2009 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: Poems from these 25 poets were selected by James Brown for Best New Zealand Poems 2008, published online this year:

These poets appeared in The Best American Poetry 2009, with David Lehman, general editor, and David Wagoner, guest editor (who selected the poetry):[26]

Listed in alphabetical order by first name: Books of poetry were published this year by Igor Bulatovsky, Ilya Kucherov, Dmitry Grigoryev, Natalya Chernykh, Aleksey Porvin, Boris Khersonsky, Aleksandr Mironov, Gali-Dana Singer and Vadim Mesyats[45] Awards announced this year: [59] 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-3 Category – Grades 5 & 6 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-4 Category – Grades 7 & 8 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-5 Category – Grades 9 & 10 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-6 Category – Grades 11 & 12 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-7 Category – Community College 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-8 Category – Undergraduate College 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: Poetry Society Prize 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: Jenkins Prize 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: Virginia Student Prize Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

Seamus Heaney addresses the Law Society (University College Dublin), this year
Wisława Szymborska on October 23
Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki , accepting the Gdynia Literary Prize , for poetry; he also won the Nike Award for best literary work in Poland