1970 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events May – "La nuit de la poésie", a poetry reading in Montreal bringing together poets from French Canada to recite before an audience of more than 2,000 in the Théâtre du Gesu, lasting until 7 a.m. Release of Tomfoolery, an animated film directed by Joy Batchelor and John Halas, based on the nonsense verse of Edward Lear (especially "The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo") and Lewis Carroll First issue of Tapia (later named the Trinidad & Tobago Review) published In the United Kingdom, "My Enemies Have Sweet Voices", a poem by Pete Morgan, is set to music by Al Stewart and included in his "Zero She Flies" album this year. Works published in English Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: Australia Robert Adamson Canticles on the Skin B. Elliott and A. Mitchell, Bards in the Wilderness: Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920, anthology John Tranter, Parallax, South Head Press Canada Earle Birney, Rag & Bone Shop. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart). Joan Finnigan, It Was Warm and