{"product_id":"bees-8","title":"Bees","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Swooningly glorious’ \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Indisputably her best volume’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bees\u003c\/i\u003e is Carol Ann Duffy’s first collection of poems as Poet Laureate. In it she uses her full poetic range: there are drinking songs, love poems, poems of political anger; there are elegies, too, for beloved friends, and – most movingly – the poet’s own mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Woven and weaving through the book is its presiding spirit: the bee. Sometimes the bee is Duffy’s subject, sometimes it strays into the poem, or hovers at its edge. In the end, Duffy’s point is clear: the bee symbolizes what we have left of grace in the world, and what is most precious and necessary for us to protect. \u003ci\u003eThe Bees\u003c\/i\u003e, at once intimate and public, is a work of great power from one of our most cherished poets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317634048382,"sku":"NW9781509852925","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781509852925.jpg?v=1778655063","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/bees-8","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}