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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



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 *

The Poetry of Birds

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 24 February 2011
      ISBN-13 9780141027111
      978-0141027111
      ISBN-10 0141027118
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      Poetry

      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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