Richard Wright, American poet, born 1908
Robert Wrigley, American poet, born 1951
Mark Wunderlich, American poet, born 1968
Audrey Wurdemann, American poet, born 1911
Elinor Wylie, American poet, born 1885
Shitou Xiqian, Chinese Zen Buddhist teacher, born 700
Yu Xinhua, Chinese poet, born 1976
xTx, American poet
Seema Yasmin, British physician, born 1982
Zi Ye, Chinese poet
William Butler Yeats, Irish poet, born 1865
Wen Yiduo, Chinese poet, born 1899
Tang Yin, Chinese poet, born 1470
Liu Yong, Chinese poet of the Song dynasty, born 987
