Lista de poetas

Esta es una lista alfabética de poetas internacionalmente notables .

A

Ab–Ak

Jonathan Aaron (nacido en 1941), poeta estadounidense
Aarudhra (1925-1998), poeta indio telugu , nacido como Bhagavatula Sadasiva Sankara Sastry
Chris Abani (nacido en 1966), poeta nigeriano
Henry Abbey (1842-1911), poeta estadounidense
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872-1958), poeta y escritora de ficción estadounidense
Siôn Abel (fl. Siglo XVIII), baladista galés
Aria Aber (nacida en 1991), poeta y novelista afgana, reside en EE. UU., escribe y publica principalmente en inglés.
Lascelles Abercrombie (1881-1938), poeta y crítico literario inglés
Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872-1956), periodista, ministro y erudito estadounidense; primer poeta laureado de Carolina del Norte
Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr (967-1049), poeta persa
Sam Abrams (nacido en 1935), poeta, editor y crítico estadounidense
Seth Abramson (nacido en 1976), poeta estadounidense
Kosta Abrašević (1879-1898), poeta serbio
Dannie Abse (1923-2014), poeta galés en lengua inglesa
Kathy Acker (1947-1997), novelista experimental , poeta punk y dramaturga estadounidense
Diane Ackerman (nacida en 1948), autora, poeta y naturalista estadounidense
Duane Ackerson (1942-2020), escritor estadounidense de poesía especulativa y ficción
Milton Acorn (1923-1986), poeta, escritor y dramaturgo canadiense
Harold Acton (1904-1994), escritor, erudito y aficionado inglés
János Aczél (fallecido en 1523), poeta y rector húngaro
Tamás Aczél (1921-1994), poeta húngaro
Gilbert Adair (1944-2011), novelista, poeta y crítico escocés
Virginia Hamilton Adair (1919-2004), poeta estadounidense
Helen Adam (1909-1993), poeta, collagista y fotógrafa escocesa-estadounidense
Draginja Adamović (1925-2000), poeta serbio
John Adams (1704-1740), poeta estadounidense
Léonie Adams (1899-1988), poeta estadounidense
Ryan Adams (nacido en 1974), cantautor y escritor estadounidense
Hendrik Adamson (1891-1946), poeta estonio
Fleur Adcock (nacida en 1934), poeta neozelandesa que vivió principalmente en Inglaterra
Joseph Addison (1672-1719), ensayista, poeta, escritor y político inglés
Kim Addonizio (nacida en 1954), poeta y novelista estadounidense
Artur Adson (1889-1977), poeta estonio
Endre Ady (1877-1919), poeta húngaro
Mariska Ady (1888-1977), poeta húngara
Esquilo (525-456 a. C.), trágico ateniense
Anastasia Afanasieva (nacida en 1982), médica, poeta, escritora y traductora ucraniana
Lucius Afranius (fl. c. 94 a. C.), poeta cómico romano
John Agard (nacido en 1949), poeta y escritor infantil afroguyanés
Patience Agbabi (nacida en 1965), poeta y artista británica
James Agee (1909-1955), novelista, guionista y poeta estadounidense
Deborah Ager (nacida en 1977), poeta y editora estadounidense
István Ágh (nacido en 1938), poeta húngaro
Kelli Russell Agodon (nacida en 1969), poeta estadounidense
Dritëro Agolli (1931-2017), poeta albanés
Carlos Martínez Aguirre (nacido en 1974), poeta español
Delmira Agustini (1886-1914), poeta uruguaya
Ishaaq bin Ahmed (1095 – siglo XII), erudito árabe, poeta y antepasado de la familia del clan somalí Isaaq
Ai (Florence Anthony, 1947-2010), poeta estadounidense
Ama Ata Aidoo (1940-2023), novelista, poeta, dramaturga y académica ghanesa
Conrad Aiken (1889-1973), poeta y autor estadounidense
Aganice Ainianos (1838-1892), poeta griega
Akazome Emon (956-1041), poeta e historiador japonés
Mark Akenside (1721-1770), poeta y médico inglés
Rachel Akerman (1522-1544), poeta judía austríaca que escribió en alemán
Mehdi Akhavan-Sales (1929-1990), poeta iraní, poeta persa
Bella Akhmadulina (1937-2010), poeta rusa
Anna Ajmátova (1889-1966), poeta rusa
Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914-1976), poeta urdu indio
Javed Akhtar (nacido en 1945), poeta, letrista y guionista indio
Salman Akhtar (nacido en 1946), profesor y poeta indio-estadounidense que escribe en inglés y urdu

Al-Am

Amina Al Adwan (nacida en 1935), escritora, poeta y crítica jordana
Muhammad Taha Al-Qaddal (1951-2021), poeta sudanés
Luigi Alamanni (1495-1556), poeta y estadista italiano
Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c. 1698-1770), poeta gaélico escocés
Ave Alavainu (nacido en 1942), poeta estonio
Gillebríghde Albanach (fl. 1200-1230), poeta y cruzado gaélico escocés
Alceo (siglo IV a. C.), poeta cómico ateniense de origen griego.
Alceo de Mesene (finales del siglo III a. C./principios del siglo II a. C.), escritor griego de epigramas en verso
Alceo de Mitilene (siglos VII-VI a. C.), poeta lírico griego de Lesbos
Ammiel Alcalay (nacido en 1956), poeta, erudito y crítico estadounidense
Alcman (siglo VII a. C.), poeta lírico de la antigua Grecia
Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), poeta y profesor estadounidense
Richard Aldington (1892-1962), poeta y escritor inglés
Vasile Alecsandri (1821-1890), poeta rumano
Tudur Aled (c. 1465-1525), poeta galés que escribe en galés
Claribel Alegría (1924-2018), poeta del centro de Estados Unidos que escribe en español
Vicente Aleixandre (1898-1984), poeta español, premio Nobel 1977
Josip Murn Aleksandrov (1879-1901), poeta simbolista esloveno
Sherman Alexie (nacido en 1966), poeta y escritor estadounidense
Felipe Alfau (1902-1999), novelista y poeta catalán-estadounidense
Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001), poeta indio, cachemir y estadounidense
Taha Muhammad Ali (1931-2011), poeta palestino
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), poeta italiano
Ali al-Hujwiri (1009-1072), poeta persa
James Alexander Allan (1889-1956), poeta australiano
August Alle (1899-1952), poeta estonio
Dick Allen (1939-2017), poeta, crítico y académico estadounidense
Donald Allen (1912-2004), poeta, editor y traductor estadounidense
Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832-1911), escritora y poeta estadounidense
Ron Allen (1947-2010), poeta y dramaturgo estadounidense
Artur Alliksaar (1923-1966), poeta estonio
William Allingham (1824 o 1828–1889), poeta y hombre de letras irlandés
Washington Allston (1779-1843), pintor y poeta estadounidense
Dámaso Alonso (1898-1990), poeta, filólogo y crítico español
Alta (Alta Gerrey; 1942-2024), poeta y escritor estadounidense
Natan Alterman (1910-1970), poeta, periodista y traductor israelí
Alurista (nacido en 1947), poeta y activista chicano
Al Alvarez (fl. 1929–2019), poeta inglés
Julia Alvarez (nacida en 1950), poeta, novelista y ensayista dominicana-estadounidense
Betti Alver (1906-1989), poeta estonio
Moniza Alvi (nacida en 1954), poeta y escritora pakistaní-británica
Guru Amar Das (1479-1574), poeta punjabi y gurú sikh
Ambrosio (fl. c. 1190), poeta franco-normando de la Tercera Cruzada
Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000), poeta israelí
Indran Amirthanayagam (nacido en 1960), poeta, ensayista y traductor estadounidense de Sri Lanka
Kingsley Amis (1922-1995), autor y poeta inglés
AR Ammons (1926-2001), autor y poeta estadounidense

An–Aq

Anacreonte (570–488 a. C.), poeta lírico griego
Alfred Andersch (1914-1980), escritor y editor alemán
Mir Anees (o Anis) (1803-1874), poeta indio en urdu
Guda Anjaiah (1955–2016), poeta, cantante, letrista y escritora india telugu de Telangana
Anvari (1117-1157), poeta persa
Temsüla Ao (nacida en 1945), poeta, cuentista y etnógrafa india naga
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), poeta y escritor infantil danés
Victor Henry Anderson (1917-2001), poeta, kahuna y maestro estadounidense de la tradición Feri
Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902-1987), poeta brasileño
Mário de Andrade (1893-1945), poeta, novelista y crítico brasileño
Bernard André (1450-1522), poeta agustino francés: poeta laureado de Enrique VII de Inglaterra
Peter Andrej (nacido en 1959), poeta y músico esloveno
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919-2004), poeta y escritora portuguesa
Bruce Andrews (nacido en 1948), poeta estadounidense del lenguaje
Kevin Andrews (1924-1989), escritor y arqueólogo filoheleno anglogriego
Ron Androla (nacido en 1954), poeta estadounidense
Aneirin (fl. Siglo VI), poeta épico británico
Guru Angad (1504-1552), gurú sikh y poeta punjabi
Ralph Angel (1951-2020), poeta y traductor estadounidense
Maya Angelou (1928-2014), poeta estadounidense
James Stout Angus (1830-1923), poeta de Shetland, principalmente en dialecto de Shetland
Marion Angus (1865-1946), poeta escocesa en escocés
JK Annand (1908-1993), poeta infantil escocés
Mika Antić (1932-1986), poeta serbio
David Antin (1932-2016), poeta y crítico estadounidense
Antler (nacido en 1946), poeta estadounidense
Susanne Antonetta (nacida en 1956), poeta y autora estadounidense
Hermano Antonino (1912-1994), poeta estadounidense
Raymond Antrobus (vivo), británico
Chairil Anwar (1922-1949), poeta indonesio
Johannes Anyuru (nacido en 1979), poeta sueco
Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918), poeta francés
Apolonio de Rodas (270 – post–245 a. C.), poeta y bibliotecario griego en Alejandría
Maja Apostoloska (nacida en 1976), poeta macedonia
Philip Appleman (1926-2020), poeta y profesor estadounidense
Lajos Áprily (1887-1967), poeta y traductor húngaro
Pawlu Aquilina (1929-2009), poeta maltés

Arkansas

Louis Aragon (1897-1982), poeta, novelista y editor francés
János Arany (1817-1882), poeta húngaro
Arquíloco (c. 680 – c. 645 a. C.), poeta lírico griego
Allamraju Subrahmanyakavi (1831-1892), poeta indio telugu
Walter Conrad Arensberg (1878-1954), dadaísta, crítico y poeta estadounidense
Tudor Arghezi (1880-1967), poeta rumano
Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533), poeta italiano
Aristófanes (c. 446 – c. 386 a. C.), poeta dramático griego
Guru Arjan (1563-1606), gurú sij y poeta punjabi
Rae Armantrout (nacida en 1947), poeta en lengua estadounidense
Simon Armitage (nacido en 1963), poeta, dramaturgo y novelista inglés
Richard Armour (1906-1989), poeta y autor estadounidense
Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769-1860), autor y poeta alemán
Bettina von Arnim (1785-1859), escritora, compositora y artista visual alemana
Ludwig Achim von Arnim (1781-1831), poeta y novelista alemán
Craig Arnold (1967-2009), poeta y profesor estadounidense
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), poeta y crítico cultural inglés
Arnórr Þórðarson jarlaskáld (poeta de los condes, c. 1012-1070), escaldo islandés
Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (1865-1942), poeta polaca
Jean Arp (1886-1966), escultor, pintor y poeta franco-alemán
Antonin Artaud (1896-1948), dramaturgo, poeta y ensayista francés

Como–Az

Asadi Tusi (1000-1073), poeta persa

WH Auden

MK Asante (nacido en 1982), autor, poeta y profesor estadounidense
John Ashbery (1927-2017), poeta estadounidense, Premio Pulitzer de poesía en 1976
Cliff Ashby (1919-2012), poeta y novelista inglés
Renée Ashley , poeta y novelista estadounidense
Anton Aškerc (1856-1912), poeta esloveno y sacerdote católico
Asjadi (siglos X-XI), poeta persa
Adam Asnyk (1838-1897), poeta y dramaturgo polaco
Herbert Asquith (1881-1947), poeta inglés
Mina Assadi (nacida en 1942), poeta iraní, poeta persa, autora y compositora
Vishnu Raj Atreya (1944-2020), poeta, autor, compositor y novelista nepalí
Margaret Atwood (nacida en 1939), poeta, novelista y ensayista canadiense
WH Auden (1907-1973), poeta y ensayista anglo-estadounidense
Imre Augustich (Imre Augustič, 1837-1879), poeta esloveno/húngaro
Joseph Auslander (1897-1965), poeta, antólogo y novelista estadounidense; poeta laureado de Estados Unidos entre 1937 y 1941
Ausonio (c. 310-395), poeta y retórico latino en Burdigala ( Burdeos )
Paul Auster (nacido en 1947), poeta, novelista, dramaturgo, ensayista y traductor estadounidense.
James Avery (1948-2013), actor, poeta y guionista estadounidense
Margaret Avison (1918-2007), poeta canadiense
Krayem Awad (nacido en 1948), pintor, escultor y poeta vienés de origen sirio
Gennady Aygi (1934-2006), poeta ruso
Ayo Ayoola-Amale (nacido en 1970), poeta nigeriano
Pam Ayres (nacida en 1947), poeta humorística inglesa
Robert Aytoun (1570-1638), poeta escocés
Maryam Jafari Azarmani (nacida en 1977), poeta iraní, poeta persa, ensayista, crítica y traductora
Azraqi (siglo XI), poeta persa
Jody Azzouni (nacido en 1954), filósofo y poeta estadounidense

B

Licenciado en Letras

Baba Tahir (siglo XI), poeta persa
Mihály Babits (1883-1941), poeta y traductor húngaro
Ken Babstock (nacido en 1970), poeta canadiense
Jimmy Santiago Baca (nacido en 1952), poeta y escritor estadounidense de ascendencia apache/ chicana
Baquílides (siglo V a. C.), poeta lírico griego
Bellamy Bach (fl. 1980s), seudónimo conjunto de escritores de ficción y poetas
Harivansh Rai Bachchan (fl. Siglo XX), poeta hindi
Joseph M. Bachelor (también Joseph Morris, 1889-1947), autor, poeta y educador estadounidense
Simon Bacher (1823-1991), poeta hebreo en Hungría
Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973), poeta y autora austriaca
Sutardji Calzoum Bachri (nacido en 1941), poeta indonesio
George Bacovia (1881-1957), poeta rumano
Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921-1944), poeta y soldado polaco
Vahshi Bafqi (1532-1583) poeta persa
Julio Baghy (1891-1967), autor y poeta húngaro en esperanto
Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886-1951), poeta persa
Bai Juyi (772–846), poeta chino de la dinastía Tang
Joanna Baillie (1762-1851), poeta y dramaturga escocesa
József Bajza (1804-1858), poeta y crítico húngaro
Józef Baka (1706/1707–1788), poeta polaco/lituano y sacerdote jesuita
Vyt Bakaitis (nacido en 1940), traductor, editor y poeta lituano -estadounidense
David Baker (nacido en 1954), poeta estadounidense
Hinemoana Baker (nacida en 1968), poeta y músico neozelandés
Bâkî (1526-1600), poeta en lengua otomana-turca (seudónimo de Mahmud Abdülbâkî)
John Balaban (nacido en 1943), poeta y traductor estadounidense
Bálint Balassi (1554-1594), poeta húngaro
Béla Balázs (1884-1949), poeta y crítico húngaro
Edward Balcerzan (nacido en 1937), poeta, crítico y traductor polaco
Stanisław Baliński (1898-1984), poeta y diplomático polaco
Jesse Ball (nacido en 1978), poeta y novelista estadounidense
Zsófia Balla (nacida en 1949), poeta húngara de Rumania
Addie L. Ballou (1837-1916), poeta y sufragista estadounidense
Konstantin Balmont (1867-1942), poeta simbolista y traductor ruso
Russell Banks (nacido en 1940), escritor de ficción y poeta estadounidense
Anne Bannerman (1765-1829), poeta escocesa
Amiri Baraka (también conocido como Leroi Jones) (1934-2014), escritor, poeta y dramaturgo estadounidense
Marcin Baran (nacido en 1963), poeta y periodista polaco
Stanisław Barańczak (1946-2014), poeta, crítico y traductor polaco
Porfirio Barba-Jacob (1883-1942), poeta y escritor colombiano
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825), poeta, ensayista y autora infantil inglesa
John Barbour (c. 1320–1395), poeta escocés, primer escritor importante en escocés
Alexander Barclay (c. 1476–1552), poeta inglés/escocés
George Barker (1913-1991), poeta y autor inglés
Les Barker (nacido en 1947), poeta inglés
Christine Barkhuizen le Roux (1959-2020), poeta sudafricana
Coleman Barks (nacido en 1937), poeta estadounidense
Mihály Barla (Miháo Barla, c. 1778-1824), poeta y pastor esloveno en Hungría
Mary Barnard (1909-2001), poeta, biógrafa y traductora estadounidense
Djuna Barnes (1892-1982), escritora estadounidense
William Barnes (1801-1886), escritor, poeta y filólogo inglés
Catherine Barnett (nacida en 1960), poeta y educadora estadounidense
Richard Barnfield (1574-1620), poeta inglés
Willis Barnstone (nacido en 1927), poeta y traductor literario estadounidense
Maria Barrell (fallecida en 1803), poeta, dramaturga y escritora de publicaciones periódicas
Laird Barron (nacido en 1970), poeta y autor estadounidense
Sándor Barta (1897-1938), poeta húngaro ejecutado en la URSS
Bernard Barton (1784-1849), poeta y cuáquero inglés
Bertha Hirsch Baruch (fl. finales del siglo XVIII – principios del siglo XIX), escritora, poeta y sufragista estadounidense
Todd Bash (nacido en 1965), dramaturgo, poeta y escritor de vanguardia estadounidense
Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694), poeta japonés de renku y haiku
Michael Basinski (nacido en 1950), poeta estadounidense de textos, imágenes y sonidos
Ellen Bass (nacida en 1947), poeta estadounidense
Arlo Bates (1850-1918), autor, poeta y educador estadounidense
David Bates (1809-1870), poeta estadounidense
Joseph Bathanti (nacido en 1953), poeta, escritor y profesor estadounidense; poeta laureado de Carolina del Norte
János Batsányi (1763-1845), poeta húngaro
Dawn-Michelle Baude (nacida en 1959), poeta, periodista y educadora estadounidense
Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), poeta, ensayista y traductor francés
Cirilo Bautista (1941-2018), poeta, escritor y crítico filipino
Charles Baxter (nacido en 1947), escritor y poeta estadounidense
James K. Baxter (1926-1972), poeta neozelandés

Ser

Jan Beatty (nacida en 1952), poeta estadounidense
Francis Beaumont (1584-1616), poeta y dramaturgo inglés
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), dramaturgo, novelista y poeta de vanguardia irlandés
Joshua Beckman (vivo), poeta estadounidense
Matija Bećković (nacido en 1939), escritor y poeta serbio
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836-1870), poeta y narrador español
Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803-1849), poeta, dramaturgo y médico inglés
Patricia Beer (1919-1999), poeta y crítica inglesa
Sapargali Begalin (1895-1983), poeta kazajo
Aphra Behn (1640-1689), dramaturga inglesa de la Restauración ; primera escritora profesional
Ferenc Békássy (1893-1915), poeta húngaro
Erin Belieu (nacida en 1967), poeta estadounidense
Marvin Bell (1937-2020), poeta y profesor estadounidense; primer poeta laureado del estado de Iowa
Gioconda Belli (nacida en 1948), poeta y novelista nicaragüense
Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791-1863), soneto italiano en romanesco
Xuan Bello (nacido en 1965), poeta asturiano
Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), escritor e historiador anglo-francés
Andrei Bely (1880-1934), novelista, poeta y crítico ruso
Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943), autor, poeta y escritor de ficción estadounidense
William Rose Benét (1886-1950), poeta, escritor y editor estadounidense
Elizabeth Benger (1775-1827), poeta, biógrafa y novelista inglesa
Gottfried Benn (1886-1956), ensayista, novelista y poeta expresionista alemán
Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902-1981), escritora y poeta afroestadounidense
Jim Bennett (nacido en 1951), poeta inglés de la era punk de Liverpool
Richard Berengarten (nacido en 1943), poeta, escritor y traductor inglés
Bo Bergman (1869-1967), escritor y crítico sueco
İlhan Berk (1918-2008), poeta turco
Charles Bernstein (nacido en 1950), poeta y erudito estadounidense
Béroul (siglo XII), poeta normando del episódico Tristán
Daniel Berrigan (1921-2016), poeta, sacerdote y activista por la paz estadounidense
Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), poeta estadounidense
James Berry (1924-2017), poeta jamaicano radicado en Inglaterra
Wendell Berry (nacido en 1934), hombre de letras, crítico y agricultor estadounidense
John Berryman (1914-1972), poeta y erudito estadounidense
Dániel Berzsenyi (1776-1836), poeta húngaro
Mary Ursula Bethell (1874-1945), poeta y trabajadora social neozelandesa
John Betjeman (1906-1984), poeta, escritor y locutor inglés
Elizabeth Beverley (fl. 1815–1830), poeta, escritora y artista inglesa
Helen Bevington (1906-2001), poeta, prosista y educadora estadounidense
LS Bevington (1845-1895), poeta y ensayista anarquista inglés

Bh–Bl

Subramanya Bharathi (1882-1921), escritora tamil, poeta y activista por la independencia de la India
Sujata Bhatt (nacida en 1956), poeta india en gujarati
Źmitrok Biadula (1886-1941), poeta, prosista y activista independentista judío bielorruso
Miron Białoszewski (1922-1983), poeta, novelista y dramaturgo polaco
Zbigniew Bieńkowski (1913-1994), poeta, crítico y traductor polaco
Biernat de Lublin (c. 1465 – después de 1529), poeta y fabulista polaco
Laurence Binyon (1879-1943), poeta, dramaturgo y estudioso del arte inglés
Earle Birney (1904-1995), poeta, escritor de ficción y dramaturgo canadiense
Nevin Birsa (1947-2003), poeta esloveno
Balázs Birtalan (1969-2016), poeta y publicista húngaro
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), poeta y cuentista estadounidense; poeta laureada de Estados Unidos
Ram Prasad Bismil (1897-1927), poeta y revolucionario que escribe en urdu e hindi
Bill Bissett (nacido en 1939), poeta anticonvencional canadiense
Sherwin Bitsui (nacido en 1975), poeta navajo estadounidense
Paul Blackburn (1926-1971), poeta estadounidense
Richard Palmer Blackmur (1904-1965), crítico literario y poeta estadounidense
Lucian Blaga (1895-1961), filósofo, poeta y dramaturgo rumano
Lewis Blake (nacido en 1946), poeta inglés
William Blake (1757-1827), pintor, poeta y grabador inglés
Don Blanding (1894-1957), poeta, periodista, escritor y orador estadounidense
Adrian Blevins (nacido en 1964), poeta estadounidense
Mathilde Blind (1841-1896), poeta y escritora inglesa nacida en Alemania
Alexander Blok (1880-1921), poeta lírico ruso
Benjamin Paul Blood (1832-1919), filósofo y poeta estadounidense
Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823), poeta inglés de clase trabajadora
Roy Blumenthal (nacido en 1968), poeta sudafricano
Edmund Blunden (1896-1974), poeta, autor y crítico literario inglés
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840-1922), poeta y escritor inglés
Robert Bly (1926-2021), poeta, autor y líder del movimiento mitopoético masculino estadounidense

Bo-Bri

Johannes Bobrowski (1917-1965), autor y poeta de Alemania del Este
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), autor y poeta italiano
Jean Bodel (1165-1210), antiguo poeta francés
Ádám Bodor (nacido en 1936), poeta húngaro de Rumania
Louise Bogan (1897-1970), poeta estadounidense; cuarta poeta laureada de Estados Unidos
Matteo Maria Boiardo (1440/1441-1494), poeta del Renacimiento italiano
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711), poeta y crítico francés
Michelle Boisseau (1955-2017), poeta estadounidense
Christian Bök (nacido en 1966), poeta experimental canadiense
Osbern Bokenam (c. 1393 – c. 1464), poeta y fraile inglés
Eavan Boland (1944-2020), poeta irlandés
Alan Bold (1943-1998), poeta, biógrafo y periodista escocés
Heinrich Böll (1917-1985), novelista alemán
Edmund Bolton (c. 1575 – c. 1633), historiador y poeta inglés
Nozawa Bonchō (c. 1640-1714), poeta japonés haikai
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), poeta alemán y teólogo luterano
Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902-1973), poeta estadounidense y miembro del Renacimiento de Harlem
Luke Booker (1762-1835), poeta, clérigo y anticuario inglés
Kurt Boone (nacido en 1959), poeta estadounidense
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), escritor de ficción, ensayista y poeta argentino
Tadeusz Borowski (1922-1951), escritor y periodista polaco
Hristo Botev (1848-1876), poeta y revolucionario búlgaro
Gordon Bottomley (1874-1948), poeta y dramaturgo inglés
David Bottoms (nacido en 1949), poeta estadounidense; poeta laureado de Georgia
Cathy Smith Bowers (nacida en 1949), poeta estadounidense; poeta laureada de Carolina del Norte entre 2010 y 2012
Edgar Bowers (1924-2000), poeta estadounidense y ganador del Premio Bollingen de poesía
Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874-1941), poeta, crítico y traductor polaco
Mark Alexander Boyd (1562-1601), poeta y mercenario escocés
Kay Boyle (1902-1992), escritora, educadora y activista política estadounidense
Alison Brackenbury (nacida en 1953), poeta inglesa
Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet (c. 1612 – 1672), la primera poeta publicada de Estados Unidos
Di Brandt (nacido en 1952), poeta y crítico literario canadiense
Giannina Braschi (nacida en 1953), poeta estadounidense nacida en Puerto Rico
Kamau Brathwaite (1930-2020), escritor barbadense
Richard Brautigan (1935-1984), escritor de ficción y poeta estadounidense
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), dramaturgo, poeta y letrista alemán
Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero (1585-1618), poeta y dramaturgo holandés
Radovan Brenkus (nacido en 1974), escritor y poeta eslovaco
Christopher Brennan (1870-1932), poeta y erudito australiano
Joseph Payne Brennan (1918-1990), poeta y escritor estadounidense de ficción fantástica y de terror
Clemens Brentano (1778-1842), poeta y novelista alemán
André Breton (1896-1966), escritor, poeta y fundador del surrealismo francés
Nicholas Breton (1545-1626), poeta y novelista inglés
Ken Brewer (1941-2006), poeta y erudito estadounidense; poeta laureado de Utah
Breyten Breytenbach (nacido en 1939), escritor, poeta y pintor sudafricano/francés
Robert Bridges (1844-1930), poeta inglés; poeta laureado del Reino Unido
Traci Brimhall , poeta y profesora estadounidense
Robert Bringhurst (nacido en 1946), poeta, tipógrafo y autor canadiense

Hermano–Por

Geoffrey Brock (nacido en 1964), poeta y traductor estadounidense
Eve Brodlique (1867-1949), poeta, autora y periodista canadiense-estadounidense nacida en Gran Bretaña
Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996), poeta y ensayista ruso
Wladyslaw Broniewski (1897-1962), poeta y soldado polaco
William Bronk (1918-1999), poeta estadounidense
Anne Brontë (1820-1849), novelista y poeta inglesa, la más joven de las tres hermanas Brontë
Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), novelista y poeta inglesa, mayor de tres hermanas Brontë
Emily Brontë (1818-1848), novelista y poeta inglesa
Rupert Brooke (1887-1915), poeta inglés
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000), poeta afroestadounidense; poeta laureada estadounidense
Hans Adolph Brorson (1694-1764), poeta danés y obispo pietista
Joan Brossa (1919-1998), poeta, dramaturgo y artista catalán
Nicole Brossard (nacida en 1943), poeta y novelista formalista francocanadiense
Olga Broumas (nacida en 1949), poeta griega en Estados Unidos
Flora Brovina (nacida en 1949), poeta, pediatra y activista por los derechos de la mujer albanokosovar
Petrus Brovka (también conocido como Pyotr Ustinovich Brovka) (1905-1980), poeta bielorruso soviético
George Mackay Brown (1921-1996), poeta, autor y dramaturgo escocés
James Brown , conocido como J. B. Selkirk (1832-1904), poeta y ensayista escocés
Sterling Brown (1901-1989), escritor y poeta académico afroestadounidense
Thomas Edward Brown (1830-1897), poeta, erudito y teólogo manés
Frances Browne (1816-1887), poeta y novelista irlandesa
William Browne (1590-1643), poeta inglés
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861), poeta inglesa
Robert Browning (1812-1889), poeta y dramaturgo inglés
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), poeta romántico y periodista estadounidense
Colette Bryce (nacida en 1970), poeta norirlandesa
Bryher (también conocida como Annie Winifred Ellerman) (1894-1983), novelista, poeta y autora de memorias inglesa
Valeri Bryusov (1873-1924), poeta, novelista y crítico ruso
Jan Brzechwa (1898-1966), poeta y escritor infantil polaco
Dugald Buchanan (Dùghall Bochanan) (1716-1768), poeta escocés en escocés y gaélico escocés
Robert Williams Buchanan (1841-1901), poeta, novelista y dramaturgo escocés
August Buchner (1591-1661), poeta y profesor barroco alemán
Georg Büchner (1813-1837), escritor, poeta y dramaturgo alemán
Vincent Buckley (1927-1988), poeta, ensayista y crítico australiano
David Budbill (1940-2016), poeta y dramaturgo estadounidense
Andrea Hollander Budy (nacida en 1947), poeta estadounidense
Teodor Bujnicki (1907-1944), poeta polaco
Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), poeta, novelista y cuentista estadounidense
Iván Bunin (1870-1953), poeta y novelista ruso
Basil Bunting (1900-1985), poeta modernista inglés
Anthony Burgess (1917-1993), escritor, poeta y dramaturgo inglés
Robert Burns (1759-1796), poeta y letrista escocés
Stanley Burnshaw (1906-2005), poeta estadounidense
John Burnside (nacido en 1955), poeta y escritor escocés, ganador de los premios de poesía TS Eliot y Forward
William S. Burroughs (1914-1997), novelista, poeta y ensayista estadounidense
Andrzej Bursa (1932-1957), poeta y escritor polaco
Yosa Buson (1716-1783), poeta y pintor japonés de haikai
Raegan Butcher (nacida en 1969), poeta y cantante estadounidense
Ray Buttigieg (nacido en 1955), poeta, compositor y músico
Ignazio Buttitta (1899-1997), poeta en lengua siciliana
Anthony Butts (nacido en 1969), poeta estadounidense
WE Butts (1944-2013), poeta estadounidense, poeta laureado de New Hampshire
Rachel Quick Buttz (1847-1923), escritora de memorias y poeta estadounidense
Kathryn Stripling Byer (1944-2017), poeta y profesora estadounidense; poeta laureada de Carolina del Norte entre 2005 y 2009
Witter Bynner (también Emanuel Morgan, 1881-1968), poeta, escritor y erudito estadounidense
George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824), poeta y figura literaria inglesa

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Cabina-Cav

Lydia Cabrera (1899-1991), antropóloga y poeta cubana
Dilys Cadwaladr (1902-1979), poeta y escritor de ficción galés en galés
Cædmon (siglo VII aprox.), primer poeta de Northumbria conocido por su nombre
Maoilios Caimbeul (nacido en 1944), poeta y escritor infantil escocés en gaélico
Scott Cairns (nacido en 1954), poeta, autor de memorias y ensayista estadounidense
Alison Calder , poeta y educadora canadiense
Angus Calder (1942-2008), poeta, académico y educador escocés
Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño (1600-1681), dramaturgo, poeta y escritor español del Siglo de Oro español
Musa Cälil (1906-1944), poeta tártaro soviético
Barry Callaghan (nacido en 1937), autor, poeta y antólogo canadiense
Michael Feeney Callan (nacido en 1955), poeta, novelista y biógrafo irlandés
Calímaco (c. 305 – c. 240 a. C.), poeta, crítico y erudito helenístico de la Biblioteca de Alejandría
Robert Calvert (1944-1988), escritor, poeta y músico sudafricano
Norman Cameron (1905-1953), poeta escocés
Luís de Camões (c. 1524-1580), primer poeta portugués
Angus Peter Campbell (también conocido como Aonghas P(h)àdraig Caimbeul, nacido en 1952), poeta, novelista, locutor y actor escocés
David Campbell (1915-1979), poeta y piloto de guerra australiano
Roy Campbell (1901-1957), poeta y satírico sudafricano
Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), poeta escocés
Jan Campert (1902-1943), poeta y periodista holandés
Remco Campert (1929-2022), poeta y novelista holandés
Thomas Campion (1567-1619), compositor, poeta y médico inglés
Matilde Camus (1919-2012), poeta e investigadora española
Melville Henry Cane (1879-1980), poeta y abogado estadounidense
Ivan Cankar (1876-1918), dramaturgo, ensayista y poeta esloveno
May Wedderburn Cannan (1893-1973), poeta inglesa
Edip Cansever (1928-1986), poeta turco
Cao Cao (155–220), poeta y señor de la guerra chino
Cao Pi (formalmente emperador Wen de Wei) (187–226), poeta chino y primer emperador del estado de Cao Wei ; segundo hijo de Cao Cao
Cao Zhi (192-232), poeta chino ; tercer hijo de Cao Cao
Vahni Capildeo (nacido en 1973), poeta trinitense
Ernesto Cardenal (1925-2020), poeta y sacerdote católico nicaragüense
Giosuè Carducci (1835-1907), poeta y profesor italiano
Thomas Carew (1595-1639), poeta inglés
Henry Carey (1687-1743), poeta, dramaturgo y compositor inglés
Robert Carliell (fallecido en 1622), poeta didáctico inglés
Bliss Carman (1861-1929), poeta canadiense-estadounidense asociada con los poetas de la Confederación
Fern GZ Carr (nacida en 1956), poeta, traductora, profesora y abogada canadiense
Jim Carroll (1949-2009), autor, poeta y músico punk estadounidense
Lewis Carroll (nacido Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (1832-1898), escritor, matemático y fotógrafo inglés
Hayden Carruth (1921-2008), poeta y crítico literario estadounidense
Ann Elizabeth Carson (nacida en 1929), poeta, artista y feminista canadiense
Anne Carson (nacida en 1950), poeta, ensayista y traductora canadiense
Elizabeth Carter (1717-1806), poeta y estudiosa inglesa
Jared Carter (nacido en 1939), poeta y editor estadounidense
William Cartwright (1611-1643), dramaturgo y clérigo inglés
Neal Cassady (1926-1968), figura de la Generación Beat de los años 50 y del movimiento psicodélico de los años 60
Cyrus Cassells (nacido en 1957), poeta y profesor estadounidense
Rosalía de Castro (1837-1885), poeta gallega
Catulo (c. 84–54 a. C.), poeta latino de la República romana
Charles Causley (1917-2003), poeta, maestro de escuela y escritor de Cornualles
CP Cavafy (1863-1933), poeta, periodista y funcionario griego
Guido Cavalcanti (décadas de 1250 a 1300), poeta florentino y amigo de Dante Alighieri
Nick Cave (nacido en 1957), escritor, músico y actor australiano
Margaret Cavendish, duquesa de Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623-1673), escritora, aristócrata y científica inglesa

Ce-Cl

Paul Celan (1920-1970), poeta y traductor judío nacido en Rumania
Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961), poeta y autor francés
Thomas Centolella (vivo), poeta estadounidense
Anica Černej (1900-1944), autora y poeta eslovena
Luis Cernuda (1903-1963), poeta y crítico literario español
Aimé Césaire (1913-2008), poeta, autor y político francés de Martinica
Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos (1923-2006), poeta surrealista portugués
Úrsula Céspedes (1832-1874), poeta cubana
Ashok Chakradhar (nacido en 1951), autor y poeta hindi
John Chalkhill (fl. 1600), poeta inglés
Jean Chapelain (1595-1674), poeta y crítico francés
Arthur Chapman (1873-1935), poeta y columnista estadounidense de vaqueros
George Chapman (1559-1634), dramaturgo, traductor y poeta inglés
Fred Chappell (nacido en 1936), autor y poeta estadounidense; poeta laureado de Carolina del Norte entre 1997 y 2002
René Char (1907-1998), poeta francés
Carlos, duque de Orleans (1394-1465), poeta
Craig Charles (nacido en 1964), escritor, poeta y comediante inglés
Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), poeta inglés y forjador de poesía medieval
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400), poeta, filósofo y alquimista
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904-1948), poeta indio que escribe en hindi
Reverendo Padre Fray Angélico Chávez (1910–1996), escritor, poeta y sacerdote franciscano estadounidense
Susana Chávez (1974-2011), poeta mexicana y activista de derechos humanos
Syl Cheney-Coker (nacida en 1945), poeta y novelista de Sierra Leona
Andrea Cheng (1957-2015), poeta y autora infantil húngaro-estadounidense
Kelly Cherry (nacida en 1940), autora y poeta estadounidense; poeta laureada de Virginia entre 2010 y 2012
GK Chesterton (1874-1936), escritor y poeta inglés
Ch'oe Ch'i-wŏn (nacido en 857), poeta coreano ( de Silla )
Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775), poeta japonesa de haiku del período Edo
Henri Chopin (1922-2008), poeta y músico de vanguardia
Jean Chopinel (o Jean de Meun) (c. 1240 – c. 1305), escritor francés
Chrétien de Troyes (fl. Siglo XII), poeta francés
Ralph Chubb (1892-1960), poeta, pintor e impresor
Charles Churchill (1732-1764), poeta y satírico inglés
John Ciardi (1916-1986), poeta, traductor y etimólogo italoestadounidense
Colley Cibber (1671-1757), dramaturgo y poeta laureado inglés
Jovan Ćirilov (1931-2014), dramaturgo, escritor y poeta serbio
Carson Cistulli (nacido en 1979), poeta, ensayista y profesor de inglés estadounidense
Hélène Cixous (nacida en 1937), escritora, poeta y dramaturga feminista francesa
Amy Clampitt (1920-1994), poeta y autora estadounidense
Kate Clanchy (nacida en 1965), poeta y escritora escocesa
John Clanvowe (c. 1341–1391), poeta y diplomático anglo-galés
John Clare (1793-1864), poeta inglés
Elizabeth Clark (1918-1978), poeta y dramaturga escocesa
Austin Clarke (1896-1974), poeta irlandés
George Elliott Clarke (nacido en 1960), poeta y académico canadiense
Gillian Clarke (nacida en 1937), poeta y dramaturga galesa en inglés
Paul Claudel (1868-1955), poeta, dramaturgo y diplomático francés
Claudiano (c. 370–404), poeta latino en la corte del emperador Honorio
Matthias Claudius (Asmus, 1740-1815), poeta alemán
Hugo Claus (1929-2008), autor, poeta y director de cine belga
Brian P. Cleary (nacido en 1959), humorista, poeta y autor estadounidense
Jack Clemo (1916-1994), poeta cristiano inglés
Michelle Cliff (1946-2016), autora jamaiquina-estadounidense de ficción, poemas en prosa y crítica literaria
Lucille Clifton (1936–2010), educadora y poeta laureada de Maryland
Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861), poeta inglés, pedagogo y asistente de Florence Nightingale

Coa-Con

Grace Stone Coates (1881-1976), poeta y cuentista estadounidense
Robbie Coburn (nacido en 1994), poeta australiano
Alison Cockburn (1712-1794), poeta, ingeniosa y socialité escocesa
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), escritor francés
Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952–2016), poeta y autora puertorriqueña
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), cantautor, poeta y novelista canadiense
Wanda Coleman (1946-2013), poeta afroestadounidense
Hartley Coleridge (1796-1849), poeta, biógrafo y ensayista inglés
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861-1907), novelista, ensayista y poeta inglesa
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), poeta inglés
Edward Coletti (nacido en 1944), poeta italo-estadounidense
Billy Collins (nacido en 1941), poeta estadounidense; poeta laureado de Estados Unidos entre 2001 y 2003
William Collins (1721-1759), poeta inglés
William Congreve (1670-1729), dramaturgo y poeta inglés
Stewart Conn (nacido en 1936), poeta y dramaturgo escocés
Paul Conneally (nacido en 1959), poeta, artista y músico inglés
Robert Conquest (1917-2015), historiador y poeta anglo-estadounidense
Henry Constable (1562-1613), poeta inglés
David Constantine (nacido en 1944), poeta y traductor inglés

Coo–Cz

Clark Coolidge (nacido en 1939), poeta estadounidense
Matthew Cooperman (nacido en 1964), poeta, crítico y editor estadounidense
Wendy Cope (nacida en 1945), poeta inglesa
Robert Copland (fl. 1508–1547), impresor, autor y traductor inglés
Julia Copus (nacida en 1969), poeta y biógrafa inglesa
Denys Corbet (1826-1909), poeta de Guernsey en Guernésiais
Tristan Corbière (1845-1875), poeta francés
Cid Corman (1924-2004), poeta, traductor y editor estadounidense
Alfred Corn (nacido en 1943), poeta y ensayista estadounidense
Frances Cornford (1886-1960), poeta inglesa
FM Cornford (1874-1943), poeta y erudito clásico inglés; esposo de Frances Cornford
Joe Corrie (1894-1968), minero, poeta y dramaturgo escocés
Gregory Corso (1930-2001), poeta beat estadounidense
Jayne Cortez (1936-2012), poeta y artista de performance estadounidense
George Coșbuc (1866-1918), poeta, traductor y profesor rumano
Charles Cotton (1630-1687), poeta, autor y traductor inglés
Abraham Cowley (1618-1667), poeta inglés
Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989), novelista , poeta y crítico estadounidense
William Cowper (1731-1800), poeta y compositor de himnos inglés
George Crabbe (1754-1832), poeta, naturalista y clérigo inglés
Hart Crane (1899-1932), poeta modernista estadounidense
Stephen Crane (1871-1900), novelista, cuentista y poeta estadounidense
Richard Crashaw (1613-1649), poeta metafísico inglés
Robert Creeley (1926-2005), poeta estadounidense
Octave Crémazie (1827-1879), poeta francocanadiense
Ann Batten Cristall (1769-1848), poeta inglesa
Charles Cros (1842-1888), poeta e inventor francés
Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), ocultista y poeta inglés
Andrew Crozier (1943-2008), poeta inglés
György Csanády (1895-1952), poeta y periodista húngaro
Sándor Csoóri (1930-2016), poeta, ensayista y político húngaro
Cui Hao (c. 704–754), poeta chino de la dinastía Tang
Countee Cullen (1903-1946), poeta estadounidense
Necati Cumalı (1921-2001), escritora de ficción, ensayista y poeta turca
EE Cummings (1894-1962), poeta, ensayista y dramaturgo estadounidense
Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), poeta y autor escocés
James Vincent Cunningham (1911-1985), poeta, crítico literario y profesor estadounidense
Allen Curnow (1911-2001), poeta y periodista neozelandés
Ivor Cutler (1923-2006), poeta, compositor y humorista escocés
Józef Czechowicz (1903-1939), poeta polaco
Gergely Czuczor (1800-1866), poeta, monje y académico húngaro
Tytus Czyżewski (1880-1945), poeta, dramaturgo y pintor polaco

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Da–Dh

Dalpatram (Dalpatram Dahyabhai Travadi) (1820-1898), poeta indio en lengua gujarati
Abraham ben Daniel (1511-1578), poeta y rabino italiano
Roque Dalton (1935-1975), poeta salvadoreño
Daqiqi (fallecido en 977), poeta persa
Ruby Dhal (nacida en 1994), poeta británico-afgana
Sapardi Djoko Damono (1940-2020), poeta indonesio
Samuel Daniel (1562-1619), poeta e historiador inglés
David Daniels (1933-2008), poeta visual estadounidense
Jeffrey Daniels (vivo), poeta afroamericano
Thomas d'Angleterre , poeta del siglo XII en francés antiguo
Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938), poeta, periodista, novelista y dramaturgo italiano
Hugh Antoine d'Arcy (1843-1925), poeta y escritor nacido en Francia
Rubén Darío (1867-1916), poeta nicaragüense que inició el modernismo
Keki Daruwalla (nacida en 1937), poeta india y escritora de ficción en inglés
Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), poeta y herbolario inglés
Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008), poeta y autor palestino
Elizabeth Daryush (1887-1977), poeta inglesa; hija de Robert Bridges
Jibanananda Das (1899-1954), poeta y autor bengalí
Petter Dass (fallecido en 1707), poeta noruego
Mina Dastgheib (nacida en 1943), poeta iraní, poeta persa
René Daumal (1908-1944), escritor y poeta parasurrealista francés
Jean Daurat (1508-1588), poeta, erudito francés y miembro de La Pléiade
William Davenant (1606-1668), poeta y dramaturgo inglés
Guy Davenport (1927-2005), escritor, traductor e ilustrador estadounidense
Donald Davidson (1893-1968), poeta, ensayista y crítico estadounidense
John Davidson (1857-1909), baladista, dramaturgo y novelista escocés
Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808-1825), poeta estadounidense
Donald Davie (1922-1995), poeta y crítico inglés
Alan Davies (nacido en 1951), poeta, crítico y editor estadounidense
Hugh Sykes Davies (1909-1984), poeta, novelista y comunista inglés
Sir John Davies (1569-1626), poeta, abogado y político inglés
WH Davies (1871-1940), poeta y escritor galés
Jon Davis , poeta estadounidense
Edward Davison (1898-1970), poeta y crítico escocés-estadounidense; padre del poeta Peter Davison
Peter Davison (1928-2004), poeta, ensayista y editor estadounidense; hijo del poeta Edward Davison
Denis Davydov (1784-1839), poeta y soldado ruso de las guerras napoleónicas
Dayaram (1777-1853), poeta en lengua gujarati
Gábor Dayka (1769-1796), poeta húngaro
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972), poeta anglo-irlandés; poeta laureado del Reino Unido entre 1968 y 1972
James Deahl (nacido en 1945), poeta y editor canadiense
Dulcie Deamer (1890-1972), poeta y novelista australiana
John F. Deane (nacido en 1943), poeta y novelista irlandés
Aleš Debeljak (1961-2016), crítico, poeta y ensayista esloveno
Jean Louis De Esque (1879-1956), poeta y autor estadounidense
Madeline DeFrees (1919-2015), poeta estadounidense
Jacek Dehnel (nacido en 1980), poeta, traductor y pintor polaco
Thomas Dekker (1572-1641), dramaturgo y panfletista inglés isabelino
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), poeta mexicana
Baltasar del Alcázar (1530-1606), poeta español
Walter de la Mare (1873-1956), poeta, cuentista y novelista inglés
Leconte de Lisle (1818-1894), poeta francés del movimiento parnasiano
Christine De Luca (nacida en 1947), poeta escocesa en inglés y dialecto de Shetland
François de Malherbe (1555-1628), poeta, crítico y traductor francés
Alfred de Musset (1810-1857), poeta francés
Gérard de Nerval (1808-1855), poeta, ensayista y traductor francés
Sir John Denham (c. 1614–1669), poeta y cortesano inglés
Tory Dent (1958-2005), poeta, crítico y comentarista estadounidense
Évariste de Parny (1753-1814), poeta francés
Regina Derieva (1949-2013), poeta y escritora rusa
Johan Andreas Dèr Mouw (1863-1919), poeta y filósofo holandés
Toi Derricotte (nacida en 1941), poeta afroestadounidense
Eustache Deschamps (1346-1406), poeta francés medieval
Lord de Tabley (1835-1895), poeta y botánico
Babette Deutsch (1895-1982), poeta, crítica y novelista estadounidense
Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (1562-1635), dramaturgo y poeta español
Edward de Vere, decimoséptimo conde de Oxford , cortesano y poeta elogiado también por obras perdidas
Alfred de Vigny (1797-1863), poeta, dramaturgo y novelista francés
Lakshmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959), poeta y ensayista nepalí
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (nacida en 1966), poeta y artista de performance sudafricana
Imtiaz Dharker (nacido en 1954), poeta, artista y cineasta británico nacido en Pakistán
Dhurjati (siglos XV y XVI), poeta en lengua telugu

Di-Dr.

Souéloum Diagho (vivo), poeta tuareg
Zoraida Díaz (1991-1948), poeta, educadora y feminista panameña
Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (1949-2019), poeta italo-canadiense; Poeta Laureado de Toronto
Jennifer K Dick (nacida en 1970), poeta estadounidense
James Dickey (1923-1997), poeta y novelista estadounidense; poeta laureado de Estados Unidos
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), poeta estadounidense
Matthew Dickman (nacido en 1975), poeta estadounidense, gemelo de Michael Dickman
Michael Dickman (nacido en 1975), poeta estadounidense
Blaga Dimitrova (1922-2003), poeta y política búlgara
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908-1974), poeta, ensayista y académico hindi indio
Diane di Prima (1934-2020), poeta estadounidense
Paul Dirmeikis (nacido en 1954), poeta francés
Vladislav Petković Dis (1880-1917), poeta serbio
Thomas M. Disch (1940-2008), poeta y novelista estadounidense
Tim Dlugos (1950-1990), poeta estadounidense
Henry Austin Dobson (1840-1921), poeta y ensayista inglés
Stephen Dobyns (nacido en 1941), autor, novelista y poeta estadounidense
Lajos Dóczi (1845-1918), dramaturgo, poeta y político húngaro
Hendrik Doeff (1777-1835), lexicógrafo y poeta holandés (en japonés) y comisionado del puesto comercial de Dejima
Gojko Đogo (nacido en 1940), poeta serbio
Pete Doherty (nacido en 1979), músico, compositor y poeta inglés
Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848-1867), poeta inglés
Joe Dolce (nacido en 1947), compositor, poeta y ensayista australiano
María Magdalena Domínguez (1922-2021), poeta española
John Donne (1572-1631), poeta, satírico y clérigo anglicano inglés
HD , Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961), poeta imaginista estadounidense
Ap Chuni Dorji , poeta butanés
Edward Dorn (1929-1999), poeta y profesor estadounidense
Tishani Doshi (nacida en 1975), poeta y periodista india-inglesa
Mark Doty (nacido en 1953), poeta y autor de memorias estadounidense
Sarah Doudney (1841-1926), poeta y escritora infantil inglesa
Charles Montagu Doughty (1843-1926), poeta, escritor y viajero inglés
Alice May Douglas (1865-1943), poeta y autora estadounidense
Gavin Douglas (1474-1522), obispo, makar y traductor escocés
Keith Douglas (1920-1944), poeta de guerra inglés
Rita Dove (nacida en 1952), poeta y autora estadounidense; poeta laureada de Estados Unidos
Ernest Dowson (1867-1900), poeta, novelista y cuentista inglés
Jane Draycott (viva), poeta inglesa
Michael Drayton (1563-1631), poeta inglés de la época isabelina
Aleksander Stavre Drenova (1872-1947), poeta albanés
John Drinkwater (1882-1937), poeta y dramaturgo inglés
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797-1848), poeta alemana
William Drummond (1585-1649), poeta escocés
William Henry Drummond (1854-1907), poeta canadiense nacido en Irlanda
Elżbieta Drużbacka (1695 o 1698-1765), poeta polaca
John Dryden (1631-1700), poeta, crítico y dramaturgo inglés
Toru Dutt (1856-1877), poeta y traductor indio que escribió en francés e inglés

Du-Dy

Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544-1590), poeta hugonote francés
Joachim du Bellay (c. 1522-1560), poeta, crítico francés y miembro de La Pléiade
WEB Du Bois (1868-1963), escritor y activista estadounidense
Norman Dubie (nacido en 1945), poeta estadounidense
Jovan Dučić (1871-1943), poeta, escritor y diplomático serbio de Bosnia
Du Fu (712–770), poeta chino de la dinastía Tang
Du Mu (803–852), poeta chino de finales de la dinastía Tang
Carol Ann Duffy (nacida en 1955), poeta y dramaturga escocesa; poeta laureada del Reino Unido
Alan Dugan (1923-2003), poeta estadounidense
Sasha Dugdale (nacida en 1974), poeta, dramaturga y traductora inglesa
Richard Duke (1658-1711), clérigo y poeta inglés
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), poeta, novelista y dramaturgo afroamericano
William Dunbar (c. 1460 – c. 1520), makar escocés
Robert Duncan (1919-1988), poeta estadounidense
Camille Dungy (nacida en 1972), poeta, académica y ensayista estadounidense
Douglas Dunn (nacido en 1942), poeta, académico y crítico escocés
Stephen Dunn (1939-2021), poeta estadounidense
Helen Dunmore (1952-2017), poeta, novelista y escritora infantil inglesa
Edward Plunkett, barón Dunsany (1878-1957), poeta irlandés
Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990), novelista, poeta y dramaturgo inglés
Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824-1873), poeta y dramaturgo bengalí
Stuart Dybek (nacido en 1942), poeta y escritor estadounidense
Sir Edward Dyer (1543-1607), cortesano y poeta inglés
Bob Dylan (nacido en 1941), cantautor y escritor estadounidense

mi

Joan Adeney Easdale (1913-1998), poeta inglesa
Richard Eberhart (1904-2005), poeta estadounidense
Houshang Ebtehaj (1928-2022), poeta iraní, poeta persa
Russell Edson (1935-2014), poeta, novelista e ilustrador estadounidense
Terry Ehret (nacido en 1955), poeta estadounidense
Max Ehrmann (1872-1945), escritor, poeta y abogado estadounidense
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788-1857), poeta y novelista alemán
Kristín Eiríksdóttir (nacido en 1981), poeta islandés
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (1819-1880), novelista, periodista y traductora inglesa
TS Eliot (1888-1965), editor, dramaturgo y crítico inglés/estadounidense
Ebenezer Elliott (" Rimador de la Ley del Maíz ", 1781-1849), poeta inglés
ES Elliott (1836–1897), poeta, compositor de himnos, novelista y editor inglés
Julia Anne Elliott (1809-1841), poeta y compositora de himnos inglesa
Royston Ellis (nacido en 1941), poeta inglés
Paul Éluard (1895-1952), poeta francés
Odiseo Elytis (1911-1996), poeta griego
Claudia Emerson (1957-2014), poeta estadounidense; poeta laureada de Virginia
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), ensayista, conferenciante y poeta estadounidense
Gevorg Emin (1918-1998), poeta, ensayista y traductor armenio
Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889), poeta, novelista y periodista rumano
William Empson (1906-1984), crítico literario y poeta inglés
Yunus Emre (c. 1240 – c. 1321), poeta turco y místico sufí
Michael Ende (1929-1995), escritor y poeta alemán de literatura fantástica e infantil
Leszek Engelking (nacido en 1955), polaco, poeta, escritor de ficción y traductor
Paul Engle (1908-1991), poeta, novelista y dramaturgo estadounidense
Ennio (c. 239 – c. 169 a. C.), padre de la poesía latina en Roma
DJ Enright (1920-2002), poeta, novelista y crítico inglés
Hans Magnus Enzensberger (nacido en 1929), escritor, poeta y traductor alemán
János Erdélyi (1814-1868), poeta y filósofo húngaro
Louise Erdrich (nacida en 1954), novelista, poeta y escritora infantil estadounidense que presenta la herencia indígena de Estados Unidos.
Haydar Ergülen (nacido en 1956), poeta turco
Max Ernst (1891-1976), poeta y artista alemán
Errapragada Erranna , poeta telugu del siglo XIV
Wolfram von Eschenbach (c. 1170 - c. 1220), poeta y caballero alemán Minnesinger
Clayton Eshleman (1935-2022), poeta, traductor y editor estadounidense
Molla Babor Eshqi (1792-1863), poeta de Asia Central
Martín Espada (nacido en 1957), poeta y profesor estadounidense
Florbela Espanca (1894-1930), poeta portuguesa
Salvador Espriu (1913-1985), poeta catalán en España
Jill Alexander Essbaum (nacida en 1971), poeta estadounidense
Alter Esselin (1889-1974), poeta yiddish estadounidense
Claude Esteban (1935-2006), poeta francés
Maggie Estep (nacida en 1963), poeta y músico estadounidense
Eurípides (480–406 a. C.), trágico ateniense
Margiad Evans (1909-1958), poeta y novelista inglesa
Mari Evans (1923–2017), poeta afroestadounidense
William Everson (Hermano Antonino) (1912-1994), poeta y crítico estadounidense
Gavin Ewart (1916-1995), poeta inglés
Elisabeth Eybers (1915-2007), poeta sudafricana/holandesa; poesía en afrikáans

F

Fa–Fn

Frederick William Faber (1814-1863), poeta, compositor de himnos y teólogo inglés
Kinga Fabó (1953-2021), poeta y ensayista húngara
Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984), poeta indio/paquistaní
Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani (siglo XI), poeta persa
Padraic Fallon (1905-1974), poeta irlandés
Christian Falster (1690-1752), poeta y filólogo danés
Ferenc Faludi (1704-1779), poeta húngaro
György Faludy (1910-2006), poeta y traductor húngaro
UA Fanthorpe (1929-2009), poeta inglés
Ahmad Faraz (1931-2008), poeta y guionista urdu paquistaní
Patricia Fargnoli (1937-2021), poeta y psicoterapeuta estadounidense
Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965), escritora infantil, dramaturga y poeta inglesa
JP Farrell (nacido en 1968), poeta y músico estadounidense
Forough Farrokhzad (1934-1967), poeta iraní, poeta persa
Farrukhi Sistani (1000-1040), poeta persa
Joseph Fasano (nacido en 1982), poeta y novelista estadounidense
Elaine Feinstein (1930-2019), poeta, novelista y dramaturga inglesa
Károly Fellinger (nacido en 1963), poeta húngaro en Eslovaquia
Fenggan (siglo IX), monje y poeta zen chino de la dinastía Tang
Elijah Fenton (1683-1730), poeta, biógrafo y traductor inglés
James Fenton (1931-2021), lingüista y poeta norirlandés en escocés del Ulster
James Martin Fenton (nacido en 1949), poeta, periodista y crítico literario inglés
Ferdowsi (935-1020), poeta persa
Teréz Ferenczy (1823-1853), poeta húngaro
Robert Fergusson (1750-1774), poeta escocés
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021), poeta, pintor y activista estadounidense
Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760-1828), dramaturgo, traductor y poeta español
Jerzy Ficowski (1924-2006), poeta, escritor y traductor polaco
Henry Fielding (1707-1754), novelista, dramaturgo y poeta inglés
Juan de Dios Filiberto (1885-1964), poeta y músico argentino
Anne Finch, condesa de Winchilsea (1661-1720), poetisa naturalista inglesa
Annie Finch (nacida en 1956), poeta, libretista y traductora estadounidense
Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006), poeta, escritor y jardinero escocés
Roy Fisher (1930-2017), poeta y pianista de jazz inglés
Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883), poeta inglés y traductor de Rubaiyat de Omar Khayyam
Robert Fitzgerald (1910-1985), poeta, crítico y traductor estadounidense
Marjorie Fleming (1803-1811), poeta infantil y diarista escocesa
Giles Fletcher el Viejo (c. 1548-1611), poeta, diplomático y diputado inglés
Giles Fletcher el Joven (c. 1586-1623), poeta inglés
John Fletcher (1579-1625), dramaturgo y poeta inglés
John Gould Fletcher (1886-1950), poeta imaginista estadounidense
Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650), poeta inglés; hijo mayor de Giles Fletcher el mayor, hermano de Giles el menor
FS Flint (1885-1960), poeta y traductor inglés

Fo-Fu

Alice B. Fogel (nacida en 1954), poeta, escritora y profesora estadounidense
Jean Follain (1903-1971), autor y poeta francés
Theodor Fontane (1819-1898), novelista, poeta y escritor realista alemán
John Forbes (1950-1998), poeta australiano
Carolyn Forché (nacida en 1950), poeta, editora y traductora estadounidense
Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939), novelista, poeta y crítico inglés
John Ford (1586-1639), dramaturgo y poeta inglés
John M. Ford (1957–2006), escritor estadounidense de ciencia ficción y fantasía, diseñador de juegos y poeta
Veronica Forrest-Thomson (1947-1975), poeta y teórica crítica escocesa
Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827), escritor, revolucionario y poeta italiano
William Fowler (c. 1560–1612), poeta, escritor y traductor escocés
Janet Frame (1924-2004), autora neozelandesa
Anatole France (1844-1924), poeta, periodista y novelista francés
Robert Francis (1901-1987), poeta estadounidense
Verónica Franco (1546-1591), poeta y cortesana italiana
GS Fraser (1915-1980), poeta, crítico y académico escocés
Gregory Fraser (nacido en 1963), poeta, editor y profesor estadounidense
Naim Frashëri (1846-1900), poeta y escritor albanés
Louis-Honoré Fréchette (1839-1908), poeta, político y dramaturgo canadiense
Aleksander Fredro (1793-1876), poeta y dramaturgo polaco
Grace Beacham Freeman (1916-2002), poeta y escritora de ficción estadounidense; poeta laureada de Carolina del Sur entre 1985 y 1986
Nicholas Freeston (1907-1978), poeta inglés
Erich Fried (1921-1988), poeta, escritor y traductor británico nacido en Austria
Jean Froissart (c. 1337 – c. 1405), cronista y poeta de la corte francés
Robert Frost (1874-1963), poeta estadounidense
Gene Frumkin (1928-2007), poeta y profesor estadounidense
John Fuller (nacido en 1937), poeta y autor inglés, hijo de Roy Fuller
Roy Fuller (1912-1991), poeta inglés
Alice Fulton (nacida en 1952), poeta y novelista estadounidense; ganadora del Premio Nacional Bobbitt de Poesía
John Furnival (1933-2020), poeta visual y concreto británico
Milán Füst (1888-1967), poeta, novelista y dramaturgo húngaro
Fuzûlî (c. 1483-1556), poeta azerbaiyano y otomano

GRAMO

Ga-Go

Tadeusz Gajcy (1922-1944), poeta polaco
Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905-1953), poeta y escritor teatral polaco
Karina Galvez (nacida en 1964), poeta ecuatoriana
James Galvin (nacido en 1951), poeta estadounidense
Etienne-Paulin Gagne (1808-1876), poeta, ensayista e inventor francés
János Garay (1812-1853), poeta y periodista húngaro
Robert Garioch (escribió como Robert Garioch Sutherland, 1909-1981), poeta y traductor escocés
Hamlin Garland (1860-1940), novelista, poeta y ensayista estadounidense
Raymond Garlick (1926-2011), poeta y editor anglo-galés
Richard Garnett (1835-1906), erudito, biógrafo y poeta inglés
Jean Garrigue (1914-1972), poeta estadounidense
Samuel Garth (1661-1719), médico y poeta inglés
George Gascoigne (1535-1577), poeta, soldado y aspirante a cortesano inglés
David Gascoyne (1916-2001), poeta inglés del movimiento surrealista
Théophile Gautier (1811-1872), poeta, dramaturgo y novelista francés
John Gay (1685-1732), poeta y dramaturgo inglés
Yehonatan Geffen (nacido en 1947), autor, poeta y dramaturgo israelí
Theodor Seuss Geisel ( Dr. Seuss ) (1904-1991), escritor, poeta y dibujante estadounidense
Juan Gelman (1930-2014), poeta, escritor y traductor argentino
Stefan George (1868-1933), poeta, editor y traductor alemán
Dan Gerber (nacido en 1940), poeta estadounidense
Ágnes Gergely (nacida en 1933), poeta, novelista y traductora húngara
Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676), himnista alemán
Cezary Geroń (1960-1998), poeta, periodista y traductor polaco
Mirza Asadulla Khan Ghalib (1797-1869), poeta indio en urdu y persa
Charles Ghigna (Padre Ganso) (nacido en 1946), autor de libros infantiles, poeta y escritor de artículos de ficción estadounidense.
Reginald Gibbons (nacido en 1947), poeta, escritor de ficción y crítico estadounidense
Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), artista, poeta y escritor libanés-estadounidense
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878-1962), poeta inglés
Ryan Giggs (nacido en 1973), poeta, futbolista y rompehogares galés
Jack Gilbert (1925-2012), poeta estadounidense
WS Gilbert (1836-1911), poeta inglés
Zuzanna Ginczanka (Sara Ginzburg, 1917-1945), poeta polaca
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), poeta estadounidense de la Generación Beat
Dana Gioia (nacida en 1950), escritora, crítica y poeta estadounidense
Nikki Giovanni (nacida en 1943), poeta, escritora y educadora estadounidense
Zinaida Gippius (1869-1945), poeta, dramaturga y pensadora religiosa rusa
Giglio Gregorio Giraldi (1479-1552), poeta y erudito italiano
Giuseppe Giusti (1809-1850), poeta italiano
Denis Glover (1912-1980), poeta y editor neozelandés
Louise Glück (nacida en 1943), poeta estadounidense; poeta laureada de Estados Unidos
Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708), poeta indio en punjabi , urdu , etc.
Cyprian Godebski (1765-1809), poeta y novelista polaco
Gérald Godin (1938-1994), poeta canadiense de lengua francesa
Patricia Goedicke (1931-2006), poeta estadounidense
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), escritor, artista y político alemán
Octavian Goga (1881-1938), poeta, dramaturgo y traductor rumano
Leah Goldberg (1911-1970), poeta, dramaturga y escritora de lengua hebrea
Rumer Godden (1907-1998), escritora y poeta infantil inglesa
Ziya Gökalp (1876-1924), sociólogo, escritor y poeta turco
Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774), escritor y poeta angloirlandés
Pavel Golia (1887-1959), poeta y dramaturgo esloveno
George Gomri (nacido en 1934), poeta y periodista húngaro (también en inglés)
Luis de Góngora (1561-1627), poeta lírico español
Lorna Goodison (nacida en 1947), poeta jamaiquina
Paul Goodman (1911-1972), novelista, dramaturgo y poeta estadounidense
Barnabe Googe o Gooche (1540-1594), poeta pastoral y traductor inglés
Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870), poeta y político australiano
Gábor Görgey (nacido en 1929), poeta y político húngaro
Serguéi Gorodetski (1884-1967), poeta ruso
Hedwig Gorski (nacida en 1949), poeta y artista de performance estadounidense
Herman Gorter (1864-1927), poeta y socialista holandés
Sir Edmund William Gosse (1849-1928), poeta, autor y crítico inglés
Rémy de Gourmont (1858-1915), poeta, novelista y crítico francés
John Gower (c. 1330–1408), poeta inglés y amigo de Chaucer

Gr–Gy

Anders Abraham Grafström (1790-1870), historiador, sacerdote y poeta sueco
James Graham, primer marqués de Montrose (1612-1650), noble, soldado y poeta escocés
Jorie Graham (nacida en 1950), poeta estadounidense y primera mujer titular de la cátedra Boylston en Harvard
WS Graham (1918-1986), poeta escocés
Mark Granier (nacido en 1957), poeta y fotógrafo irlandés
Alex Grant (vivo), poeta y profesor escocés-estadounidense
Günter Grass (1927-2015), novelista, poeta y dramaturgo alemán; Premio Nobel de Literatura 1999
Richard Graves (1715-1804), poeta y ensayista inglés
Robert Graves (1895-1985), autor y erudito inglés
Sir Alexander Gray (1882-1968), traductor, escritor y poeta escocés
Thomas Gray (1716-1771), poeta inglés
Jaki Shelton Green , poeta estadounidense, noveno poeta laureado de Carolina del Norte .
Robert Greene (1558-1592), autor y poeta inglés
Dora Greenwell (1821-1882), poeta inglesa
Linda Gregg (1942-2019), poeta estadounidense
Horace Gregory (1898-1982), poeta, traductor y crítico estadounidense
Eamon Grennan (nacido en 1941), poeta irlandés
Fulke Greville, primer barón Brooke (1554-1628), poeta, dramaturgo y estadista inglés
Susan Griffin (nacida en 1943), poeta y escritora estadounidense
Ann Griffiths (1776–1805), poeta y compositora de himnos galesa
Bill Griffiths (1948-2007), poeta inglés y erudito anglosajón
Jane Griffiths (nacida en 1970), poeta e historiadora literaria inglesa
Rachel Eliza Griffiths (nacida en 1978), poeta, fotógrafa y artista visual estadounidense
Mariela Griffor (nacida en 1961), poeta, cuentista y académica chilena
Geoffrey Grigson (1905-1985), poeta y crítico inglés
Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), escritor, poeta y dramaturgo austriaco
Nicholas Grimald (1519-1562), poeta y dramaturgo inglés
Angelina Weld Grimké (1880-1958), dramaturga y poeta afroestadounidense
Charlotte Forten Grimké (1835-1914), poeta afroestadounidense
Rufus W. Griswold (1815-1857), antólogo, poeta y crítico estadounidense
Stanisław Grochowiak (1934-1976), poeta y dramaturgo polaco
Nikanor Grujić (1810-1887), escritor, poeta y obispo serbio
Stanisław Grochowiak (1934-1976), poeta y dramaturgo polaco
Philip Gross (nacido en 1952), poeta, novelista y dramaturgo inglés
Igo Gruden (1893-1948), poeta y traductor esloveno
NFS Grundtvig (1783-1872), poeta, pastor e historiador danés
Wioletta Grzegorzewska (nacida en 1974), poeta y escritora polaca
Barbara Guest (1920-2006), poeta y prosista estadounidense
Edgar Guest (1881-1959), poeta estadounidense nacido en Inglaterra
Paul Guest (vivo), poeta y autor de memorias estadounidense
Bimal Guha (nacido en 1952), poeta bangladesí que escribe en bengalí
Guillaume de Lorris (c. 1200 - c. 1240), erudito y poeta francés
Jorge Guillén (1893-1984), poeta español
Nicolás Guillén (1902-1989), poeta, activista y escritor cubano
Guido Guinizelli (c. 1230–1276), poeta italiano
Guiot de Provins (fallecido después de 1208), poeta y trouvère francés
Malcolm Guite (nacido en 1957)
Gül Baba (fallecido en 1541), poeta derviche otomano bektashi
Nikolay Gumilyov (1886-1921), poeta ruso que fundó el acmeísmo
Ivan Gundulić (Gianfrancesco Gondola) (1589-1638), poeta barroco croata
Thom Gunn (1929-2004), poeta anglo-estadounidense
Lee Gurga (nacido en 1949), poeta de haiku estadounidense
Ivor Gurney (1890-1937), compositor y poeta inglés
Lars Gustafsson (1936-2016), poeta, novelista y erudito sueco
Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (nacido en 1950), novelista y poeta cubano
Beth Gylys (nacida en 1964), poeta y profesora estadounidense
István Gyöngyösi (1620-1704), poeta húngaro
Géza Gyóni (1884-1917), poeta húngaro
Brion Gysin (1916-1986), escritor y poeta sonoro inglés
Gabor G. Gyukics (nacido en 1958), poeta y traductor húngaro-estadounidense (también en inglés)

yo

Ja

Rafey Habib (vivo), poeta y erudito musulmán nacido en la India
Marilyn Hacker (nacida en 1942), poeta, traductora y crítica estadounidense
Hadraawi (nacido en 1943), poeta y compositor de Somalilandia
Hafez (1315-1390), poeta persa
Hai Zi (1964-1989), poeta chino
John Haines (1924-2011), poeta y educador estadounidense
Donald Hall (1928-2018), poeta, escritor y crítico estadounidense; poeta laureado de Estados Unidos
Arthur Hallam (1811-1833), poeta inglés, protagonista de In Memoriam AHH de Alfred Tennyson
Michael Hamburger (1924-2007), traductor, poeta y académico inglés
Han Yu (768–824), ensayista y poeta chino de la dinastía Tang
Hanshan (siglo IX), poeta chino de la dinastía Tang
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), novelista y poeta inglés
Charles Harpur (1813-1868), poeta australiano
Sir Theodore Wilson Harris (1921-2018), poeta, novelista y ensayista guyanés
Jim Harrison (1937-2016), poeta, novelista y ensayista estadounidense
Tony Harrison (nacido en 1937), poeta y dramaturgo inglés
Carla Harryman (nacida en 1952), poeta, ensayista y dramaturga estadounidense
David Harsent (nacido en 1942), poeta y guionista de televisión inglés
Paul Hartal (nacido en 1936), poeta, pintor y crítico canadiense nacido en Hungría
Peter Härtling (1933-2017), escritor y poeta alemán
Michael Hartnett (1941-1999), poeta irlandés que escribe en inglés y en irlandés
Julia Hartwig (1921-2017), poeta, escritora y traductora polaca
Gwen Harwood (1920-1995), poeta y libretista australiana
Alamgir Hashmi (nacido en 1951), poeta inglés de origen paquistaní
Ahmet Haşim (c. 1884-1933), poeta turco
Robert Hass (nacido en 1941), poeta estadounidense; ex poeta laureado
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856-1920), emir del movimiento derviche , del que Diiriye Guure era sultán ^[1]
Olav H. Hauge (1908-1994), poeta noruego
Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), dramaturgo, poeta y novelista alemán; Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1912
Stephen Hawes (fallecido en 1523), poeta inglés
Robert Stephen Hawker (1803-1875), poeta, anticuario y sacerdote anglicano inglés
George Campbell Hay (1915-1984), poeta y traductor escocés en gaélico escocés, escocés de las tierras bajas e inglés
Gilbert Hay (siglo XV), poeta y traductor escocés en escocés medio
Robert Hayden (1913-1980), poeta, ensayista y educador estadounidense; poeta laureado de Estados Unidos en 1976
William Hayley (1745-1820), escritor inglés
Tony Haynes (nacido en 1960), poeta, compositor y letrista estadounidense
Ha Seung-moo (nacido el 13 de octubre de 1963), poeta, profesor y teólogo coreano

Él

Seamus Heaney (1939-2013), poeta, dramaturgo y traductor irlandés; Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1995
Josephine D. Heard (1861 – c. 1921), profesora y poeta estadounidense
John Heath-Stubbs (1918-2006), poeta y traductor inglés
Anne Hébert (1916-2000), poeta y novelista canadiense
Anthony Hecht (1923-2004), poeta estadounidense
Jennifer Michael Hecht (nacida en 1965), poeta, historiadora y filósofa estadounidense
Allison Hedge Coke (nacida en 1958), poeta, escritora y artista estadounidense
Markus Hediger (nacido en 1959), escritor y traductor suizo
Ilona Hegedűs (viva), poeta
John Hegley (nacido en 1953), poeta, comediante y compositor inglés
Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), poeta, ensayista y crítico literario alemán
Lyn Hejinian (nacida en 1941), poeta, ensayista y traductora estadounidense
Acharya Hemachandra (1089-1172), erudito, poeta y erudito jainista
Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), poeta inglesa
Marian Hemar (1901-1972), poeta, compositora y dramaturga polaca
Essex Hemphill (1957-1995), poeta y activista estadounidense
Hamish Henderson (1919-2002), poeta y compositor escocés y catalizador del resurgimiento del folk en Escocia
William Ernest Henley (1849-1903), poeta, crítico y editor inglés
Adrian Henri (1932-2000), poeta y pintor inglés
Robert Henryson (fallecido en torno a 1500), poeta escocés
Edward Herbert, primer barón Herbert de Cherbury (1583-1648), soldado, historiador, poeta y filósofo anglo-galés; hermano de George Herbert
George Herbert (1593-1633), orador público y poeta
Mary Herbert, condesa de Pembroke (1561-1621) (de soltera Sidney), una de las primeras mujeres literarias inglesas
Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998), poeta, ensayista y dramaturgo polaco
David Herbison (1800-1880), poeta irlandés que escribió en dialecto escocés del Ulster y en inglés.
Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803), filósofo, teólogo y crítico literario alemán
Miguel Hernández (1910-1942), poeta y dramaturgo español de los movimientos Generación del 27 y Generación del 36
Herodas o Herondas (siglo III a. C.), poeta griego y autor de escenas dramáticas humorísticas en verso.
Antoine Héroet (fallecido en 1568), poeta francés
Robert Herrick (1591-1674), poeta inglés
Thomas Kibble Hervey (1799-1859), poeta y crítico inglés nacido en Escocia
Hesíodo (fl. 750–650 a. C.), poeta griego antiguo
Phoebe Hesketh (1909-2005), poeta inglesa
Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), poeta, novelista y pintor germano-suizo
Dorothy Hewett (1923-2002), poeta, novelista y dramaturga feminista australiana
John Harold Hewitt (1907-1987), poeta norirlandés
William Heyen (nacido en 1940), poeta, crítico literario y novelista estadounidense
Thomas Heywood (c. 1570 – 1641), dramaturgo, actor y autor inglés

Hola-Hola

Dick Higgins (1938-1998), poeta y editor inglés
Scott Hightower (nacido en 1952), poeta y profesor estadounidense
Nâzım Hikmet (1902-1963), poeta, dramaturgo y novelista turco
Geoffrey Hill (1932-2016), poeta y profesor inglés
Selima Hill (nacida en 1945), poeta inglesa
Hilda Hilst (1930-2004), poeta, dramaturga y novelista brasileña
Ellen Hinsey (nacida en 1960), poeta estadounidense
Hiponacto (siglo VI a. C.), de Éfeso, antiguo poeta yámbico griego
Hirato Renkichi (1893-1922), poeta vanguardista japonés
Rozalie Hirs (nacida en 1965), poeta holandesa
Jane Hirshfield (nacida en 1953), poeta estadounidense
George Parks Hitchcock (1914-2010), poeta, dramaturgo y pintor estadounidense
HL Hix (nacido en 1960), poeta y académico estadounidense
Marian Hluszkewycz (1877-1935), poeta rusa
Thomas Hoccleve u Occleve (c. 1368 – 1426), poeta y clérigo inglés
Michael Hofmann (nacido en 1957), poeta y traductor alemán de inglés.
Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929), novelista, poeta y dramaturgo austriaco
James Hogg (1770-1835), poeta y novelista escocés
David Holbrook (1923-2011), escritor, poeta y académico inglés
Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843), poeta lírico alemán
Margaret Holford (1778-1852), poeta y novelista inglesa
Barbara Holland (1933-2010), escritora estadounidense
John Hollander (1929-2013), poeta y crítico literario judío-estadounidense
Matthew Hollis (nacido en 1971), poeta inglés
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), poeta, profesor y autor estadounidense
Homero (siglo VIII a. C.), poeta épico griego
Thomas Hood (1799-1845), humorista y poeta inglés; padre del dramaturgo y editor Tom Hood
AD Hope (1907-2000), poeta satírico y ensayista australiano
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), poeta y sacerdote jesuita inglés
Horacio (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65-08 a. C.), poeta lírico romano
George Moses Horton (1797-1884), poeta afroestadounidense
Joan Houlihan , poeta estadounidense
AE Housman (1859-1936), poeta y clasicista inglés
Libby Houston (viva), poeta, botánica y escaladora inglesa
Henry Howard, conde de Surrey (1517-1547), poeta renacentista inglés
Richard Howard (1929-2022), poeta, crítico y ensayista estadounidense
Fanny Howe (nacida en 1940), poeta y escritora de ficción estadounidense
Susan Howe (nacida en 1937), poeta, académica y ensayista estadounidense
Hrotsvitha (fallecida en 1002), poeta y primera dramaturga conocida, de Baja Sajonia
Mohammad Nurul Huda (nacido en 1949), poeta bangladesí en lengua bengalí
John Ceiriog Hughes (1832-1887), poeta galés en galés
Langston Hughes (1902-1967), poeta, novelista y dramaturgo estadounidense
Ted Hughes (1930-1998), poeta y escritor infantil inglés; poeta laureado del Reino Unido
Richard Hugo (1923-1982), poeta estadounidense
Victor Hugo (1802-1885), poeta, novelista y dramaturgo francés
Vicente Huidobro (1893-1948), poeta chileno
Lynda Hull (1954-1994), poeta estadounidense
Keri Hulme (1947-2021), poeta y escritora de ficción neozelandesa
Thomas Ernest Hulme (1883-1917), crítico y poeta inglés
Alexander Hume (1560-1609), poeta escocés
Leigh Hunt (1784-1859), crítico, ensayista y poeta inglés
Sam Hunt (nacido en 1946), poeta neozelandés
Cynthia Huntington Poeta, profesora y autora de memorias estadounidense
Hồ Xuân Hương (1772-1822), poeta vietnamita
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), novelista, poeta y escritor de viajes inglés
Hwang Myung (1931-1998), poeta coreano
Abby B. Hyde (1799–1872), compositora de himnos estadounidense
Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896-1983), poeta y escritora estadounidense; poeta laureada de Carolina del Sur entre 1974 y 1983

I

Khadijah Ibrahiim (fl. 2022), poeta británica ^[2]
Henrik Johan Ibsen (1828-1906), dramaturgo, director y poeta noruego
Íbico (fl. finales del siglo VI a. C.), poeta lírico griego antiguo
Ikkyu (1394-1481), monje budista zen y poeta japonés
Vojislav Ilić (1860-1894), poeta serbio
Gyula Illyés (1902-1983), poeta y novelista húngaro
Maria Ilnicka (1825 o 1827–1897), poeta, novelista y traductora polaca
Tonya Ingram (1991-2022), poeta estadounidense
Sir Dr. Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938), poeta indio en urdu y persa
Avetik Isahakyan (1875-1957), poeta lírico armenio
Sabit Ince (nacido en 1954), poeta lírico turco
Inge Israel (1927-2019), poeta y dramaturga canadiense
Wacław Iwaniuk (1912-2001), poeta y periodista polaco
Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (Eleuter, 1894-1980), poeta, dramaturgo y traductor polaco
Sergey Izgiyaev (1922-1972), poeta, dramaturgo y traductor ruso de ascendencia judía de las montañas

Yo

FP Jac (1955-2008), poeta danés
Violet Jacob (1863-1946), poeta escocesa en escocés
Rolf Jacobsen (1907-1994), poeta y escritor noruego
Ada Jafarey (1924-2015), poeta paquistaní en urdu
Richard Jago (1715-1781), poeta inglés
Đura Jakšić (1832-1878), poeta, pintor y dramaturgo serbio
Jaime I, rey de Escocia (1394-1437), autor de The Kingis Quair
Jacobo VI y I (1566-1625), rey de Escocia, Inglaterra e Irlanda
Christine James (nacida en 1954), poeta y académica galesa
Clive James (1939-2019), autor, poeta y autor de memorias australiano
Ernst Jandl (1925-2000), escritor, poeta y traductor austriaco
Klemens Janicki (1516-1543), poeta polaco en latín
Janus Pannonius (1434-1472), poeta húngaro/eslavo en latín
Patricia Janus (1932-2006), poeta y artista estadounidense
Mark F. Jarman (nacido en 1952), poeta y crítico estadounidense
Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), poeta, autor de libros infantiles y novelista estadounidense; poeta laureado de Estados Unidos
Bruno Jasieński (1901-1938), poeta, novelista y dramaturgo polaco
Mieczysław Jastrun (1903-1983), poeta y ensayista polaco
László Jávor (1903-1992), poeta húngaro
Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962), poeta estadounidense
Vojin Jelić (1921-2004), poeta y escritor serbocroata
Rod Jellema (1927–2018), poeta, profesor y traductor estadounidense
Simon Jenko (1835-1869), poeta, letrista y escritor esloveno
Elizabeth Jennings (1926-2001), poeta inglesa
Jia Dao (779–843), poeta chino activo durante la dinastía Tang
Juan de la Cruz (1542-1591), místico y poeta español
Edmund John (1883-1917), poeta inglés
Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880-1966), poeta estadounidense
Helene Johnson (1906-1995), poeta afroestadounidense
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938), autor, poeta y folclorista estadounidense
Lionel Johnson (1867-1902), poeta, ensayista y crítico inglés
Emily Pauline Johnson (en mohawk : Tekahionwake ) (1861-1913), escritora, intérprete y poeta canadiense que conmemora el patrimonio de las Primeras Naciones
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), poeta, ensayista y lexicógrafo inglés
George Benson Johnston (1913-2004), poeta, traductor y académico canadiense
Anna Jókai (1932-2017), poeta y prosista húngara
David Jones (1895-1974), artista y poeta inglés
Edward Smyth Jones (1881-1968), poeta afroamericano
Richard Jones (vivo), poeta inglés estadounidense
Ben Jonson (1573-1637), poeta y dramaturgo inglés
June Jordan (1936-2002), poeta y educadora estadounidense
Anthony Joseph (nacido en 1966), poeta, novelista y músico británico/trinitense
Jenny Joseph (1932-2018), poeta inglesa
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833-1904), poeta y médico serbio
James Joyce (1882-1941), novelista y poeta irlandés
Attila József (1905-1937), poeta húngaro
Frank Judge (1946-2021), editor, poeta y crítico de cine estadounidense
Ferenc Juhász (1928-2015), poeta húngaro
Gyula Juhász (1883-1937), poeta húngaro
Jamal Jumá , poeta e investigador iraquí
Donald Justice (1925-2004), poeta estadounidense
Juvenal (siglo I-II d. C.), poeta y satírico romano
Jumoke Verissimo (nacido en 1979), poeta nigeriano
Jaydeep Sarangi (nacido en 1973), poeta indio en inglés

K

Ka-Kh

Abhay K (nacido en 1980), poeta y diplomático indio
Kabir (1440-1518), poeta místico y santo de la India
Margit Kaffka (1880-1918), poeta y novelista húngara
Kālidāsa (fl. c. IV c.), poeta sánscrito
Kambar (c. 1180-1250), poeta tamil
Anna Kamieńska (1920-1986), poeta, traductora y crítica polaca
Kannadasan (1927-1981), poeta, autor y letrista tamil
Jim Kacian (nacido en 1953), poeta y editor de haiku estadounidense
Uuno Kailas (1901-1933), poeta, autor y traductor finlandés
Chester Kallman (1921-1975), poeta, libretista y traductor estadounidense
László Kálnoky (1912-1985), poeta y traductor húngaro
Kálmán Kalocsay (1891-1976), poeta húngaro y esperanto
Anna Kamieńska (1920-1986), poeta, escritora y crítica polaca
Ilya Kaminsky (nacido en 1977), poeta, crítico y traductor ruso-estadounidense
Orhan Veli Kanik (1914-1950), poeta turco
Sándor Kányádi (1929-2018), poeta y traductor húngaro de Rumania
Jaan Kaplinski (1941-2021), poeta, filósofo y crítico estonio
Adeena Karasick (nacida en 1965), poeta, artista multimedia y ensayista canadiense/estadounidense
Vim Karenine (nacido en 1933), poeta, ensayista y novelista estadounidense
György Károly (1953-2018), poeta y crítico húngaro
Franciszek Karpiński (1741-1825), poeta polaco
Mary Karr (nacida en 1955), poeta, ensayista y autora de memorias estadounidense
Siavash Kasrai (1927-1996), poeta iraní, poeta persa
Julia Kasdorf (nacida en 1962), poeta estadounidense
Laura Kasischke (nacida en 1961), poeta y escritora de ficción estadounidense
Jan Kasprowicz (1860-1926), poeta, dramaturgo y crítico polaco
Lajos Kassák (1887-1967), poeta, novelista y pintor húngaro
Erich Kästner (1899-1974), autor, poeta y satírico alemán
József Katona (1791-1830), dramaturgo y poeta húngaro
Bob Kaufman (1925-1986), poeta beat y surrealista estadounidense
Shirley Kaufman (1923-2016), poeta y traductora estadounidense
Rupi Kaur (nacida en 1992), poeta y fotógrafa indocanadiense
Patrick Kavanagh (1904-1967), poeta y novelista irlandés
Nikos Kavvadias (1910-1975), poeta griego
Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976), poeta, músico y revolucionario bengalí
John Keats (1795-1821), poeta romántico inglés
Weldon Kees (1914-1955), poeta, novelista y crítico estadounidense
Isabella Kelly (1759-1857), poeta y novelista escocesa
Arthur Kelton (fallecido en 1549/1550), rimador sobre la historia galesa
Miranda Kennedy (nacida en 1975), poeta estadounidense
Rann Kennedy (1772-1851), poeta inglés
Walter Kennedy (c. 1455–1518), makar escocés
XJ Kennedy (nacido en 1929), poeta, antólogo y escritor infantil estadounidense
Jane Kenyon (1947-1995), poeta y traductora estadounidense
Géza Képes (1909-1989), poeta y traductor húngaro
Khwaju Kermani (1290-1349), poeta persa
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), novelista y poeta estadounidense
Sidney Keyes (1922-1943), poeta inglés muerto en combate durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial
Keorapetse Kgositsile (1938-2018), poeta sudafricano
Mimi Khalvati (nacida en 1944), poeta británica nacida en Irán
Dilwar Khan (1937-2013), poeta bangladesí
Khushal Khan Khattak (1613-1689), poeta, guerrero y jefe tribal pastún afgano
Omar Khayyám (1048-1122), matemático, astrónomo y poeta persa
Khaqani (1120-1199), poeta persa
Kherdian, David (nacido en 1931), escritor, poeta y editor armenio-estadounidense
Vladislav Khodasevich (1886-1939), poeta y crítico literario ruso
Talib Khundmiri (1938-2011), poeta y humorista indio en urdu
Ab'ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrow (1253-1325), poeta, erudito y músico sufí

Ki-Ky

Saba Kidane (nacido en 1978), poeta eritreo
Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), filósofo y poeta danés
Emelihter Kihleng , poeta y académico de Pohnpei
Andrzej Tadeusz Kijowski (nacido en 1954), poeta y político polaco
Takarai Kikaku (1661-1707), poeta haikai japonés y discípulo de Matsuo Bashō
Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918), escritora y poeta estadounidense
Edward King (1612-1637), personaje nacido en Irlanda y protagonista de Lycidas de Milton
Henry King (1592-1669), poeta y obispo inglés
William King (1663-1712), poeta inglés
Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634-1703), obispo, poeta y compositor de himnos danés
Gottfried Kinkel (1815-1882), poeta y revolucionario alemán
Galway Kinnell (1927-2014), poeta estadounidense; Premio Pulitzer de poesía 1982
John Kinsella (nacido en 1963), poeta, novelista y ensayista australiano
Thomas Kinsella (1928-2021), poeta, traductor y editor irlandés
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), escritor de ficción y poeta inglés
Easterine Kire (nacida en 1959), poeta y novelista naga
Danilo Kiš (1935-1989), escritor de ficción y poeta serbio
Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (1904-1983), poeta, novelista y dramaturgo turco
Atala Kisfaludy (1836-1911), poeta húngaro
Iya Kiva (nacida en 1984), poeta ucraniana
Eila Kivikk'aho (1921-2004), poeta finlandesa
Carolyn Kizer (1925-2014), poeta estadounidense; Premio Pulitzer de poesía 1985
Sarah Klassen (nacida en 1932), poeta y escritora de ficción canadiense
August Kleinzahler (nacido en 1949), poeta estadounidense
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724-1803), poeta alemán
Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin (1750-1807), poeta y jesuita polaco
Etheridge Knight (1931-1991), poeta afroestadounidense
Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), poeta japonés haikai
Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584), poeta renacentista polaco
Kenneth Koch (1925-2002), poeta, dramaturgo y profesor estadounidense
Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584), poeta polaco
Petar Kočić (1877-1916), escritor serbio de Bosnia
István Koháry (1649-1731), poeta húngaro
Ferenc Kölcsey (1790-1838), poeta húngaro
Aladár Komját (1891-1937), poeta húngaro
Yusef Komunyakaa (nacido en 1947), poeta y profesor estadounidense; Premio Pulitzer de poesía 1994
Béla Kondor (1931-1972), poeta, prosista y pintor húngaro
Faik Konitza (1875-1942), poeta albanés
Halina Konopacka (1900-1989), poeta y deportista polaca
Maria Konopnicka (1842-1910), poeta, novelista y escritora infantil polaca
Ted Kooser (nacido en 1939), poeta estadounidense; poeta laureado de Estados Unidos entre 2004 y 2006
Stanisław Korab-Brzozowski (1876-1901), poeta y traductor polaco
Julian Kornhauser (nacido en 1946), poeta, novelista y crítico polaco
Apollo Korzeniowski (1820-1869), poeta expresionista polaco
József Kossics (Jožef Košič, 1788–1867), poeta y sacerdote húngaro-esloveno
Laza Kostić (1841-1910), poeta, escritor y políglota serbio
Dezső Kosztolányi (1885-1936), poeta y prosista húngaro
Gopi Kottoor (nacida en 1956), poeta, dramaturga y editora india
Urszula Kozioł (nacida en 1931), poeta polaca
Taja Kramberger (nacida en 1970), poeta, traductora y antropóloga eslovena
Ignacy Krasicki (1735-1801), poeta y novelista polaco
Zygmunt Krasiński (1812-1859), poeta polaco
Zlatko Krasni (1951-2008), poeta serbio
Ruth Krauss (1901-1993), poeta y autora de libros infantiles estadounidense
Krayem Awad (nacido en 1948), pintor, escultor y poeta sirio-austriaco
Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (nacida en 1946), escritora estadounidense; poeta laureada de Virginia
Katarzyna Krenz (nacida en 1953), poeta, novelista y pintora
Miroslav Krleža (1893-1981), poeta y novelista croata-yugoslavo
Antjie Krog (nacido en 1952), poeta, académico y escritor sudafricano
Józef Krupiński (1930-1998), poeta polaco
Ryszard Krynicki (nacido en 1943), poeta y traductor polaco
Marilyn Krysl (nacida en 1942), poeta y escritora de ficción estadounidense
Andrzej Krzycki (1482-1537), poeta y arzobispo polaco

Žofia Kubini (fl. Siglo XVII), poeta húngara en checo temprano
Paweł Kubisz (1907-1968), poeta y periodista polaco
Péter Kuczka (1923-1999), poeta y crítico húngaro
Anatoly Kudryavitsky (nacido en 1954), novelista, poeta y traductor ruso-irlandés
Endre Kukorelly (nacido en 1951), poeta y periodista húngaro
Maxine Kumin (1925–2014), poeta estadounidense; poeta laureada de Estados Unidos entre 1981 y 1982
Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006), poeta estadounidense; poeta laureado de Estados Unidos en 1974 y 2000
Yanka Kupala (1882-1942), poeta bielorrusa
Tuli Kupferberg (1923-2010), poeta y autora de contracultura estadounidense
Jalu Kurek (1904-1983), poeta y prosista polaco
Momoko Kuroda (黒田杏子, nacida en 1938), poeta japonesa de haiku
Mira Kuś (nacida en 1958), poeta polaca
Kusumagraj (1912-1999), poeta, escritor y humanista indio marathi
Onat Kutlar (1936-1995), escritor y poeta turco
Stephen Kuusisto (nacido en 1955), poeta estadounidense
Sir Francis Kynaston o Kinaston (1587-1642), poeta inglés

yo

La

Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), fabulista francés
Ilmar Laaban (1921-2000), poeta estonio
Pierre Labrie (born 1972), Canadian poet in French
László Ladányi (1907–1992), Hungarian-Israeli poet and writer
Jules Laforgue (1860–1887), Franco-Uruguayan poet
Abolqasem Lahouti (1887–1957), Persian poet
Jarkko Laine (1947–2006), Finnish poet, writer and playwright
Ivan V. Lalić (1931–1996), Serbian poet
Philip Lamantia (1927–2005), US poet and lecturer
Kendrick Lamar (born 1987), US poet and hip-hop artist
Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869), French writer, poet and politician
Charles Lamb (1775–1834), English essayist and poet
Peter Lampe (born 1954), German scholar, writer and poet
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) (1802–1838), English poet and novelist
Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864), English writer and poet
Antoni Lange (1863–1929), Polish poet, philosopher and translator
William Langland (c. 1332 – c. 1386), probable English author of dream-vision Piers Plowman
Emilia Lanier (1569–1645), English poet
Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos (c. 1510–1556), Hungarian poet and historian
Laozi (Lau-tzu) (fl. 6th c. BCE), Chinese philosopher and poet
Alda Lara (1930–1962), Angolan poet
Rebecca Hammond Lard (1772–1855), US poet
Bruce Larkin (born 1957), US children's author and poet
Philip Larkin (1922–1985), English poet and novelist
Claudia Lars (1899–1974), Salvadoran poet
Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945), German poet and playwright
Lasus of Hermione (6th c. BCE), Greek lyric poet from Hermione in Argolid
Evelyn Lau (born 1971), Canadian poet and novelist
James Laughlin (1914–1997), US poet and publisher
Ann Lauterbach (born 1942), US poet, essayist and professor
Comte de Lautréamont (1846–1870), Uruguayan/French poet
Dorianne Laux (born 1952), US poet
Christine Lavant (1915–1973), Austrian poet and novelist
D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), English novelist, poet and critic
Henry Lawson (1867–1922), Australian writer and poet; son of Louisa Lawson
Louisa Lawson (1848–1920), Australian poet and feminist
Robert Lax (1915–2000), US poet
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909–1959), Nepalese poet and scholar
Henryka Łazowertówna (1909–1942), Polish poet

Le

Edward Lear (1812–1888), English poet, artist and illustrator
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966), Polish poet and aphorist
Joanna Lech (born 1984), Polish poet and novelist
Jan Lechoń (1899–1956), Polish poet, critic and diplomat
Francis Ledwidge (1887–1917), Irish war poet
David Lee (born 1966), US poet
Dennis Lee (born 1939), Canadian poet, editor and critic
David Lehman (born 1948), US poet and editor
Ágnes Lehóczky (born 1976), Hungarian poet, academic and translator
Eino Leino (1878–1926), Finnish poet and journalist
Brad Leithauser (born 1953), US poet, novelist and essayist
Alexander Lenard (1910–1972), Hungarian writer and poet
Sue Lenier (born 1957), English poet and playwright
Lalitha Lenin (born 1946), Indian poet
Krystyna Lenkowska (born 1957), Polish poet and translator
Charlotte Lennox (c. 1730–1804), Scottish poet and novelist
John Leonard (born 1965), Australian poet
Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837), Italian poet, essayist and philologist
Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841), Russian writer, poet and painter
Ben Lerner (born 1979), US poet, novelist and critic
Bolesław Leśmian (1877–1937), Polish poet and artist
Rika Lesser (born 1953), US poet and translator
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), German writer, philosopher and dramatist
Denise Levertov (1927–1997), British-born US poet
Dana Levin (born 1965), US poet and teacher
Philip Levine (1928–2015), US poet; 2011–2012 US Poet Laureate
Larry Levis (1946–1996), US poet
D. A. Levy (1942–1968), US poet, artist and publisher
William Levy (1939–2019), US poet, fiction writer and editor
Oswald LeWinter (1931–2013), poet
Alun Lewis (1915–1944), Welsh poet in English
C. S. Lewis (1898–1963), Northern Irish novelist, poet and essayist
Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), Welsh poet; inaugural National Poet of Wales
J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942), US children's poet
Saunders Lewis (1893–1985), Welsh poet, dramatist and critic
Wyndham Lewis (1884–1957), English painter and author

Li–Ly

Li Houzhu (937–978), Chinese poet and ruler of Southern Tang Kingdom (961–975 CE)
José Lezama Lima (1910–1976), Cuban writer and poet
Tim Liardet (born 1959), English poet, critic and professor
Li Bai (701–762), Chinese Tang dynasty poet
Jerzy Liebert (1904–1931), Polish poet
Li Jiao, poet under the Tang and Zhou dynasties
Li Qingzhao (1084–1151), Chinese Song dynasty writer and poet
Li Shangyin (813–858), Chinese late Tang-dynasty poet
Tim Lilburn (born 1950), Canadian poet and essayist
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001), US author and aviator; wife of Charles Lindbergh
Jack Lindeman (fl. late 20th c.), US poet and critic
Sarah Lindsay (born 1958), US poet
Rossy Evelin Lima (born 1986), Mexican poet
Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931), US poet
Ewa Lipska (born 1945), Polish poet
László Listi (1628–1662), Hungarian poet
Alun Llywelyn-Williams (1913–1988), Welsh poet and critic
Józef Łobodowski (1909–1988), Polish poet and political thinker
Terry Locke (born 1946), New Zealand poet, anthologist and academic
Thomas Lodge (1558–1625), English dramatist and writer
Iain Lom (c. 1624 – c. 1710), Scottish Gaelic poet
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), US poet and educator
Michael Longley (born 1939), Northern Irish poet
Federico García Lorca (1898–1936), Spanish poet, dramatist and stage director
Audre Lorde (1934–1992), Caribbean-US writer, poet and librarian
Richard Lovelace (1618–1658), English Cavalier poet
Amy Lowell (1874–1925), US poet
James Russell Lowell (1819–1891), US poet, critic and diplomat
Robert Lowell (1917–1977), US poet; 1947 US Poet Laureate
Maria White Lowell (1821–1853), US poet and abolitionist
Solomon Löwisohn (1788–1821), Hungarian Jewish poet and historian in Hebrew and German
Mina Loy (1882–1966), English poet, playwright and novelist
Lu You (1125–1209), Chinese Song dynasty poet
Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski (1642–1702), Polish poet, writer and politician
Gherasim Luca (1913–1994), Romanian poet and surrealist
Lucan (39–65 CE), Roman poet
Edward Lucie-Smith (born 1933), English writer, poet and broadcaster
Gaius Lucilius (fl. 2nd c. BCE), Roman satirist
Lucilius Junior (fl. 1st c. CE), poet and Procurator of Sicily
Lucretius (c. 99 BCE – c. 55 BCE), Roman poet and philosopher
Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870), US author, journalist and explorer
Edith Gyömrői Ludowyk (1896–1987), Hungarian poet and politician
Luo Binwang (640–684), Chinese Tang-dynasty writer and poet
Thomas Lux (1946–2017), US poet
Mario Luzi (1914–2005), Italian poet
John Lydgate (1370–1450), English monk and poet
John Lyly (1553–1606), English writer, poet and dramatist
Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount (c. 1490 – c. 1555), Scottish Lord Lyon and poet
Sandford Lyne (1945–2007), US poet, educator and editor
George Lyttelton (1709–1773), English poet, statesman and arts patron

M

Ma

Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay (1800–1859), Anglo-Scottish poet and historian
George MacBeth (1932–1992), Scottish poet and novelist
Norman MacCaig (1910–1996), Scottish poet
Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864–1922), Canadian poet and writer
Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978), Scottish poet
George MacDonald (1824–1905), Scottish poet and novelist
Sorley MacLean (1911–1996), Scottish Gaelic poet
Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987), Canadian writer and poet
Antonio Machado (1875–1939), Spanish poet
Arthur Machen (1863–1947), Welsh author and mystic
Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972), Scottish writer, memoirist and poet
Archibald MacLeish (1892–1987), US modernist poet and writer
Aonghas MacNeacail (born 1942), writer in Scottish Gaelic
Louis MacNeice (1907–1963), Irish poet and playwright
Hector Macneill (1746–1818), Scottish poet and songwriter
Valerie Macon (born 1950), US poet and civil servant
James Macpherson (1736–1796), Scottish writer and poet
Haki R. Madhubuti (born 1942), African-US writer, poet and educator
Jayanta Mahapatra (born 1928), Indian English poet
John Gillespie Magee Jr. (1922–1941), US poet and aviator
Eric Magrane (born 1975), US poet and geographer
Derek Mahon (1941–2020), Northern Irish poet
Rudolf Maister (1874–1934), Slovene poet and activist
Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar (1919–1977), Marathi and Hindi poet and playwright
János Majláth (1786–1855), Hungarian historian and poet
Clarence Major (born 1936), US poet, painter and novelist
Desanka Maksimović (1898–1993), Serbian poet and professor
Mahsati (13th c.), Persian poet
Majeed Amjad (1914–1974), Indian/Pakistani poet in Urdu
Antoni Malczewski (1793–1826), Polish poet
Marcin Malek (born 1975), Polish poet, writer and playwright
Josh Malihabadi (born Shabbir Hasan Khan) (1898–1982), Indian Urdu poet
Madayyagari Mallana (fl. 15th c.), Telugu poet
Stephane Mallarme (1842–1898), French poet and critic
David Mallet (c. 1705–1765), Scottish dramatist and poet
Thomas Malory (1405–1471), English author of Le Morte d'Arthur
Goffredo Mameli (1827–1849), Italian patriot, poet and writer
Osip Mandelstam (also Mandelshtam, 1891–1938), Russian poet
James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849), Irish poet
Bill Manhire (born 1946), New Zealand poet and fiction writer; New Zealand Poet Laureate
Marcus Manilius (fl. 1st c. CE), Roman poet and astrologer
Maurice Manning (born 1966), US poet
Ruth Manning-Sanders (1895–1988), Welsh-born English poet and author
Robert Mannyng (1275–1340), English chronicler and monk in Middle English, French and Latin
Chris Mansell (born 1953), Australian poet and publisher
Jakobe Mansztajn (born 1982), Polish poet and blogger
Manuchehri (Abu Najm Ahmad ibn Ahmad ibn Qaus Manuchehri; 11th c.), royal poet in Persia
Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873), Italian poet and novelist
Sándor Márai (1900–1989), Hungarian/US poet and novelist
Ausiàs March (1397–1459), Valencian poet and knight
Morton Marcus (1936–2009), US poet and author
Mareez (1917–1983), Indian poet in Gujarati
Paul Mariani (born 1940), US poet and academic
Marie de France (fl. 12th c.), poet probably French-born and resident in England
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876–1944), Italian poet and editor
Giambattista Marino (1569–1625), Italian poet
E. A. Markham (1939–2008), Montserrat poet, playwright and novelist
Edwin Markham (1852–1940), US poet
Đorđe Marković Koder (1806–1891), Serbian poet
Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593), English dramatist, poet and translator
Clément Marot (1496–1544), French Renaissance poet
Don Marquis (1878–1937), US novelist, poet and playwright
Edward Garrard Marsh (1783–1862), English poet and cleric
John Marston (1576–1634), English playwright, poet and satirist
José Martí (1853–1895), Cuban poet and writer
Martial (40 – c. 102 CE), Roman epigrammatist
Camille Martin (born 1956), Canadian poet and collage artist
Harry Martinson (1904–1978), Swedish sailor, author and poet
Andrew Marvell (1621–1678), English metaphysical poet and politician
John Masefield (1878–1967), English poet and writer; UK Poet Laureate (1930–1967)
Masud Sa'd Salman (1046–1121), Persian poet
Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950), US poet, biographer and dramatist
Dafydd Llwyd Mathau (fl. earlier 17th c.), Welsh poet in Welsh
János Mattis-Teutsch (1884–1960), Hungarian-Romanian poet and artist
Glyn Maxwell (born 1962), British poet, playwright and librettist
Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930), Russian/Soviet poet and playwright
Karl May (1842–1912), German writer, poet and musician
Bernadette Mayer (born 1945), US poet and prose writer
Ben Mazer (born 1964), US poet and editor

Mc–Me

James McAuley (1917–1976), Australian poet and critic
Susan McCaslin (born 1947), Canadian/US poet and critic
J. D. McClatchy (1945–2018), US poet and critic
Michael McClure (1932–2020), US poet, playwright and novelist
John McCrae (1872–1918), Canadian poet, physician and artist
Walt McDonald (1934–2022), US poet; Poet Laureate of Texas
Dermit McEncroe (fl. early 18th c.), Irish doctor and poet
Elvis McGonagall, Scottish poet and comedian
William Topaz McGonagall (1825–1902), Scottish writer of doggerel
Roger McGough (born 1937), English comedian and poet
Campbell McGrath (born 1962), US poet
Wendy McGrath, Canadian poet and novelist
Thomas McGrath (1916–1990), US poet
Heather McHugh (born 1948), US poet, translator and educator
Duncan Ban McIntyre (1724–1812), Scottish poet in Scottish Gaelic
James McIntyre (1827–1906), Canadian writer of doggerel
Claude McKay (1889–1948), Jamaican-US writer and poet
Don McKay (born 1942), Canadian poet, editor and educator
Rod McKuen (1933–2015), US poet, composer and singer
James McMichael (born 1939), US poet
Ian McMillan (born 1956), English poet, playwright and broadcaster
Meera (1498–1546), Indian Hindu mystic poet and Krishna devotee
Narsinh Mehta (c. 1414 – c. 1481), Indian poet-saint of Gujarat
Mei Yaochen (1002–1060), Chinese Song dynasty poet
Peter Meinke (born 1932), US poet and fiction writer
Cecília Meireles (1901–1964), Brazilian poet
Herman Melville (1819–1891), US fiction writer and poet
Meng Haoran (689 or 691–740), Chinese Tang dynasty poet
George Meredith (1828–1909), English poet and novelist
Kersti Merilaas (1913–1986), Estonian poet
Alda Merini (1931–2009), Italian writer and poet
Stuart Merrill (1863–1915), US poet writing mainly in French
James Merrill (1926–1995), US poet; 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Thomas Merton (1915–1968), US writer and Trappist monk
W. S. Merwin (1927–2019), US poet and author; 1971 and 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; 2010 US Poet Laureate
Sarah Messer (born 1966), US poet and writer
Charlotte Mew (1869–1928), English poet
Henry Meyer (1840–1925), US poet writing in Pennsylvania Dutch
Ferenc Mező (1885–1961), Hungarian poet

Mi–Mo

Henri Michaux (1899–1984), Belgian/French poet, writer and painter
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564), Italian poet and sculptor
Tadeusz Miciński (1873–1918), Polish poet and playwright
Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855), Polish poet, essayist and publicist
Veronica Micle (1850–1889), Austrian/Romanian poet
Christopher Middleton (c. 1560–1628), English poet and translator
Christopher Middleton (c. 1690–1770), Royal Navy officer and navigator
Christopher Middleton (1926–2015), English poet
Thomas Middleton (1580–1627), English poet and playwright
Agnes Miegel (1879–1964), German writer and poet
Josephine Miles (1911–1985), US poet and critic
Jennifer Militello, US poet and professor
Branko Miljković (1934–1961), Serbian poet
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950), US lyric poet, playwright and feminist
Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942), US writer and poet
Grazyna Miller (1957–2009), Italian/Polish poet and translator
Jace Miller, US poet
Jane Miller (born 1949), US poet
Joaquin Miller (1837–1913), US poet
Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956), US poet
Thomas Miller (1807–1874), English poet
Vassar Miller (1924–1998), US writer and poet
Spike Milligan (1918–2002), Irish comedian, poet and musician
Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004), Polish poet; 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature
John Milton (1608–1674), English poet and polemicist
Sima Milutinović Sarajlija (1791–1847), Serbian adventurer, writer and poet
Marijane Minaberri (1926–2017), French/Basque poet and radio broadcaster
Robert Minhinnick (born 1952), Welsh poet, essayist and novelist
Matthew Minicucci (born 1981), US poet and teacher
Mir Taqi Mir (1725–1810), Indian poet in Urdu
Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), Chilean poet and feminist; 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature
Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008), English poet, novelist and playwright
Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914), US physician and writer
Stephen Mitchell (born 1943), US poet, translator and anthologist
Waddie Mitchell (born 1950), US poet
Ndre Mjeda (1866–1937), Albanian Gheg poet
Stanisław Młodożeniec (1895–1959), poet
Anis Mojgani (born 1977), US spoken-word poet and visual artist
Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) (1622–1673), French playwright
Atukuri Molla (1440–1530), Indian Telugu poet
Aja Monet, Black American poet
Harold Monro (1879–1932), English poet
Harriet Monroe (1860–1936), US scholar, critic and poet
John Montague (1929–2016), Irish poet
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661–1715), English poet and statesman
Eugenio Montale (1896–1981), Italian poet, writer and translator; 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature
Alexander Montgomerie (c. 1550–1598), Scottish Jacobean courtier and makar
Alan Moore (born 1960), Irish writer and poet
Marianne Moore (1887–1972), US poet and writer
Merrill Moore (1903–1957), US psychiatrist and poet
Thomas Moore (1779–1852), Irish poet, singer and songwriter
Dom Moraes (1938–2004), Goan writer, poet and columnist
Kelly Ana Morey (born 1968), New Zealand novelist and poet
Edwin Morgan (1920–2010), Scottish poet and translator
J. O. Morgan (born 1978), Scottish poet
John Morgan (1688–1733), Welsh clergyman, scholar and poet
Lorin Morgan-Richards (born 1975), US poet and author
Christian Morgenstern (1871–1914), German author and poet
Eduard Mörike (1804–1875), German poet
William Morris (1834–1896), English writer, poet and designer
Jim Morrison (1943–1971), US songwriter and poet
Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621–1693), Polish poet
Zbigniew Morsztyn (c. 1628–1689), Polish poet
Valzhyna Mort (born 1981), Belarus poet
Viggo Mortensen (born 1958), US poet, actor and musician
Moschus (fl. 2nd c. BCE), Greek bucolic poet
Howard Moss (1922–1987), US poet, dramatist and critic
Andrew Motion (born 1952), English poet, novelist and biographer; Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 1999–2009
Paul Scott Mowrer (1887–1971), US newspaper correspondent, Poet Laureate of New Hampshire
Enrique Moya (born 1958), Venezuelan poet, fiction writer and critic

Mu–My

Micere Githae Mugo (1942–2023), Kenyan playwright, author and poet
Erich Mühsam (1878–1934), German-Jewish essayist, poet and, playwright
Edwin Muir (1887–1959), Scottish Orcadian poet, novelist and translator
Paul Muldoon (born 1951), Irish poet
Lale Müldür (born 1956), Turkish poet and writer
Laura Mullen (born 1958), US poet
Anthony Munday (1553–1633), English playwright and writer
George Murnu (1868–1957), Romanian archeologist, historian and poet
Sheila Murphy (born 1951), US text and visual poet
George Murray (born 1971), Canadian poet
Joan Murray (born 1945), US poet, writer and playwright
Les Murray (1938–2019), Australian poet, anthologist and critic
Richard Murphy (1927–2018), Irish poet
Susan Musgrave (born 1951), Canadian poet and children's writer
Lukijan Mušicki (1777–1837), Serbian poet, prose writer and polyglot
Nikola Musulin (fl. 19th c.), Serbian poet
Togara Muzanenhamo (born 1975), Zimbabwean poet
Christopher Mwashinga (born 1965), Tanzanian poet, author and Christian minister
Lam Quang My (born 1944), Vietnamese poet in Polish and Vietnamese

N

Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), Russian novelist and poet in Russian and English
Daniel Naborowski (1573–1640), Polish poet
Cecilia del Nacimiento (1570–1646), Spanish nun, mystic, writer, and poet
Ágnes Nemes Nagy (1922–1991), Hungarian poet and translator
Gáspár Nagy (1949–2007), Hungarian poet
Lajos Parti Nagy (born 1953), Hungarian poet, playwright and critic
László Nagy (1925–1978), Hungarian poet and translator
Guru Nanak Dev (1469–1539), first Sikh Guru and Punjabi poet
Nannaya (c. 11th c.), earliest known Telugu author
Philip Nanton (living), Vincentian poet
Adam Naruszewicz (1733–1796), Polish-Lithuanian poet, historian and dramatist
Ogden Nash (1902–1971), US poet known for light verse
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601), English playwright, poet and satirist
Nasir Khusraw (1004–1088), Persian poet
Imadaddin Nasimi (died c. 1417), Azerbaijani poet
Momčilo Nastasijević (1894–1938), Serbian poet, novelist and dramatist
Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916), Japanese novelist and poet
Gellu Naum (1915–2001), Romanian poet, dramatist and children's writer
Nedîm (c. 1681–1730), Ottoman poet
John Neal (1793–1876), US writer, critic, activist and poet
Henry Neele (1798–1828), English poet and scholar
Walela Nehanda, Black American poet
John Neihardt (1881–1973), US poet, historian and ethnographer
Émile Nelligan (1879–1941), Quebec poet
Marilyn Nelson (born 1946), US poet, translator and children's writer
Howard Nemerov (1920–1991), US poet; US Poet Laureate 1963–1964
István Péter Németh (born 1960), Hungarian poet and literary historian
Condetto Nénékhaly-Camara (1930–1972), Guinean poet and playwright
Jan Neruda (1834–1891), Czech journalist, writer and poet
Pablo Neruda (1904–1973), Chilean poet and politician; Nobel Prize for Literature 1971
Neşâtî (died 1674), Ottoman Sufi poet
Henry John Newbolt (1862–1938), English historian and poet
John Henry Newman (1801–1890), writer, poet and hymnist
Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974), Asian US poet
Nguyễn Du (1766–1820), Vietnamese poet in ancient Chữ Nôm script
B. P. Nichol (bpNichol, 1944–1988), Canadian poet
Nicholas I of Montenegro (1841–1921), poet and king of Montenegro
Grace Nichols (born 1950), Guyanese poet
Norman Nicholson (1914–1987), English poet
Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970), US poet
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz (1758–1841), Polish poet, playwright and statesman
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher, poet and philologist
Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (Migjeni) (1911–1938), Albanian poet and writer
Nizami Aruzi (1110–1161), Persian poets
Nisami (1141–1209), Persian poet
Attar of Nishapur (1145–1221), Persian poet
Nishiyama Sōin (1605–1682), Japanese haikai poet
Moeen Nizami (born 1965), Pakistani poet, scholar and writer
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1813–1851), Serbian poet, playwright and prince-bishop
Yamilka Noa (born 1980), Cuban–Costa Rican poet
Gábor Nógrádi (born 1947), Hungarian poet, essayist and children's novelist
Christopher Nolan (1965–2009), Irish poet and author
Fan S. Noli (1882–1965), Albanian/US writer, diplomat and historian
Olga Nolla (1938–2001), Puerto Rican poet, writer and professor
Henry Normal (born 1956), British poet, writer, film & TV producer
Harry Northup (born 1940), US actor and poet
Caroline Norton (1808–1877), English writer, feminist and reformer
Cyprian Norwid (1821–1883), Polish poet, dramatist and artist
Alice Notley (born 1945), US poet
Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg) (1772–1801), German poet and novelist
Franciszek Nowicki (1864–1935), Polish poet and conservationist
Alfred Noyes (1880–1958), English poet
Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1993), first Aboriginal Australian published poet
Julia Nyberg (1784–1854), Swedish poet and songwriter
Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952), Palestinian-US poet, songwriter and novelist
Robert Nye (1939–2016), English poet, novelist and children's writer
Niyi Osundare (born 1947), Nigerian poet, dramatist and literary critic

O

Dositej Obradović (1742–1811), Serbian philosopher, writer and poet
Sean O'Brien (born 1952), British poet, critic and playwright
D. Michael O'Connor aka Damond Jiniya(Born 1974), North American singer, writer and poet
Philip O'Connor (1916–1998), Anglo-French writer and poet
Antoni Edward Odyniec (1804–1885), Polish poet
Ron Offen (1930–2010), US poet, playwright and producer
Dennis O'Driscoll (1954–2012), Irish poet
Frank O'Hara (1926–1966), US writer, poet and art critic
Hisashi Okuyama (born 1941), Japanese poet
Porsha Olayiwola (born 1988), US poet
Sharon Olds (born 1942), US poet
Mary Oliver (1935–2015), US poet
Charles Olson (1910–1970), US modernist poet
Saishu Onoe (1876–1957), Japanese poet
Onomacritus (c. 530–480 BCE), Attic poet, priest and seer
George Oppen (1908–1984), US poet
Artur Oppman (Or-Ot, 1867–1931), Polish poet
Edward Otho Cresap Ord, II (1858–1923), US poet and painter
Zaharije Orfelin (1726–1785), Serbian polymath and poet
Władysław Orkan (1875–1930), Polish poet
Peter Orlovsky (1933–2010), US poet and actor; partner of Allen Ginsberg
Gregory Orr (born 1947), US poet
Agnieszka Osiecka (1936–1997), Polish poet, writer and screenplay author
Alice Oswald (born 1966), English poet
Ouyang Xiu (1007–1072), Chinese Song dynasty historian, essayist and poet
Ovid (43 BCE – 17 CE), Roman poet
Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), English poet and soldier
İsmet Özel (born 1944), Turkish poet and scholar

P

Pa

Ruth Padel (born 1946), English poet, author and critic
Ron Padgett (born 1942), US poet, writer and translator
Padmanābha (15th c.), Dingal (Old Gujarati) poet and historian
Dan Pagis (1930–1986), Israeli poet and Holocaust survivor
Grace Paley (1922–2007), US short story writer and poet
Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897), English critic and poet
Palladas (fl. 4th c.), Greek poet
Michael Palmer (born 1943), US poet and translator
Sima Pandurović (1883–1960), Serbian poet
Sumitranandan Pant (1900–1977), Indian poet in Hindi
William Williams Pantycelyn (1717–1791), Welsh poet and hymnist in Welsh
Park Yong-rae (1925–1980), Korean poet
Andrew Park (1807–1863), Scottish poet
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967), US poet, fiction writer and satirist
Amy Parkinson (1855–1938), British-born Canadian poet
Thomas Parnell (1679–1718), Irish poet and clergyman
Nicanor Parra (1914–2018), Chilean mathematician and poet
Henry Parrot (fl. 1600–1626), English epigrammatist
Giovanni Pascoli (1855–1912), Italian poet
Ámbar Past (born 1949), Mexican poet, visual artist
Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), Russian poet, novelist and translator
Leon Pasternak (1910–1969), Polish poet and satirist
Benito Pastoriza Iyodo (born 1954), Puerto Rican poet and fiction and literature writer
Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972), US poet and novelist
Ravji Patel (1939–1968), Indian poet
Banjo Paterson (Andrew Barton Paterson) (1864–1941), Australian bush poet, journalist and author
Don Paterson (born 1963), Scottish poet, writer and musician
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896), English poet and critic
Brian Patten (born 1946), English poet
Lekhnath Paudyal (1885–1966), Nepalese poet
Paul I, Prince Esterházy (1635–1713), Austro-Hungarian poet
Cesare Pavese (1908–1950), Italian poet, novelist and critic
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945), Polish poet and dramatist
Octavio Paz (1914–1998), Mexican writer, poet and diplomat

Pe–Pl

Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866), English poet and novelist
Patrick Pearse (1879–1916), Irish poet and writer
James Larkin Pearson (1879–1981), US poet and publisher
Allasani Peddana (fl. 15th/16th cc.), Telugu poet
Charles Péguy (1873–1914), French poet, essayist and editor
Kathleen Peirce (born 1956), US poet
Gabino Coria Peñaloza (1881–1975), Argentine poet and lyricist
Sam Pereira (living), US poet
Lucia Perillo (1958–2016), US poet
Persius (34–62 CE), Roman poet and satirist of Etruscan origin
Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935), Portuguese poet, philosopher and critic
Lenrie Peters (1932–2009), Gambian surgeon, novelist, poet and educationist
Robert Peters (1924–2014), US poet, scholar and playwright
Pascale Petit (born 1953), French-Welsh poet and artist
Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) (1304–1374), Italian scholar and poet
Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1659–1708), Hungarian poet and prose writer
Marine Petrossian (born 1960), Armenian poet, essayist and columnist
Veljko Petrović (1884–1967), Serbian poet, prose writer and theorist
Mirko Petrović-Njegoš (1820–1867), Serbian and Montenegrin poet, soldier and diplomat
Mario Petrucci (born 1958), British poet, author, translator, scientist and ecologist of Italian origin
Adaliza Cutter Phelps (1823–1852), US poet
Ambrose Philips (1674–1749), English poet and politician
Katherine Philips (1632–1664), Anglo-Welsh poet
Savitribai Phule (1831–1897), Indian social reformer, educationalist, and poet from Maharashtra
Pi Rixiu (c. 834–883), Tang dynasty poet
Tom Pickard (born 1946), English poet and film maker
Pindar (522–443 BCE), Theban lyric poet in Greek
Robert Pinsky (born 1940), US poet, critic and translator; 1997–2000 US Poet Laureate
Ruth Pitter (1897–1992), English poet
Christine de Pizan (c. 1365 – c. 1430), Venetian historian, poet and philosopher
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), US poet and novelist
William Plomer (1903–1973), South African novelist, poet and editor in English

Po–Pu

Jacek Podsiadło (born 1964), Polish poet, translator and essayist
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), US author, poet and critic
Suman Pokhrel (born 1967), Nepalese poet, playwright and artist
Wincenty Pol (1807–1872), Polish poet and geographer
Margaret Steuart Pollard (1904–1996), English poet
Edward Pollock (1823–1858), US poet
John Pomfret (1667–1702), English poet and clergyman
Marie Ponsot (1921–2019), US poet, critic and essayist
Vasko Popa (1922–1991), Serbian poet of Romanian descent
Alexander Pope (1688–1744), English poet
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968), Italian Argentinian poet
Judith Pordon (born 1954), US poet, writer and editor
Peter Porter (1929–2010), Australian poet based in England
Halina Poświatowska (1935–1967), Polish poet and writer
Roma Potiki (born 1958), New Zealand poet and playwright
Wacław Potocki (1621–1696), Polish poet and moralist
Ezra Pound (1885–1972), US expatriate poet and critic
Alishetty Prabhakar (1952–1993), Telugu poet
Tapan Kumar Pradhan (born 1972), Indian poet, translator and activist
Adélia Prado (born 1935), Brazilian writer and poet
Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839), English politician and poet
Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937), Indian poet in Hindi
E. J. Pratt (1882–1964), Canadian poet
Petar Preradović (1818–1872), Croatian poet, writer and general
France Prešeren (1800–1849), Carniolan Romantic poet
Jacques Prévert (1900–1977), French poet and screenwriter
Richard Price (born 1966), Scottish poet, novelist and translator
Robert Priest (born 1951), English-born Canadian poet, children's author and singer-songwriter
F. T. Prince (1912–2003), English poet and academic
Matthew Prior (1664–1721), English poet and diplomat
Bryan Procter (1787–1874), English poet
Sextus Propertius (50 or 45–15 BCE), Latin elegiac poet
Kevin Prufer (born 1969), US poet, academic and essayist
J. H. Prynne (born 1936), English poet
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1865–1940), Polish poet, novelist and playwright
Zenon Przesmycki (Miriam, 1861–1944), Polish poet, translator and critic
Jeremi Przybora (1915–2004), Polish poet, writer and singer
Luigi Pulci (1432–1484), Italian poet known for Morgante
Ben Purkert (living), American poet, novelist and creative writing instructor
Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837), Russian poet, novelist and playwright

Q

Nizar Qabbani (1923–1998), Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher
Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri (born 1951), Pakistani Sufi poet and scholar
Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri (1909–1985), Indian poet, writer and politician
Aref Qazvini (1882–1934), Iranian poet, lyricist and musician, Persian poet
Qatran Tabrizi (11th c.), Persian poet
Qu Yuan (343–278 BCE), Chinese poet
Francis Quarles (1592–1644), English Christian poet
Salvatore Quasimodo (1901–1968), Italian author and poet; 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature

R

Ra–Re

Rabia Balkhi (10th c.), Persian poet, She is the first known female poet to write in Persian
Jean Racine (1639–1699), French dramatist
Branko Radičević (1824–1853), Serbian lyric poet
Leetile Disang Raditladi (1910–1971), poet from Botswana
Sam Ragan (1915–1996), US poet, journalist and writer
Shamsur Rahman (1929–2006), Bangladeshi poet and columnist
Craig Raine (born 1944), English poet
Kathleen Raine (1908–2003), English poet, critic and scholar
Samina Raja (born 1961), Pakistani poet, writer and broadcaster
Milan Rakić (1876–1938), Serbian poet
Carl Rakosi (1903–2004), US Objectivist poet
Martin Rakovský (c. 1535–1579), Hungarian poet and scholar
Zsuzsa Rakovszky (born 1950), Hungarian poet and translator
Maraea Rakuraku (living), New Zealand Māori poet, playwright and short story writer
Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1554–1618), English writer, poet and explorer
Tenali Rama (16th c., CE), Telugu poet
Ayyalaraju Ramabhadrudu (16th c., CE), Telugu poet
Ramarajabhushanudu (mid 16th c. CE), Telugu poet and musician
Guru Ram Das (1534–1581), Sikh guru and Punjabi poet
Simón Darío Ramírez (1930–1992), Venezuelan poet
Allan Ramsay (1686–1758), Scottish poet, playwright and publisher
Dudley Randall (1914–2000), African-US poet and publisher
Thomas Randolph (1605–1635), English poet and dramatist
John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974), US poet, essayist and editor
Addepalli Ramamohana Rao (1936–2016), Telugu poet and literary critic
Ágnes Rapai (born 1952), Hungarian poet, writer and translator
Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975), Pakistani poet writing in Urdu
Stephen Ratcliffe (born 1948), US poet and critic
Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936–2005), Israeli poet and translator
Tom Raworth (1938–2017), British poet and visual artist
Herbert Read (1893–1968), English anarchist, poet and arts critic
Peter Reading (1946–2011), English poet
Angela Readman (born 1973), English poet
James Reaney (1926–2008), Canadian poet, playwright and professor
Malliya Rechana (mid-10th c. CE), Telugu poet
Peter Redgrove (1932–2003), English poet
Beatrice Redpath (1886–1937), Canadian poet and short story writer
Henry Reed (1914–1986), English poet, translator and radio dramatist
Ishmael Reed (born 1938), US poet, playwright and novelist
Ennis Rees (1925–2009), US poet, professor and translator
James Reeves (1909–1978), English poet, children's writer and writer on song
Abraham Regelson (1896–1981), Israeli Hebrew poet, author and children's author
Christopher Reid (born 1949), Hong Kong-born English poet, essayist and cartoonist
James Reiss (1941–2016), US poet
Mikołaj Rej (1505–1569), Polish poet and prose writer
Robert Rendall (1898–1967), Orkney Scottish poet and amateur naturalist
Pierre Reverdy (1889–1960), French poet of Surrealism, Dadaism and Cubism
Jacobus Revius (born Jakob Reefsen) (1586–1658), Dutch poet, theologian and church historian
Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982), US poet, translator and critical essayist
Sydor Rey (1908–1979), Polish poet and novelist
Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976), US Objectivist poet
Raees Warsi (born 1963), Pakistani poet, writer and lyricist writing in Urdu

Ri–Ry

Francisco Granizo Ribadeneira (1925–2009), Ecuadorian poet
Anne Rice (1941–2021), US fiction writer
Stan Rice (1943–2002), US poet and artist; husband of Anne Rice
Adrienne Rich (1929–2012), US poet, essayist and feminist
John Richardson (1817–1886), English Lake District poet
Edgell Rickword (1898–1982), English poet, critic and journalist
Lola Ridge (1873–1941), Irish-born US anarchist poet and editor
Laura Riding (1901–1981), US poet, critic and novelist
Anne Ridler (1912–2001), English poet and editor
James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916), US writer and poet
John Riley (1937–1978), English poet of British Poetry Revival
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), Bohemian-Austrian poet
Gopal Prasad Rimal (1918–1973), Nepali poet and playwright
Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891), French symbolist poet of Decadent movement
Alberto Ríos (born 1952), US poet and professor
Khawar Rizvi (1938–1981), Pakistani poet and scholar in Urdu and Persian
Emma Roberts (1794–1840), English travel writer and poet
Michael Roberts (1902–1948), English poet, writer and editor
Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935), US poet
Mary Robinson (1757–1800), English poet and novelist
Peter Robinson (born 1953), English poet
Roland Robinson (1912–1992), Australian poet and writer
Georges Rodenbach (1855–1898), Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist
W R Rodgers (1909–1969), Northern Irish poet, essayist and Presbyterian minister
José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971), Panamanian poet and artist
Theodore Roethke (1908–1963), US poet
Samuel Rogers (1763–1855), English poet
Rognvald Kali Kolsson (c. 1103–1158), Earl of Orkney and saint
Matthew Rohrer (born 1970), US poet
Géza Röhrig (born 1967), Hungarian poet and actor
Radoslav Rochallyi (born 1980), Slovak writer
David Romtvedt (living), US poet
Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585), French poet
Peter Rosegger (1843–1918), Austrian poet
Franklin Rosemont (1943–2009), US poet, artist and co-founder of Chicago Surrealist Group
Penelope Rosemont (born 1942), US poet, writer and co-founder of Chicago Surrealist Group
Michael Rosen (born 1946), UK children's poet and former children's poet laureate
Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918), English poet
Susan Rosenbloom (1958–2015) UK choreographer, artistic director, teacher and poet
Barbara Rosiek (1959–2020), Polish poet, writer and psychologist
Alan Ross (1922–2001), English poet, cricket writer and editor
Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), English poet
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), English poet, illustrator and painter
Andrus Rõuk (born 1957), Estonian artist and poet
Raymond Roussel (1877–1933), French poet, novelist and playwright
Nicholas Rowe (1674–1718), English dramatist, poet and miscellanist; UK Poet Laureate 1715
Samuel Rowlands (c. 1573–1630), English poet and pamphleteer
Susanna Roxman (1946–2015), English poet born in Sweden
Istvan Rozanich (1912–1984), Hungarian poet exiled in Venezuela
Tadeusz Różewicz (1921–2014), Polish poet and writer
Ljubivoje Ršumović (born 1939), Serbian poet
Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866), German poet, translator and academic
Rudaki (858 – 940/41), Persian poet
Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980), US poet and political activist
Zygmunt Rumel (1915–1943), Polish poet and partisan
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhi Rumi (1207–1273), Persian Muslim poet, jurist and Sufi mystic
Paul-Eerik Rummo (born 1942), Estonian poet
Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877), Finnish poet in Swedish
Nipsey Russell (1918–2005), US poet and comedian
Lucjan Rydel (1870–1918), Polish poet and playwright
Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz (1935–2022), Polish poet, essayist and dramatist
Ryōkan (1758–1831), Japanese calligrapher and poet

S

Sa–Se

Sanai (1080–1131), Persian poet
Umberto Saba (1883–1957), Italian poet and novelist
Jaime Sabines (1926–1999), Mexican poet
Nelly Sachs (1891–1970), Jewish German poet and playwright; 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature
Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex (1638–1706), English poet and courtier
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536–1608), English statesman, poet and dramatist
Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962), English author, poet and gardener
Saib Tabrizi (1592–1676), Persian poets
Saʿdī Shīrāzī (1184–1283/1291), Persian poet
Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 1954), US poet, novelist and children's writer
Ali Ahmad Said (Adunis) (born 1930), Syrian poet, essayist and translator
Mellin de Saint-Gelais (c. 1491–1558), French Renaissance poet
Akim Samar (1916–1943), Soviet poet and novelist seen as first Nanai language writer
Sonia Sanchez (born 1934), African-US poet associated with Black Arts Movement
Michal Šanda (born 1965), Czech writer and poet
Carl Sandburg (1878–1967), US poet, writer and editor; three Pulitzer Prizes
Jacopo Sannazaro (1458–1530), Italian poet, humanist and epigrammist from Naples
Ann Sansom, English poet and writing tutor
Aleksa Šantić (1868–1924), Bosnian Serb poet
Taneda Santōka (1882–1940), Japanese free verse haiku poet
Genrikh Sapgir (1928–1999), Russian poet and fiction writer
Sappho (c. 630–612 – c. 570 BCE), ancient Greek lyric poet from Lesbos
Jaydeep Sarangi (born 1973), Indian poet in English
Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595–1640), Polish poet in Latin
William Saroyan (1908–1981), US author of Armenian descent
Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), English war poet
Subagio Sastrowardoyo (1924–1995), Indonesian poet, fiction writer and literary critic
Satsvarupa Das Goswami (born 1939), US poet and artist
William Saunders (1806–1851), Welsh poet in Welsh
Richard Savage (c. 1697–1743), English poet
Leslie Scalapino (1944–2010), US poet, writer and playwright
Maurice Scève (c. 1500–1564), French poet
Hermann Georg Scheffauer (1876–1927), US poet, architect and fiction writer
Georges Schehadé (1905–1989), Lebanese playwright and poet in French
Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), German poet, philosopher and playwright
Arno Schmidt (1914–1979), German author and translator
Dennis Schmitz (1937–2019), US poet
Steven P. Schneider (living), US poet, critic, and university professor
Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931), Austrian author and dramatist
Anton Schosser (1801–1849), Austrian dialect poet
Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout (1910–1992), Surinamese poet and community leader, wrote in Sranan Tongo and English
Philip Schultz (born 1945), US poet
James Schuyler (1923–1991), US poet
Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966), US poet and fiction writer
Alexander Scott (c. 1520–1582/1583), Scottish poet
Alexander Scott (1920–1989), Scottish poet and playwright
Frederick George Scott (1861–1944), Canadian poet and author, father of F. R. Scott
F. R. Scott (1899–1985), Canadian poet, academic and constitutional expert
Tom Scott (1918–1995), Scottish poet
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832), Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet
Gil Scott-Heron (1949–2011), US soul musician and jazz poet
George Bazeley Scurfield (1920–1991), English poet, novelist, author and politician
Peter Seaton (1942–2010), US Language poet
Władysław Sebyła (1902–1940), Polish poet
Johannes Secundus (1511–1536), Dutch Neo-Latin poet
Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet (1639–1701), English poet, wit and dramatist
George Seferis (pen name of Geōrgios Seferiádēs) (1900–1971), Greek poet and Nobel laureate
Hugh Seidman (born 1940), US poet
Rebecca Seiferle (living), US poet
Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986), Czech writer, poet and journalist; 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature
Lasana M. Sekou (born 1959), Sint Maarten poet, essayist and journalist
Semonides of Amorgos (c. 7th c. BCE), Greek iambic and elegiac poet
Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906–2001), Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist
Robert W. Service (1874–1958), Scottish-Canadian poet
Vikram Seth (born 1952), Indian author and poet
Anne Sexton (1928–1974), US poet; Confessional poetry, 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
John W. Sexton (born 1958), Irish poet, fiction and children's writer

Sh–Sj

Thomas Shadwell (c. 1642–1692), English poet and playwright; Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, 1689–1692
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (1565–1612), sultan of Golkonda and poet in Persian, Telugu and Urdu
Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941–2001), Pakistani Sufi spiritual leader, poet and author
Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906–1988) Iranian poet (both Persian and Azerbaijani poet)
Parveen Shakir (1952–1994), Pakistani poet, teacher and civil servant of the government of Pakistan
William Shakespeare (c. 1564–1616), English poet and playwright
Tupac Shakur (1971–1996), US rapper, actor and black activist
Otep Shamaya (born 1979), US singer-songwriter, actress and poet
Ahmad Shamlou (1925–2000), Iranian poet, Persian poet
Paata Shamugia (born 1983), Georgian poet
Ntozake Shange (1948–2018), US playwright and poet
Jon Beck Shank (1919–1977), US poet and teacher
Jo Shapcott (born 1953), English poet, editor and lecturer
Karl Shapiro (1913–2000), US poet; US Poet Laureate, 1946–1947
Sanu Sharma Nepalese Australian novelist, writer, poet, lyricist
Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970), US poet
Luci Shaw (born 1928), English-born Christian poet
Muhannad Al-Shawi (born 1974), Iraqi poet
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English Romantic poet
William Shenstone (1714–1763), English poet
Bhupi Sherchan (1935–1989), Nepalese poet
Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), Ukrainian poet and artist
Mustafa Sheykhoghlu (1340/1341 – 1410), Turkish poet and translator
Masaoka Shiki (1867–1902), Japanese author, poet and literary critic
Hovhannes Shiraz (1915–1984), Armenian poet
James Shirley (1596–1666), English dramatist
Avraham Shlonsky (1900–1973), Israeli poet and editor
Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586), English poet, courtier and soldier
Eli Siegel (1902–1978), Latvian-US poet, critic and philosopher
Robert Siegel (1939–2012), US poet and novelist
August Silberstein (1827–1900), Austro-Hungarian poet and writer in German
Jon Silkin (1930–1997), English poet
Hilda Siller (1861–1945), American poet and short story writer
Ron Silliman (born 1946), US poet of Language poetry
Shel Silverstein (1930–1999), US poet, musician and children's writer
Simeon Simev (born 1949), Macedonian poet, essayist and journalist
Charles Simic (born 1938), Serbian-US poet; US Poet Laureate, 2007–2008
Simonides of Ceos (c. 556–468 BCE), Greek lyric poet, born at Ioulis on Kea
Louis Simpson (1923–2012), Jamaican poet
Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000), US poet, novelist and story writer; South Carolina Poet Laureate, 1986–2000
Burns Singer (1928–1964), US poet raised in Scotland
Marilyn Singer (born 1948), US children's writer and poet
Ervin Šinko (1898–1967), Croatian-Hungarian poet and prose writer
Lemn Sissay (born 1967), English author and broadcaster
Charles Hubert Sisson (1914–2003), English poet and translator
Edith Sitwell (1887–1964), English poet and critic; eldest of three literary Sitwells
Sjón (born 1962), Icelandic author and poet

Sk–Sp

Egill Skallagrímsson (c. 910 – c. 990), Viking Age poet, warrior and farmer, protagonist of Egil's Saga
John Skelton (1460–1529), English poet
Sasha Skenderija (born 1968), Bosnian-US poet
Ed Skoog (born 1971), US poet
Jan Stanisław Skorupski (born 1938), Polish poet, essayist and esperantist
Pencho Slaveykov (1866–1912), Bulgarian poet
Petko Slaveykov (1827–1895), Bulgarian poet, publicist and folklorist
Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971), Australian poet and journalist
Anton Martin Slomšek (1800–1862), Slovene bishop, author and culture advocate
Antoni Słonimski (1895–1976), Polish poet, playwright and artist
Michaël Slory (1935–2018), Surinamese poet in Sranan Tongo, also in English, Dutch and Spanish
Juliusz Słowacki (1809–1849), Polish Romantic poet
Boris Slutsky (1919–1986), Russian poet
Christopher Smart (1722–1771), English poet and playwright
Hristo Smirnenski (1898–1923), Bulgarian poet and writer
Bruce Smith (born 1946), US poet
Charlotte Smith (1749–1806), English Romantic poet and novelist
Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961), US poet, sculptor and author
Margaret Smith (born 1958), US poet, musician and artist
Patti Smith (born 1946), US singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist
Stevie Smith (1902–1971), English poet and novelist
Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915–1975), Scottish poet in Braid Scots
Tracy K. Smith (born 1972), US poet
William Jay Smith (1918–2015), US poet; US Poet Laureate 1968–1970
Tobias Smollett (1721–1771), Scottish poet and author
William De Witt Snodgrass (1926–2009), US poet
Gary Snyder (born 1930), US poet, essayist and environmentalist
Edith Södergran (1892–1923), Finnish poet in Swedish
Sōgi (1421–1502), Japanese waka and renga poet
David Solway (born 1941), Canadian poet, educational theorist and travel writer
Marie-Ange Somdah (born 1959), Burkinabe poet and writer
William Somervile (1675–1742), English poet
Sophocles (c. 496–406 BCE), Athenian tragedian
Charles Sorley (1895–1915), English war poet
Gary Soto (born 1952), Mexican-US author and poet
William Soutar (1898–1943), Scottish poet in English and Braid Scots
Caroline Anne Southey (1786–1854), English poet
Robert Southey (1774–1843), English Romantic poet and UK Poet Laureate, 1813–1843
Robert Southwell (1561–1595), English Catholic Jesuit priest, poet and clandestine missionary
Wole Soyinka (born 1934), Nigerian poet and playwright and poet; 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature
Bernard Spencer (1909–1963), English poet, translator and editor
Stephen Spender (1909–1995), English poet, novelist, and essayist; US Poet Laureate 1965–66
Edmund Spenser (1552–1599), English poet

St–Sz

Edward Stachura (1937–1979), poet, prose writer and translator
Leopold Staff (1878–1957), Polish poet
William Stafford (1914–1993), US poet and pacifist; US Poet Laureate 1970–1971
A. E. Stallings (born 1968), US poet and translator
Jon Stallworthy (1935–2014), English academic, poet and literary critic
Harold Standish (1919–1972), Canadian poet and novelist
Nichita Stănescu (1933–1983), Romanian poet
Ann Stanford (1916–1987), US poet
Anna Stanisławska (1651–1701), Polish poet
George Starbuck (1931–1996), US neo-Formalist poet
Andrzej Stasiuk (born 1960), Polish poet and novelist
Statius (c. 45–96, CE), Roman poet
Christian Karlson Stead, ONZ, CBE (born 1932), New Zealand novelist, poet and critic
Stesichorus (c. 640–555 BCE), Greek lyric poet
Joseph Stefan (1835–1893), Carinthian Slovenes physicist, mathematician and poet in Austria
Stefan Stefanović (1807–1828), Serbian poet
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), US modernist in prose and poetry
Eric Stenbock (1860–1895), Baltic German poet and writer of fantastic fiction
Mattie Stepanek (1990–2004), US poet and advocate
Shelby Stephenson (born 1938), US poet, North Carolina Poet Laureate.
George Stepney (1663–1707), English poet and diplomat
George Sterling (1869–1926), US poet and playwright, author of "A Wine of Wizardry"
Anatol Stern (1899–1968), Polish poet and art critic
Gerald Stern (1925–2022), US poet
Marinko Stevanović (born 1961), Bosnian poet
C. J. Stevens (1927–2021), US writer of poetry, fiction and biography
Wallace Stevens (1880–1955), US modernist poet
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer
Margo Taft Stever, US poet
Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904), US classical scholar and poet
James Still (1906–2001), US poet, novelist and folklorist
Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1828–1878), Serbian poet
Dejan Stojanović (born 1959), Serbian-US poet, writer and philosopher
Donna J. Stone (1933–1994), US poet and philanthropist
Ruth Stone (1915–2011), US poet, author and teacher
Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born 1968), US poet and editor
Edward Storer (1880–1944), English writer, translator and poet linked with Imagism
Theodor Storm (1817–1888), German writer and poet
Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938), Latin US Modernist poet
Mark Strand (1934–2014), Canadian-born US poet, essayist and translator; US Poet Laureate, 1990–1991
Botho Strauß (born 1944), German playwright, poet and novelist
Joseph Stroud (born 1943), US poet
Jesse Stuart (1907–1984), US writer of fiction and poetry
Jacquie Sturm (born Te Kare Papuni) (1927–2009), New Zealand poet, fiction writer and librarian

Su Shi (1037–1101), Song dynasty writer, poet and artist
Su Xiaoxiao (died c. 501 CE), courtesan and poet under Southern Qi dynasty
Allamraju Subrahmanyakavi (1831–1892), Indian Telugu poet
Sir John Suckling (1609–1642), English poet and inventor of card game cribbage
Suleiman the Magnificent (1494–1566), Islamic poet and Ottoman ruler
Robert Sullivan (born 1967), New Zealand Māori poet, academic and editor
Jovan Sundečić (1825–1900), Serbian poet
Cemal Süreya (1931–1990), Turkish poet and writer
Abhi Subedi (born 1945), Nepalese poet, playwright and critic
Pingali Surana (16th c.), Telugu poet
Robert Sward (1933–2022), US and Canadian poet and novelist
Cole Swensen (born 1955), US poet, translator and copywriter
Karen Swenson (born 1936), US poet
May Swenson (1913–1989), US poet and playwright
Marcin Świetlicki (born 1961), Polish poet, prose writer and musician
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist and pamphleteer
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909), English poet, playwright and novelist
Anna Świrszczyńska (also Anna Swir) (1909–1984), Polish poet
Joshua Sylvester (1563–1618), English poet
Arthur William Symons (1865–1945), English poet, critic and editor
John Millington Synge (1871–1909), Irish dramatist, poet and folklore collector
Władysław Syrokomla (1823–1862), Polish poet and translator in Russian Empire
Lőrinc Szabó (1900–1957), Hungarian poet and literary translator
Fruzina Szalay (1864–1926), Hungarian poet and translator
Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński (c. 1550 – c. 1581), poet in Polish and Latin
Arthur Sze (born 1950), Chinese US poet
Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869), Hungarian poet and politician
Gyula Szentessy (1870–1905), Hungarian poet
George Szirtes (born 1948), Hungary-born British poet and translator
Janusz Szpotański (1929–2001), Polish poet, satirist and translator
Włodzimierz Szymanowicz (1946–1967), Polish poet and painter
Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012), Polish poet, essayist and translator; 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature
Szymon Szymonowic (1558–1629), Polish poet

T

Ta–Te

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), Bengali polymath; 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature
Judit Dukai Takách (Malvina, 1795–1836), Hungarian poet
Bogi Takács (born 1983), Hungarian poet and fiction writer in US
Kyoshi Takahama (1874–1959), Japanese poet
Taliesin (fl. 6th c.), British poet of post-Roman period
Meary James Thurairajah Tambimuttu (1915–1983), Tamil poet, editor and critic
Maxim Tank (1912–1996), Belarus poet
Tao Qian (365–427), Chinese poet
Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan (born 1976), Macedonian poet, essayist and literary critic
Alain Tasso (born 1962), Franco-Lebanese poet, painter and critic
Torquato Tasso (1544–1595), Italian poet
Allen Tate (1899–1979), US poet, essayist and commentator; US Poet Laureate 1943–1944
James Tate (1943–2015), US poet
Emma Tatham (1829–1855), English poet
Tracey Tawhiao (born 1967), New Zealand Maori poet and artist
Apirana Taylor (born 1955), New Zealand poet, novelist and storyteller
Edward Taylor (c. 1642–1729), colonial American poet, physician and pastor
Emily Taylor (1795–1872), English poet and children's writer
Henry Taylor (1800–1886), English poet and dramatist
Henry S. Taylor (born 1942), US poet
Jane Taylor (1783–1824), English poet and novelist
Sara Teasdale (1884–1933), US lyric poet
Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621–1675), Sikh Guru and Punjabi poet
Telesilla (fl. 510 BCE), Greek poet
Raipiyel Tennakoon (1899–1965), Sri Lankan poet
William Tennant (1784–1848), Scottish scholar and poet
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), English poet; Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 1850–1892
Vahan Terian (1885–1920), Armenian poet, lyricist and public activist
Elaine Terranova (born 1939), US poet
Lucy Terry (c. 1730–1821), African-US poet; author of oldest known work by African American
A. S. J. Tessimond (1902–1962), English poet
Neyzen Tevfik (1879–1953), Turkish poet, satirist and performer

Th–To

Kálmán Thaly (1839–1909), Hungarian poet and politician
Ernest Thayer (1863–1940), US writer and poet
John Thelwall (1764–1834), English poet and essayist
Theocritus (fl. 3rd c. BCE), Greek bucolic poet
Antony Theodore (born 1954), German pastor poet and educator
Jan Theuninck (born 1954), Belgian painter and poet
Nandi Thimmana (15th – 16th cc.), Telugu poet
Thiruvalluvar (around 31 BCE), Tamil poet and philosopher
Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), Welsh poet and writer in English
Edward Thomas (1878–1917), Welsh poet and essayist in English
Lorenzo Thomas (1944–2005), US poet and critic
R. S. Thomas (1913–2000), Welsh poet in English and Anglican priest
John Thompson (1938–1976), English-born Canadian poet
John Reuben Thompson (1823–1873), US poet, journalist, editor and publisher
Francis Thompson (1859–1907), English poet and ascetic
James Thomson (1700–1748), Scottish poet and playwright
James Thomson (Bysshe Vanolis, 1834–1882), Scottish Victorian poet
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), US author, poet and philosopher
Georg Thurmair (1909–1984), German poet and hymn writer
Maria Luise Thurmair (1918–2005), German poet and hymn writer
Joseph Thurston (1704–1732), English poet
Anthony Thwaite (1930–2021), English poet and writer
Tibullus (c. 54–19 BCE), Latin poet and elegy writer
Chidiock Tichborne (1558–1586), English conspirator and poet
Thomas Tickell (1685–1740), English poet and man of letters
Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853), German poet, translator, editor and critic
Tikkana (1205–1288), Telugu poet, translator of Mahabharata
Gary Tillery (born 1947), US writer, poet and artist
Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade (1920–1973), Somali poet
Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki (born 1962), Polish poet
Nick Toczek (born 1950), English writer, poet and broadcaster
Melvin B. Tolson (1898–1966), US Modernist poet, educator and columnist
Charles Tomlinson (1927–2015), English poet and translator
Jean Toomer (1894–1967), US poet and novelist
Mihály Tompa (1819–1868), Hungarian poet and pastor
Álvaro Torres-Calderón (born 1975), Peruvian poet
Kálmán Tóth (1831–1881), Hungarian poet
Krisztina Tóth (born 1967), Hungarian poet and translator
Sándor Tóth (1939–2019), Hungarian poet and journalist
Cyril Tourneur (1575–1626), English poetic dramatist
Ann Townsend (born 1962), US poet and essayist

Tr–Tz

Thomas Traherne (1636/1637–1674), English poet, clergyman and religious writer
Georg Trakl (1887–1914), Austrian Expressionist poet
Chrysanthemum Tran, Vietnamese-American poet
Elizabeth Treadwell (born 1967), US poet
Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972), French Canadian writer and poet
William S. Tribell (born 1977), US poet
Duško Trifunović (1933–2006), Serbian poet and writer
Calvin Trillin (born 1935), US humorist, poet and novelist
Geeta Tripathee (born 1972), Nepali poet, lyricist, essayist and scholar
Suryakant Tripathi (1896–1961), Indian poet in Hindi and Bengali
Quincy Troupe (born 1939), US poet, editor and professor
Tõnu Trubetsky (Tony Blackplait) (born 1963), Estonian glam punk musician and poet
Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941), Russian/Soviet poet
Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935), German-Jewish journalist, satirist and writer
Charlotte Maria Tucker (1821–1893), English poet and religious writer
Tulsidas (1497/1532–1623), Hindu poet-saint, reformer and philosopher
Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869–1923), Armenian writer and public activist
Ğabdulla Tuqay (1886–1913), Tatar poet, critic and publisher
George Turberville (c. 1540 – c. 1597), English poet
Charles Tennyson Turner (1808–1879), English poet, elder brother of Alfred Tennyson
Julian Turner (born 1955), English poet and mental health worker
Thomas Tusser (1524–1580), English poet and farmer
Hone Tuwhare (1922–2008), New Zealand Māori poet
Julian Tuwim (1894–1953), Polish poet of Jewish descent
Jan Twardowski (1915–2006), Polish poet and priest
Chase Twichell (born 1950), US poet, professor and publisher
Pontus de Tyard (c. 1521–1605), French poet and priest
Fyodor Tyutchev (1803–1873), Russian Romantic poet
Tristan Tzara (1896–1963), Romanian and French avant-garde poet and performance artist

U

Kornel Ujejski (1823–1897), Polish poet and political writer
Erzsi Újvári (1899–1940), Hungarian poet
Laura Ulewicz (1930–2007), US beat poet
Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha (1885–1945), Telugu poet
Jeff Unaegbu (born 1979), Nigerian writer, actor and documentary film maker
Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936), Spanish essayist, novelist and poet
Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888–1970), Italian poet, critic and academic
Abul Qasim Hasan Unsuri Balkhi (died 1039/1040) Persian poet
Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977), US poet, anthologist and critic; US Poet Laureate 1961–1962
John Updike (1932–2009), US novelist, poet and critic
Allen Upward (1863–1926), Irish-English Imagist poet and teacher
Uthman Mukhtari (1074–1118), Persian poet
Amy Uyematsu (1947–2023), Japanese-US poet

V

János Vajda (1827–1897), Hungarian poet and journalist
Paul Valéry (1871–1945), French Symbolist author and poet
Alfonso Vallejo (1943–2021), Spanish artist, playwright and poet
César Vallejo (1892–1938), Peruvian poet, writer and playwright
Jean-Pierre Vallotton (born 1955), French-Swiss poet and writer
Valmiki poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature
Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931), US haiku poet, editor and archivist
Mona Van Duyn (1921–2004), US poet; US Poet Laureate 1992–1993
Lin Van Hek (born 1944), Australian poet, writer and fashion designer
Nikola Vaptsarov (1909–1942), Bulgarian poet
Varand (born 1954), Armenian poet, writer and professor of literature
Mahadevi Varma (1907–1987), Indian poet writing in Hindi
Dimitris Varos (1949–2017), modern Greek poet, journalist and photographer
Henry Vaughan (1621–1695), Welsh author, physician and metaphysical poet
Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1509–1556), English poet
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877–1968), African-American poet, painter and sculptor
Joana Vaz (c. 1500 – after 1570), Portuguese poet and courtier
Vazha-Pshavela (aka Luka Razikashvili) (1861–1915), Georgian poet and writer
Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003), US poet and educator
Ivan Vazov (1850–1921), Bulgarian poet, novelist and playwright
Attila Végh (born 1962), Hungarian poet and philosopher
Maffeo Vegio (Latin: Maphaeus Vegius) (1407–1458), Italian poet in Latin
Vemana (aka Kumaragiri Vema Reddy), Indian Telugu poet
Gavril Stefanović Venclović (fl. 1680–1749), Serbian priest, writer, poet and illuminator
Helen Vendler (born 1933), US poetry critic and professor
Jacint Verdaguer (1845–1902), Catalan poet in Spain
Paul Verlaine (1844–1896), French poet associated with Symbolist movement
Paul Vermeersch (born 1973), Canadian poet
Veturi (1936–2010), Telugu poet and songwriter
Francis Vielé-Griffin (1864–1937), French symbolist poet
Peter Viereck (1916–2006), US poet, professor and political thinker
Gilles Vigneault (born 1928), Canadian Quebecois poet, publisher and singer-songwriter
Judit Vihar (born 1944), Hungarian poet and literary historian
Jose Garcia Villa (1908–1997), Philippines poet, literary critic and painter
Xavier Villaurrutia (1903–1950), Mexican poet and playwright
François Villon (c. 1431–1464), French poet, thief and barroom brawler
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro; 70–19 BCE), ancient Roman poet
Roemer Visscher (1547–1620), Dutch writer and poet
Mihály Csokonai Vitéz (1773–1805), Hungarian poet
Mihailo Vitković (1778–1829), Hungarian poet in Serbian and lawyer
Walther von der Vogelweide (c. 1170 – c. 1230), celebrated Middle High German lyric poet
Vincent Voiture (1597–1648), French poet
Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) (1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer
Joost van den Vondel (1587–1679), Dutch playwright and poet
Andrei Voznesensky (1933–2010), Soviet Russian poet
Stanko Vraz (1810–1851), Croatian-Slovenian language poet
Vyasa, considered author of Mahabharata and some Vedas

W

Wa–Wh

Wace (c. 1110 – post-1174), Norman poet
Sidney Wade (born 1951), US poet and professor
John Wain (1925–1994), English poet, novelist and critic
Diane Wakoski (born 1937), US poet linked with deep image, confessional and Beat generation poets
Derek Walcott (1930–2017), Saint Lucia poet and playwright; 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature
Anne Waldman (born 1945), US poet
Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935), German-US poet, translator and publisher
Arthur Waley (1889–1966), English orientalist and Sinologist, poet and translator
Alice Walker (born 1944), US author, poet and activist
Margaret Walker (1915–1998), African-US writer
Edmund Waller (1606–1687), English poet and politician
Martin Walser (born 1927), German writer
Robert Walser (1878–1956), German-speaking Swiss writer
Wan Shenzi (1856–1923), Chinese couplet writer
Connie Wanek (born 1952), US poet
Wang Wei (王維, 701–761), Tang dynasty Chinese poet, musician and painter
Wang Wei (王微, 1597–1647), Chinese priestess and poet
Emily Warn, US poet
Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893–1978), English novelist and poet
Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989), US poet, novelist and critic
Lewis Warsh (1944–1920), US poet, writer and visual artist
Thomas Warton (1728–1790), English literary historian, critic and poet
Albert Wass (1908–1998), Hungarian poet and novelist exiled in US
Aleksander Wat (1900–1967), Polish poet and memoirist
Vernon Watkins (1906–1967), Welsh poet, translator and painter
Thomas Watson (1555–1592), English lyric poet in English and Latin
Samuel Wagan Watson (born 1972), Australian poet
George Watsky (born 1986), US poet and rapper
Barrett Watten (born 1948), US poet, editor and educator linked with Language poets
Isaac Watts (1674–1748), English hymnist and logician
Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832–1914), English critic and poet
Tom Wayman (born 1945), Canadian poet, author and educator
Adam Ważyk (1905–1982), Polish poet and essayist
Francis Webb (1925–1973), Australian poet
John Webster (c. 1580 – c. 1634), English dramatist
Rebecca Wee, US poet and professor
Hannah Weiner (1928–1997), US Language poet
Sándor Weöres (1913–1989), Hungarian poet and translator
Wei Yingwu (737–792), Chinese poet
Wen Yiduo (1899–1946), Chinese poet
Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958), US poet; South Carolina Poet Laureate
Charles Wesley (1707–1788), English Methodist leader and hymnist
Gilbert West (1703–1756), English poet, translator and Christian apologist
Philip Whalen (1923–2002), US poet, Zen Buddhist and figure in San Francisco Renaissance
Franz Werfel (1890–1945), Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet
Johan Herman Wessel (1742–1785), Norwegian-Danish poet
Mary Whateley (1738–1825), English poet and playwright
Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784), first African-US poet
Billy Edd Wheeler (born 1932), US songwriter, performer and poet
E.B. White (1899–1985), US essayist, author and humorist
Henry Kirke White (1785–1806), English poet
James L. White (1936–1981), US poet, editor and teacher
Robert Whitehall (1624–1685), English poet
Walt Whitman (1819–1892), US poet, essayist and humanist
Isabella Whitney (fl. 1567–1573), English poet
Reed Whittemore (1919–2012), US poet, biographer and critic
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892), US poet

Wi–Wy

Anna Wickham (Edith Alice Mary Harper) (1884–1947), English poet raised in Australia
Les Wicks (born 1955), Australian poet, publisher and editor
Ulrika Widström (1764–1841), Swedish poet and translator
John Wieners (1934–2002), US lyric poet
Kazimierz Wierzyński (1894–1969), Polish poet and journalist
Richard Wilbur (1921–2017), US poet; US Poet Laureate 1987–1988
Peter Wild (1940–2009), US poet and historian
Jane Wilde (1826–1896), Irish poet and nationalist
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Irish writer, playwright and poet
John Wilkinson (born 1953), English poet
William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071–1126), earliest troubadour poet whose work survives
Aeneas Francon Williams (1886–1971), Anglo-Scottish poet, writer and missionary
Emmett Williams (1925–2007), US poet and visual artist
Jonathan Williams (1929–2008), US poet, publisher and essayist
Heathcote Williams (1941–2017), English poet, political activist and dramatist
Miller Williams (1930–2015), US poet, translator and editor
Oscar Williams (1900–1964), Jewish Ukrainian-US anthologist and poet
Saul Williams (born 1972), African-US singer, poet, writer and actor
Sherley Anne Williams (1944–1999), African-US poet, novelist and social critic
Waldo Williams (1904–1971), Welsh poet in Welsh
William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), poet and physician linked with modernism and imagism
William Williams Pantycelyn (1717–1791), Welsh poet and hymnist
Clive Wilmer (born 1945), English poet
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647–1680), English poet, courtier and satirist
Eleanor Wilner (born 1937), US poet and editor
Anne Elizabeth Wilson (1901–1946), US-born Canadian poet, writer, editor
Peter Lamborn Wilson (Hakim Bey, 1945–2022), US political and cultural writer, essayist and poet
Christian Wiman (born 1966), US poet and editor
David Wingate (1828–1892), Scottish poet
Yvor Winters (1900–1968), US poet and literary critic
George Wither (1588–1667), English poet, pamphleteer and satirist
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy, 1885–1939), Polish poet, writer and philosopher
Stefan Witwicki (1801–1847), Polish poet
Woeser (born 1966), Tibetan activist, poet and essayist
Rafał Wojaczek (1945–1971), Polish poet
Grażyna Wojcieszko (born 1957), Polish poet and essayist
Christa Wolf (1929–2011), German literary critic, novelist and poet
Charles Wolfe (1791–1823), Irish poet
Hans Wollschläger (1935–2007), German writer, translator and historian
Sholeh Wolpe (born 1962), Iranian-US poet, literary translator and playwright
Maryla Wolska (Iwo Płomieńczyk, 1873–1930), Polish poet
George Woodcock (1912–1995), Canadian poet and writer of biography and history
Gregory Woods (born 1953), English poet who grew up in Ghana
Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855), English author, poet and diarist; sister of William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth (1770–1850), English Romantic poet
Philip Stanhope Worsley (1835–1866), English poet
Carolyn D. Wright (1949–2016), US poet
Charles Wright (born 1935), US poet; 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
David Wright (1920–1994), South African-born poet and author
Franz Wright (1953–2015), US poet, son of James Wright; 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
James Wright (1927–1980), US poet, father of Franz Wright
Jay Wright (born 1935), African-US poet, playwright and essayist
Judith Wright (1915–2000), Australian poet and environmentalist
Lady Mary Wroth (1587 – c. 1651), English poet
Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542), English ambassador and lyric poet
Józef Wybicki (1747–1822), Polish poet and national-anthem writer
Elinor Wylie (1885–1928), US poet and novelist
Hedd Wyn (1887–1917), Welsh poet in Welsh
Edward Alexander Wyon (1842–1872), English architect and poet
Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907), Polish poet, playwright and painter

X

Xenokleides (4th c. BCE), Athenian poet
Xin Qiji (1140–1207), Chinese poet
Cali Xuseen Xirsi (also Yam Yam) (1946–2005), Somali poet active in 1960s
Xu Pei (born 1966), Chinese-born German poet
Xu Zhimo (1897–1931), Chinese poet
Halima Xudoyberdiyeva (1947–2018), Uzbek poet

Y

Jūkichi Yagi (1898–1927), Japanese religious poet
Leo Yankevich (born 1961), US poet and editor
Peyo Yavorov (1878–1914), Bulgarian Symbolist poet
Raushan Yazdani (1918–1967), Bengali poet and researcher
W. B. Yeats (1865–1939), Irish poet; 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature
Sergei Yesenin (1895–1925), Russian lyrical poet
Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933–2017), Soviet Russian poet, dramatist and film director
Yi Suhyeong (1435–1528), politician and Confucian scholar, writer, and poet
Lin Yining (1655 – c. 1730), Chinese poet, painter and composer
Akiko Yosano (1878–1942), Japanese poet, feminist and pacifist
Nima Yooshij (1895–1960), Iranian poet, Persian poet
Andrew Young (1885–1971), Scottish poet and clergyman
Edward Young (1681–1765), English poet
Ian Young (born 1945), English/Canadian poet
Kevin Young (born 1970), US poet and teacher
Marguerite Young (1908–1995), US author of poetry, fiction and non-fiction
Simpson Charles Younger (1850–1943), baseball player, soldier during the American Civil War, civil rights campaigner, and poet
A. W. Yrjänä (Aki Ville Yrjänä; born 1967), Finnish poet, musician and songwriter
Yuan Mei (1716–1797), Chinese poet, scholar and gastronome

Z

Tymon Zaborowski (1799–1828), Polish poet
Adam Zagajewski (1945–2021), Polish poet, novelist and essayist
Józef Bohdan Zaleski (1802–1886), Polish poet
Wacław Michał Zaleski (1799–1849), Polish poet, critic and politician
Esperanza Zambrano (1901–1992), Mexican poet
Alessio Zanelli (born 1963), Italian poet in English
Andrea Zanzotto (1921–2011), Italian poet
Matthew Zapruder (born 1967), US poet, translator and professor
Marya Zaturenska (1902–1982), US lyric poet
Kazimiera Zawistowska (1870–1902), Polish poet and translator
Abd al-Wahhab Abu Zayd (living), Saudi poet and translator
Piotr Zbylitowski (1569–1649), Polish poet and courtier
Katarzyna Ewa Zdanowicz-Cyganiak (born 1979), Polish poet and journalist
Mao Zedong (1893-1976), Chinese poet, politician, political theorist, military strategist, revolutionary, and founder of the People's Republic of China
Emil Zegadłowicz (1888–1941), Polish poet, playwright and translator
Ludwig Zeller (1927-2019), poeta chileno
Robert Zend (1929-1985), poeta, escritor de ficción y artista húngaro-canadiense
Benjamin Zephaniah (1958-2023), escritor inglés, poeta dub y rastafari
Hristofor Zhefarovich (c. 1690–1753), pintor, escritor y poeta serbio
Calvin Ziegler (1854-1930), poeta germano-estadounidense de lengua holandesa de Pensilvania
Narcyza Żmichowska (Gabryella, 1819-1876), poeta y novelista polaca
Radovan Zogović (1907-1986), poeta serbio/montenegrino
Miklós Zrínyi (1620-1664), poeta y estadista húngaro
Zuhayr ibn Abī Sūlmā (520–609), poeta árabe preislámico
Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978), poeta objetivista estadounidense
Jerzy Żuławski (1874-1915), poeta, novelista y filósofo polaco
Juliusz Żuławski (1910-1999), poeta, crítico y traductor polaco
Ulrico Zwinglio (1484-1531), poeta suizo, compositor de himnos y líder de la Reforma
Eugeniusz Żytomirski (1911-1975), poeta, dramaturgo y novelista polaco en Rusia y Canadá

Referencias

^ Omar, Mohamed (2001). La lucha en el Cuerno de África . p. 402. Esta carta es enviada por todos los derviches, el emir y todos los dolbahanta al gobernante de Berbera... Somos un gobierno, tenemos un sultán, un emir, jefes y súbditos... (respuesta) En su última carta, el mulá pretende hablar en nombre de los derviches, su emir (él mismo) y las tribus dolbahanta. En la carta pretendía establecerse como gobernante de los dolbahanta.
^ "Khadijah Ibrahim". Primera Historia . Consultado el 19 de diciembre de 2022 .