Song of the World Becoming: Poems, New and Collected, 1981-2001

by Pattiann Rogers

This book collects all of Pattiann Rogers’s published work, plus 40 new poems. Her subject matter is at once broad — defining divinity, achieving serenity — and specific, as she sees with a keen eye... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157131413X
• ISBN13: 9781571314130
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Wonder and Awe

Song of the World Becoming is a treasure trove of wonder and awe. Rogers's poems are complex, musical, spiritual yet down-to-earth with telling detail of the abounding physical world. Her poems achieve their beauty with suprising twists of language and thought. The title poem alone is worth the price of admission.

An Outstanding Collection

Rogers is clearly amongst the very finest contemporary American poets. A superb, beautifully written collection containing such poetic gems as "The Hummingbird: A Seduction". A treasured book in my poetry library by a gifted, important writer. Morten Lauridsen, Composer

Praise for Song of the World Becoming

Book Magazine, July/August 2001: "Rogers offers a deeply satisfying, sometimes shocking reading experience, yielding a wonderful mixture that echoes Annie Dillard, Mary Oliver, D.H. Lawrence and Walt Whitman. Yet Rogers' is a distinctive, fresh voice. She deserves a wider readership, and we are in debt to her publisher for this fine book."