T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry Shortlisted

1.
Us
Us 3.92 avg rating — 193 ratings
2.
Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Night Sky with Exit Wounds 4.18 avg rating — 47,849 ratings
3.
My Alexandria
My Alexandria
by: Mark Doty
4.28 avg rating — 1,156 ratings
4.
Autobiography of Red
Autobiography of Red 4.26 avg rating — 34,584 ratings
5.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating — 50,754 ratings
6.
Surge
Surge 4.20 avg rating — 1,380 ratings
7.
A Portable Paradise
A Portable Paradise 4.38 avg rating — 869 ratings
8.
A Scattering
A Scattering 4.32 avg rating — 326 ratings
9.
Birthday Letters
Birthday Letters 3.89 avg rating — 10,288 ratings
10.
Division Street
Division Street 4.14 avg rating — 206 ratings
11.
The World's Wife
The World's Wife 4.11 avg rating — 10,606 ratings
12.
Jackself
Jackself 4.10 avg rating — 140 ratings
13.
Soho
Soho 4.08 avg rating — 734 ratings
14.
Tippoo Sultan's Incredible White-Man-Eating Tiger Toy-Machine!!!
Tippoo Sultan's Incredible White-Man-Eating Tiger Toy-Machine!!! 3.60 avg rating — 75 ratings
15.
Three Poems
Three Poems 3.90 avg rating — 854 ratings
16.
Loop of Jade
Loop of Jade 3.89 avg rating — 511 ratings
17.
Fire Songs
Fire Songs 3.76 avg rating — 82 ratings
18.
Parallax
Parallax 3.89 avg rating — 182 ratings
19.
Stag's Leap: Poems
Stag's Leap: Poems 4.14 avg rating — 4,623 ratings
20.
Black Cat Bone
Black Cat Bone 4.08 avg rating — 440 ratings
21.
White Egrets
White Egrets 4.07 avg rating — 616 ratings
22.
The Water Table
The Water Table 4.13 avg rating — 52 ratings
23.
Nigh-No-Place
Nigh-No-Place 3.87 avg rating — 110 ratings
24.
The Drowned Book
The Drowned Book 3.60 avg rating — 63 ratings
25.
District and Circle
District and Circle 4.03 avg rating — 1,292 ratings
26.
Rapture
Rapture 4.05 avg rating — 3,063 ratings
27.
Reel
Reel 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
28.
Landing Light
Landing Light 3.91 avg rating — 235 ratings
29.
Dart
Dart 3.95 avg rating — 1,451 ratings
30.
The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos
The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos 4.21 avg rating — 7,896 ratings
31.
The Weather in Japan
The Weather in Japan 3.81 avg rating — 52 ratings
32.
Billy's Rain
Billy's Rain 3.90 avg rating — 42 ratings
33.
God's Gift to Women
God's Gift to Women 3.49 avg rating — 100 ratings
34.
Subhuman Redneck Poems
Subhuman Redneck Poems 3.68 avg rating — 90 ratings
35.
The Annals of Chile
The Annals of Chile 3.76 avg rating — 58 ratings
36.
First language
First language 3.77 avg rating — 31 ratings
37.
After The Formalities
After The Formalities 4.03 avg rating — 150 ratings
38.
Deaf Republic
Deaf Republic 4.39 avg rating — 9,322 ratings
39.
Falling Awake
Falling Awake 3.85 avg rating — 1,099 ratings
40.
RED DOC>
RED DOC> 4.09 avg rating — 3,481 ratings
41.
The Havocs
The Havocs 3.71 avg rating — 45 ratings
42.
The Bees
The Bees 3.76 avg rating — 1,833 ratings
43.
Tyrannosaurus Rex versus the Corduroy Kid
Tyrannosaurus Rex versus the Corduroy Kid 3.62 avg rating — 198 ratings
44.
Swithering
Swithering 3.88 avg rating — 128 ratings
45.
Legion
Legion 3.57 avg rating — 42 ratings
46.
We Were Pedestrians
We Were Pedestrians liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
47.
The Wind Dog
The Wind Dog liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
48.
Here Nor There
Here Nor There really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
49.
The tightrope wedding
The tightrope wedding 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
50.
Jizzen
Jizzen 4.05 avg rating — 40 ratings
51.
Greetings to Our Friends from Brazil
Greetings to Our Friends from Brazil 4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings
52.
Approximately Nowhere
Approximately Nowhere 3.77 avg rating — 31 ratings
53.
Vertigo & Ghost
Vertigo & Ghost 4.12 avg rating — 725 ratings
54.
The Mizzy
The Mizzy 3.53 avg rating — 38 ratings
55.
Arias
Arias 3.97 avg rating — 295 ratings
56.
The Million-Petalled Flower of Being Here
The Million-Petalled Flower of Being Here 3.60 avg rating — 40 ratings
57.
Erato
Erato 4.03 avg rating — 29 ratings
58.
The Caiplie Caves
The Caiplie Caves 4.02 avg rating — 131 ratings
59.
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin 4.27 avg rating — 4,349 ratings
60.
Feel Free
Feel Free 3.92 avg rating — 163 ratings
61.
The Distal Point
The Distal Point 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings
62.
Shrines of Upper Austria
Shrines of Upper Austria 3.33 avg rating — 57 ratings
63.
Wade in the Water: Poems
Wade in the Water: Poems 4.08 avg rating — 3,739 ratings
64.
The Tragic Death of Eleanor Marx
The Tragic Death of Eleanor Marx 3.70 avg rating — 81 ratings
65.
In These Days of Prohibition
In These Days of Prohibition 4.15 avg rating — 143 ratings
66.
The Noise of a Fly
The Noise of a Fly 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings
67.
The Radio
The Radio 3.95 avg rating — 63 ratings
68.
So Glad I'm Me
So Glad I'm Me 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
69.
Mancunia
Mancunia 3.95 avg rating — 41 ratings
70.
Diary of the Last Man
Diary of the Last Man 3.21 avg rating — 38 ratings
71.
The Abandoned Settlements
The Abandoned Settlements 4.16 avg rating — 38 ratings
72.
All My Mad Mothers
All My Mad Mothers 4.08 avg rating — 74 ratings
73.
Void Studies
Void Studies 3.43 avg rating — 47 ratings
74.
The Blind Roadmaker
The Blind Roadmaker
by: Ian Duhig
3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings
75.
Interference Pattern
Interference Pattern 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings
76.
The Seasons of Cullen Church
The Seasons of Cullen Church 3.76 avg rating — 33 ratings
77.
Say Something Back
Say Something Back 3.76 avg rating — 347 ratings
78.
Every Little Sound
Every Little Sound 3.71 avg rating — 41 ratings
79.
The Remedies
The Remedies 3.76 avg rating — 71 ratings
80.
Deep Lane: Poems
Deep Lane: Poems
by: Mark Doty
4.19 avg rating — 372 ratings
81.
Not in This World
Not in This World 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings
82.
Jutland
Jutland 3.67 avg rating — 39 ratings
83.
The World before Snow
The World before Snow 3.25 avg rating — 20 ratings
84.
Waiting for the Past: Poems
Waiting for the Past: Poems 3.18 avg rating — 108 ratings
85.
The Beautiful Librarians
The Beautiful Librarians 3.04 avg rating — 54 ratings
86.
40 Sonnets
40 Sonnets 3.66 avg rating — 400 ratings
87.
Beauty / Beauty
Beauty / Beauty 3.83 avg rating — 139 ratings
88.
Bright Travellers
Bright Travellers 4.07 avg rating — 143 ratings
89.
All One Breath
All One Breath 4.18 avg rating — 112 ratings
90.
Faithful and Virtuous Night
Faithful and Virtuous Night 3.94 avg rating — 5,856 ratings
91.
The Stairwell
The Stairwell 3.99 avg rating — 81 ratings
92.
Learning to Make an Oud in Nazareth
Learning to Make an Oud in Nazareth 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings
93.
Fauverie
Fauverie 4.40 avg rating — 55 ratings
94.
Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting
Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting 3.70 avg rating — 629 ratings
95.
When God is a Traveller
When God is a Traveller 3.78 avg rating — 152 ratings
96.
I Knew the Bride
I Knew the Bride 3.66 avg rating — 64 ratings
97.
Speak, Old Parrot
Speak, Old Parrot 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
98.
At the Time of Partition
At the Time of Partition 4.26 avg rating — 50 ratings
99.
Ramayana
Ramayana 3.58 avg rating — 89 ratings
100.
Hill of Doors
Hill of Doors 4.22 avg rating — 60 ratings