The Poetry of Birds by Simon Armitage

The Poetry of Birds by Simon Armitage

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.

PowerfulA 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 *

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.

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ISBN 13	9780141027111
ISBN 10	0141027118
Title	The Poetry of Birds
Author	Simon Armitage
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2011-02-24
Number of pages	384
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