6th century in poetry

Poets

• 'Abid ibn al-Abras, (d. 554)
• Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya (d. c. 560)
• 'Alqama ibn 'Abada
• Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha (570–625)
• al-Nabighah al-Dhubyani
• Amr ibn Kulthum ( - c. 584?)
• Antarah ibn Shaddad (525–608)
• Asma bint Marwan
• Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-Yashkuri (approx.)
• Imru' al-Qais flourished mid-century; purported inventor of the Qasida form
• Ka'b bin Zuhayr flourished during the time of Mohammed, son of Zuhayr
• Labīd (560–661)
• Tarafah ibn al 'Abd
• Zuhayr (520–609), Arabic pre-Islamic poet, father of Ka'b bin Zuhayr

Works

Poets

Listed in order by year of birth, if known or estimated:

• Aneirin, a Brythonic Bard, flourishes in Cumbria toward the end of the century
• Arator, of Liguria, writing in Latin
• Sigisteus, Vandal count, patron of Parthenius and a poet himself^[1]
• Parthenius, patronized by the Vandal Count Sigisteus^[1]
• Jacob of Serugh (451 – Nov. 521), writing in Syriac
• Blossius Aemilius Dracontius (c. 455 – c. 505) of Carthage, a Latin poet
• Magnus Felix Ennodius (474 – July 17, 521), Bishop of Pavia and poet, writing in Latin
• Coluthus of Lycopolis (fl. 491-518), writing in Greek
• Venantius Fortunatus (c. 530 – c. 600), Latin poet and hymnodist from Northern Italy
• Myrddin Wyllt (later 6th century?), semi- (or wholly) legendary Welsh poet and prophet living in Scotland
• Taliesin (c. 534 – c. 599), the earliest definitely identified Welsh poet
• Chilperic I (c. 539 – September 584) Frankish king of Neustria and a Latin poet^[1]
• Saint Columbanus (c. 543–615), Hiberno-Latin poet and writer

Works

• Taliesin (c. 534 – c. 599), whose work has survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the Book of Taliesin.
• 544 – Arator declaims his poem De Actibus Apostolorum in the Church of San Pietro-in-Vinculi

Poets

• Musaeus
• Agathias (c. 536–582/594)
• Paulus Silentiarius (died 575–580),
• Romanos the Melodist (approx.)
• Procopius (c. 500–565)

Poets

• Dandi, writing in Sanskrit (approx.)

Poets

• Su Xiaoxiao (died 501), famous Chinese female singer and poet. Famous for writing the poem of Xhue Cheng.