Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry Winners

The biennial, privately funded $10,000 prize recognizes the most distinguished book of poetry written by an American and published during the precedin ...more

Winners

	Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine 4.28 avg rating — 44,067 ratings Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry for Poetry (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah by Patricia Smith 4.46 avg rating — 229 ratings Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Early Collected Poems, 1965-1992 by Gerald Stern 4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inseminating the Elephant by Lucia Perillo 3.89 avg rating — 163 ratings Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Clumsy Living by Bob Hicok 4.11 avg rating — 583 ratings Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Present Company by W.S. Merwin 4.18 avg rating — 185 ratings Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest: Poems by B.H. Fairchild 4.26 avg rating — 282 ratings Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Felt: Poems by Alice Fulton (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 118 ratings Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of No Country I Know: New and Selected Poems and Translations by David Ferry 4.34 avg rating — 47 ratings Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desire: Poems by Frank Bidart 4.06 avg rating — 447 ratings Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Train: Poems by Kenneth Koch 4.22 avg rating — 68 ratings Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Garbage by A.R. Ammons 4.06 avg rating — 700 ratings Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (1994)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Continuous Life by Mark Strand 4.03 avg rating — 232 ratings Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (1992)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ararat by Louise Glück 4.10 avg rating — 1,588 ratings Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (1992)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Inner Room by James Merrill really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (1990)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars