Buzz Words: Poems About Insects Everyman&Apos S Library Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Poetry

Given That Insects Vastly Outnumber Us (There Are Approximately 200 Million For Every Human) It Is No Surprise There A Rich Body Of Verse On The Creeping Scuttling Flitting Stinging Things With Which We Share Our Planet Many Cultures Have Centuries-Old Traditions Insect Poetry In China Where Noblewomen Tang Dynasty Kept Crickets Gold Cages-Countless Songs Were Written Praise These \ Musicians\ Haiku Masters Japan Similarly Inspired Though Spread Their Net Wider To Include Less Prepossessing Bugs Such As Houseflies Fleas And Mosquitoes West Poems About Date Back Ancient Greeks Feature Frequently European Literature From 16Th Century Onwards Poets Collected Here Range Donne Marvell Keats Wordsworth Emily Dickinson Gerard Manley Hopkins Christina Rossetti Elizabeth Bishop Mary Oliver Ted Hughes Paul Muldoon Alice Oswald Translation By - Amongst Others Meleager Tu Fu Ivan Turgenev Victor Hugo Valery Pablo Neruda Antonio Machado Xi Chuan Bees Butterflies Beetles Cockroaches Caterpillars Fireflies Dragonflies Ladybirds Glowworms--The Miniature Creatures Adorn Pages Varied Poetic Talents Celebrate Them Σελίδες: 256 Διαστάσεις: 11 2X11 2Cm