1986 in poetry

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Events

* New American Writing, an annual literary magazine concentrating on poetry, is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
*March 4 — President Ronald Reagan publicly recites from memory lines from Robert Service's "The Cremation of Sam McGee"
*Wendy Cope, "Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis" a best-seller
*December 18 — Pforzheimer Collection of the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley and his circle donated to the New York Public Library

Works published in English

=Canada=

* Don Domanski, "Hammerstroke" Canada
* D. Lee, editor, "The New Canadian Poets" (anthology) [Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, "The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics", 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Canadian Poetry" article, English "Anthologies" section, p 164]
* Michael Ondaatje:
** "All along the Mazinaw: Two Poems" (broadside), Canadan published in the United States; Milwaukie: Woodland PatternWeb page titled [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=5142 "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )"] at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008]
**"Two Poems, Woodland Pattern", Milwaukie

New Zealand

* Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):
** "The Incident Book", Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press [http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/adcock.htm Web page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File"] at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008]
** "Selected Poems", Oxford and New York : Oxford University Press
* Alan Brunton, "New Order", New York:Red Mole, work by a New Zealand poet in the United States [Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, "The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature", 1998, pp. 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson]
* Allen Curnow, "The Loop in Lone Kauri Road: Poems 1983–1985", New Zealand [ [http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/curnowa.html Allen Curnow Web page] at the New Zealand Book Council website, accessed April 21, 2008]
* Lauris Edmond, "Seasons and Creatures"Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, "The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature", 1998, "Lauris Edmond" article]
* Cilla McQueen, "Wild Sweets", New Zealand [ [http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/mcqueen.htm Cilla McQueen - NZ Literature File - LEARN - The University Of Auckland Library ] ]
* Les Murray, editor, "Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry", Melbourne, Collins Dove (new edition, 1991) [http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=216] Les Murray Web page at The Poetry Archive Web site, accessed October 15, 2007]
* Norman Simms, "Silence and Invisibility: A Study of the New Literature from the Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand", scholarshipPreminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, "The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics", 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "New Zealand Poetry" article, "History and Criticism" section, p 837]

=United Kingdom=

* Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):
** "The Incident Book", Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press [http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/adcock.htm Web page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File"] at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008]
** "Selected Poems", Oxford and New York : Oxford University Press
* Elaine Feinstein, "Badlands", Hutchinson
* Seamus Heaney: "Clearances", Cornamona Press, Northern Ireland native at this time living in the United States
* Ted Hughes, "Flowers and Insects"
* R.S. Thomas, "Experimenting with an Amen"
* Abdullah al-Udhari, editor and translator, "Modern Poetry of the Arab World", Penguin, anthology

United States

* A.R. Ammons, "The Selected Poems: Expanded Edition"
* Ralph Angel, "Anxious Latitudes"
* Gwendolyn Brooks, "The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems"
* Alan Brunton, "New Order", New York:Red Mole, work by a New Zealand poet in the United States [Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, "The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature", 1998, pp. 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson]
* Raymond Carver, "Ultramarine"
* Henri Cole, "The Marble Queen"
* Lawrence Ferlinghetti, "Over All the Obscene Boundaries"
* Alice Fulton, "Palladium"
* Marilyn Hacker, "Love, Death and the Changing of the Seasons"
* Seamus Heaney: "Clearances", Cornamona Press, Northern Ireland native at this time living in the United States
* John Hollander, "In Time and Place"
* Paul Hoover, "Nervous Songs", (L'Epervier Press)
* Jane Kenyon, "The Boat of Quiet Hours"
* Li-Young Lee, "Rose"
* Mary Oliver, "Dream Work"
* Michael Ondaatje:
** "All along the Mazinaw: Two Poems" (broadside), Canadan published in the United States; Milwaukie: Woodland PatternWeb page titled [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=5142 "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )"] at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008]
**"Two Poems, Woodland Pattern", Milwaukie
* Carl Rakosi, "Collected Poems" published by the National Poetry Foundation
* Vikram Seth, ""
* Rosmarie Waldrop, "Streets Enough to Welcome Snow" (Station Hill)

Anthologies in the United States

* Philip Dacey and David Jauss, editors of the New Formalist anthology, "Strong Measures: Contemporary American Poetry in Traditional Forms"
* Ron Silliman, editor, "In the American Tree", anthology of Language poets

Other in English

* Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: "The Second Voyage", Dublin: The Gallery Press, IrelandWeb page titled [http://www.gallerypress.com/Authors/ENchuilleanain/enchuill.html "Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin"] at The Gallery Press website, accessed May 4, 2008]
* Jayanta Mahapatra, "Dispossessed Nests", India [http://www.orissagateway.com/features/Arts_and_Architecture/Art/Literature/Poets/Jayanta_Mohapatra/] Jayata Mahapatra Web page at the Orissa Gateway Web site, accessed October 16, 2007]
* Vikram Seth, "", India

Works published in other languages

* Matilde Camus, "Sin teclado de fiebre" ("Without a fever keyboard"), Spain
* Osman Durrani, editor, "German Poetry of the Romantic Era" (with poetry in German), anthology, Leamington Spa, England: Oswald, Wolf and Berg (publisher)Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, "The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics", 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "German Poetry" article, "Anthologies in German" section, pp 473-474;First name of editor and publishing information from Murray, Christopher John, "Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850", Taylor & Francis, 2004, p 885 ]
* Kama Sywor Kamanda, "Chants de brumes", Congo native writing in French
* Wisława Szymborska: "Ludzie na moście" ("People on the Bridge"), Poland

Awards and honors

Australia

* C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Rhyll McMaster, "Washing the Money" and John A. Scott, "St. Clair"
* Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Robert Gray "Selected Poems 1963-83"
* Mary Gilmore Prize: Stephen Williams - "A Crowd of Voices"

=Canada=

* Gerald Lampert Award
* Archibald Lampman Award
* See 1986 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
* Pat Lowther Award

=United Kingdom=

* Cholmondeley Award: Lawrence Durrell, James Fenton, Selima Hill
* Eric Gregory Award: Mick North, Lachlan Mackinnon, Oliver Reynolds, Stephen Romer
* Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Norman MacCaig

United States

* Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Robley Wilson, "Kingdoms of the Ordinary"
* Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: John Koethe, "Mistral"
* Frost Medal: Allen Ginsberg / Richard Eberhart
* Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress appointed: Robert Penn Warren
* Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Henry Taylor, "The Flying Change"
* Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: Adrienne Rich
* Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Irving Feldman and Howard Moss

Deaths

* January 12 - Bob Kaufman, at 60, of emphysema
* March 4 - Elizabeth Smart, at 72
* March 30 - John Ciardi, at 69, of a heart attack
* June 24 - Rex Warner
* July 13 - Brion Gysin, at 70
* August 20 - Milton Acorn, at 63, of heart disease and diabetes
* August 31 - Elizabeth Coatsworth, at 93
* December 8 - Henry Reed, at 72
* date not known - William Sydney Graham

ee also

* Poetry
* List of years in poetry
* List of poetry awards

References