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Henrietta Cordelia Ray (1852 – 1916) was an African-American poet and teacher. Her ode ‘Lincoln’ was read at the unveiling of the Emancipation Memorial in Washington in 1876. In 1893 her poetry collection Sonnets was published by JJ Little & Co and a subsequent collection Poems was published in 1910.

William Cowper (1731 – 1800) was a poet, hymn-writer and man of letters. His poetry, dealing with nature and everyday life made him a forerunner of the Romantic Movement. His first volume, Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, published in 1782, received wide acclaim. He also translated Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey into blank verse.

Meg Cox (d. 2026) lived in Herefordshire and spent much of her time reading and writing poetry. Her work has been widely published in magazines and she was a regular reader at open mics. Her latest publication A Square of Sunlight was published in 2021.

George Crabbe (1754 – 1832) was born in Suffolk, the son of a tax collector. He completed medical training but then later became a clergyman and wrote well-known long poems such as The Village and The Borough, realistically observed verse about society, mostly in heroic couplets.

Diana Croft is a printmaker, painter and stained glass artist based in Surrey. She trained in illustration at Brighton University before working in London, teaching printmaking and editioning complicated multi-plate etchings and collagraphs for the printmaker Brenda Hartill. She draws inspiration from the Surrey Hills and South Downs, and has produced a series of linocuts and collagraph prints based on these distinctive landscapes.

Barbara Crooker is an American poet. Her most recent collection is Slow Wreckage (Grayson Books, 2024) which reflects on themes of ageing. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize on numerous occasions and her work has appeared in magazines such as Poetry International and America.