Described as ‘the prize most poets want to win’ (Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate) the prize is awarded to the author of the best new collection of poetry published this year. It is unique among poetry prizes in being judged by a panel of established poets.
This year we asked each of the nominated poets to recorded two of the favorite poems, one for broadcast and one just for this page.
Alan Gillis
Reading from Hawks and Doves.
Morning Emerges out of Music
Lagan Weir
Sophie Hannah
Reading from Pessimism for Beginners.
Don't Say I Said
Pessimism for Beginners
Mimi Khalvati
Reading from The Meanest Flower.
Tintinabuli
Ghazal: The Candles of the Chestnut Trees
Frances Leviston
Reading from Public Dreams .
I Resolve to Live Chastely
Moon
Sarah Maguire
Reading from The Pomegranates of Kandahar.
The Pomegranates...
Europe
Sean O'Brien
Reading from The Drowned Book.
Water Gardens
Fantasia on a theme of James Wright
