{"product_id":"10-poems-about-butterflies","title":"10 Poems about Butterflies","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Instead of a Card' \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected and Introduced by Giles Watson\u003cbr\u003eVarious Authors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eButterflies must be the most beautiful of all insects. They are with us while the warm weather lasts, and seeing a Brimstone in a garden early in the year is one of the most delightful heralds of spring’s arrival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vividness and frailty of butterflies as they flicker across our summer meadows are why they seem to embody a sense of transience – and may also be why they are so popular with poets. For Judith Wright a butterfly’s short life is all about love:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Lifted by air and dream\u003cbr\u003ethey rose and circled into heaven’s slipstream\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eto seek each other over fields of blue.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efrom ‘Wings’ by Judith Wright\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis glorious selection celebrates butterflies from all over the world – from a Swallowtail in the English Fens to a Spotted Jezebel in Australia – and reminds us to look closely at their dazzling beauty while we can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by Nandi Chinna, John Clare, WH Davies, Emily Dickinson, Robert Graves, Matthew Hollis, John Kinsella, Grace Nichols, Giles Watson and Judith Wright.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Carry Akroyd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Reading Museum Online Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45253958828098,"sku":"zwk1790030930456","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/6784\/3394\/files\/10-poems-about-butterflies_1.jpg?v=1790030934","url":"https:\/\/browdefine.shop\/products\/10-poems-about-butterflies","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}