1925 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature, including Irish or France.
Events
- January - Ezra Pound returns to Rapallo, Italy from Sicily to settle permanently after a brief stay the year before.
- February 11 - Eli Siegel wins The Nation Poetry Prize for "Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana".
- February 21 - First issue of The New Yorker magazine is published.
- November 21 - First issue of McGill Fortnightly Review, a publication of Montreal Group of modernist poets and the first organ to feature modernist poetry, fiction, and literary criticism in Canada.
- December 28 - Russian poet Sergei Yesenin writes his farewell poem, "Goodbye, my friend, goodbye", in his own blood before hanging himself at the Angleterre Hotel in Leningrad.
- T. S. Eliot leaves Lloyds Bank in London and joins the new publishing house of Faber and Gwyer.
- An unofficial ban by Soviet authorities on poetry by Anna Akhmatova begins; she will be unable to publish until 1940.
Works published
Canada">Canadian poetry">Canada
- Arthur Bourinot, Pattering Feet: A book of childhood verses.
- Archibald Lampman, Lyrics of Earth: Sonnets and Ballads, Duncan Campbell Scott ed. Posthumously published—not to be confused with Lampman's 1895 book of the same name.
- Marjorie Pickthall:
- *Little Songs
- *The Complete Poems of Marjorie Pickthall.
- E. J. Pratt, The Witches' Brew, Toronto: Macmillan.
- Charles G. D. Roberts. The Sweet o' the Year and Other Poems..
- Theodore Goodridge Roberts. Seven Poems. private.
- Seranus, Songs of Love and Labor.
India">Indian poetry">India in English">Indian poetry in English">in English
- Shyam Sunder Lal Chordia, Seeking and Other Poems, Allahabad: The Indian Press
- M. U. Malkani and T. H. Advani, The Longing Lute, Karachi: Kohinoor Printing Works
United Kingdom">English poetry">United Kingdom
- Edmund Blunden, Masks of Time
- Gordon Bottomley, Poems of Thirty Years
- Robert Bridges:
- * New Verse Written in 1921 which included his Neo-Miltonic syllabics
- * The Tapestry: Poems
- W. H. Davies, A Poet's Alphabet
- Cecil Day-Lewis, Beechen, Vigil, and Other Poems
- T. S. Eliot, Poems 1909-1925, including "The Hollow Men"
- 'Gawain Poet', Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, edited by J. R. R. Tolkien and E. V. Gordon
- Robert Graves, Welchman's Hose
- Graham Greene, Babbling April
- Thomas Hardy, Human Shows, Far Phantasies, Songs and Trifles, the last work published in the author's lifetime
- Hugh MacDiarmid, pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve, Sangshaw
- Edwin Muir, First Poems
- Edith Sitwell, Troy Park
- Sylvia Townsend Warner, The Espalier
- Humbert Wolfe, The Unknown Goddess
- W. B. Yeats, ''A Vision''
United States">American poetry">United States
- Léonie Adams, Those Not Elect
- Maxwell Anderson, You Who Have Dreams
- Stephen Vincent Benét, Tiger Joy
- Countee Cullen:
- *On These I Stand, Harper & Row
- * Color
- E. E. Cummings:
- * &
- * XLI Poems
- Babette Deutsch, Honey Out of the Rock
- John Gould Fletcher, Parables
- H.D., Collected Poems of H.D.
- Robert Hillyer, The Halt in the Garden
- Robinson Jeffers, Roan Stallion
- William Ellery Leonard, Two Lives
- Archibald MacLeish, The Pot of Earth
- Ezra Pound, A Draft of XVI Cantos, Paris
- Edwin Arlington Robinson, Dionysius in Doubt
- Eli Siegel, "Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana"
- Ridgely Torrence, ''Hesperides''
Other in English
- W. B. Yeats, A Vision, Ireland
Works published in other languages
France">French poetry">France
- Guillaume Apollinaire, pen name of Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky, Le cortege priapique, posthumously published
- Louis Aragon, Le Mouvement perpétuel
- Antonin Artaud:
- * L'ombilic des limbes, poetry and essays, Paris: Nouvelle Revue Française
- * Le Pese-nerfs
- André Breton, Clair de terre
- Paul Claudel, Feuilles de saints
- Max Jacob, Les Penitants en maillots roses
- Francis Jammes:
- * Brindilles pour rallumer la foi, Paris: Éditions Spes
- * Livres des quatrains, published each year from 1922 to this year
- Raymond Radiguet, Les Joues en feu, published posthumously
- Pierre Reverdy, Grande Nature
- Jules Supervielle, Gravitations
- Charles Vildrac, Poèmes de l'Abbaye
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:Hindi">Hindi poetry">Hindi
- Jayashankar Prasad, Asu, Chayavadi poem on love and beauty
- Maithilisharan Gupta, Pancavati, a khanda kavya based on the Ram legend
- Mohan Lal Mahato Viyogi, Achuta, verses on social and political problems
Telugu">Telugu poetry">Telugu
- Devulapalli Krishna Shastri, Krishna Paksham, a very prominent work of Telugu romantic literature
- Nanduri Venkata Subba Rao, Yenki Patalu, 35 lyrics in the language of common folk, on romantic love and the beauty of nature; a prominent work of modern Telagu poetry about "Enki" or "Yenki", a devoted, simple, country woman of Andhra dedicated to her lover, Naidu Bava "Yenki and her beloved Nayudu Bava have become living legends in modern Telugu literature", according to C. R. Sarma
- Rayaprolu Subba Rao, Jada Kucculu, lyrics
- Visvanatha Satyanarayana, Kinnerasani patalu and Kokilamma Pelli, two works published in the same volume
Other Indian languages
- Altaf Husain Hali, Intikhab-i Sukhan, 11-volume anthology of Urdu poetry published from this year to 1943; each volume contains poems from several authors
- Ardoshir Faramji Kharbardar, Sandeshika
- Dimbeshwar Neog, Thupitra, Assamese-language
- Keshavkumar, also known as P. K. Atre, Jhendici Phule, Marathi satirical and humorous poems
- Rabindranath Thakur, Purabi, Bengali, includes love poems
- Sita Nath Brahma Chaudhury, Kamal Kali, Assamese
- Syed jalal, Mahakmah-yi Nazir Ahmad, Shibli, Azad, Hali Ki inshapardazi par, work of Urdu criticism; a study of four Urdu poets: Nazir Ahmad, Shibli, Azad, and Hali
- D. T. Tatacharya, Kapinam Upavasah, satirical Sanskrit poem
- Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Choudhury, Suta puranamu, Telugu epic in four cantos
Spanish language
- Rafael Alberti, Marinero en tierra ; Spain
- Rafael Méndez Dorich, Sensacionario, Peruvian poet published in Argentina
- José Gorostiza, Canciones para cantar en las barcas, Mexico
- Salvador Novo, XX Poemas, Mexico
- Miguel de Unamuno, De Fuerteventura a París, Spain
Other languages
- Sophus Claussen, Heroica, including Atomernes Oprør, Denmark
- Uri Zvi Greenberg, Eymah Gedolah Ve-Yareah, Hebrew language, Mandatory Palestine
- Lionel Léveillé, Chante, rossignol, chante, French language, Canada
- Eugenio Montale, Ossi di seppia, first edition; second edition, 1928, with six new poems and an introduction by Alfredo Gargiulo; third edition, 1931, Lanciano: Carabba; Italy
Awards and honors
- Dial Award: E.E. Cummings
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Edwin Arlington Robinson, ''The Man Who Died Twice''
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 14 - Yukio Mishima 2=三島 由紀夫, pen name of Kimitake Hiraoka 2=平岡 公威, Japanese author, poet and playwright
- January 20 - Jamiluddin Aali جمیل الدین عالی, Indian-born Urdu poet, critic, playwright, essayist, columnist and scholar
- February 8 - Francis Webb Australian poet
- February 20 - Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim, Lithuanian-born Yiddish poet and teacher
- February 22 - Gerald Stern, American
- February 27 - Kenneth Koch American poet, playwright, professor and prominent poet of the "New York School" of poetry
- March 10 - Manolis Anagnostakis Greek poet and critic
- March 13 - Inge Müller East German
- March 14 - John Wain English poet, novelist and critic associated with the literary group The Movement.
- March 25 - Theodore Enslin, American
- April 18 - Bob Kaufman, American Beat poet and surrealist
- June 6 - Maxine Kumin, American poet and author; Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1981–1982
- July 4 - Ciril Zlobec, Slovene poet and politician
- August 1 - Ernst Jandl, Austrian poet, author and translator
- August 12 - Donald Justice, American poet and writing teacher
- August 16 - Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Azerbaijani poet and philologist
- September 16 - Samuel Menashe, American poet; first to receive "The Neglected Masters Award" given by the U.S. Poetry Foundation in 2004
- October 8 - Philip Booth, American poet and educator
- October 28 - Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener
- November 15 - Heinz Piontek, German
- November 27 - Munier Choudhury, Bengali educator, playwright, literary critic and political dissident
- December 10 - Carolyn Kizer, American poet and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1985
- December 12 - Laurence Lerner, South African-born poet and academic
Deaths
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 31 - George Washington Cable, 80, American novelist and poet
- February 15 - Kinoshita Rigen 2=木下利玄, pen-name of Kinoshita Toshiharu, Japanese Meiji- and Taishō-period tanka poet
- February 22 - Nina Salaman, 47, English poet noted for her translations from medieval Hebrew poetry; cancer
- May 12 - Amy Lowell, 51, American poet of the imagist school; posthumously wins the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926
- June 6 - Pierre Louÿs, 54, French poet
- June 17 - A. C. Benson, 63, English author and poet who wrote the words to "Land of Hope and Glory"
- June 27 - A. D. Godley, 69, Irish-born English classical scholar and writer of light verse
- September 11 - Gustav Kastropp, 81 German poet and librettist
- October 27 - Darrell Figgis, 43, Irish poet and nationalist; suicide
- December 28 - Sergei Yesenin, 30, Russian poet