Sunday 16 November 2008

On Wings of Song - Poems about Birds

This is a wonderful little book, packed full of great poems about birds of all types. The book is divided into sections such as: The Backyard; The Hawk and Legendary and Emblematic Birds. Poems include classics such as Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven and Wallace Stevens' 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird along with less well known poems by a diverse array of poets including Walt Whitman, Lewis Carrol and Gertrude Stein. My favourite poems were often about my favourite birds, for example Ted Hughes' Swifts or resonated with my recent sightings, such as David Waggoner's Nuthatch. It's a wonderful book for anyone who loves birds and poetry!

As befits a book about birds, this is now flying across the ocean to a fellow Bookcrosser in the USA.

On Wings of Song - Everyman's Library Pocket Poets.

6 comments:

Susan Tuttle said...

Ooooo -- thank you so much for this tip! It sounds like a beautiful book.

Susan
xoxo

Anonymous said...

Glad you picked today to visit - I appreciate your comment with the link back here to discover your blog, and I'm also happy to hear about the bird poem books - am on my way to Amazon to check them out!!
Cheers,
Deb

Lucy said...

I think I would like this book very much...

Deb G said...

This looks great! I already checked and I can order it from my local bookstore. I'll have to add it to my wish list. :)

Susan Richardson said...

Am definitely going to order this one - thanks for recommending it.

Anonymous said...

tx for tip-
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