Each year the Griffin Poetry Prize honors the best books of poetry published in English in the world. This annual anthology includes some of the finest poems from the collections of extraordinary poets worldwide, and reads like a veritable who's who of contemporary poetry. Juror Erin Mour#65533;'s introduction describes the joy and difficulty of having to choose from among such richness. The 2006 edition gathers together work that reminds us of what it means to be human.