Fanny Runnells Poole (née , Runnells; 1863–1940) was an American writer. She was a book reviewer for Home Journal and Town and Country, 1894-8. She was the author of A Bank of Violets (verse), 1895; Three Songs of Love (music), 1906; and Mugen (verse), 1908. She also compiled an unpublished poetical anthology. Poole enjoyed singing, teaching, the care of little children, the culture of flowers, embroidery, and old book and picture collections. But her absorbing passion was poetry. Poole died in 1940.