George Szirtes is a poet who writes both children’s and grown-up verse. His book “How To Be A Tiger” neatly shows how ostensibly children’s verse can be as valuable as adult-orientated work
One highlight: “Swallows”:
Hustling on the wing
all billow and swoop
Laughing as they go
Pouring from the sky
In one vast troupe
They fly tails forked
Suddenly uncorked.
Séamus Sweeney 