Editing List of poets (section)

==P==
===Pa===
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*[[Ruth Padel]] (born 1946), English poet, author and critic
*[[Ron Padgett]] (born 1942), US poet, writer and translator
*[[Padmanābha]] (15th c.), [[Dingal]] (Old Gujarati) poet and historian
*[[Dan Pagis]] (1930–1986), Israeli poet and Holocaust survivor
*[[Grace Paley]] (1922–2007), US short story writer and poet
*[[Francis Turner Palgrave]] (1824–1897), English critic and poet
*[[Palladas]] ({{fl.|4th c.}}), Greek poet
*[[Michael Palmer (poet)|Michael Palmer]] (born 1943), US poet and translator
*[[Sima Pandurović]] (1883–1960), Serbian poet
*[[Sumitranandan Pant]] (1900–1977), Indian poet in Hindi
*[[William Williams Pantycelyn]] (1717–1791), Welsh poet and hymnist in Welsh
*[[Park Yong-rae]] (1925–1980), Korean poet
*[[Andrew Park (poet)|Andrew Park]] (1807–1863), Scottish poet
*[[Dorothy Parker]] (1893–1967), US poet, fiction writer and satirist
*[[Amy Parkinson]] (1855–1938), British-born Canadian poet
*[[Thomas Parnell]] (1679–1718), Irish poet and clergyman
*[[Nicanor Parra]] (1914–2018), Chilean mathematician and poet
*[[Henry Parrot]] ({{fl.|1600–1626}}), English epigrammatist
*[[Giovanni Pascoli]] (1855–1912), Italian poet
*[[Ámbar Past]] (born 1949), Mexican poet, visual artist
*[[Boris Pasternak]] (1890–1960), Russian poet, novelist and translator
*[[Leon Pasternak]] (1910–1969), Polish poet and satirist
*[[Benito Pastoriza Iyodo]] (born 1954), Puerto Rican poet and fiction and literature writer
*[[Kenneth Patchen]] (1911–1972), US poet and novelist
*[[Ravji Patel]] (1939–1968), Indian poet
*[[Banjo Paterson]] (Andrew Barton Paterson) (1864–1941), Australian bush poet, journalist and author
*[[Don Paterson]] (born 1963), Scottish poet, writer and musician
*[[Coventry Patmore]] (1823–1896), English poet and critic
*[[Brian Patten]] (born 1946), English poet
*[[Lekhnath Paudyal]] (1885–1966), Nepalese poet
*[[Paul I, Prince Esterházy]] (1635–1713), Austro-Hungarian poet
*[[Cesare Pavese]] (1908–1950), Italian poet, novelist and critic
*[[Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska]] (1891–1945), Polish poet and dramatist
*[[Octavio Paz]] (1914–1998), Mexican writer, poet and diplomat

===Pe–Pl===
*[[Thomas Love Peacock]] (1785–1866), English poet and novelist
*[[Patrick Pearse]] (1879–1916), Irish poet and writer
*[[James Larkin Pearson]] (1879–1981), US poet and publisher
*[[Allasani Peddana]] (fl. 15th/16th cc.), [[Telugu language|Telugu]] poet
*[[Charles Péguy]] (1873–1914), French poet, essayist and editor
*[[Kathleen Peirce]] (born 1956), US poet
*[[Gabino Coria Peñaloza]] (1881–1975), Argentine poet and lyricist
*[[Sam Pereira]] (living), US poet
*[[Lucia Perillo]] (1958–2016), US poet
*[[Persius]] (34–62 CE), Roman poet and satirist of [[Etruria|Etruscan]] origin
*[[Fernando Pessoa]] (1888–1935), Portuguese poet, philosopher and critic
*[[Lenrie Peters]] (1932–2009), [[The Gambia|Gambian]] surgeon, novelist, poet and educationist
*[[Robert Peters (playwright)|Robert Peters]] (1924–2014), US poet, scholar and playwright
*[[Pascale Petit (poet)|Pascale Petit]] (born 1953), French-Welsh poet and artist
*[[Petrarch]] (Francesco Petrarca) (1304–1374), Italian scholar and poet
*[[Kata Szidónia Petrőczy]] (1659–1708), Hungarian poet and prose writer
*[[Marine Petrossian]] (born 1960), Armenian poet, essayist and columnist
*[[Veljko Petrović (poet)|Veljko Petrović]] (1884–1967), Serbian poet, prose writer and theorist
*[[Mirko Petrović-Njegoš]] (1820–1867), Serbian and Montenegrin poet, soldier and diplomat
*[[Mario Petrucci]] (born 1958), British poet, author, translator, scientist and ecologist of Italian origin
*[[Adaliza Cutter Phelps]] (1823–1852), US poet
*[[Ambrose Philips]] (1674–1749), English poet and politician
*[[Katherine Philips]] (1632–1664), Anglo-Welsh poet
*[[Savitribai Phule]] (1831–1897), Indian social reformer, educationalist, and poet from [[Maharashtra]]
*[[Pi Rixiu]] (c. 834–883), Tang dynasty poet
*[[Tom Pickard]] (born 1946), English poet and film maker
*[[Pindar]] (522–443 BCE), Theban lyric poet in Greek
*[[Robert Pinsky]] (born 1940), US poet, critic and translator; U.S. Poet Laureate, 1997–2000
*[[Ruth Pitter]] (1897–1992), English poet
*[[Christine de Pizan]] (c. 1365 – c. 1430), Venetian historian, poet and philosopher
*[[Sylvia Plath]] (1932–1963), US poet and novelist
*[[William Plomer]] (1903–1973), South African novelist, poet and editor in English

===Po–Pu===
*[[Jacek Podsiadło]] (born 1964), Polish poet, translator and essayist
*[[Edgar Allan Poe]] (1809–1849), US author, poet and critic
*[[Suman Pokhrel]] (born 1967), Nepalese poet, playwright and artist
*[[Wincenty Pol]] (1807–1872), Polish poet and geographer
*[[Margaret Steuart Pollard]] (1904–1996), English poet
*[[Edward Pollock]] (1823–1858), US poet
*[[John Pomfret (poet)|John Pomfret]] (1667–1702), English poet and clergyman
*[[Marie Ponsot]] (1921–2019), US poet, critic and essayist
*[[Vasko Popa]] (1922–1991), Serbian poet of Romanian descent
*[[Alexander Pope]] (1688–1744), English poet
*[[Antonio Porchia]] (1885–1968), Italian Argentinian poet
*[[Judith Pordon]] (born 1954), US poet, writer and editor
*[[Peter Porter (poet)|Peter Porter]] (1929–2010), Australian poet based in England
*[[Halina Poświatowska]] (1935–1967), Polish poet and writer
*[[Roma Potiki]] (born 1958), New Zealand poet and playwright
*[[Wacław Potocki]] (1621–1696), Polish poet and moralist
*[[Ezra Pound]] (1885–1972), US expatriate poet and critic
*[[Alishetty Prabhakar]] (1952–1993), Telugu poet
*[[Tapan Kumar Pradhan]] (born 1972), Indian poet, translator and activist
*[[Adélia Prado]] (born 1935), Brazilian writer and poet
*[[Winthrop Mackworth Praed]] (1802–1839), English politician and poet
*[[Jaishankar Prasad]] (1889–1937), Indian poet in Hindi
*[[E. J. Pratt]] (1882–1964), Canadian poet
*[[Petar Preradović]] (1818–1872), Croatian poet, writer and general
*[[France Prešeren]] (1800–1849), [[Carniola]]n Romantic poet
*[[Jacques Prévert]] (1900–1977), French poet and screenwriter
*[[Richard Price (poet)|Richard Price]] (born 1966), Scottish poet, novelist and translator
*[[Robert Priest]] (born 1951), English-born Canadian poet, children's author and singer-songwriter
*[[F. T. Prince]] (1912–2003), English poet and academic
*[[Matthew Prior]] (1664–1721), English poet and diplomat
*[[Bryan Procter]] (1787–1874), English poet
*[[Sextus Propertius]] (50 or 45–15 BCE), Latin elegiac poet
*[[Kevin Prufer]] (born 1969), US poet, academic and essayist
*[[J. H. Prynne]] (born 1936), English poet
*[[Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer]] (1865–1940), Polish poet, novelist and playwright
*[[Zenon Przesmycki]] (Miriam, 1861–1944), Polish poet, translator and critic
*[[Jeremi Przybora]] (1915–2004), Polish poet, writer and singer
*[[Luigi Pulci]] (1432–1484), Italian poet known for ''Morgante''
*[[Ben Purkert]] (living), American poet, novelist and creative writing instructor
*[[Alexander Pushkin]] (1799–1837), Russian poet, novelist and playwright