Editing List of poets (section)

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*[[Francisco Granizo Ribadeneira]] (1925–2009), Ecuadorian poet
*[[Anne Rice]] (1941–2021), US fiction writer
*[[Stan Rice]] (1943–2002), US poet and artist; husband of Anne Rice
*[[Adrienne Rich]] (1929–2012), US poet, essayist and feminist
*[[John Richardson (poet)|John Richardson]] (1817–1886), English [[Lake District]] poet
*[[Edgell Rickword]] (1898–1982), English poet, critic and journalist
*[[Lola Ridge]] (1873–1941), Irish-born US anarchist poet and editor
*[[Laura Riding]] (1901–1981), US poet, critic and novelist
*[[Anne Ridler]] (1912–2001), English poet and editor
*[[James Whitcomb Riley]] (1849–1916), US writer and poet
*[[John Riley (poet)|John Riley]] (1937–1978), English poet of British Poetry Revival
*[[Rainer Maria Rilke]] (1875–1926), Bohemian-Austrian poet
*[[Gopal Prasad Rimal]] (1918–1973), Nepali poet and playwright
*[[Arthur Rimbaud]] (1854–1891), French symbolist poet of Decadent movement
*[[Alberto Ríos]] (born 1952), US poet and professor
*[[Khawar Rizvi]] (1938–1981), Pakistani poet and scholar in Urdu and Persian
*[[Emma Roberts (author)|Emma Roberts]] (1794–1840), English travel writer and poet
*[[Michael Roberts (writer)|Michael Roberts]] (1902–1948), English poet, writer and editor
*[[Edwin Arlington Robinson]] (1869–1935), US poet
*[[Mary Robinson (poet)|Mary Robinson]] (1757–1800), English poet and novelist
*[[Peter Robinson (poet)|Peter Robinson]] (born 1953), English poet
*[[Roland Robinson (poet)|Roland Robinson]] (1912–1992), Australian poet and writer
*[[Georges Rodenbach]] (1855–1898), Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist
*[[W R Rodgers]] (1909–1969), Northern Irish poet, essayist and Presbyterian minister
*[[José Luis Rodríguez Pittí]] (born 1971), Panamanian poet and artist
*[[Theodore Roethke]] (1908–1963), US poet
*[[Samuel Rogers]] (1763–1855), English poet
*[[Rognvald Kali Kolsson]] (c. 1103–1158), Earl of Orkney and saint
*[[Matthew Rohrer]] (born 1970), US poet
*[[Géza Röhrig]] (born 1967), Hungarian poet and actor
*[[Radoslav Rochallyi]] (born 1980), Slovak writer
*[[David Romtvedt]] (living), US poet
*[[Pierre de Ronsard]] (1524–1585), French poet
*[[Peter Rosegger]] (1843–1918), Austrian poet
*[[Franklin Rosemont]] (1943–2009), US poet, artist and co-founder of Chicago Surrealist Group
*[[Penelope Rosemont]] (born 1942), US poet, writer and co-founder of Chicago Surrealist Group
*[[Michael Rosen]] (born 1946), UK children's poet and former children's poet laureate
*[[Isaac Rosenberg]] (1890–1918), English poet
*[[Susan Rosenbloom]] (1958–2015) UK choreographer, artistic director, teacher and poet
*[[Barbara Rosiek]] (1959–2020), Polish poet, writer and psychologist
*[[Alan Ross]] (1922–2001), English poet, cricket writer and editor
*[[Christina Rossetti]] (1830–1894), English poet
*[[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]] (1828–1882), English poet, illustrator and painter
*[[Andrus Rõuk]] (born 1957), Estonian artist and poet
*[[Raymond Roussel]] (1877–1933), French poet, novelist and playwright
*[[Nicholas Rowe (writer)|Nicholas Rowe]] (1674–1718), English dramatist, poet and miscellanist; UK Poet Laureate, 1715
*[[Samuel Rowlands]] (c. 1573–1630), English poet and pamphleteer
*[[Susanna Roxman]] (1946–2015), English poet born in Sweden
*[[Istvan Rozanich]] (1912–1984), Hungarian poet exiled in Venezuela
*[[Tadeusz Różewicz]] (1921–2014), Polish poet and writer
*[[Ljubivoje Ršumović]] (born 1939), Serbian poet
*[[Friedrich Rückert]] (1788–1866), German poet, translator and academic
*[[Rudaki]] (858 – 940/41), Persian poet
*[[Muriel Rukeyser]] (1913–1980), US poet and political activist
*[[Zygmunt Rumel]] (1915–1943), Polish poet and partisan
*[[Rumi|Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhi Rumi]] (1207–1273), Persian Muslim poet, jurist and Sufi mystic
*[[Paul-Eerik Rummo]] (born 1942), Estonian poet
*[[Johan Ludvig Runeberg]] (1804–1877), Finnish poet in Swedish
*[[Nipsey Russell]] (1918–2005), US poet and comedian
*[[Kay Ryan]] (1945-), poet and educator; U.S. Poet Laureate, 2008–2010
*[[Lucjan Rydel]] (1870–1918), Polish poet and playwright
*[[Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz]] (1935–2022), Polish poet, essayist and dramatist
*[[Ryōkan]] (1758–1831), Japanese calligrapher and poet