"Cut a hole in the poem to play peekaboo with the afterlife..."

Congratulations to Peter Gizzi on winning the T.S. Eliot Prize. Fierce Elegy is out now from Penguin Poetry.

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On the eve of my 69th birthday I’m posting good things that have helped me get this far. Today it’s 4 collections shortlisted for the #tseliotprize, #TheZooFather (2001), #TheHuntress (2005), #WhattheWaterGaveMe: Poems after #FridaKahlo (2010) & #Fauverie (2014) @#SerenBooks #ecopoetry