Like a Man Gone Mad : Poems in a New Century

Hazo, National Book Award finalist and former State Poet of Pennsylva­nia, transports the reader with poems of both lament and celebration in his sensual new collection. Like a Man Gone Mad features much of the spare yet precise imagery of his earlier work. Searing portraits, a deft use of allegorical language, and a wry sense of humor are all signatures of Hazo's unique voice. Taking up the theme of time, the poems carry the reader back and forth through personal and historical time, offering glimpses of a wide range of figures, from Pascal and Heraclitus to John F. Kennedy and Clark Gable. From each vantage point, Hazo meditates on themes of vitality and longevity, legacy and oblivion, and the enduring folly of both the individual and society. Accessible and eminently readable, the po­ems in Like a Man Gone Mad embody a rich intellectual and emotional curiosity. Hazo, National Book Award Finalist And Former State Poet Of Pennsylvania, Transports The Reader With Poems Of Both Lament And Celebration In His New Collection. Like A Man Gone Mad Features Much Of The Spare Imagery Of His Earlier Work. Taking Up The Theme Of Time The Poems Carry The Reader Back And Forth Through Personal And Historical Time, Offering Glimpses Of A Wide Range Of Figures, From Pascal And Heraclitus To John F. Kennedy And Clark Gable. From Each Vantage Point, Hazo Meditates On Themes Of Vitality And Longevity, Legacy And Oblivion, And The Enduring Folly Of Both The Individual And Society. --book Jacket. Machine Generated Contents Note: Once, Again -- Sudden Or Slow But Sure -- The Contrarians -- Are There Poets Any More? -- Aesop Revisited -- The Fifth Element -- Prognosticators And Other Distractions -- In Troth -- Making It Look Easy -- The Short Life Of Perpetuity -- Targets -- Kennedy -- The Fools Of God -- The Merchandiser's Song -- Sloth Is The Mother Of Invention -- Blossom -- Welcome To Used-to-was -- Tattoos -- The King Of Swing -- Bring Back The Derby -- Marrying My Shirt -- Off And Running -- Say Cheese -- Sleep Is A Dangerous Exile -- Skull Teeth -- Bold Old Scold -- A World With Nobody In It -- Heredity's A Card That's Always Dealt Face Down. Are You Sam Hazo's Grandfather? -- Itself -- Eyes -- A Preferable Nudity -- The Art Professor Discusses Bernini's Teresa In Ecstasy -- The Time It Takes To Tell -- Flagrante Delicto -- How Does Your Garden Grow? -- The Face Of Catherine Deneuve -- Ophelia's Lie -- To Be Continued: A Parable -- The Actor -- The Streetcorner Violinist -- Sister Cigarette -- Big World, Little Girl -- Mary Anne With Camera -- Sloth Is A Lost Art -- No Words For This -- In The Fifth Year Of The War -- Riviera A La Carte -- Skunked -- Tell It To The Marines -- Executioner -- Man Is The Only Animal Capable Of Shame -- Signs Of Life In A Sundown City -- Prior To Oblivion -- Malaise -- In The Beginning Was The Breath -- Ars Poetica -- Poseidon And Others -- Home Are The Sailors. Samuel Hazo.