Carnations poems - Carelli, Anthony (Princeton University Press, 2011)
Poems
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, wilting in the moment, yet perennially renewed. Often taking titles from a biblical vocabulary, Carnations reminds us that unremarkable places and events--a ga
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; The Sabbath; Glass Work Song; The Prophets; The Muse; The Crusades; The Builder; The Collar; The Apostles; Discernment; The Chance; In Ordinary Time; October Advent; The Begats; The Shepherd; Lectio Divina; The Hours; Agnus Dei; The Brooklyn Heavens; Evangelical; Birthday; Sermon; Original Sin; Faith; Incarnation; No, Euripides; Yahweh; Apples for Thoreau; Jerusalem; The Crucifixion; The Lord's Prayer; The Disciples; Sure; Amen