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

[edit] A

Kathy Acker (1947-1997)
Harold Acton (1904-1994)
Gilbert Adair (born 1944)
Helen Adam
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)

[edit] B

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)
Gary Bills (born 1964)
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
Samuel Bishop (1731-1795)
Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958)
Thomas Blacklock (1721-1791)
Peter Bladen (1922-2001)
William Blake (1757-1827)
Susanna Blamire (1747-1794)
John Blight (1913-1995)
Mathilde Blind (1841-1896)
Edmund Blunden (1896-1974)
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840-1922)
Barcroft Boake (1866-1892)
George Henry Boker (1823-1890)
Eavan Boland (born 1944)
Ken Bolton
Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)
Sean Bonney
Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902-1973)
John Philip Bourke (1860–1914)
Mark Alexander Boyd (1563-1601)

[edit] 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)
James Brock (born 1958)
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 (poet) (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)

[edit] C

[edit] Ca-Ci

Richard Caddel
John Cage
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)
Raymond Carver (1938-1988)
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 (born 1952)
Billy Childish (born 1959)
Hubert Newman Wigmore Church (1857–1932)
Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)

[edit] Cl

[edit] 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
Cid Corman
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)

[edit] Cr-Cu

George Crabbe (1754-1832)
Hart Crane (1899-1932)
Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914)
Richard Crashaw (1613-1649)
Robert Crawford (1868-1930)
Thomas Creech (1659-1700)
George Croly (1780-1860)
William Crowe (1745-1829)
Aleister Crowley (1875-1947)
Andrew Crozier (born 1943)
Countee Cullen (1903-1946)
E. E. Cummings (1894-1962)
Allan Cunningham (1784-1842)
Allen Curnow (1911-2001)
James Cuthbertson (1851–1910)

[edit] D

[edit] 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 (born 1944)
Alan Davies
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)
Peter Didsbury (born 1946)
Ray DiPalma
Diane Di Prima
Pete Doherty
John Donaldson, aka Jon Inglis (1921-1989)
John Donne (1572-1631)
Mark Doty
Keith Douglas (1920-1944)
Rita Dove
Gordon Downie
Ernest Dowson (1867-1900)
Francis Hastings Doyle (1810-1888)
Kirby Doyle (1932-2003)

[edit] Dr-Dy

Michael Drayton (1563-1631)
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585-1649)
John Dryden (1631-1700)
Norman Dubie (1945-
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)
Andrew Duncan (born 1956)
Robert Duncan (1919-1988)
Douglas Dunn (born 1942)
Alan Dunnett
John Dyer
Bob Dylan (born 1941)

[edit] 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)
Chris Emery (born 1963)
William Empson (1906-1984)
Theodore Enslin (born 1925)
Sir George Etherege (1635-1691)
Mari Evans

[edit] F

Ronald Fair (born 1932)
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)
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)
John Ford (1586-1639)
John M. Ford (1957-2006)
Janet Frame (1924-2004)
Philip Freneau (1752-1832)
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
Stephen Fry
William Fuller
Alice Fulton (born 1952)
Richard Furness (1791-1857)

[edit] G

[edit] Ga-Go

Samuel Garth
George Gascoigne (1525-1577)
David Gascoyne (1916-2001)
John Gay (1685-1732)
Ross Gay
Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991)
Dame Mary Gilmour
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)
Nikki Giovanni (born 1943)
Jesse Glass (born 1954)
Denis Glover (1912-1980)
Louise Gluck
Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961)
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

[edit] 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)

[edit] H

[edit] Ha-He

[edit] Hi-Hu

Dick Higgins (1938-1998)
Scott Hightower (born 1952)
Conrad Hilberry
Geoffrey Hill (born 1932)
James Hogg (1770-1835)
Jane Holland (born 1966)
Anselm Hollo
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894)
Thomas Hood (1798-1845)
Alec Derwent Hope (1907-2000)
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)
Frances Horovitz (1938-1983)
Michael Horovitz (Born 1935)
George Moses Horton
A. E. Housman, (1859-1936)
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547)
Richard Howard
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)
Cynthia Huntington, (Born 1952)

[edit] 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)

[edit] K

Ilya Kaminsky
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)
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)
Joanne Kyger

[edit] L

[edit] La-Le

[edit] Lo-Ly

Thomas Lodge (1556-1625)
James Longenbach
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)

[edit] M

[edit] Ma

[edit] Mc-Mi

[edit] Mo-Mu

Geraldine Monk
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
Stephen Morse (born 1945)
Mervyn Morris
William Morris (1834-1896)
James Douglas Morrison (1943-1971)
Morrissey
Frank Morton (1869–1923)
John Most (born 1977)
Andrew Motion
Eric Mottram
S. Donovan Mullaney (born 1977)
Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
Harryette Mullen
Anthony Munday (1553-1633)
Sheila Murphy
Les Murray (born 1938)

[edit] 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)
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
Lorine Niedecker (1903-1970)
Alice Notley
Jeff Nuttall (1933-2004)
Naomi Shihab Nye (1952-)
Sean O'Brien (born 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
Jamison A. Oughton (born 1975)
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)

[edit] P

Ruth Padel (born 1947)
Ron Padgett
Michael Palmer (born 1943)
Nettie Palmer
Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
Thomas Parnell (1670-1718)
Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972)
Brian Patten (born 1946)
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (1864-1941)
Molly Peacock (born 1947)
Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866)
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)
Robert Pollok (c. 1798-1827)
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Charles Potts (1943-)
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Jack Prelutsky
Matthew Prior (1664-1721)
Pauline Prior-Pitt
J. H. Prynne
Sheenagh Pugh (born 1950)

[edit] Q

Francis Quarles (1592-1644)

[edit] R

[edit] Ra-Ri

William Radice (born 1951)
Craig Raine (born 1944)
Kathleen Raine (1908-2003)
Carl Rakosi (1903-2004)
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618)
Dudley Randall (1914-2000)
Julia Randall (1924-2005)
Thomas Randolph (1605-1635)
Tom Raworth (born 1938)
Henry Reed (1914-1986)
Ishmael Reed
Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982)
Charles Reznikoff (1894-1976)
Adrienne Rich (born 1929)
Lola Ridge (1873-1941)
Denise Riley
John Riley
Peter Riley

[edit] Ro-Ru

Edwin Arlington Robinson, (1869-1935)
Mary Robinson (1758-1800)
Theodore Roethke, (1908-1963)
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)

[edit] S

[edit] 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)
Iain Sinclair
Edith Sitwell (1887-1964)

[edit] Sk-Sq

Beau Sia (born 1976)
John Skelton (1460-1529)
Myra Sklarew
Charlotte Smith (1749-1806)

[edit] St-Sy

[edit] T-V

[edit] W

[edit] Wa-We

[edit] Wh-Wy

Gordon Wharton (1929)
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)
Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
Richard Wilbur
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
John Wilkinson
William of Shoreham (14th century)
Emmett Williams (1925-2007)
Hugo Williams
Oscar Williams
Saul Williams
Sherley Anne Williams
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
Elizabeth Willis
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647-1680)
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)

[edit] Y-Z

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Edward Young, (1683-1765)
Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958)
Louis Zukofsky (0001-1956)

[edit] See also

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