Editing List of poets (section)

==L==
===La===
*[[Jean de La Fontaine]] (1621–1695), French fabulist
*[[Ilmar Laaban]] (1921–2000), Estonian poet
*[[Pierre Labrie]] (born 1972), Canadian poet in French
*[[László Ladányi]] (1907–1992), Hungarian-Israeli poet and writer
*[[Jules Laforgue]] (1860–1887), Franco-[[Uruguay]]an poet
*[[Abolqasem Lahouti]] (1887–1957), Persian poet
*[[Jarkko Laine]] (1947–2006), Finnish poet, writer and playwright
*[[Ivan V. Lalić]] (1931–1996), Serbian poet
*[[Philip Lamantia]] (1927–2005), US poet and lecturer
*[[Kendrick Lamar]] (born 1987), US poet and hip-hop artist
*[[Alphonse de Lamartine]] (1790–1869), French writer, poet and politician
*[[Charles Lamb]] (1775–1834), English essayist and poet
*[[Peter Lampe]] (born 1954), German scholar, writer and poet
*[[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]] (L. E. L.) (1802–1838), English poet and novelist
*[[Walter Savage Landor]] (1775–1864), English writer and poet
*[[Antoni Lange]] (1863–1929), Polish poet, philosopher and translator
*[[William Langland]] (c. 1332 – c. 1386), probable English author of dream-vision [[Piers Plowman]]
*[[Emilia Lanier]] (1569–1645), English poet
*[[Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos]] (c. 1510–1556), Hungarian poet and historian
*[[Laozi]] (Lau-tzu) (fl. 6th c. BCE), Chinese philosopher and poet
*[[Alda Lara]] (1930–1962), [[Angola]]n poet
*[[Rebecca Hammond Lard]] (1772–1855), US poet
*[[Bruce Larkin]] (born 1957), US children's author and poet
*[[Philip Larkin]] (1922–1985), English poet and novelist
*[[Claudia Lars]] (1899–1974), [[El Salvador|Salvadoran]] poet
*[[Else Lasker-Schüler]] (1869–1945), German poet and playwright
*[[Lasus of Hermione]] (6th c. BCE), Greek lyric poet from [[Ermioni|Hermione]] in [[Argolid]]
*[[Evelyn Lau]] (born 1971), Canadian poet and novelist
*[[James Laughlin]] (1914–1997), US poet and publisher
*[[Ann Lauterbach]] (born 1942), US poet, essayist and professor
*[[Comte de Lautréamont]] (1846–1870), Uruguayan/French poet
*[[Dorianne Laux]] (born 1952), US poet
*[[Christine Lavant]] (1915–1973), Austrian poet and novelist
*[[D. H. Lawrence]] (1885–1930), English novelist, poet and critic
*[[Henry Lawson]] (1867–1922), Australian writer and poet; son of Louisa Lawson
*[[Louisa Lawson]] (1848–1920), Australian poet and feminist
*[[Robert Lax]] (1915–2000), US poet
*[[Laxmi Prasad Devkota]] (1909–1959), Nepalese poet and scholar
*[[Henryka Łazowertówna]] (1909–1942), Polish poet

===Le===
*[[Edward Lear]] (1812–1888), English poet, artist and illustrator
*[[Stanisław Jerzy Lec]] (1909–1966), Polish poet and aphorist
*[[Joanna Lech]] (born 1984), Polish poet and novelist
*[[Jan Lechoń]] (1899–1956), Polish poet, critic and diplomat
*[[Francis Ledwidge]] (1887–1917), Irish war poet
*[[David Lee (poet)|David Lee]] (born 1966), US poet
*[[Dennis Lee (author)|Dennis Lee]] (born 1939), Canadian poet, editor and critic
*[[David Lehman]] (born 1948), US poet and editor
*[[Ágnes Lehóczky]] (born 1976), Hungarian poet, academic and translator
*[[Eino Leino]] (1878–1926), Finnish poet and journalist
*[[Brad Leithauser]] (born 1953), US poet, novelist and essayist
*[[Alexander Lenard]] (1910–1972), Hungarian writer and poet
*[[Sue Lenier]] (born 1957), English poet and playwright
*[[Lalitha Lenin]] (born 1946), Indian poet
*[[Krystyna Lenkowska]] (born 1957), Polish poet and translator
*[[Charlotte Lennox]] (c. 1730–1804), Scottish poet and novelist
*[[John Leonard (Australian poet)|John Leonard]] (born 1965), Australian poet
*[[Giacomo Leopardi]] (1798–1837), Italian poet, essayist and philologist
*[[Mikhail Lermontov]] (1814–1841), Russian writer, poet and painter
*[[Ben Lerner]] (born 1979), US poet, novelist and critic
*[[Bolesław Leśmian]] (1877–1937), Polish poet and artist
*[[Rika Lesser]] (born 1953), US poet and translator
*[[Gotthold Ephraim Lessing]] (1729–1781), German writer, philosopher and dramatist
*[[Denise Levertov]] (1927–1997), British-born US poet
*[[Dana Levin (poet)|Dana Levin]] (born 1965), US poet and teacher
*[[Philip Levine (poet)|Philip Levine]] (1928–2015), US poet; U.S. Poet Laureate, 2011–2012
*[[Larry Levis]] (1946–1996), US poet
*[[D. A. Levy]] (1942–1968), US poet, artist and publisher
*[[William Levy (author)|William Levy]] (1939–2019), US poet, fiction writer and editor
*[[Oswald LeWinter]] (1931–2013), poet
*[[Alun Lewis (poet)|Alun Lewis]] (1915–1944), Welsh poet in English
*[[C. S. Lewis]] (1898–1963), Northern Irish novelist, poet and essayist
*[[Gwyneth Lewis]] (born 1959), Welsh poet; inaugural [[National Poet of Wales]]
*[[J. Patrick Lewis]] (born 1942), US children's poet
*[[Saunders Lewis]] (1893–1985), Welsh poet, dramatist and critic
*[[Wyndham Lewis]] (1884–1957), English painter and author

===Li–Ly===
*[[Li Houzhu]] (937–978), Chinese poet and ruler of [[Tang dynasty|Southern Tang Kingdom]] (961–975 CE)
*[[José Lezama Lima]] (1910–1976), Cuban writer and poet
*[[Tim Liardet]] (born 1959), English poet, critic and professor
*[[Li Bai]] (701–762), Chinese Tang dynasty poet
*[[Jerzy Liebert]] (1904–1931), Polish poet
*[[Li Jiao (Tang dynasty)|Li Jiao]], poet under the Tang and [[Zhou dynasty|Zhou]] dynasties
*[[Li Qingzhao]] (1084–1151), Chinese [[Song dynasty]] writer and poet
*[[Li Shangyin]] (813–858), Chinese late Tang-dynasty poet
*[[Tim Lilburn]] (born 1950), Canadian poet and essayist
*[[Ada Limón]] (1976–), American poet; U.S. Poet Laureate, 2022–present
*[[Anne Morrow Lindbergh]] (1906–2001), US author and aviator; wife of [[Charles Lindbergh]]
*[[Jack Lindeman]] (fl. late 20th c.), US poet and critic 
*[[Sarah Lindsay]] (born 1958), US poet
*[[Rossy Evelin Lima]] (born 1986), Mexican poet
*[[Vachel Lindsay]] (1879–1931), US poet
*[[Ewa Lipska]] (born 1945), Polish poet
*[[László Listi]] (1628–1662), Hungarian poet
*[[Alun Llywelyn-Williams]] (1913–1988), Welsh poet and critic
*[[Józef Łobodowski]] (1909–1988), Polish poet and political thinker
*[[Terry Locke]] (born 1946), New Zealand poet, anthologist and academic
*[[Thomas Lodge]] (1558–1625), English dramatist and writer
*[[Iain Lom]] (c. 1624 – c. 1710), Scottish Gaelic poet
*[[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]] (1807–1882), US poet and educator
*[[Michael Longley]] (1939–2025), Northern Irish poet
*[[Federico García Lorca]] (1898–1936), Spanish poet, dramatist and stage director
*[[Audre Lorde]] (1934–1992), Caribbean-US writer, poet and librarian
*[[Richard Lovelace (poet)|Richard Lovelace]] (1618–1658), English Cavalier poet
*[[Amy Lowell]] (1874–1925), US poet
*[[James Russell Lowell]] (1819–1891), US poet, critic and diplomat
*[[Robert Lowell]] (1917–1977), US poet; U.S. Poet Laureate, 1947–1948
*[[Maria White Lowell]] (1821–1853), US poet and abolitionist
*[[Tom Lowenstein]] (1941–2025), English poet, ethnographer, cultural historian and translator
*[[Solomon Löwisohn]] (1788–1821), Hungarian Jewish poet and historian in Hebrew and German
*[[Mina Loy]] (1882–1966), English poet, playwright and novelist
*[[Lu You]] (1125–1209), Chinese Song dynasty poet
*[[Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski]] (1642–1702), Polish poet, writer and politician
*[[Gherasim Luca]] (1913–1994), Romanian poet and surrealist
*[[Lucan]] (39–65 CE), Roman poet
*[[Edward Lucie-Smith]] (born 1933), English writer, poet and broadcaster
*[[Gaius Lucilius]] (fl. 2nd c. BCE), Roman satirist
*[[Lucilius Junior]] (fl. 1st c. CE), poet and [[Procurator (Ancient Rome)|Procurator]] of Sicily
*[[Lucretius]] (c. 99 BCE – c. 55 BCE), Roman poet and philosopher
*[[Fitz Hugh Ludlow]] (1836–1870), US author, journalist and explorer
*[[Edith Gyömrői Ludowyk]] (1896–1987), Hungarian poet and politician
*[[Luo Binwang]] (640–684), Chinese Tang-dynasty writer and poet
*[[Thomas Lux]] (1946–2017), US poet
*[[Mario Luzi]] (1914–2005), Italian poet
*[[John Lydgate]] (1370–1450), English monk and poet
*[[John Lyly]] (1553–1606), English writer, poet and dramatist
*[[David Lyndsay (poet)|Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount]] (c. 1490 – c. 1555), Scottish [[Lord Lyon]] and poet
*[[Sandford Lyne]] (1945–2007), US poet, educator and editor
*[[George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton|George Lyttelton]] (1709–1773), English poet, statesman and arts patron