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