Pulitzer Prize – Poetry

1986 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry WinnerThe Flying ChangeHenry S. TaylorHenry Taylor’s poems in The Flying Change embrace a wide range of subjects and tones. Taylor’s concern with the rural anecdote, demonstrated in his two earlier books of poetry, The Horse Show at Midnight and An Afternoon of Pocket Billiards, is here broade...Amazon1986 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry ShortlistSaints and StrangersAndrew HudginsAmazonSelected Poems, 1963-1983Charles SimicAmazon

1985 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry WinnerYinCarolyn Kizer...Amazon1985 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry ShortlistGround WorkRobert DuncanAmazonThe Other Side of the RiverCharles WrightAmazon

1984 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry WinnerAmerican PrimitiveMary OliverWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Her most acclaimed volume of poetry, American Primitive contains fifty visionary poems about nature, the humanity in love, and the wilderness of America, both within our bodies and outside. "American Primitive enchan...Amazon1984 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry ShortlistCollected Poems, 1930-1982Josephine MilesAmazonWeather-Fear: New and Selected PoemsJohn EngelsAmazon

1996 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry WinnerThe Dream of the Unified FieldJorie GrahamThe 1996 Pulitzer winner in poetry and a major collection, Jorie Graham's The Dream of the United Field: Selected Poems 1974-1994 spans twenty years of writing and includes generous selections from her first five books: Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts, The...Amazon1996 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry ShortlistChickamaugaCharles WrightAmazonNew and Selected PoemsDonald JusticeAmazon

1982 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry WinnerThe Collected PoemsSylvia PlathPulitzer Prize winner Sylvia Plath’s complete poetic works, edited and introduced by Ted Hughes. By the time of her death on 11, February 1963, Sylvia Plath had written a large bulk of poetry. To my knowledge, she never scrapped any of her poetic efforts. ...Amazon1982 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry ShortlistDream FlightsDave SmithAmazonThe Southern CrossCharles WrightAmazon

1981 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry WinnerThe Morning of the PoemJames SchuylerSchuyler's new collection has at its core a nearly book-length poem in which the elements of letter writing, autobiography, and fable combine to transfigure poet and audience, past and present, and suffering and pleasure...Amazon1981 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry ShortlistSelected PoemsMark StrandAmazonThe Right Madness on SkyeRichard HugoAmazon

1980 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry WinnerSelected PoemsDonald JusticeThis celebratory volume gives us the entire career of Donald Justice between two covers, including a rich handful of poems written since New and Selected Poems was published in 1995. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Justice has been hailed by his contemporary...Amazon1980 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry ShortlistGoshawk, AntelopeDave SmithAmazonSelected PoemsRichard HugoAmazon

1979 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry WinnerNow and ThenRobert Penn Warren...Amazon

1978 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry WinnerCollected PoemsHoward NemerovA capstone to Nemerov's career of nearly thirty years, showing the expansion and increasing richness of his voice and vision and the sharpening of his perception and craft...Amazon

1977 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry WinnerDivine ComediesJames MerrillFor the first time in a stand-alone edition, the acclaimed poet's classic poem about his communication with Ephraim, a guiding spirit in the Other World, is here introduced and annotated by poet and Merrill scholar Stephen Yenser. "The Book of Ephraim," wh...Amazon