Editing List of English-language poets (section)

===Wa–We===
*[[Miriam Waddington]] (1917–2004, C)
*[[Michael Wade (Canadian actor)|Michael Wade]] (1944–2004, C)
*[[Sidney Wade]] (born 1951, US)
*[[Fred Wah]] (born 1939, C)
*[[John Wain]] (1925–1994, E)
*[[A. E. Waite]] (1857–1942, E)
*[[Nayyirah Waheed]] (living, US)
*[[Diane Wakoski]] (born 1937, US)
*[[Derek Walcott]] (1930–2017, SL)
*[[Anne Waldman]] (born 1945, US)
*[[George Waldron]] (1690 – c. 1730, E/IoM)
*[[Keith Waldrop]] (1932–2023, US)
*[[Rosmarie Waldrop]] (born 1935, US)
*[[Arthur Waley]] (1889–1966, E)
*[[Alice Walker]] (born 1944, US)
*[[Margaret Walker]] (1915–1998, US)
*[[Rob Walker (poet)|Rob Walker]] (born 1953, A)
*[[Bronwen Wallace]] (1945–1989, C)
*[[Chris Wallace-Crabbe]] (born 1934, A)
*[[Edmund Waller]] (1606–1687, E)
*[[Tom Walmsley]] (born 1948, C)
*[[Agnes Walsh]] (born 1950, C)
*[[Catherine Walsh (poet)|Catherine Walsh]] (born 1964, Ir)
*[[Minnie Gow Walsworth]] (1859–1947, US)
*[[David Waltner-Toews]] (born 1948, C)
*[[Ania Walwicz]] (1951–2020, A)
*[[Connie Wanek]] (born 1952, US)
*[[John Powell Ward]] (born 1937, E/W)
*[[Ned Ward]] (1667–1731, E)
*[[Sarah Wardle]] (born 1969, E)
*[[Anna Laetitia Waring]] (1823–1910, W/E)
*[[Emily Warn]] (living, US)
*[[Sylvia Townsend Warner]] (1893–1978, E)
*[[Crystal Warren]] (living, SA)
*[[John Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley]] (1835–1895, E)
*[[Meralda Warren]] (born 1959, PI)
*[[Robert Penn Warren]] (1905–1989, US)
*[[Thomas Warton]] (1728–1790, E)
*[[Terry Watada]] (born 1951, C)
*[[Vernon Watkins]] (1906–1967, W)
*[[George Watsky]] (born 1986, US)
*[[Rosamund Marriott Watson]] (Graham R. Tomson, 1860–1911, E)
*[[Samuel Wagan Watson]] (born 1972, A)
*[[Stephen Watson (poet)|Stephen Watson]] (1954–2011, SA)
*[[Thomas Watson (poet)|Thomas Watson]] (1555–1592, E)
*[[William Watson (poet)|William Watson]] (1858–1935, E)
*[[Alison Watt (writer)|Alison Watt]] (born 1957, C)
*[[Barrett Watten]] (born 1948, US)
*[[Isaac Watts]] (1674–1748, E)
*[[Rebecca Watts]] (born 1983, E)
*[[Theodore Watts-Dunton]] (1832–1914, E)
*[[Tom Wayman]] (born 1945, C)
*[[Alan Wearne]] (born 1948, A)
*[[Francis Webb (poet)|Francis Webb]] (1925–1973, A)
*[[Harri Webb]] (1920–1994, W)
*[[Phyllis Webb]] (1927–2021, C)
*[[John Webster]] (c. 1580 – c. 1634, E)
*[[Mary Morison Webster]] (1894–1980, SA)
*[[James Wedderburn (poet)|James Wedderburn]] (c. 1495–1553, S)
*[[John Wedderburn (poet)|John Wedderburn]] (c. 1505–1553, S)
*[[Robert Wedderburn (poet)|Robert Wedderburn]] (c. 1510 – c. 1555, S)
*[[Rebecca Wee]] (living, US)
*[[George Weideman]] (1947–2008, SA)
*[[John Weier]] (born 1949, C)
*[[Hannah Weiner]] (1928–1997, US)
*[[Robert Stanley Weir]] (1856–1926, C)
*[[Marjorie Welish]] (born 1944, US)
*[[Zachariah Wells]] (born 1976, C)
*[[Viola S. Wendt]] (1907–1986, US)
*[[Marjory Heath Wentworth]] (born 1958, US)
*[[William Wentworth]] (1790–1872, A)
*[[Darren Wershler]] (Darren Wershler-Henry, born 1966, C)
*[[Charles Wesley]] (1707–1788, E)
*[[Gilbert West]] (1703–1756, E)
*[[Jane West (novelist)|Jane West]] (1758–1852, E)
*[[David Wevill]] (born 1935, C/US)