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1926 in poetry
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1913 in poetry
— Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918), "Trees", first published this year Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. — Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), from "Sacred Emily", written this year Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). January and March – Three poems by H.D. appear in the January issue of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, submitted by Ezra Pound, the magazine's "foreign editor" and a close associate of Doolittle.
1929 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). The Little Review, edited by Margaret Caroline Anderson and Jane Heap, ceases publication The Dial ceases publication Arthur Bourinot, Ottawa Lyrics and verses for children. Frederick George Scott, New Poems.
1918 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). January 23 — English poet Robert Graves marries the painter Nancy Nicholson in London. Wedding guests include Wilfred Owen, who will be killed by the end of the year, and whose first nationally published poem appears 3 days later ("Miners" in The Nation). April — Hu Shih, chief advocate of the revolution in Chinese literature at this time, publishes an essay, "Constructive Literary Revolution - A Literature of National Speech" in New Youth proposing a four-point reform program.
1947 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). February 17 – On the death of Montserrat-born British fantasy fiction writer M. P. Shiel, his supposed title to the Kingdom of Redonda passes to London poet John Gawsworth. March – Landfall literary magazine is founded by Charles Brasch and first published by Caxton Press (New Zealand); it becomes that country's oldest literary journal. November – Muriel Spark becomes editor of Poetry Review in London from this month's issue.
1931 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Louis Zukofsky edits the February issue of Poetry magazine. The issue eventually will be recognized as the founding document of the Objectivist poets. It features poetry by Zukofsky, Charles Reznikoff, Carl Rakosi, George Oppen, Basil Bunting, William Carlos Williams, Kenneth Rexroth, and many others. Also in the issue: Zukofsky's essay "Sincerity and Objectification".
1940 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
1906 in poetry
Nationality 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.
1972 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). June 4 — Joseph Brodsky is expelled from the Soviet Union. May 22 — Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, dies at Lemmons, the home of writers Kingsley Amis and Elizabeth Jane Howard on the northern edge of London. Autumn — The first threnody attributed to E. J. Thribb (actually written by Barry Fantoni and colleagues) is published in the English satirical magazine Private Eye.
2009 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). January 5 – The Turkish government announces it will posthumously restore the citizenship it had stripped from influential poet Nâzım Hikmet, a Marxist who died in 1963 as an exile in the Soviet Union. January 20 – Poet Elizabeth Alexander reads "Praise Song for the Day" at presidential inauguration of President Barack Obama.
2010 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). January 19 – For the first time since 1949, an anonymous black-clad man, known as the Poe Toaster, failed to show up at the tomb of Edgar Allan Poe at the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, early on the morning of Poe's birthday. The absence of the man, who would toast Poe with Cognac and leave three red roses at the grave (along with the rest of the Cognac), disappointed more than 30 people who stayed up all night to be present at the appearance.