Poets who wrote, or write, much or all of their poetry in the Yiddish language include:
A
- Moyshe Altman
B
- Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim
- Israil Bercovici
- Olexander Beyderman
- Źmitrok Biadula
- Hayim Nahman Bialik
- Benjamin J. Bialostotzky
- Rachel Boymvol
- Moishe Broderzon
- Srul Bronshtein
D
- Der Nister (Pinchus Kahanovich)
- Celia Dropkin
E
- David Edelstadt
- Mendel Elefant
- Israel Emiot
- Alter Esselin
F
- Itzik Fefer
- Leon Feinberg
- Mikhoel Felsenbaum
- Rukhl Fishman
- Chaim Leib Fox
G
- Mordechai Gebirtig
- Aron Glantz-Leieles (alternative English spelling: Glanz-Leyeles (1899–1968), Polish native and Yiddish poet writing in the United States)
- Jacob Glatstein (alternative English spelling: Yankev Glatshteyn)
- Hirsh Glick
- Abraham Goldfaden
- Pincus Goodman
- Chaim Grade
- Eliezer Greenberg
- Uri Zvi Greenberg
H
- Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
- Binem Heller
- David Hofstein
I
- Reuben Iceland
K
- Itzhak Katzenelson
- Emmanuil Kazakevich
- Evgeny Kissin
- Rokhl Korn
- Moyshe Kulbak
- Leib Kvitko
L
- Mani Leib
- H. Leivick (1888-1962), born in Russia, emigrated to the United States; called "foremost" Yiddish poet and dramatist
- Abraham Liessin (1872-1948), American
- Moshe Lifshits (1894-1940)
- Malka Locker
- A. Lutzky
M
- Itzik Manger
- Anna Margolin
- Peretz Markish
- Yoel Matveyev
- N. B. Minkoff
- Kadia Molodowsky
P
- Rikuda Potash
- Gabriel Preil (alternative English spelling: "Gabriel Preyl")
R
- Abraham Regelson
- Avrom Reyzen (Abraham Reisen)
- Chava Rosenfarb
- Morris Rosenfeld
S
- Boris Sandler
- Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman
- Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath
- Eliezer Schindler
- S.L. Shneiderman
- Meyer Shtiker
- Fradl Shtok
- Joel Slonim
- Abraham Nahum Stencl
- Jacob Sternberg
- Abraham Sutzkever
T
- Dora Teitelboim
- Malka Heifetz Tussman
U
- Miryem Ulinover
V
- Leyb Vaserman
W
- Morris Winchevsky
Y
- Yehoash (Blumgarten)
Z
- Aaron Zeitlin
- Rajzel Żychlińsky
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