Poets

Read poems by famous poets. Profiles, translations, and a public poetry library with meaning and poem explainer notes.

375 Poets36 languages

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William Shakespeare portrait

William Shakespeare

EnglishElizabethan EraKingdom of England
26 Poems31 Analyses
Robert Frost portrait

Robert Frost

EnglishEarly 20th centuryUnited States
25 Poems33 Analyses
علامہ اقبال portrait

علامہ اقبالAllama Muhammad Iqbal

Urdu20th centuryBritish Raj
23 Poems24 Analyses
T. S. Eliot portrait

T. S. Eliot

EnglishModernistUnited States
16 Poems17 Analyses
Stephen L. Harrison portrait

Stephen L. Harrison

EnglishContemporary
15 Poems15 Analyses
جون ایلیا portrait

جون ایلیاJaun Elia

Urdu20th centuryPakistan
13 Poems14 Analyses
Antonio Machado portrait

Antonio Machado

SpanishGeneration of '98Spain
11 Poems11 Analyses
Kamala Das portrait

Kamala Das

English20th centuryIndia
10 Poems10 Analyses
Mirza Ghalib portrait

Mirza Ghalib

Urdu19th centuryMughal Empire
10 Poems12 Analyses
Dante Alighieri portrait

Dante Alighieri

ItalianLate Middle AgesRepublic of Florence
9 Poems9 Analyses
امرؤ القيس portrait

امرؤ القيسImru' al-Qais

ArabicPre-Islamic ArabianNajd, Saudi Arabia
9 Poems11 Analyses