'The Irish Times' Poetry Now shortlist
AWARD SHORTLIST: The shortlist for this year's
Irish Times Poetry Now award is announced today. It includes
the latest books by a number of prominent Irish poets, as well as a
debut collection. The five selected titles are:
Secular Eden - Paris Notebooks 1994-2004 by Harry Clifton,
the author's first new full collection since 1994;
Out of Breath by Eamon Grennan;
Reality Check by Dennis O'Driscoll,
Black Moon by Matthew Sweeney and
The Boy in the Ring , by Dave Lordan, which is the poet's
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