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In Anthony Carelli's remarkable debut, Carnations, the poems attempt to reanimate dead metaphors as blossoms: wild and lovely but also fleeting, mortal, and averse to the touch. Here, the poems are carnations, not only flowers, but also body-making words. Nodding to influences as varied as George Herbert, Francis Ponge, Fernando Pessoa, and D. H. Lawrence, Carelli asserts that the poet's materials--words, objects, phenomena--are sacred,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0691149453
ISBN13:9780691149455
Release Date:April 2011
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:72 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"
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