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Jane TaylorJane Taylor (September 23, 1783 - April 13, 1824), was an English poet and ...
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift was born at No. 7, Hoey's Court,
Dublin, a...
John PhilipsJohn Philips (December 30, 1676 – February 15, 1709) was an eighteenth century ...
John KeatsKeats' grave in Rome John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February ...
Joseph HoweJoseph Howe, PC (December 13, 1804 – June 1, 1873) was a ship builder and born ...
John LennonJohn Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980), was an English ...
José MartíJosé Julián Martí Pérez (28 January, 1853–19 May 1895) was a leader of the Cuban...
John MarstonJohn Marston (baptised October 7, 1576 – June 25, 1634) was an English poet, ...
John Boyle O'ReillyJohn Boyle O'ReillyJohn Boyle O'Reilly (28 June 1844–10 August 1890) was an ...
James DickeyJames Dickey (February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997) was a popular United States ...
Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison, the "Kit-cat portrait", circa 1703–1712, by Godfrey ...
James HetfieldJames Alan Hetfield (born 3 August 1963, Downey, California) is the main ...
John MasefieldJohn Edward Masefield, OM, (1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967), was an English poet and ...
Judith WrightJudith Arundell Wright (31 May 1915—26 June 2000) was an Australian poet, ...
John DruryJohn Drury (b. 4 January 1927) is a retired anchorman from Chicago, IL. He ...
Jacqueline CareyJacqueline Carey (born 1964 in Highland Park, Illinois) is an author and ...
James Whitcomb RileyJames Whitcomb Riley (Greenfield, Indiana, October 7, 1849 - July 22, 1916) was ...
John MiltonJohn Milton (December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674) was an English poet, ...
James ThomsonJames Thomson (11 September 1700 – 27 August 1748) was a Scottish poet and ...
James Elroy FleckerJames Elroy Flecker (November 5, 1884- January 3, 1915) was an English poet, ...
John DrydenJohn Dryden (August 19 [O.S. August 9] 1631 – May 12 [O.S. May 1] 1700) ...
J. Milton HayesJohn Milton Hayes (1884 - 1940), better known as J. Milton Hayes, was an English...
John HoskynsSir John Hoskyns (born August 1927) is best known as ...
James JoyceJames Augustine Aloysius Joyce (Irish Séamus Seoighe; 2 February 1882 – 13 ...
Julia Ward HoweJulia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was a prominent ...
James ShirleyJames Shirley (or Sherley) (September 1596 – October 1666), was an English drama...
John BunyanJohn Bunyan.John Bunyan (November 28, 1628 – August 31, 1688), a Christian ...
Jenny JosephJenny Joseph (born 7 May 1932) is an English poet. Her poem Warning ("When I am ...
John OldhamJohn Oldham (1592–1636) was an early Puritan settler in Massachusetts. ...
Judith ViorstJudith Viorst (born February 2, 1931) is an American author, newspaper ...
John Arthur PhillipsCarole Gerson (Canadian Poetry From the Beginnings Through the First World War ...
Joyce KilmerAlfred Joyce Kilmer (6 December 1886 – 30 July 1918) was an American journalist,...
Jack PrelutskyJack Prelutsky (born September 8, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American ...
Joseph WartonJoseph Warton (April, 1722 – February 23, 1800) was an English academic and ...
John Duncombe For the Church of England Clergyman and writer, see John Duncombe (1729–1786) ...
John WebsterJohn Webster (c. 1580 – c. 1634) was an English Jacobean dramatist, a late ...
John TodhunterJohn Todhunter (December 30, 1839 - October 25, 1916) was an Irish poet and ...
James I, of ScotlandJames I (December 10, 1394 – February 21, 1437) was nominal King of Scots from ...
John AgardJohn Agard (born June 21, 1949) is a playwright, poet, and children's writer ...
John ClevelandJohn Cleveland (June 16, 1613 - April 29, 1658) was an English ...
John Davidson
John Davidson (April 11, 1857 – March 23, 1909), Scottish poet and playw...
John DowlandJohn Dowland (1563 – buried February 20, 1626) was an English composer, singer, ...
Jane KenyonJane Kenyon (May 23, 1947 - April 22, 1995) was an American poet and translator....
Joyce GrenfellJoyce Irene Grenfell, OBE (née Phipps; 10 February 1910 – 30 November 1979) was ...
James MacphersonJames MacphersonJames Macpherson (October 27, 1736 – February 17, 1796) was a ...
John Godfrey SaxeJohn Godfrey Saxe (June 2, 1816 – 1887) was an American poet perhaps best known ...
John ClareJohn Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet, in his time ...
John LydgateJohn Lydgate of Bury (c. 1370 – c. 1451) was a monk and poet, born in ...
John UpdikeJohn Hoyer Updike (born March 18, 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania) is an ...
John NewtonJohn Newton (July 24, 1725 – December 21, 1807) was an Anglican ...
James WrightJames Arlington Wright (December 13, 1927 – March 25, 1980) was a Pulitzer
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Joseph Warren BeachAfter taking his M.A. and Ph.D. at Harvard University, Joseph Warren Beach ...
John LylyJohn Lyly (Lilly or Lylie) (c. 1553 or 1554 – November 1606) was an English ...
June JordanJune Jordan was born in Harlem to Jamaican immigrant parents. Her father, ...
John Howard PayneJohn Howard Payne (9 June 1791 - 10 April 1852) was an American actor and ...
Joshua SylvesterJoshua Sylvester (1563- 28 September 1618) was an English poet. He was the son ...
John WesleyJohn Wesley (June 28 [O.S. June 17] 1703 – March 2, 1791) was an ...
John William BurgonJohn William Burgon (August 21, 1813 - August 4, 1888), English divine, was ...
James StephensJames Stephens (February 9, 1882–December 26, 1950) was an Irish novelist and ...
James FentonJames Fenton (born April 25, 1949, Lincoln, England) has been, at various times,...
John AskhamBorn in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, on July 25, 1825, John Askham had ...
John PierpontJohn Pierpont (1785 - 1866), poet, born at Litchfield, Connecticut, was ...
John BetjemanJohn Betjeman CBE (28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer and...
Julia DonaldsonJulia Donaldson (born in 1948) is an English writer and playwright living in ...
J. S. MartinezJ. S. Martinez served in the British Honduras Territorial Force in World War I. ...
Jeremy ReedJeremy Thomas Reed (born June 15, 1981 in San Dimas, California) is an American ...
John SkeltonJohn Skelton (c. 1460 – June 21, 1529), English poet, is variously asserted to ...
Joseph SkipseyJoseph Skipsey (1832 - September 3, 1903) was a British poet, born near North ...
James Leigh HuntJames Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 – August 28, 1859) was an English ...
Jeffrey McDanielJeffrey McDaniel (born 1967 in Philadelphia) is a slam poet who has performed in...
J. E. BallPoems
A Sestina of Memories
The Violin ...
John BerrymanJohn Allyn Berryman (originally John Allyn Smith) (October 25, 1914 – January 7,...
J. R. R. TolkienJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an ...
James MontgomeryJames Montgomery (November 4, 1771 - April 30, 1854) was a British editor and ...
John AshberyAshbery was born in Rochester, New York and raised on a farm near Lake Ontario; ...
John Hall WheelockJohn Hall Wheelock (September 9, 1886-March 22, 1978) was an American poet. He ...
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine writer. ...
John HegleyJohn Hegley (born 1 October 1953) is a popular English performance poet, ...
Joni MitchellJoni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a Canadian...
Joseph CampbellJoseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American ...
Joseph LanglandJoseph Langland is an American poet. He was born in Spring Grove, Minnesota, on ...
James K. BaxterJames Keir Baxter (June 29, 1926—October 22, 1972) was a New Zealand poet, and a...
John WilbyeJohn Wilbye (baptized 7 March 1574, d. September 1638) was an English madrigal ...
James BeattieProfessor James Beattie (October 25, 1735, Laurencekirk—August 18, 1803, ...
John Cooper ClarkeJohn Cooper Clarke at Bedford Rhythm Festival, 2006.John Cooper Clarke (born ...
Julia Ann. Moore"Literary is a work very difficult to do" — Julia Ann Moore, the ...
John KendallJohn Wilkerson Kendall (June 26, 1834 - March 7, 1892) was a U.S. Representative...
James MerrillPoet James Merrill, age 30, in a 1957 publicity photograph for The ...
John GayJohn Gay (30 June 1685 - 4 December 1732) was an English poet and ...
John ReibetanzJohn Reibetanz has published five collections of poetry. The most recent, Mining...
John McCraeLieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCraeLieutenant Colonel John Alexander ...
Joseph BrodskyJoseph Brodsky (May 24, 1940 – January 28, 1996), born Iosif Aleksandrovich ...
James McIntyreJames McIntyre (baptised 25 May 1828 – 31 March 1906), called The Cheese Poet,
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John FullerJohn Fuller (born 1 January 1937) is an English poet and author, and Fellow ...