Bestiary: An Anthology of Poems about Animals

Bestiary: An Anthology of Poems about Animals

256 pages
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Published: 21 Oct 1996
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ISBN: 9781883319489

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Frog Books

Publication date: 21 October 1996

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In Bestiary, Stephen Mitchell has collected animal poems from many ages and many cultures. He includes excerpts from ancient masterpieces like “The Hymn to the Sun” by Pharaoh Amen-hotep IV, The Book of Job, and The Book of Psalms; haiku by Basho, Buson, and Issa; poems by Milton and Smart, Blake and Burns, Whitman and Emily Dickenson, Hardy and Hopkins... This is a gook of passionate and humorous encounters with the vibrant world of animals.