{"product_id":"season-songs","title":"Season Songs","description":"About the Author\n\nTed Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957 by Faber \u0026amp; Faber and was followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He received the Whitbread Book of the Year for two consecutive years for his last published collections of poetry, Tales from Ovid and Birthday Letters. He was Poet Laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he was appointed to the Order of Merit.\n\nProduct Description\n\nSpring will marry you. A promise!\nCuckoo brings the message: May.\nO new clothes! O get your house ready!\nExpectation keeps you starry.\nBut at which church and on what day?\n\nIn these poems Ted Hughes invites the reader to try and catch the spring (but she's elusive); to take a closer look at the March calf; to listen to the happiness of the summer grass; and to notice the 'weak-neck snowdrops' in winter. Earth is revealed in all its surprising richness and rawness, and so is humankind's own constantly changing relationship with the seasons.\n\nBook Description\n\nIn celebration of our 90th birthday, five beautiful hardback editions of some of Ted Hughes's most popular nature poems - to collect, savour and look at the world anew!\n\nFrom the Back Cover\n\nSpring will marry you. A promise!\nCuckoo brings the message: May.\nO new clothes! O get your house ready!\nExpectation keeps you starry.\nBut at which church and on what day?\n\nIn these poems Ted Hughes invites the reader to try and catch the spring (but she's elusive); to take a closer look at the March calf; to listen to the happiness of the summer grass; and to notice the 'weak-neck snowdrops' in winter. Earth is revealed in all its surprising richness and rawness, and so is humankind's own constantly changing relationship with the seasons.","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40597283209301,"sku":"9780571350223N","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/files\/faab057f-73b9-4854-9394-6909de5aa7f3.jpg?v=1682499244","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/products\/season-songs","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}