Editing List of English-language poets (section)

==R==
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===Ra–Ri===
*[[William Radice]] (born 1951, E)
*[[Kenneth Radu]] (born 1945, C)
*[[Sam Ragan]] (1915–1996, US)
*[[Jennifer Rahim]] (born 1963, T)
*[[Craig Raine]] (born 1944, E)
*[[Kathleen Raine]] (1908–2003, US)
*[[Carl Rakosi]] (1903–2004, US)
*[[Walter Raleigh]] (1552 or 1554–1618, E)
*[[James Ralph]] (1705–1762, US/E)
*[[Raymond Ramcharitar]] (living, T)
*[[Lesego Rampolokeng]] (born 1965, S)
*[[Allan Ramsay (poet)|Allan Ramsay]] (1686–1758, S)
*[[Theodore Harding Rand]] (1835–1900, C)
*[[Dudley Randall]] (1914–2000, US)
*[[Julia Randall]] (1924–2005, US)
*[[Thomas Randolph (poet)|Thomas Randolph]] (1605–1635, E)
*[[Jennifer Rankin]] (1941–1979, A)
*[[Claudia Rankine]] (born 1963, J)
*[[John Crowe Ransom]] (1888–1974, US)
*[[Lennox Raphael]] (born 1939, J)
*[[Stephen Ratcliffe]] (born 1948, US)
*[[Angela Rawlings]] (born 1978, C)
*[[Tom Raworth]] (1938–2017, E)
*[[Herbert Read]] (1893–1968, E)
*[[Angela Readman]] (born 1973, E)
*[[James Reaney]] (1926–2008, C)
*[[George Reavey]] (1907–1976, Ir)
*[[Peter Redgrove]] (1932–2003, E)
*[[Michael Redhill]] (born 1966, C)
*[[Beatrice Redpath]] (1886–1937, C)
*[[Henry Reed (poet)|Henry Reed]] (1914–1986, E)
*[[Ishmael Reed]] (born 1938, US)
*[[Jeremy Reed (writer)|Jeremy Reed]] (born 1951, Je)
*[[Kerry Reed-Gilbert]] (1956–2019, A)
*[[Ennis Rees]] (1925–2009, US)
*[[Lizette Woodworth Reese]] (1856–1935, US)
*[[Deryn Rees-Jones]] (living, E/W)
*[[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]] (1909–1978, E)
*[[Nell Regan]] (born 1969, Ir)
*[[Alastair Reid (poet)|Alastair Reid]] (1926–2014, S)
*[[Christopher Reid (writer)|Christopher Reid]] (born 1949, E)
*[[D. C. Reid]] (born 1952, C)
*[[Jamie Reid (Canadian poet)|Jamie Reid]] (1941–2015, C)
*[[Azila Talit Reisenberger]] (living, SA)
*[[James Reiss]] (1941–2016, US)
*[[Joseph Relph]] (1712–1743, E)
*[[Robert Rendall]] (1898–1967, S)
*[[Kenneth Rexroth]] (1905–1982, US)
*[[Oliver Reynolds]] (born 1957, W)
*[[Charles Reznikoff]] (1894–1976, US)
*[[Shane Rhodes]] (living, C)
*[[Ernest Rhys]] (1859–1946, W/E)
*[[Henry Rice (writer)|Henry Rice]] (1585 or 1586–1651, W/E)
*[[Stan Rice]] (1942–2002, US)
*[[Adrienne Rich]] (1929–2012, US)
*[[Dorothy Richardson]] (1873–1957, E)
*[[John Richardson (poet)|John Richardson]] (1817–1886, E)
*[[Robert Richardson (poet)|Robert Richardson]] (1850–1901, A)
*[[Edgell Rickword]] (1898–1982, E)
*[[Elizabeth Riddell]] (1910–1998, A)
*[[Lola Ridge]] (1873–1941, US)
*[[Laura Riding]] (1901–1991, US)
*[[Elijah Ridings]] (1802–1872)
*[[Anne Ridler]] (1912–2001, E)
*[[Denise Riley]] (born 1948, E)
*[[James Whitcomb Riley]] (1849–1916, US)
*[[John Riley (poet)|John Riley]] (1937–1978, E)
*[[Peter Riley]] (born 1940, E)
*[[Mary Roberts Rinehart]] (1876–1958, US)
*[[Maurice Riordan]] (born 1953, Ir)
*[[Alberto Ríos]] (born 1952, US)

===Ro–Ru===
*[[E. M. Roach]] (Merton Maloney, 1915–1974, T)
*[[Charles G. D. Roberts]] (1860–1943, C)
*[[Emma Roberts (author)|Emma Roberts]] (1794–1840, E)
*[[Michael Roberts (writer)|Michael Roberts]] (1902–1948, E)
*[[Edith Anne Robertson]] (1883–1973, S)
*[[James Robertson (novelist)|James Robertson]] (born 1958, S)
*[[Lisa Robertson (writer)|Lisa Robertson]] (born 1961, C)
*[[Robin Robertson]] (born 1955, S)
*[[Edwin Arlington Robinson]] (1869–1935, US)
*[[Lennox Robinson]] (1886–1958, Ir)
*[[Mary Robinson (poet)|Mary Robinson]] (1758–1800, E)
*[[Matt Robinson (poet)|Matt Robinson]] (born 1974, C)
*[[Roland Robinson (poet)|Roland Robinson]] (1912–1992, A)
*[[Ajmer Rode]] (living, C)
*[[Gordon Rodgers]] (born 1952, C)
*[[W. R. Rodgers]] (1909–1969, NI)
*[[Carmen Rodríguez]] (born 1948 Ch/C)
*[[Judith Rodriguez]] (1936–2018, A)
*[[Theodore Roethke]] (1908–1963, US)
*[[January Rogers]] (born 1963, C)
*[[Linda Rogers]] (born 1944, C)
*[[Samuel Rogers]] (1763–1855, E)
*[[Isabella Whiteford Rogerson]] (Isabella Whiteford, 1835–1905, Ir/C)
*[[Matthew Rohrer]] (born 1972, US)
*[[Mary Rolls]] (1775–1835, E)
*[[Ethel Rolt Wheeler]] (1869–1958, E)
*[[David Romtvedt]] (living, US)
*[[Dilys Rose]] (born 1954, S)
*[[Peter Rose (poet)|Peter Rose]] (born 1955, A)
*[[Raymond Roseliep]] (1917–1983, US)
*[[Franklin Rosemont]] (1943–2009, US)
*[[Penelope Rosemont]] (born 1942, US)
*[[Isaac Rosenberg]] (1890–1918, E)
*[[Joe Rosenblatt]] (1933–2019, C)
*[[Gabriel Rosenstock]] (born 1949, Ir)
*[[Laisha Rosnau]] (born 1972, C)
*[[Alan Ross]] (1922–2001, E)
*[[Bruce Ross]] (living, C)
*[[Stuart Ross]] (born 1959, C)
*[[W. W. E. Ross]] (1894–1966, C)
*[[Christina Rossetti]] (1830–1894, E)
*[[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]] (1828–1882, E)
*[[Jerome Rothenberg]] (1931–2024, US)
*[[Nancy-Gay Rotstein]] (living, C)
*[[Anne Rouse]] (born 1954, US/E)
*[[David Rowbotham]] (1924–2010, A)
*[[Elizabeth Singer Rowe]] (1674–1737, E)
*[[Nicholas Rowe (writer)|Nicholas Rowe]] (1674–1718, E)
*[[Noel Rowe]] (1951–2007, A)
*[[Stephen Rowe (poet)|Stephen Rowe]] (born 1980, C)
*[[Graham Rowlands]] (born 1947, A)
*[[Richard Rowlands]] (1565–1630, E/Nt)
*[[Samuel Rowlands]] (c. 1573–1630, E)
*[[Rosemarie Rowley]] (born 1942, Ir)
*[[Susanna Rowson]] (1762–1824, E/US)
*[[Susanna Roxman]] (1946–2015, Sw)
*[[Adam Rudden]] (born 1983, Ir)
*[[Ellen Sergeant Rude]] (1838–1916, US)
*[[Muriel Rukeyser]] (1913–1980, US)
*[[James Runcie#Personal life|Charlotte Runcie]] (born 1989, S)
*[[Jenny Terrill Ruprecht]] (1839–1916, US)
*[[George William Russell]] (1867–1935, Ir/E)
*[[Nipsey Russell]] (1918–2005, US)
*[[Brendan Ryan (poet)|Brendan Ryan]] (born 1963, A)
*[[Gig Ryan]] (born 1956, A)
*[[Kay Ryan]] (born 1945, US)
*[[Michael Ryan (poet)|Michael Ryan]] (born 1946, US)
*[[Tracy Ryan (writer)|Tracy Ryan]] (born 1964, A)
*[[Thomas Rymer]] (c. 1643–1713, E)
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