Overview of the events of 1787 in poetry
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Births
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- May 14 – Alexander Laing (died 1857), Scottish poet
- November 15 – Richard Henry Dana Sr. (died 1879), American poet, critic and lawyer
- November 21 – Bryan Procter ("Barry Cornwall") (died 1874), English poet
- December 16 – Mary Russell Mitford (died 1855), English novelist, poet and dramatist
- Margaret Miller Davidson, Sr. (died 1844), American novelist, mother of poets Lucretia Maria Davidson, Margaret Miller Davidson and Levi P. Davidson
- Susanna Hawkins (died 1868), Scottish poet
Deaths
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