The Poetry of Birds
edited by Simon Armitage and Tim Dee
Simon Armitage author Tim Dee editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:24th Feb '11
Should be back in stock very soon
The best poems ever written about birds - a definitive new anthology
Birds are the most obvious wild things we have around us. Some of the best known, and most loved, poems in English are bird poems. This title features poems according to ornithological notes and provides fascinating information on the birds.
A STUNNING COLLECTION OF POEMS CURATED BY THE NEW POET LAUREATE AND THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FOUR FIELDS
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'Some of the most ethereal verse ever written' Sunday Telegraph
'A glorious collection of works old and new'Independent on Sunday
'Truly inexhaustible . . . to be read again and again'Daily Mail
'Arich and sustaining larder, a marvellously realized sourcebook of flights of feathered fancy'Guardian
'A life-affirming celebration of the commonplace yet enduringly mysterious creatures we share this world with and the poetry they have inspired'Daily Telegraph
Powerful. A rich and sustaining larder, a marvellously realized sourcebook of flights of feathered fancy * Guardian *
Some of the most ethereal verse ever written * Sunday Telegraph *
A glorious collection of works old and new * Independent on Sunday *
Compendious . . . offers many pleasures * Daily Express *
The poems gathered here celebrate our tenuous connection to something timeless and sublime. A truly inexhaustible collection . . . to be read again and again * Daily Mail *
Had me entranced * Observer *
A wonderful, generous anthology. A life-affirming celebration of the commonplace yet enduringly mysterious creatures we share this world with and the poetry they have inspired * Daily Telegraph *
ISBN: 9780141027111
Dimensions: 197mm x 131mm x 24mm
Weight: 284g
384 pages