{"product_id":"2940169057645","title":"The Bees","description":"\u003cp\u003e`Swooningly glorious¿ \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`Indisputably her best volume¿ \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100347449584,"sku":"2940169057645","price":7.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169057645_p0.jpg?v=1763670659","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169057645","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}