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Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds |  | Creators: Billy Collins, David Allen Sibley
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Rating:  8 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.8 x 1
ISBN: 0231150849
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.008036
EAN: 9780231150842
Publication Date: October 5, 2009
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| • | ISBN13: 9780231150842 | | • | Condition: NEW | | • | Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. |
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Product Description
In this beautiful collection of poems and paintings, Billy Collins, former U.S. poet laureate, joins with David Allen Sibley, America's foremost bird illustrator, to celebrate the winged creatures that have inspired so many poets to sing for centuries. From Catullus and Chaucer to Robert Browning and James Wright, poets have long treated birds as powerful metaphors for beauty, escape, transcendence, and divine expression. Here, in this substantial anthology, more than one hundred contemporary and classic poems are paired with close to sixty original, ornithologically precise illustrations. Part poetry collection, part field guide, part art book, Bright Wings presents verbal and visual interpretations of the natural world and reminds us of our intimate connection to the "bright wings" around us. Each in their own way, these poems and pictures honor the enchanting creatures that have been, and continue to be, longtime collaborators with the poet's and painter's art.
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You can't have it all . . . February 23, 2010
John N. Ruf (rockland, maine)
... but I found it odd that neither of the first two poems that leapt to mind, G.M. Hopkins 'The Windhover' and R. Jeffers 'Hurt Hawks,' is included. Birdwatching is qute a challenge. What a terrific book. Thanks to Sibley and Collins.
Poems that will flutter into your heart. February 4, 2010
Deborah Verlen (Chicago, IL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a birder when I look at my large collection of bird books and guides, I frequently swear I'm not buying another book on birds, about birds, or to view birds! Then along comes a book like Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds and my resolutions not to add another birding book to the shelf is forgotten as I view the poetry and wonderful art work.
Billy Collins, a former US Poet Laureate choose over 100 poems to include in this lovely little volume about birds. David Allen Sibley of the Sibley bird guides is the illustrator. That winning combination alone would make this wonderful volume of bird-related poetry and art a must for a birder!
The book contains both classical and modern poems by poets/writers as diverse as Keats, Plath, Nemerov, and Thoreau. Sixty or so illustrations lovingly picture birds along side the poetry.
Best of all, the book will inspire you to look at birds, even the every day ones like the Grackle with new eyes. You may even feel the muse of poetry or art fall upon you and you'll be inspired to pick up your pencil and try your hand at writing poetry or sketching the birds you see in your back yard!
Beauty on the Wing January 22, 2010
ALICE DELANA (Cambridge, MA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Everything about this book is appropriate to the fleeting beauty of the subject. The poems are lovely, the images true, and the overall effect warming to the heart. Its appeal is not limited to either poetry lovers or birdwatchers; anyone who loves a beautiful book will enjoy it.
Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds January 12, 2010
Sacramento Book Review (Sacramento, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
//Bright Wings// is a collection of poems and art that will appeal to poets and bird lovers. Edited by well-known poet Billy Collins and illustrated by author and ornithologist David Allen Sibley, //Bright Wings// makes an excellent addition to any bookshelf. It features famous poets and contemporary voices, and an introduction by Billy Collins that explores the ability of poetry to continue to tackle old topics (birds) in new and surprising ways. Poetry is a living art and its persistent power mirrors the endless power birds have over us. We humans continue to be fascinated by winged creatures, those that can fly and make music, skills we humans openly desire for ourselves. David Allen Sibley's beautiful illustrations fill this book with color. Each picture is accompanied by a short caption with information on the habits and habitats of the bird written about in an adjoining poem. This information enriches the reader's understanding of each poem. I found many favorites among the poems in this collection, but I am truly haunted by the heron in Jane Hirshfield's poem, "Hope and Love." In the winter, some of us do fold ourselves like birds, and hope keeps us warm.
Reviewed by Viola Allo
birds and poetry. January 7, 2010
J. gagliardi
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a birder i love the book,as a latent poet i love the book.No more to say
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