Archive for January, 2009

The Year of the Knife Poems

Philip Casey
Poems

Cover Endorse­ments Things that please me in poetry are pre­ci­sion, com­pas­sion and images that sur­pass the com­mon run of lan­guage; also that the poet must have an ear for lan­guage as a musi­cian has an ear for music. The work of Philip Casey, espe­cially The Year of the Knife, pos­sesses all of these in abund­ance. Michael Hart­nett The splend­our of Philip Casey’s work is that it is rig­or­ous and hard; …Read more