Ackerman, Diane (1948-____) US poet, writer, social worker

Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) English poet, essayist, playwright

Aeschylus, (525?-456 BC) Greek playwright

Albee, Edward (1928-____) US dramatist

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836-1907) US poet, writer, editor

Allen, Paula Gunn (1939-____) US American Indian {Pueblo/Sioux) poet, writer

Allingham, William (1824-1889) Irish poet, editor

Anderson, Maxwell (1888-1959) US dramatist

Anouilh, Jean (1910-1987) French dramatist, screenwriter

Aragon, Louis (1897-1982) French poet

Ariosto, Ludovico (1474-1533) Italian poet

Aristophanes, (448-385 B.C.) Greek dramatist

Armour, Richard (1906-1989) US poet

Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888) English poet, critic

Artaud, Antonin (1896-1948) French dramatist, poet, actor

Ashbery, John (1927-____) US poet

Auden, W. H. (1907-1973) English-USA poet, dramatist, editor

Ausonius, (310-195) Latin poet, teacher

Bailey, Philip James (1816-1902) English poet

Baraka, Imamu Amiri (1934-____) US playwright, poet, novelist, essayist

Barca, Pedro Calderon de la (1600-1681) Spanish dramatist, poet

Barrie, James Matthew (1860-1937) Scottish dramatist, novelist

Baudelaire, Charles (1821-1867) French poet, critic, translator

Beaumarchais, Pierre de (1732-1799) French dramatist

Beaumont, Francis (1586-1616) English playwright

Beckett, Samuel (1906-1989) Irish playwright, novelist

Behan, Brendan (1923-1964) Irish dramatist, author

Behn, Aphra (1640-1689) English playwright, poet

Belloc, Hilaire (1870-1953) English writer, poet

Benet, Stephen Vincent (1898-1943) US poet, novelist, short-story writer

Bennett, Alan (1934-____) English dramatist, actor

Bernard, Tristan (1866-1947) French playwright, novelist, journalist, lawyer

Betjeman, John (1906) English poet

Betti, Ugo (1892-1953) Italian playwright

Bishop, Elizabeth (1911-1979) US poet

Blake, William (1757-1827) English poet, artist, visionary

Bly, Robert (1926-____) US poet

Bogan, Louise A. (1897-1970) US lyric poet, critic

Boileau, Nicolas (1636-1711) French literary poet, critic

Bolton, Sarah Knowles (1841-1916) US poet, editor, social reformer

Bontemps, Arna (1902-1973) US poet, writer

Borges, Jorge Luis (1899-1986) Argentine poet, short-story writer

Bradstreet, Anne (1612?-1672) US poet

Brecht, Bertolt (1898-1956) German dramatist, poet

Breton, Andre (1896-1966) French poet, essayist, critic, editor

Bridges, Robert (1844-1930) English poet

Brittain, Vera () English writer, poet, pacifist

Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1840) English novelist, poet

Brooke, Rupert (1887-1915) English poet

Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-____) US poet

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861) English poet

Browning, Robert (1812-1889) English poet

Bryant, William C. (1794-1878) US poet, editor

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G. (1803-1873) English statesman, poet

Bunting, Basil (1900-1985) English poet

Burgess, Gelett (1866-1951) US writer, poet, humorist

Burns, Robert (1759-1796) Scottish poet

Butler (a), Samuel (1612-1680) English poet, satirist, painter, philosopher

Bynner, Witter (1881-1968) US author

Byron, George Gordon (1788-1824) English poet

Campbell, Thomas (1777-1844) Scotish poet

Campion, Thomas (1567-1620) English poet, composer, physician

Catullus, Caius Valerius (87-54 B.C) Roman poet

Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616) Spanish novelist, dramatist, poet

Cesaire, Aime (1913-____) Martiniquais poet, playwright, political activist

Chamfort, Nicolas (1741-1794) French journalist, playwright, aphorist

Chapman, George (1560-1634) English dramatist, translator, poet

Chapman, John Jay (1862-1933) US poet, dramatist, critic

Ciardi, John (1916-1986) English dramatist, actor, author

Cibber, Colley (1671-1757) English playwright, poet, actor

Clare, John (1793-1864) English poet

Clough, Arthur Hugh (1819-1861) English poet

Coatsworth, Elizabeth (1893-1986) US poet, children's author

Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963) French poet, novelist, director

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) English poet, critic, essayist

Congreve, William (1670-1729) English dramatist

Corneille, Pierre (1606-1684) French dramatist, poet

Coward, Noel (1899-1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director

Cowper, William (1731-1800) English poet

Crabbe, George (1754-1832) English poet, short-story writer

Cullen, Countee (1903-1946) US poet

Dante, (1265-1321) Italian poet

Delaney, Shelagh (1939-____) English playwright

Denham, John (1615-1668) English poet, dramatist

Donne, John (1573-1631) English poet

Doren, Mark Van (1894-1972) US poet, writer

Dryden, John (1631-1700) English poet, dramatist, critic

Eldridge, Paul (1888-1982) US educator, novelist, poet

Eliot, T. S. (1888-1965) US-English poet, critic, playwright

Erdrich, Louise (1954-____) US-American Indian Chippewa writer, poet

Euripides, (480-406 BC) Greek dramatist

Field, Eugene (1850-1895) US poet, journalist

Fontaine, Jean de la (1621-1695) French poet

Ford, John (1586-1640) English dramatist

Frost, Robert (1874-1963) US poet

Gay, John (1685-1732) English poet, dramatist

Gibran, Kahlil (1883-1931) Syrian-USA poet, writer

Gilbert, William (1836-1911) English dramatist

Ginsberg, Allen (1926-1997) US poet

Giovanni, Nikki (1943-____) US author, poet

Giraudoux, Jean (1882-1944) French dramatist, novelist, diplomat

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832) German poet, dramatist

Gray, Thomas (1716-1771) English poet

Greville, Fulke (1554-1628) English poet

Griffin, Susan () US poet, writer, educator

Guest, Edgar A. (1881-1959) US poet, journalist

Hale, Sarah Josepha (1788-1879) US journalist, author, poet

Hansberry, Lorraine (1930-1965) US playwright

Harper, Frances Watkins (1825-1911) US poet

Heine, Heinrich (1797-1856) German poet, critic

Hellman, Lillian (1905-1987) US dramatist

Henley, Beth (1952-____) US dramatist

Herbert, George (1593-1633) English author, poet

Herrick, Robert (1591-1674) English poet

Hill, Aaron (1685-1750) English poet, dramatist, essayist

Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894) US poet, essayist, scholar

Hopkins, Gerard Manley (1844-1889) English poet, religious leader

Horace, (65 - 8 BC) Roman poet, satirist

Hughes, Langston (1902-1967) US poet, writer, editor

Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) French author, dramatist

Hurston, Zora Neale (1903-1960) US dramatist, author

Ibsen, Henrik (1828-1906) Norweigan poet, dramatist

Ionesco, Eugene (1912-1994) Romanian-French dramatist

Isherwood, Christopher (1904-1986) US author, dramatist

Jerrold, Douglas (1803-1857) English humorist, playwright, journalist

Johnson, James Weldon (1871-1938) US poet, diplomat, anthologist

Jonson, Ben (1572-1637) English poet, dramatist

Kaufman, George S. (1889-1961) US dramatist, journalist

Keats, John (1795-1821) English poet

Kgositsile, Keorapetse (1938-____) South African poet, essayist

Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) Persian poet, mathematician, astronomer

Kilmer, Joyce (1886-1918) US poet

Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) English poet, novelist, short-story writer

LaFontaine, Jean de (1621-1695) French poet

Landon, Letitia (1802-1838) English poet, novelist

Landor, Walter Savage (1775-1864) English poet, essayist

Larkin, Philip (1922-1985) English poet, author, librarian

Lear, Edward (1812-1888) English poet, landscape painter

Lec, Stanislaw (1909-1996) Polish aphorist, poet, satirist

Lerner, Alan Jay (1918-1986) US dramatist, lyricist, composer

Levertov, Denise (1923-____) English-USA poet

Lindsay, Vachel (1879-1931) US poet

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) US poet, educator

Lorca, Federico Garcia (1898-1936) Spanish poet, dramatist

Lorde, Audre (1934-1992) US poet, feminist

Lowell, Amy (1874-1925) US poet, critic, lecturer

Lyly, John (1554-1606) English dramatist, writer

MacLeish, Archibald (1892-1982) US poet, playwright, teacher, public official

Maeterlinck, Maurice (1862-1949) Belgian dramatist, author

Mallarme, Stephane (1842-1898) French poet

Markham, Edwin (1852-1940) US poet, lecturer

Marlowe, Christopher (1564-1593) English dramatist, poet

Marti, Jose (1853-1895) Cuban poet, patriot

Martial, (43-104) Roman epigrammatic poet

Marvell, Andrew (1621-1678) English poet

Meynell, Alice (1847-1922) English poet, essayist

Middleton, Thomas (1580-1627) English dramatist

Millay, Edna St. Vincent (1882-1950) US author, poet

Miller, Alice Duer (1874-1942) US poet, author

Miller, Authur (1915-____) US dramatist

Miller, Joaquin (1839-1913) US poet

Milton, John (1608-1674) English poet, essayist

Mizner, Wilson (1876-1933) US playwright, author

Molière, (1622-1673) French dramatist, actor

Monroe, Harriet (1860-1936) US editor, poet

Montgomery, James (1771-1854) Scottish poet, journalist

Moore, Marianne (1887-1972) US poet, editor

Moore, Thomas (1779-1852) Irish poet

Nash, Ogden (1902-1971) US poet

Nemerov, Howard (1920-1991) US poet, novelist, critic

Norman, Marsha (1947-____) US dramatist

Norton, Caroline Sheridan (1808-1877) English poet, novelist

Novalis, (1772-1801) German poet

O'Casey, Sean (1880-1964) Irish playwright

O'Neill, Eugene (1888-1953) US dramatist

Otway, Thomas (1652-1685) English dramatist, poet

Ovid, (43 BC-AD 17) Roman poet

Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918) English poet

Pavese, Cesare (1908-1950) Italian poet, critic, novelist, translator

Paz, Octavio (1914-____) Mexican poet, writer, diplomat

Petrarch, Francesco (1304-1374) Italian poet

Pindar, (c. 518-438 BC) Greek poet

Pirandello, Luigi (1867-1936) Italian playwright, novelist, short-story writer

Plautus, Titus Maccius (254-184 BC) Roman comic poet

Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) US poet, short-story writer

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744) English poet

Pound, Ezra (1885-1972) US poet, critic, translator

Priestley, J. B. (1894-1984) English author, dramatist

Prior, Matthew (1664-1721) English poet, diplomat

Quarles, Francis (1592-1644) English poet

Rabearivelo, Jean-Joseph (1901-1937) Malagasy poet

Renard, Jules (1864-1910) French dramatist, author

Rich, Adrienne (1929-____) US poet, educator

Richards, Beah (1926-____) US poet, playwright, actress

Richards, Mary Caroline () US poet, potter

Rilke, Rainer M. (1875-1926) Austro-German poet

Robinson, Edwin A. (1869-1935) US poet

Rossetti, Christina (1830-1894) English poet

Rukeyser, Muriel (1913-1980) US poet

Saadi, Moslih Eddin (1184-1291) Persian poet

Sachs, Nelly (1891-1970) German poet, dramatist

Sackville-West, Vita (1892-1962) English novelist, poet

Sanchez, Sonia (1934-____) US poet, playwright, educator

Sandburg, Carl (1878-1967) US poet, biographer

Sarton, May (1912-1995) US author, poet

Sartre, Jean-Paul (1905-1980) French author, dramatist

Schiller, Friedrich von (1759-1805) German dramatist, poet, historian

Sexton, Anne (1928-1974) US poet

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) English dramatist, poet

Shange, Ntozake (1948-____) US poet, playwright

Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950) English dramatist, critic

Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822) English poet

Shenstone, William (1714-1763) English poet, gardener, collector

Sitwell, Edith (1887-1964) English poet

Smith, Dodie (1896-1990) English dramatist

Smith, Stevie (1902-1971) English poet

Sophocles, (496?-406 BC) Greek poet

Soyinka, Wole (1934-____) Nigerian playwright, novelist, critic

Spenser, Edmund (1552?-1599) English poet

St. Teresa of Avila, (1515-1582) Spanish mystic, poet

Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894) Scottish author, poet, essayist, critic

Stoppard, Tom (1937-____) English dramatist, author

Stuart, Janet Erskine () English poet

Swenson, May (1919-____) US poet

Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941) Bengali poet, novelist, composer

Taylor, Ann (and Jane) (1782-1866) English children's author, poet

Teasdale, Sara (1884-1933) US author, poet

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord (1809-1892) English poet

Terence, (185-159 BC) Roman dramatist

Thomas, Dylan (1914-1953) Welsh poet, writer

Thompson, Francis (1859-1907) English poet

Tupper, Martin (1810-1889) English poet

Valery, Paul (1871-1945) French poet, critic

Vaughan, Henry (1622-1695) Anglo-Welsh poet, mystic

Virgil, (70 -19 BC) Roman poet

Wasserstein, Wendy (1950-____) US playwright

Watson, William (1858-1935) English poet

Whitman, Walt (1819-1892) US poet

Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892) US poet, essayist

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919) US writer, poet, journalist

Wilde, Oscar (1856-1900) Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist

Wilder, Thornton (1897-1975) US playwright, novelist

Williams, Tennessee (1911-1983) US dramatist, author

Williams, William Carlos (1883-1963) US poet

Wilson, August (1945-____) US dramatist

Wordsworth, William (1770-1850) English poet

Wotton, Henry (1568-1639) English poet, diplomat

Yeats, William Butler (1865-1939) Irish poet, dramatist

Young, Edward (1683-1765) English poet, dramatist

cummings, e. e. (1894-1962) US poet, novelist