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.

Nicolae Labis
Nicolae Labis
Romania
Romanian poet.
Vazha-Pshavela
Vazha-Pshavela
Georgia
Georgian writer and poet of the 19th century
Josephine von Knorr
Josephine von Knorr
Austria
Austrian poet and translator
Vincent Dunin-Martsinkevich
Vincent Dunin-Martsinkevich
Belarus
Belarusian writer and playwright, classic of Belarusian literature.
Neringa Abrutyte
Neringa Abrutyte
Lithuania
Lithuanian poet and translator.
Alexander Irvanets
Alexander Irvanets
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer, translator.
Thomas Hood
Thomas Hood
Great Britain
English poet, humorist and satirist.
Ewald Christian von Kleist
Ewald Christian von Kleist
Germany
German poet
Rene Depestre
Rene Depestre
Haiti
Haitian poet, prose writer, public figure, communist.
Salomea Neris
Salomea Neris
Lithuania
Lithuanian poetess
Catherine Des Roches
Catherine Des Roches
France
French writer and poet of the Renaissance period
Edmund Blunden
Edmund Blunden
Great Britain
English poet, writer and critic
Gabriello Chiabrera
Gabriello Chiabrera
Italy
Along with Marino, one of the most famous Italian poets of the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Odysseas Elytis
Odysseas Elytis
Greece
Greek poet, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1979
Karl Friedrich Kretschmann
Karl Friedrich Kretschmann
Germany
German poet.
Gyula Baghy
Gyula Baghy
Hungary
Hungarian Esperantist, famous poet and prose writer in Esperanto
Hugo Hofmannsthal
Hugo Hofmannsthal
Austria
Austrian poet, playwright, prose writer, essayist.
Cesare Caporali
Cesare Caporali
Italy
Italian poet
Robert Berns
Robert Berns
Great Britain
Poet
Strassburg Gottfried
Strassburg Gottfried
Germany
Medieval German poet, famous for his poem Tristan
Valeriy Levenko
Valeriy Levenko
Ukraine
Soviet and Ukrainian Russian-speaking poet, journalist, publicist
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer
Great Britain
The most prominent of the English poets of the Middle Ages, the largest figure in English literature.
Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam
Tajikistan
Tajik poet of the beginning of the millennium
Alfred Bruce Douglas
Alfred Bruce Douglas
Great Britain
English poet and translator
Iosif Grishashvili
Iosif Grishashvili
Georgia
Georgian Soviet poet
Yaroslav Seyfert
Yaroslav Seyfert
Czech poet, Nobel laureate in 1984.
Victor Kordun
Victor Kordun
Ukraine
Ukrainian poet
Dimitrie Anghel
Dimitrie Anghel
Romania
Romanian poet.
Katya Kapovich
Katya Kapovich
Moldova
Russian and American poet.
Kazis Puyda
Kazis Puyda
Lithuania
Lithuanian poet, prose writer, playwright, translator.
William Cowper
William Cowper
Great Britain
English poet
Malcolm de Chazal
Malcolm de Chazal
France
East African poet and artist, wrote in French
Simon Dach
Simon Dach
Germany
German Prussian poet
Alexander Ginger
Alexander Ginger
Russian poet
Shalkiiz Tlenshi-Uly
Shalkiiz Tlenshi-Uly
Kazakhstan
Poet
Mikhail Kulesh
Mikhail Kulesh
Belarus
Belarusian writer
Brone Buivydaite
Brone Buivydaite
Lithuanian poetess and prose writer.
Lado Asatiani
Lado Asatiani
Georgian Soviet poet
France Preseren
France Preseren
Slovenia
Outstanding Slovenian poet
Petr Gorskiy
Petr Gorskiy
Russia
Russian poet and writer, essayist.
Lea Goldberg
Lea Goldberg
Israel
Israeli poet, literary scholar, translator, critic
Alphonse Lamartine
Alphonse Lamartine
France
French poet and statesman.amartine
Naevius Gnaeus
Naevius Gnaeus
Italy
Roman poet
Igor Zhivagin
Igor Zhivagin
Ukraine
Ukrainian Russian-speaking lyric poet
Mikel Laboa
Mikel Laboa
Spain
Poet-songwriter
Daniil Ratgauz
Daniil Ratgauz
Czech
Russian poet, author of the words of several famous romances.
Alexander Zharov
Alexander Zharov
Russian Soviet poet
Natalia Astafieva
Natalia Astafieva
Poland
Russian and Polish poet, translator.
Vitaliy Kalashnikov
Vitaliy Kalashnikov
Russia
Russian poet, prose writer, translator
Vladimir Gippius
Vladimir Gippius
Russian poet of the Silver Age, literary scholar