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Philip White Included in 75 Significant Mormon Poets View Works by this Person
Also Known As	Phillip White
Education	White is working on a Ph.D. in Enlgish at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Awards	Award in Poetry, 1991, Association for Mormon Letters for "Island Spring" and "The Perseids" Chair Competition, 1989 Eisteddfod, BYU, 2nd place for "Chronicles From the Street of Dreams." "White's poems are informed with ideas. This, combined with deft imagery, careful line breaks, and subtle lyricism, give us poetry that fuses craftsmanship with emotion and intellect in the appropriate proportions. In "Island Spring," images are woven together to convey the vulnerability of the child as her dark, rustling world seems to almost overwhelm her tenuous existence. "The Perseids" is complex and mysterious, despite the familiar undertone of death. It is poignant in its quiet grief and austerity" [AML Award citation]

Works by Philip White Sort by title	Year	Genre
August	1996	Poetry
1844	1994	Poetry
Storytime	1994	Poetry
God With Us	1993	Poetry
Litany	1993	Poetry
Tubing on a Canal	1993	Poetry
Hands	1992	Poetry
A Trip to the Sea	1992	Poetry
Island Spring	1991	Poetry
The Perseids	1991	Poetry
Topaz	1990	Poetry
The Citypeople Speak	1989	Poetry
Seed	1987	Poetry
Three Poems For My Mother	1986	Poetry
Chronicles from the Street of Dreams		Poetry
West		Poetry
Where the Water Comes Out of the Mountain		Poetry