Editing List of poets (section)

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*[[Anacreon (poet)|Anacreon]] (570–488 BCE), Greek lyric poet
*[[Alfred Andersch]] (1914–1980), German writer and publisher
*[[Mir Anees]] (or Anis) (1803–1874), Indian poet in Urdu
*[[Guda Anjaiah]] (1955–2016), [[Telugu language|Telugu]] Indian poet, singer, lyricist and writer from Telangana
*[[Anvari]] (1117–1157), Persian poet
*[[Temsüla Ao]] (born 1945), Indian [[Naga people|Naga]] poet, short story writer, and ethnographer
*[[Hans Christian Andersen]] (1805–1875), Danish poet and children's writer
*[[Victor Henry Anderson]] (1917–2001), US poet, [[kahuna]] and teacher of the [[Feri Tradition]]
*[[Carlos Drummond de Andrade]] (1902–1987), Brazilian poet
*[[Mário de Andrade]] (1893–1945), Brazilian poet, novelist and critic
*[[Bernard André]] (1450–1522), French Augustinian poet: poet laureate to Henry VII of England
*[[Peter Andrej]] (born 1959), [[Slovene language|Slovenian]] poet and musician
*[[Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen]] (1919–2004), Portuguese poet and writer
*[[Bruce Andrews]] (born 1948), US poet of language
*[[Kevin Andrews (writer)|Kevin Andrews]] (1924–1989), Anglo-Greek [[philhellenism|philhellene]] writer and archeologist
*[[Ron Androla]] (born 1954), US poet
*[[Aneirin]] (fl. 6th c.), [[Common Brittonic|Brythonic]] epic poet
*[[Guru Angad]] (1504–1552), Sikh Guru and Punjabi poet
*[[Ralph Angel]] (1951–2020), US poet and translator
*[[Maya Angelou]] (1928–2014), US poet
*[[James Stout Angus]] (1830–1923), Shetland poet mainly in [[Shetland dialect]]
*[[Marion Angus]] (1865–1946), Scottish poet in Scots
*[[J. K. Annand]] (1908–1993), Scottish children's poet
*[[Mika Antić]] (1932–1986), Serbian poet
*[[David Antin]] (1932–2016), US poet and critic
*[[Antler (poet)|Antler]] (born 1946), US poet
*[[Susanne Antonetta]] (born 1956), US poet and author
*[[Brother Antoninus]] (1912–1994), US poet
*[[Raymond Antrobus]] (living), British poet and educator
*[[Chairil Anwar]] (1922–1949), Indonesian poet
*[[Johannes Anyuru]] (born 1979), Swedish poet
*[[Guillaume Apollinaire]] (1880–1918), French poet
*[[Apollonius of Rhodes]] (270 – post–245 BCE), Greek poet and librarian in Alexandria
*[[Maja Apostoloska]] (born 1976), Macedonian poet
*[[Philip Appleman]] (1926–2020), US poet and professor
*[[Lajos Áprily]] (1887–1967), Hungarian poet and translator
*[[Pawlu Aquilina]] (1929–2009), [[Malta|Maltese]] poet