Poetry Pamphlet On Birds

Our smallest creatures seem to demand the most rapt attention. The poems in this revised edition of a much-loved title suggest that there’s something in the nature of a bird that makes it particularly suited to the small and intense space that is a poem.

The poems beautifully imagine the brief and joyful lives of birds, while teasing out what thrills and moves us when we encounter them. A poem, it transpires, can reveal just as much as a pair of binoculars.

Poems by  Jean Atkin, Alison Brackenbury, John Clare, Emily Dickinson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Rebecca Goss, Thomas Hardy, Caleb Parkin, Katrina Porteous and Lynne Wycherley.

Beautifully produced collections of poems presented in a booklet that is a distinct upgrade from the usual greetings cards.

Cover illustration by Cathy King