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A STUNNING COLLECTION OF POEMS CURATED BY THE NEW POET LAUREATE AND THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FOUR FIELDS
___________________________

''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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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 *

The Poetry of Birds

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A Paperback / softback by Simon Armitage, Tim Dee

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    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 24/02/2011
    ISBN13: 9780141027111, 978-0141027111
    ISBN10: 0141027118
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    Description

    Book Synopsis

    A STUNNING COLLECTION OF POEMS CURATED BY THE NEW POET LAUREATE AND THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FOUR FIELDS
    ___________________________

    ''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



    Trade Review
    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 *

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