List of English language poets
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Poets who wrote or write much of their poetry in the English language.
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
- Harold Acton (1904-1994)
- Gilbert Adair (born 1944)
- Arthur Henry Adams (1872-1936)
- Robert Adamson (1852-1902)
- Fleur Adcock (born 1934)
- Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
- Mark Akenside (1721-1770)
- James Alexander Allan (1889-1956)
- Leslie Holdsworthy Allen (1879-1964)
- Ethel Anderson (1883-1958)
- Bruce Andrews (born 1948)
- Maya Angelou (born 1928)
- Rae Armantrout (born 1947)
- Simon Armitage (born 1963)
- Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
- John Ashbery (born 1927)
- Thomas Ashe (1836-1889)
- Thea Astley (1925-2004)
- Edwin Atherstone (1788-1872)
- Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
- Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915-1991)
- W. H. Auden (1907-1973)
- Albert Gordon Austin (1918-1990)
- Pam Ayres (born 1947)
- Sir Robert Ayton (1570-1638)
- William Edmonstone Aytoun (1813-1865)
B
Ba
- Joanna Baillie (1762-1851)
- Kevin Bailey (born 1953}
- David Ball (born 1959)
- Jesse Ball (born 1978)
- Lex Banning (born 1921)
- Amiri Baraka (born 1934)
- David Baratier (born 1970)
- Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825)
- John Barbour (died 1395)
- Les Barker (born 1947)
- Richard Barnefield (1574-1627)
- Djuna Barnes (1892-1982)
- William Barnes (1801-1886)
- Ken Barratt
- Bernard Barton (1784-1849)
- Todd Bash (born 1965)
- David Bates (1809-1870)
- H.E. Bates (1905-1974)
- James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
- Arthur Bayldon (1865-1958)
- William Baylebridge (1883-1942)
Be-Bo
- Francis Beaumont (1586-1616)
- Bruce Beaver (1928-2004)
- Aphra Behn (1640-1689)
- Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902-1981)
- Bill Berkson (born 1939)
- Charles Bernstein (born 1950)
- Anselm Berrigan (born 1972)
- Ted Berrigan (1934-1983)
- Wendell Berry (born 1934)
- John Berryman (1914-1972)
- Joop Bersee (born 1958)
- John Betjeman (1906-1984)
- Maurice Biggs (born 1915)
- Gary Bills (born 1964)
- Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
- Samuel Bishop (1731-1795)
- Thomas Blacklock (1721-1791)
- Peter Bladen (1922-2001)
- William Blake (1757-1827)
- Susanna Blamire (1747-1794)
- John Blight (1913-1995)
- Mathilde Blind (1841-1896)
- Edmund Blunden (1896-1974)
- Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840-1922)
- Barcroft Boake (1866-1892)
- George Henry Boker (1823-1890)
- Eavan Boland (born 1944)
- Ken Bolton
- Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)
- Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902-1973)
- Mark Alexander Boyd (1563-1601)
Br-By
- Thomas Bracken (1843-1898)
- Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612-1672)
- E. J. Brady (1869-1952)
- Christopher Brennan (1870-1932)
- John Le Gay Brereton (1871-1933)
- Nicholas Breton (1542-1626)
- Ken Brewer (1941-2006)
- Robert Bridges (1844-1930)
- Emily Brontë (1818-1848)
- Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)
- Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)
- Sterling A. Brown (1901-1989)
- Dr. Stewart Brown
- Thomas Edward Brown (1830-1897)
- Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705-1760)
- William Browne (1588-1643)
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
- Robert Browning (1812-1889)
- William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
- Vincent Buckley (1925-1988)
- Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)
- Basil Bunting (1900–1985)
- Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)
- Jim Burns
- Richard Burns (1943)
- Robert Burns (1759-1796)
- William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)
- George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824)
C
Ca-Ci
- Richard Caddel
- Charles Stuart Calverley (1831-1884)
- Thomas Campbell (1774-1844)
- Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
- Mary Wedderburn Cannan (1893-1973)
- Thomas Carew (1595-1639)
- Henry Carey (1693-1743)
- Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
- William Cartwright (1611-1643)
- Alice Cary
- Phoebe Cary
- Charles Causley (1917-2003)
- Constantine Cavafy
- Joseph Ceravolo
- John Chalkhill
- William Ellery Channing (1818-1901)
- George Chapman (1560-1634)
- Geoffrey Chaucer (ca.1343-1400)
- Maxine Chernoff
- Billy Childish
- Sandra Cisneros
Cl
- John Clare (1793-1864)
- Thomas A. Clark
- Tom Clark
- Jack Clarke
- Austin Clarke (1886-1974)
- John Cleveland (1613-1658)
- Michelle Cliff
- Lucille Clifton
- Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861)
Co
- Bob Cobbing
- Brian Coffey (1905-1995)
- Norma Cole
- Hartley Coleridge (1796-1849)
- Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861-1907)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
- Billy Collins
- William Collins (1721-1759)
- William Congreve (1670-1729)
- Henry Constable (1562-1613)
- Clark Coolidge
- Thomas Cooper (poet) (1805-1892)
- Wendy Cope (born 1945)
- Richard Corbet (1582-1635)
- Corinna
- Jayne Cortez
- William Johnson Cory (1823-1892)
- Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1877)
- Anne Ross Cousin (1824-1906)
- Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)
- William Cowper (1731-1800)
Cr-Cu
- George Crabbe (1754-1832)
- Hart Crane, (1899-1932)
- Richard Crashaw (1613-1649)
- Thomas Creech (1659-1700)
- George Croly (1780-1860)
- William Crowe (1745-1829)
- Aleister Crowley (1875-1947)
- Andrew Crozier
- Countee Cullen, (1903-1946)
- E. E. Cummings (1894-1962)
- Allan Cunningham (1784-1842)
- J. V. Cunningham (1911-1985)
- Allen Curnow (1911-2001)
D
Da-Do
- Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)
- George Darley (1795-1846)
- Tina Darragh
- Robert von Dassanowsky (aka Robert Dassanowsky)
- William Davenant (1606-1668)
- John Davidson (1837-1909)
- Michael Davidson
- John Davies (1569-1626)
- Thomas Osborne Davis (1814-1845)
- Thomas Dekker (1575-1641)
- John Denham (1615-1669)
- Thomas Dermody (1775-1802)
- William F. DeVault
- Denis Devlin (1908-1959)
- James Dickey (1923-1997)
- Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
- Ray DiPalma
- Diane Di Prima
- John Donne (1572-1631)
- Keith Douglas (1920-1944)
- Rita Dove
- Ernest Dowson (1867-1900)
- Francis Hastings Doyle (1810-1888)
- Kirby Doyle (1932-2003)
Dr-Dy
- Michael Drayton (1563-1631)
- William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585-1649)
- John Dryden (1631-1700)
- W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963)
- Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955)
- Charles Gavan Duffy (1816-1903)
- Alan Dugan (1923-2003)
- Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
- William Dunbar (1465-1520)
- Robert Duncan (1919-1988)
- Douglas Dunn (born 1942)
- Alan Dunnett
- John Dyer
- Bob Dylan (born 1941)
E
- Richard Eberhart (1904-2005) (died at the three digit age of 101)
- Richard Edwards (1523?-1566)
- T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)
- Ebenezer Elliot (1781-1849)
- Jean Elliot (1727-1805)
- Ebenezer Elliott (1781-1849)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
- William Empson (1906-1984)
- Theodore Enslin (born 1925)
- Sir George Etherege (1635-1691)
- Mari Evans
F
- Edward Fairfax (1580?-1635)
- William Falconer (1732-1769)
- Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765-1834)
- Sir Richard Fanshawe (1608-1666)
- Francis Fawkes (1721-1777)
- Elaine Feinstein
- Elijah Fenton (1683-1730)
- James Fenton (born 1949)
- Deanna Ferguson
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born 1919)
- Peter Finch
- Ian Hamilton Finlay (born 1925)
- Allen Fisher
- Roy Fisher (born 1930)
- Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883)
- Penelope Fitzgerald
- James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915)
- John Fletcher (1579-1625)
- Douglas Florian
- John Ford (1586-1639)
- Janet Frame (1924-2004)
- Ulli Freer
- Philip Freneau (1752-1832)
- Robert Frost (1874-1963)
- Stephen Fry
- Heather Fuller
- William Fuller
- Alice Fulton (born 1952)
- Richard Furness (1791-1857)
G
Ga-Go
- Samuel Garth
- George Gascoigne (1525-1577)
- David Gascoyne (1916-2001)
- John Gay (1685-1732)
- Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991)
- Dame Mary Gilmour
- Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)
- Nikki Giovanni (born 1943)
- Denis Glover (1912-1980)
- Louise Gluck
- Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)
Gr-Gy
- W. S. Graham
- Richard Graves (1715-1804)
- Robert Graves (1895-1985)
- Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
- Robert Greene (1560-1592)
- Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (1554-1628)
- Bill Griffiths (born 1948)
- Nicholas Grimald (1519-1562)
- Angelina Weld Grimke
- Charlotte Forten Grimke
- Barbara Guest
- Edgar Guest, (1881-1959)
- Arthur Guiterman (1871-1943)
- Thom Gunn (1929-2004)
- Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)
- Brion Gysin (1916-1986)
H
Ha-He
- William Habington (1605-1654)
- Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
- Joy Harjo
- William Harmon
- Frances E. W. Harper
- Michael S. Harper
- Tony Harrison (born 1937)
- Carla Harryman
- Lee Harwood (born 1939)
- Alamgir Hashmi
- Stephen Hawes (died 1523)
- Robert Hayden
- Seamus Heaney (born 1939)
- Anthony Hecht (1923-2004)
- John Hegley
- Lyn Hejinian
- Piero Heliczer
- Felicia Hemans (1793-1835)
- Essex Hemphill
- William Ernest Henley (1849-1903)
- George Herbert (1593-1632)
- Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
- Phoebe Hesketh (1909-2005)
- Dorothy Hewett (1923-2002)
- Thomas Heywood (157?-1650)
Hi-Hu
- Geoffrey Hill (born 1932)
- James Hogg (1770-1835)
- Jane Holland (born 1966)
- Anselm Hollo
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894)
- Thomas Hood (1798-1845)
- A. D. Hope
- Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)
- Frances Horovitz (1938-1983)
- Michael Horovitz (Born 1935)
- George Moses Horton
- A. E. Housman, (1859-1936)
- Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547)
- Fanny Howe
- Susan Howe
- Ada Verdun Howell
- Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
- Ted Hughes (1930-1998)
- Richard Hugo (1923-1982)
- Alexander Hume (1560-1609)
- Leigh Hunt, (1784-1859)
- Albert Hunter Jr. (1956-present)
- Cynthia Huntington, (Born 1952)
I-J
- P.Inman
- Richard Jago, (1715-1781)
- John James
- Lisa Jarnot (born 1967)
- Randall Jarrell (1914-1965)
- Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962)
- Fenton Johnson
- Georgia Douglas Johnson
- Helene Johnson (1906-1995)
- James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
- David Jones
- Patrick Jones (born 1965)
- Erica Jong (born 1942)
- Ben Jonson (1573-1637)
- June Jordan (born 1936)
- Anthony Joseph
- Jenny Joseph (born 1932)
- James Joyce (1882-1941)
- Trevor Joyce (born 1947)
- Donald Justice (1925-2004)
K
- Ilya Kaminsky
- Bobbi Katz
- Bob Kaufman (1925-1986)
- Jayne Fenton Keane
- John Keats (1795-1821)
- W.B. Keckler (born 1966)
- Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy ('Woodbine Willy'; 1883-1929)
- Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
- Sidney Keyes (1922-1943)
- Keorapetse Kgositsile (born 1938)
- Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)
- Jack Kimball
- Amy King
- Henry King (1592-1669)
- William King (1663-1712)
- Galway Kinnell (born 1927)
- John Kinsella
- Thomas Kinsella (1927-)
- Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
- Etheridge Knight
- Kenneth Koch (1925-2002)
- Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1948)
- Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006)
- Karla Kuskin
- Joanne Kyger
L
La-Le
- Nick Laird (1975- )
- Charles Lamb (1775-1834)
- Tim Lander (1938- )
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon
- Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)
- Emilia Lanier (1569-1645)
- Philip Larkin (1922-1985)
- Evelyn Lau
- D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)
- Henry Lawson (1867-1922)
- Edward Lear (1812-1888)
- Francis Ledwidge, (1887-1917)
- Tom Leonard
- Philip Levine
- Larry Levis
- D. A. Levy, (1942-1968)
- Alun Lewis
Lo-Ly
- Thomas Lodge (1556-1625)
- Christopher Logue
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
- Michael Longley
- Luis A. López
- Audre Lorde, (born 1934)
- Richard Lovelace (1618-1658)
- Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
- Robert Lowell
- Mina Loy
- Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836-1870)
- John Lydgate (1370-1450)
- John Lyly (1553-1606)
- George Lyttelton, Lord Lyttelton (1709-1773)
M
Ma
- Máire Mac an tSaoi (Born 1922)
- Norman MacCaig (1910-1996)
- Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978)
- Seán Mac Falls
- Thomas MacGreevy (1893-1967)
- Nathaniel Mackey
- Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982)
- Jackson Mac Low
- Louis MacNeice (1907-1963)
- Barry MacSweeney
- Haki R. Madhubuti
- Jennifer Maiden
- Clarence Major
- Taylor Mali
- David Mallet
- Tom Mandel
- Bill Manhire (Born 1946)
- Robert Mannyng of Brunne (1269-1340)
- Chris Mansell (1953-)
- Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
- Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)
- John Masefield, (1878-1967)
- Cleopatra Mathis, (Born 1947)
Mc-Mi
- James McAuley (1917-1976)
- Jeffrey McDaniel (born 1967)
- Colleen McElroy
- Mighty Mike McGee (born 1976)
- Bryant H. McGill
- Karyna McGlynn
- William Topaz McGonagall, (1825-1902)
- Roger McGough, (born 1937)
- Campbell McGrath
- Claude McKay
- David Melnick
- George Meredith (1828-1909)
- James Merrill (1926-1995)
- Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
- W. S. Merwin
- Jack Micheline (1929-1998)
- Edna St. Vincent Millay, (1892-1950)
- Grazyna Miller, (born 1957)
- Joaquin Miller, (1837-1913)
- Spike Milligan (1918-2002)
- Ralph Mills
- John Milton (1608-1674)
- Adrian Mitchell
Mo-Mu
- Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, (1661-1715)
- Marianne Moore, (1887-1972)
- Robin Moore, (1954- )
- Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
- Barbara Moraff
- Edythe Morahan de Lauzon
- Edwin Morgan
- Mervyn Morris
- Tony Morris (1938- )
- William Morris (1834-1896)
- James Douglas Morrison (1943-1971)
- Andrew Motion
- Eric Mottram
- Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
- Laura Mullen
- Harryette Mullen
- Anthony Munday (1553-1633)
- Les Murray (born 1938)
N-O
- Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
- Thomas Nashe (1567-1601)
- Alice Moore Dunbar Nelson
- Howard Nemerov
- Kenn Nesbitt (1962- )
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil (1974- )
- Henry Newbolt, (1862-1938)
- John Henry Newman, (1801-1890)
- Norman Nicholson (1914-1987)
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
- Lorine Niedecker (1903-1970)
- Alice Notley
- Jeff Nuttall (1933-2004)
- Naomi Shihab Nye (1952-)
- Frank O'Hara
- Theodore O'Hara (1820-1867)
- Mary Oliver (1935-)
- Charles Olson (1910-1970)
- Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879-1976)
- George Oppen (1908-1984)
- Maggie O'Sullivan
- Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
P
- Ruth Padel (born 1947)
- Ron Padgett
- Nettie Palmer
- Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
- Thomas Parnell (1670-1718)
- Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972)
- Brian Patten (born 1946)
- Ian Patterson
- Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (1864-1941)
- Molly Peacock (born 1947)
- Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866)
- Ted Pearson
- George Peel (1558-1597)
- Simon Perchik (born 1923)
- Sam Pereira
- Ambrose Philips
- Tom Pickard (born 1946)
- Robert Pinsky (born 1940)
- Ruth Pitter (1897-1992)
- Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
- Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
- Jack Prelutsky
- Matthew Prior (1664-1721)
- Pauline Prior-Pitt
- J. H. Prynne
Q
- Francis Quarles (1592-1644)
R
Ra-Ri
- William Radice (born 1951)
- Craig Raine (born 1944)
- Kathleen Raine (1908-2003)
- Carl Rakosi (1903-2004)
- Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618)
- Dudley Randall (1914-2000)
- Julia Randall (1924-2005)
- Elaine Randell
- Thomas Randolph (1605-1635)
- John Crowe Ransome (1888-1974)
- Tom Raworth (born 1938)
- Henry Reed (1914-1986)
- Ishmael Reed
- Joan Retallack
- Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982)
- Charles Reznikoff (1894-1976)
- Adrienne Rich (born 1929)
- Lola Ridge (1873-1941)
- Denise Riley
- John Riley
- Peter Riley
Ro-Ru
- Kit Robinson
- Edwin Arlington Robinson, (1869-1935)
- Mary Robinson (1758-1800)
- Carolyn M. Rodgers
- Theodore Roethke, (1908-1963)
- Patrick Rosal
- Franklin Rosemont, (born 1943)
- Penelope Rosemont
- Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918)
- Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)
- Nicholas Rowe
- Richard Rowlands (1565-1630)
S
Sa-Si
- Blanaid Salkeld (1880-1959)
- Sonia Sanchez
- Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
- May Sarton (1912-1995)
- Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
- Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
- Maurice Scully
- Sir Charles Sedley (1639-1701)
- Nina Serrano, (born 1934)
- Robert W. Service
- Anne Sexton (1928-1974)
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- Tupac Shakur (1971-1996)
- Ntozake Shange, (born 1948)
- Jo Shapcott
- Karl Shapiro (1913-2000)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
- William Shenstone
- James Shirley (1596-1666)
- Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)
- Eli Siegel (1902-1978)
- Ron Silliman (born 1946)
- Shel Silverstein (1930-1999)
- Colin Simms
- Iain Sinclair
- Edith Sitwell (1887-1964)
Sk-Sq
- Beau Sia (born 1976)
- John Skelton (1460-1529)
- Myra Sklarew
- Charlotte Smith (1749-1806)
- Marc Smith
- Rod Smith
- Stevie Smith (1902-1971)
- Tobias Smollett (1721-1771)
- Gary Snyder
- William Somerville
- Charles Sorley (1895-1915)
- Caroline Southey (1787-1854)
- Robert Southey (1774-1843)
- Robert Southwell (1561-1595)
- Wole Soyinka (born 1934)
- A. B. Spellman
- Anne Spencer
- Stephen Spender
- Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)
- Geoffrey Squires
St-Sy
- William Stafford
- C.K. Stead (born 1932)
- Brian Kim Stefans
- Gertrude Stein
- Gerald Stern
- Wallace Stevens (1880-1955)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
- Mark Strand
- Sir John Suckling (1609-1642)
- Keston Sutherland
- May Swenson
- Algernon Swinburne (1837-1909)
- Bobbi Sykes (born 1945)
- Joshua Sylvester (1563-1618)
- Arthur Symons (1865-1945)
- Arthur Sze (born 1950)
T-V
- F.W. Tancred
- Dorothea Tanning (born 1910)
- Allen Tate (1899-1979)
- Edward Taylor (1645-1729)
- Sara Teasdale
- Alfred Tennyson, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
- Lucy Terry
- Celia Thaxter, (1824-1894)
- Ernest Thayer, (1863-1940)
- Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
- Edward Thomas (1878-1917)
- Robert Thomas
- R.S. Thomas (1913-2000)
- Francis Thompson (1859-1907)
- James Thomson (B.V.) (1834-1882)
- James Thomson (Seasons)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
- Tim Thorne
- Chidiock Tichborne (1558-1586)
- Thomas Tickell
- Melvin B. Tolson
- Jean Toomer
- Rodrigo Toscano
- Thomas Traherne
- Quincy Troupe
- Gael Turnbull
- Hone Tuwhare (born 1922)
- Allen Upward, Imagist
- Henry Vaughan (1621-1695)
- Janine Pommy Vega
W
Wa-We
- Ugonna Wachuku (born 1971)
- Catherine Wagner
- Diane Wakoski
- Derek Walcott (born 1930)
- Anne Waldman
- Rosmarie Waldrop
- Keith Waldrop
- Alice Walker, (born 1944)
- Margaret Walker
- Mark Wallace
- Christopher Wallace-Crabbe
- Edmund Waller (1606-1687)
- Agnes Walsh
- Diane Ward
- Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989)
- Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
- John Webster (died 1630)
- Ian Wedde (born 1946)
- Hannah Weiner
- Marjorie Welish
- Gilbert West
Wh-Wy
- Gordon Wharton (1929)
- Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)
- James M. Whitfield
- Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
- John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
- Richard Wilbur
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
- John Wilkinson
- William of Shoreham (14th century)
- Hugo Williams
- Oscar Williams
- Saul Williams
- Sherley Anne Williams
- William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
- Elizabeth Willis
- John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647-1680)
- Terence Winch
- George Wither (1588-1667)
- Charles Wolfe (1791-1823)
- Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855)
- William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
- Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639)
- C. D. Wright
- Judith Wright
- Robert Wrigley (born 1951)
- Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542)
Y-Z
- William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
- Edward Young, (1683-1765)
- Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958)
- Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978)
See also
- list of poets
- list of English people
- list of people by occupation
- list of people by nationality
- list of women poets
- List of Australian poets
- List of Irish poets
- List of English poets
- List of Canadian poets
- List of Chicano poets
- List of poets from the United States
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