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I was one of those teenagers who wrote and read poetry, who dreamed of being a poet. I still have my teenage poems, the ones I wrote in notebooks between classes, on the bus, late at night when my family were deep in their own dreams. In those poems, I reveal my inner self—fraught with […]
June 5, 2025, 9:16am Today, the Griffin Poetry Prize—the world’s largest international prize for a single book of poetry published in English—announced its 2025 winner, chosen from an illustrious shortlist of five. Karen Leeder has taken home the top prize for her translation, from the German, of Durs Grünbein’s Psyche Running. “Durs Grünbein’s Psyche Running […]
Poetry and bugs should be thought of more often together. My friend, the poet Sara Nicholson, once told me she thought “ants deserve more poems.” Article continues after advertisement But ants have a poetic pedigree worth tracking. John Clare wrote about them, and Robert Frost too. All kinds of bugs creep through poems, once you […]
May 28, 2025, 10:00am Last month, the Griffin Poetry Prize—the world’s largest international prize for a single book of poetry published in English—announced its 2025 shortlist. The winner will be announced at a ceremony in Toronto on June 4th, and will receive C$130,000. Each other shortlisted poet will be awarded $10,000. Article continues after advertisement […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I have a tendency to spiral down the long, dark hole of uncertainty into the anxious spaces of my mind. Maybe you know this experience, which is a real drag and a sucker punch to the quality of […]
