Forty years after it was first published, Ted Hughes's Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders is presented in a beautifully redesigned edition with a new introduction by the nature writer Tim Dee.
The sixteen poems gathered here brim and bristle with the life Hughes generates from the absolute attention he commits to whatever it is he is looking at. His knack for finding a language to animate its subject, without a trace of sentiment or nostalgia, singles out Hughes as one of the truly great poet-interpreters of the natural world.
This edition gives full justice to the subtlety of the original watercolour illustrations, produced by Hughes's long-term collaborator and friend, the American artist, Leonard Baskin.
| ISBN: | 9780571394449 |
| Publication date: | 12th March 2026 |
| Author: | Ted Hughes |
| Illustrator: | Leonard Baskin |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 72 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards) Poetry by individual poets |
Forty years after it was first published, Ted Hughes's Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders is presented in a beautifully redesigned edition with a new introduction by the nature writer Tim Dee.
The sixteen poems gathered here brim and bristle with the life Hughes generates from the absolute attention he commits to whatever it is he is looking at. His knack for finding a language to animate its subject, without a trace of sentiment or nostalgia, singles out Hughes as one of the truly great poet-interpreters of the natural world.
This edition gives full justice to the subtlety of the original watercolour illustrations, produced by Hughes's long-term collaborator and friend, the American artist, Leonard Baskin.
Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders features in the following genres: Poetry, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), Poetry by individual poets
Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders is available in Hardback
Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders was written by Ted Hughes and published by Faber & Faber
Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders has 72 pages
£13.49