{"product_id":"instead-of-a-card-ten-poems-about-birds","title":"Instead of a Card: Ten Poems about Birds","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A greeting that not only gives great pleasure but illuminates our lives—like a message in a bottle.”\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e—Robert McCrum, writer and editor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Ten Poems about Birds” is a title in the “Instead of a Card” series, based on the idea that sending a greeting card is a lovely gesture, and sending a booklet of poetry an even more meaningful one.\u003c\/span\u003e\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 \u003cspan\u003ea chough is an embodiment of King Arthur, while for Katrina Porteous a skylark offers:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e“…all the music the heart needs,\u003cbr\u003eFull of its sudden fall, silent fields.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKatrina Porteous, “Skylark”\u003c\/span\u003e\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\u003eIncludes poems by Jean Atkin, Alison Brackenbury, John Clare, Emily Dickinson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Rebecca Goss, Thomas Hardy, Caleb Parkin, Katrina Porteous and Lynne Wycherley. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSelected and introduced by Katharine Towers. Cover illustration by Cathy King.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Reader's Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42377831677998,"sku":"05-27737","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/0192\/files\/ten-poems-about-birds-poetry-pamphlet-front-cover.jpg?v=1779979587","url":"https:\/\/shop.nybooks.com\/products\/instead-of-a-card-ten-poems-about-birds","provider":"The Reader's Catalog","version":"1.0","type":"link"}