The Slain Birds
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Michael Longley's new collection takes its title from Dylan Thomas--"for the sake of the souls of the slain birds sailing." The Slain Birds encompasses souls, slayings, and many birds, both dead and alive. The first poem laments a tawny owl killed by a car. That owl reappears later in "Totem," which represents the book itself as "a star-surrounded totem pole/ With carvings of all the creatures." "Slain birds" exemplify our impact on the creatures...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1930630999
ISBN13:9781930630994
Release Date:September 2022
Publisher:Wake Forest University Press
Length:96 Pages
Weight:0.39 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.5" x 9.1"
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