This article covers 1258 in poetry.

Births Trần Nhân Tông (died 1308), Vietnamese third emperor of the Trần dynasty who was also a prolific writer and poet

Deaths 2 November – Baha al-Din Zuhayr (born 1186), Arabian poet Lanfranc Cigala, Genoese nobleman, knight, judge, and man of letters (died 1257 or 1258)

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