1873 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). July 10 – Paul Verlaine shoots at and wounds Arthur Rimbaud in Brussels. Alexander Anderson, A Song of Labour, and Other Poems Robert Bridges, Poems by Robert Bridges (see also Poems 1879, 1880) Robert Browning, Red Cotton Night-Cap Country; or, Turf and Towers Edward Carpenter, Narcissus, and Other Poems Austin Dobson, Vignettes in Rhyme Dora Greenwell, Songs of Salvation William Morris, Love is Enough; or, The Freeing of Pharamond Emily Pfeiffer, Gerard's Monument, and Other Poems Will Carleton, Farm Ballads William Dean Howells, Poems Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Aftermath Bayard Taylor, Lars: A Pastoral of Norway Tristan Corbière, Les amours jaunes Arthur Rimbaud, Une Saison en Enfer ("A Season in Hell") Théodore de Banville, Trente-six ballades joyeuses, Paris: Lemerre; France Paul Verlaine: Romances sans paroles Art poétique, criticism Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 9 – Hayim Nahman Bialik, חיים נחמן ביאליק (died 1934), Russian-born Hebrew poet January 7 – Charles Péguy (killed in action 1914), French poet and essayist February 26 – Tekkan Yosano, 与謝野 鉄幹, pen-name of Yosano Hiroshi (died 1935), Japanese late Meiji period, Taishō and early Shōwa period author and poet; husband of author Yosano Akiko; grandfather of cabinet minister and politician Kaoru Yosano (surname: Yosano) March 28 – Gilbert E. Brooke (died 1936), French-born English poet and colonial medical officer April 12 – Kumaran Asan (died 1924), Indian, Malayalam-language poet April 25 – Walter De la Mare (died 1956), English poet, short story writer and novelist August 3 – Alexander Posey (drowned 1908), Native American poet, journalist, humorist and politician August 13 – Dora Adele Shoemaker (died 1962), American poet and playwright October 10 – George Cabot Lodge (died 1909) American December 7 – Willa Cather (died 1947), American novelist and poet December 11 – Tilly Aston (died