Poetry
Winner:
- John Burnside, The Asylum Dance
Shortlist:
- Michael Donaghy, Conjure
- R F Langley, Collected Poems
- Anne Stevenson, Granny Scarecrow
- Maurice Riordan, Floods
Read more about this topic: 2000 Whitbread Awards
Famous quotes containing the word poetry:
“The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)
“Only poetry inspires poetry.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)