A Whistling of Birds by Isobel Dixon Jackie Morris their dissent becomes coordinated by

their dissent becomes coordinated by sign language

a different pace

The collection touches on themes of xenophobia

The material

Matthew Hedley Stoppard’s second collection attempts to create an uncanny space where traditional customs and modern anxieties mix

A Whistling of Birds by Isobel Dixon Jackie Morris their dissent becomes coordinated byElizabeth 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