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    As Is: Selected Poems of Joseph Dorazio
    As Is: Selected Poems of Joseph Dorazio
    As Is: Selected Poems of Joseph Dorazio
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    As Is: Selected Poems of Joseph Dorazio

    By Joseph Dorazio

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    Along with previously selected works, prize-winning poet Joseph Dorazio presents twenty-six new poems in As Is, a unique collection that explores the wide spectrum of the human experience, from the search for vintage treasures to archeological myths tied to global warming.

    Dorazio examines the allure, if not outright addiction, of one of his favorite pastimesscavenging flea markets and vintage junk shops. Here, he searches for something we may not know existsa kind of poetic and personal archaeological dig through the detritus of the past.

    In addition, this volume also includes twenty-six selected poems from Dorazios most recent collection, Remains to Be Seen, a finalist in Bright Hill Press 2010 Chapbook Contest. These poems pay homage to the artistry of Ogden Nash and Kay Ryan with a miniaturist-style that is at once whimsical and iconoclastic, with many surprises in wit, rhyme, and subtle insight.

    Set against an exotic backdrop of ancient Mesoamerican mythologies, Dorazios selections from Poems of the Fifth Sun examine global warming, hinting at uncanny parallels among Aztec, Mayan, and other Native American predictions of world cataclysmic change and contemporary climate science.

    Intense and ambitious, As Is presents powerful imagery combined with a keen insight into our quest for connection and meaning.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateJan 8, 2013
    ISBN9781475968934
    As Is: Selected Poems of Joseph Dorazio
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    Joseph Dorazio

    Joseph Dorazio studied anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and served as a docent at Penn's Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology.

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      As Is - Joseph Dorazio

      Copyright © 2013 Joseph Dorazio.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4759-6892-7 (sc)

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      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Poems of the Fifth Sun

      New World

      The God Particle

      Baktun

      Apocalyptic

      The Fifth Sun

      Eight

      Avocado Love

      Curb Your Appetite

      Eat Right, Global Warming Anyway

      Suicide at Museum of Archaeology

      Moving Day

      Sun Fetish

      Warm Spell

      Arachne

      Ice Princess

      Tar Pit

      The Lamb Chops of

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