1958 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). April 18 — American poet Ezra Pound's indictment for treason is dismissed. He is released from St. Elizabeths Hospital, an insane asylum in Maryland, after spending 12 years there (starting in 1946) and returns to Italy. June 29 — A monument to Vladimir Mayakovsky is unveiled in the centre of Moscow and becomes a focus for informal poetry readings. Brazilian manifesto for concrete poetry, which focuses on visual and other sensory qualities. Writers Workshop, a Calcutta, India-based literary publisher, is founded this year by the poet P. Lal with several other writers. Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: Donald Hall et al., editors, New Poets of England and America David Cecil and Allen Tate, Modern Verse in English (anthology) Earle Birney, Selected Poems Louis Dudek: Laughing Stalks En Mexico John Glassco, The Deficit Made Flesh Ralph Gustafson, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse Irving Layton, A Laughter in the Mind. E. J. Pratt, The Collected Poems of E. J. Pratt. Toronto: Macmillan. (introduction by Northrop Frye) James Reaney, A Suit of Nettles. Governor General's Award 1958. F. R. Scott and A.J.M. Smith, The Blasted Pine, a satirical miscellany A. J. M. Smith and F. R. Scott, editors, The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse (see also the edition of 1966) Raymond Souster, Crepe-Hanger's Carnival: Selected Poems 1955-58 Toronto: Contact Press. Miriam Waddington, The Season's Lovers L.M. Lande, Old Lamps Aglow R.E. Rashley, Poetry in Canada Thomas Kinsella, Another September, Dublin, Dolmen Press Patrick MacDonogh, One Landscape Still Donagh MacDonagh and Lennox Robinson editors, The Oxford Book of Irish Verse, XVIIth century-XXth century (anthology) Sarojini Naidu, The Sceptred Flute—Songs of India ( Poetry in English ), Allahabad: Kitabistan, published posthumously (died 1949) Dilip Kumar Roy, The Immortals of the Bhagvat ( Poetry in English ), A.