Poems in English by:

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Chris Abani - Nigeria
Lionel Abrahams - South Africa
Dannie Abse - United Kingdom
Mohammed Abu-Talib - Morocco
Robert Adamson - Australia
Fleur Adcock - United Kingdom
Toyin Adewale - Nigeria
Ishrat Afreen - Pakistan
Tatamkhulu Afrika - South Africa
Patience Agbabi - United Kingdom
Adam Aitken - Australia
Sascha Aurora Akhtar - United Kingdom
Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi - Sudan
Meena Alexander - India
Taha Muhammad Ali - Israel
Mir Mahfuz Ali - United Kingdom
Ali Alizadeh - Australia
Moniza Alvi - United Kingdom
Barbra Breeze Anderson - Zimbabwe
Louis Armand - Australia
Rae Armantrout - USA
Craig Arnold - USA
Mona Arshi - United Kingdom
John Ashbery - USA
Tiffany Atkinson - United Kingdom
Kofi Awoonor - Ghana
Ken Babstock - Canada
Gabeba Baderoon - South Africa
Simon Barraclough - United Kingdom
Bruce Beaver - Australia
Amy Beeder - USA
Nazand Begikhani - United Kingdom
Jo Bell - United Kingdom
Lisa Bellear - Australia
Jay Bernard - United Kingdom
Robert Berold - South Africa
Liz Berry - United Kingdom
Emily Berry - United Kingdom
Judith Beveridge - Australia
Vonani Bila - South Africa
Umar Bin Hassan - USA
Caroline Bird - United Kingdom
Elizabeth Bishop - USA
Jean Bleakney - United Kingdom
Elisabeth Bletsoe - United Kingdom
Merlinda Bobis - Australia
Kim Cheng Boey - Australia
Malika Booker - United Kingdom
Pat Boran - Ireland
Marianne Boruch - USA
Nadine Botha - South Africa
Peter Boyle - Australia
Lucie Brock-Broido - USA
Julian Talamantez Brolaski - USA
David Brooks - Australia
Pam Brown - Australia
Andy Brown - United Kingdom
Pam Brown - Australia
Colette Bryce - United Kingdom
Austin Bukenya - Uganda
Bulawayo poets - Zimbabwe
John Burnside - United Kingdom
James Byrne - United Kingdom
CAConrad - USA
Michelle Cahill - Australia
Kimberly Campanello - Ireland
Vahni Capildeo - United Kingdom
Anne Carson - Canada
Ciaran Carson - United Kingdom
Sampurna Chattarji - India
Bernice Chauly - Malaysia
Paul Chidyausiku - Zimbabwe
Batsirai E. Chigama - Zimbabwe
Joyce Chigiya - Zimbabwe
Julius Chingono - Zimbabwe
Kayo Chingonyi - United Kingdom
Taurai Lovemore Chinyanganya - Zimbabwe
Chirikure Chirikure - Zimbabwe
Dilip Chitre - India
Christopher Chiwanza - Zimbabwe
Yvette Christiansë - South Africa
Polly Clark - United Kingdom
Gillian Clarke - United Kingdom
Brendan Cleary - Ireland
Harry Clifton - Ireland
Joshua Clover - USA
Michael Coady - Ireland
Ali Cobby Eckermann - Australia
Mandy Coe - United Kingdom
Michael Cope - South Africa
Julia Copus - United Kingdom
Ann Cotten - Germany
MTC Cronin - Australia
Crossing Borders poets - Zimbabwe
Patrick Cullinan - South Africa
James Cummins - Ireland
Paula Cunningham - Ireland
Averill Curdy - USA
Lidija Cvetkovic - Australia
Mamang Dai - India
Ailbhe Darcy - Ireland
Keki Daruwalla - India
Nitoo Das - India
Kathryn Daszkiewicz - United Kingdom
Luke Davies - Australia
Kwame Dawes - Jamaica
Eunice de Souza - India
John F. Deane - Ireland
Greg Delanty - Ireland
Imtiaz Dharker - India
W.S. Di Piero - USA
Adam Dickinson - Canada
Isobel Dixon - South Africa
Angifi Proctor Dladla - South Africa
Katie Donovan - Ireland
Maura Dooley - United Kingdom
Theo Dorgan - Ireland
Rita Dove - USA
Finuala Dowling - South Africa
Jane Draycott - United Kingdom
Carol Ann Duffy - United Kingdom
Laurie Duggan - Australia
Ian Duhig - United Kingdom
Helen Dunmore - United Kingdom
Stephen Dunn - USA
Russel Edson - USA
Chris Edwards - Australia
Steve Ely - United Kingdom
Claudia Emerson - USA
John Ennis - Ireland
John Eppel - Zimbabwe
Elke Erb - Germany
Jill Alexander Essbaum - USA
Martina Evans - Ireland
Peter Fallon - Ireland
Paul Farley - United Kingdom
Michael Farrell - Australia
Comrade Fatso - Zimbabwe
Vicki Feaver - United Kingdom
Elaine Feinstein - United Kingdom
James Fenton - United Kingdom
Martin Figura - United Kingdom
Roy Fisher - United Kingdom
Leontia Flynn - United Kingdom
Lionel Fogarty - Australia
John Forbes - Australia
Linda France - United Kingdom
Alice Fulton - USA
Katherine Gallagher - Australia
Patrick Galvin - Ireland
Miriam Gamble - Ireland
Dawn Garisch - South Africa
Jane Gibian - Australia
Alan Gillis - Ireland
Allen Ginsberg - USA
Peter Gizzi - USA
John Glenday - United Kingdom
Louise Glück - USA
Kenneth Goldsmith - USA
Robert Gray - Australia
Stephen Gray - South Africa
Michelle Green - United Kingdom
Jessica Greenbaum - USA
Lavinia Greenlaw - United Kingdom
Linda Gregerson - USA
Andrew Greig - United Kingdom
Eliza Griswold - USA
Vona Groarke - Ireland
Philip Gross - United Kingdom
Karinna Alves Gulias - Brazil
Gulzar - India
Mafika Pascal Gwala - South Africa
Dorian Haarhoff - Namibia
Jen Hadfield - United Kingdom
Megan Hall - South Africa
Alan Halsey - United Kingdom
Amanda Hammar - Zimbabwe
Philip Hammial - Australia
Kerry Hardie - Ireland
James Harpur - Ireland
Martin Harrison - Australia
J.S. Harry - Australia
David Harsent - United Kingdom
Kevin Hart - Australia
Michael Hartnett - Ireland
Lee Harwood - United Kingdom
Anjum Hasan - India
Robert Hass - USA
Christian Hawkey - USA
Seamus Heaney - Ireland
Cecil Helman - United Kingdom
Paul Henry - United Kingdom
WN Herbert - United Kingdom
Tracey Herd - United Kingdom
Judith Herzberg - Netherlands
Bob Hicok - USA
Michael D. Higgins - Ireland
Fiona Hile - Australia
Jane Hirshfield - USA
Tony Hoagland - USA
L.K. Holt - Australia
Eleanor Hooker - Ireland
Joseph Horgan - Ireland
Ranjit Hoskote - India
Chenjerai Hove - Zimbabwe
Fanny Howe - USA
Sarah Howe - United Kingdom
Frieda Hughes - United Kingdom
Aamer Hussein - Pakistan
Helen Ivory - United Kingdom
A. B. Jackson - United Kingdom
Tsitsi Jaji - Zimbabwe
Christopher James - United Kingdom
Kathleen Jamie - United Kingdom
Maria Jastrzębska - United Kingdom
Jill Jones - Australia
Anthony Joseph - United Kingdom
Trevor Joyce - Ireland
Adil Jussawalla - India
Ethel Irene Kabwato - Zimbabwe
Ilya Kaminsky - USA
Meena Kandasamy - India
Katia Kapovich - USA
Mary Karr - USA
Laura Kasischke - USA
Jackie Kay - United Kingdom
Luke Kennard - United Kingdom
Brendan Kennelly - Ireland
Keorapetse Kgositsile - South Africa
Tabish Khair - India
Mimi Khalvati - United Kingdom
Shamshad Khan - United Kingdom
David Kinloch - United Kingdom
John Kinsella - Australia
August Kleinzahler - USA
Edvard Kocbek - Slovenia
John Koethe - USA
Ingrid de Kok - South Africa
Yusef Komunyakaa - USA
Rustum Kozain - South Africa
Zaffar Kunial - United Kingdom
Nick Laird - United Kingdom
Michael Laskey - United Kingdom
Rickey Laurentiis - USA
Jan Lauwereyns - Belgium
Anthony Lawrence - Australia
Robert Lax - USA
Hailey Leithauser - USA
Dana Levin - USA
Philip Levine - USA
Larry Levis - USA
Emma Lew - Australia
Gwyneth Lewis - United Kingdom
Bella Li - Australia
Tim Liardet - United Kingdom
Kate Lilley - Australia
Frank Lima - USA
Sarah Lindsay - USA
Miriam Wei Wei Lo - Australia
Fran Lock - United Kingdom
Michael Longley - Ireland
Dave Lordan - Ireland
Hannah Lowe - United Kingdom
Roddy Lumsden - United Kingdom
Catherine Phil MacCarthy - Ireland
Nathaniel Mackey - USA
Panashe Madziva - Zimbabwe
Chris Magadza - Zimbabwe
Mzi Mahola - South Africa
Derek Mahon - Ireland
Jennifer Maiden - Australia
Cosmas Mairosi - Zimbabwe
Gayatri Majumdar - India
David Malouf - Australia
Chris Mann - South Africa
Randall Mann - USA
Dambudzo Marechera - Zimbabwe
Adrian Matejka - USA
Jennifer Matthews - Ireland
Ngwatilo Mawiyoo - Kenya
Glyn Maxwell - United Kingdom
Jamaal May - USA
Bernadette Mayer - USA
John McAuliffe - Ireland
Chris McCabe - United Kingdom
Thomas McCarthy - Ireland
Karen McCarthy Woolf - United Kingdom
John McCullough - United Kingdom
Roger McGough - United Kingdom
Campbell McGrath - USA
Medbh McGuckian - United Kingdom
Patrick McGuinness - United Kingdom
Heather McHugh - USA
Ian McMillan - United Kingdom
Andrew McMillan - United Kingdom
Paula Meehan - Ireland
Joshua Mehigan - USA
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra - India
W. S. Merwin - USA
Joan Metelerkamp - South Africa
Gcina Mhlophe - South Africa
Kei Miller - United Kingdom
Ye Mimi - China
Peter Minter - Australia
Sudesh Mishra - India
Adrian Mitchell - United Kingdom
Tony Mitton - United Kingdom
Zolani Mkiva - South Africa
Chris Mlalazi - Zimbabwe
Ange Mlinko - USA
Titus Moetsabi - Zimbabwe
John Montague - Ireland
Kobus Moolman - South Africa
Martin Mooney - United Kingdom
Alan Jude Moore - Ireland
Kim Moore - United Kingdom
Esther Morgan - United Kingdom
David Morley - United Kingdom
Sinéad Morrissey - Ireland
Helen Mort - United Kingdom
Brian Moses - United Kingdom
Tswarelo Mothobe - Zimbabwe
Seitlhamo Motsapi - South Africa
Erín Moure - Canada
Tari Mtetwa - Zimbabwe
Elizabeth Muchemwa - Zimbabwe
Panchali Mukherji - Ireland
Paul Muldoon - Ireland
Petra Müller - South Africa
Charles Mungoshi - Zimbabwe
Gerry Murphy - Ireland
Richard Murphy - Ireland
Aidan Murphy - Ireland
Les Murray - Australia
Blessing Musariri - Zimbabwe
Togara Muzanenhamo - Zimbabwe
Mybruthazkeepa - Zimbabwe
Eileen Myles - USA
Daljit Nagra - United Kingdom
Kishwar Naheed - Pakistan
Rukmini Bhaya Nair - India
Karthika Nair - India
Suniti Namjoshi - India
Prathibha Nandakumar - India
Robin Ngangom - India
Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng - Australia
Nuala Ní Chonchúir - Ireland
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin - Ireland
Philip Nikolayev - Russia
Marilyn Noronha - India
Alice Notley - USA
Idra Novey - USA
Freedom T.V. Nyamubaya - Zimbabwe
Albert Nyathi - Zimbabwe
Mxolisi Nyezwa - South Africa
Mary O’Donoghue - Ireland
Dennis O’Driscoll - Ireland
Odia Ofeimun - Nigeria
Sharon Olds - USA
Alice Oswald - United Kingdom
Outspoken - Zimbabwe
Conor O\'Callaghan - Ireland
Eugene O\'Connell - Ireland
Mary O\'Donnell - Ireland
Gregory O\'Donoghue - Ireland
Mary O\'Malley - Ireland
Bernard O’Donoghue - Ireland
Ciaran O’Driscoll - Ireland
Michael O’Loughlin - Ireland
Leanne O’Sullivan - Ireland
Ruth Padel - United Kingdom
Michael Palmer - USA
Sophia Pandeya - Pakistan
Gieve Patel - India
Paul Perry - Ireland
Pascale Petit - United Kingdom
Nikola Petković - Croatia
Mario Petrucci - United Kingdom
Tom Petsinis - Australia
Carl Phillips - USA
Nilmani Phookan - India
Ian Pindar - United Kingdom
Robert Pinsky - USA
Jerry Pinto - India
Clare Pollard - United Kingdom
Jacob Polley - United Kingdom
Dorothy Porter - Australia
Peter Porter - United Kingdom
Dorothy Porter - Australia
Claire Potter - Australia
D.A. Powell - USA
Frances Presley - United Kingdom
Karen Press - South Africa
Richard Price - United Kingdom
Andy Quan - Australia
Justin Quinn - Ireland
Shazea Quraishi - United Kingdom
Lawrence Raab - USA
E.V. Ramakrishnan - India
Lesego Rampolokeng - South Africa
Billy Ramsell - Ireland
Deryn Rees-Jones - United Kingdom
Denise Riley - United Kingdom
Peter Riley - United Kingdom
Atsuro Riley - USA
Maurice Riordan - Ireland
Sam Riviere - United Kingdom
Michael Robbins - USA
Ed Roberson - USA
Neil Rollinson - United Kingdom
Stephen Romer - United Kingdom
Mark Roper - Ireland
Jerome Rothenberg - USA
Jacques Roubaud - France
Noel Rowe - Australia
Kristina Rungano - Zimbabwe
Gwinyai Runyowa - Zimbabwe
Gig Ryan - Australia
Kay Ryan - USA
Zvisinei Sandi - Zimbabwe
Fungisayi Sasa - Zimbabwe
Maurice Scully - Ireland
Sudeep Sen - India
Mithu Sen - India
Olive Senior - Jamaica
Mongane Wally Serote - South Africa
Vijay Seshadri - India
Vikram Seth - India
Ravi Shankar - India
Jo Shapcott - United Kingdom
Eileen Sheehan - Ireland
Warsan Shire - United Kingdom
Penelope Shuttle - United Kingdom
John Siddique - United Kingdom
Ron Silliman - USA
Charles Simic - USA
Peter Sirr - Ireland
Peter Skrzynecki - Australia
Tom Sleigh - USA
Dorothea Smartt - United Kingdom
Vivian Smith - Australia
Gerard Smyth - Ireland
Kelwyn Sole - South Africa
Karen Solie - Canada
K. Srilata - India
Pauline Stainer - United Kingdom
A.E. Stallings - USA
John Stammers - United Kingdom
Nicolette Stasko - Australia
Greta Stoddart - United Kingdom
Jon Stone - United Kingdom
Mark Strand - USA
Arundhathi Subramaniam - India
C. P. Surendran - India
Mario Suško - Croatia
Matthew Sweeney - Ireland
Michael Symmons Roberts - United Kingdom
Arthur Sze - USA
George Szirtes - United Kingdom
Beaven Tapureta - Zimbabwe
Kate Tempest - United Kingdom
Anand Thakore - India
Anitha Thampi - India
Jeet Thayil - India
ko ko thett - Burma (Myanmar)
John Tranter - Australia
Tsotso magazine - Zimbabwe
Brian Turner - USA
Ruth Vanita - India
Ann Vickery - Australia
Wendy Videlock - USA
Samuel Wagan Watson - Australia
Ania Walwicz - Australia
Stephen Watson - South Africa
Alan Wearne - Australia
Jillian Weise - USA
David Wheatley - Ireland
Jessica L. Wilkinson - Australia
C.K. Williams - USA
Eleanor Wilner - USA
Rosalie Wilson - Zimbabwe
Landa Wo - Ireland
Macdara Woods - Ireland
Franz Wright - USA
Adam Wyeth - Ireland
Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch - United Kingdom
Jūkichi Yagi - Japan
Jane Yeh - United Kingdom
Dean Young - USA
Ouyang Yu - Australia
Dane Zajc - Slovenia
Tinofireyi Dennis Zhou - Zimbabwe
Phillip Zhuwao - Zimbabwe
Musaemura Zimunya - Zimbabwe
Mona Zote - India
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