Editing List of English-language poets (section)

===Be–Bo===
*[[Eric Beach]] (born 1947, A)
*[[Thomas Beach (poet)|Thomas Beach]] (died 1737, W)
*[[John Beaglehole]] (1901–1971, NZ)
*[[Anne Beale]] (1816–1900, E/W)
*[[Doug Beardsley]] (born 1941, C)
*[[James Beattie (poet)|James Beattie]] (1735–1803, S)
*[[Jan Beatty]] (born 1952, US)
*[[Derek Beaulieu]] (born 1973, C)
*[[Francis Beaumont]] (1586–1616, E)
*[[Bruce Beaver]] (1928–2004, A)
*[[Samuel Beckett]] (1906–1989, Ir)
*[[Joshua Beckman]] (living, US)
*[[Thomas Lovell Beddoes]] (1803–1849, E/G)
*[[Ruth Bedford]] (1882–1963, A)
*[[Jack Bedson]] (born 1950, A)
*[[Patricia Beer]] (1919–1999, E)
*[[Ven Begamudré]] (born 1956, C)
*[[Brendan Behan]] (1923–1964, Ir)
*[[Aphra Behn]] (1640–1689, E)
*[[Sinclair Beiles]] (1930–2000, SA)
*[[Gerard Beirne]] (born 1962, Ir/C)
*[[Henry Beissel]] (born 1929, G/C)
*[[Billy-Ray Belcourt]] (living, C)
*[[Ken Belford]] (born 1946, C)
*[[Erin Belieu]] (born 1965, US)
*[[John Joy Bell|J. J. Bell]] (1871–1934, S)
*[[Julian Bell]] (1908–1937, E)
*[[Marvin Bell]] (1937–2020, US)
*[[Lisa Bellear]] (1961–2006, A)
*[[Lesley Belleau]] (living, C)
*[[Hilaire Belloc]] (1870–1953, E)
*[[John Bemrose]] (living, C)
*[[Gwen Benaway]] (born 1987, C)
*[[Hester A. Benedict]] (1838–1921, US)
*[[Stephen Vincent Benét]] (1898–1943, US)
*[[William Rose Benét]] (1886–1950, US)
*[[Elizabeth Benger]] (1775–1827, E)
*[[Gwendolyn B. Bennett]] (1902–1981, US)
*[[Jim Bennett (poet)|Jim Bennett]] (born 1951, E)
*[[Louise Bennett-Coverley]] (1919–2006, J)
*[[Robbie Benoit]] (died 2007, C)
*[[A. C. Benson]] (1862–1925, E)
*[[Richard Berengarten]] (born 1943, E)
*[[Bill Berkson]] (1939–2016, US)
*[[Charles Bernstein (poet)|Charles Bernstein]] (born 1950, US)
*[[Robert Berold]] (born 1948, SA)
*[[Anselm Berrigan]] (born 1972, US)
*[[Daniel Berrigan]] (1921–2016, US)
*[[Ted Berrigan]] (1934–1983, US)
*[[James Berry (poet)|James Berry]] (1924–2017, J/E)
*[[Wendell Berry]] (born 1934, US)
*[[John Berryman]] (1914–1972, US)
*[[Charles Best (poet)|Charles Best]] (1570–1627, E)
*[[Mary Matilda Betham]] (1776–1852, E)
*[[Matilda Betham-Edwards]] (1836–1919, E)
*[[Ursula Bethell]] (1874–1945, NZ)
*[[John Betjeman]] (1906–1984, E)
*[[Craven Langstroth Betts]] (1853–1941, C)
*[[Elizabeth Beverley]] (fl. 1815–1830, E)
*[[Judith Beveridge]] (born 1956, A)
*[[Helen Bevington]] (1906–2001, US)
*[[L. S. Bevington]] (1845–1895, E)
*[[Thomas Bibby]] (1799–1863, Ir)
*[[Ruth Bidgood]] (1922–2022, W)
*[[Lettie S. Bigelow]] (1849–1906, US)
*[[Vonani Bila]] (born 1972, SA)
*[[Robert Billings]] (1949–1986, C)
*[[William Billington (poet)|William Billington]] (1825–1884, E)
*[[Margaret Bingham]] (1740–1814, E)
*[[Laurence Binyon]] (1869–1943, E)
*[[Hera Lindsay Bird]] (born 1987, NZ)
*[[Earle Birney]] (1904–1995, C)
*[[Dora Birtles]] (1903–1992, A)
*[[Elizabeth Bishop]] (1911–1979, US)
*[[Morris Bishop]] (1893–1973, US)
*[[Samuel Bishop]] (1731–1795, E)
*[[Bill Bissett]] (born 1939, C)
*[[Sherwin Bitsui]] (born 1974, US)
*[[David MacLeod Black]] (born 1941, S)
*[[Sophie Cabot Black]] (born 1958, US)
*[[Paul Blackburn (poet)|Paul Blackburn]] (1926–1971, US)
*[[Thomas Blacklock]] (1721–1791, S)
*[[Leigh Blackmore]] (born 1959, A)
*[[R. P. Blackmur]] (1904–1965, US)
*[[Peter Bladen]] (1922–2001, A)
*[[Isa Blagden]] (1816 or 1817–1873, It)
*[[Max Blagg]] (born 1948, E/US)
*[[Mark Blagrave]] (born 1956, C)
*[[Robert Blair (poet)|Robert Blair]] (1699–1746, S)
*[[Lewis Blake]] (born 1946, E)
*[[William Blake]] (1757–1827, E)
*[[Susanna Blamire]] (1747–1794, E)
*[[Paddy Blanchfield]] (1911–1980, NZ)
*[[Richard Blanco]] (born 1968, US)
*[[Don Blanding]] (1894–1957, US)
*[[Robin Blaser]] (1925–2009, C)
*[[Ann Eliza Bleecker]] (1752–1783, US)
*[[Adrian Blevins]] (born 1964, US)
*[[John Blight]] (1913–1995, A)
*[[Mathilde Blind]] (1841–1896, E)
*[[Laurie Block]] (1949–2018, C)
*[[E. D. Blodgett]] (1935–2018, C)
*[[Benjamin Paul Blood]] (1832–1919, US)
*[[Valerie Bloom]] (born 1956, J/E)
*[[Robert Bloomfield]] (1766–1823, E)
*[[Elizabeth Blower]] (c. 1757/63 – post-1816, E)
*[[Edmund Blunden]] (1896–1974, E)
*[[Roy Blumenthal]] (born 1968, SA)
*[[Wilfrid Scawen Blunt]] (1840–1922, E)
*[[Robert Bly]] (1926–2021, US)
*[[Ali Blythe]] (living, C)
*[[Barcroft Boake (poet)|Barcroft Boake]] (1866–1892, A)
*[[Robert Boates]] (born 1954, C)
*[[Merlinda Bobis]] (born 1959, A)
*[[Louise Bogan]] (1897–1970, US)
*[[Michelle Boisseau]] (1955–2017, US)
*[[Christian Bök]] (born 1966, C)
*[[Osbern Bokenam]] (c. 1393 – c. 1464, E)
*[[George Henry Boker]] (1823–1890, US)
*[[Eavan Boland]] (1944–2020, Ir)
*[[Alan Bold]] (1943–1998, S)
*[[Dermot Bolger]] (born 1959, Ir)
*[[Stephanie Bolster]] (born 1969, C)
*[[Edmund Bolton]] (c. 1575 – c. 1633)
*[[Ken Bolton]] (born 1949, A)
*[[Roger Bonair-Agard]] (living, J/US)
*[[Horatius Bonar]] (1808–1889, S)
*[[Elizabeth Bonhôte]] (1744–1818, E)
*[[Sean Bonney]] (1969–2019, E)
*[[Arna Wendell Bontemps]] (1902–1973, US)
*[[Shane Book]] (living, C)
*[[Luke Booker]] (1762–1835, E)
*[[Kurt Boone]] (born 1959, US)
*[[Henry Ernest Boote]] (1865–1949, A)
*[[Ivan Bootham]] (1939–2016, NZ)
*[[Pat Boran]] (born 1963, Ir)
*[[Jenny Bornholdt]] (born 1960, NZ)
*[[Roo Borson]] (born 1952, C)
*[[Keith Bosley]] (1937–2018, E)
*[[Anne Lynch Botta]] (1815–1891, US)
*[[Gordon Bottomley]] (1874–1948, E)
*[[David Bottoms]] (born 1949, US)
*[[Jenny Boult]] (MML Bliss, 1951–2005, A)
*[[Francis William Bourdillon]] (1852–1921, E)
*[[Arthur Bourinot]] (1893–1969, C)
*[[John Philip Bourke]] (1860–1914, A)
*[[Jane Bowdler]] (1743–1784, E)
*[[George Bowering]] (born 1936, C)
*[[Marilyn Bowering]] (born 1949, C)
*[[Cathy Smith Bowers]] (born 1949, US)
*[[Edgar Bowers]] (1924–2000, US)
*[[Tim Bowling]] (born 1964, C)
*[[Alex Boyd (author)|Alex Boyd]] (born 1969, C)
*[[Louise Esther Vickroy Boyd]] (1827–1909, US)
*[[Mark Alexander Boyd]] (1563–1601, S)
*[[Kay Boyle]] (1902–1992, US)
*[[Peter Boyle (poet)|Peter Boyle]] (born 1951, A)
*[[Samuel Boyse]] (1702/1703–1749, Ir/E)
*[[Virginia Frazer Boyle]] (1863–1938, US)