Poetry

Discover a world of poetic brilliance with our curated list of celebrated poets. Explore the works of literary giants, from Shakespeare to Maya Angelou, and delve into the minds of those who have shaped the art of verse. Find inspiration, emotion, and timeless expression in the words of these renowned poets.

Carole Sager
Carole Sager
USA
Poet-songwriter
Jose Maria Alvarez
Jose Maria Alvarez
Spain
Spanish poet, writer and translator
Johann Andreas Cramer
Johann Andreas Cramer
Germany
German poet, theologian
Gerry Goffin
Gerry Goffin
USA
American poet, songwriter
Edward Lear
Edward Lear
Great Britain
Poet
Nikola Bualo-Depreo
Nikola Bualo-Depreo
France
French poet, classicist theorist
Yona Wallach
Yona Wallach
Israel
Israeli poet who wrote in Hebrew.
Salah Abd Al-Sabur
Salah Abd Al-Sabur
Egypt
Egyptian poet, playwright, literary critic, one of the founders of modern Arabic poetry, graduate of Cairo University, publisher of the magazine "Al-Katib"
Gia Potskhveriya
Gia Potskhveriya
Georgia
Writer, poet
Yosa Buson
Yosa Buson
Japan
Japanese poet of the 18th century, master of the haiku genre
Blanka Andreu
Blanka Andreu
Spain
Poetess
Cesare Caporali
Cesare Caporali
Italy
Italian poet
Giovanni Battista Casti
Giovanni Battista Casti
Italy
Italian poet.
Veronica Gambara
Veronica Gambara
Italy
Italian poet and statesman of the Renaissance
Roy Campbell
Roy Campbell
South African poet and translator
Margarete Susman
Margarete Susman
Germany
German poet, essayist, literary scholar.
Francesco Berni
Francesco Berni
Italy
Italian poet of the 16th century
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
USA
American poet and writer
Johann Hlderlin
Johann Hlderlin
Germany
German poet
Rinat Arkhipov
Rinat Arkhipov
Tatar and Russian poet
Sara Coleridge
Sara Coleridge
Great Britain
English poetess, daughter of the poet Samuel Coleridge
Davtak Kertog
Davtak Kertog
Armenia
Armenian lyric poet of the 7th century
Taisa Bondar
Taisa Bondar
Belarus
Author of six books of poetry and prose in the Belarusian language
Raymundus Jordanus
Raymundus Jordanus
France
French writer of the 14th century, theologian
Shaul Chernihovskiy
Shaul Chernihovskiy
Israel
Jewish poet
Victor Lidio Jara Martinez
Victor Lidio Jara Martinez
Chile
Chilean poet, singer and political activist
Sergey Balahonov
Sergey Balahonov
Belarus
Belarusian writer.
Ruslan Akhtakhanov
Ruslan Akhtakhanov
Russia
Poet and educator
Bingo Gazingo
Bingo Gazingo
USA
American poet
Ada Vladimirova
Ada Vladimirova
Russian poetess, translator
Bogomil Duzel
Bogomil Duzel
Macedonia
Macedonian poet, playwright, essayist and translator, representative of the post-war poetic generation that came out with the manifesto 'The Epic is on the Vote'
Natalia Varenik
Natalia Varenik
Ukraine
Poet, novelist, journalist, teacher
Jorge Guillyn
Jorge Guillyn
Spain
Spanish poet, one of the representatives of the ultraist trend in poetry.
Olivier La Marche
Olivier La Marche
France
French poet and chronicler.
Frantisek CELAKOVSKY
Frantisek CELAKOVSKY
Czech poet, translator, literary critic. His cycles of poems "Echo of Russian Songs" and "Echo of Czech Songs" have firmly entered the treasury of Czech classical poetry.
Yunna Moritz
Yunna Moritz
Russia
Poetess
Emma Lazarus
Emma Lazarus
USA
American writer and poet
Igor Kruchik
Igor Kruchik
Ukraine
Poet
Elena Axelrod
Elena Axelrod
Israel
Soviet poetess and translator
Nikolay Girnyk
Nikolay Girnyk
Ukraine
Ukrainian Soviet poet, translator, journalist.
 Alkman
Alkman
Greece
An ancient Greek poet of the second half of the 7th century BC, a representative of choral lyric poetry.
Frederick Rolfe
Frederick Rolfe
Great Britain
English poet, prose writer, translator.
Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka
USA
African American poet, novelist, essayist and critic
Lukyan Golosov
Lukyan Golosov
Duma nobleman, poet, translator.
John Milton
John Milton
Great Britain
Great English poet
Victor Zabella
Victor Zabella
Ukrainian poet, lyricist.
Emil Quanten
Emil Quanten
Finland
Finnish poet.
Hans Vilhelm Kaalund
Hans Vilhelm Kaalund
Denmark
Danish lyricist
Luis de Camoes
Luis de Camoes
Portugal
Portuguese poet, the greatest representative of Renaissance literature in Portugal in the 16th century, the author of the universally recognized masterpiece of world literature - the national epic poem "The Lusiads", one of the founders of the modern Portuguese language
Lea Goldberg
Lea Goldberg
Israel
Israeli poet, literary scholar, translator, critic