| Name | Nationality | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
|---|
| Ezra Pound |
American |
October 30, 1885 |
November 1, 1972 |
| F. M. Cornford |
English |
February 27, 1874 |
January 3, 1943 |
| Federico Garcia Lorca |
Spanish |
June 5, 1898 |
August 19, 1936 |
| Felicia Hemans |
British |
1793 |
1835 |
| Ferdowsi |
|
935 |
1020 |
| Frances Cornford |
English |
1886 |
1960 |
| Francis Quarles |
English |
May 8, 1592 |
September 8, 1644 |
| Francis Thompson |
English |
December 18, 1859 |
November 13, 1907 |
| Francois de Malherbe |
French |
1555 |
1628 |
| Francois Villon |
French |
1431 |
1484 |
| Frank O'Hara |
American |
June 27, 1926 |
July 25, 1966 |
| Frank Scott |
Canadian |
August 1, 1899 |
January 30, 1985 |
| Franz Grillparzer |
Austrian |
January 15, 1791 |
January 21, 1872 |
| Frederick Locker-Lampson |
English |
1821 |
1895 |
| Frederick Tennyson |
English |
1807 |
1898 |
| Gabriela Mistral |
Chilean |
April 7, 1889 |
January 10, 1957 |
| Gabriele D'Annunzio |
Italian |
March 12, 1863 |
March 1, 1938 |
| Gaius Valerius Catullus |
Roman |
84 |
54 |
| Galway Kinnell |
American |
February 1, 1927 |
|
| Gary Snyder |
American |
May 8, 1930 |
|
| Geoffrey Chaucer |
English |
1343 |
October 25, 1400 |
| Georg Herwegh |
German |
1817 |
1875 |
| Georg Trakl |
Austrian |
February 3, 1887 |
November 3, 1914 |
| George Byron |
Scottish |
January 22, 1788 |
April 19, 1824 |
| George Chapman |
English |
1559 |
May 12, 1634 |
| George Crabbe |
English |
December 24, 1754 |
February 3, 1832 |
| George Herbert |
British |
April 3, 1593 |
March 1, 1633 |
| George Murray |
Canadian |
|
|
| George Oppen |
American |
April 24, 1908 |
July 7, 1984 |
| George Sandys |
English |
1578 |
1644 |
| Georgia Douglas Johnson |
American |
September 10, 1880 |
May 14, 1966 |
| Gerald Massey |
English |
May 29, 1828 |
October 29, 1907 |
| Gerard Manley Hopkins |
English |
July 28, 1844 |
June 8, 1889 |
| Giacomo Leopardi |
Italian |
June 29, 1798 |
June 14, 1837 |
| Giorgos Seferis |
Greek |
March 13, 1900 |
September 20, 1971 |
| Gregory Corso |
American |
March 26, 1930 |
January 17, 2001 |
| Gwendolyn Brooks |
American |
June 7, 1917 |
December 3, 2000 |
| Hart Crane |
American |
July 21, 1899 |
April 26, 1932 |
| Heinrich Heine |
German |
December 13, 1797 |
February 17, 1856 |
| Helen Dunmore |
British |
December 2, 1952 |
|
| Henrik Ibsen |
Norwegian |
March 20, 1828 |
May 23, 1906 |
| Henry Austin Dobson |
English |
January 18, 1840 |
September 2, 1921 |
| Henry Constable |
English |
1562 |
1613 |
| Henry Timrod |
American |
December 8, 1829 |
October 7, 1867 |
| Henry Van Dyke |
American |
1852 |
1933 |
| Henry Vaughan |
Welsh |
April 17, 1622 |
April 28, 1695 |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
American |
February 27, 1807 |
March 24, 1882 |
| Herbert Read |
English |
1893 |
1968 |
| Herbert Trench |
Irish |
November 12, 1865 |
June 11, 1923 |
| Herman Gorter |
Dutch |
November 26, 1864 |
September 15, 1927 |
| Hesiod |
Greek |
800 |
720 |
| Hilaire Belloc |
English |
July 27, 1870 |
July 16, 1953 |
| Hilda Doolittle |
American |
September 10, 1886 |
September 27, 1961 |
| Homer |
Greek |
|
|
| Horace |
Roman |
65 |
8 |
| Horace Gregory |
American |
April 10, 1898 |
March 11, 1982 |
| Horace Smith |
English |
December 31, 1779 |
July 12, 1849 |
| Howard Metzenbaum |
American |
June 4, 1917 |
March 12, 2008 |
| Howard Nemerov |
American |
February 29, 1920 |
July 5, 1991 |
| Hugh MacDiarmid |
Scottish |
August 11, 1892 |
September 9, 1978 |
| Ian Hamilton Finlay |
Scottish |
October 28, 1925 |
|
| Ikkyu Sojun |
Japanese |
1394 |
1481 |
| Irving Layton |
Canadian |
March 12, 1912 |
January 4, 2006 |
| Isaac de Benserade |
French |
November 5, 1613 |
October 10, 1691 |
| Isaac Rosenberg |
English |
November 25, 1890 |
April 1, 1918 |
| Ishmael Reed |
American |
February 22, 1938 |
|
| Jack Prelutsky |
American |
September 8, 1940 |
|
| Jacopo Sannazaro |
Italian |
1458 |
1530 |
| Jacques Delille |
French |
June 22, 1738 |
May 1, 1813 |
| Jacques Prevert |
French |
February 4, 1900 |
April 11, 1977 |
| James Fenton |
British |
April 25, 1949 |
|
| James Gates Percival |
American |
1795 |
1854 |
| James Grainger |
Scottish |
1721 |
1766 |
| James Hogg |
Scottish |
1770 |
1835 |
| James Laughlin |
American |
October 30, 1914 |
November 12, 1997 |
| James Merrill |
American |
March 3, 1926 |
February 6, 1995 |
| James Montgomery |
British |
1771 |
1854 |
| James Russell Lowell |
American |
February 22, 1819 |
August 12, 1891 |
| James Schuyler |
American |
November 9, 1923 |
April 12, 1991 |
| James Stephens |
Irish |
February 2, 1882 |
December 26, 1950 |
| James Weldon Johnson |
American |
June 17, 1871 |
June 26, 1938 |
| James Whitcomb Riley |
American |
October 7, 1849 |
July 22, 1916 |
| Jane Taylor |
English |
September 23, 1783 |
April 13, 1824 |
| Janet Erskine Stuart |
English |
|
|
| Jaroslav Seifert |
Czechoslovakian |
September 23, 1901 |
1986 |
| Jean de La Fontaine |
French |
July 8, 1621 |
April 13, 1695 |
| Jean Ingelow |
English |
March 17, 1820 |
July 20, 1897 |
| Jean Richepin |
French |
February 4, 1849 |
December 12, 1926 |
| Joachim du Bellay |
French |
1522 |
1560 |
| Joanna Baillie |
Scottish |
1762 |
1851 |
| Joel Barlow |
American |
March 24, 1754 |
December 24, 1812 |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
German |
August 28, 1749 |
March 22, 1832 |
| John Ashbery |
American |
July 28, 1927 |
|
| John Barbour |
Scottish |
1316 |
1395 |
| John Barton |
Canadian |
|
|
| John Beecher |
American |
1904 |
1978 |
| John Berryman |
American |
October 25, 1914 |
January 7, 1972 |
| John Betjeman |
English |
August 28, 1906 |
May 19, 1984 |
| John Clare |
English |
July 13, 1793 |
May 20, 1864 |
| John Cleveland |
English |
1613 |
1658 |
| John Donne |
British |
1572 |
March 31, 1631 |
| John Drinkwater |
English |
June 1, 1882 |
March 25, 1937 |
| John Dryden |
English |
August 19, 1631 |
May 12, 1700 |
| John Erskine |
American |
October 5, 1879 |
June 2, 1951 |
| John Gay |
English |
June 30, 1685 |
December 4, 1732 |
| John Greenleaf Whittier |
American |
December 17, 1807 |
September 7, 1892 |
| John Hall Wheelock |
American |
September 9, 1886 |
March 22, 1978 |
| John Jay Chapman |
American |
March 2, 1862 |
1933 |
| John Keats |
English |
October 31, 1795 |
February 23, 1821 |
| John Langhorne |
English |
1735 |
1779 |
| John Leonard |
Australian |
July 7, 1965 |
|
| John Marston |
English |
October 7, 1576 |
June 25, 1634 |
| John Masefield |
English |
June 1, 1878 |
May 12, 1967 |
| John McCrae |
Canadian |
November 30, 1872 |
January 28, 1918 |
| John Millington Synge |
Irish |
April 16, 1871 |
March 24, 1909 |
| John Milton |
English |
December 9, 1608 |
November 8, 1674 |
| John Petit-Senn |
French |
1792 |
1870 |
| John Philips |
English |
December 30, 1676 |
February 15, 1709 |
| John Sheffield |
English |
April 7, 1648 |
February 24, 1721 |
| John Skelton |
English |
1460 |
1529 |
| Jones Very |
American |
1813 |
1880 |
| Jorge Luis Borges |
Argentinian |
August 24, 1899 |
June 14, 1986 |
| Jose de Diego |
|
April 16, 1866 |
July 16, 1918 |
| Joseph Auslander |
American |
October 11, 1897 |
June 22, 1965 |
| Joseph Brodsky |
American |
May 24, 1940 |
January 28, 1996 |
| Joshua Sylvester |
English |
1563 |
1618 |
| Joyce Kilmer |
American |
December 6, 1886 |
July 30, 1918 |
| Juan Goytisolo |
Spanish |
1931 |
|
| Juan Ramon Jimenez |
Spanish |
December 24, 1881 |
May 29, 1958 |
| Juan Ruiz |
Spanish |
1283 |
1350 |
| Judith Rodriguez |
Australian |
February 13, 1936 |
|
| Judith Wright |
Australian |
May 31, 1915 |
June 26, 2000 |
| Jules Laforgue |
French |
August 16, 1860 |
1887 |
| Julian Grenfell |
British |
March 30, 1888 |
May 26, 1915 |
| Jupiter Hammon |
American |
1711 |
1806 |
| Juvenal |
Roman |
60 |
130 |
| Karin Boye |
Swedish |
October 26, 1900 |
April 24, 1941 |
| Karl Shapiro |
American |
November 10, 1913 |
May 14, 2000 |
| Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel |
German |
March 10, 1772 |
January 12, 1829 |
| Kathleen Raine |
British |
June 14, 1908 |
July 6, 2003 |
| Kenji Miyazawa |
Japanese |
August 27, 1896 |
September 21, 1933 |
| Kenneth Koch |
American |
February 27, 1925 |
July 6, 2002 |
| Kenneth Rexroth |
American |
December 22, 1905 |
June 6, 1982 |
| Khalil Gibran |
Lebanese |
January 6, 1883 |
April 10, 1931 |
| Langston Hughes |
American |
February 1, 1902 |
May 22, 1967 |
| Lascelles Abercrombie |
British |
January 9, 1881 |
October 27, 1938 |
| Laura Riding |
American |
January 16, 1901 |
September 2, 1991 |
| Laurie Lee |
English |
June 26, 1914 |
May 13, 1997 |
| Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
American |
March 24, 1919 |
|
| Leigh Hunt |
English |
October 19, 1784 |
August 28, 1859 |
| Leo Vroman |
Dutch |
April 10, 1915 |
|
| Li Po |
Chinese |
701 |
762 |
| Libby Houston |
British |
1941 |
|
| Lizette Woodworth Reese |
American |
January 9, 1856 |
December 17, 1935 |
| Lord Alfred Douglas |
British |
October 22, 1870 |
March 20, 1945 |
| Lord Byron |
British |
January 22, 1788 |
April 19, 1824 |
| Louis Aragon |
French |
October 3, 1897 |
December 24, 1982 |
| Louis Dudek |
Canadian |
February 6, 1918 |
March 23, 2001 |
| Louis MacNeice |
British |
September 12, 1907 |
September 3, 1963 |
| Louise Bogan |
American |
August 11, 1897 |
February 4, 1970 |