Songs of Seven Days

A Poetry Collection

The third in James R. Dennis’s poetic trilogy, Songs of Seven Days is a reflection on the creation story told in the biblical book of Genesis. The seas, stars, animals, and even people are depicted through 17th/18th century etchings from textbooks and atlases—pictures from a time when science had begun to document our world, and science and religion had begun to seem mutually exclusive worldviews. Images recalling Darwin’s world-changing discoveries layer elegantly between poetic explorations of the world’s mythological birth in a marriage that is both thoughtful and profoundly beautiful.