{"product_id":"the-oriole-the-ovenbird-paperback","title":"The Oriole \u0026 the Ovenbird - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAngela Patten\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Just keeping an eye on things,\" Angela Patten tells us, but what an eye it is, one that observes a raven as a \"faux-sorrowful funeral director,\" a cardinal in his \"ecclesiastical robe,\" grackles with their \"Prussian blue heads.\" And her ears are wide open, too: \"The sky is black with crows \/ crying in cracked voices of their plans \/to steal what is left of the light\" and the ovenbird with its \"\u003ci\u003eteacher-teacher-teacher- \/ \u003c\/i\u003eas if imploring academics \/ to lay down their dusty books \/ their medieval regalia.\" These are birds both of North America and Ireland, but the poems are universal. How I want to be like her cardinal, a \"feathered arrow,\" \"unstoppable\/as hunger, red as desire.\" A wonderful collection, for poetry lovers and bird lovers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Crooker, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Kells \u003c\/i\u003e(Cascade Books), winner of the Best Poetry Book 2018 Award from Poetry by the Sea and \u003ci\u003eSome Glad Morning\u003c\/i\u003e (Pitt Poetry Series)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngela Patten's \u003ci\u003eThe Oriole \u0026amp; the Ovenbird\u003c\/i\u003e offers us bird-loving readers the pleasure of seeing the birds and savoring their habits and quirky ways. But the poems of the collection also deliver to us a profundity about our human lives as we absorb the insightful portraits of these creatures that are both common and extraordinary. These serious, crafty, and elegant compositions show us just how necessary birds are to our spiritual lives; a task that also warns us how bereft we will be if we no longer have the birds enriching our days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Huddle, author of\u003ci\u003e Blacksnake at the Family Reunion \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMy Surly Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo many images in Angela Patten's poems are like tiny, crystal-clear windows into an individual and unique understanding of nature. Reading, I come to a complete halt, reread, and then say to myself, \"Oh  Yes  That's exactly it \" Her proper audience is all nature lovers, all word lovers, and every single one of us with Irish in our ancestry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaeve Kim, birder, teacher, musician and writer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 42\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.09 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47417237340338,"sku":"9781952326912","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/fd7b88e8fee9c401ef02beab794302c9.webp?v=1778425489","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-oriole-the-ovenbird-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}