Jane Greer launched Plains Poetry Journal, an advance guard of the New Formalism movement.Final issue of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine published.First issue of Conjunctions literary journal published.This year, "the word 'Martianism' came into use, through the verse of Craig Raine and his associates, presenting a vision of life on Earth as seen by a visiting Martian," the 1982 Britannica Book of the Year reported (page 504). Some noted that "Martianism" is an anagram for one of Raine's associates, Martin Amis.Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
R. Hall, editor, Collins Book of Australian Poetry, anthologyH. Heseltine, editor, Penguin Book of Modern Australian Verse, anthologyL. Kramer, Oxford History of Australian Literature (scholarship)Jennifer Maiden, For The Left Hand, South HeadMargaret Atwood, True StoriesAlfred Bailey, Miramichi Lightning: The Collected Poems.Roo Borson, A Sad Device, ISBN 0-86495-011-X, American-CanadianLouis Dudek, Continuation I. Montréal: Véhicule Press, 1981.Louis Dudek, Poems from Atlantis. Ottawa: Golden Dog, 1981.Robert Finch, Has and Is.Gwen Hauser, Gophers and SwansGeorge Johnston:Auk Redivivus: Selected PoemsRocky Shores.Irving Layton, Europe And Other Bad News. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.Dorothy Livesay, The Raw Edges: Voices from Our Time. Winnipeg: Turnstone Press.Gwendolyn MacEwen, Trojan Women. 1981.Jay Macpherson, Poems Twice Told: The Boatman & Welcoming Disaster. Toronto: Oxford University Press.Anne Marriott:This West Shore, Toronto: League of Canadian Poets.The Circular Coast: Poems New and Selected, Oakville, ON: Mosaic Press.George McWhirter, The Island ManP. K. Page, Evening Dance of the Grey Flies, poetry and proseStephen Scobie, A Grand Memory For ForgettingStephen Scobie and Douglas Barbour:The Pirates of Pen's Chance: Homolinguistic TranslationsThe Maple Laugh Forever: An Anthology of Canadian Comic Poetry (Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers)F. R. Scott, The Collected Poems of F. R. Scott. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. Governor General's Award 1981.Raymond Souster, Collected Poems of Raymond Souster, Volume Two, 1955-62Keki N. Daruwalla, Winter Poems ( Poetry in English ), Bombay: Allied Publishers.Jayanta Mahapatra, Relationship ( Poetry in English ), winner of the Central Sahitya Akademi Awardin 1982; Cuttack: Chandrabhaga SocietyPritish Nandy, editor, Indian Poetry in English Today, New Delhi: Sterling Publication Pvt. Ltd.Ireland
Dermot Bolger, Finglas LiliesEiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: The Rose Geranium, Dublin: The Gallery PressSeamus Heaney, Selected Poems 1965-1975, Faber & Faber, Northern Ireland native published in the United KingdomMichael Longley, Patchwork, Irish poet published in the United KingdomThomas McCarthy, The Sorrow Garden, Anvil Press, London, Irish poet published in the United KingdomDerek Mahon:Courtyards in Delft. Gallery PressThe Hunt by NightChristopher Nolan, Dam-Burst of DreamsDannie Abse, Way Out in the CentreSir John Betjeman, Church PoemsAlison Brackenbury, Dreams of PowerRoberta Berke, Bounds out of Bounds: A Compass for Recent American and British Poetry, Oxford University Press, criticismDouglas Dunn, St. Kilda's ParliamentD. J. Enright, Collected PoemsJames Fenton, Dead Soldiers, Sycamore Press,Roy Fisher, Consolidated ComediesThom Gunn, Talbot RoadTony Harrison:ContinuousA Kumquat for John KeatsSeamus Heaney, Selected Poems 1965-1975, Faber & Faber, Northern Ireland native published in the United KingdomJohn Heath-Stubbs:Buzz BuzzEditor, Selected Poems of Thomas GrayTed Hughes:Under the North StarEditor, Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath (see Plath, below)Peter Levi, Private GroundLiz Lochhead, The Grimm SistersChristopher Logue, Ode to the DodoMichael Longley, Patchwork, Irish poet published in the United KingdomDerek Mahon:Courtyards in Delft. Gallery PressThe Hunt by NightAndrew Motion, IndependenceNorman Nicholson, Sea to the WestBrian Patten, Love PoemsTom Paulin, The Book of JuniperSylvia Plath, Collected Poems, posthumous, containing 224 poems in chronological order, edited by Ted Hughes; poems by an American, edited by her English husbandPeter Porter, English SubtitlesPeter Reading, Tom O'Bedlam's BeautiesPeter Redgrove, The Apple Broadcast, and Other New PoemsCarol Rumens, Unplayed MusicElizabeth Smart, Ten PoemsD. M. Thomas, Dreaming in BronzeR. S. Thomas, Between Here and NowThe Faber Book of Christian VerseA.R. Ammons, A Coast of TreesJohn Ashbery, Shadow TrainImamu Amiri Baraka, formerly "LeRoi Jones", Reggae or Not!Ted Berrigan, In a Blue RiverRobert Bly, The Man in the Black Coat TurnsPaul Bowles, Next to Nothing: Collected Poems 1926–1977Joseph Payne Brennan, Creep To DeathJoseph Brodsky: Verses on the Winter Campaign 1980, translation by Alan Meyers. – London: Anvil Press Russian-AmericanGwendolyn Brooks:Black LoveTo DisembarkJared Carter, Work, for the Night Is ComingGregory Corso, Herald of the Autochthonic Spirit, his first collection in 11 yearsPeter Davison, Barn Fever and Other PoemsLawrence Ferlinghetti, Endless Life: Selected PoemsCarolyn Forche, The Country Between UsDaryl Hine, Selected PoemsJohn Hollander:Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse, poetryThe Figure of EchoJanet Kauffman, The Weather BookDenise Levertov, Light Up the CavePhilip Levine, One for the RoseFrederick Morgan, NorthbookMichael Palmer, Notes For Echo Lake (North Point Press)Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, editor, containing 224 poems in chronological order (posthumous)Marie Ponsot, Admit ImpedimentMichael Ryan, In Winter (Holt)Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems, published posthumously (died 1974)Leslie Marmon Silko, Storyteller, short stories, poems and photographsShel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic a collection of children's poetryGilbert Sorrentino, Selected Poems 1958-1980Gerald Stern, The Red CoalRobert Stone, A Flag for SunriseMark Strand, The Planet of Lost ThingsRichard L. Tierney, Collected PoemsMichael Van Walleghen, More Trouble With the ObviousDavid Wagoner, LandfallRosmarie Waldrop, Nothing Has Changed (Awede Press)Diane Wakoski, The Magician's FeastlettersRobert Penn Warren, Rumor Verified: Poems 1979-1980Richard Wilbur, Seven PoemsNancy Willard, A Visit to William Blake's Inn, illustrated by Alice and Martin ProvensenCriticism, scholarship and biography in the United States
John Hollander:Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse, criticismThe Figure of Echo, criticismAlistair Campbell, Collected Poems, Hazard, ISBN 1-877393-00-2, New ZealandC. K. Stead, In the Glass Case, criticism, New ZealandListed by language and often by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Inger Christensen, Alphabet (Alfabet), translated into English by Susanna Nied in 2001Klaus Høeck:Canzone, publisher: Gyldendal Sorte sonetter, publisher: Gyldendal Søren Ulrik Thomsen, City SlangPierre Nepveu, editor, La poésie québécoise, des origines à nos jours, en collaboration avec Laurent Mailhot, Montréal: Presses de l'Université du Québec/l'Hexagone, anthologyMadeleine Ouellette-Michalska, Entre le souffle et l'aine, Saint-Lambert: Le NoroîtJean Royer, L'intime soif, Montréal: Éditions du silenceAlain Bosquet:Poèmes, deuxSonnets pour une fin de siècleJean Cayrol, Poésie-JournalMichel Deguy, Domnant DonnantEmmanuel Hocquard, Une ville ou une petite ileAbdellatif Laabi, Sous le bâillon le poème. L'Harmattan, Paris, Moroccan author writing in and published in FranceCharles le Quintrec, La Lumière et l'argileJacques Roubaud, DorsJacques Roubaud and Florence Delay, Merlin l'enchanteurChristoph Buchwald, general editor, and Rolf Haufs, guest editor, Jahrbuch der Lyrik 3 ("Poetry Yearbook 3"), publisher: Claassen; anthologyV. Hage, editor, Lyrik für Leser: Deutsche Gedichte der siebziger Jahre, anthologyHeinz Toni Hamm, Poesie und kommunikative Praxis (scholarship)Klaus Weissenberger, editor, Die deutsche Lyrik, 1945-1975 (scholarship)A. Hillel, DevareiyGabriel Preil, a new collectionAvot Yeshurun, a new collectionS. Shalom, a new collectionYehuda Amichai, Shalva gedola, she'elot uteshuvotRobert Whitehill, Efes Makom ("No Place"), published in IsraelPeretz Banai, a "new poet"Esther Ettinger, a "new poet"Yosef Yehezkel, a "new poet"Aharon Shabtai, Xut ("Thread")Mordecai Geldman, a new collectionHannah Barzilai, a new collectionBatsheva Sharif, a new collectionMichael Senunit, a new collectionMenachem Ben, a new collectionGyörgy Petri, ÖrökhétfőListed in alphabetical order by first name:
Hari Daryani, Amar Gitu, a verse translation into Sindhi of (and commentary on) the GitaK. G. Sankara Pillai, Kavitha, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: Kerala Kavita; Malayalam-languageK. Satchidanandan, Peedana Kalam, ("Times of Torment"); Malayalam-languageNamdeo Dhasal; Marathi-language:Tuhi Iyatta Kanchi?, Mumbai: Ambedkara PrabodhiniAmbedkari Chalwal, Mumbai: Ambedkara PrabodhiniNilmani Phookan, Gacia Larkar Kavita, Guwahati, Assam: Bani Prakash, Assamese-languageNirendranath Chakravarti, Pagla Ghonti, Kolkata: Dey’s Publishing; Bengali-languageParsram Rohra "Nimano", Sindhi-languagePritish Nandy and Shakti Chattopadhyay, Pritisa Nandira kabita, Kalikata: Ananda PabalisarsaRajendra Kishore Panda, Choukathhare Chirakala, Cuttack: Friends Publishers, Oraya-languageRituraj, Pul aur Pani, New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan; Hindi-languageUmashankur Joshi, Gujarati-language:DharavastraSaptapadiVinod Kumar Shukla, Vah Aadmi Chala Gaya Naya Garam Coat Pehankar Vichar Ki Tarah, Hapur: Sambhavna Prakashan; Hindi-languageUdaya Narayana Singh, Anuttaran, Calcutta: Mithila Darshan, Maithili-languageMehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi, Rang-o-Noor (The Colour and the Light) - published by R.K.Sehgal, Bazm-e-Seemab, New Delhi, UrduEugenio Montale, L'opera in versiCarlo Betocchi, Poesie del sabatoEugenio Montale, Altri verse e poesie disperse (originally published in 1980 under the title L'opera in versi), Milan: Arnaldo Mondadore Editore; ItalyMaria Luisa Spaziani, Geometria del disordineGiovanni Guidici, Il ristorante dei mortiAmelia Rosselli:Primi scritti 1952-1965ImpromptuPoland
Stanisław Barańczak, Ksiazki najgorsze 1975-1980 ("The Worst Books"), criticism; Kraków: KOST. Kostkiewiczowa and Z. Goliński, editors, Swiat polprawiac—zuchwate rzemiosto, anthologyRyszard Krynicki, Niewiele więcej. Wiersze z notatnika 78-79 ("Not Much More. Poems From the Notebook 78-79"); Kraków: Cracowska Oficyna StudentowEwa Lipska, Poezje wybrane ("Selected Poems"), Warszawa: LSWBronisław Maj, Taka wolność. Wiersze z lat 1971-1975 ("Such Freedom: Poems, 1971-1975"); Warsaw: MAWPiotr Sommer, Przed snemHerberto Helder, Poesia TodaA. Pinheiro Torre, O Ressentimento dum OcidentalCarlos Drummond de Andrade, A paixão medidaJoão Cabral de Melo Neto, A escola das facesAdélia Prado, Terra de Santa CruzMário da Silva, several volumes of poetryAntonio Abad, Misericor de míMatilde Camus:He seguido tus huellas ("I have followed your footprints")Testigo de tu marcha ("Witness of your departure")Concha Lagos, Teoría de la inseguridadVincente Presa, Teoría de los límitesPablo Virumbrales, Cancionero del vasoMario Benedetti, Viento del exilio ("Air From Exile"), UruguayKarl Vennberg, Bilder I-XXVIGoran Sonnevi, Små klanger; en rőstEva Runefelt, AugustiCriticism, scholarship and biography in Yiddish
Itskhak Janoswicz, Avrom Sutzkever, His Poetry and ProseThe Lexicon of Modern Yiddish Literature, the eighth and final volumeKhaim Leyb Fuks, Biographical Dictionary of Hebrew and Yiddish Writers in CanadaChen Kehua, Qijing shaonian ("Whale Boy") Chinese (Taiwan)Rita Kelly, Dialann sa Díseart, IrelandLo Fu (poet) (Luo Fu),Wound of Time, Chinese (Taiwan) Stein Mehren, Den usynlige regnbuen, NorwayAlexander Mezhirov, Selected Works, two volumes, Russia, Soviet UnionNuala Ní Dhomhnaill, An dealg Droighin, including "Sceala" and "Failte Bheal na Sionna don Iasc", Gaelic-language, IrelandNizar Qabbani, Syrian poet writing in Arabic:I Write the History of Woman Like SoThe Lover's DictionaryKenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Alan Gould, Astral SeaGerald Lampert AwardSee 1981 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.Pat Lowther AwardCholmondeley Award: Roy Fisher, Robert Garioch, Charles BoyleEric Gregory Award: Alan Jenkins, Simon Rae, Marion Lomax, Philip Gross, Kathleen Jamie, Mark Abley, Roger Crowley, Ian GregsonQueen's Gold Medal for Poetry: D. J. EnrightHawthornden Prize: Christopher ReidAgnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Kathy Callaway, Heart of the GarfishAML Award for poetry to Robert A. Rees for "Gilead"Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Frank Bidart, "The War of Vaslav Nijinsky"Bollingen Prize (United States): Howard Nemerov and May SwensonConsultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Maxine Kumin appointed this year.MacArthur Fellowships: A.R. Ammons, Joseph Brodsky, Robert Penn WarrenNational Book Award for poetry (United States): Lisel Mueller, The Need to Hold StillNational Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry: A.R. Ammons, A Coast of Trees (Norton)Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Maxine Kumin appointedPulitzer Prize for Poetry: James Schuyler: The Morning of the PoemFellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Richard HugoWalt Whitman Award: Alberto Ríos, Whispering to Fool the Wind (Sheep Meadow Press) Judge: Donald JusticeApril 6 – Marie Šťastná, Czech poetBirth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 29 – John Glassco (born 1909), Canadian poet, memoirist and novelistFebruary 23 – Nan Shepherd (born 1893), Scottish novelist and poetMarch 15 – Horiguchi Daigaku 堀口 大学 (born 1892), Japanese, Taishō and Showa period poet and translator of French literature; a member of the Shinshisha ("The New Poetry Society"); accompanied his father on overseas diplomatic postingsApril 25 – Takis Sinopoulos (born 1917), GreekApril 26 – Robert Garioch (born 1909), Scots language Scottish poet and translatorApril 29 – Leonard Mann (born 1895), AustralianMay 8 – Uri Zvi Grinberg (born 1896), JewishMay 31 – Falguni Ray (born 1945), Bengali poet and youngest member of Hungryalism movementAugust 19 – Badawi al-Jabal (born 1905 or 1907), Syrian ArabAugust 27 – James Larkin Pearson (born 1879), American poet, newspaper publisher; North Carolina Poet Laureate, 1953–1981September 12 – Eugenio Montale, 85, Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975.October 26 – Marie Uguay, 26 (born 1955), French-Canadian), from bone cancerOctober 30 – George Brassens, FrenchAlso:Adolf Beiss (born 1900), GermanAda Verdun Howell (born 1902), Australian 