num_pages: 128
description: "An important poet...beyond the achievement of all but a double handful of living American poets."―Harold Bloom Ancient and modern eras, sacred and earthly forces, personal and communal mourning are all held in the arc of this exquisite new collection. Named an Honor Book in the 2004 Massachusetts Book Awards, Departure celebrates the marriage of contraries in private poems of difficult love as Rosanna Warren explores intimacy and separation between mother and daughter, husband and wife, artist and muse, woman and demon lover.
language: English
title: Departure: Poems
titlecomplete: Departure: Poems
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 51
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Massachusetts Book Award
category: Poetry
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company