Black Cat Bone (poetry collection)

{{Short description|Book by John Burnside}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}

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| author = John Burnside

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| genre = Poetry

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| publisher = Jonathan Cape

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| pages = 80

| awards = Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection; T. S. Eliot Prize

| isbn = 9780224093859

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| preceded_by = The Hunt in the Forest

| followed_by = All One Breath

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Black Cat Bone is a poetry collection by John Burnside, published in 2011 by Jonathan Cape.{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=M. Wynn |date=2011-09-06 |title=Black Cat Bone by John Burnside – review |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/06/black-cat-bone-john-burnside-poetry-review |access-date=2023-11-10 |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last=Griffin |first=Carl |date=2012-10-20 |title=Black Cat Bone by John Burnside|url=https://www.walesartsreview.org/black-cat-bone-by-john-burnside/,%20https://www.walesartsreview.org/black-cat-bone-by-john-burnside/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=Wales Arts Review |language=en-US}} It was the Scottish poet's 11th collection.{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Maev |date=2012-01-16 |title=John Burnside wins most controversial TS Eliot prize in decades |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jan/16/john-burnside-wins-ts-eliot-prize |access-date=2023-11-10 |issn=0261-3077}}

According to Fiona Sampson writing in The Independent:

"Black Cat Bone distils its dreamscapes into four sections. The opening long poem, "The Fair Chase", is followed by "Everafter", an exploration of romantic love and its repeated disappointment; "Black Cat Bone", haunted by images of a murdered girl; and "Faith", a series of poems broadly concerned with keeping faith with the human condition".{{Cite web |date=2011-10-24 |title=Black Cat Bone, By John Burnside |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/black-cat-bone-by-john-burnside-2373429.html |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=The Independent |language=en}}

Black Cat Bone won the Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection in 2011, a £10,000 award;{{Cite news |date=2012-01-16 |title=TS Eliot poetry prize win for John Burnside |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-16583464 |access-date=2023-11-10}} and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2012, a £15,000 award.{{Cite web |date=2012-01-16 |title=John Burnside wins the TS Eliot prize |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/9018874/John-Burnside-wins-the-TS-Eliot-prize.html |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2012-01-17 |title=Former drug addict wins prestigious poetry prize |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/former-drug-addict-wins-prestigious-poetry-prize-6290689.html |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=The Independent |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Elmhirst |first=Sophie|author-link=Sophie Elmhirst |date=2012-01-16 |title=John Burnside wins the T S Eliot prize |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2012/01/burnside-wins-nature-prize |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US}} {{Asof|2023}}, Burnside was one of only three poets to have won both prizes for the same book.{{Cite news |last=Creamer |first=Ella |date=2023-11-09 |title=John Burnside wins the 2023 David Cohen prize for amazing body of work |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/09/john-burnside-wins-the-2023-david-cohen-prize-for-amazing-body-of-work |access-date=2023-11-10 |issn=0261-3077}}