Forward Poetry Prize createdDana Gioia, writing in The Atlantic Monthly suggests (in an article titled "Can Poetry Matter?") that poets recite the works of other poets at public readings.Joseph Brodsky, the United States poet laureate, suggests in The New Republic that an anthology of American poetry be put beside the Bible and telephone directory in every hotel room in the country.Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Les Murray, The Rabbiter's BountyPhilip Mead and John Tranter, The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry a major anthology of Twentieth century poetry from that nationLes Murray, editor, The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse (editor), Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1986 and Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1991, 1999Margaret Avison, Selected Poems CanadaEarle Birney, Last Makings: Poems. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart.Don Domanski, Wolf-Ladder (nominated for a Governor General's Award)Jeffery Donaldson, Once out of Nature, McClelland & Stewart.Louis Dudek, Europe. Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill, 1991.Louis Dudek, Small Perfect Things. Montreal: DC Books.Robert Finch, Miracle at the Jetty. Port Rowan, ON: Leeboard Press.Dorothy Livesay, The Woman I Am. Montreal: Guernica.Laura Lush, Hometown, Montreal: Vehicle Press.Anne Marriott, Aqua, Toronto: Wolsak & Wynn.Don McKay, Night Field (Canada)Roy Miki, In Saving Face: Poems Selected, 1976-1988, CanadaP. K. Page, The Glass Air: Selected Poems (an expanded edition; original edition published in 1985)John Pass, The Hour's Acropolis, shortlisted for the 1993 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, ISBN 1-55017-043-0Raymond Souster, 'Running Out the Clock. Ottawa: Oberon Press.George Woodcock, Tolstoy at Yasnaya Polyana & other Poems, Kingston: Quarry Press, CanadaGieve Patel, Mirrored, Mirroring ( Poetry in English ), Oxford University Press, New DelhiSujata Bhatt, Monkey Shadows ( Poetry in English ), received a Poetry Book Society Recommendation; Carcanet PressRanjit Hoskote, Zones of Assault ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Rupa & Co., ISBN 81-7167-063-6Sudeep Sen:Kali in Ottava Rima, Paramount, London, 1992; Rupa, New Delhi, 1991, ISBN 81-7167-235-3New York Times, New Delhi: Rupa, ISBN 81-7167-235-3 (reprinted in 1993, London: The Many Press, ISBN 0-907326-25-0)Dilip Chitre, Travelling in a CageIreland
Brian Coffey, Poems and Versions 1929–1990, including "Death of Hektor" and "For What for Whom Unwanted"Gerald Dawe, Sunday School, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-063-5Paul Durcan, Crazy About Women, including "The Levite and His Concubine at Gibeah"Eamon Grennan, As If It Matters, including "Breaking Points", Oldcastle: The Gallery PressJohn Hewitt, Collected Poems, Belfast: The Blackstaff PressMichael Longley:Gorse Fires, including "Between Hovers", "Laertes", "Argos" and "The Butchers"Poems 1963–1983, including "In memoriam", "Caravan", "Wounds", "Ghost Town", "Man Lying on a Wall", "Wreaths", "Mayo Monologues" and "The Linen Industry"Thomas McGreevy, Collected Poems, including "Homage to Hieronymous Bosch" and "Recessional"Medbh McGuckian, Marconi's Cottage, Oldcastle: The Gallery PressPaula Meehan, The Man Who Was Marked by Winter, "The Pattern" and "Child Burial", Oldcastle: The Gallery PressBernard O'Donoghue, The Weakness, including "A Nun Takes the Veil" and "The Weakness", Chatto and WindusPeter Sirr, Ways of Falling, including "A Few Helpful Hints", Oldcastle: The Gallery PressNew Zealand
Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):Time-zones, Oxford and New York: Oxford University PressSelected Poems, Oxford and New York: Oxford University PressJenny Bornholdt, Waiting Shelter, New ZealandAlan Brunton, Slow Passes 1978–1988Lauris Edmond, New and Selected Poems, Auckland: Oxford University PressMichele Leggott, Swimmers, Dancers, Auckland : Auckland University PressBill Manhire, Milky Way Bar, New ZealandBob Orr, BreezeDannie Abse, There Was a Young Man From Cardiff, autobiographyFleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):Time-zones, Oxford and New York: Oxford University PressSelected Poems, Oxford and New York: Oxford University PressW. H. Auden, Collected PoemsGeorge Mackay Brown, Selected Poems 1954–1983Wendy Cope, Serious ConcernsPaul Durcan, Crazy About WomenGavin Ewart, Collected Poems 1980–1991John Fuller, The Mechanical BodyLavinia Greenlaw, The Cost of Getting Lost in SpacePhilip Gross, The Son of the Duke of NowhereMichael Hamburger, Roots in the AirTony Harrison, A Cold ComingSeamus Heaney:Seeing Things, Faber & FaberSquarings, Hieroglyph EditionsPaul Henry, Time Pieces, SerenLinton Kwesi Johnson, Tings an' TimesP. J. Kavanagh, An EnchantmentJackie Kay, The Adoption PapersThomas Kinsella, Madonna, and Other PoemsKenneth Koch, Selected Poems, Manchester: Carcanet, American poet's book published in the United KingdomLiz Lochhead, Bagpipe MuzakMichael Longley, Gorse FiresGeorge MacBeth, TrespassingMedbh McGukian, Marconi's CottageJamie McKendrick, The Sirocco RoomDerek Mahon, Selected Poems. VikingEdwin Morgan, Hold Hands Among the AtomsAndrew Motion, Love in a LifeSean O'Brien, HMS Glasshouse, Oxford University PressChristopher Reid, In the Echoey TunnelC. H. Sisson, AntidotesJohn Ashbery, Flow ChartGwendolyn Brooks, Children Coming HomeRobert Creeley, Selected Poems 1945-90Billy Collins, Questions About Angels (ISBN 0-8229-4211-9), the winner of the National Poetry Series competition in 1993Paul Hoover, The Novel: A Poem (New Directions)Howard Nemerov, Trying Conclusions: New and Selected Poems, 1961-1991 (University of Chicago Press)Grace Paley, Long Walks and Intimate Talks (stories and poems)Kenneth Rexroth, Flower Wreath Hill: Later PoemsEleanor Ross Taylor, Days Going/Days Coming BackThese 75 poets were represented in The Best American Poetry 1991 edited by David Lehman, with guest editor Mark Strand:
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States
William Meredith, Poems Are Hard to Read, criticismJacqueline Vaught Brogan, Part of the Climate: American Cubist Poetry, University of California Press, scholarshipM.L. Rosenthal, Our Life in Poetry, collection of literary criticism, including the influential "Poetry as Confession", an article appearing in 1959 in which Rosenthall coined the term "confessional" as used in Confessional poetryNaja Marie Aidt. Så længe jeg er ung ("As Long as I’m Young"), first volume of a poetic trilogy which includes Et Vanskeligt mode ("A Difficult Encounter") 1992, and Det tredje landskap ("The Third Landscape") 1994Inger Christensen, Butterfly Valley: A Requiem (Sommerfugledalen), poems (later translated into English by Susanna Nied)Klaus Høeck, Salme, publisher: BrøndumSøren Ulrik Thomsen, HjemfaldenYves Bonnefoy:Début et fin de neigeLà où retombe la flècheClaude Esteban, Soleil dans une pièce vide, FlammarionListed in alphabetical order by first name:
K. Siva Reddy, Sivareddy Kavita, Hyderabad: Jhari Poetry Circle, Telugu-languageMallika Sengupta, Haghare O Debdasi, Kolkata: Prativas Publication; Bengali-languageNirendranath Chakravarti, Aay Rongo, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers; Bengali-languagePrathibha Nandakumar, Rasteyanchina gaadi ("Cart at the Edge of the Road"), Bangalore: Kannada Sangha, Christ College; Kannada-languageRajendra Kishore Panda, Bahubreehi, Jharsuguda: Soubhagya Manjari, Jharsuguda, Oraya-languagePoland
Stanisław Barańczak, Biografioly: poczet 56 jednostek slawnych, slawetnych i oslawionych ("Biographies of 56 Celebrated, Famous or Notorious Individuals"), light verse; Poznan: a5Stanisław Barańczak, Zwierzeca zajadlosc: z zapiskow zniecheconego zoologa ("Animal Ferocity: From the Notes of a Discouraged Zoologist"), light verse; Poznan: a5Czesław Miłosz, Dalsze okolice ("Farther Surroundings"); Kraków: ZnakTadeusz Różewicz, Płaskorzeźba ("Bas-Relief"), Wrocław: Wydawnictwo DolnośląskieJan Twardowski,Uśmiech Pana Boga. Wiersze dla dzieci ("The Smile of God: Poems for Children"), Warsaw: Nasza KsięgarniaMatilde Camus, Tierra de mi Cantabria ("Cantabria, my land")Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, Tomoshibi ("Light"), Japan, with English translationsMario Benedetti, Las soledades de Babel ("The Loneliness of Babel"), UruguayOdysseus Elytis, The Elegies of Oxopetras (Τα Ελεγεία της Οξώπετρας)Ndoc Gjetja, Kthimet ("Returns"); AlbaniaAlexander Mezhirov, Избранное ("Favorite"), RussiaEugenio Montale, Tutte le poesie, edited by Giorgio Zampa. Jonathan Galassi in 1998 called this book the "most comprehensive edition of Montale's poems"; posthumously published; ItalyNizar Qabbani, Syrian, Arabic-language poet:Do You Hear the Cry of My Sadness?Marginal Notes on the Book of DefeatRami Saari, Gvarim Ba-tzomet ("Men at the Crossroad"), Israeli writing in HebrewC. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Jennifer Maiden, The Winter BabyKenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Jennifer Maiden, The Winter BabyMary Gilmore Prize: Jean Kent - VerandahsGerald Lampert AwardArchibald Lampman AwardSee 1991 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.Pat Lowther AwardPrix Alain-GrandboisCholmondeley Award: James Berry, Sujata Bhatt, Michael Hulse, Derek MahonEric Gregory Award: Roddy Lumsden, Glyn Maxwell, Stephen Smith, Wayne Burrows, Jackie KayQueen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Judith WrightWhitbread Award for poetry (United Kingdom): Michael Longley, Gorse FiresAgnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Julia Kasdorf, Sleeping PreacherAiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: John Frederick NimsAML Award for poetry Philip White for "Island Spring"American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, Richard WilburBernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Donald Hall, "Museum of Clear Ideas"Bollingen Prize: Laura Riding Jackson and Donald JusticeFrost Medal: Donald HallNational Book Award for poetry: Philip Levine, What Work IsPoet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Joseph BrodskyPulitzer Prize for Poetry: Mona Van Duyn: Near ChangesRuth Lilly Poetry Prize: David WagonerWhiting Awards: Thylias Moss, Franz WrightFellowship of the Academy of American Poets: J. D. McClatchyBirth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 22 – Robert Choquette (born 1905), Canadian novelist and poetJanuary 29 – John Glassco (born 1909), Canadian poet, memoirist and novelistFebruary 21 – Dorothy Auchterlonie (born 1915), Australian poet, academic and literary criticMarch 10 – Etheridge Knight (born 1931), American poetMarch 22 – Paul Engle (born 1908), American poet, writer, editor, and novelistApril 7 – R. F. Brissenden (born 1928), Australian poet, novelist, critic and academicApril 12 – James Schuyler, 67, American poet and a central figure in the New York School, of a strokeJune 22 – George Thaniel (born 1938), Canadian poetJuly 5 – Howard Nemerov, 71, former U.S. Poet Laureate, of cancerSeptember 2 – Laura Riding Jackson, 90, American poet and writer, of a heart attackSeptember 24 – Dr. Seuss, 87, American author of children's verseSeptember 27 – Roy Fuller (born 1912), English poet and writerOctober 11 – Steven "Jesse" Bernstein (born 1950), American performance poet, suicideOctober 27 – George Barker (born 1913), English poetDecember 14 – John Arlott (born 1914), English cricket commentator and poetAlso – Clementina Suárez (born 1902), Honduran poet 