2006
First Published
4.13
Average Rating
200
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Moving up the chain of being from inchworm to angel, Siegel's poems celebrate life in all its aspects, from unsettling glimpses of the abyss to union with nature and that which transcends itfrom oracular beasts to ordinary people, from the seismic love of boar and sow to a surgeon's reflections on a neardeath experience and "the last tantrum of a dying star." On the way they explore the mystery of evil, the meaning of history, our own mysterious quests, and the human search for transformative joy. Siegel's poems rejoice in the being of each particular thing, finding epiphanies in the ordinary, inviting us to step outside ourselves into an "ecstasy of particulars."
Avg Rating
4.13
Number of Ratings
15
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Author
Robert Siegel
Author · 9 books
Robert H. Siegel (born 1939 in Illinois) was an American poet and novelist. He wrote four books of poetry and five children's novels. He died of cancer in 2012. Source: Wikipedia.
