Victoria Redel

Victoria Redel is an American poet and fiction writer known for lyric...  

Virgil

Virgil (70 BCE–19 CE), born Publius Vergilius Maro in Mantua, in northern...  

W. H. Auden

W.H. Auden (1907–1973) was born in York, England, and is widely considered...  

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman (1819–1892) was born in West Hills, Long Island, New York,...  

Wanda Coleman

Wanda Coleman (1946–2013) was born in Watts, Los Angeles, and became one...  

War

Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire (born in Nairobi, Kenya) is a British-Somali poet who grew...  

Wendy Cope

Wendy Cope (born in Erith, Kent, England) is one of the most...  

Whitney Hanson

Whitney Hanson (born in rural Montana) is a poet and TikTok phenomenon...  

Wilder

Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Owen (1893–1918) was born in Oswestry, Shropshire, England, and is regarded...  

William Blake

William Blake (1757–1827) was born in London and is one of the...  

William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, and practiced...  

William Evans

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and is widely regarded...  

William Sieghart

William Sieghart (born in England) is a British publisher, charity founder, and...  

William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth (1770–1850) was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England, and is one...  

Women Authors

Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo

Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo (born in San Gabriel, California) is a Chicana poet, educator,...  

Yrsa Daley-Ward

Yrsa Daley-Ward (born in Chorley, Lancashire, England) is a British-Jamaican poet and...  

Yung Pueblo

Yung Pueblo is the pen name of Diego Perez, a writer and...  

Yusef Komunyakaa

Yusef Komunyakaa (born in Bogalusa, Louisiana) is one of the major American...  

Yves Bonnefoy

Yves Bonnefoy (1923–2016) was born in Tours, France, and became the preeminent...  

Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi

Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi is a Nigerian poet who writes in English and...  

Zefyr Lisowski

Zeina Hashem Beck

Zeina Hashem Beck (born in Tripoli, Lebanon) is a Lebanese poet writing...