Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events January 19 – For the first time since 1949, an anonymous black-clad man, known as the Poe Toaster, failed to show up at the tomb of Edgar Allan Poe at the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, early on the morning of Poe's birthday. The absence of the man, who would toast Poe with Cognac and leave three red roses at the grave (along with the rest of the Cognac), disappointed more than 30 people who stayed up all night to be present at the appearance.Kennedy, Randy, "Edgar 'Poe Toaster' Is a No-Show", January 19, 2010, "Arts Beat" column, p C2, The New York Times, retrieved same day March 27 – The Mezzo Cammin Women Poets Timeline Project, designed to become the largest database of women poets in the world, was launched in Washington, D.C., at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.Largest Database of Women Poets to be Launched in Washington, D.C. on March 27 The database will feature biographical information about female poets, as well as photos of them and, when possible, reprints of their work.Fairfield University professor launches database of female poets April 12 – Rae Armantrout wins the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection Versed.Rae Armantrout Wins Pulitzer Prize in Poetry | Poets & Writers "Having also won the National Book Critics Circle Award, after being named a finalist for the National Book Award, Armantrout is only the third poet to win two out of the three awards in one year."Entangled: The poetry of Rae Armantrout essay in The New Yorker by Dan Chiasson May 1 – David Biespiel, writing in Poetry, suggests (in an essay titled "This Land Is Our Land") that the insularity of America's poets has left them with a minimal presence in American civic discourse and a minuscule public role in the life of American democracy.This Land Is Our Land by David Biespiel November 26 – Japanese government honors Canadian poet Joy Kogawa with the Order of the Rising Sun "for her contribution to the understanding and preservation of Japanese Canadian history."Tracy Sherlock, "," Vancouver Sun, Nov. 6, 2010, Web, Apr. 5, 2011.
Works published in English Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Australia Grant Caldwell, glass clouds, Five Islands Press Les Murray, Taller When Prone, Black Inc., Dorothy Porter, Love Poems, Black Inc., Ron Pretty, Postcards From the CentreWeb page titled "The Blake Poetry Prize" at the NSW Writers' Centre website, retrieved July 5, 2010 Thomas Shapcott, Parts of Us, University of Queensland Press John Tranter, Starlight: 150 Poems, University of Queensland Press
Anthologies in Australia Brook Emery & Victoria Haritos (eds.), Science Made Marvelous Series: Earthly Matters: Biology and Geology Poems, Potts Point NSW: The Poets Union Inc."Earthly matters : biology and geology poems / edited by Brook Emery and Victoria Haritos ; project editor Carol Jenkins", National Library of Australia. Brook Emery & Victoria Haritos (eds.), Science Made Marvelous Series: Law and Impulse: Maths and Chemistry Poems, Potts Point NSW: The Poets Union Inc."Law and impulse : maths and chemistry poems / edited by Brook Emery and Victoria Haritos ; project editor Carol Jenkins", National Library of Australia. Brook Emery, John L. Sheppard & Victoria Haritos (eds.), Science Made Marvelous Series: Holding Patterns: Physics and Engineering Poems, Potts Point NSW: The Poets Union Inc."Holding patterns : physics and engineering poems / edited by Brook Emery and Victoria Haritos ; project editor Carol Jenkins", National Library of Australia. Robert Adamson, editor, Best Australian Poems 2010, Black Inc., anthology with works byWeb page titled, "Contributors in The Best Australian Poems 2010" at the Black Inc. Web site, retrieved February 20, 2011
Ali Alizadeh, Chris Andrews, Meera Atkinson, Luke Beesley, Judith Beveridge, Judith Bishop, Ken Bolton, Peter Boyle, Michael Brennan, David Brooks, Jen Jewel Brown, Pam Brown, Allison Browning, Joanne Burns, Elizabeth Campbell, Bonny Cassidy, Eileen Chong, Justin Clemens, Stuart Cooke, Nathan Curnow, Luke Davies, Bruce Dawe, Tricia Dearborn, B. R. Dionysius, Lucy Dougan, Laurie Duggan, Will Eaves, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Stephen Edgar, Chris Edwards, Anne Elvey, Brook Emery, Kate Fagan, Mike Farrell, Susan Fealy, Liam Ferney, S.J. Finn, Lionel Fogarty, Adam Ford, Adam Formosa, Angela Gardner, Claire Gaskin, Jane Gibian, Keri Glastonbury, Lisa Gorton, Robert Gray, Martin Harrison, Kevin Hart, Matt Hetherington, Barry Hill, Sarah Holland Batt, L. K. Holt, Duncan Hose, Lisa Jacobson, Carol Jenkins, A. Frances Johnson, Jill Jones, Frank Kellaway, Peter Kenneally, Graeme Kinross-Smith, John Kinsella, Andy Kissane, Anna Krien, Mike Ladd, Martin Langford, Anthony Lawrence, Michelle Leber, Geoffrey Lehmann, Kate Lilley, Debbie Lim, Astrid Lorange, Cameron Lowe, Roberta Lowing, Anthony Lynch, Jennifer Maiden, Rhyll McMaster, Kate Middleton, Peter Minter, Anne Morgan, Derek Motion, Les Murray, Jenni Nixon, Nguyen Tien Hoang, Geoff Page, Pi.0, Claire Potter, Peter Rose, Josephine Rowe, Robyn Rowland, Brendan Ryan, Gig Ryan, Thomas Shapcott, Craig Sherborn, Vivian Smith, Peter Steele, James Stuart, Maria Takolander, Hugh Tolhurst, John Tranter, Mark Tredinnick, Louise Wakeling, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Meredith Wattison, Petra White, Chloe Wilson, Ouyang Yu
Canada Shane Book, Ceiling of Sticks Anne Carson, Nox, New Directions, described by one reviewer as "not really a 'book' at all, but rather a box of material connected accordion-style (in one folded, ribbon-like page many yards long) about the death of her deeply troubled older brother Michael" and including a translation of Catullus 101; Canadian published in the United StatesSimon, Jeff, "A revelatory, haunting elegy from poet Anne Carson", review, July 4, 2010, Buffalo News, retrieved July 5, 2010 Jen Currin, The Inquisition Yours, Toronto: Coach House Press, Joe Denham, Windstorm Kevin McPherson Eckhoff, Rhapsodomancy, Toronto: Coach House Press, Kenneth Leslie, The Essential Kenneth Leslie. [Ed. Zachariah Wells] Erin, Ontario: Porcupine's Quill, 2010."The Essential Kenneth Leslie by Zacariah Wells ," Books in Print, The Porcupine's Quill, Web, Apr. 15, 2011. , A. F. Moritz, editor, The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology 2010, work by the winners of the Griffin Poetry Prize, House of Anansi Press, 112 pages, Garry Thomas Morse, After Jack James Reaney, A Suit of Nettles. Porcupine's Quill. Lisa Robertson, R's Boat, 96 pages, "New California Poetry" series of the University of California Press, , written by a Canadian poet living in and published in the United States Priscila Uppal, Successful Tragedies: Poems 1998–2010, Bloodaxe Books Ltd, 192 pages, , Canadian author published in the United Kingdom
India, in English Arun Kamal, Naye Ilake Mein, translated from the original Hindi into English by Giriraj Kiradoo, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, India 2010.Web page titled "Giriraj Kiradoo" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 10, 2010 J. T. Jayasingh, editor, New Voices, anthology; Thiruvananthapuram: Roots and WingsRaghupathi K. V., "Raghupathi K V – ‘New Voices’" , book review, Issue 31: May–June 2010, Muse India website, retrieved July 16, 2010 Tabish Khair, Man of Glass ( Poetry in English )., New Delhi: HarperCollins, India 2010. Web page titled "Tabish Khair" at the Poetry International website, retrieved August 2, 2010 Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih and Robin Ngangom, editors, Dancing Earth: An Anthology of Poetry from North-East IndiaScharf, Michael, "The Other Mother Tongue" , book review, Boston Review, May/June 2010 issue, retrieved July 19, 2010. Penguin Books, India Srinivas Sistla, Amuktamalyada, translated from the original Telugu of Krishna Deva Raya's classic epic; Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh: Drusya Kala DeepikaPrema Nandakumar, "Prema Nandakumar – Reviews 'Amuktamalyada' in English Rendering" , book review, Issue 32: July–August 2010, Muse India website, retrieved July 16, 2010 Meena Kandasamy, "Ms. Militancy", Chennai: Navayana, India 2010Kandasamy, Meena, "Ms. Militancy: Poems", Sampsonia Way, September 22, 2010. Anindita Sengupta, "City of Water" ( Poetry in English )., Bangalore: Sahitya Akademi, India 2010.
Ireland Anthony Cronin, The Fall, 120 pages, New Island Press, Theo Dorgan, Greek, Dedalus Press, Seamus Heaney, Human Chain, 85 pages, Faber & FaberGarner, Dwight, "Shared Homeland, Different Worldview", book review (of Seamus heaney's Human Chain and Paul Muldoon's Maggot), The New York Times, September 16, 2010, retrieved September 22, 2010 Thomas Kilroy, Christ, Deliver Us, Oldcastle, County Meath: Gallery Press Alan Moore How Now! Anvil Press Poetry, Paul Muldoon, Maggot Micheal O'Siadhail, Tongue, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom, Bloodaxe Books
New Zealand Paula Green, Slip Stream, Auckland University Press Paula Green (editor), Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems, Godwit Paula Green and Harry Ricketts, 99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry, Vintage Kate Camp, The Mirror of Simple Annihilated Souls, Victoria University Press Lynn Jenner, Dear Sweet Harry, Auckland University Press
Poets in Best New Zealand Poems Poems from these 25 poets were selected by Robyn Marsack for Best New Zealand Poems 2009, published online this year:
Tusiata Avia Sarah Broom Geoff Cochrane Jennifer Compton Lynn Davidson John Gallas Bernadette Hall David Howard Lynn Jenner Brent Kininmont Michele Leggott Emma Neale James Norcliffe Gregory O'Brien Chris Price Kerrin P. Sharpe Marty Smith Elizabeth Smither C. K. Stead Brian Turner Tim Upperton Louise Wallace Ian Wedde Douglas Wright Ashleigh Young
United Kingdom Fleur Adcock, Dragon Talk, Bloodaxe Books Jill Bialosky, The Skiers: Selected Poems, 144 pages, Matthew Caley, Apparently, Bloodaxe Books Stewart Conn, The Breakfast Room, Bloodaxe Books Razmik Davoyan, Whispers and Breath of the Meadows, translated from the original Armenian by Armine Tamrazian, introduction by W. N. Herbert, 172 pages, Katie Donovan, Rootling, Bloodaxe Books Carol Ann Duffy, Love Poems, a selection, 84 pages, Picador, Bernardine Evaristo & Daljit Nagra. editors, Ten: New poets from Spread the Word, an anthology, with work by Mir Mahfuz Ali, Rowyda Amin, Malika Booker, Roger Robinson, Karen McCarthy, Nick Makoha, Denise Saul, Seni Seniviratne, Shazea Quraishi and Janet Kofi Tsekpo; Bloodaxe Books Ruth Fainlight, New & Collected Poems, Bloodaxe Books Sylva Fischerová, The Swing in the Middle of Chaos, translated by Stuart Friebert and Sylva Fischerova from the original Czech; Bloodaxe Books Roy Fisher, Standard Midland, Bloodaxe Books Cheryl Follon, Dirty Looks, Bloodaxe Books Miriam Gamble, The Squirrels Are Dead, Bloodaxe Books Bill Griffiths, Collected Earlier Poems (1966–80), Reality Street, Sussex Seamus Heaney, Human Chain, Faber and Faber Tony Hoagland, Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty, Bloodaxe Books Ishion Hutchinson, Far District: Poems, Jamaican poet published in the United Kingdom, Peepal Tree Press Helen Ivory, The Breakfast Machine, Bloodaxe Books Arun Kolatkar, Collected Poems in English, edited by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Marathi- and English-language poet of India, published in the United Kingdom, Bloodaxe Books; posthumous (died 2004) Gwyneth Lewis, A Hospital Odyssey, Bloodaxe Books Kona Macphee, Perfect Blue, Bloodaxe Books Harry Martinson, Chickweed Wintergreen, translated from the original Swedish by Robin Fulton, Bloodaxe Books Grace Nichols, I Have Crossed an Ocean, Bloodaxe Books