2025 in poetry

This article covers 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

:Marie Brennan, for "A War of Words"

• Rhysling Awards

:Mary Soon Lee, for "The Blackthorn" (long form), and F.J. Bergmann, for "Lost Ark" (short form)

Deaths

• January 8 – Pritish Nandy (born 1951), Indian poet, film director and politician
• January 15 – Li Kuei-hsien (born 1937), Taiwanese poet
• January 22
• Michael Longley (born 1939), Northern Irish poet
• Tabish Mehdi (born 1951), Indian poet and critic
• July 14 – Andrea Gibson (born 1975), American poet
• July 19 – Soltan Abbas (born 1933), Azerbaijani poet
• July 20 – Urszula Kozioł (born 1931), Polish poet and novelist
• August 27 – Charmaine Papertalk Green (born 1962), Indigenous Australian poet and artist
• September 26 – Tony Harrison (born 1937), English poet
• September 29 – Brian Patten (born 1946), English poet

See also

• List of years in poetry

References