1952 in poetry

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November — The Group British poetry movement of the 1950s and 1960s began at Downing College, Cambridge University, Philip Hobsbaum along with two friends — Tony Davis and Neil Morris — dissatisfied with the way poetry was read aloud in the university, decided to place a notice in the undergraduate newspaper Varsity for people interested in forming a poetry discussion group. Five others, including Peter Redgrove came along to the first meeting. This poetry discussion group met once a week during term. The group was later moved to London.
E. E. Cummings is appointed to a Charles Eliot Norton Professorship at Harvard.

R. Berndt, editor, Djanggawul, anthology of Australian poetry^[1]
Robert Creeley, Le Fou, American published in Europe^[2]
Nissim Ezekiel, Time To Change, Indian living at this time in the United Kingdom^[3]
Michael Hamburger, translator into English from the German original of Austrian Georg Trakl's Decline: 12 Poems, Guido Morris / Latin Press,
David Jones, The Anathemata
Dylan Thomas, In Country Sleep, including the poem "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night"
Wisława Szymborska: Dlatego żyjemy ("That's Why We Are Alive"), Poland
R.S. Thomas, An Acre of Land

James K. Baxter, Louis Johnson and Anton Vogt, Poems Unpleasant, Christchurch: Pegasus Press
A. R. D. Fairburn:
- Three Poems^[4]
- Strange Rendezvous^[4]
Keith Sinclair, Songs for a Summer and Other Poems
Robert Thompson, editor, 13 New Zealand Poets

January 17 — Barry Dempster, a Canadian poet and novelist
January 20 — Roo Borson, Canada
January 24 — Alice Fulton, an American poet, author, and MacArthur Foundation fellow
March 12 — Naomi Shihab Nye, American poet and songwriter born to a Palestinian father and American mother
June 5 — Mark Jarman, American poet and critic often identified with the "New Narrative" branch of the New Formalism
August 5 — D. C. Reid, a Canadian poet, novelist and short story writer
August 28 — Rita Dove, an African American poet and author and former Poet Laureate of the United States
October 26 — Andrew Motion English poetry poet, novelist and biographer and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom.
November 7 — Malca Litovitz, Canadian poet, author and educator
December 20 — Sky Gilbert, a Canadian poet, writer, actor, academic and drag performer
date not known:
- Jimmy Santiago Baca, American poet and writer
- Roo Borson, American-born Canadian poet
- Judith Ortiz Cofer born in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, an author of poetry, short stories, autobiography, essays, and young adult novels
- Carla Harryman, American poet and playwright
- Jan Horner
- Carole Langille
- Dorianne Laux, American poet
- Alberto Rios American poet and writer
- Carolyn Smart, English-Canadian poet and educator
- Gary Soto, Mexican-American poet and author
- Susan Stewart — American poet, academic and literary critic
- Maxine Chernoff — American poet and writer

September 26 — George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist
November 16 — Charles Maurras, 84, French author, poet, and critic
November 18 — Paul Éluard, 56, French poet who broke with Surrealism when he became a Stalinist
November 23 — Aaro Hellaakoski, Finnish poet
date not known:
- Roger Vitrac, poet and dramatist
- Arthur Sheerly Cripps

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^ Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Australian Poetry" article, Anthologies section, p 108
^ Everett, Nicholas, "Robert Creeley's Life and Career" at the Modern American Poetry website, accessed May 1, 2008
^ [1]Joffe, Lawrence, "Nissim Ezekiel: Gifted poet nurturing English-language verse in India", obituary, The Guardian, March 9, 2004, accessed October 16, 2007
^ ^a ^b [ "A. R. D. Fairburn" article] in The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 1966 website, accessed April 21, 2008

	This is part of the List of years in poetry
Years in poetry:	1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Years in literature:	1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Decades in poetry:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Centuries in poetry:	19th century 20th century 21st century
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955