Of freedom and flight
Again, Mr. Rochester has to face the fact that the more he tries to bind Jane to him, the more...
Hawk-like glidings
Birds feature impressively in Williamson's minutely loving study of the life and landscape of an otter. Some are preyed upon,...
Silver-shouldered flight
A perfect morning on the remote Scottish bay Maxwell made his refuge for the last ten or so years of...
What is peace?
Listening time: under 4 minutes. This is Saint-Exupéry's definition of peace, in which everything is in its place and friends...
Detonations of flight
An original way to capture the sudden soaring of a flock of birds. A few weeks ago, a flock of...
Skeins of geese sewn into the air
Two ways to describe the habitual, seasonal flight paths of geese: a skein woven into the air like stitches, which...
As the falcon flies
Even the rhythm of this simile conveys something of a great bird's single, confident swoop to land precisely on a...
Poems for my family 005 – McGee
Inspired by a high altitude test flight, this dazzling poem has added poignancy because John Gillespie McGee (1922-41) died soon...
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