1929 in poetry

Years in poetry:	1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932
Years in literature:	1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932
Decades in poetry:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
Centuries in poetry:	19th century 20th century 21st century
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
Years:	1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932

[edit] Events

The Little Review, edited by Margaret Caroline Anderson and Jane Heap, ceases publication
The Dial ceases publication

Djuna Barnes, A Night Among the Horses a collection of prose and poetry expanded from her 1923 volume, A Book
Robert Bridges, The Testament of Beauty
Cecil Day-Lewis, Transitional Poem
Emily Dickenson, Little, Brown, & Company publishes 150 of her recently discovered poems
Robinson Jeffers, Dear Judas and Other Poems
D. H. Lawrence, Pansies
I. A. Richards, Practical Criticism: A Study in Literary Judgement
W. B. Yeats, The Winding Stair

February 16 — Peter Porter, Australian-born British poet and regular participant in the weekly meetings of The Group
April 2 — Edward Dorn (died 1999) American poet associated with the Black Mountain poets
May 16 — Adrienne Rich, American poet
August 21 — X. J. Kennedy, American formalist poet, translator, anthologist and writer of children's literature
August 29 - Thom Gunn, poet
October 28 — John Hollander, American poet and literary critic

March 8 — Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy, 45, British poet and Anglican priest nicknamed "Woodbine Willy" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes along with spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers
March 28 — Katharine Lee Bates, 69, American poet best knonw as the author of the words to the anthem "America the Beautiful"
June 8 - Bliss Carman, 68, Canadian poet
July 15 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 55, Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, and dramatist