Hundreds of detailed entries provide coverage on modern poets writing in English.

Table of Contents

• Introduction to the Second Edition
• Introduction to the First Edition
• Selection of Anthologies
• Key to Contributors
• Companion to Modern Poetry
• A
• Abercrombie, Lascelles (1881–1938)
• Abrahams, Lionel (1928–2004)
• Abse, Dannie (Daniel) (1923–)
• Achebe, Chinua (1930–2013)
• Ackerman, Diane (1948–)
• Acorn, Milton (1923–86)
• Adams, Léonie (1899–1988)
• Adamson, Robert (1943–)
• Adcock, Fleur (1934–)
• Adnan, Etel (1925–)
• Afrika, Tatamkhulu (1920–2002)
• Agard, John (1949–)
• Agbabi, Patience (1965–)
• Agrarianism
• Ai (1947–2010)
• Aidoo, Ama Ata (1942–)
• Aiken, Conrad (Potter) (1889–1973)
• Aldington, Richard (christened Edward Godfree Aldington) (1892–1962)
• Alexander, Elizabeth (1962–)
• Alexander, Meena (1951–)
• Alexie, Sherman (1966–)
• Ali, Agha Shahid (1949–2001)
• Allen, Dick (1939–)
• Allen, Fergus (1921–)
• Allison, Drummond (1921–43)
• Allnutt, Gillian (1949–)
• Allott, Kenneth (1912–73)
• Alurista (1947–)
• Alvarez, A. (Alfred) (1929–)
• Alvi, Moniza (1954–)
• Amis, Kingsley (1922–95)
• Ammons, A. R. (Archie Randolph) (1926–2001)
• Anderson, Ethel (1883–1958)
• Anderson, John (1948–97)
• Anderson, Jon (Victor) (1940–2007)
• Anderson, Patrick (John McAlister) (1915–79)
• Andrews, Bruce (1948–)
• Angelou, Maya (1928–)
• Angira, Jared (1947–)
• Ansen, Alan (1922–2006)
• Antin, David (1932–)
• Anyidoho, Kofi (1947–)
• Arasanayagam, Jean Solomons (1934–)
• Armantrout, Rae (1947–)
• Armitage, Simon (1963–)
• Arrowsmith, William (1924–92)
• Ash, John (1948–)
• Ashbery, John (1927–)
• Atkins, Tim (1962–)
• Atwood, Margaret (Eleanor) (1939–)
• Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh) (1907–73)
• Avison, Margaret (1918–2007)
• Awoonor, Kofi (1935–) (formerly George Awoonor-Williams)
• B
• Babstock, Ken (1970–)
• Baca, Jimmy Santiago (1952–)
• Bailey, Alfred Goldsworthy (1905–97)
• Baker, Howard (1905–90)
• Bang, Mary Jo (1946–)
• Banning, Lex (Arthur Alexander Banning) (1921–65)
• Baraka, Amiri Imamu (1934–)
• Barbour, Douglas (1940–)
• Barker, George (1913–91)
• Baugh, Edward (1936–)
• Baxter, James K. (1926–72)
• Beat Generation
• Beaver, (Victor) Bruce (1928–2004)
• Beckett, Samuel (Barclay) (1906–89)
• Beer, Patricia (1924–99)
• Belitt, Ben (1911–2003)
• Bell, Martin (1918–78)
• Bell, Marvin (Hartley) (1937–)
• Bellerby, Frances (1899–1977)
• Belloc, Hilaire (Pierre René) (1870–1953)
• Bennett, Louise (1919–2006)
• Bentley, E. C. (Edward Clerihew) (1875–1956)
• Berg, Stephen (1934–)
• Bergvall, Caroline (1962–)
• Berkson, Bill (William Craig) (1939–)
• Bernstein, Charles (1950–)
• Berold, Robert (1948–)
• Berrigan, Daniel (J.) (1921–)
• Berrigan, Ted (Edmund Joseph Michael Berrigan) (1934–83)
• Berry, Francis (1915–2006)
• Berry, James (1924–)
• Berry, Wendell (1934–)
• Berryman, John (1914–72)
• Berssenbrugge, Mei-Mei (1947–)
• Bethell, (Mary) Ursula (1874–1945)
• Betjeman, Sir John (1906–84)
• Beveridge, Judith (1956–)
• Bhatt, Sujata (1956–)
• Bidart, Frank (1939–)
• Bila, Vonani (1972–)
• Binyon, (Robert) Laurence (1869–1943)
• Birney, (Alfred) Earle (1904–95)
• Bishop, Elizabeth (1911–79)
• bissett, bill (William Frederick Bissett) (1939–)
• Black Arts Movement
• Blackburn, Paul (1926–71)
• Black Mountain Poets, The
• Blackmur, R. P. (Richard Palmer) (1904–65)
• Bland, Peter (1934)
• Blaser, Robin (1925–2009)
• Blessing, Richard (1939–83)
• Bletsoe, Elizabeth (1960–)
• Blight, John (1913–95)
• Blumenthal, Michael (1949–)
• Blunden, Edmund (Charles) (1896–1974)
• Bly, Robert (1926–)
• Boey, Kim Cheng (1965–)
• Bogan, Louise (1897–1970)
• Bök, Christian (1966–)
• Boland, Eavan (Aisling) (1944–)
• Bonney, Sean (1969–)
• Booth, Philip (1925–2007)
• Bornholdt, Jenny (1960–)
• Borson, Roo (1952–)
• Boruch, Marianne (1950–)
• Bottoms, David (1949–)
• Bottrall, Ronald (Francis James) (1906–89)
• Bowering, George (Henry) (1935–)
• Bowering, Marilyn (1949–)
• Bowers, Edgar (1924–2000)
• Boyle, Charles (1951–)
• Brackenbury, Alison (1953–)
• Brady, Andrea (1974–)
• Brand, Dionne (1953–)
• Brandt, Di (1952–)
• Brasch, Charles (1909–73)
• Brathwaite, E. K. (Edward Kamau) (1930–)
• Braun, Richard Emil (1934–)
• Breeze, Jean ‘Binta’ (1957–)
• Brennan, Christopher (1870–1932)
• Brew, (O. H.) Kwesi (1928–2007)
• Brewster, Elizabeth (1922–)
• Bridges, Robert (1844–1930)
• Bringhurst, Robert (1946–)
• Brissenden, R. F. (Robert Francis) (1928–91)
• Brock, Edwin (1927–97)
• Brock-Broido, Lucie (1956–)
• Brodsky, Joseph (1940–96)
• Bronk, William (1918–99)
• Brooke, Rupert (Chawner) (1887–1915)
• Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917–2000)
• Brown, George Mackay (1921–96)
• Brown, James (1966–)
• Brown, Pam(ela) (1948–)
• Brown, Sterling A. (1901–89)
• Brown, Wayne (Vincent) (1944–2009)
• Browne, Michael Dennis (1940–)
• Brownjohn, Alan (1931–)
• Brutus, Dennis (1924–2009)
• Bryce, Colette (1970–)
• Buckley, Vincent (1925–88)
• Buckmaster, Charles (1950–72)
• Bukowski, Charles (1920–94)
• Bunting, Basil (1900–85)
• Burke, Kenneth (1897–1993)
• burns, joanne (1945–)
• Burnshaw, Stanley (1906–2005)
• Burnside, John (1955–)
• Butler, Guy (1918–2001)
• Butlin, Ron (1949–)
• Bynner, Witter (1881–1968)
• C
• Caddy, Caroline (1944–)
• Cage, John (1912–92)
• Cambridge School, The
• Cave Canem
• Cameron, (John) Norman (1905–53)
• Campbell, Alistair (Te Ariki) (1925–2009)
• Campbell, David (1915–79)
• Campbell, George (1916–2002)
• Campbell, (Ignatius) Roy(ston) (Dunnachie) (1902–57)
• Capildeo, Vahni (1973–)
• Carruth, Hayden (1921–2008)
• Carson, Anne (1950–)
• Carson, Ciaran (1948–)
• Carter, Martin (Wylde) (1927–97)
• Carver, Raymond (1939–88)
• Cassity, Turner (1929–2009)
• Catalano, Gary (1947–2002)
• Catling, Brian (1948–)
• Causley, Charles (1917–2003)
• Ceravalo, Joseph (1934–88)
• Cervantes, Lorna Dee (1954–)
• Challis, Gordon (1932–)
• Chappell, Fred (1936–)
• Charles, Faustin (1944–)
• Charman, Janet (1956–)
• cheek, cris (1955–)
• Cheney-Coker, Syl (1945–)
• Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) (1874–1936)
• Chiasson, Dan (1971–)
• Chimombo, Steve (1945–)
• Chin, Marilyn (Mei Ling) (1955–)
• Chingono, Julius Sekai (1946–2011)
• Chipasula, Frank Mkalawile (1949–)
• Chitre, Dilip Purushottam (1938–2009)
• Christopher, Nicholas (1951–)
• Chuilleanáin, Eiléan Ní (1942–)
• Clampitt, Amy (1920–94)
• Clanchy, Kate (1965–)
• Clark, Thomas A. (1944–)
• Clark, Tom (Thomas Willard Clark) (1941–)
• Clark Bekederemo, J. P. (John Pepper) (1935–)
• Clarke, Austin (1896–1974)
• Clarke, George Elliott (1960–)
• Clarke, Gillian (1937–)
• Clarke, John Cooper (1949–)
• Clemo, Jack (Reginald John Clemo) (1916–94)
• Clifton, Lucille (1936–2010)
• Clouts, Sydney David (1926–82)
• Cobbing, Bob (1920–2002)
• Cochrane, Geoff (1951–)
• Coffey, Brian (1905–95)
• Cohen, Leonard (1934–)
• Cole, Henri (1956–)
• Colebatch, Hal Gibson Pateshall (1945–)
• Coles, Don (1928–)
• Collins, Billy (William) (1941–)
• Collis, Stephen (1965–)
• Coloquhon, Glenn (1964–)
• Colum, Padraic (1881–1972)
• Conceptualism
• Confessional Poetry
• Conn, Stewart (1936–)
• Connolly, Kevin (1962–)
• Connor, Tony (John Anthony Augustus) (1930–)
• Conquest, (George) Robert (Ackworth) (1917–)
• Constantine, David (1944–)
• Coolidge, Clark (1939–)
• Cooper, Jane (1924–2007)
• Cope, Wendy (1945–)
• Corless-Smith, Martin (1965–)
• Corman, Cid (Sidney Corman) (1924–2004)
• Corn, Alfred (1943–)
• Cornford, Frances (née Darwin) (1886–1960)
• Cornford, (Rupert) John (1915–36)
• Corso, (Nunzio) Gregory (1930–2001)
• Coulette, Henri (Anthony) (1927–88)
• Cowley, Malcolm (1898–1989)
• Crane, (Harold) Hart (1899–1932)
• Crapsey, Adelaide (1878–1914)
• Crase, Douglas (1944–)
• Crawford, Robert (1959–)
• Creeley, Robert (White) (1926–2005)
• Croggon, Alison (1962–)
• Cronin, Jeremy (1949–)
• Cronin, M. T. C. (Margie) (1963–)
• Crozier, Andrew (1943–2008)
• Crozier, Lorna (1948–)
• Cruz, Victor Hernandez (1949–)
• Cullen, Countee (1903–46)
• Cullinan, Patrick (1932–2011)
• Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin) (1894–1962)
• Cunningham, J. V. (James Vincent) (1911–85)
• Curnow, (Thomas) Allen (Munro) (1911–2001)
• Curtis, Tony (1946–)
• D
• Dabydeen, Cyril (1945–)
• Dabydeen, David (1955–)
• D’Aguiar, Fred(erick) (1960–)
• Dale, Peter (John) (1938–)
• Dallas, Ruth (1919–2008)
• Dangor, Achmat (1948–)
• Daruwalla, Keki Nasserwanji (1937–)
• Daryush, Elizabeth (1887–1977)
• Das, Kamala (1934–2009)
• Das, Mahadai (1954–2003)
• Davey, Frank (land Wilmot) (1940–)
• Davidson, Donald (Grady) (1893–1968)
• Davie, Donald (1922–95)
• Davies, Idris (1905–53)
• Davies, Kevin (1958–)
• Davies, W. H. (William Henry) (1871–1940)
• Davis, Dick (1945–)
• Davis, Jack (1917–2000)
• Davison, Peter (1928–2004)
• Dawe, (Donald) Bruce (1930–)
• Dawes, Kwame (1962–)
• Day, Jean (1954–)
• Day, Sarah (1958–)
• Day Lewis, C. (Cecil) (1904–72)
• de Hoyos, Angela (1940–2009)
• de Kok, Ingrid (1951–)
• de la Mare, Walter (1873–1956)
• Deane, John F. (1943–)
• Deep Image
• Delanty, Greg (1958–)
• Denby, Edwin (1903–83)
• Dennis, C. J. (Clarence James) (1876–1936)
• Dennis, Carl (1939–)
• Derksen, Jeff (1958–)
• Derricotte, Toi (1941–)
• de Silva, Alfreda (1920–2001)
• de Souza, Eunice (1940–)
• Desert Poets
• Devlin, Denis (1908–59)
• Dewdney, Christopher (1951–)
• Dharker, Imtiaz (or Dharkar), (1954–)
• Dickey, James (1923–97)
• Dickey, William (Hobart) (1928–94)
• Dickinson, Patric Thomas (1913–94)
• Didsbury, Peter (1946–)
• di Michele, Mary (1949–)
• Dinh, Linh (1963–)
• Di Piero, W. S. (1945–)
• Dipoko, Mbella Sonne (1936–2009)
• di Prima, Diane (1934–)
• Disch, Tom (Thomas Michael Disch) (1940–2008)
• Dixon, Isobel (1969–)
• Dobson, Rosemary (de Brissac) (1920–2012)
• Dobyns, Stephen J. (1941–)
• Donaghy, Michael (1954–2004)
• Doolittle, Hilda (H. D.) (1886–1961)
• Dorn, Ed(ward) (1929–99)
• Doty, Mark (1953–)
• Douglas, Keith (1920–44)
• Dove, Rita (1952–)
• Dowling, Finuala (1962–)
• Downie, Freda (1929–93)
• Dransfield, Michael (1948–73)
• Draycott, Jane (1954–)
• Drinkwater, John (1882–1937)
• Driver, C. J. (Charles Jonathan) (1939–)
• Dub Poetry
• Dubie, Norman (1945–)
• Dudek, Louis (1918–2001)
• Duffy, Carol Ann (1955–)
• Dugan, Alan (1923–2003)
• Duggan, Eileen (1894–1972)
• Duggan, Laurie (1949–)
• Duhig, Ian (1954–)
• Duncan, Robert (1919–88)
• Dunmore, Helen (1952–)
• Dunn, Douglas (Eaglesham) (1942–)
• Dunn, Stephen (1939–)
• DuPlessis, Rachel Blau (1941–)
• Durcan, Paul (1944–)
• Durrell, Lawrence (1912–90)
• Dutton, Geoffrey (Piers Henry) (1922–98)
• Dyment, Clifford (1914–71)
• E
• Eady, Cornelius (1954–)
• Eberhart, Richard (1904–2005)
• Echeruo, Michael (1937–)
• Edgar, Stephen (1951–)
• Edmond, Lauris (1924–2000)
• Edmond, Murray (1949–)
• Edson, Russell (1935–)
• Ee, Tiang Hong (1933–90)
• Eggleton, David (1952–)
• Eigner, Larry (1927–96)
• Elder, Anne (1918–76)
• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) (1888–1965)
• Elliot, Alistair (1932–)
• Elmslie, Kenward (1929–)
• Empson, William (1906–84)
• Engle, Paul (1908–91)
• Enright, D. J. (Dennis Joseph) (1920–2002)
• Enslin, Theodore (1925–2011)
• Eppel, John (1947–)
• Eshleman, Clayton (1935–)
• Espada, Martín (1957–)
• Evaristo, Bernadine (1959–)
• Everson, R. G. (Ronald Gilmour) (1903–92)
• Everson, William (1912–94)
• Ewart, Gavin (Buchanan) (1916–95)
• Ezekiel, Nissim (1924–2004)
• Ezenwa-Ohaeto (1958–2005)
• F
• Fahey, Diane (1945–)
• Fainlight, Harry (1935–82)
• Fainlight, Ruth (1931–)
• Fairburn, Arthur Rex Dugard (A. R. D. Fairburn or Rex Fairburn) (1904–57)
• Fallon, Padraic (1905–74)
• Fanthorpe, U. A. (Ursula Askham) (1929–2009)
• Farley, Paul (1965–)
• Fearing, Kenneth (Flexner) (1902–61)
• Feaver, Vicki (1943–)
• Feinstein, Elaine (1930–)
• Feldman, Irving (1928–)
• Fenton, James (1949–)
• Ferguson, Gus (1940–)
• Ferlinghetti, Lawrence (Mendes-Monstanto) (1919–)
• Fernando, Patrick (1931–83)
• Ferry, David (1924–)
• Field, Edward (1924–)
• Figueroa, John Joseph Maria (1920– 99)
• Finch, Annie (1956–)
• Finch, Peter (1947–)
• Finkel, Donald (1929–2008)
• Finlay, Ian Hamilton (1925–2006)
• Fisher, Allen (1944–)
• Fisher, Roy (1930–)
• FitzGerald, R. D. (Robert David) (1902–86)
• Fitzgerald, Robert (Stuart) (1910–85)
• Flecker, James Elroy (originally Herman Elroy Flecker) (1884–1915)
• Fletcher, John Gould (1886–1950)
• Flint, F. S. (Frank Stuart) (1885–1960)
• Flynn, Leontia (1974–)
• Fogarty, Lionel G. (Lionel George) (1958–)
• Forbes, John (1950–98)
• Forché, Carolyn (1950–)
• Ford, Ford Madox (1873–1939)
• Ford, Mark (1962–)
• Ford, R. A. D. (Robert Arthur Douglass) (1915–1998)
• Forrest-Thomson, Veronica (1947–75)
• Foulcher, John (1952–)
• Frame, Janet (1924–2004)
• Francis, Matthew (1955–)
• Francis, Robert (Churchill) (1901–87)
• Fraser, Kathleen (1937–)
• French, Anne (1956–)
• Frost, Robert (1874–1963)
• Fugitives, The,
• Fuller, John (1937–)
• Fuller, Roy (Broadbent) (1912–91)
• Fuller, William (1953–)
• Fulton, Alice (1952–)
• G
• Gallagher, Tess (1932–)
• Gander, Forrest (1956–)
• Gardner, Isabella (Stewart) (1915–81)
• Garfitt, Roger (1944–)
• Garioch, Robert (Sutherland) (1909–87)
• Garlick, Raymond (1926–2011)
• Garrett, George (1929–2008)
• Garrigue, Jean (1912–72)
• Gascoyne, David (Emery) (1916–2001)
• Geddes, Gary (1940–)
• Generation of ‘68
• Georgian Poetry
• Ghiselin, Brewster (1903–2001)
• Ghose, Zulfikar (1935–)
• Gilbert, Jack (1925– 2012)
• Gilbert, Kevin J. (1933–93)
• Gillies, Valerie (1948–)
• Gilmore, Mary (Mary Jean Cameron) (1865–1962)
• Ginsberg, Allen (1926–97)
• Gioia, Dana (1950–)
• Giovanni, Nikki (1943–)
• Giscombe, C. S. (Cecil S.) (1950–)
• Gizzi, Peter (1959–)
• Glassco, John (Stinson) (1909–81)
• Glover, Denis (1912–80)
• Glück, Louise (1943–)
• Gogarty, Oliver St John (1878–1957)
• Goldbarth, Albert (1948–)
• Goldsmith, Kenneth (1961–) Poet, artist, and critic,
• Goldsworthy, Peter (1951–)
• Gonzales, Rodolfo ‘Corky’ (1928–2005)
• Goodby, John (1958–)
• Goodison, Lorna (1947–)
• Goodland, Giles (1964–)
• Gooneratne, Yasmine (1935–)
• Gould, Alan (1949–)
• Graham, Jorie (1951–)
• Graham, W. S. (William Sydney) (1918–86)
• Grant, Jamie (1949–)
• Graves, Robert (von Ranke) (1895–1985)
• Gray, Sir Alexander (1882–1968)
• Gray, John (1866–1934)
• Gray, Robert (1945–)
• Gray, Stephen (1941–)
• Greacen, Robert (1920–2008)
• Greenberg, Samuel (1893–1917)
• Greenlaw, Lavinia (1962–)
• Greger, Debora (1949–)
• Gregg, Linda (1942–)
• Gregor, Arthur (1923–)
• Gregory, Horace (Victor) (1898–1982)
• Greig, Andrew (1951–)
• Grenier, Robert (1941–)
• Grennan, Eamon (1941–)
• Griffiths, Bill (1948–2007)
• Griffiths, Jane (1970–)
• Grigson, Geoffrey (1905–85)
• Groarke, Vona (1964–)
• Grosholz, Emily (1950–)
• Gross, Philip (1952–)
• Grossman, Allen (1932–)
• Group, The
• Guest, Barbara (1923–2006)
• Gunn, Thom(son William) (1929–2004)
• Gurney, Ivor (1890–1937)
• Gustafson, Ralph (1909–95)
• Guthrie, Ramon (1896–1973)
• Gwala, Mafika Pascal (1946–)
• Gwynn, R. S. (Robert Samuel) (1948–)
• H
• Hacker, Marilyn (1942–)
• Hadas, Rachel (1948–)
• Haines, John (Meade) (1924–2011)
• Hall, Bernadette (1945–)
• Hall, Donald (1928–)
• Hall, J. C. (John Clive) (1920–2011)
• Hall, Rodney (1935–)
• Halpern, Daniel (1945–)
• Hamburger, Michael (1924–2007)
• Hamilton, George Rostrevor (1888–1967)
• Hamilton, Ian (1938–2001)
• Hampton, Susan (1949–)
• Hannah, Sophie (1971–)
• Haq, Kaiser (1950–)
• Hardy, Thomas (1840–1928)
• Harford, Lesbia (1891–1927)
• Harjo, Joy (1951–)
• Harlem Renaissance, The
• Harper, Michael S. (Michael Steven) (1938–)
• Harris, Max (1921–95)
• Harrison, Jim (James Thomas Harrison) (1937–)
• Harrison, Tony (1937–)
• Harry, J. S. (Jan S.) (1939–)
• Harryman, Carla (1952–)
• Harsent, David (1942–)
• Hart, Kevin (1954–)
• Hartigan, P. J. (‘John O’Brien’) (1878–1952)
• Hartnett, David (1952–)
• Hartnett, Michael (1941–99)
• Hart-Smith, William (1911–90)
• Harwood, Gwen (1920–95)
• Harwood, Lee (1939–)
• Hashmi, Alamgir (1951–)
• Haskell, Dennis (1948–)
• Haslam, Michael (1947–)
• Hasluck, Nicholas (1942–)
• Hass, Robert (1941–)
• Hawken, Dinah (1943–)
• Hay, George Campbell (1915–84)
• Hayden, Robert (1913–80)
• Haynes, John (1936–)
• H. D.
• Healy, Randolph (1956–)
• Heaney, Seamus (1939–2013)
• Heath-Stubbs, John (1918–2006)
• Hecht, Anthony (1923–2004)
• Hegley, John (1953–)
• Heighton, Steven (1961–)
• Hejinian Lyn (1941–)
• Hendriks, A. L. (Michael Arthur Lemière) (1922–92)
• Hendry, J. F. (James Findlay) (1912–86)
• Henry, Paul (1959–)
• Herbert, W. N. (William N.) (1961–)
• Herrera, Juan Felipe (1948–)
• Hewett, Dorothy (1923–2002)
• Hewitt, John (1907–87)
• Higgins, Bertram (1901–74)
• Higgins, F. R. (Frederick Robert) (1896–1941)
• Hill, Sir Geoffrey (1932–)
• Hill, Selima (1945–)
• Hillmann, Brenda (1951–)
• Hillyer, Robert (1895–1961)
• Hilson, Jeff (1966–)
• Hine, Daryl (1936–2012)
• Hippolyte, Kendel (1952–)
• Hirsch, Edward (1950–)
• Hirshfield, Jane (1953–)
• Hoagland, Tony (1953–)
• Hobsbaum, Philip (1932–2005)
• Hodgins, Philip (1959–95)
• Hodgson, Ralph Edwin (1871–1962)
• Hoffman, Daniel (1923–)
• Hofmann, Michael (1957–)
• Holden, Molly (1927–81)
• Hollander, John (1929–)
• Hollo, Anselm (1934–2013)
• Hongo, Garrett (Kaoru) (1951–)
• Honnalgere, Gopal (1942–2003)
• Hooker, (Peter) Jeremy (1941–)
• Hope, A. D. (Alec Derwent) (1907–2000)
• Horovitz, Frances (1938–83)
• Horovitz, Michael (1935–)
• Hoskote, Ranjit (1969–)
• Houédard, Dom Sylvester (‘dsh’) (1924–92)
• Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward) (1859–1936)
• Houston, Douglas (1947–)
• Houston, Libby (1941–97)
• Hove, Chenjerai (1956–)
• Howard, Richard (1929–)
• Howe, Fanny (1940–)
• Howe, Susan (1937–)
• Howes, Barbara (1914–96)
• Hudgins, Andrew (1951–)
• Hueffer, Ford Madox.
• Hughes, Glyn (1935–2011)
• Hughes, Langston (1902–67)
• Hughes, Ted (Edward James Hughes) (1930–98)
• Hugo, Richard (1923–82)
• Hulme, T. E. (Thomas Ernest) (1883–1917)
• Hummer, T. R. (1950–)
• Humphreys, Emyr (1919–)
• Humphries, Rolfe (1894–1969)
• Hunt, Sam (1946–)
• Hutchinson, Pearse (1927–2012)
• Hyde, Robin (1906–39)
• I
• Ignatow, David (1914–97)
• Imagism
• Imlah, Mick (1956–2009)
• Inada, Lawson (Fusao) (1938–)
• Informationism
• Ingamells, Rex (1913–55)
• Ireland, Kevin (1933–)
• J
• Jackson, Michael (1940–),
• James, Clive (1939–),
• James, John (1939–)
• Jamie, Kathleen (1962–)
• Jarman, Mark (1952–)
• Jarnot, Lisa (1967–)
• Jarrell, Randall (1914–65),
• Jeffers, Robinson (1887–1962)
• Jenkins, Alan (1955–),
• Jennings, Elizabeth (1926–2001),
• Jensen, Laura (1948–)
• Jensma, Wopko (1939–?)
• Jiles, Paulette (1943–)
• Jindyworobak Movement.
• Johnson, Amryl (c.1960–2001)
• Johnson, Colin (Mudrooroo Narogin) (1938–)
• Johnson, Denis (1949–)
• Johnson, James Weldon (1871–1938)
• Johnson, Kent (1955–)
• Johnson, Linton Kwesi (1952–)
• Johnson, Louis (1924–88)
• Johnson, Ronald (1935–98)
• Johnston, Andrew (1963–)
• Johnston, George (Benson) (1913–2004)
• Johnston, Martin (Clift) (1947–90)
• Jones, Brian (1938–2009)
• Jones, David (Michael) (1895–1974)
• Jones, D. G. (Douglas Gordon) (1929–)
• Jones, Evan (1931–)
• Jones, Glyn (1905–95)
• Jones, Jill (1951–)
• Jones, LeRoi.
• Jones, Rae Desmond (1941–)
• Jones, Rodney (1950–)
• Jones, Sally Roberts (1935–)
• Jones, T. Harri (Thomas Henry) (1921–65)
• Jordan, June (1936–2002)
• Joseph, Anthony (1966–)
• Joseph, Jenny (1932–)
• Joseph, M. K. (Michael Kennedy) (1914–81)
• Joyce, James (Augustine Aloysius) (1882–1941)
• Joyce, Trevor (1947–)
• Jussawalla, Adil (Jehangir) (1940–)
• Justice, Donald (1925–2004)
• K
• Kamal, Daud (1935–87)
• Kantaris, Sylvia (1936–)
• Kasischke, Laura (1961–)
• Kavanagh, P. J. (Patrick Joseph Gregory) (1931–)
• Kavanagh, Patrick (1904–67)
• Kay, Jackie (1961–)
• kayak.
• Keene, Dennis (1934–2007)
• Kees, Weldon (1914–55)
• Keesing, Nancy (Hertzberg) (1923–93)
• Kefala, Antigone (1935–)
• Kell, Richard (Alexander) (1927–)
• Kelly, Brigit Pegeen (1951–)
• Kelly, Robert (1935–)
• Kennard, Luke (1982–)
• Kennedy, X. J. (1929–)
• Kennelly, Brendan (1936–)
• Kenney, Richard (1948–)
• Kenyon, Jane (1947–2005)
• Kerouac, Jack (Jean-Louis) (1922–69)
• Keyes, Sidney (Arthur Kilworth) (1922–43)
• Kgositsile, Keorapetse (William) (1938–)
• Khalvati, Mimi (1944–)
• Kilmer, Joyce (1886–1918)
• King, Amy (1971–)
• Kinloch, David (1959–)
• Kinnell, Galway (1927–)
• Kinsella, John (1963–)
• Kinsella, Thomas (1928–)
• Kinzie, Mary (1944–)
• Kipling, Rudyard (1865–1936)
• Kirkup, James (Falconer) (1923–2009)
• Kizer, Carolyn (1925–)
• Klappert, Peter (1942–)
• Klein, A. M. (Abraham Moses) (1909–72)
• Kleinzahler, August (1949–)
• Knight, Etheridge (1931–91)
• Knister, (John) Raymond (1899–1932)
• Knott, Bill (William Kilborn) (1940–)
• Kocan, Peter (1947–)
• Koch, Kenneth (1925–2002)
• Koethe, John (1945–)
• Kolatkar, Arun Balkrishna (1932–2004)
• Komunyakaa, Yusef (1947–)
• Kooser, Ted (1939–)
• Kootenay School of Writing
• Kreymborg, Alfred (1883–1966)
• Kroetsch, Robert (1927–)
• Kumar, Shiv K. (1921–)
• Kumin, Maxine (1925–)
• Kunene, Mazisi (1930–2006)
• Kunitz, Stanley (1905–2006)
• Kuppner, Frank (1951–)
• L
• Laing, Kojo (1946–)
• Lamantia, Philip (1927–2005)
• Lane, Patrick (1939–)
• Langley, R. F. (Roger Francis) (1938–2011)
• Language Poetry
• Lansdown, Andrew (1954–)
• Larkin, Peter (1946–)
• Larkin, Philip (1922–85)
• Lasdun, James (1958–)
• Laughlin, James (1914–97)
• Lauterbach, Ann (1942–)
• Lawrence, Anthony (1957–)
• Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) (1885–1930)
• Lawson, Henry (1867–1922)
• Layton, Irving (Peter) (1912–2006)
• Lea, Sydney (1942–)
• Ledwidge, Francis (1887–1917)
• Lee, Don L.
• Lee, Laurie (1914–97)
• Lee, Li-Young (1957–)
• Lee, Li-Young (1957–)
• Lee, Tzu Pheng (1946–)
• Leggott, Michele (1956–)
• Lehman, David (1948–)
• Lehmann, Geoffrey (1940–)
• Lehmann, John (Frederick) (1907–87)
• Leithauser, Brad (1953–)
• Leonard, Tom (1944–)
• LePan, Douglas (1914–98)
• Lerner, Ben (1979–)
• Levertov, Denise (1923–97)
• Levi, Peter (Chad Tigar) (1931–2000)
• Levine, Philip (1928–)
• Levis, Larry (Patrick) (1946–96)
• Lewis, Alun (1915–44)
• Lewis, C. Day.
• Lewis, Gwyneth (1959–)
• Lewis, Janet (1899–1998)
• Lewis, (Percy) Wyndham (1882–1957),
• Liardet, Tim (1959–)
• Lieberman, Laurence (1935–)
• Lilburn, Tim(othy) (1950–)
• Lim, Shirley Geok-lin (1944–)
• Lindop, Grevel (1948–)
• Lindsay, Graham (1952–)
• Lindsay, Vachel (1879–1931)
• Liu, Timothy (Ti Mo) (1965–)
• Livesay, Dorothy (1909–96)
• Livingstone, Douglas (1932–96)
• Llewellyn, Kate (1940–)
• Lochhead, Douglas Grant (1922–2011)
• Lochhead, Liz (1947–)
• Loewinsohn, Ron(ald William) (1937–)
• Logan, John (1923–87)
• Logan, William (1950–),
• Logue, Christopher (1926–2011)
• Lo Liyong, Taban (1938–)
• Lomas, Herbert (1924–2011)
• Longley, Michael (1939–)
• Lopez, Tony (1950–)
• Lorde, Audre Geraldin (1934–92)
• Lowbury, Edward (Joseph) (1913–2007)
• Lowell, Amy (Lawrence) (1874–1925)
• Lowell, Robert (Traill Spence) (1917–77)
• Lowther, Pat(ricia Louise) (1935–75)
• Loy, Mina (1882–1966)
• Lucie-Smith, (John) Edward (McKenzie) (1933–)
• Ludvigson, Susan (1942–)
• Lumsden, Roddy (1966–)
• Lux, Thomas (1946–)
• Lynch, Thomas (1948–)
• M
• McAuley, James (1917–76)
• MacBeth, George (Mann) (1932–92)
• McCaffery, Steve (1947–)
• MacCaig, Norman (orig. McCaig) (1910–96)
• McClatchy, J. D. (Joseph Donald) (1945–)
• McClure, Michael (Thomas) (1932–)
• McCuaig, Ronald (1908–93)
• MacDiarmid, Hugh, pseudonym of Christopher Murray Grieve (1892–1978).
• MacDonagh, Thomas (1878–1916)
• MacDonald, Cynthia (1928–)
• McDonald, Ian (1933–)
• McDonald, Nan (1921–74)
• McDonald, Peter (1962–)
• McDowell, Robert (1953–)
• MacEwen, Gwendolyn (1941–87)
• McFadden, David W. (1940–)
• McFadden, Roy (1921–99)
• McGimpsey, David (1962–)
• McGinley, Phyllis (1908–78)
• McGough, Roger (1937–)
• McGrath, Thomas (1916–90)
• MacGreevy, Thomas (orig. ‘McGreevy’) (1894–1967)
• McGuckian, Medbh (1950–)
• McHugh, Heather (1948–)
• McKay, Claude (1889–1948)
• McKay, Don(ald) (1942–)
• McKendrick, Jamie (1955–)
• Mackenzie, Kenneth Seaforth (1913–55)
• Mackey, Nathaniel (1947–)
• Mackie, Alastair (1925–94)
• Mackinnon, Lachlan (1956–)
• Maclean, Alasdair (1926–94)
• MacLeish, Archibald (1892–1982)
• Macleod, Joseph (Gordon) (1903–84)
• Mac Low, Jackson (1922–2004)
• McMaster, Rhyll (1947–)
• McMichael, James (1939–)
• McMillan, Ian (1957–)
• MacNeice, Louis (1907–63)
• McNeill, Anthony (1941–96)
• Macpherson, Jay (1931–2012)
• McPherson, Sandra (1943–)
• McQueen, Cilla (1949–)
• MacSweeney, Barry (1948–2000)
• Maddox, Everette (1944–89)
• Madge, Charles (Henry) (1912–96)
• Madhubuti, Haki R. (1942–)
• Maguire, Sarah (1957–)
• Mahapatra, Jayanta (1928–)
• Mahon, Derek (1941–)
• Maiden, Jennifer (1949–)
• Major, Clarence (1936–)
• Malley, Ern
• Malouf, David (1934–)
• Mandel, Eli (as Wolf) (1922–92)
• Manhire, Bill (1946–)
• Mann, Chris(topher Zithulele) (1948–)
• Manson, Peter (1969–)
• Mapanje, Jack (1945–)
• Marechera, Dambudzo (1952–87)
• Markham, E. A. (Edward Archibald) (1939–2008)
• Marlatt, Daphne (Buckle) (1942–)
• Marquis, Don(ald Robert Perry) (1878–1937)
• Marriott, Anne (1913–97)
• Marshall, Tom (1938–93)
• Marson, Una (1905 –65)
• Martian Poetry
• Martin, Charles (1942–)
• Martin, William (1925–2010)
• Masefield, John (Edward) (1878–1967)
• Mason, R. A. K. (Ronald Allison Kells) (1905 –71)
• Massingham, Harold (1932–2011)
• Masters, Edgar Lee (1868–1950)
• Mathew, Ray(mond Frank) (1929–2002)
• Mathews, Harry (1930–)
• Mathias, Roland (1915–2000)
• Mattawa, Khaled (1964–)
• Matthews, Harley (1889–1968)
• Matthews, William (1942–97)
• Maurice, Furnley
• Maxwell, Glyn (1962–)
• Mayer, Bernadette (1945–)
• Meehan, Paula (1955–)
• Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna (1947–)
• Menashe, Samuel (1925–2011)
• Meredith, William (1919–2007)
• Merrill, James (1926–95)
• Merton, Thomas (1915–69)
• Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley) (1927–)
• Metelerkamp, Joan (1956–)
• Mew, Charlotte (1869–1928)
• Meynell, Alice (née Thompson) (1847–1922)
• Mezey, Robert (1935–)
• Middleton, Christopher (1926–)
• Miles, Josephine (1911–85)
• Millay, Edna St Vincent (1892–1950)
• Miller, Kei (1978–)
• Miller, Ruth (née Fridjhon) (1919–69)
• Miller, Vassar (1924–98)
• Milne, Drew (1964–)
• Minhinnick, Robert (1952–)
• Minter, Peter (1967–)
• Mishra, Sudesh (1962–)
• Mitchell, Adrian (1932–2008)
• Mlinko, Ange (1969–)
• Mnthali, Felix (1933–)
• Mole, John (1941–)
• Moll, E. G. (Ernest George) (1900–97)
• Molloy, Dorothy (1942–2004)
• Monk, Geraldine (1952–)
• Monro, Harold (1879–1932)
• Montague, John (1929–)
• Moolman, Kobus (1964–)
• Moore, Marianne (Craig) (1887–1972)
• Moore, Merrill (1903–57)
• Moore, Nicholas (1918–86)
• Moraes, Dom (1938–2004)
• Morgan, Edwin (1920–2010)
• Morgan, Esther (1970–)
• Morgan, (George) Frederick (1922–2004)
• Morgan, Robert (1944–)
• Moritz, A. F. (Albert Frank) (1947–)
• Morley, David (1964–)
• Morris, John N. (John Nelson Morris) (1931–97)
• Morris, Mervyn (1937–)
• Morrison, Blake (1950–)
• Morrissey, Sinéad (1972–)
• Moss, Howard (1922–87)
• Motion, Sir Andrew (1952–)
• Mouré, Erin (1955–)
• Movement, The
• Moxley, Jennifer (1964–)
• Mtshali, Oswald (Joseph) Mbuyiseni (1940–)
• Mudie, Ian (Mayelston) (1911–76)
• Mudrooroo
• Muhammad, Haji Salleh (1942–)
• Muir, Edwin (1887–1959)
• Muldoon, Paul (1951–)
• Mulford, Wendy (1941–)
• Mullen, Harryette (1953–)
• Murphy, Richard (1927–)
• Murray, Les(lie Allan) (1938–)
• Musgrave, Susan (1951–)
• Muske(-Dukes), Carol (1945–)
• N
• Nabokov, Vladimir (Vladimirovich) (1899–1977)
• Nair, Chandran (1945–)
• Nair, Rukmini Bhaya (1952–)
• Nash, Ogden (1902–71)
• Neilson, (John) Shaw (1872 –1942)
• Nelson (Waniek), Marilyn (1946–)
• Nemerov, Howard Stanley (1920–91)
• New Apocalypse, The,
• New Formalism and New Narrative
• New Generations
• New Narrative
• New York School, The
• Newlove, John (1938–2003)
• Nichol, bp (Barrie Phillip) (1944–88)
• Nichols, Grace (1950–)
• Nicholson, Norman (1910–87)
• Niedecker, Lorine (1903–70)
• Nims, John Frederick (1913–99)
• Noonuccal, Oodgeroo (formerly Kath Walker) (1920–93)
• Norris, Leslie (1921–2006)
• Nortje, Arthur (1942–70)
• Notley, Alice (1945–)
• Nowlan, Alden (1933–83)
• Ntiru, Richard (1946–)
• Nurkse, D. (Dennis) (1949–)
• Nwankwo, Chimalum (1945–)
• Nye, Naomi Shihab (1952–)
• Nye, Robert (1939–)
• Nyezwa, Mxolisi (1967–)
• O
• O'Brien, Gregory (1961–)
• Objectivism,
• O’Brien, John
• O’Brien, Sean (1952–)
• O'Callaghan, Conor (1968–)
• O’Connor, Mark (1945–)
• O’Connor, Philip (1916–98)
• O'Donoghue, Bernard (1945–)
• O'Driscoll, Denis (1954–2012)
• Ofeimun, Odia (1947–)
• O’Grady, Desmond (1935–)
• O’Hara, Frank (1926–66)
• Ojaide, Moses Tanure (1948–)
• Okai, John Atukwei (1941–)
• Okara, Gabriel Imomotimi Gbaingbain (1921–2011)
• Okigbo, Christopher (1932–67)
• Olds, Sharon (1942–)
• Oliver, Douglas (1937–2000)
• Oliver, Mary (1935–)
• Olson, Charles (1910 –70)
• Olson, Elder (1909–92)
• Ondaatje, Michael (1943–)
• Oppen, George (1908 –84)
• Oppenheimer, Joel (1930–88)
• Ormond, John (1923–90)
• Ormsby, Eric (1941–)
• Ormsby, Frank (1947–)
• Orr, Bob (Robert) (1949–)
• Orr, Gregory (1947–)
• O'Sullivan, Maggie (1951–)
• O’Sullivan, Vincent (1937–)
• Osundare, Niyi (1947–)
• Oswald, Alice (1966–)
• Oulipo
• Owen, Jan (1940–)
• Owen, Wilfred (Edward Salter) (1893–1917)
• Oyebode, Femi (1954–)
• P
• Padel, Ruth (1946–)
• Padgett, Ron (1942–)
• Page, Geoff(rey Donald) (1940–)
• Page, P. K. (Patricia Kathleen) (1916–2010)
• Palmer, Michael (1943–)
• Pang, Alvin (1972–)
• Pankey, Eric (1959–)
• Parker, Dorothy (1893–1978)
• Parsons, Clere (Trevor James Herbert) (1908–31)
• Parthasarathy, Rajagopal (1934–)
• Pastan, Linda (1932–)
• Patchen, Kenneth (1911–72)
• Patel, Essop (1943–2007)
• Patel, Gieve (1940–)
• Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton; known as ‘Banjo’ Paterson) (1864–1941)
• Paterson, Don (1963–)
• Patten, Brian (1946–)
• Paulin, Tom (1949–)
• p’Bitek, Okot (1931–82)
• Peacock, Molly (1947–)
• Peacocke, Meg (M. R.) (1930–)
• Peake, Mervyn (Lawrence) (1911–68)
• Peck, John (Frederick) (1941–)
• Peeradina, Saleem (1944–)
• Perelman, Bob (Robert) (1947–)
• Peters, Lenrie (1932–2009)
• Petersen, Donald (1928–2005)
• Petit, Pascale (1953–)
• Philip, Marlene Nourbese (1947–)
• Phillips, Carl (1959–)
• Phillips, Robert (1938–)
• Pickard, Tom (1946–)
• Piercy, Marge (1936–)
• Pinkerton, Helen (1927–)
• Pinsky, Robert (1940–),
• Pinter, Harold (1930–2008)
• Pitter, Ruth (1897–1992)
• Pitt-Kethley, Fiona (1954–)
• Place, Vanessa (1968–)
• Plath, Sylvia (1932–63)
• Plomer, William (Charles Franklyn) (1903–73)
• Plumly, Stanley (1939–)
• Plutzik, Hyam (1911–62)
• Porter, Dorothy (Featherstone) (1954–2008)
• Porter, Peter (1929–2010)
• Pound, Ezra (Loomis) (1885–1972)
• Powell, Craig (1940–)
• Powell, D. A. (1963–)
• Pratt, E. J. (Edwin John) (1882–1964),
• Presley, Frances (1952–)
• Press, Karen (1956–)
• Prewett, Frank (James ‘Toronto’) (1893–1962)
• Price, Richard (1966–)
• Prince, F. T. (Frank Templeton) (1912–2003)
• Prynne, J. H. (Jeremy Halvard) (1936–)
• Pugh, Sheenah (1950–)
• Purcell, Sally (Anne Jane) (1944–98)
• Purdy, Al(fred Wellington) (1918–2000)
• Putnam, H. Phelps (1894–1948)
• Q
• Quinn, Justin (1968–)
• R
• Rafat, Taufiq (1927–98)
• Rahim, Jennifer (1963–)
• Raine, Craig (1944–)
• Raine, Kathleen (1908–2003)
• Raji, Remi (1961–)
• Rakosi, Carl (name legally changed to Callman Rawley) (1903–2004)
• Ramakrishnan, E. V. (1950–)
• Ramanujan, A. K. (Attipat Krishnaswami) (1929–93)
• Ramke, Bin (1947–)
• Rampolokeng, Lesego (1965–)
• Ranasinghe, Anne(liese Katz) (1925–)
• Rankin, Jennifer (1941–79),
• Rankine, Claudia (1963–)
• Ransom, John Crowe (1888–1974)
• Rao, Mani (1965–)
• Rattenbury, Arnold (1921–2007)
• Raworth, Tom (Thomas Moore) (1938–)
• Ray, David (1932–)
• Rayaprol, Srinivas (1925–98)
• Read, Sir Herbert (Edward) (1893–1968)
• Reading, Peter (1946–2011)
• Reaney, James (1926–2008)
• Redgrove, Peter (1932–2003)
• Reed, Henry (1914–86)
• Reed, Jeremy (1951–)
• Reese, Lizette (Woodworth) (1856–1935),
• Rees-Jones, Deryn (1968–)
• Reeves, Gareth (1947–)
• Reeves, James (1909–78)
• Reid, Alastair (1926–)
• Reid, Christopher (1949–)
• Retallack, Joan (1941–)
• Rexroth, Kenneth (1905–82)
• Reynolds, Oliver (1957–)
• Reznikoff, Charles (1894 –1976)
• Rich, Adrienne (1929–2012)
• Richards, I. A. (Ivor Armstrong) (1893–1979)
• Rickword, Edgell (1898–1982)
• Riddell, Elizabeth (1910–98)
• Riding Laura (1901–91)
• Ridler, Anne (1912–2001)
• Riley, Denise (1948–)
• Riley, John (1937–78)
• Riley, Peter (1940–)
• Riordan, Maurice (1953–)
• Roach, Eric (1915–74)
• Roberts, Lynette (1909–95)
• Roberts, Michael (William Edward) (1902–48),
• Robertson, Lisa (1961–)
• Robertson, Robin (1955–)
• Robinson, Edwin Arlington (1869–1935)
• Robinson, Peter (1953–)
• Robinson, Roland (1912–92)
• Rodefer, Stephen (1940–)
• Rodgers, W. R. (William Robert) (1909–69)
• Rodriguez, Judith (1936–)
• Roethke, Theodore (1908–63)
• Rogers, Pattiann (1940–)
• Rohrer, Matthew (1970–)
• Rolls, Eric (Charles) (1923–2007)
• Romer, Stephen (1957–)
• Root, William Pitt (1941–)
• Rose, Peter (1955–)
• Rosenberg, Isaac (1890–1918)
• Rosenblatt, Joe (Joseph) (1933–)
• Ross, Alan (1922–2001)
• Ross, W. W. E. (William Wrightson Eustace) (1894–1966)
• Rothenberg, Jerome (1931–)
• Rowbotham, David (Harold) (1924–)
• Rowland, J. R. (John Russell) (1925–96)
• Ruark, Gibbons (1941–)
• Rubadiri, David (1930–)
• Rudman, Mark (1948–)
• Ruefle, Mary (1952–)
• Rukeyser, Muriel (1913–80)
• Rumens, Carol (-Ann) (1944–)
• Rutsala, Vern (1934–)
• Ryan, Gig (Elizabeth) (1956–)
• Ryan, Kay (1945–)
• Ryan, Michael (1945–)
• Ryan, Tracy (1964–)
• S
• Sacks, Peter (1950–)
• Sackville-West, Vita (Victoria Mary Sackville-West) (1892–1962)
• Sadoff, Ira (1945–)
• Sail, Lawrence (1942–)
• St John, David (1949–)
• Saint Mark's Poetry Project, The
• Salkey, Andrew (1928–95)
• Sallah, Tijan Momodou (1958–)
• Salom, Philip (1950–)
• Salter, Mary Jo (1954–)
• Sampson, Fiona (1968–)
• Samuels, Lisa (1963–)
• Sanchez, Sonia (1934–)
• Sandburg, Carl (1878–1967)
• San Francisco Renaissance, The
• Sant, Andrew (1950–)
• Sarah, Robyn (1949–)
• Saroyan, Aram (1943–)
• Sarton, (Eleanor) May (1912–95)
• Sassoon, Siegfried (Loraine) (1886–1967)
• Scalapino, Leslie (1947–2010)
• Scammell, William (1939–2000)
• Scannell, Vernon (1922–2007)
• Schmidt, Michael (1947–)
• Schnackenberg, Gjertrud (1953–)
• Schubert, David (1913–46)
• Schulman, Grace (1935–)
• Schuyler, James (1923–91)
• Schwartz, Delmore (1913–66)
• Schwartzman, Adam (1973–)
• Scots
• Scott, David (1947–)
• Scott, Dennis (1939–91)
• Scott, F. R. (Francis Reginald) (1899–1981)
• Scott, John A. (John Alan) (1948–)
• Scott, Margaret (1934–2005)
• Scott, Winfield Townley (1910–68)
• Scovell, E. J. (Edith Joy) (1907–99)
• Scupham, (John) Peter (1933–)
• Seboni, Barolong (1957–)
• Seidel, Frederick (1936–)
• Senior, Olive (1943–)
• Sepamla, Sipho (Sydney) (1932–2007)
• Serote, Mongane (Wally) (1944–)
• Seth, Vikram (1952–)
• Sexton, Anne (née Harvey) (1928–74)
• Seymour, A. J. (Arthur James) (1914–90)
• Shapcott, Jo (1953–)
• Shapcott, Thomas W. (Thomas William) (1935–)
• Shapiro, Alan (1952–)
• Shapiro, Harvey (1924–)
• Shapiro, Karl (1913–2000)
• Shetty, Manohar (1953–)
• Shuttle, Penelope (1947–)
• Silkin, Jon (1930–97)
• Silko, Leslie Marmon (1948–)
• Silliman, Ron (1946–)
• Simic, Charles (1938–)
• Simmons, James (1933–2001)
• Simms, Colin (1939–)
• Simpson, Louis (1923–2012)
• Simpson, R. A. (Ronald Albert) (1929–2002)
• Singer, (James) Burns (1928–64)
• Sirr, Peter (1960–)
• Sissay, Lemn (1967–)
• Sissman, L. E. (Louis Edward) (1928–76)
• Sisson, C. H. (Charles Hubert) (1914–2003)
• Sitwell, Dame Edith (Louisa) (1887–1964)
• Skelton, Robin (1925–97)
• Skoulding, Zoë (1967–)
• Skovron, Alex (1948–)
• Skrzynecki, Peter (1945–)
• Sleigh, Tom (1953–)
• Slessor, Kenneth (1901–71)
• Smith, A. J. M. (Arthur James Marshall) (1902–80)
• Smith, Dave (David Jeddie) (1942–)
• Smith, Iain Crichton (1928–98)
• Smith, Ken(neth John) (1938–2003)
• Smith, Michael (1954–83)
• Smith, Simon (1961–)
• Smith, Stevie (Florence Margaret) (1902–71)
• Smith, Sydney Goodsir (1915–75)
• Smith, Vivian (1933–)
• Smith, William Jay (1918–)
• Smither, Elizabeth (1941–)
• Smithyman, Kendrick (1922–95)
• Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt) (1926–2009)
• Snyder, Gary (1930–)
• Sobin, Gustaf (1935–2007)
• Sole, Kelwyn (1951–)
• Solie, Karen (1966–)
• Solway, David (1941–)
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