Fathom, Poems by Philip Brady
The
elegant poems of Fathom, resonant with personal and historical
memory, again establish Philip Brady as a verse musician and storyteller,
whose lines resonate with the best traditions of song, story and form.
"In poems of spiritual hunger and erotic receptivity, Philip Brady achieves utterance through formal gestures, 'revealing in every form and syllable / a double essence.' The pleasures of Fathom are literary and sensuous, even when the poems address the events of 9/11. Through rhythmic cadences, 'a murmur rippling in lines', Brady brings the world into focus, 'purr[s] "accord" / into the ear of the continuum'. These are poems to savor as they lodge themselves within us." --Michael Waters
A professor at Youngstown State University and the NEOMFA program, Philip Brady directs the YSU Poetry Center and Etruscan Press. For kicks, he plays in the New-Celtic band, Brady's Leap.
ISBN: 978-1933456720, 84 pages, $17.00