Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds

Edited by Billy Collins; Drawings by David Allen Sibley

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Paper, 288 pages, 58 color illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-15087-3
$16.95 / £11.95

October, 2009
Cloth, 288 pages, 58 color illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-15084-2
$22.95 / £15.95

"An intelligent assembly of poems that take us places where prose cannot go . . . This little book is a reminder that everything important about birds can't be found in guide books or scientific papers." — Jim Williams, Minneapolis Star Tribune

"What’s not to love here?" — Birder’s World

"Part poetry anthology, part field guide, Bright Wings is a delight to carry around." — Isabel Nathaniel, Dallas Morning News

"An elegant little compilation of poems." — Des Moines Register

"A beautiful anthology." — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"[Collins & Sibley] have created a veritable jeweled music box . . . Sure to appeal to birdlovers and poetry fans alike." — The West Australian

"Whether metaphorical or purely observational, the verses provide a wealth of details and, as a group, form a literary guide to the behavior of bird and birder." — Adam Levine, Country Gardens

"Rarely has poetry and art been so deftly partnered . . . A truly impressive anthology." — The Midwest Book Review

"Collins has done his homework, ponying up those who should never be forgotten nor hidden away in English Lit syllabus" — The Folio

Related Subjects

• Poetry
• Zoology

About the Author

Billy Collins is Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College and the author of eight books of poetry, including Ballistics, The Trouble with Poetry: and Other Poems, Nine Horses, Sailing Alone Around the World, and Questions About Angels, which was selected by Edward Hirsch for the National Poetry Series. He has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation, and has served two terms as the poet laureate of the United States, along with one term as New York State Poet. Collins divides his time between New York and Winter Park, Florida. David Allen Sibley has spent most of his life traveling across North America, studying and drawing the natural world. With the National Audubon Society, he published The Sibley Guide to Birds in 2004 and The Sibley Guide to Trees in 2009. He lives with his family in Concord, Massachusetts, and his work can be viewed at www.sibleyguides.com.

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