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The Poetry of Birds. Edited by Simon Armitage and Tim Dee
Simon Armitage
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Description for The Poetry of Birds. Edited by Simon Armitage and Tim Dee
Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Dee, Tim. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141027111
SKU
V9780141027111
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Simon Armitage
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Poetry of Birds. Edited by Simon Armitage and Tim Dee
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more