The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry
The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry
Editors: Hamilton, Ian and Noel-Tod, Jeremy
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Inc.
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-0-19-964025-6
Category: Language & Literature - Literature
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Hundreds of detailed entries provide coverage on modern poets writing in English.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
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–)
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- Jarrell, Randall (1914–65),
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- Jiles, Paulette (1943–)
- Jindyworobak Movement.
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- Johnson, Louis (1924–88)
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- Kenney, Richard (1948–)
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- Kilmer, Joyce (1886–1918)
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- Kinnell, Galway (1927–)
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- Kolatkar, Arun Balkrishna (1932–2004)
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- Lee, Li-Young (1957–)
- Lee, Li-Young (1957–)
- Lee, Tzu Pheng (1946–)
- Leggott, Michele (1956–)
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- Levi, Peter (Chad Tigar) (1931–2000)
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- Lewis, Janet (1899–1998)
- Lewis, (Percy) Wyndham (1882–1957),
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- Lieberman, Laurence (1935–)
- Lilburn, Tim(othy) (1950–)
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- Lindop, Grevel (1948–)
- Lindsay, Graham (1952–)
- Lindsay, Vachel (1879–1931)
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- 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–)
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- Longley, Michael (1939–)
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- Lucie-Smith, (John) Edward (McKenzie) (1933–)
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- McCaffery, Steve (1947–)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- Massingham, Harold (1932–2011)
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- Mathews, Harry (1930–)
- Mathias, Roland (1915–2000)
- Mattawa, Khaled (1964–)
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- Matthews, William (1942–97)
- Maurice, Furnley
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- 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)
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- Metelerkamp, Joan (1956–)
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- 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)
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- Minhinnick, Robert (1952–)
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- Mishra, Sudesh (1962–)
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- Mlinko, Ange (1969–)
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- Moll, E. G. (Ernest George) (1900–97)
- Molloy, Dorothy (1942–2004)
- Monk, Geraldine (1952–)
- Monro, Harold (1879–1932)
- Montague, John (1929–)
- Moolman, Kobus (1964–)
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- Moore, Merrill (1903–57)
- Moore, Nicholas (1918–86)
- Moraes, Dom (1938–2004)
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- 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
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- Muir, Edwin (1887–1959)
- Muldoon, Paul (1951–)
- Mulford, Wendy (1941–)
- Mullen, Harryette (1953–)
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- Murray, Les(lie Allan) (1938–)
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- Muske(-Dukes), Carol (1945–)
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- 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–)
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- Objectivism,
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- O’Brien, Sean (1952–)
- O'Callaghan, Conor (1968–)
- O’Connor, Mark (1945–)
- O’Connor, Philip (1916–98)
- O'Donoghue, Bernard (1945–)
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- Ofeimun, Odia (1947–)
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- Okara, Gabriel Imomotimi Gbaingbain (1921–2011)
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- Oliver, Mary (1935–)
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- 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–)
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- Orr, Gregory (1947–)
- O'Sullivan, Maggie (1951–)
- O’Sullivan, Vincent (1937–)
- Osundare, Niyi (1947–)
- Oswald, Alice (1966–)
- Oulipo
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- Owen, Wilfred (Edward Salter) (1893–1917)
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- Padgett, Ron (1942–)
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- Page, P. K. (Patricia Kathleen) (1916–2010)
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- Pang, Alvin (1972–)
- Pankey, Eric (1959–)
- Parker, Dorothy (1893–1978)
- Parsons, Clere (Trevor James Herbert) (1908–31)
- Parthasarathy, Rajagopal (1934–)
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- 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–)
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- Rahim, Jennifer (1963–)
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- 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)
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- Ray, David (1932–)
- Rayaprol, Srinivas (1925–98)
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- 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)
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- Reid, Christopher (1949–)
- Retallack, Joan (1941–)
- Rexroth, Kenneth (1905–82)
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- Reznikoff, Charles (1894 –1976)
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- Richards, I. A. (Ivor Armstrong) (1893–1979)
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- 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–)
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- Ryan, Kay (1945–)
- Ryan, Michael (1945–)
- Ryan, Tracy (1964–)
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- 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–)
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