1000s in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events
1005 - 1007:
 * Compilation of the Shūi Wakashū, the third imperial Japanese poetry anthology

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:

1001:
 * Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (died 1091), Arab Andalusian poet of Arabic language

1002:
 * Mei Yaochen (died 1060), Song poet

1003:
 * Ibn Zaydún (died 1071), Arabic poet

1004:
 * Nasir Khusraw (died 1088), Persian poet

1006:
 * Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (died 1088), Afghan poet, also known as "Shaikul Mashayekh" (Arabic: شیخ المشایخ) [Master of (Sufi) Masters]

1007:
 * Ouyang Xiu (died 1072), Chinese statesman, historian, essayist and poet of the Song Dynasty

1009:
 * Qatran Tabrizi (died 1072), Persian poet

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

1001:
 * Wang Yucheng (born 954), Song poet

1007:
 * Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani (born 967), master of Arabic prose

1008:
 * Gunnlaugr ormstunga (born 983), Icelandic skald, from injuries sustained after defeating skald Hrafn Önundarson in battle.