The Iron Key
Poems
15 June 2012
Description
"The world in these poems, rendered from memory on a mythic tide, is at once palpable and numinous." —On the Seawall
“Tightly conceived, elegantly architectured, and sophisticatedly enunciated. . . . [The Iron Key] oozes nostalgia for the many charms of Venice, the complexities of Greek myths, and the ethereal pleasures of opera and poetry that is, paradoxically, both old-fashioned and refreshing.”—The Rumpus
Also By: James Longenbach 
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