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    fata morgana
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    fata morgana

    By Joel Chace

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    "Taking the form of an interior colloquy, Joel Chace's speculative poem, fata morgana, presents a stunning and remarkable thesis: That the Fata Morgana, the mirage phenomenon, that in its way beguiles, enraptures and attends in legend the steersmen of the seas, has an analogue in poetry: For just as the sailor knows that what he sees is

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUnlikely Books
    Release dateMay 15, 2021
    ISBN9781733714372
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    Joel Chace

    Joel Chace has published work in print and electronic magazines such as Eratio, Otoliths, Word For/Word, and Golden Handcuffs Review. Most recent collections include Scorpions, from Unlikely Books, Humors, from Paloma Press, and Threnodies, from Moria Books.

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