A rich collection of poetry that celebrates the beauty and symbolism of flowers. This exquisite book is a revised and updated edition of a classic collection that contains over fifty poems accompanied by beautiful illustrations of a range of different flowersΓÇöfrom verses celebrating the beginning of spring with the emergence of the snowdrops,daffodilsand bluebells to poems that honor the summer color of astersthe heady scent of jasmineand the brazen sunflower. The classic poetsincluding ShakespeareEmily DickinsonWalt WhitmanAlfredLord TennysonThomas Hardyand Seamus Heaneyare featured. ThereΓÇÖs also a range of rich poetry from less-famous names that have stood the test of time and evoke natureΓÇÖs beautyas well as contemporary poets such as Lemn SissayImtiaz DharkerWendy Copeand Ada Lim├│n.