Award List

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is awarded annually for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author.

105 books total · 67 with summaries

Ars Poeticas by Juliana Spahr — book cover

Ars Poeticas

Juliana Spahr

New and Selected Poems by Marie Howe — book cover

New and Selected Poems

Marie Howe

Tripas: Poems by Brandon Som — book cover

Tripas: Poems

Brandon Som

frank: sonnets by Diane Seuss — book cover

frank: sonnets

Diane Seuss

The Tradition by Jericho Brown — book cover

The Tradition

Jericho Brown

Be With by Forrest Gander — book cover

Be With

Forrest Gander

Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016 by Frank Bidart — book cover

Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016

Frank Bidart

Ozone Journal by Peter Balakian — book cover

Ozone Journal

Peter Balakian

Digest by Gregory Pardlo — book cover

Digest

Gregory Pardlo

3 Sections by Vijay Seshadri — book cover

3 Sections

Vijay Seshadri

Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds — book cover

Stag's Leap

Sharon Olds

Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith — book cover

Life on Mars

Tracy K. Smith

Versed by Rae Armantrout — book cover

Versed

Rae Armantrout

The Shadow of Sirius by W. S. Merwin — book cover

The Shadow of Sirius

W. S. Merwin

Failure by Philip Schultz — book cover

Failure

Philip Schultz

Time and Materials by Robert Hass — book cover

Time and Materials

Robert Hass

Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey — book cover

Native Guard

Natasha Trethewey

Delights & Shadows by Ted Kooser — book cover

Delights & Shadows

Ted Kooser

Walking to Martha's Vineyard by Franz Wright — book cover

Walking to Martha's Vineyard

Franz Wright

Moy Sand and Gravel by Paul Muldoon — book cover

Moy Sand and Gravel

Paul Muldoon

Practical Gods by Carl Dennis — book cover

Practical Gods

Carl Dennis

Different Hours by Stephen Dunn — book cover

Different Hours

Stephen Dunn

Repair by C. K. Williams — book cover

Repair

C. K. Williams

Blizzard of One by Mark Strand — book cover

Blizzard of One

Mark Strand

Black Zodiac by Charles Wright — book cover

Black Zodiac

Charles Wright

Alive Together: New and Selected Poems by Lisel Mueller — book cover

Alive Together: New and Selected Poems

Lisel Mueller

The Dream of the Unified Field by Jorie Graham — book cover

The Dream of the Unified Field

Jorie Graham

The Simple Truth by Philip Levine — book cover

The Simple Truth

Philip Levine

The Wild Iris by Louise Glück — book cover

The Wild Iris

Louise Glück

Selected Poems by James Tate — book cover

Selected Poems

James Tate

Near Changes by Mona Van Duyn — book cover

Near Changes

Mona Van Duyn

Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems by William Meredith — book cover

Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems

William Meredith

Thomas and Beulah by Rita Dove — book cover

Thomas and Beulah

Rita Dove

The Flying Change by Henry S. Taylor — book cover

The Flying Change

Henry S. Taylor

Yin by Carolyn Kizer — book cover

Yin

Carolyn Kizer

American Primitive by Mary Oliver — book cover

American Primitive

Mary Oliver

The Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath — book cover

The Collected Poems

Sylvia Plath

Selected Poems by Donald Justice — book cover

Selected Poems

Donald Justice

Collected Poems by Howard Nemerov — book cover

Collected Poems

Howard Nemerov

Divine Comedies by James Merrill — book cover

Divine Comedies

James Merrill

Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery — book cover

Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror

John Ashbery

The Dolphin by Robert Lowell — book cover

The Dolphin

Robert Lowell

Up Country by Maxine Kumin — book cover

Up Country

Maxine Kumin

Collected Poems by James Wright — book cover

Collected Poems

James Wright

Untitled Subjects by Richard Howard — book cover

Untitled Subjects

Richard Howard

The Hard Hours by Anthony Hecht — book cover

The Hard Hours

Anthony Hecht

At the End of the Open Road by Louis Simpson — book cover

At the End of the Open Road

Louis Simpson

Pictures from Brueghel by William Carlos Williams — book cover

Pictures from Brueghel

William Carlos Williams

Poems by Alan Dugan — book cover

Poems

Alan Dugan

Times Three: Selected Verse From Three Decades by Phyllis McGinley — book cover

Times Three: Selected Verse From Three Decades

Phyllis McGinley

Promises: Poems 1954-1956 by Robert Penn Warren — book cover

Promises: Poems 1954-1956

Robert Penn Warren

Poems: North & South – A Cold Spring by Elizabeth Bishop — book cover

Poems: North & South – A Cold Spring

Elizabeth Bishop

The Waking by Theodore Roethke — book cover

The Waking

Theodore Roethke

Collected Poems by Marianne Moore — book cover

Collected Poems

Marianne Moore

Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks — book cover

Annie Allen

Gwendolyn Brooks

The Age of Anxiety by W. H. Auden — book cover

The Age of Anxiety

W. H. Auden

V-Letter and Other Poems by Karl Shapiro — book cover

V-Letter and Other Poems

Karl Shapiro

The Dust Which Is God by William Rose Benét — book cover

The Dust Which Is God

William Rose Benét

Sunderland Capture by Leonard Bacon — book cover

Sunderland Capture

Leonard Bacon

A Further Range by Robert Frost — book cover

A Further Range

Robert Frost

Bright Ambush by Audrey Wurdemann — book cover

Bright Ambush

Audrey Wurdemann

The Flowering Stone by George Dillon — book cover

The Flowering Stone

George Dillon

Collected Poems by Robert Frost — book cover

Collected Poems

Robert Frost

John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent Benét — book cover

John Brown's Body

Stephen Vincent Benét

Tristram by Edwin Arlington Robinson — book cover

Tristram

Edwin Arlington Robinson

The Man Who Died Twice by Edwin Arlington Robinson — book cover

The Man Who Died Twice

Edwin Arlington Robinson

Collected Poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson — book cover

Collected Poems

Edwin Arlington Robinson

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