2008 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). June 18 – Release in the United Kingdom of a new film, The Edge of Love, concerning Dylan Thomas' relationship with two women, starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys (as Thomas). September – A United Kingdom examination board, Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, asks schools to withdraw copies of its anthology which contain the poem, Education for Leisure by Carol Ann Duffy after some teachers complained about the poem's reference to knives.
1988 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). The first annual The Best American Poetry volume is published this year. During a poetry reading in which popular Russian poet Andrei Voznesensky takes written questions from the audience, he reads out two responses: "All of you are Jews or sold out to Jews", one reads. Another only says, "We will kill you".
1982 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). March 1 – Dylan Thomas posthumously honoured by a floor plaque in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey September – The New Criterion founded in New York City October – Canadian documentary film Poetry in Motion released Final edition of This magazine published in Canada Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: M.
1963 in poetryNationality 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.
