2025 in poetry

Events

• April 24–27: The Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Conference occurred in McAllen, Texas, U.S.
• May 27–30: The Poetry by the Sea conference occurred in Madison, Connecticut, U.S.
• June 12–15: The 55th Poetry International Festival occurred in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Selection of works published in English

• Yuki Tanaka: Chronicle of Drifting
• Richard Siken: I Do Know Some Things
• Sylee Gore: Maximum Summer
• Matthew McConaughey: ''Poems & Prayers''

Awards

• Hugo Award for Best Poem
• Rhysling Awards

Deaths

• January 8 – Pritish Nandy, Indian poet, film director and politician
• January 15 – Li Kuei-hsien, Taiwanese poet
• January 22
• * Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet
• * Tabish Mehdi, Indian poet and critic
• July 14 – Andrea Gibson, American poet
• July 19 – Soltan Abbas, Azerbaijani poet
• July 20 – Urszula Kozioł, Polish poet and novelist
• August 27 – Charmaine Papertalk Green, Indigenous Australian poet and artist
• September 26 – Tony Harrison, English poet
• September 29 – Brian Patten, English poet