Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events February 16 – It is announced that 300 poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge have been discovered. February 17 – Sotheby's announce discovery of four Walt Whitman notebooks. March 1 – The Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea (Wales) is opened by Jimmy Carter. May 26 – Cannes Film Festival première of movie Dead Man, written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, about a man named William Blake on a trek through the American West who is taken as the resurrected Romantic poet by a character named Nobody.
Works published Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Australia Jennifer Harrison: Mosaics & Mirrors: Composite poems (Black Pepper) Chris Mansell, Day Easy Sunlight Fine in Hot Collation (Penguin, Melbourne) Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Selected Poems 1956-1994, Oxford: Oxford University Press, Australia
Canada Margaret Atwood, Morning in the Burned House, McClelland & Stewart Anne Carson, Plainwater: Essays and Poetry, Knopf Roy Miki, Random Access File, Canada John Reibetanz, Morning WatchRoberts, Neil, editor, A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry, Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003, , retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009 Joe Rosenblatt, A Tentacled Mother. (in the original plus new sonnets) Exile."Joe Rosenblatt: Publications ," Canadian Poetry Online. Web, Mar. 22, 2011. Joe Rosenblatt,The Rosenblatt Reader. (selected poems and prose, 1962–1995) Exile. Raymond Souster, No Sad Songs Wanted Here. Ottawa: Oberon Press."Notes on Life and Works ," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011.
India, in English Meena Alexander, River and Bridge ( Poetry in English ), Toronto: TSAR Press and New Delhi: Rupa, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States and IndiaWeb page titled "Meena Alexander" , Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010 Sujata Bhatt, The Stinking Rose ( Poetry in English ), Carcanet Press and New Delhi: PenguinWeb page titled "Sujata Bhatt" , Sawnet website, retrieved July 27, 2010 Keki Daruwalla, A Summer of Tigers ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: IndusWeb page titled "Keki Daruwalla" , Poetry International website, retrieved July 12, 2010 A. K. Ramanujan, The Collected Poems of A.K. Ramanujan ( Poetry in English ), Delhi: Oxford University Press; posthumously publishedAkshaya Kumar, "The Great Masquerade: Theory as Poetry in A.K. Ramanunan's Poetic Discourse", in Indian English Poetry: Critical Perspectives, edited by Jaydipsinh Dodiya, 2000, Delhi: Prabhat Kumar Sharma for Sarup & Sons, , retrieved via Google Books on July 17, 2010 Sudeep Sen, Dali’s Twisted Hands ( Poetry in English), New York City: White Swan Books; Leeds: Peepal Tree, Web page titled "Sudeep Sen" , Poetry International website, retrieved July 28, 2010 Tejdeep, Caught in a Stampede ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Private LimitedP. Hannah Padma, "25. The Making of the Self: A Study of Tejdeep's Poetry", p 277, in Indian English Poetry: Critical Perspectives, edited by Jaydipsinh Dodiya, 2000, Delhi: Prabhat Kumar Sharma for Sarup & Sons, , retrieved via Google Books on July 17, 2010 K. Satchidanandan, Summer Rain: Three Decades of Poetry, edited by R. D. Yuyutsu; New Delhi: Nirala PublishersWeb page titled "K. Satchidanandan" , Poetry International website, retrieved July 11, 2010
Ireland Patrick Crotty (editor), editor, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., Information from the book itself Gerald Dawe, Heart of Hearts, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, John Montague, Collected Poems, including "Small Secrets", Oldcastle: The Gallery PressCrotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, Maurice Riordan, A Word from the Loki, including "Milk", "A Word from the Loki" and "Time Out"", Faber and Faber, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
New Zealand Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963) and Jacqueline Simms, editors, The Oxford Book of Creatures, verse and prose anthology, Oxford: Oxford University PressWeb page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File" at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008 Jenny Bornholdt, How We Met, New Zealand Janet Charman, end of the dry, Auckland: Auckland University PressRobinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, "Janet Charman" article Robin Hyde, The Victory Hymn, 1935-1995, with an essay by Michele Leggott; Auckland: Holloway Press, New Zealand Mark Williams and Michele Leggott, editors, Opening the Book : New Essays on New Zealand Writing Auckland: Auckland University Press, criticism
United Kingdom Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963) and Jacqueline Simms, editors, The Oxford Book of Creatures, verse and prose anthology, Oxford University Press James Berry, Hot Earth, Cold Earth Alison Brackenbury, 1829, Carcanet Press, Gerry Cambridge, The Shell House, Scottish Cultural Press, "Publications" page , Gerry Cambridge website, retrieved December 1, 2008 Flora Garry, Collected Poems George Gissing (died 1903), The Poetry of George Gissing, edited by Bouwe Postmus, Edwin Mellen Press Tony Harrison, The Shadow of Hiroshima Ted Hughes, New Selected Poems 1957–1994 Jan Kochanowski, Laments, a cycle of Polish Renaissance elegies, translated by Seamus Heaney and Stanisław Barańczak, Faber & Faber Michael Longley, The Ghost Orchid Derek Mahon, The Hudson Letter, Gallery Press Sean O'Brien, Ghost Train, Oxford University Press Peter Reading, Collected Poems 1970–1984 Maurice Riordan, A Word from the Loki, Faber & Faber, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom Carol Rumens, Best China Sky Labi Siffre, Blood on the Page R. S. Thomas, No Truce with the Furies Charles Tomlinson, Jubilation
Anthologies in the United Kingdom Simon Armitage, Tony Harrison and Sean O'Brien, Penguin Modern Poets 5, Penguin Eavan Boland, Carol Ann Duffy and Vicki Feaver, Penguin Modern Poets 2, PenguinO’Reilly, Elizabeth (either author of the "Critical Perspective" section or of the entire contents of the web page, titled "Carol Ann Duffy" at Contemporary Poets website, retrieved May 4, 2009 Roderick Watson, editor, The Poetry of Scotland: Gaelic, Scots and English, 1380–1980, Edinburgh University Press (anthology)"Select General Bibliography for Representative Poetry On-Line" web page for Representative Poetry On-Line website of the University of Toronto, retrieved January 1, 2009 Stella Chipasula and Frank Chipasula, editors, The Heinemann book of African women's poetry, London: Heinemann (anthology)
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom Robert F. Garratt, editor, Critical essays on Seamus Heaney,
United States Meena Alexander, River and Bridge, Toronto: TSAR Press and New Delhi: Rupa, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States and India Ralph Angel, Neither World John Ashbery, Can You Hear, Bird? Matthew Rohrer, ‘’A Hummock in the Malookas’’ Joseph Brodsky: On Grief and Reason: Essays, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Web page titled "Joseph Brodsky / Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 / Bibliography" at the "Official Web Site of the Nobel Foundation", accessed October 18, 2007 Russian-American Henri Cole, The Look of Things Nicholas Coles & Peter Oresick, For a Living (University of Illinois Press) Alice Fulton, Sensual Math Michael S. Harper, Honorable AmendmentsWeb page titled "Michael S. Harper" at the Academy of American poets website, accessed April 23, 2008 Fanny Howe, O'Clock Walter K. Lew, editor, Premonitions: The Kaya Anthology of New Asian North American poetry, New York: Kaya Productions James Merrill, A Scattering of Salts (his last book) Carl Rakosi, Poems, 1923-1941 Mary Oliver, Blue Pastures Michael Palmer, At Passages Molly Peacock, Original Love Carl Phillips, CortégeMcClatchy, J. D., editor, The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, second edition, Vintage Books (Random House), 2003 Giorgos Seferis, Complete Poems (in English), translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States John Hollander, The Gazer's Spirit: Poems Speaking to Silent Works of Art, criticism Helen Vendler, The Breaking of Style: Hopkins, Heaney, Graham, Harvard University Press
The Best American Poetry 1995 Richard Howard is the guest editor for The Best American Poetry 1995 (David Lehman, series editor). Howard changes the rules of inclusion for this year: "[P]oets whose work has appeared three or more times in this series are here and now ineligible, as are all seven former editors of the series." A total of 75 poems are included.Howard, Richard, "Introduction", page 16
Poems from these 75 poets were in this year's anthology:
Margaret Atwood Sally Ball Catherine Bowman Stephanie Brown Lewis Buzbee Cathleen Calbert Rafael Campo William Carpenter Nicholas Christopher Jane Cooper James Cummins Olena Kalytiak Davis Lynn Emanuel Elaine Equi Irving Feldman
Donald Finkel Aaron Fogel Richard Frost Allen Ginsberg Peter Gizzi Jody Gladding Elton Glaser Albert Goldbarth Beckian Fritz Goldberg Laurence Goldstein Barbara Guest Marilyn Hacker Judith Hall Anthony Hecht Edward Hirsch
Janet Holmes Andrew Hudgins T. R. Hummer Brigit Pegeen Kelly Karl Kirchwey Carolyn Kizer Wayne Koestenbaum John Koethe Yusef Komunyakaa Maxine Kumin Lisa Lewis Rachel Loden James Longenbach Robert Hill Long Gail Mazur
J. D. McClatchy Heather McHugh Susan Musgrave Charles North Geoffrey O'Brien Jacqueline Osherow Molly Peacock Carl Phillips Marie Ponsot Bin Ramke Katrina Roberts Michael J. Rosen Kay Ryan Mary Jo Salter Tony Sanders
Stephen Sandy Grace Schulman Robyn Selman Alan Shapiro Reginald Shepherd Angela Sorby Laurel Trivelpiece Paul Violi Arthur Vogelsang David Wagoner Charles H. Webb Ed Webster David Wojahn Jay Wright Stephen Yenser
Other in English Aharon Shabtai, Ha-lev ("The Heart"), Hebrew The Labourers of Herakles
Works published in other languages Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Denmark Katrine Marie Guldager, Styrt, publisher: GyldendalLundtofte, Anne Mette, translated by Anne Mette Lundtofte, "Author Profile: Katrine Marie Guldager", website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, dated "2005", retrieved January 1, 2010 Klaus Høeck: 1001 Digt, publisher: GyldendalWeb page titled "Bibliography of Klaus Høeck" , website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010 Hommage, publisher: Basilisk
French language Andree Chedid, Par dela les mots (Lebanese resident of France, writing in French) Michel Deguy, A ce qui n'en finite pas; France Denise Desautels, Cimetières: La rage muette, autour de photographies de Monique Bertrand, Montréal: Éditions Dazibao; CanadaWeb page titled "Denise Desautels" at L’Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010 Claude Esteban, Quelqu'un commence à parler dans une chambre, Flammarion; France
India Listed in alphabetical order by first name: Amarjit Chandan, Jarhan, Aesthetic Publications, Ludhiana; Punjabi-languageWeb page titled "Amarjit Chandan" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 6, 2010 Basudev Sunani, Aneka Kichhi Ghatibaara Achhi, Nuapada: Eeshan-Ankit Prakashani; Oraya-languageWeb page titled "Basudev Sunani" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 6, 2010