John Engels (January 19, 1931 South Bend, Indiana – June 13, 2007 Vermont) was an American poet.

[1] In 1952, John Engels graduated from the University of Notre Dame in English.

After Navy service, he studied Anglo-Irish literature at the University College, Dublin, then graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, with an M.F.A.

In 1995, he was Wyndham Robertson Chair in Creative Writing at Hollins College.

[2][3] Engels' work appeared in Harper's,[4] the New Yorker, [5][6] and many other prestigious journals.