Light Poetry - Selected Notable English Poets in This Genre

Selected Notable English Poets in This Genre

In English, poets who are well known for their light poetry include:

  • Hilaire Belloc
  • John Betjeman
  • Lord Byron
  • C. S. Calverley
  • Lewis Carroll
  • Charles E. Carryl
  • Brian P. Cleary
  • Wendy Cope
  • Henry Austin Dobson
  • T. S. Eliot (Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats)
  • Willard R. Espy
  • Gavin Ewart
  • Charles Ghigna
  • W. S. Gilbert
  • Thomas Hood
  • Frank Jacobs
  • John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
  • X. J. Kennedy
  • Edward Lear
  • J. Patrick Lewis
  • Phyllis McGinley
  • Ogden Nash
  • Richard Armour
  • Dorothy Parker
  • Alexander Pope
  • Shel Silverstein
  • Jonathan Swift
  • John Whitworth

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