{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-birds-copy","title":"Ten Poems About Birds","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur smallest creatures seem to demand the most rapt attention. The poems in this revised edition of our 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ten selections are little miracles in themselves, capturing the quirks of habit or appearance that distinguish one species from another. For Jean Atkin a chough is an embodiment of King Arthur, while for Katrina Porteous a skylark offers:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“…all the music the heart needs,\u003cbr\u003eFull of its sudden fall, silent fields.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efrom ‘Skylark’ by Katrina Porteous\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by Jean Atkin, Alison Brackenbury, John Clare, Emily Dickinson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Rebecca Goss, Thomas Hardy, Caleb Parkin, Katrina Porteous and Lynne Wycherley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Cathy King.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonation to The Owls Trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall books\/pamphlets that are part of the popular Candlestick Press range. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451110502780,"sku":null,"price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/8930\/2764\/files\/10pab-01_a765f193-70af-4cf2-b683-4dc08a5f3e00.jpg?v=1772798276","url":"https:\/\/bookbubble.co.uk\/products\/ten-poems-about-birds-copy","provider":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}