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Publication
London : Picador, 2012.
Description
The Bees is Duffy's clearest affirmation yet of her belief in the poem as "secular prayer," as the means by which we remind ourselves of what is most worthy of our attention and concern, our passion and our praise. Woven into and weaving through the book is its presiding spirit: the bee. Sometimes the bee is Diffy's subject; sometimes it strays into the poem or hovers at its edge--and the reader soon begins to anticipate its appearance.
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LibraryThing member AnglersRest
I am not a fan of poetry. I do not like flowery language and some of these poems did seemed ridiculous! We read this at my book group, discussing and reading out loud our favourites. My favourite was The Counties. I have scored the book a 3 because I did not enjoy it is more about my poetry reading
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LibraryThing member PDCRead
I have heard of Carol Ann Duffy, as Poet Laureate she is probably the highest profile poet in the UK at the moment. But until now have never read a single poem of hers, so was looking forward to this.
The Bees is not a collection of poems just about the small insect, but the bee features in some of
One thing that impresses me about Duffy is her mastery of the English language. With startling brevity she is able to reach out to your soul and grasp it very firmly and carry you along by the emotion of the prose. Very good, will be looking for more of her collections.
The Bees is not a collection of poems just about the small insect, but the bee features in some of
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the poems or merely brushes by the poem. Her subjects are diverse in this collection, from the First World war to Oxfam and as diverse as the hive to snow, with several about the bees.One thing that impresses me about Duffy is her mastery of the English language. With startling brevity she is able to reach out to your soul and grasp it very firmly and carry you along by the emotion of the prose. Very good, will be looking for more of her collections.
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LibraryThing member FKarr
At first I was disappointed in this collection. The constant alliteration seemed contrived and the poems did reach me emotionally. But as I read deeper into the book and reread certain poems and the more personal the poems became and the familiar I became with the repetitions and alliterative style
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Awards
Costa Book Awards (Shortlist — Poetry — 2011)
British Book Award (Shortlist — 2011)
Poetry Book Society Choice and Recommendation (Recommendation — 2011.4)
Scotland's National Book Awards (Shortlist — 2012)
T. S. Eliot Prize (Shortlist — 2011)
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Physical description
83 p.; 20 cm
ISBN
9780330442459
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