1955 in poetry
…in poetry" article: January 1 – Mizuho Ōta 太田水穂, pen-name of Teiichi Ōta 太田 貞, occasionally also using alternative pen name "Mizuhonoya", 78 (born 1876), Shōwa period Japanese poet and literary scholar (surname: Ōta) January 19 – Kenneth Mackenzie, writing fiction as Seaforth Mackenzie, 41 (born 1913…