This is a list of Maltese-language poets, together with some of their best-known poems.

• Pietru Caxaro (died 1485) – The first noted Maltese poet
• Ġan Franġisk Bonamico (1639–1680)
• Gioacchino Navarro (1748–1813)
• Patri Fidiel, (c. 1762–1824)
• Mons. Ludovik Mifsud Tommasi (1796–1879) – Canon of the Collegiate of Cospicua
• Ġan Anton Vassallo (1817–1868)
• Ġużè Muscat Azzopardi (1853–1927)
• Manwel Dimech (1860–1921)
• Dun Karm Psaila (1871–1961)
• Rużar Briffa (1906–1963)
• Anton Buttigieg (1912–1983)
• Marjanu Vella (1927–1988)
• Pawlu Aquilina (born 1929)
• Rigu Bovingdon (born 1942)
• Joe Friggieri (born 1946)
• Oliver Friggieri (1947–2020)
• Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
• Immanuel Mifsud (born 1967)
• Nadia Mifsud (born 1976)
• Claudia Gauci (born 1976)
• Clare Azzopardi (born 1977)
• Elizabeth Grech (born 1978)
• Leanne Ellul (born 1989)
• Elena Cardona (born ?)

• Il-Poeżija Maltija, an anthology by Oliver Friggieri, Malta University Publishers.