Forward Prizes for Poetry ふぉわーどししょう
Edition 3 (1994)
PoetryPoetry collectionFirst collectionSingle poem (written)Single poem (performed)
Winners
3 people
Alan Jenkins
Winner
Harm is a poetry collection that moves through violence, survival, and tension. Its restrained voice lets image and repetition build emotional pressure.
A compact poetry collection shaped by violence and survival.
64 pages
violencesurvivaltensionmemory
Kwame Dawes
Winner
Progeny of Air is a poetry collection that moves through inheritance, diaspora, and breath. Its restrained voice lets image and repetition build emotional pressure.
A compact poetry collection shaped by inheritance and diaspora.
114 pages
inheritancediasporabreathmemory
Iain Crichton Smith
Winner
Autumn is a poetry collection that moves through seasonal change, change, and mortality. Its restrained voice lets image and repetition build emotional pressure.
A compact poetry collection shaped by seasonal change and change.
seasonal changechangemortalitymemory