Polish poetry has a centuries-old history, similar to the Polish literature.
Three most famous Polish poets are known as the Three Bards: Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), Juliusz Słowacki (1809-1849) and Zygmunt Krasiński (1812-1859).
There have been two Polish poets who were Nobel Prize laureates in literature: Czesław Miłosz and Wisława Szymborska.