Here's a tip: next time you send a postcard, be creative: include a poem by your favourite poet.
Marjorie PickthallBorn near London at Gunnersbury on September 14, 1883, Marjorie Pickthall ...
Mary HowittMary Howitt (12 March 1799 – 30 January 1888) was an English poet,
and ...
Lynn CrosbieLynn Crosbie (born 1963) is a Canadian poet and novelist
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Mark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known ...
Mary RobinsonMary Robinson (Irish: Máire Mhic Róibín;[1] born 21 May 1944) ...
Maya AngelouMaya Angelou , born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, ...
Marianne MooreMarianne Moore was born in Kirkwood, Missouri in the manse of the Presbyterian ...
Muriel RukeyserMuriel Rukeyser (December 15, 1913–February 12, 1980) was an ...
Leonard CohenLeonard Norman Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Westmount, Montreal, ...
Margaret WalkerDr. Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander (July 7, 1915 – November 30, 1998) was an ...
Kamala DasKamala Suraiya, better known as Kamala Das, is a well-known female Indian writer...
Marge PiercyMarge Piercy (born March 31, 1936) is an American poet, novelist, and social ...
Perceval GibbonPerceval Gibbon (November 4 1879-May 30, 1926) was an author and journalist, ...
Pam AyresPam Ayres MBE (born Stanley Ayres 14 March 1947) is a British writer of humorous...
Orlando GibbonsOrlando Gibbons (baptised December 25, 1583 – June 5, 1625) was ...
Pablo NerudaPablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the penname and, later, ...
Phyllis GotliebPhyllis Fay Gotlieb, née Bloom (born May 26, 1926) is a Canadian science fiction...
Paul DurcanPaul Durcan is a contemporary Irish poet, born in Dublin on October 16, 1944, ...
Oliver GoldsmithOliver Goldsmith(November 10, 1730 or 1728 – April 4, 1774) was ...
Louis SimpsonLouis Aston Marantz Simpson (born March 27, 1923 in Jamaica) is a Jamaican poet....
MartialMarcus Valerius Martialis, known in English as Martial, was a Latin poet from ...
Nick DrakeNicholas Rodney Drake (June 19, 1948 – November 25, 1974) was an English ...
Peggy SeegerPeggy Seeger, born June 17, 1935 in New York City, is an American folk singer. ...
Nicanor ParraNicanor Parra (born in San Fabián de Alico, Chile on September 5, 1914) is a ...
Octavio PazOctavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican writer, poet,...
Louis MacNeiceLouis MacNeice, poems selected by Michael LongleyFrederick Louis MacNeice ...
PlatoPlato (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC), ...
Lee Tzu PhengLee Tzu Pheng was born (May 13, 1946) and educated in Singapore. She has a Ph.D ...
Lady John ScottAlicia Ann Spottiswoode (1810-March 13, 1900) was a Scottish songwriter, known ...
Li Po"Li Bai, Li Bo, or Li Po" (701-762) was a Chinese ...
NammalwarNammalvar (also Nammaazhvaar, Nammazhvar, Nammaalvaar, Nammalwar) was one of the...
Ovidius NasoPublius Ovidius Naso (March 20, 43 BC – 17 AD) was a Roman poet known to the ...
Miller WilliamsMiller Williams (born April 8, 1930) is an American contemporary poet, as well ...
Langston HughesLangston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, ...
Naomi Shihab NyeNaomi Shihab Nye (born March 12, 1952) is a poet, songwriter and a novelist. She...
Keith DouglasKeith Castellain Douglas (January 24, 1920 - June 9, 1944), was an English poet....
Nissim EzekielNissim Ezekiel (December 24, 1924 - January 9, 2004) was a poet, playwright and ...
Langdon SmithLangdon Smith (4 January 1858 - 8 April 1908) was an American journalist, writer...
Owen FelthamOwen Feltham (1602 – February 23, 1668) was an English writer, author of a book ...
Katherine MansfieldKatherine Mansfield.Katherine Mansfield (14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a...
MoliereJean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known by his stage name, Molière (January 15, 1622 ...
Mother GooseMother Goose is a well-known figure in the literature of fairy tales and nursery...
Phillis WheatleyPhillis Wheatley, as illustrated by Scipio Moorhead in the Frontispiece to her ...
Lucille CliftonLucille Clifton (born June 27, 1936) is an American poet, writer, and educator ...
Nikki GiovanniNikki Giovanni was born June 7, 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee to Yolande ...
Paul MuldoonPaul MuldoonPaul Muldoon (born June 20, 1951) is a poet from County Armagh, ...
Kenneth GrahameKenneth Grahame (March 8, 1859 – July 6, 1932) was a British writer, mainly of ...
Matthew PriorMatthew Prior (July 21, 1664 – September 18, 1721) was an English poet and diplo...
Louise BoganLouise Bogan (August 11, 1897 - 1970) was an American poet who felt that “lyric ...
Katharine Lee BatesKatharine Lee Bates, (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929), is remembered as the ...
Mary LeaporMary Leapor (1722-1746), poet, was born in Marston St Lawrence, ...
Padraic H. PearsePatrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraig Pearse; Irish: Pádraig Anraí Mac ...
Michael DraytonMichael Drayton (1563 – December 23, 1631) was an English poet who
came to p...
Martin PeersonMartin Peerson (or Pearson) (born between 1571 and 1573; died December 1650 or ...
Kasiprasad GhoseBorn in 1809, Kasiprasad Ghose graduated from Hindu College, Calcutta, in 1828, ...
Percy FrenchWilliam Percy French (1 May 1854 – 24 January 1920) was one of Ireland's ...
Phoebe CaryPhoebe CaryPhoebe Cary (September 4, 1824 - July 31, 1871) with her older sister...
Margaret AtwoodMargaret Eleanor Atwood, OC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. A ...
Lisel MuellerLisel Mueller (b. February 8, 1924) is a prize-winning American poet. ...
Louise Imogen GuineyLouise Imogen Guiney (1861-1920) was an American poetess and essayist, born in ...
Leo MarksLeo Marks at the opening of the Violette Szabo Museum, WormelowLeopold Samuel ...
Phineas FletcherFletcher, and brother of Giles the younger. He was born at Cranbrook, Kent, and ...
Li-Young LeeLi-Young Lee (born August 19, 1957) is an American poet. He was born in Jakarta,...
Mark DotyMark Doty (born August 10, 1953 in Maryville, Tennessee) is an American poet and...
Khalil GibranKhalil Gibran (also known as Kahlil Gibran; born Gibran Khalil Gibran, Arabic: ...
Monty PythonMonty Python, or The Pythons, is the collective name of the creators of ...
Paul Laurence DunbarPaul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was a seminal American ...
Omar KhayyamGhiyās od-Dīn Abul-Fatah Omār ibn Ibrāhīm Khayyām ...
Lydia Maria ChildLydia Maria Child (February 11, 1802 – July 7, 1880) was an American ...
Lady Mary ChudleighLady Mary Chudleigh (August 1656, Devon – 1710) was part of an intellectual ...
Mary Sue HubbardMary Sue Hubbard (born Mary Sue Whipp) (17 June 1931–25 November 2002 [1]) was ...
Paul SimonPaul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is a Grammy Award winning American ...
Nicholas BretonHis father, William Breton, a London merchant who had made a considerable ...
Michael OndaatjeMichael Ondaatje was born in 1943 in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to a Burgher family ...
Patrick KavanaghPatrick Kavanagh statue along the Grand Canal in DublinPatrick Kavanagh (Irish: ...
Peter MeinkePeter Meinke (b. 1932) is an American poet and author. He has published 14 books...
Kenneth BurkeKenneth Duva Burke (May 5, 1897 – November 19, 1993) was a major American ...
Marriott EdgarMarriott Edgar (1880-1951), born George Marriot Edgar in Kirkcudbright, ...
Miklós RadnótiMiklós Radnóti, birth name Miklós Glatter (May 5, 1909, Budapest,
Austria-Hun...
Miroslav HolubMiroslav Holub (13 September 1923 Plzeò - 14 July 1998) was a Czech poet and ...
Mary OliverMary Oliver was born on September 10, 1935, in Maple Heights, Ohio. As a ...
Laurence BinyonRobert Laurence Binyon (August 10, 1869 at Lancaster – March 10, 1943 at ...
Pare LorentzPare Lorentz (December 11, 1905-March 4, 1992), born Leonard MacTaggart Lorentz ...
Molly PeacockMolly Peacock (born 1947) is an American poet of the "New Formalist" school as ...
Neil YoungNeil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a ...
Noel CowardSir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an Academy Award ...
Mark StrandMark Strand (born April 11, 1934) is an American poet, essayist, and translator....
Katherine PhilipsKatherine Philips, the Matchless OrindaKatherine Philips (1 January 1631 – 22 ...
Norman MacCaigThe cover of MacCaig's Selected PoemsNorman MacCaig (14 November 1910 – 23 ...
Kenneth KochKenneth Koch (27 February 1925 – 6 July 2002) was an American poet, playwright, ...
Mary BarberBarber's parents are unknown; she married Rupert Barber (d. 1777?), a Dublin ...
Patrick BarringtonPatrick William Daines Barrington, 11th Viscount Barrington of Ardglass (born 29...
Piet HeinBust of Piet Hein (December 16, 1905 - April 17, 1996) was a Danish ...
Nahum TateNahum Tate was born in Dublin in 1652, the son of Faithful Teate, an Irish ...
Patrick MacGillPatrick MacGill (24 December 1889–November 1963) was an Irish journalist, poet ...
Louis McKeeLouis McKee (b. July 31, 1951, Philadelphia, PA) has been a fixture of the ...
Laura RidingLaura (Riding) Jackson (January 16, 1901 – September 2, 1991) was an American ...
Philip David OchsPhilip David Ochs (December 19, 1940–April 9, 1976) was a U.S. protest singer ...
Kingsley FairbridgeKinglsey Ogilvie Fairbridge (5 May 1885 – 19 July 1924) was the founder of the ...
Les MurrayLeslie Allan Murray (born 17 October 1938) is an Australian poet and critic. He ...
Paul VerlainePaul-Marie Verlaine ( March 30, 1844–January 8, 1896) was a ...
Philip LarkinPhilip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL, (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an ...
Mary WebbMary Webb (March 25, 1881 – October 8, 1927), was an English romantic novelist ...
Michael FlandersMichael Henry Flanders (1 March 1922 – 14 April 1975) was an English actor, ...
Leo ConnellanLeo Connellan (November 30, 1928 – February 22, 2001) was an American poet born ...
Peter PorterPeter Neville Frederick Porter (born 16 February 1929) is an Australian-born ...
Keith ReidKeith Reid (born Keith Stuart Brian Reid, 19 October 1946, in Welwyn Garden
C...
Lord DunsanyEdward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (24 July 1878 – 25 ...
Oliver HerfordOliver Herford (1863 - 1935) was a British born American writer, artist and ...
Lewis F. Richardson Lewis Fry Richardson (October 11, 1881 - September 30, 1953) was an innovative ...
Mark KnopflerMark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a ...
Norman Rowland GaleNorman Gale (1862 - 7 October 1942) was a poet, story-teller and reviewer, who ...
King CrimsonKing Crimson are a musical group founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer ...
Mihail EminescuMihai Eminescu (pronunciation in Romanian: /mi'haj e.mi'nes.ku/) (January 15, ...
Mairéad ByrneByrne earned a in Bachelor of Arts in English Language & Literature from
...
Laurence HopeAdela Florence Nicolson (née Cory) (9 April 1865-4 October 1904) was an English ...
Lewys Glyn CothiLewys Glyn Cothi (c. 1420 - 1490) (also known as Llywelyn y Glyn) was a Welsh ...
Mark AkensideMark Akenside (November 9, 1721 – June 23, 1770), was an ...
Louise GlückLouise Elisabeth Glück (born April 22, 1943) is an American poet. She served as ...
Po Chü-iBai Juyi ( 772–846) was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. ...