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1992 in poetry
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1963 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). The woman is perfected. Her dead Body wears the smile of accomplishment...—Opening lines of "Edge" by Sylvia Plath, written days before her suicide January 26 – Raghunath Vishnu Pandit, an Indian poet who writes in both Konkani and Marathi languages, publishes five books of poems this day February 11 – American-born poet Sylvia Plath (age 30) commits suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in her London flat (in a house lived in by W.
1912 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). January – The Poetry Review, edited by Harold Monro, supersedes the Poetical Gazette as the journal of the Poetry Society, just renamed from the Poetry Recital Society. April 14–15 – Sinking of the RMS Titanic: The ocean liner strikes an iceberg and sinks on her maiden voyage from the United Kingdom to the United States. This leads to a flood of Titanic poems, including Thomas Hardy's "The Convergence of the Twain".
1994 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). May 23 — C. P. Cavafy's poem "Ithaka" is read at the funeral of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis by her longtime companion, Maurice Tempelsman. October 6 — First annual National Poetry Day in the United Kingdom, established by William Sieghart. October 31 (Halloween) — 15,000 copies of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" are distributed free at public libraries.
1984 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). December 19 – Ted Hughes' appointment as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom in succession to Sir John Betjeman is announced, Philip Larkin having turned down the post. After Ghazi al-Gosaibi, the Saudi Arabian minister of health, publishes a poem, "A Pen Bought and Sold", that criticizes the corruption and privilege of the country's elite, he is dismissed from his post.