Biography of famous english poet list

List of English-language poets

This is clean up list of English-language poets, who have written much of their poetry in English.[1] Main state of residence as a metrist (not place of birth): Copperplate = Australia, Ag = Island, B = Barbados, Bo = Bosnia, C = Canada, Bottleneck = Chile, Cu = Island, D = Dominica, De = Denmark, E = England, Monarch = France, G = Deutschland, Ga = Gambia, Gd = Grenada, Gh = Ghana/Gold Slip, Gr = Greece, Gu = Guyana/British Guiana, Gy = Milcher, HK = Hong Kong, Explain = India, IoM = Islet of Man, Is = State, Ir = Ireland, It = Italy, J = Jamaica, Je = Jersey, Jp = Nihon, K = Kenya, L = Lebanon, M = Malta, Clang = Mexico, Mo = Island, Ne = Nepal, Nf = Newfoundland (colony), Ni = Nigeria, NI = Northern Ireland, Branch = Netherlands, NZ = Another Zealand, P = Pakistan, Father = Palestine, Ph = State, PI = Pitcairn Islands, Focus = Russian Empire, S = Scotland, SA = South Continent, Se = Serbia, SL = Saint Lucia, SLe = Sierra Leone, SLk = Sri Lanka, So = Somalia, Sw = Sweden, T = Trinidad become peaceful Tobago, US = United States/preceding colonies, W = Wales, Luscious = Zimbabwe/Rhodesia

This is put in order dynamic list and may not ever be able to satisfy fastidious standards for completeness.

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A

Aa–Al

  • Jonathan Aaron (born , US)
  • Chris Abani (born , Ni/US)
  • Henry Abbey (–, US)
  • Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (–, US)
  • J. H. Group. Abbott (–, A)
  • Lascelles Abercrombie (–, E)
  • Arthur Talmage Abernethy (–, US)
  • Mark Abley (born , C)
  • James Aboud (born , T)
  • Lionel Abrahams (–, SA)
  • Sam Abrams (born , US)
  • Seth Abramson (born , US)
  • Dannie Abse (–, W)
  • Chinua Achebe (–, Ni/US)
  • Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (–, Ni)
  • Kathy Acker (–, US)
  • Diane Ackerman (born , US)
  • Duane Ackerson (–, US)
  • Milton Acorn (–, C)
  • Harold Acton (–, E/It)
  • Gilbert Adair (–, S/F)
  • Virginia Hamilton Adair (–, US)
  • Helen Adam (–, S/US)
  • Jean Adam (–, S)
  • Arthur Henry President (–, NZ/A)
  • Douglas Adams (–, E)
  • John Adams (–, US)
  • Léonie Adams (–, US)
  • Ryan Adams (born , US)
  • Gil Adamson (born , C)
  • Robert Adamson (–, A)
  • Fleur Adcock (born , NZ/E)
  • Joseph Addison (–, E)
  • Kim Addonizio (born , US)
  • Bayo Adebowale (born , Ni)
  • Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born , Ni)
  • Opal Palmer Adisa (born , J)
  • Tatamkhulu Afrika (–, SA)
  • John Agard (born , Gu)
  • Sandra Agard (living, E)
  • Patience Agbabi (born , W/E)
  • Deborah Ager born , US)
  • Kelli Stargazer Agodon (living, US)
  • Allan Ahlberg (–, E)
  • Ai (–, US)
  • Ama Ata Aidoo (–, Gh)
  • Conrad Aiken (–, US)
  • Douglas Ainslie (–, S)
  • Thomas Aird (–, S)
  • Adam Aitken (born , A)
  • Neil Aitken (born , C)
  • Funso Aiyejina (–, Ni)
  • Tolu Ajayi (born , Ni)
  • Mark Akenside (–, E)
  • Salman Akhtar (born , In/US)
  • Tolu Akinyemi (living, Ni)
  • Alasdair MacMhaighstir Alasdair (c.

    –, S)

  • Jordie Albiston (–, A)
  • Ammiel Alcalay (born , US)
  • Amos Bronson Novelist (–, US)
  • Louisa May Alcott (–, US)
  • Kaye Aldenhoven (living, A)
  • Richard Aldington (–, E)
  • Elizabeth Alexander (born , US)
  • Sidney A. Alexander (–, E)
  • William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (c.

    –, S)

  • Sherman Alexie (born , US)
  • Felipe Alfau (–, US)
  • Edna Alford (born , C)
  • Mike King (living, SA)
  • Agha Shahid Ali (–, In/US)
  • James Alexander Allan (–, A)
  • Rob Allan (born , NZ)
  • Sandra Alland (living, C/S)
  • Donna Allard (living, C)
  • Dick Allen (–, US)
  • Donald Allen (–, US)
  • Elizabeth Allen (living, A)
  • Elizabeth Akers Allen (–, US)
  • Leslie Holdsworth Thespian (–, A)
  • Lillian Allen (born , C)
  • Richard James Allen (born , A)
  • Ron Allen (–, US)
  • Ellen Golfer Allerton (–, US)
  • William Allingham (/28–, Ir/E)
  • Washington Allston (–, US)
  • Anne-Marie Alonzo (–, C)
  • Alta (Alta Gerrey, –, US)
  • Al Alvarez (–, E)
  • Ivy Alvarez (living, A)
  • Julia Alvarez (born , D/US)
  • Moniza Alvi (born , E)

Am–Az

  • George Amabile (born , C)
  • Abdulkareem Baba Aminu (born , Ni)
  • Kingsley Amis (–, E)
  • A.

    R. Ammons (–, US)

  • Madhur Anand (born , C)
  • Ingrid Andersen (born , SA)
  • Ethel Physicist (–, A)
  • Freddie Anderson (–, Ir/S)
  • J. Redwood Anderson (–, E)
  • Patrick Author (–, E/C)
  • Rod Anderson (born , C)
  • Victor Henry Anderson (–, US)
  • Michael Andre (born , C/US)
  • Bruce Naturalist (born , US)
  • Kevin Andrews (–, E/Gr)
  • Ron Androla (born , US)
  • Ralph Angel (born , US)
  • Maya Angelou (–, US)
  • James Stout Angus (–, S)
  • Marion Angus (–, S)
  • J.

    Minor. Annand (–, S)

  • David Antin (–, US)
  • Antler (born , US)
  • Susanne Antonetta (born , US)
  • Brother Antoninus (–, US)
  • Raymond Antrobus (living, E)
  • Philip Appleman (–, US)
  • Richard Appleton (–, A)
  • Alexander Arbuthnot (–, S)
  • Walter Conrad Arensberg (–, US)
  • Rae Armantrout (born , US)
  • Simon Armitage (born , E)
  • Annie Armitt (–, E)
  • Richard Armour (–, US)
  • Jeannette Armstrong (born , C)
  • Peter Armstrong (born , E)
  • Tammy Cornetist (born , C)
  • David Arnason (born , C)
  • Craig Arnold (–, US)
  • Matthew Arnold (–, E)
  • Joanne Arnott (born , C)
  • K.

    O. Arvidson (–, NZ)

  • M. K. Asante (born , US)
  • John Ashbery (–, US)
  • Cliff Ashby (–, E)
  • Joseph Ashby-Sterry ( virtue –, E)
  • Thomas Ashe (–, E)
  • Renée Ashley (born , US)
  • Anne Wry (–, E)
  • Timoshenko Aslanides (–, A)
  • Herbert Asquith (–, E)
  • Thea Astley (–, A)
  • Tilly Aston (–, A)
  • Edwin Atherstone (–, E)
  • Cassandra Atherton (living, A)
  • Rupert Atkinson (–, A)
  • Tiffany Atkinson (born , W)
  • Margaret Atwood (born , C)
  • Dorothy Auchterlonie (–, A)
  • John Audelay (died c.

    , E)

  • W. Spin. Auden (–, E/US)
  • William Auld (–, S)
  • Joseph Auslander (–, US)
  • Paul Auster (–, US)
  • Alfred Austin (–, E)
  • Oana Avasilichioaei (living, C)
  • James Avery (born , US)
  • Tusiata Avia (born , NZ)
  • Margaret Avison (–, C)
  • Kofi Awoonor (–, Gh)
  • Ayo Ayoola-Amale (born , Ni)
  • Pam Ayres (born , E)
  • Sir Robert Aytoun (–, S/E)
  • William Edmondstoune Aytoun (–, S)
  • Nnorom Azuonye (born , Ni)
  • Jody Azzouni (born , US)

B

Ba

  • Ken Babstock (born , C)
  • Peter Babyon (fl.

    – , E)

  • Jimmy Santiago Baca (born , US)
  • Bellamy Bach (group pseudonym, s, US)
  • Joseph M. Bachelor (Joseph Morris, –, US)
  • Elizabeth Bachinsky (born , C)
  • Gabeba Baderoon (born , SA)
  • Grace Shattuck Bail (–, US)
  • Alfred Bailey (–, C)
  • Jacob Bailey (–, US/C)
  • Kevin Vocalist (born , E)
  • Philip James Vocaliser (–, E)
  • Joanna Baillie (–, S/E)
  • David Baker (born , US)
  • Henry Baker (–, E)
  • Marie Annharte Baker (born , C)
  • Peter Bakowski (born , A)
  • John Balaban (born , US)
  • Jesse Ball (born , US)
  • Addie Plaudits.

    Ballou (–, US)

  • Samuel Bamford (–, E)
  • John Banim (–, Ir/E)
  • Chris Botanist (born , C)
  • Russell Banks (born , US)
  • Kaushalya Bannerji (living, C)
  • Anne Bannerman (–, S)
  • Frances Bannerman (–, C)
  • Lex Banning (–, A)
  • Ivy Banister (born , US/Ir)
  • Shabbir Banoobhai (born , SA)
  • Amiri Baraka (–, US)
  • Anna Laetitia Barbauld (–, E)
  • Mary Trimming (c.

    – c. , Ir)

  • Ros Barber (born , E)
  • Anna Laetitia Barbauld (–, E)
  • John Barbour (c. –, S)
  • Alexander Barclay (–, S)
  • Leland Bardwell (–, Ir)
  • Serie Barford (living, NZ)
  • Richard Barham (Thomas Ingoldsby, –, E)
  • George Barker (–, E)
  • Les Bow-wow (born , E)
  • Coleman Barks (born , US)
  • Clement Barksdale (–, E)
  • Joel Barlow (–, US/F)
  • Lady Anne Barnard (–, S/SA)
  • Mary Barnard (–, US)
  • Djuna Barnes (–, US)
  • Stuart Barnes (born , A)
  • William Barnes (–, E)
  • Annie Wall Barnett (–, US)
  • Catherine Barnett (born , US)
  • Richard Barnfield (–, E)
  • Willis Barnstone (born , US)
  • John Barr (–, S/NZ)
  • Miriam Barr (born , NZ)
  • Laird Barron (born , US)
  • Bernard Barton (–, E)
  • John Barton (born , C)
  • Bertha Hirsch Moneyman (later 19th – early Ordinal century, US)
  • Gary Barwin (born , C)
  • Todd Bash (born , US)
  • Michael Basinski (born , US)
  • Shaunt Basmajian (–, C)
  • Ellen Bass (born , US)
  • Arlo Bates (–, US)
  • David Bates (–, US)
  • H.

    E. Bates (–, E)

  • Katharine Lee Bates (–, US)
  • Joseph Bathanti (born , US)
  • Dawn-Michelle Baude (born , US)
  • Bill Bauer (–, US/C)
  • Edward Baugh (–, J)
  • Charles Baxter (born , US)
  • James K. Baxter (–, NZ)
  • Arthur Bayldon (–, A)
  • William Baylebridge (–, A)

Be–Bo

  • Eric Beach (born , A)
  • Thomas Beach (died , W)
  • John Beaglehole (–, NZ)
  • Anne Beale (–, E/W)
  • Doug Beardsley (born , C)
  • James Beattie (–, S)
  • Jan Beatty (born , US)
  • Derek Beaulieu (born , C)
  • Francis Beaumont (–, E)
  • Bruce Beaver (–, A)
  • Samuel Beckett (–, Ir)
  • Joshua Beckman (living, US)
  • Thomas Uranologist Beddoes (–, E/G)
  • Ruth Bedford (–, A)
  • Jack Bedson (born , A)
  • Patricia Beer (–, E)
  • Ven Begamudré (born , C)
  • Brendan Behan (–, Ir)
  • Aphra Behn (–, E)
  • Sinclair Beiles (–, SA)
  • Gerard Beirne (born , Ir/C)
  • Henry Beissel (born , G/C)
  • Billy-Ray Belcourt (living, C)
  • Ken Belford (born , C)
  • Erin Belieu (born , US)
  • J.

    J. Bell (–, S)

  • Julian Alarm clock (–, E)
  • Marvin Bell (–, US)
  • Lisa Bellear (–, A)
  • Lesley Belleau (living, C)
  • Hilaire Belloc (–, E)
  • John Bemrose (living, C)
  • Gwen Benaway (born , C)
  • Hester A. Benedict (–, US)
  • Stephen Vincent Benét (–, US)
  • William Vino Benét (–, US)
  • Elizabeth Benger (–, E)
  • Gwendolyn B.

    Bennett (–, US)

  • Jim Bennett (born , E)
  • Louise Bennett-Coverley (–, J)
  • Robbie Benoit (died , C)
  • A. C. Benson (–, E)
  • Richard Berengarten (born , E)
  • Bill Berkson (–, US)
  • Charles Bernstein (born , US)
  • Robert Berold (born , SA)
  • Anselm Berrigan (born , US)
  • Daniel Berrigan (–, US)
  • Ted Berrigan (–, US)
  • James Berry (–, J/E)
  • Wendell Berry (born , US)
  • John Berryman (–, US)
  • Charles Best (–, E)
  • Mary Matilda Betham (–, E)
  • Matilda Betham-Edwards (–, E)
  • Ursula Bethell (–, NZ)
  • John Betjeman (–, E)
  • Craven Langstroth Betts (–, C)
  • Elizabeth Beverley (fl.

    –, E)

  • Judith Economist (born , A)
  • Helen Bevington (–, US)
  • L. S. Bevington (–, E)
  • Thomas Bibby (–, Ir)
  • Ruth Bidgood (–, W)
  • Lettie S. Bigelow (–, US)
  • Vonani Bila (born , SA)
  • Robert City (–, C)
  • William Billington (–, E)
  • Margaret Bingham (–, E)
  • Laurence Binyon (–, E)
  • Hera Lindsay Bird (born , NZ)
  • Earle Birney (–, C)
  • Dora Birtles (–, A)
  • Elizabeth Bishop (–, US)
  • Morris Bishop (–, US)
  • Samuel Bishop (–, E)
  • Bill Bissett (born , C)
  • Sherwin Bitsui (born , US)
  • David Physiologist Black (born , S)
  • Sophie Cartographer Black (born , US)
  • Paul Blackburn (–, US)
  • Thomas Blacklock (–, S)
  • Leigh Blackmore (born , A)
  • R.

    Proprietor. Blackmur (–, US)

  • Peter Bladen (–, A)
  • Isa Blagden ( or –, It)
  • Max Blagg (born , E/US)
  • Mark Blagrave (born , C)
  • Robert Statesman (–, S)
  • Lewis Blake (born , E)
  • William Blake (–, E)
  • Susanna Blamire (–, E)
  • Paddy Blanchfield (–, NZ)
  • Richard Blanco (born , US)
  • Don Blanding (–, US)
  • Robin Blaser (–, C)
  • Ann Eliza Bleecker (–, US)
  • Adrian Blevins (born , US)
  • John Blight (–, A)
  • Mathilde Blind (–, E)
  • Laurie Stump (–, C)
  • E.

    D. Blodgett (–, C)

  • Benjamin Paul Blood (–, US)
  • Valerie Bloom (born , J/E)
  • Robert Linguist (–, E)
  • Elizabeth Blower (c. /63 – post, E)
  • Edmund Blunden (–, E)
  • Roy Blumenthal (born , SA)
  • Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (–, E)
  • Robert Decorously (–, US)
  • Ali Blythe (living, C)
  • Barcroft Boake (–, A)
  • Robert Boates (born , C)
  • Merlinda Bobis (born , A)
  • Louise Bogan (–, US)
  • Michelle Boisseau (–, US)
  • Christian Bök (born , C)
  • Osbern Bokenam (c.

    – motto. , E)

  • George Henry Boker (–, US)
  • Eavan Boland (–, Ir)
  • Alan Plucky (–, S)
  • Dermot Bolger (born , Ir)
  • Stephanie Bolster (born , C)
  • Edmund Bolton (c. – c. )
  • Ken Bolton (born , A)
  • Roger Bonair-Agard (living, J/US)
  • Horatius Bonar (–, S)
  • Elizabeth Bonhôte (–, E)
  • Sean Bonney (–, E)
  • Arna Wendell Bontemps (–, US)
  • Shane Book (living, C)
  • Luke Booker (–, E)
  • Kurt Boone (born , US)
  • Henry Ernest Boote (–, A)
  • Ivan Bootham (–, NZ)
  • Pat Boran (born , Ir)
  • Jenny Bornholdt (born , NZ)
  • Roo Borson (born , C)
  • Keith Bosley (–, E)
  • Anne Lynch Botta (–, US)
  • Gordon Bottomley (–, E)
  • David Bottoms (born , US)
  • Jenny Boult (MML Bliss, –, A)
  • Francis William Bourdillon (–, E)
  • Arthur Bourinot (–, C)
  • John Philip Bourke (–, A)
  • Jane Editor (–, E)
  • George Bowering (born , C)
  • Marilyn Bowering (born , C)
  • Cathy Smith Bowers (born , US)
  • Edgar Bowers (–, US)
  • Tim Bowling (born , C)
  • Alex Boyd (born , C)
  • Louise Esther Vickroy Boyd (–, US)
  • Mark Alexander Boyd (–, S)
  • Kay Boyle (–, US)
  • Peter Boyle (born , A)
  • Samuel Boyse (/–, Ir/E)
  • Virginia Frazer Boyle (–, US)

Br–By

  • Francis Brabazon (–, A)
  • Thomas Bracken (–, NZ)
  • Alison Brackenbury (born , E)
  • Anna Braden (–, US)
  • James Bradley (born , A)
  • Anne Bradstreet (c.

    –, US)

  • Robert Bradstreet (–, E)
  • E. J. Moneyman (–, A)
  • Kate Braid (born , C)
  • Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite (–, C)
  • Shannon Bramer (born , C)
  • Bertha Poet Brammall (–, A)
  • James Bramston (c. –, E)
  • Dionne Brand (born , C)
  • Di Brandt (born , C)
  • Charles Brasch (–, NZ)
  • Giannina Braschi (born , US)
  • Kamau Brathwaite (–, B)
  • Richard Brautigan (–, US)
  • John Jefferson Heehaw (–, A)
  • Diana Brebner (–, C)
  • Jean "Binta" Breeze (–, J)
  • Christopher Brennan (–, A)
  • Breyten Breytenbach (born , SA/F)
  • Joseph Payne Brennan (–, US)
  • Michael Brennan (born , A)
  • Jane Brereton (–, W)
  • John Le Gay Brereton (–, A)
  • Nicholas Breton (–, E)
  • Brian Brett (born , C)
  • Lily Brett (born , A)
  • Ken Brewer (–, US)
  • Elizabeth Brewster (–, C)
  • Martha Wadsworth Brewster ( – c.

    , US)

  • Breyten Breytenbach (born , SA)
  • Diana Bridge (born , NZ)
  • Robert Bridges (–, E)
  • Kim Bridgford (–, US)
  • Robert Bringhurst (born , C)
  • Geoffrey Brock (born , US)
  • Eve Brodlique (–, UK/C/US)
  • Alexander Brome (–, E)
  • David Bromige (–, C/US)
  • William Bronk (–, US)
  • Anne Brontë (–, E)
  • Branwell Brontë (–, E)
  • Charlotte Brontë (–, E)
  • Emily Brontë (–, E)
  • Rupert Brooke (–, E)
  • David Brooks (born , A)
  • Gwendolyn Brooks (–, US)
  • Alice Williams Brotherton (–, US)
  • Audrey Alexandra Brown (–, C)
  • George Mackay Brown (–, S)
  • James Brownish (J.

    B. Selkirk, –, S)

  • Jericho Brown (born , US)
  • Pam Toast 1 (born , A)
  • Sterling Allen Grill (–, US)
  • Stewart Brown (born , E)
  • Thomas Edward Brown (–, IoM)
  • Wayne Brown (–, T)
  • Frances Browne (–, Ir)
  • Isaac Hawkins Browne (–, E)
  • Moses Browne (–, E)
  • Sir Thomas Phiz (–, E)
  • William Browne (–, E)
  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning (–, E/It)
  • Robert Artificer (–, E/It)
  • Charles Tory Bruce (–, C)
  • Mary Grant Bruce (–, A)
  • Julie Bruck (living, C)
  • Dennis Brutus (–, SA)
  • William Cullen Bryant (–, US)
  • Colette Bryce (born , NI/E)
  • Bryher (Annie Winifred Ellerman, –, E)
  • Dugald President (–, S)
  • George Buchanan (–, S)
  • Robert Williams Buchanan (–, S)
  • Vincent Buckley (–, A)
  • Charles Buckmaster (–, A)
  • David Budbill (–, US)
  • Andrea Hollander Budy (born , US)
  • Suzanne Buffam (living, C)
  • Charles Bukowski (–, US)
  • April Bulmer (born , C)
  • Rhoda Bulter (–, S)
  • Basil Bunting (–, E)
  • Anthony Inhabitant (–, E)
  • Haldane Burgess (–, S)
  • Andrew Burke (–, A)
  • Murdoch Burnett (–, C)
  • Joanne Burns (born , A)
  • Robert Burns (–, S)
  • Stanley Burnshaw (–, US)
  • John Burnside (born , S)
  • Sophia Burrell (–, E)
  • William S.

    Author (–, US)

  • Mick Burrs (–, C)
  • Duncan Bush (–, W/E)
  • Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (–, US)
  • Aaron Bushkowsky (born , C)
  • Guy Butler (–, SA)
  • Samuel Major-domo (–, E)
  • Ray Buttigieg (born , M)
  • Anthony Butts (born , US)
  • A. S. Byatt (–, E)
  • Kathryn Junior Byer (–, US)
  • Witter Bynner (Emanuel Morgan, –, US)
  • Lord Byron (–, E/It)

C

Ca–Ci

  • Richard Caddel (–, E)
  • Caroline Receptacle (born , A)
  • Charmaine Cadeau (living, C)
  • Adrian Caesar (born , A)
  • Stephen Cain (born , C)
  • Scott Cairns (born , US)
  • Alison Calder (born , C)
  • Angus Calder (–, S)
  • Alex Caldiero (born , US)
  • Frank Jazzman Call (–, C)
  • Barry Callaghan (born , C)
  • Michael Feeney Callan (living, Ir)
  • Charles Stuart Calverley (–, E)
  • Robert Calvert (–, E)
  • Anne Cameron (Cam Hubert, –, C)
  • Norman Cameron (–, S)
  • Jason Camlot (born , C)
  • A.

    Y. Campbell (–, S)

  • Alistair Mythologist (–, NZ)
  • Angus Peter Campbell (living, S)
  • David Campbell (–, A)
  • Elizabeth Mythologist (born , A)
  • Joseph Campbell (–, Ir)
  • Meg Campbell (–, NZ)
  • Paul-Henri Mythologist (born , US)
  • Roy Campbell (–, SA)
  • Thomas Campbell (–, S/E)
  • William Wilfred Campbell (–, C)
  • Thomas Campion (–, E)
  • Melville Henry Cane (–, US)
  • Mary Wedderburn Cannan (–, E)
  • Moya Field guns (born , Ir)
  • Edward Capern (–, E)
  • Vahni Capildeo (born , T/S)
  • Natalee Caple (born , C)
  • Thomas Poet (–, E)
  • Henry Carey (–, E)
  • Robert Carliell (died c.

    , E)

  • Bliss Carman (–, C/US)
  • Clyde Carr (–, NZ)
  • Fern G. Z. Carr (born , C)
  • Jim Carroll (–, US)
  • Lewis Carroll (–, E)
  • Hayden Carruth (–, US)
  • A.J. Carruthers (living, A)
  • Ann Elizabeth Carson (–, C)
  • Anne Carson (born , C)
  • Ciaran Carson (–, NI)
  • Elizabeth Carter (–, E)
  • Jared Carter (born , US)
  • William Cartwright (–, E)
  • Raymond Carver (–, US)
  • Alice Cary (–, US)
  • Phoebe Cary (–, US)
  • Marietta Adventurer Case (–, US)
  • James Casey (–, Ir)
  • Juanita Casey (–, E)
  • Neal Cassady (–, US)
  • Cyrus Cassells (born , US)
  • Ana Castillo (born , US)
  • Lee Cataldi (born , A)
  • Nancy Cato (–, A)
  • Charles Causley (–, E)
  • Nick Cave (born , A)
  • George Promotion ( – c.

    , E)

  • Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (–, E)
  • Kate Cayley (living, C)
  • Susanna Centlivre (c. / – , E)
  • Thomas Centolella (living, US)
  • Joseph Ceravolo (–, US)
  • John Chalkhill (fl. , E)
  • Gordon Challis (–, NZ)
  • Weyman Chan (born , C)
  • Catherine Chandler (born , C)
  • Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (–, US)
  • Diana Chang (–, US)
  • William Ellery Channing (–, US)
  • Arthur Chapman (–, US)
  • George Chapman (–, E)
  • Patrick Chapman (born , Ir)
  • Fred Chappell (–, US)
  • Craig Charles (born , E)
  • James Charlton (born , A)
  • Thomas Chatterton (–, E)
  • Geoffrey Chaucer (c.

    –, E)

  • Angelico Chavez (–, US)
  • Syl Cheney-Coker (born , SLe)
  • Maxine Chernoff (born , US)
  • Kelly Cherry (–, US)
  • G. Chesterton (–, E)
  • Thomas Chestre (late 14th c., E)
  • James Wm. Chichetto (born , US)
  • Lydia Maria Son (–, US)
  • Harriet L. Childe-Pemberton (–, E)
  • Billy Childish (born , E)
  • Marilyn Chin (born , US)
  • Staceyann Lift (born , J)
  • Eileen Chong (born , A)
  • Robert Choquette (–, C)
  • Lesley Choyce (born , C)
  • Margaret Christakos (born , C)
  • Evie Christie (living, C)
  • Ralph Chubb (–, E)
  • Mary Chudleigh (–, E)
  • Hubert Newman Wigmore Service (–, A)
  • Richard Church (–, E)
  • Charles Churchill (–, E)
  • John Ciardi (–, US)
  • Colley Cibber (–, E)
  • Charl Cilliers (born , SA)
  • Sandra Cisneros (born , US)
  • Carson Cistulli (born , US)

Cl

  • Amy Clampitt (–, US
  • Kate Clanchy (born , S)
  • John Clanvowe (c.

    –, W/E)

  • John Clare (–, E)
  • Dave Clark (living, C)
  • Douglas Clark (–, E)
  • Elizabeth Clark (–, S)
  • Emily General (fl. –, E)
  • Ross Clark (born , A)
  • Tom Clark (–, US)
  • Thomas Clark (born , S)
  • Amy Muffled Clarke (–, E)
  • Austin Clarke (–, Ir)
  • George Elliott Clarke (born , C)
  • Gillian Clarke (born , W)
  • Jack Clarke (–, US)
  • Marcus Clarke (–, A)
  • Brian P.

    Cleary (born , US)

  • Brendan Cleary (born , NI)
  • William Cleland (–, S)
  • Justin Clemens (born , A)
  • Benjamin Clementine (born , E/F)
  • Jack Clemo (–, E)
  • John City (–, E)
  • Michelle Cliff (–, J/US)
  • Wayne Clifford (born , C)
  • Lucille Clifton (–, US)
  • Caroline Clive (–, E)
  • Arthur Hugh Clough (–, E)

Co–Cu

  • Grace Pit Coates (–, US)
  • Florence Earle Coates (–, US)
  • Bob Cobbing (–, E)
  • Robbie Coburn (born , A)
  • Alison Cockburn (awa Alison Rutherford, –, S)
  • Alice Rollit Coe (–, US)
  • Judith Ortiz Cofer (–, US)
  • Brian Coffey (–, Ir/F)
  • Fred Cogswell (–, C)
  • Leonard Cohen (–, C)
  • Matt Cohen (–, C)
  • Allison Hedge Coke (born , US)
  • Norma Cole (born , C/US)
  • Hal Actor Pateshall Colebatch (–, A)
  • Aidan Coleman (born , A)
  • Victor Coleman (born , C)
  • Wanda Coleman (–, US)
  • Hartley Coleridge (–, E)
  • Mary Elizabeth Poet (–, E)
  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge (–, E)
  • Don Coles (–, C)
  • Katharine Coles (born , US)
  • Edward Coletti (living, US)
  • Mary Collier (c.

    –, E)

  • Billy Collins (born , US)
  • John Author (–, E)
  • William Collins (–, E)
  • Laurence Collinson (–, A)
  • Stephen Collis (living, C)
  • John Robert Colombo (born , C)
  • Glenn Colquhoun (born , NZ)
  • Padraic Colum (–, Ir/US)
  • Anna Olcott Commelin (–, US)
  • Anne Compton (born , C)
  • Wayde Compton (born , C)
  • Helen Gray Cone (–, US)
  • William Congreve (–, E)
  • Jan Conn (born , C/US)
  • Stewart Conn (born , S)
  • Paul Conneally (born , E)
  • Karen Connelly (born , C)
  • Kevin Connolly (born , C)
  • Susan Connolly (born , Ir)
  • Robert Conquest (–, E)
  • Tony Conran (–, W)
  • Henry Constable (–, E/F)
  • David Constantine (born , E)
  • Eliza Put in writing (–, E)
  • Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (born , US)
  • Sophie Cooke (born , S)
  • Ina Coolbrith (–, US)
  • Dennis Cooley (born , C)
  • Clark Coolidge (born , US)
  • Afua Cooper (born , J/C)
  • Thomas Cooper (–, E)
  • Jack Cope (–, SA)
  • Wendy Cope (born , E)
  • Judith Copithorne (born , C)
  • Robert Composer (fl.

    –, E)

  • A. E. Coppard (–, E)
  • Julia Copus (born , E)
  • Richard Corbet (–, E)
  • Cid Corman (–, US)
  • Alfred Corn (born , US)
  • Adam Cornford (born , E)
  • Frances Cornford (–, E)
  • Francis M. Cornford (–, E)
  • John Cornford (–, E)
  • Joe Corrie (–, S)
  • Gregory Corso (–, US)
  • Jayne Cortez (–, US)
  • William Lexicographer Cory (–, E)
  • Louisa Stuart Costello (–, Ir/F)
  • Charles Cotton (–, E)
  • Anna Couani (born , A)
  • Anne Dr.

    Cousin (–, E/S)

  • Dani Couture (born , C)
  • Thomas Cowherd (–, C)
  • Abraham Cowley (–, E)
  • Hannah Cowley (–, E)
  • Malcolm Cowley (–, US)
  • Dorothy Cowlin (–, E)
  • William Cowper (–, E)
  • George Crabbe (–, E)
  • Christine Craig (born , J)
  • Helen Craik (c.

    –, S/E)

  • Hart Crane (–, US)
  • Stephen Rear (–, US)
  • Richard Crashaw (–, E)
  • Isabella Valancy Crawford (–, C)
  • Robert Carver (–, A)
  • Robert Crawford (born , S)
  • Richard Crawley (–, W/E)
  • Morri Creech (born , US)
  • Robert Creeley (–, US)
  • Caroline de Crespigny (–, E/G)
  • Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (–, NZ)
  • Louise Singe (born , A)
  • Ann Batten Cristall (–, E)
  • Andy Croft (born , E)
  • Julian Croft (born , A)
  • Alison Croggon (born , A)
  • Jeremy Cronin (born , SA)
  • M.

    T. Maxim. Cronin (born , A)

  • Lynn Crosbie (born , C)
  • Camilla Dufour Crosland (–, E)
  • Zora Cross (–, A)
  • Aleister Crowley (–, E)
  • Andrew Crozier (–, E)
  • Lorna Crozier (Lorna Uher, innate , C)
  • Helen Cruickshank (–, S)
  • Michael Crummey (born , C)
  • Julie Crysler (living, C)
  • Anne Virginia Culbertson (–, US)
  • Catherine Ann Cullen (living, Ir)
  • Countee Cullen (–, US)
  • Nancy Jo Cullen (living, C)
  • Patrick Cullinan (–, SA)
  • E.

    E. Cummings (–, US)

  • Gary Cummiskey (born , SA)
  • Allan Cunningham (–, S/E)
  • J. V. Cunningham (–, US)
  • John Cunningham (–, Ir/E)
  • Allen Curnow (–, NZ)
  • Margaret Curran (–, A)
  • Jen Currin (living, US/C)
  • Tony Curtis (born , W)
  • Tony Curtis (born , Ir)
  • James Cuthbertson (–, A)
  • Ivor Cutler (–, S)
  • Lidija Cvetkovic (born , A)
  • Kayla Czaga (born , C)

D

Da–Do

  • H.D.

    (Hilda Doolittle, –, US)

  • Cyril Dabydeen (living, Gu/C)
  • David Dabydeen (born , Gu)
  • Kalli Dakos (living, C)
  • Victor Daley (–, A)
  • Mary Dalton (born , C)
  • Pádraig J. Daly (born , Ir)
  • Raymond Garfield Dandridge (/–, US)
  • Joseph Elegant. Dandurand (living, C)
  • Achmat Dangor (born , SA)
  • Samuel Daniel (–, E)
  • David Daniels (–, US)
  • Jeffrey Daniels (living, US)
  • George Darley (–, Ir)
  • Tina Darragh (born , US)
  • Keki N.

    Daruwalla (born , In)

  • Erasmus Darwin (–, E)
  • Elizabeth Daryush (–, E)
  • Robert von Dassanowsky (Robert Dassanowsky) (born , US)
  • Beverley Daurio (born , C)
  • William Davenant (–, E)
  • Guy Davenport (–, US)
  • Frank Davey (born , C)
  • Donald Davidson (–, US)
  • John Davidson (–, S/E)
  • Lucretia Maria Davidson (–, US)
  • Michael Davidson (born , US)
  • Donald Davie (–, E)
  • Alan Davies (born , US)
  • Deborah Kay Davies (living, W)
  • Hugh Sykes Davies (–, E)
  • Idris Davies (–, W)
  • John Davies (–, E)
  • W.

    H. Davies (–, W)

  • Nicholas D‚bѓcle Davin (–, C)
  • Olive Dehn (–, E)
  • Beatrice Deloitte Davis (–, A)
  • Jon Davis (living, US)
  • Norma Davis (–, A)
  • Tanya Davis (living, C)
  • Thomas Dramatist Davis (–, Ir)
  • Edward Davison (–, S/US)
  • Peter Davison (–, US)
  • Bruce Dawe (–, A)
  • Kwame Dawes (born , US)
  • Tom Dawe (born , C)
  • Jeffery Day (–, E)
  • Sarah Day (born , A)
  • Cecil Day-Lewis (–, E)
  • Adriana de Barros (born , C)
  • Somerset de Chair (–, E)
  • Jean Prizefighter De Esque (–, US)
  • Madeline DeFrees (–, US)
  • Celia de Fréine (born , Ir)
  • Ingrid de Kok (born , SA)
  • Walter de la Horse (–, E)
  • Christine De Luca (born , S)
  • Sadiqa de Meijer (born , C)
  • Edward de Vere, Ordinal Earl of Oxford (–, E)
  • Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (born , SA)
  • James Deahl (born , C)
  • Dulcie Deamer (–, A)
  • John F.

    Deane (born , Ir)

  • Joel Deane (born , A)
  • Patrick Deeley (born , Ir)
  • Madeline DeFrees (–, US)
  • Thomas Playwright (–, E)
  • Greg Delanty (born , Ir/US)
  • Kris Demeanor (living, C)
  • Barry Think (born , C)
  • Joe Denham (living, C)
  • John Denham (–, E)
  • C. Number.

    Dennis (–, A)

  • John Dennison (born , NZ)
  • Tory Dent (–, US)
  • Enid Derham (–, A)
  • Thomas Dermody (–, Ir)
  • Toi Derricotte (born , US)
  • Heather Derr-Smith (born , US)
  • Michelle Desbarats (living, C)
  • Babette Deutsch (–, US)
  • James Devaney (–, A)
  • Mary Deverell (–, E)
  • Denis Devlin (–, Ir)
  • George House.

    Dewar (–, NZ)

  • Christopher Dewdney (born , C]
  • Imtiaz Dharker (born , P/W)
  • Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (–, C)
  • Mary di Michele (born , C)
  • Diane di Prima (–, US)
  • Ann Diamond (living, C)
  • Natalie Diaz (born , US)
  • Anne Dick (died , S)
  • Jennifer K Dick (born , US)
  • James Dickey (–, US)
  • Adam Poet (living, C)
  • Emily Dickinson (–, US)
  • Matthew Dickman (born , US)
  • Michael Dickman (born , US)
  • Robert Dickson (–, C)
  • Peter Didsbury (born , E)
  • Modikwe Dikobe (–?, SA)
  • Des Dillon (living, S)
  • John Dillon (–, Ir)
  • B.

    Acclaim. Dionysius (born , A)

  • Ray DiPalma (–, US)
  • Thomas M. Disch (born , US)
  • Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born , In/US)
  • Isobel Dixon (born , SA/E)
  • Sarah Dixon (–, E)
  • William Sculpturer Dixon (–, E)
  • Angifi Dladla (born , SA)
  • Tim Dlugos (–, US)
  • Kildare Dobbs (–, C)
  • Henry Austin Neuropteran (–, E)
  • Rosemary Dobson (–, A)
  • Stephen Dobyns (born , US)
  • Jeramy Dodds (born , C)
  • Robert Dodsley (–, E)
  • Pete Doherty (born , E)
  • Digby Mackworth Dolben (–, E)
  • Joe Dolce (born , US/A)
  • Don Domanski (born , C)
  • Magie Dominic (born , C)
  • Jeffery Donaldson (living, C)
  • John Donaldson (Jon Inglis, –, E)
  • John Clergyman (–, E)
  • David Donnell (born , C)
  • Timothy Donnelly (born , US)
  • Gerard Donovan (born , Ir/E)
  • Theo Dorgan (born , Ir)
  • Ed Dorn (–, US)
  • Catherine Ann Dorset (–, E)
  • Candas Jane Dorsey (born , C)
  • Mark Doty (born , US)
  • Clive Doucet (born , C)
  • Sarah Doudney (–, E)
  • Lucy Dougan (born , A)
  • Charles Montagu Doughty (–, E)
  • Lord Aelfred Douglas (–, E)
  • Alice May Politico (–, US)
  • Gavin Douglas (c.

    –, S)

  • George Brisbane Scott Douglas (–, S)
  • Keith Douglas (–, E)
  • Orville Player Douglas (born , C)
  • Rita Mug (born , US)
  • Basil Dowling (–, NZ)
  • Finuala Dowling (born , SA)
  • Gordon Downie (–, C)
  • Ellen Mary Apostle Downing (–, Ir)
  • Ernest Dowson (–, E)
  • Francis Hastings Doyle (–, E)
  • Kirby Doyle (–, US)

Dr–Dy

  • Michael Dransfield (–, A)
  • Jane Draycott (born , E)
  • Michael Drayton (–, E)
  • John Swanwick Drennan (–, Ir)
  • William Drennan (–, Ir)
  • Adam Drinan (also Joseph Macleod, –, E)
  • John Drinkwater (–, E)
  • William Drummond of Hawthornden (–, S)
  • William Physicist Drummond (–, C)
  • John Dryden (–, E)
  • W.

    E. B. Du Bois (–, US)

  • I. D. du Plessis (–, SA)
  • Klara du Plessis (living, SA/C)
  • Norman Dubie (born , US)
  • Stephen Duck (c. –, E)
  • Louis Dudek (–, S)
  • Carol Ann Duffy (born , S)
  • Charles Gavan Duffy (–, Ir/A)
  • Maureen Duffy (born , E)
  • Alan Dugan (–, J/US)
  • Michael Dugan (–, A)
  • Sasha Dugdale (born , E)
  • Eileen Duggan (–, NZ)
  • Laurie Duggan (born , A)
  • Jas H.

    Duke (–, A)

  • Richard Duke (–, E)
  • Tug Speechlessly (Geoff Forrester, living, A)
  • Marilyn Dumont (born , C)
  • Paul Laurence Dunbar (–, US)
  • Robert Nugent Dunbar (–, Ag)
  • William Dunbar (/ – apothegm. , S)
  • Andrew Duncan (born , E)
  • Robert Duncan (–, US)
  • Camille Dungy (born , US)
  • Helen Dunmore (–, E)
  • Douglas Dunn (born , S)
  • Max Dunn (died , A)
  • Stephen Dunn (–, US)
  • Joe Dunthorne (born , W)
  • Paul Durcan (born , Ir)
  • Lawrence Durrell (–, E)
  • Anne Dutton (–, E)
  • Geoffrey Dutton (–, A)
  • Stuart Dybek (born , US)
  • Edward Dyer (–, E)
  • John Dyer (–, W)
  • Bob Vocalizer (born , US)
  • Edward Dyson (–, A)

E

  • Joan Adeney Easdale (–, E)
  • Evelyn Eaton (–, C)
  • Richard Eberhart (–, US)
  • Emily Eden (–, E)
  • Helen Fend off Eden (–, E)
  • Stephen Edgar (born , A)
  • Lauris Edmond (–, NZ)
  • Russell Edson (–, US)
  • Richard Edwardes (c.

    –, E)

  • Dic Edwards (born , W)
  • Jonathan Edwards (born , W)
  • Rhian Edwards (living, W/E)
  • Helen Merrill Egerton (–, C)
  • Terry Ehret (born , US)
  • Vic Elias (–, US/C)
  • Anne Veteran (–, A)
  • George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans, –, E)
  • T. S. Playwright (–, US/E)
  • Elizabeth F.

    Ellet (–, US)

  • Charlotte Elliot (–, S)
  • David Elliott (–, C)
  • Julia Anne Elliott (–, E)
  • Jean Elliot (–, S)
  • Ebenezer Elliott (–, E)
  • George Ellis (–, E)
  • Royston Ellis (born , E)
  • Chris (born , NZ)
  • Rebecca Elson (–, C)
  • Crispin Elsted (living, C)
  • Edmund Elviden (fl.

    , E)

  • Claudia Emerson (–, US)
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson (–, US)
  • Chris Emery (born , E)
  • William Empson (–, E)
  • Paul Engle (–, US)
  • John Ennis (born , Ir)
  • Karen Enns (living, C)
  • D. J. Enright (–, E)
  • Riemke Ensing (born , NZ)
  • Theodore Enslin (–, US)
  • Louise Erdrich (born , US)
  • Ralph Erskine (–, S)
  • Clayton Eshleman (–, US)
  • Martín Espada (born , US)
  • Rhina Espaillat (born , US)
  • Ramabai Espinet (born , T)
  • Jill Alexander Essbaum (born , US)
  • Maggie Estep (–, US)
  • Michael Estok (–, C)
  • Jerry Estrin (–, US)
  • George Etherege (–, E)
  • Anne Evans (–, E)
  • Christine Evans (born , E/W)
  • George County Evans (–, A)
  • Margiad Evans (Peggy Whistler, –, E)
  • Mari Evans (–, US)
  • Sebastian Evans (–, E)
  • William Everson (Brother Antoninus, –, US)
  • Gavin Ewart (–, E)
  • John K.

    Ewers (–, A)

  • Elisabeth Eybers (–, SA/Nt)

F

  • Frederick William Faber (–, E)
  • Diane Fahey (born , A)
  • Ruth Fainlight (born , US/E)
  • Kingsley Fairbridge (–, SA)
  • A. Distinction. D. Fairburn (–, NZ)
  • Maria squeeze Harriet Falconar (born c. –, E or S)
  • William Falconer (–, S)
  • Padraic Fallon (–, Ir)
  • Catherine Mare Fanshawe (–, E)
  • U.

    A. Fanthorpe (–, E)

  • Patricia Fargnoli (born , US)
  • Eleanor Farjeon (–, E)
  • Fiona Soprano (born , NZ)
  • John Farrell (–, A)
  • John Farrell (–, US)
  • Michael Author (born , A)
  • Katie Farris (born , US)
  • Margaretta Faugères (–, US)
  • Jessie Redmon Fauset (–, US)
  • Brian Fawcett (–, C)
  • Elaine Feeney (living, Ir)
  • Elaine Feinstein (–, E)
  • Alison Fell (born , S)
  • Charles Fenerty (c.

    –, C)

  • Elijah Fenton (–, E)
  • James Fenton (–, NI)
  • James Fenton (born , E)
  • Richard Fenton (–, W)
  • Gus Ferguson (–, SA)
  • Samuel Ferguson (–, Ir)
  • Robert Fergusson (–, S)
  • Lawrence Ferlinghetti (–, US)
  • Ferron (Deborah Foisy, born , C)
  • George Fetherling (born , C)
  • Michael Field (Katherine Bradley, –, other Edith Cooper, –, E)
  • Henry Writer (–, E)
  • Connie Fife (–, C)
  • Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (–, E)
  • Annie Finch (born , US)
  • Peter Finch (living, W)
  • Robert Finch (–, C)
  • Ian Hamilton Finlay (–, S)
  • Joan Finnigan (–, C)
  • Jon Paul Fiorentino (living, C)
  • Catherine Fisher (born , W)
  • Roy Fisher (–, E)
  • Edward Interpreter (–, E)
  • Judith Fitzgerald (–, C)
  • R.

    D. Fitzgerald (–, A)

  • Robert Translator (–, US)
  • Richard FitzPatrick (–, Ir/E)
  • Roderick Flanagan (–, A)
  • James Elroy Flecker (–, E)
  • Marjorie Fleming (–, S)
  • Giles Fletcher (c. –, E)
  • Giles Playwright, the Elder (c. –, E)
  • John Fletcher (–, E)
  • John Gould Playwright (–, US)
  • Lisa Anne Fletcher (–, US)
  • Phineas Fletcher (–, E)
  • Robert Dramatist (fl.

    , E)

  • Maria De Fleury (c. – c. , E)
  • F. S. Flint (–, E)
  • Alice Flowerdew (–, E)
  • Lionel Fogarty (born , A)
  • Jack Foley (born , US)
  • Mary Hannay Foott (–, A)
  • John Forbes (–, A)
  • Carolyn Forché (born , US)
  • Ford Madox Ford (–, E)
  • John Ford (–, E)
  • John M.

    Fording (–, US)

  • Robert Ford (–, C)
  • Mabel Forrest (–, A)
  • William Forrest (fl. , E)
  • Veronica Forrest-Thomson (–, S)
  • Gary Jeshel Forrester (born , NZ)
  • William Forster (–, A)
  • John Foulcher (born , A)
  • Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (–, E)
  • William Fowler (c.

    –, S)

  • Kate Fox (born , E)
  • Len Violently (–, A)
  • Janet Frame (–, NZ)
  • Ruth France (–, NZ)
  • Matthew Francis (born , E/W)
  • Robert Francis (–, US)
  • George Sutherland Fraser (–, S)
  • Gregory Fraser (living, US)
  • Raymond Fraser (–, C)
  • Benjamin Frater (–, A)
  • Brentley Frazer (born , A)
  • Grace Beacham Freeman (–, US)
  • John Freeman (–, E)
  • Nicholas Freeston (–, E)
  • Patrick Friesen (born , C)
  • Anthony Freston (–, E)
  • Robert Rime (–, US)
  • Gwen Frostic (–, US)
  • Gene Frumkin (–, US)
  • Mark Frutkin (born , US/C)
  • Sheila Meiring Fugard (born , SA)
  • Ethel Romig Fuller (–, US)
  • John Fuller (born , E)
  • Roy Fuller (–, E)
  • Mary Eliza Fullerton (–, A)
  • Alice Fulton (born , US)
  • Robin Fulton (born , S)
  • Ulpian Fulwell (/ – before , E)
  • Richard Furness (–, E)

G

Ga–Go

  • Frances Dana Barker Gage (–, US)
  • Georgie Starbuck Galbraith (–, US)
  • Dunstan Gale (fl.

    , E)

  • Kate Gale (living, US)
  • James Galvin (born , US)
  • Patrick Galvin (–, Ir)
  • Forrest Gander (born , US)
  • Robert Garioch (–, S)
  • Hamlin Honours (–, US)
  • Raymond Garlick (–, W)
  • Richard Garnett (–, E)
  • Jean Garrigue (–, US)
  • Samuel Garth (–, E)
  • George Gascoigne (–, E)
  • David Gascoyne (–, E/F)
  • Bill Gaston (born , C)
  • John Homosexual (–, E)
  • Ross Gay (born , US)
  • William Gay (–, S/A)
  • Alexander Geddes (–, S)
  • Leon Gellert (–, A)
  • W.

    R. P. George (–, W)

  • Dan Gerber (born , US)
  • Amy Gerstler (born , US)
  • Marty Gervais (living, C)
  • Charles Ghigna (born , US)
  • Monk Gibbon (–, Ir)
  • Reginald Gibbons (born , US)
  • Stella Gibbons (–, E)
  • Ivy Gibbs (c. –, NZ)
  • Kahlil Author (–, L/US)
  • G.

    H. Gibson (Ironbark, –, A)

  • Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (–, E)
  • Elsa Gidlow (–, C)
  • Angus Author Gidney (–, C)
  • Gerry Gilbert (–, C)
  • Jack Gilbert (–, US)
  • Kevin Designer (–, A)
  • W. S. Gilbert (–, E)
  • Ellen Gilchrist (born , US)
  • George Gilfillan (–, S)
  • Charlotte Perkins Libber (–, US)
  • Mary Gilmore (–, A)
  • Allen Ginsberg (–, US)
  • Dana Gioia (born , US)
  • Nikki Giovanni (–, US)
  • Jesse Glass (born , US/Jp)
  • John Glassco (–, C)
  • Madeline Gleason (–, US)
  • Duncan Glen (–, S)
  • William Glen (–, S)
  • Lorri Neilsen Glenn (living, C)
  • Denis Glover (–, NZ)
  • Louise Glück (born , US)
  • Rumer Godden (–, In/E)
  • Patricia Goedicke (–, US)
  • Oliver St.

    Lavatory Gogarty (–, Ir)

  • Albert Goldbarth (born , US)
  • Kenneth Goldsmith (born , US)
  • Oliver Goldsmith (–, Ir/E)
  • Oliver Jeweler (–, C)
  • Peter Goldsworthy (born , A)
  • Leona Gom (born , C)
  • W. T. Goodge (–, A)
  • Lorna Goodison (born , J)
  • Paul Goodman (–, US)
  • Barnabe Googe (–, E)
  • Adam Poet Gordon (–, A)
  • Katherine L.

    Gordon (living, C)

  • Robert Gordon of Straloch (–, S)
  • Hedwig Gorski (born , US)
  • Edmund Gosse (–, E)
  • Phyllis Gotlieb (–, C)
  • Keith Gottschalk (born , SA)
  • Alan Gould (born , A)
  • Nora Gould (living, C)
  • John Gower (c. –, E)
  • Susan Goyette (born , C)

Gr–Gy

  • James Graham, 1st Marquess carry-on Montrose (–, S)
  • Jorie Graham (born , US)
  • Neile Graham (born , C)
  • Robert Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore (–, S)
  • W.

    S. Graham (–, S)

  • James Grahame (–, S)
  • Mark Granier (born , E/Ir)
  • Paul Grano (–, A)
  • Alex Grant (living, US)
  • Richard Author (–, E)
  • Richard Harry Graves (–, A)
  • Robert Graves (–, E)
  • Alexander Color (–, S)
  • Catherine Gray, Lady Courtesies (–, Ir)
  • Kathryn Gray (born , W)
  • Maxwell Gray (Mary Gleed Tuttiett, –, E)
  • Robert Gray (born , A)
  • Stephen Gray (born , SA)
  • Thomas Gray (–, E)
  • Dorothy Auchterlonie Countrylike (–, A)
  • H.

    M. Green (–, A)

  • Paula Green (born , NZ)
  • Richard Greene (born , C)
  • Robert Author (–, E)
  • Lavinia Greenlaw (born , E)
  • Gavin Greenlees (–, A)
  • Leslie Greentree (living, C)
  • Dora Greenwell (–, E)
  • Jane Greer (born , US)
  • Linda Gregg (–, US)
  • Horace Gregory (–, US)
  • Andrew Greig (born , S)
  • Eamon Grennan (born , Ir)
  • H.

    W. Gretton (–, NZ)

  • Fulke Greville, 1st Lord Brooke (–, E)
  • Gerald Griffin (–, Ir)
  • Sarah Maria Griffin (living, Ir)
  • Susan Griffin (born , US)
  • Bill Griffiths (–, E)
  • Bryn Griffiths (living, W/E)
  • Jane Griffiths (born , E)
  • Geoffrey Grigson (–, E)
  • Nicholas Grimald (–, E)
  • Angelina Weld Grimké (–, US)
  • Charlotte Forten Grimké (–, US)
  • Eliza Griswold (born , US)
  • Rufus Wilmot Griswold (–, US)
  • Philip Gross (born , E)
  • Paul Groves (born , E/W)
  • Bertha Jane Grundy (Mrs.

    Leith Adams, –, E)

  • Jeff Guess (born , A)
  • Barbara Guest (–, US)
  • Edgar Guest (–, US)
  • Paul Guest (living, US)
  • Malcolm Guite (born , E)
  • Arthur Guiterman (–, US)
  • Genni Gunn (born , C)
  • Thom Gunn (–, E/US)
  • Kristjana Gunnars (born , C)
  • Lee Gurga (born , US)
  • Ivor Gurney (–, E)
  • Ralph Gustafson (–, C)
  • Mafika Gwala (–, SA)
  • Cyril Gwynn (–, W/A)
  • Stephen Gwynn (–, Ir)
  • Beth Gylys (born , US)
  • Brion Gysin (–, C/E)

H

Ha–He

  • William Habington (–, E)
  • Marilyn Hacker (born , US)
  • John Haines (–, US)
  • Paul Haines (–, US/C)
  • Helen Hajnoczky (born , C)
  • Thomas Gordon Hake (–, E)
  • Sarah Josepha Hale (–, US)
  • Bernadette Hall (born , NZ)
  • Donald Hall (–, US)
  • Megan Hall (born , SA)
  • Phil Hallway (born , C)
  • Radclyffe Hall (–, E)
  • Rodney Hall (born , A)
  • Arthur Hallam (–, E)
  • Alan Halsey (born , W/E)
  • Michael Hamburger (–, E)
  • Ian Hamilton (–, E)
  • Jane Eaton Port (born , C)
  • Janet Hamilton (–, S)
  • Philip Hammial (born , A)
  • Robert Gavin Hampson (born , E)
  • Susan Hampton (born , A)
  • Sophie Hannah (born , E)
  • Bilal Haq (born , P)
  • Caroline Hardaker (born , E)
  • Kerry Hardie (born , NI)
  • Thomas Hardy (–, E)
  • Lesbia Harford (–, A)
  • Joy Harjo (born , US)
  • William Harmon (born , US)
  • Frances Musician (–, US)
  • Michael S.

    Harper (– US)

  • Charles Harpur (–, A)
  • Alice Moneyman (–, US)
  • Edward Harrington (–, A)
  • Claire Harris (–, C)
  • Joseph Harris (–, W)
  • Max Harris (–, A)
  • Michael General (born , C)
  • Robert Harris (–, A)
  • Wilson Harris (–, Gu/E)
  • Jennifer President (born , A)
  • Jim Harrison (–, US)
  • Martin Harrison (–, A)
  • Richard President (poet) (living, C)
  • Tony Harrison (born , E)
  • Les Harrop (born , E/A)
  • Kingsley O.

    Harrop-Williams (, GU)

  • Molly Harrower (–, S)
  • J. S. Chase (–, A)
  • Carla Harryman (born , US)
  • David Harsent (born , E)
  • Kevin Hart (born , A)
  • Paul Hartal (born , Is/C)
  • Anne Le Author Hartigan (living, Ir)
  • Jill Hartman (born , C)
  • Sadakichi Hartmann (–, US)
  • Michael Hartnett (–, Ir)
  • Diana Hartog (born , C)
  • William Hart-Smith (–, NZ)
  • F.

    W. Harvey (–, E)

  • Elisabeth Harvor (–, C)
  • Gwen Harwood (–, A)
  • Lee Harwood (–, E)
  • Alamgir Hashmi (born , E)
  • J. H. Haslam (–, NZ)
  • Nicholas Hasluck (born , A)
  • Robert Hass (born , US)
  • Katherine Designer (living, US)
  • Ann Hatton (–, W)
  • Stephen Hawes (died , E)
  • Robert Writer Hawker (–, E)
  • Kathleen Hawkins (–, NZ)
  • George Campbell Hay (–, S)
  • Gilbert Hay (born c.

    , S)

  • Myfanwy Haycock (–, W/E)
  • Robert Hayden (–, US)
  • William Hayley (–, E)
  • Robert Hayman (–, Nf)
  • Tony Haynes (born , US)
  • Joel Hayward (born , NZ)
  • Eliza Haywood (c. –, E)
  • H.D. (Hilda Doolittle, –, E)
  • Randolph Healy (born , Ir)
  • Seamus Heaney (–, Ir)
  • Josephine D.

    Heard ( – motto. , US)

  • John Heath-Stubbs (–, E)
  • Charles Heavysege (–, C)
  • James Hebblethwaite (–, A)
  • Anthony Hecht (–, US)
  • Jennifer Archangel Hecht (born , US)
  • John Hegley (born , E)
  • Wilfrid Heighington (–, C)
  • Steven Heighton (–, C)
  • Anita Heiss (born , A)
  • Lyn Hejinian (born , US)
  • Jill Hellyer (–, A)
  • David Helwig (–, C)
  • Maggie Helwig (born , C)
  • Felicia Hemans (–, E)
  • Kris Hemensley (born , A)
  • Essex Hemphill (–, US)
  • Brian Henderson (born , C)
  • Hamish Henderson (–, S)
  • Philip Henderson (–, E)
  • Thomas William Heney (–, A)
  • John Henley (–, E)
  • William Ernest Henley (–, E)
  • Adrian Henri (–, E)
  • Paul Henry (born , W)
  • Robert Henryson (fl.

    –, S)

  • Thomas Nicoll Hepburn (wrote as Gabriel Setoun, –, S)
  • Dorothea Herbert (c. –, Ir)
  • Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Musician of Cherbury (–, E/W)
  • George Musician (–, W)
  • Mary Herbert, Countess extent Pembroke (Mary Sidney, –, E)
  • W. N. Herbert (born , S)
  • Jason Heroux (born , C)
  • Robert Poet (–, E)
  • Steven Herrick (born , A)
  • Benjamin Hertwig (living, C)
  • Thomas Grate Hervey (–, E)
  • Phoebe Hesketh (–, E)
  • Paul Hetherington (born , A)
  • William Maxwell Hetherington (–, S)
  • Dorothy Hewett (–, A)
  • John Hewitt (–, NI)
  • Maurice Hewlett (–, E)
  • William Heyen (born , US)
  • Thomas Heywood (c.

    merciless – , E)

Hi–Hu