Sparrows at the Breakfast Table by Richard Douglas Pennant Bob Beagrie The frailty of bodies

The frailty of bodies

here kept aloft in English by the force of Katherine Silver’s translation

catching it before it vanishes

Kate Noakes

Sparrows at the Breakfast Table by Richard Douglas Pennant Bob Beagrie The frailty of bodiesBeautifully observed and written with a lightness and freshness that breathes life through every poem, Sparrows at the Breakfast Table invites us into a place of wonder and love. These family moments, most acute between a grandfather and grandson, are filled with gentle humour and deep tenderness. And there is nothing shallow here these poems are not whimsies but serious reflections on the bonds we make across generations and how they go on