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Edition 22 (2013)

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Winners

3 people
Michael Symmons Roberts まいける・しもんず・ろばーつ Winner

Within the severe constraint of 150 fifteen-line poems, religious resonance, urban reality, bodily sensation, and metaphysical thought intersect. The compressed structure intensifies the layered feel of experience and the unease of the world.

Prayer and urban noise collide inside the same poem.

176 pages
poetryreligionthe citythe bodyconstraint
Emily Berry えみりー・べりー Winner

Intimacy, self-staging, anxious affection, and rising desire appear in quick succession across these poems. Candor and irony coexist, and the short pieces cut sharply into emotional instability.

Its intimate voice never settles for sweetness alone; it leaves instability behind.

64 pages
poetryloveintimacyironyself-staging
Nick Mackinnon にっく・まっきのん Winner

Starting from a disquieting memory of a lesson, the poem turns bodily sensation and erotic charge into verbal rhythm. From an ordinary classroom scene, a poetic field of desire and humor emerges.

A classroom memory turns into a strong rhythm of body and desire.

poetrymemorythe bodydesireschool