1905 in poetry
This article covers 1905 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- March - Art student Vachel Lindsay goes into the streets of New York City and tries to sell or give away copies of one of his poems. The take: 13 cents. His reaction: Ecstasy. "Now let there be here recorded my conclusions from one evening, one hour of peddling poetry. I am so rejoiced over it and so uplifted I am going to do it many times. It sets the heart trembling with happiness. The people like poetry as well as the scholars, or better."
- December 15 - The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.
- Ezra Pound presents H.D., fellow American poet, with a sheaf of love poems with the collective title Hilda's Book.
Works published in English
Canada">Canadian poetry">Canada
- Wilfred Campbell, The Collected Poems of Wilfred Campbell
- James Capon, Roberts and the Influences of His Time, critical work on Charles G. D. Roberts
- Isabella Valancy Crawford, The Collected Poems of Isabella Valancy Crawford, John W. Garvin ed., posthumously published
- William Henry Drummond, The Voyageur and other Poems
- Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton:
- * Acadian Ballads, and De Soto's Last Dream
- * Poems of the Christian Year
- Duncan Campbell Scott, New World Lyrics and Ballads, including "The Forsaken", Canada
United Kingdom">English poetry">United Kingdom
- Edmund Clerihew Bentley, Biography for Beginners with the first publication of the clerihew
- Robert Bridges, Demeter
- Joseph Campbell, The Garden of Bees
- W. H. Davies, The Soul's Destroyer, and Other Poems
- Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson
- R. C. Dutt, editor, Indian Poetry: Selected and Rendered Into English, London: J.M. Dent and Co., 163 pages; anthology; Indian poetry in English, published in the United Kingdom
- Violet Jacob, Verses, Scottish poet
- Frederic Manning, The Vigil of Brunhild, verse drama based on Norse mythology
- Sarojini Naidu, The Golden Threshold
- Algernon Charles Swinburne, The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Arthur Symons, A Book of Twenty Songs
- Katharine Tynan, Innocencies
- Oscar Wilde, "De Profundis"
United States">American Poetry">United States
- Madison Cawein, Vale of Tempe
- Paul Laurence Dunbar, Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow
- Trumbull Stickney, Poems
- John Hall Wheelock, with Van Wyck Brooks, ''Verses by Two Undergraduates''
Other in English
- R. C. Dutt, editor, Indian Poetry: Selected and Rendered Into English, London: J.M. Dent and Co., 163 pages; anthology; Indian poetry in English, published in the United Kingdom
- Francis Jammes, Tristesses, France
- Sarojini Naidu, The Golden Threshold, Indian poet writing in English, published in Britain
- Violet Teague - Night Fall in the Ti-Tree, Australian Artist's book containing poetry
Works published in other languages
Indian">Indian poetry">Indian subcontinent
Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:- Ardoshir Faramji Kharbardar, Vilasika
- Brij Raj, Vagdevi, Indian, Dogri-Pahadi Brij Bhasha
- Kavi Dalpatram Nanalal, ' 'Vasantotsav' ', Gujarati language, India
Other languages
- Paul Claudel, France
- * Poèmes de la Sexagésime
- * "Vers d'Exil", poems published in L'Ermitage magazine
- Gjergj Fishta, Lahuta e Malcís, begins publication, Albania
- Rainer Maria Rilke, The Book of Hours, Germany
- Octavian Goga - ''Poezii''
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 3 - Padraic Fallon, Irish
- January 6 - Idris Davies, Welsh poet writing first in that language, later in English
- January 10 - R. A. K. Mason, New Zealander
- February 15 – Musa Cälil, Soviet Tatar poet and resistance fighter
- March 2 - Geoffrey Grigson, American
- March 9:
- * Peter Quennell, English
- * Rex Warner, Irish
- March 13 - Brian Howard, English poet, writer and "bright young thing"
- March 18 - Alfred Bailey, Canadian poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian and academic administrator
- March 21 - Phyllis McGinley, American
- April 10 - Norma Davis, Australian
- April 17 - Carlos Oquendo de Amat, Peruvian poet, author of 5 Meters of Poems
- April 22 - Robert Choquette Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat
- April 24 - Robert Penn Warren, American poet, critic, novelist and academic
- May 15 - Annadashankar Roy, Bengali poet
- May 20 - Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet
- June 8 - Brian Coffey, Irish poet and publisher
- June 25 - Jun'ichi Yoda 与田凖, Japanese Shōwa period poet and children's book author
- July 29 - Stanley Kunitz, American poet
- August 28 - Len Fox, Australian writer, social activist and painter
- November 2 - Georges Schehadé, Lebanese poet and playwright
- November 4
- *Xavier Abril, Peruvian poet and critic
- * Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet
- November 10 - Kurt Eggers, German writer, poet, songwriter and playwright
- November 13 - Mary Elizabeth Frye, American housewife, florist, author of the poem "Do not stand at my grave and weep"
- December 22 - Kenneth Rexroth, American poet
- December 31 - Frank Marshall Davis, American poet
- Also:
- * Winifred Maitland Shaw, Australian
- * Ibrahim Touqan إبراهيم طوقان, Palestinian, Arab-language
Deaths
- July 1 - John Hay, 66, American statesman, diplomat, author, poet, journalist and private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln
- September 18 - George MacDonald, 80, Scottish-born author, poet and Christian minister known mostly for his fantasy stories
- October 13 - Violet Fane, 62, English
- October 28 - Alphonse Allais, 51, French humorist
- December 29 - Victor Daley, 47, Irish-born Australian