British poetry is the field of British literature encompassing poetry from anywhere in the British world (whether of the British Isles, the British Empire, or the United Kingdom).

Types of poetry which might be considered British poetry include:

• English poetry
• Irish poetry from Northern Ireland
• Scottish poetry (see Scottish literature)
• Welsh poetry
• Jèrriais poetry
• Guernésiais poetry
• Manx poetry
• Cornish poetry

The critic Lyn Pykett has written that "A trawl through anthologies of British or English verse quickly discovers the exclusion of women from the traditions of British poetry".^[1]