List of English language poets

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Poets who wrote or write much of their poetry in the English language.

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Harold Acton (1904-1994)
Gilbert Adair (born 1944)
Arthur Henry Adams (1872-1936)
Robert Adamson (1852-1902)
Fleur Adcock (born 1934)
Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
Mark Akenside (1721-1770)
James Alexander Allan (1889-1956)
Leslie Holdsworthy Allen (1879-1964)
Ethel Anderson (1883-1958)
Bruce Andrews (born 1948)
Maya Angelou (born 1928)
Rae Armantrout (born 1947)
Simon Armitage (born 1963)
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
John Ashbery (born 1927)
Thomas Ashe (1836-1889)
Thea Astley (1925-2004)
Edwin Atherstone (1788-1872)
Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915-1991)
W. H. Auden (1907-1973)
Albert Gordon Austin (1918-1990)
Pam Ayres (born 1947)
Sir Robert Ayton (1570-1638)
William Edmonstone Aytoun (1813-1865)

B

Ba

Joanna Baillie (1762-1851)
Kevin Bailey (born 1953}
David Ball (born 1959)
Jesse Ball (born 1978)
Lex Banning (born 1921)
Amiri Baraka (born 1934)
David Baratier (born 1970)
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825)
John Barbour (died 1395)
Les Barker (born 1947)
Richard Barnefield (1574-1627)
Djuna Barnes (1892-1982)
William Barnes (1801-1886)
Ken Barratt
Bernard Barton (1784-1849)
Todd Bash (born 1965)
David Bates (1809-1870)
H.E. Bates (1905-1974)
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
Arthur Bayldon (1865-1958)
William Baylebridge (1883-1942)

Be-Bo

Francis Beaumont (1586-1616)
Bruce Beaver (1928-2004)
Aphra Behn (1640-1689)
Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902-1981)
Bill Berkson (born 1939)
Charles Bernstein (born 1950)
Anselm Berrigan (born 1972)
Ted Berrigan (1934-1983)
Wendell Berry (born 1934)
John Berryman (1914-1972)
Joop Bersee (born 1958)
John Betjeman (1906-1984)
Maurice Biggs (born 1915)
Gary Bills (born 1964)
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
Samuel Bishop (1731-1795)
Thomas Blacklock (1721-1791)
Peter Bladen (1922-2001)
William Blake (1757-1827)
Susanna Blamire (1747-1794)
John Blight (1913-1995)
Mathilde Blind (1841-1896)
Edmund Blunden (1896-1974)
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840-1922)
Barcroft Boake (1866-1892)
George Henry Boker (1823-1890)
Eavan Boland (born 1944)
Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)
Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902-1973)
Mark Alexander Boyd (1563-1601)

Br-By

Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612-1672)
E. J. Brady (1869-1952)
Christopher Brennan (1870-1932)
John Le Gay Brereton (1871-1933)
Nicholas Breton (1542-1626)
Ken Brewer (1941-2006)
Robert Bridges (1844-1930)
Emily Brontë (1818-1848)
Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)
Sterling A. Brown (1901-1989)
Thomas Edward Brown (1830-1897)
Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705-1760)
William Browne (1588-1643)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
Robert Browning (1812-1889)
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
Vincent Buckley (1925-1988)
Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)
Basil Bunting (1900–1985)
Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)
Jim Burns
Richard Burns (1943)
Robert Burns (1759-1796)
William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824)

C

Ca-Ci

Cl

Co

Cr-Cu

George Crabbe (1754-1832)
Hart Crane, (1899-1932)
Richard Crashaw (1613-1649)
Thomas Creech (1659-1700)
George Croly (1780-1860)
William Crowe (1745-1829)
Aleister Crowley (1875-1947)
Andrew Crozier
Countee Cullen, (1903-1946)
E. E. Cummings (1894-1962)
Allan Cunningham (1784-1842)
Allen Curnow (1911-2001)

D

Da-Do

Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)
George Darley (1795-1846)
Tina Darragh
Robert von Dassanowsky (aka Robert Dassanowsky)
William Davenant (1606-1668)
John Davidson (1837-1909)
Michael Davidson
John Davies (1569-1626)
Thomas Osborne Davis (1814-1845)
Thomas Dekker (1575-1641)
John Denham (1615-1669)
Thomas Dermody (1775-1802)
William F. DeVault
Denis Devlin (1908-1959)
James Dickey (1923-1997)
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Ray DiPalma
Diane Di Prima
John Donne (1572-1631)
Keith Douglas (1920-1944)
Rita Dove
Ernest Dowson (1867-1900)
Francis Hastings Doyle (1810-1888)

Dr-Dy

Michael Drayton (1563-1631)
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585-1649)
John Dryden (1631-1700)
W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963)
Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955)
Charles Gavan Duffy (1816-1903)
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
William Dunbar (1465-1520)
Robert Duncan (1919-1988)
Douglas Dunn (born 1942)
Alan Dunnett
John Dyer
Bob Dylan (born 1941)

E

Richard Eberhart (1904-2005) (died at the three digit age of 101)
Richard Edwards (1523?-1566)
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)
Ebenezer Elliot (1781-1849)
Jean Elliot (1727-1805)
Ebenezer Elliott (1781-1849)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
William Empson (1906-1984)
Theodore Enslin (born 1925)
Sir George Etherege (1635-1691)
Mari Evans

F

G

Ga-Go

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

Gr-Gy

W. S. Graham
Richard Graves (1715-1804)
Robert Graves (1895-1985)
Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
Robert Greene (1560-1592)
Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (1554-1628)
Bill Griffiths (born 1948)
Nicholas Grimald (1519-1562)
Angelina Weld Grimke
Charlotte Forten Grimke
Barbara Guest
Edgar Guest, (1881-1959)
Arthur Guiterman (1871-1943)
Thom Gunn (1929-2004)
Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)
Brion Gysin (1916-1986)

H

Ha-He

Hi-Hu

Geoffrey Hill (born 1932)
James Hogg (1770-1835)
Jane Holland (born 1966)
Anselm Hollo
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894)
Thomas Hood (1798-1845)
A. D. Hope
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)
Frances Horovitz (1938-1983)
Michael Horovitz (Born 1935)
George Moses Horton
A. E. Housman, (1859-1936)
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547)
Fanny Howe
Susan Howe
Ada Verdun Howell
Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
Ted Hughes (1930-1998)
Richard Hugo (1923-1982)
Alexander Hume (1560-1609)
Leigh Hunt, (1784-1859)
Cynthia Huntington, (Born 1952)

I-J

P.Inman
Richard Jago, (1715-1781)
John James
Lisa Jarnot (born 1967)
Randall Jarrell (1914-1965)
Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962)
Fenton Johnson
Georgia Douglas Johnson
Helene Johnson (1906-1995)
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
David Jones
Erica Jong (born 1942)
Ben Jonson (1573-1637)
June Jordan (born 1936)
Jenny Joseph (born 1932)
James Joyce (1882-1941)
Trevor Joyce (born 1947)
Donald Justice (1925-2004)

K

Ilya Kaminsky
Bobbi Katz
Bob Kaufman
Jayne Fenton Keane
John Keats (1795-1821)
W.B. Keckler (born 1966)
Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy ('Woodbine Willy'; 1883-1929)
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
Sidney Keyes (1922-1943)
Keorapetse Kgositsile (born 1938)
Jack Kimball
Amy King
Henry King (1592-1669)
William King (1663-1712)
Galway Kinnell (born 1927)
John Kinsella
Thomas Kinsella (1927-)
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
Etheridge Knight
Kenneth Koch (1925-2002)
Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1948)
Karla Kuskin
Joanne Kyger

L

La-Le

Lo-Ly

Thomas Lodge (1556-1625)
Christopher Logue
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
Michael Longley
Luis A. López
Audre Lorde, (born 1934)
Richard Lovelace (1618-1658)
Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
Robert Lowell
Mina Loy
Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836-1870)
John Lydgate (1370-1450)
John Lyly (1553-1606)
George Lyttelton, Lord Lyttelton (1709-1773)

M

Ma

Mc-Mi

Mo-Mu

Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, (1661-1715)
Marianne Moore, (1887-1972)
Robin Moore, (1954- )
Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Barbara Moraff
Edythe Morahan de Lauzon
Edwin Morgan
Mervyn Morris
Tony Morris (1938- )
William Morris (1834-1896)
James Douglas Morrison (1943-1971)
Andrew Motion
Eric Mottram
Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
Laura Mullen
Harryette Mullen
Anthony Munday (1553-1633)
Les Murray (born 1938)

N-O

P

Ruth Padel (born 1947)
Ron Padgett
Nettie Palmer
Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
Thomas Parnell (1670-1718)
Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972)
Brian Patten (born 1946)
Ian Patterson
Andrew Barton "Banjo' Paterson (1864-1941)
Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866)
Ted Pearson
George Peel (1558-1597)
Simon Perchik (born 1923)
Sam Pereira
Ambrose Philips
Tom Pickard (born 1946)
Robert Pinsky (born 1940)
Ruth Pitter (1897-1992)
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Jack Prelutsky
Matthew Prior (1664-1721)
J. H. Prynne

Q

Francis Quarles (1592-1644)

R

Ra-Ri

Craig Raine (born 1944)
Kathleen Raine (1908-2003)
Carl Rakosi (1903-2004)
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618)
Dudley Randall (1914-2000)
Julia Randall (1924-2005)
Elaine Randell
Thomas Randolph (1605-1635)
John Crowe Ransome (1888-1974)
Tom Raworth (born 1938)
Henry Reed (1914-1986)
Ishmael Reed
Joan Retallack
Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982)
Charles Reznikoff (1894-1976)
Adrienne Rich (born 1929)
Lola Ridge (1873-1941)
Denise Riley
John Riley
Peter Riley

Ro

S

Sa-Si

Blanaid Salkeld (1880-1959)
Sonia Sanchez
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
May Sarton (1912-1995)
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Maurice Scully
Sir Charles Sedley (1639-1701)
Nina Serrano, (born 1934)
Robert W. Service
Anne Sexton (1928-1974)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Tupac Shakur (1971-1996)
Ntozake Shange, (born 1948)
Jo Shapcott
Karl Shapiro (1913-2000)
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
William Shenstone
James Shirley (1596-1666)
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)
Eli Siegel (1902-1978)
Ron Silliman (born 1946)
Shel Silverstein (1930-1999)
Colin Simms
Iain Sinclair
Edith Sitwell (1887-1964)

Sk-Sq

St-Sy

T-V

F.W. Tancred
Dorothea Tanning (born 1910)
Allen Tate (1899-1979)
Edward Taylor (1645-1729)
Sara Teasdale
Alfred Tennyson, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
Lucy Terry
Celia Thaxter, (1824-1894)
Ernest Thayer, (1863-1940)
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
Edward Thomas (1878-1917)
R.S. Thomas (1913-2000)
Francis Thompson (1859-1907)
James Thomson (B.V.) (1834-1882)
James Thomson (Seasons)
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
Chidiock Tichborne (1558-1586)
Thomas Tickell
Melvin B. Tolson
Jean Toomer
Rodrigo Toscano
Thomas Traherne
Quincy Troupe
Gael Turnbull
Hone Tuwhare (born 1922)
Allen Upward, Imagist
Henry Vaughan (1621-1695)
Janine Pommy Vega

W

Wa-We

Wh-Wy

Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)
James M. Whitfield
Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
Richard Wilbur
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
John Wilkinson
William of Shoreham (14th century)
Hugo Williams
Oscar Williams
Saul Williams
Sherley Anne Williams
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
Elizabeth Willis
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647-1680)
Terence Winch
George Wither (1588-1667)
Charles Wolfe (1791-1823)
Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855)
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639)
C. D. Wright
Judith Wright
Robert Wrigley (born 1951)
Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542)

Y-Z

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Edward Young, (1683-1765)
Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958)
Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978)

See also

pl:Pisarze i poeci anglojęzyczni sv:Lista över engelskspråkiga poeter

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