1859 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). May – Antoni de Bofarull and Víctor Balaguer re-establish the Barcelona Floral Games (jocs florals), contests for Catalan Renaixença poetry. The first translation of Adam Mickiewicz's Polish epic poem Pan Tadeusz (1834) into a different language, Belarusian, is made by Belarusian writer and dramatist Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich, in Vilnius but because of pressure from the authorities of the ruling Russian Empire he is able to publish only the first two chapters of the poem.
2003 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). January 29 – Poet Dana Gioia, who had retired early from his career as a corporate executive at General Foods to write full-time, becomes chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, the United States government's arts agency. February 12 – After First Lady Laura Bush invites a number of poets to the White House for this date, one of them, Sam Hamill, starts organizing a protest in which poets would bring anti-war poems.
2015 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). September 8 – In the 2015 edition of Best American Poetry, the inclusion of a poem by Michael Derrick Hudson, a white American poet from Fort Wayne, Indiana, who claims he used the Asian female pseudonym Yi-Fen Chou to get the poem published, causes considerable debate and criticism on the issue of identity politics and cultural appropriation. September 15 – Juan Felipe Herrera, the first Latino to serve as U.
2019 in poetryMajor poetry related events which took place worldwide during 2019 are outlined below under different sections. This includes poetry books released during the year in different languages, major literary awards, poetry festivals and events, besides anniversaries and deaths of renowned poets etc. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, India or France). October 25 – The 2019 Princeton poetry Festival is inaugurated at Lewis Center of Arts by Pulitzer prize winning poet Paul Muldoon.
2021 in poetryMajor poetry related events taking place worldwide during 2021 are outlined below under different sections. This includes poetry books released during the year in different languages, major literary awards, poetry festivals and events, besides anniversaries and deaths of renowned poets etc. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, India or France). January 5 – An anthology of poems by 157 blind poets from around the world titled Fountain of Light is released in a Braille version at Kolkata.
1915 in poetryIn Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
1906 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Picasso's portrait of Gertrude Stein Jean Blewett, The Cornflower and Other Poems Helena Coleman, Songs and Sonnets Sophia Almon Hensley, The Heart of a Woman. J. D. Logan, Preludes, Sonnets and Other Verses Duncan Campbell Scott, Via Borealis, Toronto: William Tyrrell & Co. Frederick George Scott, The Hymn of Empire, and Other Poems 'Æ' (George William Russell), By Still Waters Joseph Campbell, The Rushlight John Davidson, Holiday, and Other Poems Walter de la Mare, Poems C.
1873 in poetryNationality 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.
1856 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Henry Wallis exhibits his romantic painting of The Death of Chatterton in London with the young poet and novelist George Meredith posing as his 18th-century predecessor Thomas Chatterton.
1907 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Hélène van Zuylen leaves her partner, English-born French poet Renée Vivien, for another woman. Peter McArthur, The Prodigal and other Poems Robert W.
