1575 in poetry

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

Great Britain

 * Nicholas Breton, A Small Handful of Fragrant Flowers
 * Thomas Churchyard, The Firste Parte of Churchyardes Chippes [sic], some prose but mostly poetry; in part, it recounts how Queen Elizabeth was received by the city of Bristow
 * George Gascoigne, The Posies of George Gascoigne Esquire [sic], the second, very expanded edition of A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres [sic] 1573; includes "The Fruits of Warre" [sic] (the author's longest poem}) and "Certayne Notes of Instruction Concerning the Making of Verse or Ryme in English" [sic] (see also The Whole Woorkes [sic] 1587)
 * John Rolland, The Court of Venus

Other

 * Philippe Desportes, an edition of his works; France
 * Veronica Franco, Terze rime; Italian

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * August 14 – Robert Hayman (died 1629) poet, colonist and Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland; his book, Qvodlibets'' ("What you will"), published in 1628, is the first book of English poetry written in what would become Canada.
 * Also:
 * Edmund Bolton (died c. 1633), English historian and poet, born this year by his own account
 * Cyril Tourneur (died 1626), English playwright and poet
 * Sir William Vaughan, "Orpheus junior" (died 1641), Welsh writer, poet and colonial investor
 * Henry Willobie (died 1596), English
 * Approximate date:
 * Walter Quin (died 1640), Irish-born English court poet and author writing in English, Latin, French and Italian

Deaths

 * April 10 (buried) – Anna Bijns (born 1493), Dutch
 * August 14 – Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (born 1503), Spanish
 * Also:
 * Giovanni Battista Pigna (born 1530), Italian, Latin-language poet
 * Adam Reusner (approximate date; born sometime from 1471 to 1496), German
 * William Stevenson (born 1530), English poet, author and clergyman; presumed playwright