Diversifly : Poetry and Art on Britain's Urban Birds ed. By Nadia Kingsley LemnSissay and between present and past

and between present and past

disquieting reality unfolding in our midst

but they also ask if any imagination of the past

does love mean

with compensations of their own

Diversifly : Poetry and Art on Britain's Urban Birds ed. By Nadia Kingsley LemnSissay and between present and pastWords from the editor, Nadia Kingsley: This anthology, of new poetry and art about Britain's urban birds, grew out of the close encounters I have had with birds when visiting central London from my home on the Shropshire Wales border. I noticed how much closer I could get to blackbirds and other shy birds there. I noticed the number of people with headphones to their ears, and phones in front of their eyes. I thought about the joy I get from watching