, A)
 * Brian McCabe (born 1951, S)
 * Steven McCabe (living, C)
 * Steve McCaffery (born 1947, C)
 * Julia McCarthy (living, C)
 * Susan McCaslin (born 1947, C)
 * J. D. McClatchy (1945–2018, US)
 * Kim McClenaghan (born 1974, SA/E)
 * Michael McClure (1932–2020, US)
 * Kathleen McConnell (Kathy Mac, living, C)
 * David McCooey (born 1967, A)
 * George Gordon McCrae (1833–1927, A)
 * John McCrae (1872–1918, C)
 * Shane McCrae (born 1975, US)
 * Kathleen McCracken (born 1960, C)
 * John McCrae (1872–1918, C)
 * Ronald McCuaig (1908–1993, A)
 * Matthew McDiarmid (1914–1996, S)
 * Nan McDonald (1921–1974, A)
 * Roger McDonald (born 1941, A)
 * Roy McDonald (1937–2018, C)
 * Walt McDonald (1934–2022, US)
 * David McFadden (1940–2018, C)
 * Hugh McFadden (living, Ir)
 * David McGimpsey (living, C)
 * Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978, US)
 * Elvis McGonagall (born 1960, S)
 * William McGonagall (1825–1902, S)
 * Roger McGough (born 1937, E)
 * Michelle McGrane (born 1974, Z/SA)
 * Campbell McGrath (born 1962, US)
 * Thomas McGrath (1916–1990, US)
 * Wendy McGrath (living, C)
 * Medbh McGuckian (born 1950, NI)
 * Heather McHugh (born 1948, US)
 * William McIlvanney (1936–2015, S)
 * Nadine McInnis (born 1957, C)
 * James McIntyre (1828–1906, S/C)
 * Claude McKay (1889–1948, J/US)
 * Don McKay (born 1942, C)
 * Barry McKinnon (born 1944, C)
 * Rod McKuen (1933–2015, US)
 * Greg McLaren (born 1967, A)
 * Isaac McLellan (1806–1899, US)
 * John McLellan (early 19th century, E)
 * Brendan McLeod (born 1979, C)
 * Nigel McLoughlin (born 1968, NI)
 * Emily Julian McManus (1865–1918, C)
 * Rhyll McMaster (born 1947, A)
 * Susan McMaster (born 1950, C)
 * James L. McMichael (born 1939, US)
 * Ian McMillan (born 1956, E)
 * Eugene McNamara (1930–2016, US/C)
 * Anthony McNeill (1941–1996, J)
 * Andrew McNeillie (born 1946, W/E)
 * Hollie McNish (born 1984, E)
 * Bernard McNulty (1842–1892, US)
 * Steve McOrmond (living, C)
 * Dionyse McTair (born 1950, T)
 * Máighréad Medbh (born 1959, Ir]
 * Thomas Medwin (1788–1869, E)
 * Paula Meehan (born 1955, Ir)
 * Peter Meinke (born 1932, US)
 * Mary Melfi (born 1951, C)
 * Elizabeth Melville (c. 1578 – c. 1640, S)
 * Herman Melville (1819–1891, US)
 * Christopher Meredith (born 1955, W)
 * George Meredith (1828–1909, E)
 * Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895, E/A)
 * James Merrill (1926–1995, US)
 * Stuart Merrill (1863–1915, US)
 * Iman Mersal (born 1966, C)
 * Thomas Merton (1915–1968, US)
 * W. S. Merwin (1927–2019, US)
 * Sarah Messer (born 1966, US)
 * Joan Metelerkamp (born 1956, SA)
 * Charlotte Mew (1869–1928, E)
 * Bruce Meyer (born 1957, C)
 * Alice Meynell (1847–1922, E)
 * Viola Meynell (1885–1956, E)
 * James Lionel Michael (1824–1868, E/A)
 * Anne Michaels (born 1958, C)
 * William Julius Mickle (1734–1788, S)
 * Marianne Micros (born 1943, C)
 * Christopher Middleton (c. 1560–1628, E)
 * Christopher Middleton (1926–2015, E)
 * Richard Barham Middleton (1882–1911, E)
 * Thomas Middleton (1580–1627, E)
 * Roy Miki (born 1942, C)
 * Dorothy Miles (1931–1993, W/US)
 * Josephine Miles (1911–1985, US)
 * Jennifer Militello (living, US)
 * Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950, US)
 * Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942, US)
 * Jane Miller (born 1949, US)
 * Joaquin Miller (1837–1913, US)
 * Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956, US)
 * Ruth Miller (1919–1969, SA)
 * Thomas Miller (1807–1874, E)
 * Vassar Miller (1924–1998, US)
 * John Millett (1921–2019, A)
 * Robert Millhouse (1788–1839, E)
 * Alice Milligan (1865–1953, Ir/NI)
 * Spike Milligan (1918–2002, E/Ir)
 * Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004, C)
 * Roswell George Mills (1896–1966, C)
 * John Milton (1608–1674, E)
 * Robert Minhinnick (born 1952, W)
 * Matthew Minicucci (born 1981, US)
 * Gary Miranda (born 1939, US)
 * Sudesh Mishra (born 1962, A)
 * Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008, E)
 * Paul Mitchell (born 1968, A)
 * Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914, US)
 * Stephen Mitchell (born 1943, US)
 * Waddie Mitchell (born 1950, US)
 * Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999, S)
 * Amitabh Mitra (living, SA)
 * Ange Mlinko (born 1960, US)

Mo–Mu

 * David Macbeth Moir (1798–1851, S)
 * Anis Mojgani (born 1977, US)
 * John Mole (born 1941, E)
 * Natalia Molebatsi (living, SA)
 * Dorothy Molloy (1942–2004, Ir)
 * Geraldine Monk (born 1952, E)
 * Harold Monro (1879–1932, E)
 * Harriet Monroe (1860–1936, US)
 * Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661–1715, E)
 * John Montague (1929–2016, Ir)
 * Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762, E)
 * Alexander Montgomerie (c. 1550–1598, S)
 * James Montgomery (1771–1854, E)
 * Lucy Maud Montgomery (L. M. Montgomery, 1874–1942, C)
 * Marion E. Moodie (1867–1958, C)
 * Susanna Moodie (1803–1885, E/C)
 * Kobus Moolman (living, SA)
 * Jacob McArthur Mooney (born 1983, C)
 * Alan Moore (born 1960, Ir)
 * Marianne Moore (1887–1972, US)
 * Merrill Moore (1903–1957, US)
 * Ruth Moore (1903–1989, US)
 * T. Inglis Moore (1901–1978, A)
 * Thomas Moore (1779–1852, Ir/E)
 * Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944, E)
 * Dom Moraes (1938–2004, In)
 * Barbara Moraff (born 1939, US)
 * Cherríe Moraga (born 1952, US)
 * Edythe Morahan de Lauzon (fl. early 20th c., C)
 * Pamela Mordecai (born 1942, J/C)
 * Hannah More (1745–1833, E)
 * Dwayne Morgan (born 1974, C)
 * Edwin Morgan (1920–2010, S)
 * J. O. Morgan (born 1978, S)
 * Jeffrey Morgan (living, C)
 * Mal Morgan (1936–1999, A)
 * Robin Morgan (born 1941, US)
 * Lorin Morgan-Richards (born 1975, US)
 * A. F. Moritz (born 1947, US/C)
 * Eliza F. Morris (1821–1874, E)
 * Mervyn Morris (born 1937, J)
 * Sharon Morris (living, W/E)
 * William Morris (1834–1896, E)
 * David R. Morrison (1941–2012, S)
 * Jim Morrison (1943–1971, US)
 * Morrissey (born 1959, E)
 * Kim Morrissey (Janice Dales, living, C)
 * Garry Thomas Morse (living, C)
 * Viggo Mortensen (born 1958, US/De)
 * Colin Morton (born 1948, C)
 * Frank Morton (1869–1923, A)
 * Twm Morys (born 1961, W)
 * Daniel David Moses (born 1952, C)
 * Howard Moss (1922–1987, US)
 * Thylias Moss (born 1954, US)
 * Isabella Motadinyane (1963–2003, SA)
 * William Motherwell (1797–1835, S)
 * Andrew Motion (born 1952, E)
 * Seitlhamo Motsapi (born 1966, SA)
 * Casey Motsisi (1932–1977, SA)
 * Eric Mottram (1924–1995, E)
 * Erín Moure (born 1955, C)
 * Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali (born 1940, SA)
 * Ian Mudie (1911–1976, A)
 * Mudrooroo (Colin Thomas Johnson, 1938–2019, A)
 * Lisel Mueller (1924–2020, US)
 * Micere Githae Mugo (1942–2023, K/Z)
 * Edwin Muir (1887–1959, S/E)
 * Paul Muldoon (born 1951, Ir/US)
 * Wendy Mulford (born 1941, W/E)
 * Harryette Mullen (born 1953, US)
 * Laura Mullen (born 1958, US)
 * Anthony Munday (c. 1560–1633, E)
 * Jane Munro (born 1943, C)
 * Sachiko Murakami (born 1980, C)
 * William Murdoch (1823–1887, S/C)
 * Edwin Greenslade Murphy (Dryblower, 1866–1939, A)
 * Hayden Murphy (born 1945, Ir)
 * Richard Murphy (1927–2018, Ir/SLk)
 * Sheila Murphy (born 1951, US)
 * Charles Murray (1864–1941, S)
 * George Murray (born 1971, C)
 * Joan Murray (born 1945, US)
 * Les Murray (1938–2019, A)
 * David Musgrave (born 1965, A)
 * Susan Musgrave (born 1951, C)
 * Togara Muzanenhamo (born 1975, Z)

N

 * Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977, RE/US)
 * Constance Naden (1858–1889, E)
 * Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949, In)
 * Carolina Nairne (1766–1845, S)
 * Sydney Elliott Napier (1870–1940, A)
 * Akhtar Naraghi (living, C)
 * Ogden Nash (1902–1971, US)
 * Roger Nash (born 1942, E/C)
 * Thomas Nashe (1567–1601, E)
 * John Neal (1793–1876, US)
 * Charles Neaves (1800–1876, S)
 * Henry Neele (1798–1828, E)
 * Lyle Neff (born 1969, C)
 * John Neihardt (1881–1973, US)
 * William Neill (1922–2010, S)
 * Philip Neilsen (living, A)
 * Shaw Neilson (1872–1942, A)
 * Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875–1935, US)
 * Holly Nelson (living, US/C)
 * Marilyn Nelson (born 1946, US)
 * Howard Nemerov (1920–1991, US)
 * Kenn Nesbitt (born 1962, US)
 * W. H. New (born 1938, C)
 * Henry Newbolt (1862–1938, E)
 * John Newlove (1938–2003, C)
 * John Henry Newman (1801–1890, E)
 * Kate Newmann (born 1965, NI/Ir)
 * William Newton (1750–1830, E)
 * Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974, US)
 * Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 1970, Ir)
 * Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942, Ir)
 * Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (born 1952, Ir)
 * Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh (born 1984, Ir)
 * Doireann Ní Ghríofa (born 1981, Ir)
 * Nicholas of Guildford (12th or 13th c., E)
 * Barrie Phillip Nichol (bpNichol, 1944–1988, C)
 * Grace Nichols (born 1950, Gu/E)
 * Robert Nichols (1893–1944, E)
 * Cecily Nicholson (living, C)
 * Norman Nicholson (1914–1987, E)
 * Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970, US)
 * Emilia Nielsen (living, C)
 * Hume Nisbet (1849–1923, A/S)
 * Christopher Nolan (1965–2009, Ir)
 * Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1993, A)
 * Leslie Norris (1921–2006, W/US)
 * Harry Northup (born 1940, US)
 * Arthur Nortje (1942–1970, SA)
 * Caroline Norton (1808–1877, E)
 * Alice Notley (born 1945, US)
 * Alden Nowlan (1933–1983, C)
 * Alfred Noyes (1880–1958, E)
 * Jeff Nuttall (1933–2004, E)
 * Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952, US)
 * Robert Nye (1939–2016, E)

O

 * Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938, US)
 * John O'Brien (Patrick Joseph Hartigan, 1878–1952, A)
 * Sean O'Brien (born 1952, E)
 * Patrick O'Connell (1944–2005, C)
 * Mark O'Connor (born 1945, A)
 * Philip O'Connor (1916–1998, E)
 * Mary O'Donnell (born 1954, Ir)
 * Bernard O'Donoghue (born 1945, Ir)
 * Gregory O'Donoghue (1951–2005, Ir)
 * Bernard O'Dowd (1866–1953, A)
 * Dennis O'Driscoll (born 1954, Ir)
 * Ernest O'Ferrall (1881–1925, A)
 * Ron Offen (1930–2010, US)
 * William Henry Ogilvie (1869–1963, S)
 * Frank O'Hara (1926–1966, US)
 * John Bernard O'Hara (1862–1927, A)
 * Theodore O'Hara (1820–1867, US)
 * Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991, A)
 * Sharon Olds (born 1942, US)
 * Alexandra Oliver (living, C)
 * Mary Oliver (1935–2019, US)
 * Redell Olsen (born 1971, E)
 * Charles Olson (1910–1970, US)
 * Sheree-Lee Olson (born 1954, C)
 * Nessa O'Mahony (living, Ir)
 * Michael Ondaatje (born 1943, SLk/C)
 * Heather O'Neill (born 1973, C)
 * Henrietta O'Neill (1758–1793, Ir)
 * Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1976, Ir)
 * George Oppen (1908–1984, US)
 * Mary Oppen (1908–1990, US)
 * Antoine Ó Raifteiri (1784–1835, Ir)
 * Edward Otho Cresap Ord, II (1858–1923, US)
 * Dowell O'Reilly (1865–1923, A)
 * Peter Orlovsky (1933–2010, US)
 * John Ormond (1923–1990, W)
 * Frank Ormsby (born 1947, NI)
 * Gregory Orr (born 1947, US)
 * Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1844–1881, E)
 * Micheal O'Siadhail (born 1947, Ir)
 * Alicia Ostriker (born 1937, US)
 * Maggie O'Sullivan (born 1951, E)
 * Seumas O'Sullivan (1879–1958, Ir)
 * Niyi Osundare (born 1947, Ni/US)
 * Alice Oswald (born 1966, E)
 * John Oswald (died 1793, S)
 * Eoghan Ó Tuairisc (1919–1982, Ir)
 * Richard Outram (1930–2005, C)
 * Ouyang Yu (歐陽昱; born 1955, A)
 * Catherine Owen (living, C)
 * Jan Owen (born 1940, A)
 * Wilfred Owen (1893–1918, E)

P

 * Susan Paddon (living, C)
 * Ruth Padel (born 1947, E)
 * Ron Padgett (born 1942, US)
 * Isabel Pagan (c. 1740–1821, S)
 * Geoff Page (born 1940, A)
 * P. K. Page (1916–2010, C)
 * Janet Paisley (1948–2018, S)
 * Grace Paley (1922–2007, E)
 * Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897, E)
 * Michael Palmer (born 1943, US)
 * Nettie Palmer (1885–1964, A)
 * Vance Palmer (1885–1959, A)
 * Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960, E)
 * William Williams Pantycelyn (W)
 * Aristides Paradissis (1923–2006, A)
 * Arleen Paré (born 1946, C)
 * Dorothy Parker (1893–1967, US)
 * Amy Parkinson (1855–1938, C)
 * Thomas Parnell (1670–1718, Ir/E)
 * Robert Parry (1540–1612, W)
 * Lisa Pasold (living, C)
 * John Pass (born 1947, C)
 * Linda Pastan (1932–2023, US)
 * Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972, US)
 * Banjo Paterson (1864–1941, A)
 * Don Paterson (born 1963, S)
 * Coventry Patmore (1823–1896, E)
 * Brian Patten (born 1946, E)
 * Ian Patterson (born 1948, E)
 * Philip Kevin Paul (living, C)
 * Tom Paulin (born 1949, NI/E)
 * Ricardo Pau-Llosa (born 1954, Cu)
 * James Payn (1830–1898, E/S)
 * Molly Peacock (born 1947, US/C)
 * Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866, E)
 * Patrick Pearse (1879–1916, Ir)
 * Soraya Peerbaye (living, C)
 * Pearl Poet (14th c., E)
 * Patrick Pearse (1879–1916, Ir)
 * James Larkin Pearson (1879–1981, US)
 * Neil Peart (1952–2020, C)
 * Kathleen Peirce (born 1956, US)
 * J. D. C. Pellow (1890–1960, E)
 * Nathan Penlington (living, W/E)
 * Anne Penny (1729–1784, W/E)
 * Margaret Pennyman (bap. 1685, d. 1733), E
 * Hilary Douglas Clark Pepler (1878–1951, E)
 * Sam Pereira (born 1949, US)
 * Lucia Perillo (1958–2016, US)
 * Grace Perry (1927–1987, A)
 * Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845–1921, US)
 * Lenrie Peters (1932–2009, Ga)
 * Robert Peters (1924–2014, US)
 * Pascale Petit (born 1953, W)
 * Mario Petrucci (born 1958, E)
 * W. T. Pfefferle (born 1962, C)
 * Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1890–1964, US)
 * M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947, T/C)
 * Ambrose Philips (1674–1749, E)
 * Katherine Philips (1631/1632–1664, E/W)
 * Ben Phillips (born 1947, C)
 * Eden Phillpotts (1862–1960, E)
 * Alison Pick (born 1975, C)
 * Tom Pickard (born 1946, E)
 * Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (born 1975, US/C)
 * Marge Piercy (born 1936, US)
 * Laetitia Pilkington (c. 1709–1750, Ir/E)
 * Mary Pilkington (1761–1839, E)
 * Sarah Pinder (living, C)
 * Percy Edward Pinkerton (1855–1946, E)
 * Robert Pinsky (born 1940, US)
 * George Pirie (1799–1870, C)
 * Christopher Pitt (1699–1748, E)
 * Marie Pitt (1869–1948, A)
 * Ruth Pitter (1897–1992, E)
 * Al Pittman (1940–2001, C)
 * Marjorie Pizer (1920–2016, A)
 * Sylvia Plath (1932–1963, US/E)
 * William Plomer (1903–1973, SA/E)
 * Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878–1957, Ir/E)
 * Joseph Plunkett (1887–1916, Ir)
 * Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849, US)
 * Emily Pohl-Weary (born 1973, C)
 * Craig Poile (living, C)
 * Suman Pokhrel (born 1967, Ne)
 * Marcella Polain (born 1958, A)
 * Margaret Steuart Pollard (1904–1996, E)
 * Edward Pollock (1823–1858, US)
 * Robert Pollok (c. 1798–1827, S)
 * John Pomfret (1667–1702, E)
 * Marie Ponsot (1921–2019, US)
 * John Pook (born 1942, W/F)
 * Sandy Pool (living, C)
 * Marie Ponsot (1921–2019, US)
 * Alexander Pope (1688–1744, E)
 * Judith Pordon (born 1954, US)
 * Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832, E)
 * Dorothy Porter (1954–2008, A)
 * Hal Porter (1911–1984, A)
 * Peter Porter (1929–2010, A)
 * Rochelle Potkar (born 1979, In)
 * Robert Potter (1721–1804, E)
 * Charles Potts (born 1943, US)
 * Ezra Pound (1885–1972, US)
 * B. W. Powe (born 1955, C)
 * Craig Powell (born 1940, A)
 * Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839, E)
 * Claire Pratt (1921–1995, C)
 * E. J. Pratt (1882–1964, C)
 * Jack Prelutsky (born 1940, US)
 * Karen Press (born 1956, SA)
 * Thomas Preston (1537–1598, E)
 * Ron Pretty (1940–2023, A)
 * Frank Prewett (1893–1962, C)
 * Nancy Price (1880–1970, E)
 * Richard Price (born 1966, S/E)
 * Robert Priest (born 1951, C)
 * F. T. Prince (1912–2003, E)
 * Thomas Pringle (1789–1834, S/SA)
 * Matthew Prior (1664–1721, E)
 * Pauline Prior-Pitt (living, S)
 * Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864, E)
 * Bryan Procter (1787–1874, E)
 * Kevin Prufer (born 1969, US)
 * J. H. Prynne (born 1936, E)
 * Sheenagh Pugh (born 1950, W/E)
 * Al Purdy (1918–2000, C)

Q

 * Andy Quan (born 1969, C/A)
 * Francis Quarles (1592–1644, E)
 * Peter Quennell (1905–1993, E)
 * Sina Queyras (living, C)
 * Roderic Quinn (1867–1949, A)

Ra–Ri

 * William Radice (born 1951, E)
 * Kenneth Radu (born 1945, C)
 * Sam Ragan (1915–1996, US)
 * Jennifer Rahim (born 1963, T)
 * Craig Raine (born 1944, E)
 * Kathleen Raine (1908–2003, US)
 * Carl Rakosi (1903–2004, US)
 * Walter Raleigh (1552 or 1554–1618, E)
 * James Ralph (1705–1762, US/E)
 * Raymond Ramcharitar (living, T)
 * Lesego Rampolokeng (born 1965, S)
 * Allan Ramsay (1686–1758, S)
 * Theodore Harding Rand (1835–1900, C)
 * Dudley Randall (1914–2000, US)
 * Julia Randall (1924–2005, US)
 * Thomas Randolph (1605–1635, E)
 * Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979, A)
 * Claudia Rankine (born 1963, J)
 * John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974, US)
 * Lennox Raphael (born 1939, J)
 * Stephen Ratcliffe (born 1948, US)
 * Angela Rawlings (born 1978, C)
 * Tom Raworth (1938–2017, E)
 * Herbert Read (1893–1968, E)
 * Angela Readman (born 1973, E)
 * James Reaney (1926–2008, C)
 * George Reavey (1907–1976, Ir)
 * Peter Redgrove (1932–2003, E)
 * Michael Redhill (born 1966, C)
 * Beatrice Redpath (1886–1937, C)
 * Henry Reed (1914–1986, E)
 * Ishmael Reed (born 1938, US)
 * Jeremy Reed (born 1951, Je)
 * Kerry Reed-Gilbert (1956–2019, A)
 * Ennis Rees (1925–2009, US)
 * Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856–1935, US)
 * Deryn Rees-Jones (living, E/W)
 * James Reeves (1909–1978, E)
 * Nell Regan (born 1969, Ir)
 * Alastair Reid (1926–2014, S)
 * Christopher Reid (born 1949, E)
 * D. C. Reid (born 1952, C)
 * Jamie Reid (1941–2015, C)
 * Azila Talit Reisenberger (living, SA)
 * James Reiss (1941–2016, US)
 * Joseph Relph (1712–1743, E)
 * Robert Rendall (1898–1967, S)
 * Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982, US)
 * Oliver Reynolds (born 1957, W)
 * Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976, US)
 * Shane Rhodes (living, C)
 * Ernest Rhys (1859–1946, W/E)
 * Henry Rice (1585 or 1586–1651, W/E)
 * Stan Rice (1942–2002, US)
 * Adrienne Rich (1929–2012, US)
 * Dorothy Richardson (1873–1957, E)
 * John Richardson (1817–1886, E)
 * Robert Richardson (1850–1901, A)
 * Edgell Rickword (1898–1982, E)
 * Elizabeth Riddell (1910–1998, A)
 * Lola Ridge (1873–1941, US)
 * Laura Riding (1901–1991, US)
 * Elijah Ridings (1802–1872)
 * Anne Ridler (1912–2001, E)
 * Denise Riley (born 1948, E)
 * James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916, US)
 * John Riley (1937–1978, E)
 * Peter Riley (born 1940, E)
 * Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958, US)
 * Maurice Riordan (born 1953, Ir)
 * Alberto Ríos (born 1952, US)

Ro–Ru

 * E. M. Roach (Merton Maloney, 1915–1974, T)
 * Charles G. D. Roberts (1860–1943, C)
 * Emma Roberts (1794–1840, E)
 * Michael Roberts (1902–1948, E)
 * Edith Anne Robertson (1883–1973, S)
 * James Robertson (born 1958, S)
 * Lisa Robertson (born 1961, C)
 * Robin Robertson (born 1955, S)
 * Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935, US)
 * Lennox Robinson (1886–1958, Ir)
 * Mary Robinson (1758–1800, E)
 * Matt Robinson (born 1974, C)
 * Roland Robinson (1912–1992, A)
 * Ajmer Rode (living, C)
 * Gordon Rodgers (born 1952, C)
 * W. R. Rodgers (1909–1969, NI)
 * Carmen Rodríguez (born 1948 Ch/C)
 * Judith Rodriguez (1936–2018, A)
 * Theodore Roethke (1908–1963, US)
 * Janet Rogers (born 1963, C)
 * Linda Rogers (born 1944, C)
 * Samuel Rogers (1763–1855, E)
 * Isabella Whiteford Rogerson (Isabella Whiteford, 1835–1905, Ir/C)
 * Matthew Rohrer (born 1972, US)
 * Mary Rolls (1775–1835, E)
 * Ethel Rolt Wheeler (1869–1958, E)
 * David Romtvedt (living, US)
 * Dilys Rose (born 1954, S)
 * Peter Rose (born 1955, A)
 * Raymond Roseliep (1917–1983, US)
 * Franklin Rosemont (1943–2009, US)
 * Penelope Rosemont (born 1942, US)
 * Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918, E)
 * Joe Rosenblatt (1933–2019, C)
 * Gabriel Rosenstock (born 1949, Ir)
 * Laisha Rosnau (born 1972, C)
 * Alan Ross (1922–2001, E)
 * Bruce Ross (living, C)
 * Stuart Ross (living, C)
 * W. W. E. Ross (1894–1966, C)
 * Christina Rossetti (1830–1894, E)
 * Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882, E)
 * Jerome Rothenberg (1931–2024, US)
 * Nancy-Gay Rotstein (living, C)
 * Anne Rouse (born 1954, US/E)
 * David Rowbotham (1924–2010, A)
 * Elizabeth Singer Rowe (1674–1737, E)
 * Nicholas Rowe (1674–1718, E)
 * Noel Rowe (1951–2007, A)
 * Stephen Rowe (born 1980, C)
 * Graham Rowlands (born 1947, A)
 * Richard Rowlands (1565–1630, E/Nt)
 * Samuel Rowlands (c. 1573–1630, E)
 * Rosemarie Rowley (born 1942, Ir)
 * Susanna Rowson (1762–1824, E/US)
 * Susanna Roxman (1946–2015, Sw)
 * Adam Rudden (born 1983, Ir)
 * Ellen Sergeant Rude (1838–1916, US)
 * Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980, US)
 * Charlotte Runcie (born 1989, S)
 * Jenny Terrill Ruprecht (1839–1916, US)
 * George William Russell (1867–1935, Ir/E)
 * Nipsey Russell (1918–2005, US)
 * Brendan Ryan (born 1963, A)
 * Gig Ryan (born 1956, A)
 * Kay Ryan (born 1945, US)
 * Michael Ryan (born 1946, US)
 * Tracy Ryan (born 1964, A)
 * Thomas Rymer (c. 1643–1713, E)

Sa–Si

 * Charles Sackville (1643–1706, E)
 * Thomas Sackville (1536–1608, E)
 * Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962, E)
 * Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 1954, US)
 * Maria Grace Saffery (1773–1858, E)
 * Lake Sagaris (born 1956, C/Ch)
 * Nandini Sahu (born 1973, In)
 * Arja Salafranca (born 1971, SA)
 * Trish Salah (living, C)
 * Nina Salaman (1877–1925, E)
 * Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1959, Ir)
 * Philip Salom (born 1950, A)
 * John Salusbury (1567–1612, W/E)
 * Thomas Salusbury (1612–1643, W/E)
 * Fiona Sampson (born 1963, E)
 * Sonia Sanchez (born 1934, US)
 * Carl Sandburg (1878–1967, US)
 * Peter Sanger (born 1943, C)
 * Charles Sangster (1822–1893, C)
 * Ann Sansom (living, E)
 * Clive Sansom (1910–1981, E/A)
 * Andrew Sant (born 1950, A)
 * Robyn Sarah (born 1949, C)
 * Jaydeep Sarangi (born 1973, India)
 * Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960, A)
 * May Sarton (1912–1995, US)
 * Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967, E)
 * K. Satchidanandan (born 1948, In)
 * Esther Saunders (1793–1862, US)
 * Jen Saunders (born 1962, A)
 * Richard Savage (c. 1697–1743, E)
 * Jaya Savige (born 1978, A)
 * Leslie Scalapino (1944–2010, US)
 * Herman George Scheffauer (1876–1927, US)
 * Jacob Scheier (born 1980, C)
 * Libby Scheier (1946–2000, US/C)
 * Bel Schenk (born 1975, A)
 * Dennis Schmitz (1937–2019, US)
 * Pat Schneider (1934–2020, US)
 * Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842, US)
 * Andreas Schroeder (born 1946, C)
 * Philip Schultz (born 1945, US)
 * James Schuyler (1923–1991, US)
 * Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966, US)
 * Stephen Scobie (born 1943, C)
 * Gregory Scofield (born 1966, C)
 * Alexander Scott (c. 1520 – c. 1583, S)
 * Alexander Scott (1920–1989, S)
 * Dennis Scott (1939–1991, J)
 * Duncan Campbell Scott (1862–1947, C)
 * F. R. Scott (1899–1985, C)
 * Frederick George Scott (1861–1944, C)
 * Geoffrey Scott (1884–1929, E)
 * John A. Scott (born 1948, A)
 * Margaret Scott (1934–2005, A)
 * Peter Dale Scott (born 1929, C)
 * Tom Scott (1918–1995, S)
 * Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832, S)
 * William Bell Scott (1811–1890, S)
 * Gil Scott-Heron (1949–2011, US)
 * Ann Scott-Moncrieff (1914–1943, S)
 * E. J. Scovell (1907–1999, E)
 * Maurice Scully (1952–2023, Ir)
 * George Bazeley Scurfield (1920–1991, E)
 * Peter Seaton (1942–2010, US)
 * Charles Sedley (1639–1701, E)
 * Frederick Seidel (born 1936, US)
 * Hugh Seidman (born 1940, US)
 * Rebecca Seiferle (living, US)
 * Lasana M. Sekou (born 1959, SM)
 * Francis Sempill (c. 1616–1682, S)
 * Robert Sempill (c. 1595 – c. 1663, S)
 * Olive Senior (born 1941, J/C)
 * Sipho Sepamla (1932–2007, SA)
 * Mongane Wally Serote (born 1944, SA)
 * Nina Serrano (born 1934, US)
 * Robert W. Service (1874–1958, S/C)
 * Vikram Seth (born 1952, SM)
 * Elkanah Settle (1648–1724, E)
 * Anna Seward (1742–1809, E)
 * Anne Sexton (1928–1974, US)
 * John W. Sexton (born 1958, Ir)
 * Thomas Shadwell (1642–1692, E)
 * Kathy Shaidle (born 1964, C)
 * William Shakespeare (1564–1616, E)
 * Tupac Shakur (1971–1996, US)
 * Otep Shamaya (born 1979, US)
 * Eileen Shanahan (1901–1979, Ir)
 * Ntozake Shange (1948–2018, US)
 * Edward Shanks (1892–1953, E)
 * Jo Shapcott (born 1953, E)
 * Thomas Shapcott (born 1935, A)
 * Karl Shapiro (1913–2000, US)
 * Michael Sharkey (born 1946, A)
 * William Sharp (awa Fiona MacLeod, 1855–1905, S)
 * Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970, US)
 * Luci Shaw (born 1928, E/US)
 * Owen Sheers (born 1974, W/E)
 * Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822, E)
 * William Shenstone (1714–1763, E)
 * Nan Shepherd (1893–1981, S)
 * Francis Joseph Sherman (1871–1926, C)
 * Joseph Sherman (1945–2006, C)
 * Kate Brownlee Sherwood (1841–1914, US)
 * Carol Shields (1935–2003, US/C)
 * Trish Shields (living, C)
 * Thomas Shipman (1632–1680, E)
 * James Shirley (1596–1666, E)
 * Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873–1962, US)
 * Fredegond Shove (1889–1949, E)
 * Sandy Shreve (living, C)
 * Penelope Shuttle (born 1947, E)
 * Beau Sia (born 1976, US)
 * Mary Sidney (1561–1621, E)
 * Philip Sidney (1554–1586, E)
 * Melanie Siebert (living, C)
 * Eli Siegel (1902–1978, US)
 * Robert Siegel (1939–2012, US)
 * Jon Silkin (1930–1997, E)
 * Hilda Siller (1861–1945, US)
 * Ron Silliman (born 1946, US)
 * Shel Silverstein (1930–1999, US)
 * Charles Simic (1938–2023, US)
 * Goran Simić (born 1952, Bo/C)
 * Bren Simmers (born 1976, C)
 * James Simmons (1933–2001, NI)
 * Anne Simpson (born 1956, C)
 * Louis Simpson (1923–2012, J/US)
 * Matt Simpson (1936–2009, E)
 * R. A. Simpson (1929–2002, A)
 * Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000, US)
 * Iain Sinclair (born 1943, W/E)
 * May Sinclair (1863–1946, E)
 * Sue Sinclair (living, C)
 * Tim Sinclair (born 1972, A)
 * Burns Singer (1928–1964, S)
 * Marilyn Singer (born 1948, US)
 * Sarah Singleton (born 1966, E)
 * George Sipos (living, C)
 * Peter Sirr (born 1960, Ir)
 * Lemn Sissay (born 1967, E)
 * C. H. Sisson (1914–2003, E)
 * Ari Sitas (born 1952, SA)
 * Edith Sitwell (1887–1964, E)
 * Osbert Sitwell (1892–1969, E)
 * Sacheverell Sitwell (1897–1988, E)

Sk–Sq

 * Sonja Skarstedt (1960–2009, C)
 * John Skelton (1460–1529, E)
 * Robin Skelton (1925–1997, E/C)
 * Douglas Reid Skinner (born 1949, SA)
 * Myra Sklarew (born 1934, US)
 * Ed Skoog (born 1971, US)
 * Zoë Skoulding (born 1967, W)
 * Peter Skrzynecki (born 1945, A)
 * Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971, A)
 * Daniel Sloate (1931–2009, C)
 * Edward Slow (1841–1925, E)
 * Adam Small (1936–2016, SA)
 * Carolyn Smart (born 1952, C)
 * Christopher Smart (1722–1771, E)
 * Elizabeth Smart (1913–1986, C)
 * A. J. M. Smith (1902–1980, C)
 * Alexander Smith (1830–1867, S)
 * Bruce Smith (born 1946, US)
 * Charlotte Turner Smith (1749–1806, E)
 * Clara Kathleen Smith (1911–2004, C)
 * Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961, US)
 * Douglas Burnet Smith (born 1949, C)
 * Iain Crichton Smith (1928–1998, S)
 * John Smith (1927–2018, C)
 * Malachi Smith (living, J)
 * Marc Smith (born 1949, US)
 * Margaret Smith (born 1958, US)
 * Michael Smith (1942–2014, Ir)
 * Michael V. Smith (living, C)
 * Patti Smith (born 1946, US)
 * Rod Smith (born 1962, US)
 * Ron Smith (born 1943, C)
 * Steven Ross Smith (born 1945, C)
 * Stevie Smith (1902–1971, E)
 * Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915–1975, S)
 * Tracy K. Smith (born 1972, US)
 * Vivian Smith (born 1933, A)
 * William Jay Smith (1918–2015, US)
 * Tobias Smollett (1721–1771, S)
 * W. D. Snodgrass (1925–2009, US)
 * Gary Snyder (born 1930, US)
 * Karen Solie (born 1966, C)
 * David Solway (born 1941, C)
 * William Somervile (1675–1742, E)
 * Cathy Song (born 1955, US)
 * Madeline Sonik (born 1960, C)
 * Edward Sorenson (1869–1939, A)
 * Charles Sorley (1895–1915, S)
 * Gary Soto (born 1952, US)
 * Carolyn Marie Souaid (born 1959, C)
 * Raymond Souster (1921–2012, C)
 * William Soutar (1898–1946, S)
 * Caroline Anne Southey (1786–1854, E)
 * Robert Southey (1774–1843, E)
 * Robert Southwell (1561–1595, E)
 * Wole Soyinka (born 1934, Ni)
 * Esta Spalding (living, US/C)
 * Heather Spears (1934–2021, C/De)
 * Alan Spence (living, S)
 * Lewis Spence (1874–1955, S)
 * Anne Spencer (1882–1975, US)
 * Bernard Spencer (1909–1963, E)
 * Thomas Edward Spencer (1845–1911, A)
 * Stephen Spender (1909–1995, E)
 * Edmund Spenser (1552–1599, E)
 * Leonora Speyer (1872–1956, US)
 * Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921, US)
 * Eintou Pearl Springer (born 1944, T)
 * Birk Sproxton (1943–2007, C)
 * J. C. Squire (1884–1958, E)
 * Geoffrey Squires (born 1942, NI)

St–Sy

 * William Stafford (1914–1993, US)
 * A. E. Stallings (born 1968, US)
 * Jon Stallworthy (1935–2014, E)
 * Harold Standish (1919–1972, C)
 * Ann Stanford (1916–1987, US)
 * Frank Stanford (1948–1978, US)
 * George Stanley (born 1937, US/C)
 * George Starbuck (1931–1996, US)
 * Carmine Starnino (born 1970, C)
 * Nicolette Stasko (born 1950, A)
 * C. K. Stead (born 1932, NZ)
 * Peter Steele (1939–2012, A)
 * Richard Steere (1643–1721, US)
 * John Steffler (born 1947, C)
 * Gertrude Stein (1874–1946, US)
 * Mattie Stepanek (1990–2004, US)
 * Ian Stephens (1955–1996, C)
 * James Stephens (1880–1950, Ir)
 * James Brunton Stephens (1835–1902, S)
 * George Stepney (1663–1707, E)
 * John Sterling (1806–1844, S)
 * Gerald Stern (1925–2022, US)
 * Ricardo Sternberg (born 1948, C/US)
 * C. J. Stevens (1927–2021, US)
 * Wallace Stevens (1880–1955, US)
 * Richard Stevenson (born 1952, C)
 * Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894, S)
 * Margo Taft Stever (living, US)
 * Amanda Stewart (born 1959, A)
 * Douglas Stewart (1913–1985, A)
 * Harold Stewart (1916–1995, A)
 * Shannon Stewart (living, C)
 * W. Gregory Stewart (living, C/US)
 * Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904, US)
 * John Stiles (living, C/E)
 * James Still (1906–2001, US)
 * Anne Stone (living, C)
 * Donna J. Stone (1933–1994, US)
 * Ruth Stone (1915–2011, US)
 * Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born 1968, US)
 * Edward Storer (1880–1944, E)
 * Randolph Stow (1935–2010, A)
 * Mark Strand (1934–2014, US)
 * Jennifer Strauss (born 1933, A)
 * Sean Street (born 1946, E)
 * Agnes Strickland (1796–1874, E)
 * Adelle Stripe (born 1976, E)
 * Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904, US)
 * Donna J. Stone (1933–1994, US)
 * Billy Marshall Stoneking (1947–2016, A)
 * Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born 1968, US)
 * Edward Storer (1880–1944, E)
 * Eithne Strong (1923–1999, Ir)
 * Joseph Stroud (born 1943, US)
 * Betsy Struthers (born 1951, C)
 * John Struthers (1776–1853, S)
 * Jesse Stuart (1906–1984, US)
 * Abhi Subedi (born 1945)
 * John Suckling (1609–1642, E)
 * Julie Suk (born 1924, US)
 * Andrew Suknaski (1942–2012, C)
 * Alan Sullivan (1868–1947, C)
 * Aloysius Michael Sullivan (1896–1980, US)
 * Rosemary Sullivan (born 1947, C)
 * Maud Sulter (1960–2008, S)
 * Moez Surani (born 1979, C)
 * Kamala Surayya (1934–2009, In)
 * Efua Sutherland (1924–1996, Gh)
 * John Sutherland (1919–1956, C)
 * Robert Swanson (1905–1994, C)
 * Robert Sward (1933–2022, US/C)
 * George Swede (born 1940, C)
 * Matthew Sweeney (1951–2018, Ir)
 * Cole Swensen (born 1955, US)
 * Karen Swenson (born 1936, US)
 * May Swenson (1913–1989, US)
 * Jonathan Swift (1667–1745, Ir/E)
 * Todd Swift (born 1966, C/E)
 * Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909, E)
 * Randall Swingler (1909–1967, E)
 * Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal (c. 1430 – c. 1480, W)
 * Bobbi Sykes (1943–2010, A)
 * Joshua Sylvester (1563–1618, E)
 * Arthur Symons (1865–1945, E)
 * John Millington Synge (1871–1909, Ir)
 * Arthur Sze (born 1950, US)
 * George Szirtes (born 1948, E)
 * Anne Szumigalski (1922–1999, E/C)

T

 * Eileen Tabios (born 1960, US)
 * Proma Tagore (living, C)
 * Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941, In)
 * Maria Takolander (born 1973, A)
 * Francis W. Tancred (1874–1925, E)
 * Robert Tannahill (1774–1810, S)
 * Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012, US)
 * Allen Tate (1899–1979, US)
 * James Tate (1943–2015, US)
 * Emma Tatham (1829–1855, E)
 * Andrew Taylor (born 1940, A)
 * Ann Taylor (1782–1866, E)
 * Bruce Taylor (born 1960, C)
 * Edward Taylor (1645–1729, E/US)
 * Emily Taylor (1795–1872, E)
 * Heather Taylor (living, C)
 * Henry Taylor (1800–1886, E)
 * Henry S. Taylor (born 1942, US)
 * Jane Taylor (1783–1824, E)
 * Rachel Annand Taylor (1876–1960, S)
 * Ruth Taylor (1961–2006, C)
 * Sara Teasdale (1883–1933, US)
 * Barry Tebb (born 1942, E)
 * Fiona Templeton (born 1951, S/E)
 * William Tennant (1784–1848, S)
 * Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892, E)
 * Frederick Tennyson (1807–1898, E)
 * John Terpstra (living, C)
 * Elaine Terranova (born 1939, US)
 * A. S. J. Tessimond (1902–1962, E)
 * Lucy Terry (c. 1730–1821, US)
 * Souvankham Thammavongsa (born 1978, C)
 * Celia Thaxter (1824–1894, US)
 * Ernest Thayer (1863–1940, US)
 * John Thelwall (1764–1834, E)
 * Sharon Thesen (born 1946, C)
 * Colin Thiele (1920–2006, A)
 * Kai Cheng Thom (living, C)
 * William Thom (1799–1848, S)
 * Thomas the Rhymer (Thomas Learmonth, c. 1220 – c. 1298, S)
 * Thomas of Hales (13th c., E)
 * D. M. Thomas (1935–2023, E)
 * Dylan Thomas (1914–1953, W/E)
 * Edward Thomas (1878–1917, E)
 * Elizabeth Thomas (1675–1731, E)
 * Lorenzo Thomas (1944–2005, US)
 * R. S. Thomas (1913–2000, W)
 * William Thomas (1832–1878, W)
 * Francis Thompson (1859–1907, E)
 * John Thompson (1938–1976, E/C)
 * John Reuben Thompson (1823–1873, US)
 * Edward William Thomson (1849–1924, C)
 * James Thomson (1700–1748, S)
 * James Thomson (awa Bysshe Vanolis, 1834–1882, S)
 * Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862, US)
 * Tim Thorne (1944–2021, A)
 * Russell Thornton (living, C)
 * Joseph Thurston (1704–1732, E)
 * Anthony Thwaite (1930–2021, E)
 * Michael Thwaites (1915–2005, A)
 * Chidiock Tichborne (1558–1586, E)
 * Thomas Tickell (1685–1740, E)
 * Matthew Tierney (born 1970, C)
 * Mary Tighe (1772–1810, Ir)
 * Lydia H. Tilton (1839–1915, US)
 * Richard Tipping (born 1949, A)
 * José Tlatelpas (born 1953, Me/C)
 * Nick Toczek (born 1950, E)
 * Barbara Euphan Todd (1890–1976, E)
 * Ruthven Todd (1914–1978, S)
 * Mohamud Siad Togane (born 1947, So/C)
 * J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973, E)
 * Francis Tolson (died 1745, E)
 * Melvin B. Tolson (1898–1966, US)
 * Charles Tomlinson (1927–2015, E)
 * Jean Toomer (1894–1967, US)
 * Charles Tompson (1807–1883, A)
 * Angela Topping (born 1954, E)
 * Lola Lemire Tostevin (born 1937, C)
 * Cyril Tourneur (died 1626, E)
 * Ann Townsend (born 1962, US)
 * Thomas Traherne (1636/1637–1674, E)
 * John Tranter (1943–2023, A)
 * Elizabeth Treadwell (born 1967, US)
 * Mark Tredinnick (born 1962, A)
 * Rhea Tregebov (born 1953, C)
 * Raymond D. Tremblay (living, C)
 * Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972, C/E)
 * Natasha Trethewey (born 1966, US)
 * Tony Trigilio (born 1966, US)
 * Calvin Trillin (born 1935, US)
 * David Trinidad (born 1953, US)
 * John Tripp (1927–1986, W/E)
 * Quincy Troupe (born 1939, US)
 * Peter Trower (1930–2017, C)
 * Mark Truscott (born 1970, US/C)
 * Dimitris Tsaloumas (1921–2016, A)
 * Charlotte Maria Tucker (A.L.O.E, 1821–1893, E)
 * Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite (c. 1764–1850, Ir)
 * George Turberville (c. 1540 – before 1597, E)
 * Richard Marggraf Turley (born 1970, E)
 * Gael Turnbull (1928–2004, S)
 * Charles Tennyson Turner (1808–1879, E)
 * Julian Turner (born 1955, E)
 * Walter J. Turner (1889–1946, A/E)
 * Thomas Tusser (1524–1580, E)
 * Emma Rood Tuttle (1839–1916, US)
 * Hone Tuwhare (1922–2008, NZ)
 * Violet Tweedale (1862–1936, S/E)
 * Chase Twichell (born 1950, US)
 * Katharine Tynan (1859–1932, Ir/E)
 * John Tyndall (born 1951, C)
 * Daniel Scott Tysdal (born 1978, C)

U

 * Laura Ulewicz (1930–2007, US)
 * Jeff Unaegbu (born 1979, Ni)
 * Jean Starr Untermeyer (1886–1970, US)
 * Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977, US)
 * John Updike (1932–2009, US)
 * Priscila Uppal (1974–2018, C)
 * Allen Upward (1863–1926, E)
 * Joan Ure (Elizabeth Thoms Clark, 1918–1978, S)
 * David UU (David W. Harris, 1948–1994, C)
 * Amy Uyematsu (1947–2023, US)

V

 * Jean Valentine (1934–2020, US)
 * Valentine Vallis (1916–2009, A)
 * Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931, US)
 * Mona Van Duyn (1921–2004, US)
 * Lin Van Hek (born 1944, A)
 * Peter van Toorn (1944–2021, C)
 * Christopher van Wyk (1957–2014, SA)
 * Henry Vaughan (1621–1695, W)
 * R. M. Vaughan (born 1965, C)
 * Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1509–1556, E)
 * Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003, US)
 * Janine Pommy Vega (1942–2010, US)
 * Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford (1550–1604, E)
 * Helen Vendler (1933–2024, US)
 * Jumoke Verissimo (born 1976, Ni)
 * Paul Vermeersch (born 1973, C)
 * Katherena Vermette (born 1977, C)
 * Jones Very (1813–1880, US)
 * Vicki Viidikas (1948–1998, A)
 * Peter Viereck (1916–2006, US)
 * José García Villa (1908–1997, Ph)
 * Pamelia Sarah Vining (1826–1897, C)
 * Vivian Virtue (1911–1998, J/E)
 * Garth Von Buchholz (living, C)
 * Brian Vrepont (1882–1955, A)
 * Prvoslav Vujcic (Prvoslav Vujčić, born 1960, Se/C)

Wa–We

 * Miriam Waddington (1917–2004, C)
 * Michael Wade (1944–2004, C)
 * Sidney Wade (born 1951, US)
 * Fred Wah (born 1939, C)
 * John Wain (1925–1994, E)
 * A. E. Waite (1857–1942, E)
 * Nayyirah Waheed (living, US)
 * Diane Wakoski (born 1937, US)
 * Derek Walcott (1930–2017, SL)
 * Anne Waldman (born 1945, US)
 * George Waldron (1690 – c. 1730, E/IoM)
 * Keith Waldrop (1932–2023, US)
 * Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935, US)
 * Arthur Waley (1889–1966, E)
 * Alice Walker (born 1944, US)
 * Margaret Walker (1915–1998, US)
 * Rob Walker (born 1953, A)
 * Bronwen Wallace (1945–1989, C)
 * Chris Wallace-Crabbe (born 1934, A)
 * Edmund Waller (1606–1687, E)
 * Tom Walmsley (born 1948, C)
 * Agnes Walsh (born 1950, C)
 * Catherine Walsh (born 1964, Ir)
 * Minnie Gow Walsworth (1859–1947, US)
 * David Waltner-Toews (born 1948, C)
 * Ania Walwicz (1951–2020, A)
 * Connie Wanek (born 1952, US)
 * John Powell Ward (born 1937, E/W)
 * Ned Ward (1667–1731, E)
 * Sarah Wardle (born 1969, E)
 * Anna Laetitia Waring (1823–1910, W/E)
 * Emily Warn (living, US)
 * Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893–1978, E)
 * Crystal Warren (living, SA)
 * John Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley (1835–1895, E)
 * Meralda Warren (born 1959, PI)
 * Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989, US)
 * Thomas Warton (1728–1790, E)
 * Terry Watada (born 1951, C)
 * Vernon Watkins (1906–1967, W)
 * George Watsky (born 1986, US)
 * Rosamund Marriott Watson (Graham R. Tomson, 1860–1911, E)
 * Samuel Wagan Watson (born 1972, A)
 * Stephen Watson (1954–2011, SA)
 * Thomas Watson (1555–1592, E)
 * William Watson (1858–1935, E)
 * Alison Watt (born 1957, C)
 * Barrett Watten (born 1948, US)
 * Isaac Watts (1674–1748, E)
 * Rebecca Watts (born 1983, E)
 * Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832–1914, E)
 * Tom Wayman (born 1945, C)
 * Alan Wearne (born 1948, A)
 * Francis Webb (1925–1973, A)
 * Harri Webb (1920–1994, W)
 * Phyllis Webb (1927–2021, C)
 * John Webster (c. 1580 – c. 1634, E)
 * Mary Morison Webster (1894–1980, SA)
 * James Wedderburn (c. 1495–1553, S)
 * John Wedderburn (c. 1505–1553, S)
 * Robert Wedderburn (c. 1510 – c. 1555, S)
 * Rebecca Wee (living, US)
 * George Weideman (1947–2008, SA)
 * John Weier (born 1949, C)
 * Hannah Weiner (1928–1997, US)
 * Robert Stanley Weir (1856–1926, C)
 * Marjorie Welish (born 1944, US)
 * Zachariah Wells (born 1976, C)
 * Viola S. Wendt (1907–1986, US)
 * Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958, US)
 * William Wentworth (1790–1872, A)
 * Darren Wershler (Darren Wershler-Henry, born 1966, C)
 * Charles Wesley (1707–1788, E)
 * Gilbert West (1703–1756, E)
 * Jane West (1758–1852, E)
 * David Wevill (born 1935, C/US)

Wh–Wy

 * Philip Whalen (1923–2002, US)
 * Dawud Wharnsby (born 1972, C)
 * Anne Wharton (1659–1685, E)
 * Gordon Wharton (1929–2011, E)
 * Herb Wharton (born 1936, A)
 * Mary Whateley (1738–1835, E)
 * Anne Wheathill (fl. 1584, E)
 * David Wheatley (born 1970, Ir/S)
 * Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784, US)
 * Billy Edd Wheeler (born 1932, US)
 * E. B. White (1899–1985, US)
 * Henry Kirke White (1785–1806, E)
 * James L. White (1936–1981, US)
 * Kenneth White (1936–2023, S)
 * Laura Rosamond White (1844–1922, US)
 * Joshua Whitehead (living, C)
 * Bruce Whiteman (born 1952, C)
 * Walt Whitman (1819–1892, US)
 * Isabella Whitney (c. 1546/1548 – after 1624, E)
 * Zoe Whittall (born 1976, C)
 * Reed Whittemore (1919–2012, US)
 * John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892, US)
 * Brian Whittingham (1950–2022, S)
 * Christopher Whyte (born 1952, S)
 * George Whyte-Melville (1821–1878, S/E)
 * Anna Wickham (1883–1947, E/A)
 * Les Wicks (born 1955, A)
 * John Wieners (1934–2002, US)
 * Nissanka Wijeyeratne (1924–2007, SLa)
 * Richard Wilbur (1921–2017, US)
 * Dora Wilcox (1873–1953, A)
 * Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919, US)
 * Robert Will (1615–1679, E)
 * Jane Wilde (1821–1896, Ir/E)
 * Oscar Wilde (1854–1900, Ir/E)
 * Amos Wilder (1895–1993, US)
 * Charlotte Wilder (1898–1980, US)
 * Anne Wilkinson (1910–1961, C)
 * John Wilkinson (born 1953, E)
 * William of Nassyngton (died 1354, E)
 * William of Shoreham (fl. 14th century, E)
 * Aeneas Francon Williams (1886–1971, E)
 * Alfred Williams (1877–1930, E)
 * Anna Williams (1706–1783, W/E)
 * Athol Williams (born 1970, SA)
 * C. K. Williams (1936–2015, US)
 * David Gwyn Williams (1904–1990, W/E)
 * Donna Williams (1963–2017, A)
 * Emmett Williams (1925–2007, US)
 * Heathcote Williams (1941–2017, E)
 * Helen Maria Williams (1759/1762–1827, E/F)
 * Hugo Williams (born 1942, E)
 * Isaac Williams (1802–1865, E)
 * Jane Williams (1806–1885, W/E)
 * Jonathan Williams (1929–2008, US)
 * Miller Williams (1930–2015, US)
 * Oscar Williams (1900–1964, US)
 * Richard D'Alton Williams (1822–1862, Ir)
 * Rowan Williams (born 1950, W/E)
 * Saul Williams (born 1972, US)
 * Sherley Anne Williams (1944–1999, US)
 * William Carlos Williams (1883–1963, US)
 * Frank S. Williamson (1865–1936, A)
 * Elizabeth Willis (born 1961, US)
 * James Wills (1790–1868, Ir)
 * Ruth Wills (1826–1908, E)
 * Clive Wilmer (born 1945, E)
 * Frank Wilmot (Furnley Maurice, 1881–1942, A)
 * John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680, E)
 * Eleanor Wilner (born 1937, US)
 * Alan R. Wilson (living, C)
 * Anne Elizabeth Wilson (1901–1946, US/C)
 * Arthur Wilson (1595–1652, E)
 * Dede Wilson (born 1937, US)
 * Edwin Wilson (born 1942, A)
 * Florence Mary Wilson (c. 1870–1946, Ir/NI)
 * Peter Lamborn Wilson (also Hakim Bey, 1945–2022, US)
 * Sheri-D Wilson (living, C)
 * Christian Wiman (born 1966, US)
 * Liz Winfield (born 1964, A)
 * Rob Winger (born 1974, C)
 * Sheila Wingfield (1906–1992, E/Ir)
 * Yvor Winters (1900–1968, US)
 * Jane Wiseman (Mrs. Holt, 1673 – after 1717, E)
 * George Wither (1588–1667, E)
 * Charles Wolfe (1791–1823, Ir)
 * Humbert Wolfe (1885–1940, E)
 * Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938, US)
 * Theresa Wolfwood (living, C)
 * Jennifer Wong (living, HK)
 * Nellie Wong (born 1934, US)
 * Gwyneth Barber Wood (died 2006, J)
 * George Woodcock (1912–1995, C)
 * Gregory Woods (born 1953, E)
 * Joseph Woods (born 1966, Ir/Z)
 * Macdara Woods (1942–2018, Ir)
 * Lance Woolaver (born 1948, C)
 * Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855, E)
 * William Wordsworth (1770–1850, E)
 * Philip Stanhope Worsley (1835–1866, E)
 * Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639, E)
 * Carolyn D. Wright (born 1949, US)
 * Carolyne Wright (born 1949, US)
 * Charles Wright (born 1935, US)
 * David Wright (1920–1994, E)
 * David McKee Wright (1869–1928, NZ/A)
 * Franz Wright (1953–2015, US)
 * James Wright (1927–1980, US)
 * Jay Wright (born 1935, US)
 * Judith Wright (1915–2000, A)
 * Kirby Wright (living, US)
 * Luke Wright (born 1982, E)
 * Robert Wrigley (born 1951, US)
 * Lady Mary Wroth (1587–1651 or 1653)
 * Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542, E)
 * Elinor Wylie (1885–1928, US)
 * Edward Alexander Wyon (1842–1872, E)

X–Y

 * Makhosazana Xaba (born 1957, SA)
 * Mitsuye Yamada (born 1923, US)
 * Leo Yankevich (1961–2018, US)
 * Morgan Yasbincek (born 1964, A)
 * J. Michael Yates (1938–2021, US/C)
 * W. B. Yeats (1865–1939, Ir)
 * Jean Yoon (born 1962, C)
 * Marly Youmans (born 1953, US)
 * Monica Youn (born 1971, US)
 * Andrew Young (1885–1971, S)
 * Augustus Young (born 1943, Ir)
 * d'bi Young (born 1977, J/C)
 * Douglas Young (1913–1973, S)
 * Edward Young (1683–1765, E)
 * Ellen Young (c. 1810–1872, A)
 * Ian Young (born 1945, C)
 * Kevin Young (born 1970, US)
 * Marguerite Young (1908–1995, US)

Z

 * Alessio Zanelli (born 1963, It)
 * Matthew Zapruder (born 1967, US)
 * Marya Zaturenska (1902–1982, US)
 * Robert Zend (1929–1985, C)
 * Benjamin Zephaniah (1958–2023, E)
 * Komninos Zervos (born 1950, A)
 * David Zieroth (born 1946, C)
 * Rachel Zolf (born 1968, C)
 * Daniel Zomparelli (living, C)
 * Carolyn Zonailo (born 1947, C)
 * Louis Zukofsky (1904–1978, US)
 * Fay Zwicky (1933–2017, A)
 * Jan Zwicky (born 1955, C)

Lists of English language poets by nationality

 * List of Australian poets
 * List of Canadian 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