List of English language poets

Poets who wrote or write much of their poetry in the English language. {{listdev}}

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Da-Do

• Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)
• George Darley (1795-1846)
• Tina Darragh
• Robert von Dassanowsky (aka Robert Dassanowsky)
• William Davenant (1606-1668)
• John Davies (1569-1626)
• Thomas Osborne Davis (1814-1845)
• John Davidson (1837-1909)
• Michael Davidson
• Jean Day
• Thomas Dekker (1575-1641)
• John Denham (1615-1669)
• Thomas Dermody (1775-1802)
• William F. DeVault
• Denis Devlin (1908-1959)
• James Dickey (1923-1997)
• Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
• Ray DiPalma
• Diane Di Prima
• John Donne (1572-1631)
• Maura Dooley
• Edward Dorn
• Keith Douglas (1920-1944)
• Rita Dove
• Francis Hastings Doyle (1810-1888)
• Buck Downs
• Ernest Dowson (1867-1900)

Dr-Dy

• Michael Drayton (1563-1631)
• William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585-1649)
• John Dryden (1631-1700)
• W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963)
• Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955)
• Charles Gavan Duffy (1816-1903)
• Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
• William Dunbar (1465-1520)
• Robert Duncan (1919-1988)
• Douglas Dunn (born 1942)
• G.F.Dutton
• John Dyer
• Alan Dunnett