tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004618104437304826.post4137162052646699155..comments2023-08-11T15:36:35.090+01:00Comments on Caroline Gill: Poetry and Other Writing: Beautiful Birds (7): Name that poetic bird!Caroline Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05203454486693014969noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004618104437304826.post-55785752544697676282009-04-28T23:44:00.000+01:002009-04-28T23:44:00.000+01:00Hello! Thanks for stopping by our writers blog in ...Hello! Thanks for stopping by our writers blog in Clermont Fl!Hopefully I'll find you something useful:)Terri Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771622379178654235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004618104437304826.post-50946413376442401162009-04-28T10:31:00.000+01:002009-04-28T10:31:00.000+01:00I found it difficult too, but it was nice to see f...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.<br /><br />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.Matt Merritthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.com