January 20 — Maya Angelou reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton.March 31–April 3 — Writing from the New Coast: First Festival of Poetry held at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Many influential younger poets attend the conference. The final, two-volume issue of o•blék magazine this year will contain writing presented at the conference.December 8 — Start of the University of Buffalo POETICS listserv, informally and variously known as UBPOETICS or the POETICS list, one of the oldest and most widely known mailing lists devoted to the discussion of contemporary North American poetry and poetics. In the early days of the list, membership, list discussions and even the existence of the list itself were kept private, and members were required not to discuss the contents of list postings or the list itself with "outsiders." People who wished to join the list were asked to provide a short "personal statement" before being approved.T. S. Eliot Prize created.Reality television contest Million's Poet (Arabic: شاعر المليون) is launched in the United Arab Emirates.Bound by Honor, a film directed by Taylor Hackford, based on the life of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, who co-wrote the screenplay, is released.Poetic Justice, a film directed by John Singleton, features Maya Angelou's poetry, and she appears as Aunt June.Poesia sempre, is created by the National Library of Brazil to promote poetry both from that nation and from beyond its borders and provide a forum for debate on poetryA new Yiddish monthly journal, Di yidishe gas ("The Jewish Street"), edited by Aron Vergelis, appears in Moscow. It is the first since the Sovetish heymland ("Soviet Homeland") became defunct.American literary magazine o•blék (pronounced "oblique"), founded in 1987 by Peter Gizzi who co-edited it with Connell McGrath, stopped publishing.Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Jennifer Maiden, Acoustic Shadow, PenguinPhilip Salom: Feeding the Ghost, Penguin, ISBN 978-0-14-058692-3John Tranter:Under Berlin, University of Queensland PressThe Floor of Heaven, HarperCollins/Angus & RobertsonChris Wallace-Crabbe, Rungs of Time, Oxford University PressGeorge Bowering:The Moustache: Remembering Greg CurnoeGeorge Bowering Selected: Poems 1961–1992Marilyn Bowering, Love as It IsLeonard Cohen, Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs, selected from works written between 1956 and 1992Sheree Fitch, In This House Are Many WomenJudith Fitzgerald:Walkin' Wounded, including a cycle of baseball poems"Habit of Blues", a prose poem meditating on the fate of the late novelist Juan Butler.Bryan Gooch and Maureen Niwa, editors, The Emergence of the Muse: Major Canadian Poets from Crawford to Pratt, Toronto: Oxford University Press (scholarship)Irving Layton, FornalutxDennis Lee, Riffs London, Ont.: Brick Books.Gwendolyn MacEwen:Atwood, Margaret and Barry Callaghan, eds. The Poetry of Gwendolyn MacEwen: The Early Years (Volume One). Toronto: Exile Editions. ISBN 978-1-55096-543-8Atwood, Margaret and Barry Callaghan, eds. The Poetry of Gwendolyn MacEwen: The Later Years (Volume Two). Toronto: Exile Editions. ISBN 978-1-55096-547-6A. F. Moritz, The Ruined Cottagebp Nichol:Truth: A Book of FictionsFirst ScreeningHernert Rosengarten and Amanda Goldrick-Jones, editors, Broadview Anthology of Poetry, anthology of American, British and Canadian poetry; ISBN 978-1-55111-006-6Raymond Souster, Old Bank Notes. Ottawa: Oberon.Raymond Souster, Riding the Long Black Horse, Ottawa: Oberon.Sudeep Sen, Parallel ( Poetry in English ), with compact disc/audio cassette; Edinburgh: The Scottish Poetry LibraryArundhathi Subramaniam, editor, In Their Own Voice: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary Indian Women Poets, anthology; New Delhi: Penguin, ISBN 0-14-015643-7.Makarand Paranjape, editor, Indian Poetry in English, Madras: Macmillan India Ltd.Ireland
Fergus Allen, The Brown Parrots of Providencia, including "Elegy for Faustina" and "The Fall", Faber and Faber, Irish poet published in the United KingdomPat Boran, Familiar Things, publisher: DedalusCiaran Carson, First Language, including "Ovid: Metamorphoses, V, 529–550" and "Bagpipe Music", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-128-1Michael D. Higgins, The Season of FireMedbh McGuckian, The Flower Master and Other Poems, including "The Seed-picture", "Gateposts" and "The Flower Master", Oldcastle: The Gallery PressMartin Mooney, Grub, including "Anna Akhmatova's Funeral", Belfast: The Blackstaff PressW. R. Rodgers, Poems, including "Lent", "The Net" and "Stormy Night", Oldcastle: The Gallery PressNew Zealand
Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963), Mary Magdalene and the Birds: Mezzo-sporano and Clarinet, by Dorothy Buchanan, with words by Fleur Adcock, Wellington: Waiteata PressAndrew Johnston, Sol How to Talk, winner of the 1994 New Zealand Book Award for Poetry and the 1994 Jessie Mackay Best First Book AwardCilla McQueen, Crïk´ey: New and Selected PoemsW. H. Oliver, Bodily Presence: Words, Paintings, co-author: Anne Munz; Wellington: BlackBerry Press, New ZealandKeith Sinclair, MoontalkIan Wedde, The DrummerFleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963), Mary Magdalene and the Birds: Mezzo-sporano and Clarinet, by Dorothy Buchanan, with words by Fleur Adcock, Wellington: Waiteata PressFergus Allen, The Brown Parrots of Providencia, including "Elegy for Faustina" and "The Fall", Faber and Faber, Irish poet published in the United KingdomMoniza Alvi, The Country at my ShoulderSimon Armitage, Book of MatchesBarbara Bleiman editor, Five Modern Poets: Fleur Adcock, U.A. Fanthorpe, Tony Harrison, Anne Stevenson, Derek Walcott, Harlow, England: LongmanCiarán Carson: First Language: Poems, Gallery Books, Wake Forest University Press, Irish poet published in the United KingdomGillian Clarke, The King of Britain's DaughterBlaga Dimitrova, Bulgaria's popular vice president, The Last Rock Eagle, a translation of several of her poemsCarol Ann Duffy, Mean Time, Anvil Press PoetryDouglas Dunn, Dante's Drum-KitPaul Durcan, A Snail in my PrimeD. J. Enright, Old Men and CometsJames Fenton, Out of DangerRoy Fuller, Last PoemsW. S. Graham, Aimed at Nobody (posthumous)Thom Gunn, Collected PoemsTony Harrison, Black Daisies for the BrideSeamus Heaney:Keeping Going, Bow and Arrow PressTranslator: The Midnight Verdict: Translations from the Irish of Brian Merriman and from the Metamorphoses of Ovid, Gallery PressJohn Heath-Stubbs, Sweet-Apple EarthJackie Kay, Other LoversJames Kirkup, Blue BambooJamie McKendrick, The Kiosk on the BrinkE. A. Markham, Letter from Ulster and the Hugo PoemsSean O'Brien, A Rarity (Carnivorous Arpeggio)Tom Rawling, The Names of the Sea-TroutCarol Rumens, Thinking of SkinsLabi Siffre, NiggerR. S. Thomas, Collected Poems, 1945–1990Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom
Elmer Andrews, editor, The Poetry of Seamus Heaney, ISBN 0-231-11926-7Thomas N. Corns, editor, Cambridge Companion to English Poetry, Donne to Marvell, Cambridge: Cambridge University PressMichael Parker, Seamus Heaney: The Making of the Poet, ISBN 0-333-47181-4Ai, GreedA.R. Ammons, Garbage, a book-length poem about American trash and its implications, winner of the National Book Award for Poetry this year and the 1994 Bobbitt National Prize for PoetryJared Carter, After the Rain, winner of the Poets' Prize for 1994Geoffrey Dearmer, A Pilgrim's Song: Selected PoemsMark Doty, My AlexandriaPetya Dubarova, Here I Am, in Perfect Leaf Today (posthumous), translated from Bulgarian to English by Don D. WilsonJerry Estrin, Rome, A Mobile HomeMargaret Gibson, The VigilDonald Hall, Life Work, memoirJohn Hollander:Selected PoetryTesserae and Other PoemsDaniel Halpern, editor, The Inferno by Dante, 21 living American poets wrote their versions of the cantosMeto Jovanovski, Faceless Men and Other Macedonian Stories, translated from Macedonian to English by Charles Simic in collaboration with Milne Holton and Jeffrey Folks.Susan Ludvigson, Everything Winged Must Be DreamingJack Marshall, SesameW. S. Merwin:The Second Four Books of Poems, Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon PressW. S. Merwin, Travels: Poems, New York: KnopfLorine Niedecker and Louis Zukofsky, Niedecker and the Correspondence with Zukofsky 1931–1970, edited by Jenny Penberthy (Cambridge University Press)Ed Ochester & Peter Oresick, Pittsburgh Book of Contemporary American Poetry (University of Pittsburgh Press)Jim Powell, translator, Sappho: A Garland, new translations of the poems and fragments of the 6th-century BC poetLawrence Raab, What We Don't Know About Each OtherAdrienne Rich, Collected Early Poems, 1950–1970David Rosenberg, translator, The Lost Book of Paradise, a verse translation of GenesisSherod Santos, The City of Women, a sequence of poems and proseSappho, Sappho: A Garland, new translations of the poems and fragments, translated by Jim PowellJames Schuyler, Collected PoemsFrederick Seidel, My TokyoCharles Simic, translator, The Horse Has Six Legs: An Anthology of Serbian Poetry, from Serbian into English, including Serbian poets Ivan V. Lalić, Vasko Popa, Momčilo Nastasijević, and Nina Zivancevic.Sande Stojcevski, A Gate in the Cloud, translated by David Bowen and others from Macedonian to English, with more than 50 of the poet's lyrics.Mark Strand, Dark Harbor, Canadian native living in and published in the United StatesLuci Tapahonso, Saanii DahataalRosmarie Waldrop, Lawn of the Excluded Middle (Tender Buttons)Rosanna Warren, Stained GlassEliot Weinberger, editor, American Poetry Since 1950: Innovators and Outsiders (Marsilio Publishers)Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States
Donald Hall, Life Work, a memoirJay Parini, editor, The Columbia History of American PoetryAlex Preminger, and T. V. F. Brogan, editors, The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University PressAdrienne Rich, What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and PoliticsDelmore Schwartz and James Laughlin, Selected Letters, correspondence between the poet and his publisherDon Burness, editor, Echoes of the Sunbird: An Anthology of Contemporary African Poetry, Athens: Ohio University Center for International StudiesJohn Hollander, editor, American Poetry, the Nineteenth Century, two volumes (Library of America)Garrett Hongo, editor, The Open Boat: Poems from Asian America, New York: DoubledayPoems from these 75 poets were in The Best American Poetry 1993, edited by David Lehman, guest editor Louise Glück:
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Kirsten Hammann, Jeg er så træt af min krop (Mellem tænderne), publisher: Gyldendal; DenmarkPia Tafdrup, KrystalskovenHenrik Nordbrandt, Støvets tyngdeThorkild Bjørnvig, Siv vand og måneKirsten Hammann, Vera Vinkelvir, a cross between a prose poem and a novelClaude Beausoleil, L'Usage du tempsLouise Dupré, Noir déjàMadeleine Gagnon, La Terre est remplie de langageSerge-Patrice Thibodeau, Le Cycle de PragueOlivier Barbarant, Douze lettres d'amore au soldat inconnu, publisher: Editions Champ Vallon; ISBN 978-2-87673-164-6Yves Bonnefoy:La vie erranteUne autre époque de l'écritureClaude Esteban, Sept jours d'hier, FourbisAbdellatif Laabi, L'Étreinte du monde; Paris; Moroccan author writing in French and published in FranceYves Leclair, L'or du communChristoph Buchwald, general editor, and Robert Gernhardt, guest editor, Jahrbuch der Lyrik 9 ("Poetry Yearbook 9"), publisher: Luchterhand; anthologyHeinz Czechowski, NachtspurWulf Kirsten, StimmenschotterRichard Wagner, Heisse MaroniMordechai Geldman, A'yin ("Eye")Israel Eliraz, Pe Karu'a ("A Torn Mouth")Tamir Greenberg, Dyokan Atzmi Im Qvant veHatul Met ("Self Portrait with Quantum and Dead Cat")Zvika Shternfeld, Hamarkiza miGovari ("The Marquise of Govari")Shimon Shloush, Tola Havui shel Asham ("A Hidden Worm of Guilt")Listed in alphabetical order by first name:
Gulzar, Chand Pukhraj Ka; Urdu-languageK. Satchidanandan, Ente Satchidanandan Kavitakal, selected poems; Malayalam-languageKanaka Ha Ma, Holebagilu, Sagara, Karnataka: Akshara Prakashana; Kannada languageKunwar Narain, Koee Doosra Naheen, New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan, ISBN 81-267-0007-6; Hindi-languageMallika Sengupta, Ardheke Prithivi, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers; Bengali-languageManushya Puthiran, En Padukai araiyil yaroo olithirukirargal, Chennai: South Asian Books, Tamil languageNilmani Phookan, editor, Aranyar Gan, an anthology of Indian tribal love poems; Guwahati, Assam: Students’ Store, Assamese-languagePrabodh Parikh, Kaunsman ("Between Parentheses/In Brackets"), winner of several awards, including Best Poetry Collection of 1993-94 from the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi and the G.F. Saraf Award for Best Gujarati Book in 1992–1995; Mumbai: R.R. Sheth Publishers; Gujarati-languagePoland
Ewa Lipska, Wakacje mizantropa. Utwory wybrane ("Misanthrope Holidays: Selected Work"), Kraków: Wydawnictwo literackieJarosław Marek Rymkiewicz, Moje dzielo posmiertne ("My Posthumous Works") Kraków: ZnakWisława Szymborska: Koniec i początek ("The End and the Beginning")Jan Twardowski:Kasztan dla milionera: Wiersze dla dzieci, Warsaw: Nasza KsięgarniaKrzyżyk na drogę ("Cross the Road"), Kraków: ZnakJoaquim Manuel Magalhães, A poeira levada pelo ventoWaly Salamão, Armarinho da miudezas, which reflects native Bahian traditionsSebastião Uchoa Leite, published a poetry bookFelipe Fortuna published a poetry bookAdão Ventura, Texturaafro,Miodrag Pavlović:Knjiga horizonta ("The Book of Horizon")Nebo v pećini ("The Sky in the Rocks")Ogledi o narodnoj i staros srpskoj poeziji ("A Treatise on Folk and Old Serbian Poetry"), scholarshipDejan Stojanović, Krugovanje: 1978–1987 ("Circling"), first edition, Narodna knjiga, Alfa, BeogradMatilde Camus, Amor dorado ("Golden Love")Ángel González, PoemasXavier Sabater, editor, Poesía experimental 93, a visual poetry anthology; Barcelona: SedicionsJesper Svenbro:Blått ("Blue")Samisk Apollon och andra dikter ("The Sami Apollo and Other Poems")Henrik Nilsson, Utan skorYisroel Khaym Biletski, Uri Tsvi Grinberg der yidish-dikhter ("Uri Tsvi Grinberg: The Yiddish Poet") biography on the poetLindita Arapi, Kufomë lulesh, AlbaniaBlaga Dimitrova, Bulgaria's popular vice president, Noshten dnevnik ("Night Diary"), 70 poems written from 1989–1992Lo Fu (Luo Fu), Hidden Title Poems, Chinese (Taiwan)Cathal Ó Searcaigh, Homecoming/An Bealach 'na Bhaile, including "Bo Bhradach", "Na Piopai Creafoige", and "Caoineadh", Gaelic-language, IrelandNovica Tadić, Night Mail: Selected Poems, MacedoniaYu Jian, Dui yi zhi wuya de mingming, ChineseC. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Les Murray, Translations from the Natural WorldDinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize: At the Florida by John TranterKenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Les Murray, Translations from the Natural WorldMary Gilmore Prize: Jill Jones - The Mask and Jagged StarGerald Lampert AwardArchibald Lampman AwardSee 1993 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.Pat Lowther AwardPrix Alain-GrandboisCholmondeley Award: Patricia Beer, George Mackay Brown, P. J. Kavanagh, Michael LongleyForward Poetry Prize Best Collection: Carol Ann Duffy, Mean Time (Anvil Press)Forward Poetry Prize Best First Collection: Don Paterson, Nil Nil (Faber and Faber)T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland): Ciaran Carson, First Language: PoemsWhitbread Award for poetry: Carol Ann Duffy, Mean TimeAgnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Natasha Sajé, Red Under the SkinAiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: George StarbuckAML Award for poetry to Linda Sillitoe for "Crazy Living"Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Stephen Yenser, "Blue Guide"Bollingen Prize (United States): Mark StrandFrost Medal: William StaffordNational Book Award for poetry (United States): A.R. Ammons, Garbage (will also win 1994 Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry)Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Rita Dove appointedPulitzer Prize for poetry (United States): Louise Glück, The Wild IrisPulitzer Prize for Poetry: Louise Glück, The Wild IrisRuth Lilly Poetry Prize: Charles WrightWhiting Awards: Mark Levine, Nathaniel Mackey, Dionisio D. Martinez, Kathleen PeirceFellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Gerald SternBirth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
April 23 – Bertus Aafjes, 89 (born 1914), Dutch poetJune 19 – William Golding, 82 (born 1919), English novelist, poet, and winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize for LiteratureJune 22 – Jerry Estrin, 46 (born 1947 in poetry), American poet (Rome, A Mobile Home) and magazine editor (Vanishing Cab)August 28 – William Stafford, 79, American poet and pacifist, and the father of poet and essayist Kim StaffordSeptember 16 – Oodgeroo Noonuccal, 71, Australian poet, actress, writer, teacher, artist and campaigner for Aboriginal causesSeptember 26 – Nina Berberova, Нина Николаевна Берберова (born 1901), Russian-born poet, novelist, playwright, critic and academic who lived in Europe from 1922 to 1950, then in the United StatesOctober 27 – Peter Quennell, 88, English biographer, historian and poetOctober (exact date not known) – Gu Cheng, Chinese poet, by suicideExact date not known – Parijat, पारिजात, Bishnu Kumari Waiba, c.56 (born 1937), Nepalese novelist and poet 
