Diversifly : Poetry and Art on Britain's Urban Birds ed. By Nadia Kingsley John Kelly Lucy Dawkins

Lucy Dawkins

'Patricia Smith doesn’t mince her words

whose own parents came to England from the Punjab in the 1950s

”   — The Rev Dr Rose Hudson-Wilkin

Diversifly : Poetry and Art on Britain's Urban Birds ed. By Nadia Kingsley John Kelly Lucy DawkinsWords from the editor, Nadia Kingsley: This anthology, of new poetry and art about Britain's urban birds, grew out of the close encounters I have had with birds when visiting central London from my home on the Shropshire Wales border. I noticed how much closer I could get to blackbirds and other shy birds there. I noticed the number of people with headphones to their ears, and phones in front of their eyes. I thought about the joy I get from watching