Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
1124:
First draft of the Kin'yō Wakashū, an imperial Japanese poetry anthology, completed
1127:
Second and final draft of the Kin'yō Wakashū, an imperial Japanese poetry anthology, completed
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:
1121:
Khaqani (died 1190), (approx.) Persian
1125:
Lu You (died 1210), Chinese Song Dynasty poet
1126:
Fan Chengda (died 1193), Song
Anvari (died 1189), Persian
1127:
Yang Wanli (died 1206), Chinese Song Dynasty poet
1128:
Alain de Lille (died 1202), French theologian and poet, writing in Latin
Ruzbihan Baqli (died 1209), Persian poet, mystic, and sufi
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
1121:
Masud Sa'd Salman (born 1046), Persian
1123:
December 4 - Omar Khayyám (born 1048), Persian mathematician, philosopher, astronomer and presumed poet
Fujiwara no Akisue (born 1055), Japan
1125:
Mu'izzi (born 1048), Persian poet laureate of Sanjar, master of the Persian panegyric qasideh
1126:
William IX of Aquitaine (born 1071), an early Occitan troubador
1127:
February 7 - Ava (born 1060), German poet
1129:
Minamoto no Shunrai (born 1057), Japan