George Barlow (born 1948) is an American poet. He graduated from California State University, East Bay, and from the University of Iowa with an M.A. in American Studies and a M.F.A. George Barlow currently teaches at Grinnell College.
He has published in The Black Scholar, Caliban 2, River Styx, The Iowa Review, Antaeus, Callaloo, The Beloit Poetry Journal, Nimrod, The American Poetry Review, Yardbird Reader, Big Moon and Obsidian.
He was on the nominating committee for the Iowa poet laureate.