– Janet Frame, 79, English novelist who wrote poetry all her life; she published one collection, The Pocket Mirror, in 1967. February 17 – Bruce Beaver (born 1928), Australian March 3 – Pedro Pietri 59, Puerto Rican/American poet March 12 – Cid Corman, 79, American poet, translator and editor August 29 – Donald Allen, influential editor, publisher, and translator of contemporary American literature who edited The New American Poetry 1945-1960, an influential book republished in 1990. September 16 – Virginia Hamilton Adair, 91, American poet October 20 – Anthony Hecht, American poet December 2 – Mona Van Duyn (born 1921), American poet December 8 – Jackson Mac Low, American poet December 26 – Ishigaki Rin 石垣りん (born 1920), Japanese poet, employee of the Industrial Bank of Japan, sometimes called "the bank teller poet" date not known – Mary Elizabeth Frye (born 1905), American housewife, florist, author of the poem "Do not stand at my grave and weep" See also Poetry List of poetry awards References Notes "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto 2000s in poetry Poetry