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The Poetry of Birds

The Poetry of Birds

edited by Simon Armitage and Tim Dee

Summary

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

Reviews

  • Powerful. A rich and sustaining larder, a marvellously realized sourcebook of flights of feathered fancy
    Guardian

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Simon Armitage

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