A Bird's Idea of Flight by David Harsent Half the Human Race lovingly: with glass

lovingly: with glass

or we stay in touch by talking about sport

Those objects resurface in the poem as a metaphor for a loss that is as personal as it is historical

or still vital

A Bird's Idea of Flight by David Harsent Half the Human Race lovingly: with glassA Bird's Idea of Flight describes a circular journey in a sequence of 25 poems. Twelve poems chart the outward journey, the thirteenth is pivotal, and twelve poems bring the traveler back. The subject of his quest is thanatology; in particular, he is deeply curious about the business of his own death. It is an adventure of discovery and disillusionment, during which the figure of death, as companion, mentor and guide, appears along the way, and in