Winner of the TS Eliot Prize 2012

Photographed by Marcus Mam, Vogue, September 2012

“Writing or making anything—a poem, a bird feeder, a chocolate cake—has self-respect in it. You’re working. You’re trying. You’re not lying down on the ground, having given up.” —Sharon Olds, 2004

Sharon Olds won the TS Eliot Prize with 'Stag's Leap', I am not writing to announce this news, it has already been publicised. I am simply celebrating her win. You can hear her talking about the collection before she won the prize on Radio 4's Front Row. Enjoy. 

The next 9 poems meet-up will be discussing 9 poems from her winning collection. The date is yet to be fixed.