2005 in poetry 5493186 219090779 2008-06-13T14:59:42Z TexasAndroid 271376 rm categories that are parents/grandparents of remaining categories {{yearbox2 | in?=in poetry | in2?=in literature | cp=20th century | c=21st century | cf=22nd century | yp1=2002 | yp2=2003 | yp3=2004 | year=2005 | ya1=2006 | ya2=2007 | ya3=2008 | dp3=1970s | dp2=1980s | dp1=1990s | d=2000s | da=0 | dn1=2010s | dn2=2020s |dn3=2030s |}} [[Image:RobertPennWarren.png|thumb|right|250px|[[Robert Penn Warren]] commemorative postage stamp released this year]] ==Events== * [[October 7]] &mdash; 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. ==Works published in English== Listed by nation where the work was first published (and again by the poet's native land, if different); substantially revised works listed separately: ===[[Australian literature|Australia]]=== * [[Chris Mansell]], ''Mortifications & Lies'' (Kardoorair, Armidale)) ISBN 0-908244-60-6 * [[Les Murray (poet)|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) ISBN 978-1-921064-24-1 * [[Chris Wallace-Crabbe]], ''The Universe Looks Down'', Brandl & Schlesinger, ISBN 1-876040-74-2, [[Australian literature|Australia]] ===[[Canadian literature|Canada]]=== * [[George Elliott Clarke]], ''Illuminated Verses''. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, ISBN 1-55130-280-2 * [[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]] ([[Canadian literature|Canada]]) * [[Michael Palmer]], ''Company of Moths'', shortlisted for the [[Griffin Poetry Prize]] (2006) * [[John Pass]], ''Stumbling in the Bloom'', (ISBN 0-88982-201-8) winner of the 2006 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry ([[Canadian literature|Canada]]) ===[[Irish poetry|Ireland]]=== * [[Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin]]: **''Verbale'' by [[Michele Ranchetti]], translated by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and others, Dublin: Instituto Italiano di Cultura<ref name=encpiw>[http://ireland.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=11162&x=1 Web page titled "Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin"] at Poetry International website, accessed [[May 3]], [[2008]]</ref> ** ''After the Raising of Lazarus: Poems Translated from the Romanian by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin'', poems by [[Ileana Malancioiu]], Cork: Southword Editions<ref name=encpiw/> * [[Thomas McCarthy (poet)|Thomas McCarthy]], ''Merchant Prince'', Anvil Press, London, Irish work published in the [[English poetry|United Kingdom]]<ref name=tmpiw>[http://ireland.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=9272 Web page titled "Thomas McCarthy"] at the Poetry International Website, accessed [[May 2]], [[2008]]</ref> ===[[Literature of New Zealand|New Zealand]]=== * [[Raewyn Alexander]]: ** ''It's a Secret: Selected Poems'' (Auckland: Brightsparkbooks)<ref name=raual>[http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/alexander.htm Web page titled "Raewyn Alexander / New Zealand Literature File"] at the University of Aukland Library website, accessed [[April 30]], [[2008]]</ref> ** ''Writing Poetry: Fireworks, Clay & Architecture'' (Auckland: Brightsparkbooks)<ref name=raual/> * [[Stu Bagby]], ''As it was in the beginning'' (Steele Roberts Publications Ltd.) * [[Wystan Curnow]], ''Modern Colours'' (Jack Books) * [[Stephanie de Montalk]], ''Cover Stories'' (Victoria University Press) * [[Anne Kennedy]], ''Time of the Giants'' (Auckland University Press) * [[Michele Leggott]], ''Milk & Honey'', Auckland: Auckland University Press * [[Bill Manhire]], ''Lifted'', [[New Zealand literature|New Zealand]] * [[Cilla McQueen]], ''Fire-penny'', Otago University Press<ref>[http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/mcqueen.htm Cilla McQueen - NZ Literature File - LEARN - The University Of Auckland Library<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[Karlo Mila]], ''Dream Fish Floating'' (Huia Publishers) * [[James Norcliffe]], ''Along Blueskin Road'' (Canterbury University Press) * [[Gregory O’Brien]], ''Afternoon of An Evening Train'' (Victoria University Press) * [[Vivienne Plumb]], ''Scarab: A Poetic Documentary'' (Seraph Press) * [[Anna Smaill]], ''The Violinist in Spring'' (Victoria University Press) * [[Robert Sullivan]], ''Voice Carried My Family'' (Auckland University Press) * [[Ian Wedde]], ''Three Regrets and a Hymn to Beauty'' (Auckland University Press) ====Poets in ''Best New Zealand Poems''==== Poems from these 25 poets, selected by [[Emma Neale]] were included in ''[[Best New Zealand Poems series|Best New Zealand Poems 2004]]'', published online this year: {{col-start}} {{col-break}} * [[Tusiata Avia]] * [[Hinemoana Baker]] * [[Diane Brown]] * [[James Brown (New Zealand poet)|James Brown]] * [[Geoff Cochrane]] {{col-break}} * [[Linda Connell]] * [[Wystan Curnow]] * [[Anne French]] * [[Paula Green (New Zealand poet)|Paula Green]] * [[David Howard]] {{col-break}} * [[Andrew Johnston (New Zealand poet)|Andrew Johnston]] * [[Tim Jones (New Zealand poet)|Tim Jones]] * [[Anne Kennedy]] * [[Tze Ming Mok]] * [[Peter Olds]] {{col-break}} * [[Vincent O'Sullivan]] * [[Vivienne Plumb]] * [[Richard Reeve]] * [[Elizabeth Smither]] * [[Kendrick Smithyman]] {{col-break}} * [[C.K. Stead]] *[[Brian Turner (New Zealand poet)|Brian Turner]] * [[Sue Wootton]] * [[Sonja Yelich]] * [[Ashleigh Young]] {{col-end}} ===[[English poetry|United Kingdom]]=== * [[Carol Ann Duffy]]: ** ''Another Night Before Christmas'', John Murray ** ''Moon Zoo'', Macmillan ** ''Rapture'', Picador * [[John Heath-Stubbs]], ''Pigs Might Fly'' * [[Jackie Kay]], ''Life Mask'' * [[Derek Mahon]], ''Harbour Lights.'' Gallery Press * [[Thomas McCarthy (poet)|Thomas McCarthy]], ''Merchant Prince'', London; Anvil Press, [[Irish poetry|Irish]] work published in the [[English poetry|United Kingdom]]<ref name=tmpiw>[http://ireland.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=9272 Web page titled "Thomas McCarthy"] at the Poetry International Website, accessed [[May 2]], [[2008]]</ref> * [[Brian Merriman]]: ''The Midnight Court'' (translation by [[Ciarán Carson]] of ''Cúirt an Mhéan Oíche''), Gallery Press; Wake Forest University Press, 2006, posthumous * [[Alice Oswald]], ''Woods etc.'', Faber and Faber, ISBN 0-571-21852-0 ====Anthologies in the United Kingdom==== * [[Alice Oswald]], ''The Thunder Mutters: 101 Poems for the Planet'', (editor), Faber and Faber, ISBN 0-571-21854-7 * [[Nii Ayikwei Parkes]] and [[Kadija Sesay]], ''Dance the Guns to Silence: 100 Poems for [[Ken Saro-Wiwa]]'' (Flipped Eye Publishing) 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 (ISBN 0-297-64309-6); N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006 (ISBN 1-4000-4089-2) ===[[American poetry|United States]]=== * [[Elizabeth Alexander (poet)|Elizabeth Alexander]], ''American Sublime''<ref>[http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=82517 Web page titled "Elizabeth Alexander"] at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed [[April 24]], [[2008]]</ref> * [[John Ashbery]], ''Where Shall I Wander'' * [[Bei Dao]], ''Midnight's Gate'' translation by Matthew Fryslie, edited by Christopher Mattison (New Directions) ISBN 0-8112-1584-9 * [[Ted Berrigan]], ''Collected Poems'' (University of California Press), 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"<ref name=nytnby>[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/04/books/review/notable-books2005.html?ei=5070&en=6f550d5f81ac87d7&ex=1163307600&pagewanted=print]"100 Notable Books of the Year", ''New York Times Book Review'', [[December 4]], [[2005]]</ref> * [[Oscar Brown Jr.]], ''What It Is: Poems and Opinions of Oscar Brown Jr.'' (Oyster Knife Publishing) * [[Charles Bukowski]], ''The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain: New Poems'' (Ecco) * [[Ana Castillo]], ''Watercolor Women/Opaque Men in Verse'' (Curbstone Press) * [[Adrian Castro]], ''Wise Fish: Tales in 6/8 Time'' (Coffee House Press) * [[Dan Chiasson]], ''Natural History: Poems, one of the [[New York Times]] "100 Notable books of the year"<ref name=nytnby/> * [[Henri Cole]], ''Vingt-Deux Poèmes''(Yvon Lambert, Paris) * [[Billy Collins]], ''The Trouble With Poetry and Other Poems'', (ISBN 0-375-50382-X) * [[Mark Doty]], ''School of the Arts'', HarperCollins * [[Forrest Gander]], ''Eye Against Eye'' (New Directions) * [[Jorie Graham]], ''Overlord: Poems'', one of the [[New York Times]] "100 Notable books of the year"<ref name=nytnby/> * [[Allison Hedge Coke]], ''[[Off-Season City Pipe]]'' [[Coffee House Press]] * [[Michael Hofmann]], translator, ''Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems'' by [[Durs Grünbein]], [[German poetry|German]], Macmillan/[[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] * [[John Hollander]], editor, ''Poems Bewitched and Haunted'' * [[Paul Hoover]], ''Poems in Spanish'', (Omnidawn Publishing) * [[June Jordan]], ''Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan'' (Copper Canyon Press), posthumous * [[Ted Kooser]], ''Delights and Shadows'' (Copper Canyon Press) * [[Stanley Kunitz]], ''The Collected Poems'' (W. W. Norton) * [[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.K. Lawrence]], ''State of Love and Trust'' * [[David Lehman]], editor, ''Great American Prose Poems: From Poe to the Present'' (Scribner), an anthology * [[William Logan (poet)|William Logan]], ''The Whispering Gallery'' * [[Richard Loranger]], ''Poems for Teeth'' (We Press) * [[Claire Lux]] and [[John Most]], ''Atelier'' (AQP Collective) * [[W.S. Merwin]], ''Migration: New and Selected Poems'', one of the [[New York Times]] "100 Notable books of the year"<ref name=nytnby/> * [[Ange Mlinko]], ''Starred Wire'' (Coffee House Press, 2005), winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series * [[Sharon Olds]], ''Strike Sparks: Selected Poems, 1980-2002'' (Knopf) * [[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 (poems)|Auguries of Innocence]]'' * [[Tony Tost]], ''World Jelly'' * [[Brian Turner (American poet)|Brian Turner]], ''Here, Bullet'', (Alice James Books), war poetry *[[Richard Wilbur]], ''Collected Poems, 1943-2004'' (Harvest Books), one of the [[New York Times]] "100 Notable books of the year"<ref name=nytnby/> * [[Marvin X]], ''Land of My Daughters: Poems 1995-2005'' (Black Bird Press) ====Poets whose works appeared in ''The Best American Poetry 2005''==== The 75 poets included in ''[[The Best American Poetry 2005]]'', edited by [[David Lehman]], co-edited this year by [[Paul Muldoon]]: {{col-start}} {{col-break}} *[[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]] {{col-break}} *[[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]] {{col-break}} *[[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]] {{col-break}} *[[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]] {{col-break}} *[[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 (poet)|Charles Wright]] *[[Mattew Yeager]] *[[Kevin Young (poet)|Kevin Young]] {{col-end}} ===Other in English=== * [[Jayanta Mahapatra]], ''Random Descent'', Third Eye Communications, [[Indian English literature|India]]<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/lr/2005/10/02/stories/2005100200220100.htm]Ramnarayan, Gowri, "In Conversation: Brutal landscape" in the Sunday "Literary review" section of ''[[The Hindu]]'', dated [[October 2]], [[2005]], accessed [[October 16]], [[2007]]</ref> * [[Dilip Sankarreddy]], ''[[Song of a Bard and Other Poems]]'' (Prestige Books) [[Indian English literature|India]] ==Works published in other languages== * [[Dimitris P. Kraniotis]], ''Fictitious Line'', ISBN 960-90107-1-7 (trilingual edition, Greek poetry with English and French translation), [[Greek literature|Greece]] * [[Rami Saari]], ''Ha-shogun Ha-xamishi'' ("The Fifth Shogun"), [[Israel literature|Israel]]<ref>[[http://www.library.osu.edu/sites/users/galron.1/00198.php Page titled "Rami Saari" at the Modern Hebrew Literature Bio-Bibliographical Lexicon]], [[2007]]</ref> * [[Wisława Szymborska]]: ''Dwukropek'' ("Colon"), [[Polish literature|Poland]] ==Awards and honors== * [[List of Nobel laureates#Literature|Nobel prize]]: [[Harold Pinter]] ===[[Australian poetry|Australia]]=== * [[C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry]]: [[M. T. C. Cronin]], ''<More Or Less Than>1-100'' * [[Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry]]: [[Samuel Wagan Watson]], ''Smoke Encrypted Whispers'' ===[[Canadian poetry|Canada]]=== * [[Archibald Lampman Award]] * [[Atlantic Poetry Prize]] * [[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]] * [[Prix Alain-Grandbois]] * [[Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award]] ===[[New Zealand literature|New Zealand]]=== * Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement: * [[Montana New Zealand Book Awards]] First-book award for poetry: [[Sonja Yelich]], ''Clung'', Auckland University Press ===[[English poetry|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'' (Faber & Faber) **Best First Collection: [[Helen Farish]], ''Intimates'' (Jonathan Cape) * [[T. S. Eliot Prize]] (United Kingdom and Ireland): [[Carol Ann Duffy]], ''Rapture'' * [[Whitbread Awards|Whitbread Award]] for poetry (United Kingdom): [[Christopher Logue]], ''Cold Calls'' ** Shortlisted: [[David Harsent]], ''Legion'', [[Richard Price]], ''Lucky Day'', [[Jane Yeh]], ''Marabou'' ===[[American poetry|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'' * [[Arthur Rense Prize]] awarded to [[Daniel Hoffman]] by the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] * [[Bollingen Prize for Poetry]], [[Jay Wright (poet)|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'' * [[Frost Medal]]: [[Marie Ponsot]] * [[National Book Award for Poetry]]: [[W.S. Merwin]]: ''Migration: New and Selected Poems'' * [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]: [[Ted Kooser]], ''Delights & Shadows'' (ISBN 1-55659-201-9) * [[Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award]]: [[Marina Tarlinskaya]] * [[Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize]]: [[C.K. Williams]] * [[Wallace Stevens Award]]: [[Gerald Stern]] * [[Whiting Writers' Award]]s (poetry winners): [[Thomas Sayers Ellis]], [[Ilya Kaminsky]], [[John Keene (writer)|John Keene]] (fiction/poetry), [[Dana Levin]], [[Spencer Reece]], [[Tracy K. Smith]] * [[Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets]]: [[Claudia Rankine]] ==Deaths== {| |- ||[[January 21]]:|| [[Theun de Vries]]|| born [[1907 in literature|1907]]|| [[Dutch literature|Dutch]] writer and poet |- ||[[February 25]]:|| [[Phoebe Hesketh]]|| born [[1909 in literature|1909]]|| [[English poetry|British]] |- ||[[March 7]]:|| [[Philip Lamantia]]|| born [[1927 in literature|1927]]|| [[American poetry|American]] |- ||[[March 29]]:|| [[Miltos Sachtouris]]|| born [[1919 in poetry|1919]]|| [[Greek poetry|Greek]] |- |- ||[[March 30]]:|| [[Robert Creeley]]|| born [[1926 in literature|1926]]|| [[American poetry|American]] |- |[[April 14]] || [[Julia Darling]], 48|| born [[1956 in poetry|1956]] || [[English poetry|British]] |- ||[[June 9]]:|| [[Hovis Presley]]|| born [[1960 in literature|1960]]|| [[English poetry|English]] |- ||[[June 13]]:|| [[Eugénio de Andrade]]|| born [[1923 in literature|1923]] || [[Portuguese literature|Portuguese]] lyric poet |- ||[[June 23]]:|| [[Manolis Anagnostakis]]|| born [[1925 in poetry|1925]]|| [[Greek poetry|Greek]] poet |- ||[[June 28]]:|| [[Philip Hobsbaum]]|| born [[1932 in literature|1932]]|| [[British poetry|Scot]] poet and critic |- ||[[July 4]]:|| [[Lorenzo Thomas (poet)|Lorenzo Thomas]]|| born [[1944 in literature|1944]]|| [[American poetry|American]] poet, critic, essayist,<br> [[Umbra Workshop]] founding member |- ||[[July 7]]:|| [[Gustaf Sobin]]|| born [[1935 in literature|1935]]|| [[American poetry|American]] |- ||[[August 6]]:|| [[Vizma Belsevica]]|| born [[1931 in literature|1931]]|| leading post-war [[Latvian literature|Latvian]] poet |- ||[[August 21]]:|| [[Dahlia Ravikovitch]]|| born [[1936 in literature|1936]]|| [[Israeli literature|Israeli]] |- ||[[August 31]]:|| [[Amrita Pritam]]|| born [[1919 in literature|1919]]||leading Punjab poet in India who wrote in [[Hindi]] |- ||[[September 16]]:|| [[Stanley Burnshaw]]|| born [[1906 in literature|1906]]|| [[American poetry|American]] poet and novelist |- ||[[November 1]]:|| [[Michael Thwaites]]||born [[1915 in literature|1915]]||[[Australian literature|Australian]] |} ==See also== {{portal|Poetry}} *[[Poetry]] *[[List of poetry awards]] ==Notes and references== <references/> *[http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/timeline/] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the ''Representative Poetry Online'' Web site, University of Toronto {{Schools of poetry}} [[Category:Years in poetry]] [[Category:2005 poems]]