No, I wasn’t on the list.

Even worse, they succeeded in completely showing me up as painfully ignorant of contemporary poetry, as I have only read poems by two of the nominees: Seamus Heaney and Adonis.

And knowing who those two are is no great shakes. Heaney is a Nobel Prize winner and Adonis is perennially shortlisted for that prize. Sigh. I feel so ashamed.