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June 1 & June 5 – The first and second lines respectively of Paul Verlaine's 1866 poem Chanson d'automne (Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne / Blessent mon cœur d'une langueur monotone.) are broadcast by the Allies over BBC Radio Londres as a coded message to the French Resistance to prepare for the D-Day landings (second broadcast at 22:15 local time). In the ensuing Invasion of Normandy English soldier-poet Keith Douglas is killed; Vernon Scannell (as John Bain) experiences the incident that gives rise to the poem "Walking Wounded" (1965) and is wounded; and, during lulls in the fighting, Dennis B. Wilson is writing the poem that will be published as Elegy of a Common Soldier in 2012.Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
E. K. Brown, On Canadian Poetry, revised edition (scholarship), CanadaRalph Gustafson, editor, Canadian Accent, anthologyA. M. Klein:The HitleriadPoemsDorothy Livesay, Day and Night. Toronto: Ryerson. Governor General's Award 1944.E. J. Pratt, Collected Poems of E. J. Pratt, Toronto: Macmillan.Ronald Hambleton, editor Unit of five: Louis Dudek, Ronald Hambleton, P. K. Page, Raymond Souster, James Wreford, anthology, Toronto: Ryerson Press, CanadaHarindranath Chattopadhyay:Blood of Stones ( Poetry in English ), including "On the Pavement of Calcutta", a realistic description of suffering in the Bengal famine of 1943; Bombay: Padma PublicationsLyrics ( Poetry in English ), Bombay: Padma PublicationsNolini Kanta Gupta, To the Height ( Poetry in English ),Humayun Kabir, Mahatma and Other Poems( Poetry in English ); except for the title poem "Mahatama", inspired by the Quit India Movement, and "Rabindranath Tagore", the other poems are reprinted from the author's Poems 1932Fredoon Kabraji, A Minor Georgian's Swan Song ( Poetry in English ), Publisher: Basil Blackwell, Indian poet published in the United KingdomP. R. Kaikini, Look On Undaunted ( Poetry in English ), Bombay H. D. Sethna, Struggling Heights ( Poetry in English ), Bombay: Karnatak Publishing HouseSubho Tagore:Flames of Passion ( Poetry in English ), love poems in verse and in the form of prose poems; Calcutta: Susil Gupta Ltd.Rubble, translated by Nilima Devi into English from the original Bengali; Calcutta: The Futurist Publishing HouseDrummond Allison, The Yellow Night: Poems 1940-41-42-43, posthumousW. H. Auden, For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio, English poet living and publishing in the United StatesGeorge Barker, Eros in DogmaLaurence Binyon, The Burning of the Leaves, and Other PoemsJohn Betjeman, New Bats in Old BelfriesLaurence Binyon, The Burning of the Leaves, and Other PoemsEdmund Blunden, Shells by a StreamAlex Comfort, ElegiesCrown and Sickle poetry anthology in Britain, featuring poets in the New Apocalyptics movementWalter De la Mare, Collected Rhymes and VersesPatric Dickinson, The Seven Days of JerichoT. S. Eliot, Four Quartets, contains "Burnt Norton" (first published 1936 and again 1941), "East Coker" (1940), "The Dry Salvages" (1941), "Little Gidding" (1942)Roy Fuller, A Lost SeasonW. S. Graham, The Seven JourneysRobert Greacen, Northern Harvest and One Recent Evening, Northern Ireland poetJ. F. Hendry, and Henry Treece, editors, The Crown and Sickle, anthologyLaurie Lee, The Sun My MonumentJohn Lehmann, The Sphere of Glass, and Other PoemsLouis MacNeice, SpringboardR. P. L. Mogg, For This Alone, and Other PoemsMervyn Peake, Rhymes Without ReasonJohn Pudney, Almanack of HopeHerbert Read, A World Within a WarE. J. Scovell, Shadows of Chrysanthemums, and Other PoemsWilliam Soutar, The Expectant SilenceA. P. Wavell (comp.), Other Men's Flowers, anthologyCharles Williams, The Region of the Summer StarsFranklin P. Adams, Nods and BecksConrad Aiken, The SoldierW. H. Auden, For the Time BeingE. E. Cummings, 1 X 1Babette Deutsch, Take Them, StrangerHilda Doolittle, writing under the pen name "H.D.", The Walls Do Not Fall, first part of Trilogy (1944–46) on the blitz in war-time LondonStanley J. Kunitz, Passport to the WarRobert Lowell, Land of Unlikeness, Cummington, Massachusetts: Cummington PressWilliam Meredith, Love Letter from an Impossible LandMarianne Moore, NeverthelessKenneth Rexroth, The Phoenix and the TortoiseMuriel Rukeyser, Beast in ViewKarl Shapiro, V-Letter and Other PoemsJesse Stuart, Album of DestinyMark Van Doren, Seven SleepersLouise Varèse, translator, Eloges and Other Poems, translated from the original French of Saint-John Perse; introduction by Archibald MacLeish, New York: NortonRobert Penn Warren, Selected Poems, 1923—1943William Carlos Williams:Collected Later PoemsThe WedgeJames K. Baxter, Beyond the Palisade, his first volume of poetry, New ZealandSeaforth Mackenzie, The Moonlit Doorway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson; AustraliaKenneth Slessor, One Hundred Poems, 1919-1939, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, AustraliaListed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Jean Cassou, Trente-trois sonnets composes au secretRobert Desnos, ContréePaul Éluard, Au Rendez-vous allemandPierre Jean Jouve, Pour les Ombres Lausanne, Switzerland: Cahiers de Poésie French poet published in SwitzerlandAlphonse Métérié, Les Cantiques du Frère MichelSaint-John Perse, French poet published in his native language while in exile in Argentina:Pluies, Buenos Aires: Les Editions Lettres Françaises (republished in Exil, suivi de Poème à l'étrangère; Pluies; Neiges Paris: Gallimard 1945)Quatre poèmes, 1941-1944, Buenos Aires: Les Editions Lettres Françaises (republished as Exil, suivi de Poème à l'étrangère; Pluies; Neiges Paris: Gallimard 1945)Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:
Badarayan, KediPrahlad Parekh Bari BaharUmashankar Joshi, Prachina, a "dialogue-poem"Anchala Rameshvar Shukla, Lal Cunar, lyrics celebrating love, youth and revoltGirija Kumar Mathur, Manjir, many of these poems have themes of nature and intense loveRangeya Raghav, Ajeya Khandhar, pragativadi-movement poetry about the battle of Stalingrad, depicted to illustrate the human struggle for freedomShyam Narayan Pandey, Jauhar, depicting the self-sacrifice of Padmini, queen of Chittor, written in a folk styleA. N. Krishna Rao, Pragati Sila Sahitya, 15 essays in Kannada on the Pragatisila Caluvali (progressive movement) in Indian literatureBhimaraj Bhambiru, also known as "Mangal"; Mumgha Moti, written in doha form, the poems are addressed to an individual Mangala; Rajasthani-languageJoseph Mundasseri, written in Malayalam-language:Manadandam, criticism about Indian classical literature, particularly KalidasaMattoli, a comparison of three major works of poetry: Kumaran Asan's Karuna, Vallathol's Magdalana Mariyam and Ulloor's PingalaK. V. Puttappa, also known as "Kuvempu", Kogile Mattu Soviet Russia, verses with a focus on the common man, which was pioneering for Kannada poetry of the time; a recurring theme in the poems is rejection of institutionalized religionKshama Rao, Miralahari, Khanda Kavya poetry on Meera, the medieval Indian saint-poet; Sanskrit-languageMahjoor, Kalam-e-Mahjoor "No. 8", Kashmiri-language ghazals and vatsan'sMohammad Jamil Ahmad, Tazkirah-yi Sha'irat-i Urdu, literary criticism of Urdu-language women poets, with biographical information and selections from their poemsMohammad Mujib, Insha, adab aur adib, Urdu essays in literary criticismPrabhjot Kaur, Palkan Ohle, love poems; Punjabi-languageShrikrishna Powale, Agniparag; Marathi-languageVa. Ramaswamy Ayyangar, Makakavi Paratiyar, Tamil biography of the Tamil poet BharatiDelmira Agustini, Poesías, posthumously published (died 1914), prologue by Luisa Luisi (Motevideo, Claudio García & Co., UruguayVicente Aleixandre, Sombra del paraíso ("Shadows of Paradise"); SpainCésar Moro, pen name of César Quíspez Asín, Lettre d'amour, PeruStella Sierra, Canciones de mar y luna ("Songs of Sea and Moon"), PanamaNathan Alterman, Plague Poems, IsraelNizar Qabbani, The Brunette Told Me, Syrian poet writing in ArabicGiorgos Seferis, Ημερολόγιο Καταστρώματος ΙΙ ("Deck Diary II"), GreeceAwards and honors
Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Robert Penn Warren appointed this year. He would serve until 1945.Governor General's Award, poetry or drama: Day and Night, Dorothy Livesay (Canada) Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
February 3 – Sandra Alcosser, AmericanFebruary 9 – Alice Walker, African-American novelist, poet, writer and feministMarch 9 – Ndoc Gjetja (died 2010), Albanian poet and magazine editorMarch 21 – Pedro Pietri (died 2004), Puerto Rican and Nuyorican poet and playwright, co-founder of Nuyorican Poets CafeAugust 25Margaret Gibson (died 1999), African-AmericanSherley Anne Williams, African-AmericanAugust 31 – Lorenzo Thomas, AmericanSeptember 24 – Eavan Boland, IrishSeptember 25 – bpNichol, CanadianOctober 10 – Linda Rogers, Canadian poet and children's writerOctober 12 – Lewis MacAdams, American poet, journalist and activist, founder of Friends of The Los Angeles River (FoLAR) in 1985October 16 – Paul Durcan, IrishDecember 3 – Craig Raine, English poet and criticDecember 10 – Carol Rumens, English poet, writer, literary editor and academicDecember 18 – Michael Davidson, AmericanAlso:Kathryn Stripling Byer, American poet, teacher; North Carolina Poet Laureate, 2005–2009David Constantine, British poet, translator, editor and academicSusan Ioannou, CanadianPenn Kemp, Canadian poet, novelist, playwright and sound poetMary Kinzie, AmericanRobert C. Morgan, American art critic, art historian, curator, poet and artistPatrick O'Connell (died 2005), CanadianJergen Theobaldy, GermanBirth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 7 – Napoleon Lapathiotis (born 1888), GreekJanuary 19 – Frederick George Scott (born 1861), Canadian poetFebruary 12 – Olive Custance (born 1874), British poetMarch 5 – Alun Lewis (born 1915), Anglo-Welsh school poet and war poet killed in BurmaMarch 28 – Stephen Leacock, Canadian writer and economistApril 4 – John Peale Bishop, American poet and man of lettersMay 22 – William Ellery Leonard (born 1876), American poet and academicJune 5 – (Doris) Capel Boake (born 1889), Australian writerJune 9 – Keith Douglas, war poet died in World War II in the D-Day invasion of Normandy; he was killed by enemy mortar fire while his regiment was advancing from Bayeux and is buried at the war cemetery at Tilly-sur-Seuilles.June – Joseph Campbell (born 1879), Irish poet and lyricistJuly 3 – A. H. Reginald Buller, a British/Canadian mycologist mainly known as a researcher of fungi and wheat rust who also wrote limericks, some of which were published in PunchJuly 18 – Thomas Sturge Moore (born 1870), English poet, author and artistSeptember 26 – Eunice Tietjens (born 1884), American poet, novelist, journalist, children's author, lecturer, and editorOctober 2 or 3 – Benjamin Fondane (born 1898), Romanian-French Symbolist poet, critic and existentialist philosopher gassed in Auschwitz concentration campNovember 22 – Sadakichi Hartmann (born 1867), AmericanNovember 24 – Jun Tsuji 辻 潤 (born 1884), Japanese author, poet, essayist, translator, musician and bohemianDecember 17 – Robert Nichols (born 1893), poet and dramatistAlso:Olivia Bush (born 1869), poet and journalist 
