How can we possibly fully comprehend species extinction? It can feel overwhelming and uncomfortable because we are, if not directly responsible, definitely implicated. S.C. Flynn urges us to connect emotionally with these threatened species and helps us find the bright points of colour in the darkness.
In these three poems, he introduces us to three bird species... No, actually, it’s more personal than that. He introduces us to two specific birds and to some scruffy refugees closely related to a once sacred species – now nicknamed ‘bin chickens’ – who have been reduced to “scavenging for our ...
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