Poets With A Comedic Bent
- Pam Ayres (born 1947)
- Penny Broadhurst
- Craig Charles
- John Cooper Clarke
- Ivor Cutler
- Cyril Fletcher (1913–2005)
- John Hegley
- Rory Motion
- Henry Normal
- Rogan Whitenails
- Lemn Sissay
- Roger McGough
- Stanley Unwin (1911–2002)
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