The 2009 shortlist for one of Poetry's most lucrative prizes, the Griffin Poetry Prize, was announced April 6. 485 books of Poetry from 32 countries have been whittled down to a 3 book Canadian shortlist and a 4 book International shortlist

Jeremy Dodds's collection Crabwise to the Hounds A.F. Moritz's The Sentinel and Kevin Connolly's Revolver make up the Canadian shortlist.

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