2021 in poetry

Major 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. Tony Birch, Whisper Songs Eileen Chong, A Thousand Crimson Blooms Erik Jensen, I Say the Sea Was Folded Bella Li, Theory of Colours Petra White, Cities Rupi Kaur, Home Body Ranjit Hoskote, Hunchprose, Bibhu Padhi, A Friendship with Time, Antony Theodore, Psalms of Love, Kaveh Akbar, Pilgrim Bell Raymond Antrobus, The Perseverance Armando Iannucci, Pandemonium: Some Verses on the Current Predicament Hannah Lowe, The Kids Paul McCartney and Paul Muldoon, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present Joelle Taylor, C+nto: & Othered Poems Borys Kutoviy, The Deth of the Poet Ihor Astapenko, Trees are better than us Ihor Mitrov, Voice of Ukraine Kateryna Kalytko, Order of Silent Women Oleg Kotsarev, The contents of a man's pocket Serhiy Zhadan, Psalm of aviation Alphabetical listing by author name Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb Amanda Lovelace, Shine Your Icy Crown Arthur Sze, Glass Constellations Catherine Cohen, God I Feel Modern Tonight Daniel Borzutzky, Written After a Massacre in the Year 2018 Donika Kelly, The Renunciations Douglas Kearney, Sho Kate Durbin, Hoarders Mary Oliver (died 2019), Devotions Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming Rosebud Ben-Oni, If This Is The Age We End Discovery Sonia Sanchez, Collected Poems Tongo Eisen-Martin, Blood on the Fog Tracy K.