A Whistling of Birds by Isobel Dixon Kevin M. F. Platt Gold Light Shining introduces an

Gold Light Shining introduces an essential new voice

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A Whistling of Birds by Isobel Dixon Kevin M. F. Platt Gold Light Shining introduces anElizabeth Bishops hawkweed, John Berrymans hummingbirds, Ted Hughess burnt fox the birds, beasts and flowers of Isobel Dixons new collection are at times kin to D. H. Lawrence, whose essay Whistling of Birds lends this book its name, though each poem here is its own vivid testament to the natural world, and our often troubled and troubling place in it. Lyrical, vigorous, inventive, A Whistling of Birds is at times in conversation with Lawrences iconic