Diversifly : Poetry and Art on Britain's Urban Birds ed. By Nadia Kingsley John Kelly 'Patricia Smith doesn’t mince her

'Patricia Smith doesn’t mince her words

whose own parents came to England from the Punjab in the 1950s

Heath speaks to us

and with titanic heroes — of a decidedly Homeric kind — fighting for their honour and for the continued existence of their cities and their people

Diversifly : Poetry and Art on Britain's Urban Birds ed. By Nadia Kingsley John Kelly 'Patricia Smith doesn’t mince herWords 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