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.

Jumaniyaz Jabbarov
Uzbekistan
UzbekistanPeople's poet of Uzbekistan.

Cecilija Dinere
Latvia
LatviaLatvian writer, poet, prose writer and translator

Yankev Groper
Israel
IsraelJewish poet

Jorge Barbosa
Poet and writer from Cape Verde.

Iakov Shogolev
Ukraine
UkraineLittle Russian poet

Boris Kornilov
Russian poet

Tadeusz Borowski
Poland
PolandPolish poet and novelist

Nikolay Ribalko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian poet.

Edmond Rostand
France
FranceFrench poet, playwright, author of plays: "Cyrano de Bergerac", "Eaglet", etc.

Luis Antonio de Villena
Spain
SpainSpanish poet, novelist, essayist and translator

Naftali Herz Imber
USA
USAJewish poet, author of the lyrics of "Hatikva" - the anthem of the Zionist movement

Bogdan Kravtsiv
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian literary figure, poet and translator

Angelo Poliziano
Italy
ItalyPoet, humanist, court poet, friend of Lorenzo de' Medici, teacher of his sons.

Carole Sager
USA
USAPoet-songwriter

Ilyas Dzhansugurov
Kazakh Soviet poet, classic of Kazakh literature

Vincent Voiture
France
FranceFrench poet, member of the French Academy

Beda Weber
Germany
GermanyGerman spiritual writer and poet

Victor Korzh
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian poet, literary scholar

Elza Rosenberg-Plekshan (Aspazija)
Latvia
LatviaLatvian poetess, playwright, wife of Jan RAINIS

Walter Lowenfels
USA
USAAmerican poet and essayist

Ruben Dario
Nicaragua
NicaraguaNicaraguan poet

Jose Ernandas
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine poet

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Germany
GermanyGerman poet, novelist and playwright

Dilan Tomas
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet.

Vadim Gardner
USA
USARussian poet

Irina Ivanchenko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian poetess

Thomas Moore
Ireland
IrelandIrish poet

Rinat Arkhipov
Tatar and Russian poet

Jacques Carel
France
FranceFrench poet.

Christina Rossetti
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish artist and poet

Teodor Bujnicki
Poland
PolandPolish poet, satirist and journalist

Peter Balakian
USA
USAAmerican poet, writer and explorer.

Jean Galbert Campistron
France
FranceFrench poet.

Jean Cocteau
France
FranceFrench avant-garde writer, film director, actor and artist.

Maria Kuntsevich
Poland
PolandProse writer, essayist, translator of English, French and Scandinavian literature.

Natalia Arsenyeva
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian poetess.

Ibycus
Greece
GreeceGreek lyricist

Decimus Magnus Ausonius
A late Latin poet who was called in modern times "the first French poet" (for his local patriotism), although he wrote in Latin

William Cowper
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet

Masedonio Fernandes
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine poet

Alexander Pope
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet and satirist

Ambrose Philips
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet and politician.

Salvatore Quazimodo
Italy
ItalyItalian poet, Nobel laureate 1959.

Cleobulus
Greece
GreeceIn the 6th century BC, one of the "seven Greek sages", the son of Evagoras, was the ruler (tyrant) of the Rhodian city of Lindos in Rhodes

Maxine Kumin
USA
USAAmerican writer and poet

Zinaida Volkonskaya
Russia
RussiaPrincess, Russian writer

Elizabeth Carter
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet and translator.

Bakhtiyar Wahabzade
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanPeople's poet of Azerbaijan

Endre Ady
Hungary
HungaryHungarian poet and publicist, whose works reflected the rebellious world of the turn of the century, with its insights and its delusions.

Robert Herrick
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet