2005 in poetry
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Events
- October 7 — Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" were staged in San Francisco, New York City, and in Leeds in the UK. The British event, Howl for Now, was accompanied by a book of essays of the same name, edited by Simon Warner, reflecting on the piece's enduring power and influence.
- Maurice Riordan, Irish poet living in London, named poetry editor of Poetry London
Works published in English
Australia
- David Brooks, Walking to Point Clear. Blackheath: Brandl & Schlesinger
- Pam Brown, Ken Bolton, and Laurie Duggan, Let's Get Lost, Sydney: Vagabond
- Laurie Duggan, Compared to What: Selected Poems 1971–2003, Exeter: Shearsman
- Alan Gould, The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973–2003
- John Kinsella, The New Arcadia, winner of the 2006 Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award; W.W. Norton; Australian living in and published in the United States
- Jennifer Maiden, Friendly Fire Giramondo,
- Chris Mansell, Mortifications & Lies
- Les Murray:
- * Hell and After, Four early English-language poets of Australia, Carcanet
- * Editor, Best Australian Poems 2004, Melbourne, Black Inc.
- Philip Salom, The Well Mouth, Fremantle Arts Centre,
- Jaya Savige, Latecomers
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe, The Universe Looks Down, Brandl & Schlesinger,
Canada
- Shannon Bramer, The Refrigerator Memory
- Stephen Cain, American Standard/Canada Dry
- Margaret Christakos:
- *Sooner
- *Retreat Diary
- Brian Joseph Davis, Portable Altamont
- George Elliott Clarke, Illuminated Verses. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press,
- Anne Compton, Processional
- Sylvia Legris, Nerve Squall, winner of 2006 Pat Lowther Award, winner of the 2006 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize, shortlisted for Saskatchewan Book Award
- Michael Palmer, Company of Moths, shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize
- John Pass, Stumbling in the Bloom, Governor General's Award 2006.
- James Reaney, 'Souwesto Home. Stan Dragland, ed.
- Sherwin Tija, The World is a Heartbreaker'',
India, in English
- Meena Alexander, editor, Indian Love Poems, Everyman's Library/Knopf, anthology, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States
- Dilip Chitre, Post Climactic Love Poem, a single, long poem; London and New Delhi: Aark Arts;
- Jayanta Mahapatra, Random Descent, Third Eye Communications,
- Jerry Pinto and Arundhathi Subramaniam, Confronting Love, contemporary Indian love poetry in English; Penguin India,
- K. Siva Reddy, Mohana! Oh Mohana! and Other Poems, translated from the original Telugu by M. Sridhar and Alladi Uma, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi,.
- Melanie Silgardo and Eunice de Souza, editors, The Puffin Book of Poetry for Children, New Delhi: Puffin Books,
- Eunice de Souza, editor, Early Indian Poetry in English: An Anthology: 1829–1947, New Delhi: Oxford University Press,.
- Arundhathi Subramaniam, Where I Live, Mumbai: Allied, ; Indian, English-language
- Arundhathi Subramaniam, co-editor, Confronting Love, Delhi: Penguin India, ; an anthology of contemporary love poetry
Ireland
- Sara Berkeley, Strawberry Thief, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press,
- Ciaran Carson, The Midnight Court, an 18th-century poem by Brian Merriman, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press,
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin:
- *Verbale by Michele Ranchetti, translated by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and others, Dublin: Instituto Italiano di Cultura
- * After the Raising of Lazarus: Poems Translated from the Romanian by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, poems by Ileana Malancioiu, Cork: Southword Editions
- Seán Dunne, Collected, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press,
- Thomas McCarthy, Merchant Prince, Anvil Press, London, Irish work published in the United Kingdom
- Immanuel Mifsud, translated by Maurice Riordan, Confidential Reports, Maltese poet published in Ireland, Southword Editions
- Justin Quinn, American Errancy: Empire, Sublimity and Modern Poetry, University College of Dublin Press
- Gabriel Rosenstock, I Met A Man... Doghouse Books,
New Zealand
- Raewyn Alexander:
- * It's a Secret: Selected Poems
- * Writing Poetry: Fireworks, Clay & Architecture
- Stu Bagby, As it was in the beginning
- Wystan Curnow, Modern Colours
- Stephanie de Montalk, Cover Stories
- Anne Kennedy, Time of the Giants
- Michele Leggott, Milk & Honey, Auckland: Auckland University Press
- Bill Manhire, Lifted, New Zealand
- Cilla McQueen, Fire-penny, Otago University Press
- Karlo Mila,
- James Norcliffe, Along Blueskin Road
- Gregory O'Brien, Afternoon of An Evening Train
- Vivienne Plumb, Scarab: A Poetic Documentary
- Anna Smaill, The Violinist in Spring
- Robert Sullivan, Voice Carried My Family
- Ian Wedde, Three Regrets and a Hymn to Beauty
- Kate Camp, Beauty Sleep,
Poets in ''Best New Zealand Poems''
- Tusiata Avia
- Hinemoana Baker
- Diane Brown
- James Brown
- Geoff Cochrane
- Linda Connell
- Wystan Curnow
- Anne French
- Paula Green
- David Howard
- Andrew Johnston
- Tim Jones
- Anne Kennedy
- Tze Ming Mok
- Peter Olds
- Vincent O'Sullivan
- Vivienne Plumb
- Richard Reeve
- Elizabeth Smither
- Kendrick Smithyman
- C. K. Stead
- Brian Turner
- Sue Wootton
- Sonja Yelich
- Ashleigh Young
United Kingdom
- Carol Ann Duffy:
- * Another Night Before Christmas, John Murray.
- * Rapture, Picador
- John Heath-Stubbs, Pigs Might Fly
- Jackie Kay, Life Mask
- Tim Kendall, Strange Land
- José Letria The Moon Has Written You a Poem, children's poetry translated and adapted by Irish expatriate poet Maurice Riordan from the original Portuguese and published in the UK, WingedChariot Press, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
- Derek Mahon, Harbour Lights. Gallery Press
- Thomas McCarthy, Merchant Prince, London; Anvil Press, Irish work published in the United Kingdom
- Brian Merriman: The Midnight Court, Gallery Press; Wake Forest University Press, 2006, posthumous
- Pete Morgan, August Light
- Alice Oswald, Woods etc., Faber and Faber,
Anthologies in the United Kingdom
- Alice Oswald, The Thunder Mutters: 101 Poems for the Planet, Faber and Faber,
- Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Kadija Sesay, Dance the Guns to Silence: 100 Poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa, anthology with a foreword by Saro-Wiwa's son, Ken Wiwa, including poems by Mutabaruka, Sharan Strange, Chris Abani, Jayne Cortez, Kwame Dawes, Amiri Baraka, Kamau Braithwaite; and poems in Catalan, Scots, Creole, Castilian paying tribute to Khana, Saro-Wiwa's mother tongue.
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom
- Elaine Feinstein, Anna of all the Russias: A life of Anna Akhmatova, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005 ; N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006
United States
- Elizabeth Alexander, American Sublime
- Meena Alexander, editor, Indian Love Poems, Everyman's Library/Knopf, anthology, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States
- John Ashbery, Where Shall I Wander
- Bei Dao, Midnight's Gate translation by Matthew Fryslie, edited by Christopher Mattison,
- Ted Berrigan, Collected Poems, edited by his widow Alice Notley and sons Anselm and Edmund Berrigan, posthumous
- Frank Bidart, Star Dust, one of The New York Times "100 Notable Books of the Year"
- Oscar Brown Jr., What It Is: Poems and Opinions of Oscar Brown Jr.
- Charles Bukowski, The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain: New Poems
- Ana Castillo, Watercolor Women/Opaque Men in Verse
- Adrian Castro, Wise Fish: Tales in 6/8 Time
- Dan Chiasson, Natural History: Poems, one of The New York Times "100 Notable books of the year"
- Henri Cole, Vingt-Deux Poèmes
- Billy Collins, The Trouble With Poetry and Other Poems
- Mark Doty, School of the Arts, HarperCollins
- Forrest Gander, Eye Against Eye
- Jorie Graham, Overlord: Poems, one of The New York Times "100 Notable books of the year"
- Suheir Hammad, ZaatarDiva
- Allison Hedge Coke, Off-Season City Pipe Coffee House Press
- Michael Hofmann, translator, Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems by Durs Grünbein, German, Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- John Hollander, editor, Poems Bewitched and Haunted
- Paul Hoover, Poems in Spanish
- June Jordan, Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan, posthumous
- Ted Kooser, Delights and Shadows
- Stanley Kunitz, The Collected Poems
- Laurie Lamon, The Fork Without Hunger, CavanKerry Press
- James McMichael, Capacity, a book-length poem and finalist for the 2006 National Book Award for Poetry
- W. S. Merwin:
- * Migration: New and Selected Poems, awarded the National Book Award for Poetry this year; Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press
- * Present Company, Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press
- * Translator: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a New Verse Translation, New York: Knopf
- W. K. Lawrence, State of Love and Trust
- David Lehman, editor, Great American Prose Poems: From Poe to the Present, an anthology
- William Logan, The Whispering Gallery
- Richard Loranger, Poems for Teeth
- Claire Lux and John Most, Atelier
- W. S. Merwin, Migration: New and Selected Poems, one of The New York Times "100 Notable books of the year"
- Ange Mlinko, Starred Wire, winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series
- Rusty Morrison, Whethering, University Press of Colorado, January,
- Sharon Olds, Strike Sparks: Selected Poems, 1980–2002
- Jason Shinder, editor, The Poem That Changed America: "Howl" Fifty Years Later, essays on the impact of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" on American literature and culture; Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Patti Smith, Auguries of Innocence
- Tony Tost, World Jelly
- Brian Turner, Here, Bullet, war poetry
- Richard Wilbur, Collected Poems, 1943–2004, one of The New York Times "100 Notable books of the year"
- Marvin X, Land of My Daughters: Poems 1995–2005
- Jesse Lee Kercheval, Chartreuse
Poets whose works appeared in ''The Best American Poetry 2005''
- A. R. Ammons
- John Ashbery
- Maureen Bloomfield
- Catherine Bowman
- Stephanie Brown
- Charles Bukowski
- Elena Karina Byrne
- Victoria Chang
- Shanna Compton
- James Cummins
- Jamey Dunham
- Stephen Dunn
- Karl Elder
- Lynn Emanuel
- Elaine Equi
- Clayton Eshleman
- Andrew Feld
- Beth Ann Fennelly
- Edward Field
- Richard Garcia
- Amy Gerstler
- Leonard Gontarek
- Jessica Goodheart
- George Green
- Arielle Greenberg
- Marilyn Hacker
- Matthea Harvey
- Stacey Harwood
- Terrance Hayes
- Samuel Hazo
- Anthony Hecht
- Jennifer Michael Hecht
- Lyn Hejinian
- Ruth Herschberger
- Jane Hirshfield
- Tony Hoagland
- Vicki Hudspith
- Donald Justice
- Mary Karr
- Garret Keizer
- Brigit Pegeen Kelly
- Galway Kinnell
- Rachel Loden
- Sarah Manguso
- Heather McHugh
- D. Nurske
- Steve Orlen
- Eugene Ostashevsky
- Linda Pastan
- Adrienne Rich
- James Richardson
- Mary Ruefle
- Kay Ryan
- Jerome Sala
- Mary Jo Salter
- Christine Scanlon
- Jason Schneiderman
- Julie Sheehan
- Charles Simic
- Louis Simpson
- W. D. Snodgrass
- Gary Snyder
- Maura Stanton
- Dorothea Tanning
- James Tate
- Chase Twichell
- David Wagoner
- Rosanna Warren
- Marlys West
- Susan Wheeler
- Richard Wilbur
- Cecilia Woloch
- Charles Wright
- Mattew Yeager
- Kevin Young
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States
- Anthony Holden, The Wit in the Dungeon: The Remarkable Life of Leigh Hunt — Poet, Revolutionary, and the Last of the Romantics
Works published in other languages
Brazil
- Ricardo Domeneck, Carta aos anfíbios, Rio de Janeiro: Bem-Te-Vi
- Miguel Sanches Neto, Venho de um país obscuro e outros poemas
- Marco Vasques, Sístole, Rio de Janeiro: Bem-Te-Vi
Chile
- Sergio Badilla Castillo, Transrealistic Poems and Some Gospels. 2005. Aura Latina. Santiago/Stockholm.
India
- Anamika, Khurduri Hatheliyan, Delhi: Radhakrishna Prakashan; Hindi-language
- Basudev Sunani, Karadi Haata, Nuapada: Eeshan-Ankit Prakashani; Oraya-language
- Debashis Chanda, editor, Visual Rhapsody, an anthology including poems by Mithu Sen, New Delhi: Niyogi Offset; Bengali-language
- K. Satchidanandan, Ghazalukal, Geetangal ; Malayalam-language
- K. Siva Reddy, Atanu-Charitra, Hyderabad: Jhari Poetry Circle; Telugu-language
- Mallika Sengupta, Shreshtha Kabita, Dey's Publishers; Bengali-language
- Namdeo Dhasal, Mee Marale Sooryachya Rathache Ghode Saat, Marathi-language
- S. Joseph, Identity Card, Kottayam: DC Books, ; Malayalam-language
- Tarannum Riyaz, Purani Kitabon ki Khushboo, New Delhi: Modern Publishing House; Urdu-language
- Udaya Narayana Singh, Madhyampurush Ekvachan, New Delhi: Vani Prakashan; Maithili-language
Bangladesh
- Rahman Henry, Tomake Basona Kori, A Book of Poetry in Bengali, BALAKA, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Rahman Henry, Khunjhara Nodi, A Book of Poetry in Bengali, BALAKA, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Poland
- Tomasz Różycki, translator, Rzut kośćmi nigdy nie zniesie przypadku, translated from the original French of Stéphane Mallarmé, Kraków: Korporacja Ha!Art
- Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki, Dzieje rodzin polskich
- Adam Zagajewski, Anteny, Kraków: a5
- Wisława Szymborska, Dwukropek
Other languages
- Nicole Brossard, editor, Anthologie: De la poésie des femmes au Québec des origines à nos jours, Rémue-Ménage, France
- Dmitry Bykov, Boris Pasternak, published by Molodaya Gvardiya, received the "National Bestseller Prize", biography, Russia
- Abdellatif Laabi, Écris la vie, La Différence, coll. Clepsydre, Paris, Prix Alain Bosquet 2006, Moroccan author writing in French and published in France
- Pavel Nastin, Yazyk Zhestov ; Russia
- Rami Saari, Ha-shogun Ha-xamishi, Israel
Awards and honors
International
- Nobel prize: Harold Pinter
- Golden Wreath of Poetry: William S. Merwin
Australia
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: M. T. C. Cronin,
1–100 - Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Samuel Wagan Watson, Smoke Encrypted Whispers
Canada
- Archibald Lampman Award: Stephen Brockwell, Fruitfly Geographic
- Atlantic Poetry Prize: David Helwig, The Year One
- Gerald Lampert Award: Ray Hsu, Anthropy
- Governor General's Literary Awards: Anne Compton, Processional ; Jean-Marc Desgent, Vingtièmes siècles
- Griffin Poetry Prize: Canadian: Roo Borson, Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida
- Griffin Poetry Prize: International, in the English Language: Charles Simic, Selected Poems: 1963–2003
- Pat Lowther Award: Roo Borson, Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida
- Prix Alain-Grandbois: Robert Melançon, Le Paradis des apparences
- Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize: Jan Zwicky, Robinson's Crossing
- Prix Émile-Nelligan: Renée Gagnon, Des fois que je tombe
New Zealand
- Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement:
- Montana New Zealand Book Awards First-book award for poetry
- * Poetry: Sonja Yelich, Clung, Auckland University Press
- * NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry: Sonja Yelich, Clung. Auckland University Press
United Kingdom
- Cholmondeley Award: Jane Duran, Christopher Logue, M. R. Peacocke, Neil Rollinson
- Eric Gregory Award: Melanie Challenger, Carolyn Jess, Luke Kennard, Jaim Smith
- Forward Poetry Prize:
- *Best Collection: David Harsent, Legion
- *Best First Collection: Helen Farish, Intimates
- T. S. Eliot Prize : Carol Ann Duffy, Rapture
- Whitbread Award for poetry : Christopher Logue, Cold Calls
- * Shortlisted: David Harsent, Legion, Richard Price, Lucky Day, Jane Yeh, Marabou
United States
- Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry – B. H. Fairchild
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize awarded to Rick Hilles for Brother Salvage: Poems
- AML Award for poetry to Lance Larsen for In All Their Animal Brilliance
- Arthur Rense Prize awarded to Daniel Hoffman by the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Bollingen Prize for Poetry, Jay Wright
- Brittingham Prize in Poetry, Susanna Childress Winner, Jagged with Love
- California Poet Laureate: Al Young, appointed
- Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards: David Hernandez, Always Danger
- Discovery/The Nation Award: Eduardo C. Corral
- Frost Medal: Marie Ponsot
- National Book Award for Poetry: W. S. Merwin: Migration: New and Selected Poems
- North Carolina Poet Laureate: Kathryn Stripling Byer appointed.
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Ted Kooser, Delights & Shadows
- Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award: Marina Tarlinskaya
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: C. K. Williams
- Wallace Stevens Award: Gerald Stern
- Whiting Awards: Thomas Sayers Ellis, Ilya Kaminsky, John Keene, Dana Levin, Spencer Reece, Tracy K. Smith
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Claudia Rankine
Deaths