Pulitzer Prize : Poetry (1917- )

Winner

Repair, by C. K. Williams

Finalists

• Elegy for the Southern Drawl, by Rodney Jones

• Midnight Salvage : Poems 1995-1998, by Adrienne Rich

Winner

Different Hours, by Stephen Dunn

Finalists

• Pursuit of a Wound, by Syndey Lea

• The Other Lover, by Bruce Smith

Winner

Practical Gods, by Carl Dennis

Finalists

• The Beforelife, by Franz Wright

• The Seven Ages, by Louise Gluck

Winner

Moy Sand and Gravel, by Paul Muldoon

Finalists

• Hazmat, by J. D. McClatchy

• Music Like Dirt, by Frank Bidart

Winner

Walking to Martha's Vineyard, by Franz Wright

Finalists

• Eyeshot, by Heath McHugh

• Middle Earth, by Henri Cole

Winner

Delights & Shadows, by Ted Kooser

Finalists

• Search Party : Collected Poems, by William Matthews

• The Orchard, by Brigit Pegeen Kelly

Winner

Late Wife, by Claudia Emerson

Finalists

• American Subline, by Elizabeth Alexander

• Elegy on Toy Piano, by Dean Young

Winner

Native Guard, by Natasha Tretheway

Finalists

• Interrogation Palace : New & Selected Poems 1982-2004, by David Wojahn

• The Republic of Poetry, by Martin Espada

Winners

• Failure, by Philip Schultz

• New and Collected Poems, by Richard Wilbur

Finalist

• Messenger : New and Selected Poems, 1976-2006, by Ellen Bryan Voigt

Winner

The Shadow of Sirius, by W. S. Merwin

Finalists

• Watching the Spring Festival, by Frank Bidart

• What Love Comes To : New & Selected Poems, by Ruth Stone