This is a list of articles about poetry in a single language or produced by a single nation.

World languages will tend to have a large body of poetry contributed to by several nations (Anglosphere, Francophonie, Latin America, German-speaking Europe), while for smaller languages, the body of poetry in a particular language will be identical to the national poetry of the nation or ethnicity associated with that language.

• Rhapsode
• Rishi
• Sanskrit poetry
• Indian epic poetry
• Bard
• Skald
• Germanic poetry
• Old Norse poetry
• Biblical poetry
• Hebrew and Jewish epic poetry
• Ghazal
• Latin poetry

• Ethnopoetics
• Latin American poetry