1995 in poetry

Events

• February 16 – It is announced that 300 poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge have been discovered.
• February 17 – Sotheby's announce discovery of four Walt Whitman notebooks.
• March 1 – The Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea (Wales) is opened by Jimmy Carter.
• May 26 – Cannes Film Festival première of movie Dead Man, written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, about a man named William Blake on a trek through the American West who is taken as the resurrected Romantic poet by a character named Nobody.

Works published

Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:

[[Australian literature|Australia]]

• Jennifer Harrison: Mosaics & Mirrors: Composite poems (Black Pepper)
• Chris Mansell, Day Easy Sunlight Fine in Hot Collation (Penguin, Melbourne)
• Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Selected Poems 1956-1994, Oxford: Oxford University Press, Australia

[[Canadian poetry|Canada]]

• Margaret Atwood, Morning in the Burned House, McClelland & Stewart
• Anne Carson, Plainwater: Essays and Poetry, Knopf
• Roy Miki, Random Access File, Canada
• John Reibetanz, Morning Watch
• Joe Rosenblatt, A Tentacled Mother. (in the original plus new sonnets) Exile.
• Joe Rosenblatt,The Rosenblatt Reader. (selected poems and prose, 1962–1995) Exile.
• Raymond Souster, No Sad Songs Wanted Here. Ottawa: Oberon Press.

[[Indian poetry|India]], [[Indian poetry in English|in English]]

• Meena Alexander, River and Bridge ( Poetry in English ), Toronto: TSAR Press and New Delhi: Rupa, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States and India
• Sujata Bhatt, The Stinking Rose ( Poetry in English ), Carcanet Press and New Delhi: Penguin
• Keki Daruwalla, A Summer of Tigers ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Indus
• A. K. Ramanujan, The Collected Poems of A.K. Ramanujan ( Poetry in English ), Delhi: Oxford University Press; posthumously published
• Sudeep Sen, Dali’s Twisted Hands ( Poetry in English), New York City: White Swan Books; Leeds: Peepal Tree,
• Tejdeep, Caught in a Stampede ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Private Limited
• K. Satchidanandan, Summer Rain: Three Decades of Poetry, edited by R. D. Yuyutsu; New Delhi: Nirala Publishers

[[Irish poetry|Ireland]]

• Patrick Crotty (editor), editor, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd.,
• Gerald Dawe, Heart of Hearts, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press,
• John Montague, Collected Poems, including "Small Secrets", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press
• Maurice Riordan, A Word from the Loki, including "Milk", "A Word from the Loki" and "Time Out"", Faber and Faber, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom

[[New Zealand literature|New Zealand]]

• Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963) and Jacqueline Simms, editors, The Oxford Book of Creatures, verse and prose anthology, Oxford: Oxford University Press
• Jenny Bornholdt, How We Met, New Zealand
• Janet Charman, end of the dry, Auckland: Auckland University Press
• Robin Hyde, The Victory Hymn, 1935-1995, with an essay by Michele Leggott; Auckland: Holloway Press, New Zealand
• Mark Williams and Michele Leggott, editors, Opening the Book : New Essays on New Zealand Writing Auckland: Auckland University Press, criticism

[[English literature|United Kingdom]]

• Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963) and Jacqueline Simms, editors, The Oxford Book of Creatures, verse and prose anthology, Oxford: Oxford University Press
• James Berry, Hot Earth, Cold Earth
• Alison Brackenbury, 1829, Carcanet Press,
• Gerry Cambridge, The Shell House, Scottish Cultural Press,
• Flora Garry, Collected poems
• Tony Harrison, The Shadow of Hiroshima
• Ted Hughes, New Selected Poems 1957–1994
• Jan Kochanowski: Laments, a cycle of Polish Renaissance elegies, translated by Seamus Heaney and Stanisław Barańczak, Faber & Faber
• Michael Longley, The Ghost Orchid
• Derek Mahon, The Hudson Letter. Gallery Press
• Sean O'Brien, Ghost Train (Oxford University Press)
• Peter Reading, Collected Poems 1970–1984
• Maurice Riordan, A Word from the Loki Faber and Faber, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
• Carol Rumens, Best China Sky
• Labi Siffre, Blood on the Page
• R.S. Thomas, No Truce with the Furies
• Charles Tomlinson, Jubilation

Anthologies in the United Kingdom

• Simon Armitage, Tony Harrison and Sean O'Brien, Penguin Modern Poets 5 (Penguin)
• Eavan Boland, Carol Ann Duffy and Vicki Feaver, Penguin Modern Poets 2, Penguin
• Roderick Watson, editor, The Poetry of Scotland: Gaelic, Scots and English, 1380–1980, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (anthology)
• Stella Chipasula and Frank Chipasula, editors, The Heinemann book of African women's poetry, London: Heinemann (anthology)

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom

• Robert F. Garratt, editor, Critical essays on Seamus Heaney,

[[American poetry|United States]]

• Meena Alexander, River and Bridge, Toronto: TSAR Press and New Delhi: Rupa, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States and India
• Meena Alexander, River and Bridge, Toronto: TSAR Press and New Delhi: Rupa, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States and India
• Ralph Angel, Neither World
• John Ashbery, Can You Hear, Bird?
• Matthew Rohrer, ‘’A Hummock in the Malookas’’
• Joseph Brodsky: On Grief and Reason: Essays, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Russian-American
• Henri Cole, The Look of Things
• Nicholas Coles & Peter Oresick, For a Living (University of Illinois Press)
• Alice Fulton, Sensual Math
• Michael S. Harper, Honorable Amendments
• Fanny Howe, O'Clock
• Walter K. Lew, editor, Premonitions: The Kaya Anthology of New Asian North American poetry, New York: Kaya Productions
• James Merrill, A Scattering of Salts (his last book)
• Carl Rakosi, Poems, 1923-1941
• Mary Oliver, Blue Pastures
• Michael Palmer, At Passages
• Molly Peacock, Original Love
• Carl Phillips, Cortége
• Giorgos Seferis, Complete Poems (in English), translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

• Helen Vendler, The Breaking of Style: Hopkins, Heaney, Graham, Harvard University Press
• John Hollander, The Gazer's Spirit: Poems Speaking to Silent Works of Art, criticism

''[[The Best American Poetry 1995]]''

Richard Howard is the guest editor for The Best American Poetry 1995 (David Lehman, series editor). Howard changes the rules of inclusion for this year: "[P]oets whose work has appeared three or more times in this series are here and now ineligible, as are all seven former editors of the series." A total of 75 poems are included.

Poems from these 75 poets were in this year's anthology:

• Margaret Atwood
• Sally Ball
• Catherine Bowman
• Stephanie Brown
• Lewis Buzbee
• Cathleen Calbert
• Rafael Campo
• William Carpenter
• Nicholas Christopher
• Jane Cooper
• James Cummins
• Olena Kalytiak Davis
• Lynn Emanuel
• Elaine Equi
• Irving Feldman
• Donald Finkel
• Aaron Fogel
• Richard Frost
• Allen Ginsberg
• Peter Gizzi
• Jody Gladding
• Elton Glaser
• Albert Goldbarth
• Beckian Fritz Goldberg
• Laurence Goldstein
• Barbara Guest
• Marilyn Hacker
• Judith Hall
• Anthony Hecht
• Edward Hirsch
• Janet Holmes
• Andrew Hudgins
• T. R. Hummer
• Brigit Pegeen Kelly
• Karl Kirchwey
• Carolyn Kizer
• Wayne Koestenbaum
• John Koethe
• Yusef Komunyakaa
• Maxine Kumin
• Lisa Lewis
• Rachel Loden
• James Longenbach
• Robert Hill Long
• Gail Mazur
• J. D. McClatchy
• Heather McHugh
• Susan Musgrave
• Charles North
• Geoffrey O'Brien
• Jacqueline Osherow
• Molly Peacock
• Carl Phillips
• Marie Ponsot
• Bin Ramke
• Katrina Roberts
• Michael J. Rosen
• Kay Ryan
• Mary Jo Salter
• Tony Sanders
• Stephen Sandy
• Grace Schulman
• Robyn Selman
• Alan Shapiro
• Reginald Shepherd
• Angela Sorby
• Laurel Trivelpiece
• Paul Violi
• Arthur Vogelsang
• David Wagoner
• Charles H. Webb
• Ed Webster
• David Wojahn
• Jay Wright
• Stephen Yenser

Other in English

• Aharon Shabtai, Ha-lev ("The Heart"), Hebrew
• The Labourers of Herakles

Works published in other languages

Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:

[[Danish poetry|Denmark]]

• Katrine Marie Guldager, Styrt, publisher: Gyldendal
• Klaus Høeck:
  • 1001 Digt, publisher: Gyldendal
  • Hommage, publisher: Basilisk

French language

• Andree Chedid, Par dela les mots (Lebanese resident of France, writing in French)
• Michel Deguy, A ce qui n'en finite pas; France
• Denise Desautels, Cimetières: La rage muette, autour de photographies de Monique Bertrand, Montréal: Éditions Dazibao; Canada
• Claude Esteban, Quelqu'un commence à parler dans une chambre, Flammarion; France

[[Indian poetry|India]]

Listed in alphabetical order by first name:

• Amarjit Chandan, Jarhan, Aesthetic Publications, Ludhiana; Punjabi-language
• Basudev Sunani, * Aneka Kichhi Ghatibaara Achhi*, Nuapada: Eeshan-Ankit Prakashani; Oraya-language
• Chandrakanta Murasingh, Holong Kok Sao Bolong Bisingo, Agartala: Shyamlal Debbarma, Kokborok Sahitya Sanskriti Samsad; India, Kokborok-language
• Debarati Mitra, Kavitasamagra, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers; Bengali-language
• Dilip Chitre, Ekoon Kavita – 2, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan; Marathi-language
• Kedarnath Singh, Uttar Kabir aur Anya Kavitayen, Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan; Hindi
• Namdeo Dhasal, Ya Sattet Jeev Ramat Nahi; Marathi-language
• Nirupama Dutt, Ik Nadi Sanwali Jahi ("A Stream Somewhat Dark"); Panchkula: Aadhar Prakashan; Punjabi-language
• Nirendranath Chakravarti, Shotyo Shelukash, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers; Bengali-language
• Saroop Dhruv, Salagti Havao, Ahmedabad: Samvedan Sanskritic Manch, Ahmedabad; Gujarati-language
• Udayan Vajpeyi; Hindi-language:
  • Kuchh Vakya, New Delhi: Vani Prakashan
  • Pagal Ganitagya Ki Kavitayen, New Delhi: Vani Prakashan

[[Spanish poetry|Spain]]

• Matilde Camus, Vuelo de la mente ("Mind flight")

Other languages

• Stanisław Barańczak, Slon, traba i ojczyzna ("The Elephant, the Trunk, and the Polish Question"), light verse; Kraków: Znak; Poland
• Mario Benedetti, El olvido está lleno de memoria ("Oblivion Is Full of Memory"), published in Spain, Uruguay
• Christoph Buchwald, general editor, and Joachim Sartorius, guest editor, Jahrbuch der Lyrik 1995/96 ("Poetry Yearbook 1995/96"), publisher: Beck; anthology; Germany
• Chen Kehua, Qiankantou shi ("Head-hunting Poems") Chinese (Taiwan)
• Limaza tarakt al-hissan wahidan (Why did you leave the horse alone?), 1995. English translation 2006 by Jeffrey Sacks ()

Awards and honors

• Nobel prize: Seamus Heaney

[[Australian poetry|Australia]]

• C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Bruce Beaver - Anima and Other Poems
• Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize: Selected poems 1956-1994 by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
• Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Peter Boyle, Coming Home From the World
• Mary Gilmore Prize: Jordie Albiston - Nervous Arcs

[[Canadian poetry|Canada]]

• Gerald Lampert Award: Keith Maillard, Dementia Americana
• Archibald Lampman Award: John Barton, Designs from the Interior
• 1995 Governor General's Awards: Anne Szumigalski, Voice (English); Émile Martel, Pour orchestre et poète seul (French)
• Pat Lowther Award: Beth Goobie, Scars of Light
• Prix Alain-Grandbois: Rachel Leclerc, Rabatteurs d'étoiles
• Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize: Linda Rogers, Hard Candy
• Prix Émile-Nelligan: Marlène Belley, Les jours sont trop longs pour se mentir

[[Indian poetry|India]]

• Sahitya Akademi Award : Kunwar Narayan for Koi Doosra Nahin
• Poetry Society India National Poetry Competition : Tabish Khair for Birds of North Europe & Gopi Kottoor for The Coffin Maker

[[New Zealand literature|New Zealand]]

• Montana Book Award for Poetry: Michael Jackson, Pieces of Music
• New Zealand Book Award for Poetry: Michele Leggott, Dia

[[English poetry|United Kingdom]]

• Cholmondeley Award: U. A. Fanthorpe, Christopher Reid, C. H. Sisson, Kit Wright
• Eric Gregory Award: Colette Bryce, Sophie Hannah, Tobias Hill, Mark Wormald
• Forward Poetry Prize Best Collection: Sean O'Brien, Ghost Train (Oxford University Press)
• Forward Poetry Prize Best First Collection: Jane Duran, Breathe Now, Breathe (Enitharmon Press)
• T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland): Mark Doty, My Alexandria
• Whitbread Award for poetry: Bernard O'Donoghue, Gunpowder
• National Poetry Competition : James Harpur for The Frame of Furnace Light

[[American poetry|United States]]

• Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Sandy Solomon, Pears, Lake, Sun
• Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Maxine Kumin
• AML Award for poetry to Marden J. Clark for "Snows"
• Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Vijay Seshadri, "Lifeline"
• Bollingen Prize: Kenneth Koch
• National Book Award for poetry: Stanley Kunitz, Passing Through: The Later Poems
• Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Robert Hass appointed
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Philip Levine, The Simple Truth
• Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: A.R. Ammons
• Wallace Stevens Award: James Tate
• Whiting Awards: Lucy Grealy, James L. McMichael, Mary Ruefle
• Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Denise Levertov

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• January 28 – George Woodcock, 82 (born 1912), Canadian poet, biographer, academic and prominent anarchist
• February 6 – James Merrill, 68 (born 1926), American poet, of a heart attack
• April 14 – Brian Coffey, 89 (born 1905), Irish poet and publisher
• April 22 – Jane Kenyon, 47 (born 1947), American poet, of leukemia
• May 11 – David Avidan, 61 (born 1934), Israeli Hebrew-language poet
• July 7 – Helene Johnson, 89 (born 1906), African American poet, after osteoporosis
• July 16:
  • May Sarton, 83 (born 1912), American poet, novelist and memoirist, of breast cancer
  • Stephen Spender, 86, (born 1909), English poet and essayist, of a heart ailment
• September 3 – Earle Birney, 91 (born 1904), Canadian poet
• September 13 – Maheswar Neog, 80 (born 1915), Indian, Assamese-language scholar and poet
• September 18 – Donald Davie, 73 (born 1922), English poet, of cancer
• September 26 – Lynette Roberts, 86 (born 1909), Welsh poet
• October 22 – Kingsley Amis, 73 (born 1922), English novelist and poet, after a fall
• November 5 – Essex Hemphill, 38 (born 1957), African American poet and gay activist, from complications relating to AIDS
• December 30 – Heiner Müller, 66 (born 1929), German dramatist and poet

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