Little Egret
(just to get you thinking 'bird'!)
- The Owl by Edward Thomas has to be one of mine. A truly poignant poem.
- Thanks to Matt of Polyolbion for listing the following (see 'Comments' below): The Nuthatch by Bernard O'Donoghue, Emmonsails Heath in Winter (and other poems) by John Clare and The Seafarer (7th century).
2 comments:
I found it difficult too, but it was nice to see favourites like the Elizabeth Bishop poem and The Windhover in there. I like Skunk Hour a lot, too, although at first I was struggling to remember the bird connection.
Other favourites would be Bernard O'Donoghue's The Nuthatch, and any number of John Clare poems (Emmonsails Heath In Winter is a particular favourite of mine). Also The Seafarer, written in the 7th century, and full of such specific bird references that it's thought it was referring to the Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth. Certainly the first bird poem in English, anyway.
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