List of English language poets

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

• Harold Acton (1904-1994)
• Fleur Adcock (born 1934)
• Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
• Mark Akenside (1721-1770)
• Maya Angelou (born 1928)
• Simon Armitage (born 1963)
• Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
• John Ashbery (born 1927)
• Thomas Ashe (1836-1889)
• W. H. Auden (1907-1973)
• Sir Robert Ayton (1570-1638)
• Joanna Baillie (1762-1851)
• Amiri Baraka (born 1934)
• Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825)
• John Barbour (died 1395)
• Richard Barnefield (1574-1627)
• William Barnes (1801-1886)
• James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
• Francis Beaumont (1586-1616)
• Aphra Behn (1640-1689)
• Gwendolyn B. Bennett
• John Berryman
• John Betjeman (1906-1984)
• Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
• William Blake (1757-1827)
• Edmund Blunden
• Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840-1922)
• Eavan Boland (born 1944)
• Arna Wendell Bontemps
• Marx Alexander Boyd (1563-1601)
• Nicholas Breton (1542-1626)
• Robert Bridges (1844-1930)
• Emily Brontë (1818-1848)
• Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)
• Gwendolyn Brooks, (born 1917)
• Sterling A. Brown
• Thomas Edward Brown (1830-1897)
• William Browne (1588-1643)
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
• Robert Browning (1812-1889)
• Basil Bunting (1900–1985)
• Robert Burns (1759-1796)
• William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)
• George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824)
• Charles Stuart Calverley (1831-1884)
• Thomas Campbell (1774-1844)
• Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
• Mary Wedderburn Cannan (1893-1973)
• Thomas Carew (1595-1639)
• Henry Carey (1693-1743)
• Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
• William Cartwright (1611-1643)
• Charles Causley
• George Chapman (1560-1634)
• Geoffrey Chaucer (ca.1343-1400)
• John Clare (1793-1864)
• Austin Clarke (1986-1974)
• Michelle Cliff
• Lucille Clifton
• Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861)
• Brian Coffey (1905-1995)
• Wanda Coleman
• Hartley Coleridge (1796-1849)
• Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861-1907)
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
• Billy Collins
• William Collins (1721-1759)
• William Congreve (1670-1729)
• Henry Constable (1562-1613)
• Wendy Cope
• James D. Corrothers
• Jayne Cortez
• Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)
• William Cowper (1731-1800)
• George Crabbe (1754-1832)
• Hart Crane, (1899-1932)
• Richard Crashaw (1613-1649)
• Countee Cullen, (died 1946)
• E. E. Cummings (1894-1962)
• Allan Cunningham (1784-1842)
• Allen Curnow (1911-2001)
• Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)
• William Davenant (1606-1668)
• John Davies (1569-1626)
• Thomas Dekker (1575-1641)
• Denis Devlin (1908-1959)
• James Dickey
• Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
• John Donne (1572-1631)
• Maura Dooley
• Keith Douglas (1920-1944)
• Rita Dove
• Ernest Dowson (1867-1900)
• Michael Drayton (1563-1631)
• William Drummond (1585-1649)
• W.E.B. Du Bois
• Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
• William Dunbar (1465-1520)
• Douglas Dunn (born 1942)
• John Dryden (1631-1700)
• Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955)
• John Dyer
• T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)
• Ebenezer Elliott (1781-1849)
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
• William Empson (1906-1984)
• Sir George Etherege (1635-1691)
• Mari Evans
• Sir Richard Fanshawe (1608-1666)
• Elaine Feinstein
• James Fenton (born 1949)
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti, (born 1919)
• Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883)
• John Fletcher (1579-1625)
• John Ford (1586-1639)
• Janet Frame (born 1924)
• Robert Frost (1874-1963)
• Samuel Garth
• George Gascoigne (1525-1577)
• John Gay (1685-1732)
• Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)
• Nikki Giovanni, (born 1943)
• Denis Glover (1912-1980)
• Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)
• Robert Graves (1895-1985)
• Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
• Robert Greene (1560-1592)
• Fulk Greville, Lord Brooke (1554-1628)
• Nicholas Grimald (1519-1562)
• Angelina Weld Grimke
• Charlotte Forten Grimke
• Edgar Guest, (born 1881)
• Thom Gunn (born 1929)
• Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)
• Brion Gysin (1916-1986)
• William Habington (1605-1654)
• Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
• Frances E. W. Harper
• Michael S. Harper
• Tony Harrison (born 1937)
• Alamgir Hashmi
• Stephen Hawes (died 1523)
• Robert Hayden
• Seamus Heaney (born 1939)
• John Hegley
• Felicia Hemans (1793-1835)
• Essex Hemphill
• William Ernest Henley (1849-1903)
• George Herbert (1593-1632)
• Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
• Thomas Heywood (157?-1650)
• Geoffrey Hill (born 1932)
• James Hogg (1770-1835)
• Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894)
• Thomas Hood (1798-1845)
• A. D. Hope
• Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)
• A. E. Housman, (1859-1936)
• Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547)
• Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
• Ted Hughes (1930-1998)
• Richard Hugo
• Alexander Hume (1560-1609)
• Leigh Hunt, (1784-1859)
• Randall Jarrell
• Robinson Jeffers, (died 1962)
• Fenton Johnson
• Georgia Douglas Johnson
• Helene Johnson
• James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
• Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
• David Jones
• Ben Jonson (1573-1637)
• June Jordan
• Jenny Joseph
• James Joyce (1882-1941)
• Donald Justice
• Bob Kaufman
• Yusef Komunyakaa, (born 1948)
• John Keats (1795-1821)
• Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
• Sidney Keyes (1922-1943)
• Henry King (1592-1669)
• William King (1663-1712)
• John Kinsella
• Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
• Etheridge Knight
• Charles Lamb (1775-1834)
• Letitia Elizabeth Landon
• Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)
• Philip Larkin (1922-1985)
• D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)
• Edward Lear (1812-1888)
• Francis Ledwidge, (1887-1917)
• Philip Levine
• Larry Levis
• Alun Lewis
• Thomas Lodge (1556-1625)
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
• Audre Lorde, (born 1934)
• Richard Lovelace (1618-1658)
• Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
• Robert Lowell
• John Lydgate (1370-1450)
• John Lyly (1553-1606)
• George Lyttelton, Lord Lyttelton (1709-1773)
• Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978)
• Nathaniel Mackey
• Louis MacNeice (1907-1963)
• Haki R. Madhubuti
• Clarence Major
• David Mallet
• Bill Mannhire (born 1946)
• Robert Mannyng of Brunne (1269-1340)
• Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
• Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)
• John Masefield, (1878-1967)
• Colleen McElroy
• Roger McGough, (born 1937)
• Thomas McGreevy (1893-1967)
• Claude McKay
• Thomas Merton, (1915-1968)
• George Meredith (1828-1909)
• W. S. Merwin
• Edna St. Vincent Millay, (1892-1950)
• Joaquin Miller, (1837-1913)
• Spike Milligan (1918 - 2002)
• John Milton (1608-1674)
• Adrian Mitchell
• Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, (1661-1715)
• Marianne Moore, (1887-1972)
• Robin Moore, (1954- )
• Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
• Edythe Morahan de Lauzon
• William Morris (1834-1896)
• Andrew Motion
• Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
• Anthony Munday (1553-1633)
• Les Murray (born 1938)
• Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
• Thomas Nashe (1567-1601)
• Lorine Niedecker (1903[?]-1970)
• Alice Moore Dunbar Nelson
• Howard Nemerov
• Henry Newbolt, (1862-1938)
• John Henry Newman, (1801-1890)
• Frank O'Hara
• Terry A. O'Neal
• George Moses Horton
• Charles Olson (1910-1970)
• Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879-1976)
• George Oppen (1908-1984)
• Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
• Ruth Padel
• Dorothy Parker, (1893-1967)
• Thomas Parnell (1670-1718)
• Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866)
• George Peel (1558-1597)
• Ambrose Philips
• Robert Pinsky
• Ruth Pitter
• Sylvia Plath, (1932-1963)
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
• Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
• Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
• Matthew Prior (1664-1721)
• J.H. Prynne
• Francis Quarles (1592-1644)
• Craig Raine (born 1944)
• Carl Rakosi (1903- )
• Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618)
• Thomas Randolph (1605-1635)
• Tom Raworth
• Henry Reed (1914-1986)
• Ishmael Reed
• Charles Reznikoff (1894-1976)
• Adrienne Rich
• Lola Ridge (1873-1941)
• Edwin Arlington Robinson, (1869-1935)
• Mary Robinson (1758-1800)
• Carolyn M. Rodgers
• Theodore Roethke, (1908-1963)
• Franklin Rosemont, (born 1943)
• Penelope Rosemont
• Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918)
• Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)
• Nicholas Rowe
• Richard Rowlands (1565-1630)
• Blanaid Salkeld (1880-1959)
• Sonia Sanchez
• Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
• Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
• Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
• Sir Charles Sedley (1639-1701)
• Robert Service
• Anne Sexton (1928-1974)
• William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
• Ntozake Shange, (born 1948)
• Jo Shapcott
• Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
• William Shenstone
• James Shirley (1596-1666)
• Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)
• Edith Sitwell (1887-1964)
• John Skelton (1460-1529)
• Myra Sklarew
• Charlotte Smith (1749-1806)
• Stevie Smith (1902-1971)
• Tobias Smollett (1721-1771)
• Gary Snyder
• William Somerville
• Charles Sorley (1895-1915)
• Caroline Southey (1787-1854)
• Robert Southey (1774-1843)
• Robert Southwell (1561-1595)
• A. B. Spellman
• Anne Spencer
• Stephen Spender
• Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)
• William Stafford
• C.K. Stead (born 1932)
• Gerald Stern
• Wallace Stevens (1880-1955)
• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
• Sir John Suckling (1609-1642)
• Keston Sutherland
• Algernon Swinburne (1837-1909)
• Joshua Sylvester (1563-1618)
• Alfred Tennyson, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
• Lucy Terry
• Ernest Thayer, (1863-1940)
• Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
• Edward Thomas (1878-1917)
• R.S. Thomas (1913-2000)
• Francis Thompson (1859-1907)
• James Thomson (1834-1882)
• Thomas Tickell
• Melvin B. Tolson
• Jean Toomer
• Thomas Traherne
• Quincy Troupe
• Hone Tuwhare (born 1922)
• Henry Vaughan (1621-1695)
• Derek Walcott (born 1930)
• Alice Walker, (born 1944)
• Margaret Walker
• Christopher Wallace-Crabbe
• Edmund Waller (1606-1687)
• Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
• John Webster (died 1630)
• Ian Wedde (born 1946)
• Gilbert West
• Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)
• James M. Whitfield
• Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
• John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
• Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
• John Wilkinson
• Sherley Anne Williams
• William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
• John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647-1680)
• George Wither (1588-1667)
• Charles Wolfe (1791-1823)
• Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855)
• William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
• Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639)
• Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542)
• William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
• Edward Young, (1683-1765)
• Benjamin Zephaniah
• Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978)