2025 in poetry

• 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 ==