{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-birds","title":"Ten Poems about Birds","description":"\u003cp\u003eVarious Authors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Hunt Museum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52754279104858,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/6156\/8802\/files\/Screenshot_2026-03-06_144314.jpg?v=1772808242","url":"https:\/\/shop.huntmuseum.com\/products\/ten-poems-about-birds","provider":"The Hunt Museum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}