Twelve Poem s about Chickens introduced by Pippa Greenwood.

Twelve Poems About Chickens - Introduced by Pippa Greenwood

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'Instead of a Card' is the idea behind the British publisher Candlestick Press' range of gorgeous small poetry pamphlets. With covers created by leading contemporary artists and poems hand-picked to speak to every kind of reader, all their titles offer a richly rewarding reading journey.

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Here’s one for the friends in our lives who have succumbed to the charms of chickens. A dozen poems celebrate their quirks and curiosities, with chickens increasingly kept and cherished by besotted owners whose gardens and smallholdings will never be the same again.

From Diana Gittins’ petulant hens preening themselves and annihilating the flower beds, to Caroline Hawkridge’s splendid cockerel straddling the world and yelling his good morning, endearing characters of the poultry world come clucking to life:

‘There should be a word for the way

they look with just one eye, neck bent …

… And for the way they run

toward someone they trust, their skirts

hiked, their plump bodies wobbling.’

from ‘A Glossary of Chickens’ by Gary Whitehead

Poems by Jean Atkin, Jacqueline Brown, John Clare, Robert Frost, Diana Gittins, Robert Graves, Caroline Hawkridge, Norman MacCaig, Kay Ryan, Sir Charles Sedley, Jane Sudworth and Gary Whitehead.

Cover illustration by Beth Krommes.