Poetry
Winner:
- Michael Symmons Roberts, Corpus
Shortlist:
- Leontia Flynn, These Days
- John Fuller, Ghosts
- Matthew Hollis, Ground Water
- Michael Symmons Roberts, Corpus
Read more about this topic: 2004 Whitbread Awards
Famous quotes containing the word poetry:
“There is no longer beauty except in the struggle. No more masterpieces without an aggressive character. Poetry must be a violent assault against the unknown forces in order to overcome them and prostrate them before men.”
—Tommaso Marinetti (1876–1944)
“Prose talks and poetry sings.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“All poetry is supposed to be instructive but in an unnoticeable manner; it is supposed to make us aware of what it would be valuable to instruct ourselves in; we must deduce the lesson on our own, just as with life.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)