2kidzdoc
I have White Egrets, and I'll read it later this year. Has anyone read it yet?
3theaelizabet
Yes and loved it. Also read The Prodigal, which was also wonderful.
4kidzdoc
#3: Thanks! I'll look for The Prodigal, too.
5goddesspt2
I read it a couple of days before he won the prize and really enjoyed it. Made me wish he would write an autobiography. The poems are very personal and I sensed a bit of melancholy as he's looking back at his life, loves, and youth. There are several poems that are dedicated to friends that have long gone. He weaves the motif of white egrets throughout.
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The Poetry Book Society announced that John Burnside has won the 2011 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry with Black Cat Bone, published by Jonathan Cape.
Weell that was a few months ago
Weell that was a few months ago
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2016 TS Eliot prize won by Jacob Polley's 'Jackself' on 17th January 2017
The shortlist was made up of the following
Void Studies by Rachael Boast
Measures of Expatriation by Vahni Capildeo
The Blind Road-Maker by Ian Duhig
Interference Pattern byJ O Morgan
The Seasons of Cullen Church by Bernard O'Donoghue
Falling Awake by Alice Oswald
Say Something Back by Denise Riley
Every Little Sound by Ruby Robinson
The Remedies by Katharine Towers
The shortlist was made up of the following
Void Studies by Rachael Boast
Measures of Expatriation by Vahni Capildeo
The Blind Road-Maker by Ian Duhig
Interference Pattern byJ O Morgan
The Seasons of Cullen Church by Bernard O'Donoghue
Falling Awake by Alice Oswald
Say Something Back by Denise Riley
Every Little Sound by Ruby Robinson
The Remedies by Katharine Towers
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To mark the 25th anniversary of the T. S. Eliot Prize, the T. S. Eliot Foundation has increased the winner’s prize money to £25,000. Judges Bill Herbert (Chair), James Lasdun and Helen Mort have chosen the shortlist from a record 154 poetry collections submitted by publishers.
Tara Bergin – The Tragic Death of Eleanor Marx
Caroline Bird – In these Days of Prohibition
Douglas Dunn – The Noise of a Fly
Leontia Flynn – The Radio
Roddy Lumsden – So Glad I’m Me
Michael Symmons Roberts – Mancunia
Robert Minhinnick – Diary of the Last Man
James Sheard – The Abandoned Settlements
Jacqueline Saphra– All My Mad Mothers
Ocean Vuong – Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Ocean Vuong has won the 2017 TS Eliot Prize, for his debut collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Tara Bergin – The Tragic Death of Eleanor Marx
Caroline Bird – In these Days of Prohibition
Douglas Dunn – The Noise of a Fly
Leontia Flynn – The Radio
Roddy Lumsden – So Glad I’m Me
Michael Symmons Roberts – Mancunia
Robert Minhinnick – Diary of the Last Man
James Sheard – The Abandoned Settlements
Jacqueline Saphra– All My Mad Mothers
Ocean Vuong – Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Ocean Vuong has won the 2017 TS Eliot Prize, for his debut collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds
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2018
T. S. Eliot Prize
SHORT LIST
Insistence by Ailbhe Darcy
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassins by Terrance Hayes
Us by Zaffar Kunial
Feel Free by Nick Laird
The Distal Point by Fiona Moore
Europa by Sean O’Brien
Shrines of Upper Austria by Phoebe Power
Soho by Richard Scott
Wade in the Water by Tracy K. Smith
The winner was
Three Poems by Hannah Sullivan
T. S. Eliot Prize
SHORT LIST
Insistence by Ailbhe Darcy
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassins by Terrance Hayes
Us by Zaffar Kunial
Feel Free by Nick Laird
The Distal Point by Fiona Moore
Europa by Sean O’Brien
Shrines of Upper Austria by Phoebe Power
Soho by Richard Scott
Wade in the Water by Tracy K. Smith
The winner was
Three Poems by Hannah Sullivan
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The 2019 TS Eliot prize shortlist
After the Formalities by Anthony Anaxagorou
Vertigo & Ghost by Fiona Benson
Surge by Jay Bernard
The Mizzy by Paul Farley
Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
Arias by Sharon Olds
The Million-Petalled Flower of Being Here by Vidyan Ravinthiran
Erato by Deryn Rees-Jones
A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson
The Caiplie Caves by Karen Solie
At £25,000, the TS Eliot is the UK’s most valuable poetry award. The winner will be announced on 13 January 2020.
After the Formalities by Anthony Anaxagorou
Vertigo & Ghost by Fiona Benson
Surge by Jay Bernard
The Mizzy by Paul Farley
Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
Arias by Sharon Olds
The Million-Petalled Flower of Being Here by Vidyan Ravinthiran
Erato by Deryn Rees-Jones
A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson
The Caiplie Caves by Karen Solie
At £25,000, the TS Eliot is the UK’s most valuable poetry award. The winner will be announced on 13 January 2020.
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The shortlist in full:
Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
Deformations by Sasha Dugdale
Shine, Darling by Ella Frears
RENDANG by Will Harris
Love Minus Love by Wayne Holloway-Smith
How to Wash a Heart by Bhanu Kapil
Life Without Air by Daisy Lafarge
How the Hell Are You by Glyn Maxwell
Sometimes I Never Suffered by Shane McCrae
The Martian’s Regress by JO Morgan
Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
Deformations by Sasha Dugdale
Shine, Darling by Ella Frears
RENDANG by Will Harris
Love Minus Love by Wayne Holloway-Smith
How to Wash a Heart by Bhanu Kapil
Life Without Air by Daisy Lafarge
How the Hell Are You by Glyn Maxwell
Sometimes I Never Suffered by Shane McCrae
The Martian’s Regress by JO Morgan
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The shortlist in full: 2021
All the Names Given by Raymond Antrobus
A Blood Condition by Kayo Chingonyi
Men Who Feed Pigeons by Selima Hill
Eat or We Both Starve by Victoria Kennefick
The Kids by Hannah Lowe
Ransom by Michael Symmons Roberts
single window by Daniel Sluman
C+nto & Othered Poems by Joelle Taylor WINNER
A Year in the New Life by Jack Underwood
Stones: Poems by Kevin Young
All the Names Given by Raymond Antrobus
A Blood Condition by Kayo Chingonyi
Men Who Feed Pigeons by Selima Hill
Eat or We Both Starve by Victoria Kennefick
The Kids by Hannah Lowe
Ransom by Michael Symmons Roberts
single window by Daniel Sluman
C+nto & Othered Poems by Joelle Taylor WINNER
A Year in the New Life by Jack Underwood
Stones: Poems by Kevin Young