National Honour · January 2099
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Eleanor Vance
🇺🇸 United States · leading poet of the nation's field
“The Lighthouse Keeper”
97out of 100
He counts the ships the fog forgot to keep,
a lantern turning slow against the grey.
The sea rehearses names it cannot say,
and he replies in light across the deep.
From the judges
A luminous meditation on solitude and duty; the lighthouse becomes a moving image of devotion, and the closing turn lands with quiet authority.
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