John Philip Drury is the author of four full-length poetry collections, most recently Sea Level Rising from Able Muse Press. New poems have appeared recently in The American Journal of Poetry, Ascent, Maryland Literary Review, Measure Review, Nine Mile, and Valparaiso Poetry Review. His awards include an Ingram Merrill Foundation fellowship, two Ohio Arts Council grants, and the Bernard F. Conners Prize from The Paris Review. He has taught creative writing at the University of Cincinnati for 37 years.

Other poems by John Philip Drury in Verse Daily:
March 28, 2015:   "Glassy Apparatus" "I'm drunk in a distillery of light..."
May 23, 2003:  "Aesop Revisited" "We know how the body thrives on jostling..."
May 1, 2003:  "Heron" "In Gray Marsh, on my way home, sunset smeared..."

Books by John Philip Drury:

Other poems on the web by John Philip Drury:
Five poems
"Embarking"
Two poems
"Flammable"
"Crèche Scene with My Son"
"Summer Jobs" (Three sonnets)
"The Electric Guitarist"
"Chameleons"

John Philip Drury's Website.

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