John Clare's Birds

by John Clare

Genres: Poetry

128 pages, Hardcover

First published August 19, 1982

About the author

John Clare was an English poet, in his time commonly known as "the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet", born the son of a farm labourer at Helpston (which, at the time of his birth, was in the Soke of Peterborough, which itself was part of Northamptonshire) near Peterborough. His poetry underwent a major re-evaluation in the late 20th century and he is often now considered to be one of the most important 19th-century poets.

For other authors with this name see: psychotherapist and artist John Clare, history educator John D. Clare and John Clare.

Reviews

[Cameron Wilson]

strange book that I mostly read when actually out with the birds. The poems in this are rotten but Clare’s note taking is very interesting, and is here mostly unedited, mistakes and all. He’s created a bizarre form of the English language that doesn’t exist elsewhere, and every so often is really tender, but mostly extremely dry and detailed. Very cool if you’re a fan of John Clare and Birds. If you are neither of these things don’t bother