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Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
- Margaret Avison, Selected Poems Canada
- Earle Birney, Last Makings: Poems. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart.[2]
- Don Domanski, Wolf-Ladder (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
- Jeffery Donaldson, Once out of Nature,[3] McClelland & Stewart.
- Louis Dudek, Europe. Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill, 1991.[4]
- Louis Dudek, Small Perfect Things. Montreal: DC Books.[4]
- Robert Finch, Miracle at the Jetty. Port Rowan, ON: Leeboard Press.[5]
- Dorothy Livesay, The Woman I Am. Montreal: Guernica.[6]
- Laura Lush, Hometown, Montreal: Vehicle Press.
- Anne Marriott, Aqua, Toronto: Wolsak & Wynn.[7]
- Don McKay, Night Field (Canada)[8]
- Roy Miki, In Saving Face: Poems Selected, 1976-1988, Canada
- P. K. Page, The Glass Air: Selected Poems (an expanded edition; original edition published in 1985)[3]
- John Pass, The Hour's Acropolis, shortlisted for the 1993 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, ISBN 1-55017-043-0
- Raymond Souster, Running Out the Clock. Ottawa: Oberon Press.[9]
- George Woodcock, Tolstoy at Yasnaya Polyana & other Poems, Kingston: Quarry Press, Canada[10]
- Gieve Patel, Mirrored, Mirroring ( Poetry in English ), Oxford University Press, New Delhi[11]
- Sujata Bhatt, Monkey Shadows ( Poetry in English ), received a Poetry Book Society Recommendation; Carcanet Press[12]
- Ranjit Hoskote, Zones of Assault ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Rupa & Co., ISBN 81-7167-063-6[13]
- Sudeep Sen:
- Kali in Ottava Rima, Paramount, London, 1992; Rupa, New Delhi, 1991, ISBN 81-7167-235-3[14]
- New York Times, New Delhi: Rupa, ISBN 81-7167-235-3 (reprinted in 1993, London: The Many Press, ISBN 0-907326-25-0)[14]
- Dilip Chitre, Travelling in a Cage[15]
- Brian Coffey, Poems and Versions 1929–1990, including "Death of Hektor" and "For What for Whom Unwanted"[16]
- Gerald Dawe, Sunday School, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-063-5
- Paul Durcan, Crazy About Women, including "The Levite and His Concubine at Gibeah"[16]
- Eamon Grennan, As If It Matters, including "Breaking Points", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press[16]
- John Hewitt, Collected Poems, Belfast: The Blackstaff Press[16]
- Michael Longley:
- Gorse Fires, including "Between Hovers", "Laertes", "Argos" and "The Butchers"[16]
- Poems 1963–1983, including "In memoriam", "Caravan", "Wounds", "Ghost Town", "Man Lying on a Wall", "Wreaths", "Mayo Monologues" and "The Linen Industry"[16]
- Thomas McGreevy, Collected Poems, including "Homage to Hieronymous Bosch" and "Recessional"[16]
- Medbh McGuckian, Marconi's Cottage, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press[16]
- Paula Meehan, The Man Who Was Marked by Winter, "The Pattern" and "Child Burial", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press[16]
- Bernard O'Donoghue, The Weakness, including "A Nun Takes the Veil" and "The Weakness", Chatto and Windus[16]
- Peter Sirr, Ways of Falling, including "A Few Helpful Hints", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press[16]
- Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):
- Time-zones, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press[17]
- Selected Poems, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press[17]
- Jenny Bornholdt, Waiting Shelter, New Zealand
- Alan Brunton, Slow Passes 1978–1988[18]
- Lauris Edmond, New and Selected Poems, Auckland: Oxford University Press[19]
- Michele Leggott, Swimmers, Dancers, Auckland : Auckland University Press
- Bill Manhire, Milky Way Bar, New Zealand
- Bob Orr, Breeze[20]
United Kingdom
- Dannie Abse, There Was a Young Man From Cardiff, autobiography[21]
- Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):
- Time-zones, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press[17]
- Selected Poems, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press[17]
- W. H. Auden, Collected Poems
- George Mackay Brown, Selected Poems 1954–1983[21]
- Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns
- Paul Durcan, Crazy About Women[21]
- Gavin Ewart, Collected Poems 1980–1991[21]
- John Fuller, The Mechanical Body[21]
- Lavinia Greenlaw, The Cost of Getting Lost in Space[21]
- Philip Gross, The Son of the Duke of Nowhere[21]
- Michael Hamburger, Roots in the Air[21]
- Tony Harrison, A Cold Coming[21]
- Seamus Heaney:
- Paul Henry, Time Pieces, Seren
- Linton Kwesi Johnson, Tings an' Times[21]
- P. J. Kavanagh, An Enchantment[21]
- Jackie Kay, The Adoption Papers[21]
- Thomas Kinsella, Madonna, and Other Poems[21]
- Kenneth Koch, Selected Poems, Manchester: Carcanet, American poet's book published in the United Kingdom[22]
- Liz Lochhead, Bagpipe Muzak[21]
- Michael Longley, Gorse Fires[21]
- George MacBeth, Trespassing[21]
- Medbh McGukian, Marconi's Cottage[21]
- Jamie McKendrick, The Sirocco Room[21]
- Derek Mahon, Selected Poems. Viking
- Edwin Morgan, Hold Hands Among the Atoms[21]
- Andrew Motion, Love in a Life[21]
- Sean O'Brien, HMS Glasshouse,[21] Oxford University Press
- Christopher Reid, In the Echoey Tunnel[21]
- C. H. Sisson, Antidotes[21]
- Gerard Woodward, Householder
- Arnold Adoff – In for Winter, Out for Spring
- John Ashbery, Flow Chart
- Gwendolyn Brooks, Children Coming Home
- Robert Creeley, Selected Poems 1945-90[23]
- Billy Collins, Questions About Angels (ISBN 0-8229-4211-9), the winner of the National Poetry Series competition in 1993
- Paul Hoover, The Novel: A Poem (New Directions)
- Howard Nemerov, Trying Conclusions: New and Selected Poems, 1961-1991 (University of Chicago Press)
- Grace Paley, Long Walks and Intimate Talks (stories and poems)
- Kenneth Rexroth, Flower Wreath Hill: Later Poems
- Eleanor Ross Taylor, Days Going/Days Coming Back[24]
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States
- William Meredith, Poems Are Hard to Read, criticism
- Jacqueline Vaught Brogan, Part of the Climate: American Cubist Poetry, University of California Press, scholarship[25]
- M.L. Rosenthal, Our Life in Poetry, collection of literary criticism, including the influential "Poetry as Confession", an article appearing in 1959 in which Rosenthall coined the term "confessional" as used in Confessional poetry[26]
Listed in alphabetical order by first name:
- K. Siva Reddy, Sivareddy Kavita, Hyderabad: Jhari Poetry Circle, Telugu-language[30]
- Mallika Sengupta, Haghare O Debdasi, Kolkata: Prativas Publication; Bengali-language[31]
- Nirendranath Chakravarti, Aay Rongo, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers; Bengali-language[32]
- Prathibha Nandakumar, Rasteyanchina gaadi ("Cart at the Edge of the Road"), Bangalore: Kannada Sangha, Christ College; Kannada-language[33]
- Rajendra Kishore Panda, Bahubreehi, Jharsuguda: Soubhagya Manjari, Jharsuguda, Oraya-language[34]
- Stanisław Barańczak, Biografioly: poczet 56 jednostek slawnych, slawetnych i oslawionych ("Biographies of 56 Celebrated, Famous or Notorious Individuals"), light verse; Poznan: a5[35]
- Stanisław Barańczak, Zwierzeca zajadlosc: z zapiskow zniecheconego zoologa ("Animal Ferocity: From the Notes of a Discouraged Zoologist"), light verse; Poznan: a5[35]
- Czesław Miłosz, Dalsze okolice ("Farther Surroundings"); Kraków: Znak[36]
- Tadeusz Różewicz, Płaskorzeźba ("Bas-Relief"), Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie[37]
- Jan Twardowski, Uśmiech Pana Boga. Wiersze dla dzieci ("The Smile of God: Poems for Children"), Warsaw: Nasza Księgarnia[38]
Other languages
- Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, Tomoshibi ("Light"), Japan, with English translations
- Mario Benedetti, Las soledades de Babel ("The Loneliness of Babel"), Uruguay[39]
- Odysseus Elytis, The Elegies of Oxopetras (Τα Ελεγεία της Οξώπετρας)
- Ndoc Gjetja, Kthimet ("Returns"); Albania[40]
- Alexander Mezhirov, Избранное ("Favorite"), Russia
- Eugenio Montale, Tutte le poesie, edited by Giorgio Zampa. Jonathan Galassi in 1998 called this book the "most comprehensive edition of Montale's poems"; posthumously published; Italy[41]
- Nizar Qabbani, Syrian, Arabic-language poet:
- Do You Hear the Cry of My Sadness?
- Marginal Notes on the Book of Defeat
- Rami Saari, Gvarim Ba-tzomet ("Men at the Crossroad"), Israeli writing in Hebrew[42]
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 5 – Vasko Popa (born 1921), Serbian poet
- January 22 – Robert Choquette (born 1905), Canadian novelist and poet
- January 29 – John Glassco (born 1909), Canadian poet, memoirist and novelist
- February 21 – Dorothy Auchterlonie (born 1915), Australian poet, academic and literary critic
- March 10 – Etheridge Knight (born 1931), American poet
- March 22 – Paul Engle (born 1908), American poet, writer, editor, and novelist
- April 7 – R. F. Brissenden (born 1928), Australian poet, novelist, critic and academic
- April 12 – James Schuyler, 67, American poet and a central figure in the New York School, of a stroke
- June 22 – George Thaniel (born 1938), Canadian poet
- July 5 – Howard Nemerov, 71, former U.S. Poet Laureate, of cancer
- September 2 – Laura Riding Jackson, 90, American poet and writer, of a heart attack
- September 24 – Dr. Seuss, 87, American author of children's verse
- September 27 – Roy Fuller (born 1912), English poet and writer
- October 11 – Steven "Jesse" Bernstein (born 1950), American performance poet, suicide
- October 27 – George Barker (born 1913), English poet
- December 14 – John Arlott (born 1914), English cricket commentator and poet
- Also – Clementina Suárez (born 1902), Honduran poet
Lehman, David, preface, The Best American Poetry 1992, 1992
Roberts, Neil, editor, A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry, Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003, ISBN 978-1-4051-1361-8, retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009
Web page titled "Don McKay" at the "writing canada into the millennium" Web site, accessed October 6, 2007
Web page titled "The Works of George Woodcock" at the Anarchy Archives website, which states: "This list is based on The Record of George Woodcock (issued for his eightieth birthday) and Ivan Avakumovic's bibliography in A Political Art: Essays and Images in Honour of George Woodcock, edited by W.H. New, 1978, with additions to bring it up to date"; accessed April 24, 2008
Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, ISBN 0-85640-561-2
Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, pp. 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson
Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, "Lauris Edmond" article
Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "American Poetry" article, "History and Criticism" section, p. 66
Rosenthal, Our Life in Poetry pages 109 – 112
Eugenio Montale, Collected Poems 1920-1954, translated and edited by Jonathan Galassi, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998, ISBN 0-374-12554-6