Scattered Chapters: New & Selected Poems

by Baron Wormser

“[Baron] Wormser is a beautiful writer of the meditative-narrative poem in the compassionate and lucid style of Frost, Hayden Carruth, and Donald Hall. Like those writers, his poems dignify rural lives, but also explore the national soul with particularly American integrity and frankness. Conversational, civilizing, thoughtful, and often funny, too, there are many extraordinary poems in these Scattered Chapters .”—Tony Hoagland Baron Wormser is the author of seven books of poetry, a collection of short stories, and a memoir. He directs the Frost Place Conference and teaches in the Stonecoast MFA Program. He served as Poet Laureate of Maine and now lives in Vermont.

Genres: Poetry

120 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2008

Reviews

[Chuck · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best narrative poets in the country. This Selected compliation has heat on nearly every page. Wormser's poems have humor and wit, never at the expense of seriousness. A must read when so many poets doubt the nature of story.

[A L e X a N D e R · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful work. Accessible and visually moving.