Download or read book Speak, Old Parrot written by Dannie Abse and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2013 marks Dannie Abse's 90th birthday. In his lifetime he has published an astonishing array of work including poetry, fiction, criticism, plays and autobiography but it is as a poet that he is best known and loved. In Speak, Old Parrot he returns to themes of loss, love, medicine and its moral implications, the nature of creativity, Jewish folk tradition and the passing of time. The poems are observant of the outside world as well as the inner life and emotions but most of all they are a joy to read.