The Teller's Cage: Poems and Imaginary Movies

Through their cinematic storytelling, the poems in John Philip Drury's The Teller's Cage swell the heart and the imagination. The book opens with baseball and culminates with persona poems starring the poet's mother, along the way unraveling factual and fantastical chronicles in enchanting locales. Drury's formal prowess is on display throughout this versified blockbuster.

PRAISE FOR THE TELLER'S CAGE:

In John Philip Drury's The Teller's Cage, in a richly textured tableau in the vein of the ...