Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

Events

Griffin Poetry Prize The Griffin Poetry Prize is a Canadian poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. Before 2022, two separate awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. I ...

is established, with one award given each year for the best work by a Canadian poet and one award given for best work in the English language internationally. * February — Janice Mirikitani succeeds

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. An author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and ...

as San Francisco's Poet Laureate * April 17 - New Jersey Governor

Christine Todd Whitman Christine Temple Whitman (; born September 26, 1946) is an American politician and author who served as the 50th governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001 and as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President George W. Bush ...

appoints poet Gerald Stern to be the first

Poet Laureate of New Jersey The poet laureate of New Jersey (statutorily known as ''New Jersey William Carlos Williams Citation of Merit'') was an honor presented biennially by the Governor of New Jersey to a distinguished New Jersey poet. Created in 1999, this position exis ...

* October 3 — Edward Lear's "

The Owl and the Pussycat "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" is a nonsense verse, nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1870 in the American magazine ''Our Young Folks'' and again the following year in Lear's own book ''Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets ...

" named Britain's favorite children's poem in a BBC poll * October 3 — Justin Trudeau quotes from Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods" at the funeral of his father, former Canadian Prime Minister

Pierre Trudeau Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000) was a Canadian politician, statesman, and lawyer who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984. Between his no ...

* October 4 — National Poetry Day in Great Britain: 300 school children at the

Royal Festival Hall The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is a G ...

along with 4,000 other people nationwide perform Agbabi's "Word," setting a new

Guinness World Record ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a British reference book published annually, listi ...

for simultaneous mass performance of a poem *

Spike Milligan Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor. The son of an English mother and Irish father, he was born in British Raj, British India, where he spent his ...

made an honorary knight * In the film '' Pandaemonium'', released this year, the lives of

William Wordsworth William Wordsworth (7 April 177023 April 1850) was an English Romantic poetry, Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romanticism, Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication ''Lyrical Balla ...

and

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( ; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth ...

, in particular their collaboration on the "Lyrical Ballads," are discussed.

Works published in English

Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:

Australia

* Les Murray: ** ''Learning Human: Selected Poems'', Farrar Straus Giroux, also published as ''Learning Human, New Selected Poems'', Carcanet, 2001shortlisted for the 2001 International

Les Murray Web page at The Poetry Archive Web site, accessed October 15, 2007 ** ''An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow'' * Chris Wallace-Crabbe, ''The Poems'', Brunswick: Gungurru *

Les Wicks Les Wicks (born 15 June 1955) is an Australian poet, publisher and editor. He has published more than fifteen books of poetry. Early life and education Wicks grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney. He studied for a Bachelor of Arts in Asian ...

, ''The Ways of Waves'', Sidewalk

Canada

Roo Borson Ruth Elizabeth Borson, who writes under the name Roo Borson (born January 20, 1952, in Berkeley, California) is a Canadian poet who lives in Toronto. After undergraduate studies at UC Santa Barbara and Goddard College, she received an MFA from t ...

, ''Introduction to the Introduction to Wang Wei'', (by Pain Not Bread) American-

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

* Clint Burnham, ''Buddyland'' ( Coach House Books) * Margaret Christakos: **''Wipe Under A Love'' (Toronto: The Mansfield Press) **''Charisma'' (Toronto: Pedlar Press) *

George Elliott Clarke George Elliott Clarke (born February 12, 1960) is a Canadian poet, playwright and literary critic who served as the Poet Laureate of Toronto from 2012 to 2015 and as the Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2016-2017. Clarke's work addresse ...

, ''

Whylah Falls ''Whylah Falls'' is a long narrative poem (or " verse novel") by George Elliott Clarke, published in book form in 1990. As with much of Clarke's work, the poem is inspired by the history and culture of the Black Canadian community in Nova Scot ...

'', Vancouver: Polestar, revised edition of book which originally appeared in

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

, (revised edition number)

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

Louis Dudek Louis Dudek, (February 6, 1918 – March 23, 2001) was a Canadian poet, academic, and publisher known for his role in defining Modernism in poetry, and for his literary criticism. He was the author of over two dozen books. In ''A Digital Hist ...

, ''The Surface of Time''. Montreal: Empyreal.Louis Dudek: Publications
," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 6, 2011. * Claire Harris, ''She'',

Trinidadian Trinidadians and Tobagonians, colloquially known as Trinis or Trinbagonians, are the people who are identified with the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The population of Trinidad is notably diverse, with approximately 35% Indo-Trinidadian, 34% ...

-born,

"Selected Timeline of Anglophone Caribbean Poetry"
in Williams, Emily Allen, ''Anglophone Caribbean Poetry, 1970–2001: An Annotated Bibliography'', page xvii and following pages, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, , retrieved via Google Books, February 7, 2009 * Don McKay, ''Another Gravity'' (

) Web page titled "Griffin Poetry Prize 2007" at the Griffen Poetry Prize Web site, accessed October 6, 2007 * John Pass, ''Water Stair'' ()

* Anne Simpson, ''Light Falls Through You'', winner of the

Gerald Lampert Award The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is an annual literary award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter Gerald Lampert. Each winner receive ...

and the Atlantic Poetry Prize) ,

Raymond Souster Raymond Holmes Souster (January 15, 1921 – October 19, 2012) was a Canadian poet whose writing career spanned over 70 years. More than 50 volumes of his own poetry were published during his lifetime, and he edited or co-edited a dozen volumes ...

, ''Of Time & Toronto''. Ottawa: Oberon Press.Notes on Life and Works
," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011.

Anthologies in Canada

* Ayanna Black, editor, ''Fiery Spirits & Voices: Canadian Writers of African Descent'', Toronto: HarperPerennialCanada * Wanda Campbell, editor, Susan Atkinson and Tanya Butler, assistant editors, ''Hidden Rooms: Early Canadian Women Poets'', London, Ontario: Canadian Poetry Press * Sophia Kaszuba, Sian Meikle, and Ian Lancashire, editors, ''Canadian Poets'' University of Toronto English Library, including these poets: Milton Acorn,

Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and an inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight chi ...

Margaret Avison Margaret Avison, (April 23, 1918 – July 31, 2007) was a Canadian poet who twice won Canada's Governor General's Award and has also won its Griffin Poetry Prize.Michael Gnarowski,Avison, Margaret" ''Canadian Encyclopedia'' (Edmonton: Hurtig ...

Earle Birney Earle Alfred Birney (13 May 1904 – 3 September 1995) was a Canadian poet and novelist, who twice won the Governor General's Award, Canada's top literary honour, for his poetry. Life Born in Calgary in the North-West Territories' District o ...

, bill bissett, Marianne Bluger,

Stephanie Bolster Stephanie Bolster (born 1969) is a Canadian poet and professor of creative writing at Concordia University, Montreal. History She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (1991) and a Master of Fine Arts (1994) from the University of Br ...

George Bowering George Harry Bowering, (born December 1, 1935) is a prolific Canadian novelist, poet, historian, and biographer. He was the first Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate. Life and career Bowering was born in Penticton, British Columbia, and rai ...

Dionne Brand Dionne Brand (born 7 January 1953) is a Canadian poet, novelist, essayist and documentarian. She was Toronto's third Poet Laureate from September 2009 to November 2012 and first Black Poet Laureate. She was admitted to the Order of Canada in ...

, Ron Charach,

Lesley Choyce Lesley Choyce (born 21 March 1951) is a Canadian writer and publisher based in Nova Scotia. Choyce has written an extensive body of literature consisting of novels, non-fiction, children's literature, young adult novels, and poetry. Early life ...

, Peter Christensen, Afua Cooper,

Don Coles Donald L. Coles (April 12, 1927 – November 29, 2017) was a Canadian poet and novelist. He won the 1993 Governor General's Award for English poetry for his collection ''Forests of the Medieval World'' and the Trillium Book Award in 2000 for his co ...

John Robert Colombo John Robert Colombo, CM (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian writer, editor, and poet. He has published over 200 titles, including major anthologies and reference works. Early life Colombo was born in Kitchener, Ontario, in 1936. He attended ...

Lynn Crosbie Lynn Crosbie (born 7 August 1963) is a Canadian poet and novelist. She teaches at the University of Toronto. Life and career Crosbie was born in Montreal, Quebec, and now lives in Toronto, Ontario. She received her PhD in English from the Uni ...

Lorna Crozier Lorna Crozier, (born 24 May 1948) is a Canadian poet, author, and former chair of the Writing Department at the University of Victoria. She is the author of twenty-five books and was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2011 as one of Ca ...

, Michael Crummey, Jeffery Donaldson, Jennifer Footman,

Sky Gilbert Schuyler Lee (Sky) Gilbert Jr. (born December 20, 1952) is a Canadian writer, actor, academic and drag performer. Born in Norwich, Connecticut, he studied theatre at York University in Toronto, Ontario, and at the University of Toronto, before b ...

, Susan Glickman, Maureen Harris, Elisabeth Harvor, Jan Horner, Susan Ioannou, Ellen Jaffe, Adeena Karasick, Penn Kemp, A. M. Klein,

Irving Layton Irving Peter Layton, OC (March 12, 1912 – January 4, 2006) was a Romanian-born Canadian poet. He was known for his "tell it like it is" style which won him a wide following but also made him enemies. As T. Jacobs notes in his biography (2001 ...

, Noah Leznoff, Dennis Lee, Pat Lowther,

Laura Lush Laura Lush (born 1959) is a Canadian poet and short story writer. She is most noted for her 1992 poetry book ''Hometown'', which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1992 Governor General's ...

, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Kim Maltman, Dave Margoshes, David W. McFadden, Susan McMaster, Bruce Meyer,

Anne Michaels Anne Michaels (born 15 April 1958) is a Canadian poet and novelist whose work has been translated and published in over 45 countries. Her books have garnered dozens of international awards including the Orange Prize, the Guardian Fiction Prize, ...

, Kim Morrissey,

Erín Moure Erín Moure (born 1955 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian poet and translator with 18 books of poetry, a coauthored book of poetry, a volume of essays, a book of articles on translation, a poetics, and two memoirs. She has translated or co-tran ...

Susan Musgrave Susan Musgrave (born March 12, 1951) is a Canadian poet and children's writer. She was born in Santa Cruz, California, to Canadian parents, and lives in British Columbia, dividing her time between Sidney and Haida Gwaii. She has been nominated ...

, John Newlove,

P. K. Page Patricia Kathleen Page, (23 November 1916 – 14 January 2010) was a Canadian poet,Peter ScowenP.K. Page dies at age 93 ''The Globe and Mail'', 14 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010. though the citation as she was inducted as a Fellow of th ...

, E. J. Pratt,

Robert Priest Robert Priest (born 10 July 1951, in Walton-on-Thames, England) is a Canadian poet, children's literature, children's author and singer-songwriter. He has written eighteen books of poetry, four children's novels, four children's albums, and six ...

Janis Rapoport Janis may refer to: Film and music * ''Janis'' (film), a 1974 film about Janis Joplin ** ''Janis'' (1975 album), a compilation and the soundtrack album for the film ** ''Janis'' (1993 album), a Joplin career overview collection * "Janis", a track ...

, Wayne Scott Ray, Michael Redhill,

John Reibetanz John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Ep ...

, D. C. Reid, Harold Rhenisch, Stan Rogal, Linda Rogers,

Joe Rosenblatt Joseph Rosenblatt (December 26, 1933 – March 11, 2019) was a Canadian poet who lived in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia. He won Canada's Governor-General's Award and British Columbia's B.C. Book Prize for poetry.Jay Ruzesky,

Richard Sanger Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and ...

, F. R. Scott, Peter Dale Scott,

Kathy Shaidle Kathy Shaidle (7 May 1964 – 9 January 2021) was a Canadian author, columnist, poet and blogger. A self-described "anarcho-peacenik" in the early years of her writing career, she moved to a conservative, Catholic Church in Canada, Roman Cathol ...

, Kenneth Sherman, Carolyn Smart, Sandy Shreve, John Steffler, Nathalie Stephens,

Rosemary Sullivan Rosemary Sullivan (born 1947) is a Canadian poet, biographer, and anthologist. She is also a professor emerita at University of Toronto. Biography Sullivan was born in the small town of Valois, Pointe-Claire, Valois on Lac Saint-Louis, just ou ...

, Robert Sward, Rhea Tregebov,

Jane Urquhart Jane Urquhart, LL.D (born June 21, 1949) is a Canadian novelist and poet. She is the internationally acclaimed author of seven award-winning novels, three books of poetry and numerous short stories. As a novelist, Urquhart is well known for her e ...

, R. M. Vaughan,

Fred Wah Frederick James Wah, OC, (born January 23, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, scholar and former Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate. Life Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, but grew up in the interior (West Kootenay) of British Col ...

Tom Wayman Thomas Ethan Wayman (born 13 August 1945) is a Canadian author. Born in Hawkesbury, Ontario, Wayman has lived most of his life in British Columbia. He studied at the University of British Columbia (BA 1966), and the University of California, ...

, Natalie Wilson, Eddy Yanofsky

India, in English

Sujata Bhatt Sujata Bhatt (born 6 May 1956) is an acclaimed Indian poet known for her evocative and culturally rich works, has carved a unique niche in the world of literature through her exploration of identity, language, and cultural intricacies. Born in In ...

, ''Augatora'' ( Poetry in English ), Carcanet Press * Keki Daruwalla, ''Night River'' ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Rupa & Co. *

Ranjit Hoskote Ranjit Hoskote (born 1969) is an Indian poet, art critic, cultural theorist and independent curator. He has been honoured by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, with the Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Award and the Sah ...

, ''The Cartographer's Apprentice'' ( Poetry in English ), (with drawings by Laxman Shreshtha), Mumbai: The Pundole Art Gallery * Tabish Khair, ''Where Parallel Lines Meet'' ( Poetry in English ),

New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament ...

: Penguin-Viking, ;

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

: Allen Lane, * Sudeep Sen: ** ''Almanac'', Columbia: University of South CarolinaWeb page title
"Sudeep Sen"
, Poetry International website, retrieved July 28, 2010 ** ''Lines of Desire'', Columbia: University of South Carolina ** ''A Blank Letter'', Dhaka: The High Commission of India * K. Satchidanandan, ''Imperfect and Other New Poems'',

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

: Olive PublicationsWeb page title
"K. Satchidanandan"
, Poetry International website, retrieved July 11, 2010 * Dilip Chitre, ''No Moon Monday on the River Karha,''

Pune Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western ...

: Vijaya Chitre

New Zealand

Fleur Adcock Fleur Adcock (10 February 1934 – 10 October 2024) was a New Zealand poet and editor. Of English and Northern Irish ancestry, Adcock lived much of her life in England. She is well-represented in New Zealand poetry anthologies, was awarded an ...

(New Zealand poet who moved to England in

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

), ''Poems 1960–2000'', Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe BooksWeb page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File"
at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008 * Nick Ascroft, ''From the Author Of'' * Jenny Bornholdt, ''These Days'' * Glenn Colquhoun, ''An Explanation of Poetry to My Father'' * Paula Green, ''Chrome'' * Murray Edmond, ''Laminations'' * Andrew Johnston, ''Birds of Europe'' *

Cilla McQueen Priscilla Muriel McQueen (born 22 January 1949) is a New Zealand poet and three-time winner of the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry, New Zealand Book Award for Poetry. Early years and education McQueen was born on 22 January 1949 in Birm ...

, ''Markings'', poetry and drawings, Otago University Press * Stephanie de Montalk, ''Animals Indoors'', Victoria University Press

Anthologies in New Zealand

* Jenny Bornholdt and

Gregory O'Brien Gregory Leo O’Brien (born 1961) is a New Zealand poet, painter, author and editor. He is also an art curator and writes art history and criticism for both adults and children. Life Born in Matamata in 1961, O'Brien trained as a journalist in ...

, editors, ''My Heart Goes Swimming: New Zealand Love Poems'', Random House New Zealand , * Alan Brunton, Murray Edmond, Michele Leggott, editors, ''Big Smoke: New Zealand Poems 1960–1975'', Auckland: Auckland University Press *

Lauris Edmond Lauris Dorothy Edmond (née Scott, 2 April 1924 – 28 January 2000) was a New Zealand poet and writer. Biography Born in Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay, Edmond survived the 1931 Napier earthquake as a child. Trained as a teacher, she raised a fa ...

, editor, ''New Zealand Love Poems: An Oxford Anthology'', posthumousRobinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, ''The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature'', 1998, "Lauris Edmond" article

United Kingdom

(New Zealand poet who moved to England in

), ''Poems 1960–2000'', Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books * Gerry Cambridge, ''The Praise of Swans'' (pamphlet, 28 pp), Shoestring Press, * Robert Crawford and

Mick Imlah Michael Ogilvie Imlah (26 September 1956 – 12 January 2009), better known as Mick Imlah, was a Scottish poet and editor. Background Imlah was brought up in Milngavie near Glasgow, before moving to Beckenham, Kent, in 1966. He was educated at ...

, editors, ''The New Penguin Book of Scottish Verse'', London: Allen Lane, Penguin Press (anthology) * Carol Ann Duffy, ''The Oldest Girl in the World'', Faber and Faber (children's poetry)Micelis, Angelica and Anthony Rowland
''The Poetry of Carol Ann Duffy: Choosing Tough Roads''
retrieved via Google Books on May 4, 2009 * U. A. Fanthorpe, ''Consequences'' * James Fenton: ''The Strength of Poetry: Oxford Lectures''
Web page titled "Books by Fenton" at the James Fenton Web site, accessed October 11, 2007 *James Fenton (Ulster Scots poet), ''Thonner an Thon: an Ulster-Scots collection'', Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster Scots dialect poet living and published in Northern Ireland * Elaine Feinstein, ''Gold'', Carcanet * Thom Gunn: ** ''Boss Cupid'' ** ''Collected Poems'' * Glyn Maxwell, ''The Boys at Twilight: Poems, 1990–1995'', Houghton Mifflin (a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year"), Briton and poetry editor of ''The New Republic'' living in the United States * Craig Raine, ''A la Recherche du Temps Perdu'' * Peter Reading, ''Marfan'' * Maurice Riordan, Irish poet living and published in the United Kingdom: ** ''Floods'', Faber and Faber ** Editor, with Jon Turney (a science journalist), ''A Quark for Mister Mark: 101 Poems about Science'', anthology, Faber and Faber * Jo Shapcott, ''Her Book'' * Sulpicia, ''The Poems of Sulpicia'', ancient Roman poet translated by John Heath-Stubbs

United States

* John Ashbery: ** ''Your Name Here'' ** ''As Umbrellas Follow Rain'' * Bei Dao, ''Unlock'', English translation by Eliot Weinberger & Iona Man-Cheong (New Directions) * Edward Brathwaite, ''Words Need Love Too'', Caribbean poetry, Barbadian poet living in the United States * Joseph Brodsky: ''Collected Poems in English, 1972–1999'', edited by Ann Kjellberg, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Web page titled "Joseph Brodsky / Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 / Bibliography" at the "Official Web Site of the Nobel Foundation", accessed October 18, 2007 Russian literature, Russian- American; Farrar, Straus & Giroux (a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year") * Gwendolyn Brooks, ''In Montgomery'' * Anne Carson, ''Men in the Off Hours'', Knopf (a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year") * Paul Celan, ''Glottal Stop: 101 Poems by Paul Celan'' (Translated by Heather McHugh and Nikolai B. Popov, Nikolai Popov) * Anita Endreszze, ''Throwing Fire at the Sun, Water at the Moon'', combination of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press * Michael S. Harper, ''Songlines in Michaeltree: New and Collected Poems''Web page titled "Michael S. Harper"
at the Academy of American poets website, accessed April 23, 2008 * Fanny Howe, ''Fanny Howe: Selected Poems'' * Kenneth Koch, ''New Addresses: Poems'', Knopf (a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year") * Stanley Kunitz, ''The Collected Poems'', Norton (a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year") * Stanley Lombardo (translator), Odyssey by Homer, Hackett (a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year") * Glyn Maxwell, ''The Boys at Twilight: Poems, 1990–1995'', Houghton Mifflin (a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year"), Briton and poetry editor of ''The New Republic'' living in the United States * Constance Merritt, ''A Protocol for Touch'': Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, selected by Eleanor Wilner * W. S. Merwin, translation, ''Purgatorio'' from ''The Divine Comedy'' of Dante; New York: Knopf;Web page title
"W. S. Merwin (1927– )"
at the Poetry Foundation Web site, retrieved June 8, 2010 (a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year") * Grazyna Miller, ''Sull'onda del respiro'' (''On the Wave of Breath'') * Michael O'Brien (American poet), Michael O'Brien, ''Sills: Selected Poems'', Zoland * Mary Oliver, ''The Leaf and the Cloud'' (prose poem) * Grace Paley, ''Begin Again: Collected Poems'' * Michael Palmer (poet), Michael Palmer, ''The Promises of Glass'' * Carl Phillips, ''Pastoral'' * Robert Pinsky, ''Jersey Rain'' (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) (a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year") * Michael Ryan (poet), Michael Ryan, ''A Difficult Grace: On Poets, Poetry, and Writing'' (essays) * Gjertrud Schnackenberg: ** ''The Throne of Labdacus'', Farrar, Straus & Giroux (a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year") ** ''Supernatural Love: Poems 1976–1992'', * Derek Walcott, ''The Prodigal'' (West Indian) * Louis Zukofsky, Wesleyan University Press begins publishing ''The Wesleyan Centennial Edition of the Complete Critical Writings of Louis Zukofsky'' (posthumous)

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

* John Ashbery, ''Other Traditions'' (Harvard University Press), thoughts on six poets (John Clare, Thomas Lovell Beddoes, Raymond Roussel, John Wheelwright, Laura Riding, and David Schubert); from his Charles Eliot Norton Lectures (criticism) * Alison Lurie, ''Familiar Spirits: A Memoir of James Merrill and David Noyes Jackson, David Jackson'' * Helen Vendler, ''Seamus Heaney'',

Anthologies in the United States

* Stephen Berg, David Bonanno, and Arthur Vogelsang, editors, ''The Body Electric'', anthology of poetry published in ''The American Poetry Review'', 1972–1999.(W.W. Norton & Company), 820 pages * ''American Poetry: The Twentieth Century'', two volumes, The Library of America (Henry Brooks Adams, Henry Adams to May Swenson) * Cary Nelson, editor, ''Anthology of Modern American Poetry'', Oxford University Press (also published in the United Kingdom) * Jeffrey Paine, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Sven Birkerts, Joseph Brodsky, Carolyn Forché, and Helen Vendler, editors, ''The Poetry of Our World: an International Anthology of Contemporary Poetry'', New York: HarperCollins

=Poets appearing in ''The Best American Poetry 2000''

= These 75 poets had poems published in ''The Best American Poetry 2000'', edited by David Lehman, with Rita Dove as guest editor: *Kim Addonizio *Pamela Alexander *A. R. Ammons *Julianna Baggott *Erin Belieu *Richard Blanco *Janet Bowdan *Grace Butcher *Lucille Clifton *Billy Collins *Jim Daniels *Gregory Djanikian *Denise Duhamel *Christopher Edgar *Karl Elder *Lynn Emanuel *B. H. Fairchild *Charles Fort *Frank X. Gaspar *Elton Glaser *Ray Gonzalez *Jennifer Grotz *Thom Gunn *Mark Halliday *Barbara Hamby *Forrest Hamer *Brenda Hillman *Marsha Janson *Mark Jarman *Patricia Spears Jones *Rodney Jones (poet), Rodney Jones *Donald Justice *Olena Kalytiak Davis *David Kirby (poet), David Kirby *Carolyn Kizer *Lynne Knight *Yusef Komunyakaa *Thomas Lux *Lynne McMahon *W. S. Merwin *Susan Mitchell *Jean Nordhaus *Mary Oliver *Michael Palmer (poet), Michael Palmer *Paul Perry *Carl Phillips *Robert Pinsky *Donald Platt (poet), Donald Platt *Stanley Plumly *Lawrence Raab *Thomas Rabbitt *Mary Jo Salter *Rebecca Seiferle *Brenda Shaughnessy *Laurie Sheck *Reginald Shepherd *Rudy Delgado Jr. *Cathy Song *Gary Soto *Gabriel Spera *A. E. Stallings *Susan Stewart (poet), Susan Stewart *Adrienne Su *Pamela Sutton *Dorothea Tanning *Natasha Trethewey *Quincy Troupe *Reetika Vazirani *Paul Violi *Derek Walcott *Richard Wilbur *Susan Wood *John Yau *Dean Young (poet), Dean Young

Other in English

* Edward Brathwaite, ''Words Need Love Too'', Caribbean poetry, Barbadian poet living in the American poetry, United States * Moya Cannon, ''Oar'', Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, Irish poetry, Ireland * Claire Harris, ''She'',

-born,

Works published in other languages

Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:

China

* Yang Ke, editor, ''2000 Yearbook of New Chinese Poetry'' () (anthology)"Sheng Xing"
article and Web page, Poetry International website, retrieved November 22, 2008 * Yu Jian, Chinese poetry, China: **''Shige • Biantiaoji'' (short poems)Patten, Simon
"Yu Jian"
, article at Poetry International retrieved November 22, 2008 **''Yu Jian de shi'' (poems and translations)

Denmark

* Klaus Høeck, ''fra Hjem'', publisher: Gyldendal; Danish poetry, DenmarkWeb page title
"Bibliography of Klaus Høeck"
website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010 * Henrik Nordbrandt: ** ''Drømmebroer'' ("Dream Bridges"), winner of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (Danish poetry, Denmark)Web page title
"Henrik Nordbrandt"
at the Poetry International website, retrieved January 29, 2010 ** ''Egne digte'' ("Own Poems"), Copenhagen: Gylendal, 289 pagesWeb page title
"Henrik Nordbrandt"
at the Literatur.siden website, retrieved January 29, 2010

French language

Canada, in French

* Denise Desautels, ''Tombeau de Lou'', Montréal: Le Noroît * Pierre Labrie, ''À tout hasard'' * Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska, ''L'Amérique un peu/Au bord du rouge absolu'', with James Sacré; Montréal: Trait d'union * Jean Royer, ''Le visage des mots'', Trois-Rivières: Écrits des Forges//Marchainville: Proverbe

France

* Andre du Bouchet, ''L'emportement du muet'' * Seyhmus Dagtekin, ''Les chemins du nocturne'', publisher: Le Castor Astral * Abdellatif Laabi, ''Poèmes périssables'', La Différence, coll. Clepsydre, Paris (épuisé), Moroccan poetry, Moroccan author writing in French poetry, French and published in France * Jean-Claude Pinson, ''Fado (avec fantomes et flacons)'' * Jacqueline Risset, ''Les instants''

India

In each section, listed in alphabetical order by first name:

Bengali

* Joy Goswami: ** ''Jogotbari'', Kolkata: Ananda Publishers, Web page titl
"Joy Goswami"
, at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 10, 2010 ** ''Kabita-Songroho'', Vol. 3, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers, * Debarati Mitra: ** ''Tunnur Computer,'' Kolkata: Ananda PublishersWeb page titl
"Debarati Mitra"
, at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 8, 2010 ** ''Srestha Kavita,'' Kolkata: Dey's Publishing * Nirendranath Chakravarti; Bengali poetry, Bengali-language: ** ''Shakulley Teenjon'', Kolkata: Ananda PublishersWeb page titl
"Nirendranath Chakravarti"
, at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010 ** ''Joler Jailkhana Theke'', Kolkata: Ananda Publishers

Hindi

* Anamika, ''Kavita Mein Aurat'', Delhi: Itihas Bodh * Teji Grover, ''Ant Ki Kucch Aur Kavitayen'', New Delhi: Vani Prakashan * Udayan Vajpeyi, ''Vie Invisible'', translated and published in

; Lignon: Cheyne Editeur;

Other in India

* Amarjit Chandan; Punjabi poetry, Punjabi-language: ** ''Gurhti'' (in Persian language, Persian script), Navyug, New DelhiWeb page title
"Amarjit Chandan"
at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 6, 2010 ** ''Anaran vala Vehra'' (in Persian language, Persian script), Kitab Tirinjan, Lahore * Chandrakant (Chandu) Shah, also known as Chandu Shah, ''Blue Jeans'', Mumbai: Image Publications; Gujarati poetry, Gujarati-language * Jiban Narah, ''Ta-Ri-Ri'', Guwahati, Assam: Bak; Indian poetry, Indian, Assamese poetry, Assamese-language * K. Satchidanandan, ''Sambhashanathinu Oru Sramam'', ("An Attempt to Converse"); Malayalam poetry, Malayalam-language * K. Siva Reddy, ''Kavisamayam'', Vijayawada: Sahiti Mitrulu; Telugu poetry, Telugu-language * Kutti Revathi, ''Poonaiyai pola alaiyum velicham'', ("Light Prowls Like a Cat"), Chennai: Thamizhini * S. Joseph, ''Karutha Kallu'', winner of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award; Kottayam: DC Books, * Prathibha Nandakumar, ''Aha! Purushakaram!'' ("Aha! The Human Form!"), Srirangapattana, Mandya district, Karnataka: Nelamane Prakashana * Salma (writer), Salma, ''Oru Maalaiyum Innoru Maalaiyum'', Nagercoil: Kalachuvadu Pathippagam * Varavara Rao (better known as "VV"), ''Unnadedo Unnattu'' ("As It Is"); Telugu poetry, Telugu-language

Bangladesh

* Rahman Henry, ''Prokrito Saros Urey Jae'', A Book of Poetry in Bengali language, Bengali, Shraban, Shahbag, Dhaka. Bangladesh.

Poland

* Leszek Engelking, ''I inne wiersze'' (''And Other Poems'') Polish poetry, Poland * Czesław Miłosz, ''To'' ("It"); Kraków: ZnakWeb pages titled "Miłosz Czesław" (bot
English version
[for translated titles] an
Polish version
[for diacritical marks]), at the Institute Ksiazki ("Book Institute") website, "Bibliography: Poetry" section, retrieved February 26, 2010 * Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki, ''Przewodnik dla bezdomnych niezależnie od miejsca zamieszkania'' * Jan Twardowski, ''Elementarz księdza Twardowskiego dla najmłodszego, średniaka i starszego,'' Kraków: Wydawnictwo LiterackieWeb page title
"Jan Twardowski"
, at the Institute Ksiazki website (in Polish), "Bibliography: Poetry" section, retrieved February 24, 2010

Serbia

* Dejan Stojanović (writer), Dejan Stojanović: ** ''Znak i njegova deca'' (The Sign and Its Children), Prosveta, Beograd ** ''Oblik'' (The Shape), Gramatik, Podgorica, Montenegro ** ''Tvoritelj'' (The Creator), Narodna knjiga–Alfa, Beograd ** ''Krugovanje'' (Circling), Third Edition (poems added to the third edition), Narodna knjiga–Alfa, Beograd

Other

* Christoph Buchwald, general editor, and Ludwig Harig, guest editor, ''Jahrbuch der Lyrik 2001'' ("Poetry Yearbook 2001"), publisher: Beck; anthology * Matilde Camus, ''Prisma de emociones'' ("Prism of emotions"), Spanish poetry, Spain * Faruk Šehić, ''Pjesme u Nastajanju'' ("Acquired Poems"), Bosnian literature, Bosnia * Maria Luisa Spaziani, ''La freccia'', Italian poetry, Italy * Yang Ke, editor, ''2000 Yearbook of New Chinese Poetry'' , Chinese poetry, China (anthology)

Awards and honors

Australia

* C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: John Millett, ''Iceman'' * Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Jennifer Maiden, ''Mines'' * Mary Gilmore Prize: Lucy Dougan, ''Memory Shell''

Canada

: Shawna Lemay, ''All the God-Sized Fruit'' * Archibald Lampman Award:

, ''Two Bowls of Milk'' * Atlantic Poetry Prize: Ken Babstock, ''Mean'' * 2000 Governor General's Awards: Don McKay, ''Another Gravity'' (English); Normand de Bellefeuille, ''La Marche de l'aveugle sans son chien'' (French) * Pat Lowther Award: Esta Spalding, ''Lost August'' * Prix Alain-Grandbois: Normand de Bellefeuille, ''La Marche de l'aveugle sans son chien'' * Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize:

, ''What the Living Won't Let Go'' * Prix Émile-Nelligan: Tania Langlais, ''Douze bêtes aux chemises de l'homme''

Indian poetry, India

* Sahitya Akademi Award : Manglesh Dabral for ''Hum Jo Dekhte Hain'' * The Poetry Society (India), Poetry Society India National Poetry Competition : Shahnaz Habib for Of Hypocrisy and Cheekbones & Revathy Gopal for I Would Know You Anywhere

New Zealand

* Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement: * Montana New Zealand Book Awards (no poetry winner this year): ** First-book award for poetry: Glenn Colquhoun, ''The Art of Walking Upright'', Steele Roberts ** A.W. Reed Lifetime Achievement Award: Allen Curnow

United Kingdom

* Cholmondeley Award: Alistair Elliot, Michael Hamburger, Adrian Henri, Carole Satyamurti * Eric Gregory Award: Eleanor Margolies, Antony Rowland, Antony Dunn, Karen Goodwin, Clare Pollard * Forward Poetry Prize Best Collection: Michael Donaghy, ''Conjure'' (Picador) * Forward Poetry Prize Best First Collection: Andrew Waterhouse, ''In (The Rialto)'' * Samuel Johnson Prize: David Cairns (writer), David Cairns, ''Berlioz: Volume 2'' * Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Edwin Morgan (poet), Edwin Morgan * T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland): Michael Longley, ''The Weather in Japan'' * Whitbread Awards, Whitbread Award for poetry: John Burnside (writer), John Burnside, ''The Asylum Dance'' * National Poetry Competition : Ian Duhig for ''The Lammas Hireling''

United States

* Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize awarded to Quan Barry for ''Asylum'' * Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, Eleanor Ross Taylor * Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry, Corey Marks, "Renunciation", and (separately) Christopher D. Patton, Christopher Patton, "Broken Ground" * Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, David Ferry (poet), David Ferry for ''Of No Country I Know: New and Selected Poems and Translations'' * Brittingham Prize in Poetry, Rudy Delgado Jr., ''A Path Between Houses'' * Frost Medal: Anthony Hecht * National Book Awards#Poetry, National Book Award for poetry: Lucille Clifton, ''Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988–2000'' * Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Stanley Kunitz appointed * Poet Laureate of Virginia: Grace Simpson, two year appointment 2000 to 2002https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/poets/virginia.html Virginia Law and Library of Congress List of Poets Laureate of Virginia * Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: C.K. Williams, ''Repair'' * Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award: T. V. F. Brogan * Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: Carl Dennis * Wallace Stevens Award: Frank Bidart * Whiting Awards: Albert Mobilio, James Thomas Stevens, Claude Wilkinson * William Carlos Williams Award: Kathleen Peirce, ''The Oval Hour'' (Iowa Poetry Prize), Judge: Jean Valentine * Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Lyn Hejinian

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: *January 2 – Roland Flint, 66 (born 1934 in poetry, 1934), American, of cancer *January 22 – Anne Hébert, 83 (born 1916 in poetry, 1916),

, French poetry, French language *January 28 –

, 75 (born 1924 in poetry, 1924), New Zealand literature, New Zealand *February 4 – Edgar Bowers, 75 (born 1924 in poetry, 1924), Americans, American, of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma *April 16 – John Bruce (poet), John Bruce, 78 (born 1922 in poetry, 1922)

*April 21 ** Douglas Oliver, 62 (born 1937 in poetry, 1937), English poetry, English, of prostate cancer ** Al Purdy, 81 (born 1918 in poetry, 1918),

, of lung cancer *May 14 – Karl Shapiro, 86 (born 1913 in poetry, 1913), American *September 25 – R. S. Thomas, 87 (born 1913 in poetry, 1913), English poetry, Anglo-Anglo-Welsh poetry, Welsh poet and clergyman *June 9 – Ernst Jandl, 74 (born 1925 in poetry, 1925), Austrian literature, Austrian poet, author and translator *June 26 – Judith Wright, 85 (born 1915 in poetry, 1915) Australian poetry, Australian poet and environmental campaigner, of a heart attack *July 13 – A. D. Hope, 92 (born 1907 in poetry, 1907), Australian poetry, Australian poet and satirist *September 22 – Yehuda Amichai, 76 (born 1924 in poetry, 1924), Israeli literature, Israeli, Modern Hebrew, Hebrew language *November 14 – Libby Scheier, 54 (born 1946 in poetry, 1946),

, of breast cancer *November 29 – William Scammell, 59 (born 1939 in poetry, 1939), English poetry, English *December 3 – Gwendolyn Brooks, 83 (born 1917 in poetry, 1917), American, of cancer *December 20 – Adrian Henri, 68 (born 1932 in poetry, 1932), English poetry, English member of the Liverpool poets

References

Notes

"A Timeline of English Poetry"
at the Representative Poetry Online website, University of Toronto

Events

Works published in English

Australia

Canada

Anthologies in Canada

India, in English

New Zealand

Anthologies in New Zealand

United Kingdom

United States

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

Anthologies in the United States

=Poets appearing in ''The Best American Poetry 2000''

Other in English

Works published in other languages

China

Denmark

French language

Canada, in French

France

India

Bengali

Hindi

Other in India

Bangladesh

Poland

Serbia

Other

Awards and honors

Australia

Canada

Indian poetry, India

New Zealand

United Kingdom

United States

Deaths

References

Notes

See also