Carnations: Poems

by Anthony Carelli

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"