Taken Captive by Birds

Marguerite Poland

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All my life I have been 'taken captive by birds'. Their doings are the thread that runs through childhood, the link to people and to place. Their appearance and their presence can at once recall a name, a scent, a morning full of song and exploration; an evening sorrow, a childhood fear. For, somehow, it is the birds that saw it all: those unobtrusive harbingers whose boundaries are defined by other laws than ours but whose ancient lore remains a cipher to remembrance for me.

About the Author

Marguerite Poland

Marguerite Poland is the author of six novels, including Train to Dorinbult, Shades, Iron Love and Recessional for Grace. In 2003, in collaboration with artist Leigh Voigt and Professor David Hammond-Tooke, Marguerite Poland wrote the highly acclaimed The Abundant Herds: a Celebration of the Nguni Cattle of the Zulu People, based on her doctoral thesis. She is the winner of the first two Sir Percy Fitzpatrick Awards for Children’s Literature and is the recipient of two Lifetime Achievement Awards for English Literature. Photograph © Greaves Photography, Grahamstown