1872 in poetry

	This is part of the List of years in poetry
Years in poetry:	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875
Years in literature:	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875
Decades in poetry:	1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
Centuries in poetry:	18th century 19th century 20th century
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
Years:	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875

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June 27 — Paul Laurence Dunbar (died 1906), African-American poet
November 30 — John McCrae (died 1918), Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier wjp died in World War I and best known for writing the famous war memorial poem In Flanders Fields.
date not known:
- John Shaw Nielson, Australian poet
- Leonora Speyer. American poet