The Poetry of Birds
edited by Simon Armitage and Tim Dee
Published on 24. February 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-14-102711-1 (ISBN)
Description
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
'A rich 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
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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
'A rich 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
Reviews / Votes
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 *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
289 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-102711-1 (9780141027111)
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E-Book
10/2009
1st Edition
Penguin Books Ltd
€14.99
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Persons
Simon Armitage's Selected Poems appeared in 2001, and in 2007 he published a highly praised translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. He has written two volumes of memoir about living in the north for Penguin: All Points North and Gig. He lives in Huddersfield.
Tim Dee is a BBC radio producer based in Bristol. He has written a highly acclaimed memoir of his birdwatching life, The Running Sky.
Tim Dee is a BBC radio producer based in Bristol. He has written a highly acclaimed memoir of his birdwatching life, The Running Sky.