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Book SynopsisA 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
Trade ReviewPowerful. 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 *