BIRDS
ABOUT OUR BIRDS. A Collection of Verses. by Arnold Wall. Whitcombe & Tombs. STORIES OF BIRD AND BUSH. By Olga P. Burton. Illustrations by L. A. Daft. Oswald-Sealy (N.Z.), Ltd., Auckland. HE first of these booklets contains 36 sets of verses in each of which birds are (or have suggested) the theme. We say verses instead of poems because poetry is not in every case achieved. But philosophy is. And technique. And humour often. And stimulation always. Here is one of convenient length to quote:PSYCHICAL RESEARCH. Flutter no more, poor bird Flutter no more, nor dash Thy tender breast Against the cruel bars, Seeking some paradise Which thou imaginest Before thy cheated eyes; Flutter no more, nor gird, Hasty and rash, At unpropitious stars. Dear bird, flutter no more, Because thou canst descry Through the half-open door Fields and enthralling woods, Sunshine and liberty New and enchanting foods. Take the gods’ gifts, nor heed The wheedling of thy lust, Flutter no more, but thrust Thy beak into the seed. Mrs. Burton’s stories are for children; or for adult readers with child-like (not childish) minds. They are neither very good nor very bad, and they have been generously illustrated in colour by Miss Daff, of the Otago University It would of course have been better if Miss Daff had worked in the open; but stuffed birds, if very faithfully drawn and coloured, as these are, are better than no birds at all.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 238, 14 January 1944, Page 14
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241BIRDS New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 238, 14 January 1944, Page 14
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