The international and Canadian shortlists for the 2012 Griffin Poetry Prize have been announced. Judges Heather McHugh, David O'Meara and Fiona Sampson each read 481 books of poetry from 37 countries, including 19 translations. The winners of the $65,000 international and Canadian prizes will be named June 7. This year's finalists:
International
* Night by David Harsent (Faber & Faber)
* The Chameleon Couch by Yusef Komunyakaa (FSG)
* November by Sean O'Brien (Picador)
* Sobbing Superpower: Selected Poems of Tadeusz Różewicz, translated from the Polish by Joanna Trzeciak (Norton)
Canadian
* Methodist Hatchet by Ken Babstock (House of Anansi Press)
* Killdeer by Phil Hall (BookThug)
* Forge by Jan Zwicky (Gaspereau Press)
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