Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems about Birds by Billy Collins, David Allen Sibley Accounting Named one of the Best

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Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems about Birds by Billy Collins, David Allen Sibley Accounting Named one of the BestIn 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