The Faber Book of Beasts is a collection of many of the best poems in English ab
out the creatures who share our planet. The animal kingdom has prompted some of
the liveliest and most enjoyable writing by poets, from Homer to our contemporar
ies. Among the creatures gathered here, tame or wild; common or exotic, are mamm
als, reptiles, birds, insects, and others perhaps more fanciful than real.
