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Apr 4, 2018 · The poem entreats us to take time out of our busy lives to stop and enjoy nature, as doing so enriches our lives: No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass …. 8. Edward Thomas, ‘ Thaw ’. Over the land freckled with snow half-thawed. The speculating rooks at their nests cawed.
68 Famous Nature Poems About The Beauty And Brutality Of Nature. 1. I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is a lyric poem that expresses deep feelings about the beauty of nature. William Wordsworth was a well-known poet of the Romantic era, which began at the beginning of the 1800s.
- I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. by William Wordsworth. William Wordsworth’s literary classic, ‘Daffodils,’ also known as ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,’ is one of the most popular poems in the English language.
- The Lake Isle of Innisfree. by William Butler Yeats. ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’ takes the reader through a speaker’s fantastical daydream to leave their world behind for the peace that nature brings.
- Frost at Midnight. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. ‘Frost at Midnight’ was written in 1798 and discusses the importance of childhood and the developmental years of one’s life.
- Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. by Robert Frost. Robert Frost penned this poem, ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ in 1922, subsequently published with his long poem, ‘New Hampshire.’
Jan 10, 2019 · As John Clare wrote so often about nature, it comes as little surprise that he also turned his beautifully close attention to small details to the world of birds. This poem shows Clare’s wonderful sensitivity to vowel sounds, as he explores the patterns found within nature by focusing on the nest of the bird, which is described as ‘poet-like’.
- “Putting in The Seed” by Robert Frost
- “South” by Natasha Trethewey
- “What I Would Like to Grow in My Garden” by Katherine Riegel
- “Hummingbird” by Robin Becker
- “A Sunset” by Ari Banias
- “Merry Autumn” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- “Shook Foil” by Kwame Dawes
- “The Sun” by Dan Chiasson
- “Water” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Sara Teasdale
In this poem, Robert Frost uses the act of planting a seed as a metaphor for creating life and giving birth. You come to fetch me from my work to-night When supper’s on the table, and we’ll see If I can leave off burying the white Soft petals fallen from the apple tree. (Soft petals, yes, but not so barren quite, Mingled with these, smooth bean and...
This poem by two-time United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey reflects on the nature of the American South, while also pondering its history of slavery. I returned to land’s end, the swath of coast clear cut and buried in sand: mangrove, live oak, gulfweed razed and replaced by thin palms— palmettos—symbols of victory or defiance, over and ov...
This nature poem by Katherine Riegel reminds us of the simple pleasures of planting a garden, enjoying the scent of lavender, eating a juicy tomato, or watching a bunny enter the garden to nibble on the buffet. Lavender for the bees and because I hate all fake lavender smells. Tomatoes to cut and place on toasted bread for BLTs, with or without the...
In this poem, Becker’s muse is the hummingbird, which she portrays as an “emissary for the afterlife” while also reflecting on their nature, mythology, and her personal associations with the bird. I love the whir of the creature come to visit the pink flowers in the hanging basket as she does most August mornings, hours away from starvation to stor...
In this poem, the writer contemplates a sunset and how the beauty of some things cannot be done justice through a photo. I watch a woman take a photo of a flowering tree with her phone. A future where no one will look at it, perpetual trembling which wasn’t and isn’t. I have taken photos of a sunset. In person, “wow” “beautiful” but the picture can...
In this tribute to autumn, Dunbar proves there’s nothing sad about this transitional season. It’s all a farce,—these tales they tell About the breezes sighing, And moans astir o’er field and dell, Because the year is dying. Such principles are most absurd,— I care not who first taught ’em; There’s nothing known to beast or bird To make a solemn aut...
This poem, set in Jamaica, contrasts the beauty and gifs of nature with the modern world and “drier staleness of the road that leads to the waiting city of fluorescent lights.” The whole earth is filled with the love of God. In the backwoods, the green light is startled by blossoming white petals, soft pathways for the praying bird dipping into the...
Here, the poet compares the absolute power of the sun to that of a god, and reflects on its ability to parch the soil, or “hide perpetually behind a veil.” There is one mind in all of us, one soul, who parches the soil in some nations but in others hides perpetually behind a veil; he spills light everywhere, here he spilled some on my tie, but it d...
Much like Chiasson’s “The Sun,” this poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson looks at water’s ability to give life but also destroy. The water understands Civilization well; It wets my foot, but prettily, It chills my life, but wittily, It is not disconcerted, It is not broken-hearted: Well used, it decketh joy, Adorneth, doubleth joy: Ill used, it will destro...
Sara Teasdale wrote this poem during the 1918 flu pandemic and World War I. It expresses hope that nature will again bring brighter times. (War Time) There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in the pools singing at night, And wild plum trees in tremulous white, Robins will ...
Feb 21, 2014 · lighting the yard. read more about nature poetry. There are thousands of nature and landscape poems to read through the changing seasons; here is just a small sampling: "February: The Boy Breughel" by Norman Dubie. "Song of Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Birches" by Robert Frost. "Mock Orange" by Louise Glück. "October" by Louise Glück.
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Poetry and the Environment. Recent poetic approaches to the natural world and ecology. BY The Editors. Illustration by Diana Sudyka. The Romantic poets, often writing about beautiful rural landscapes as a source of joy, made nature poetry a popular poetic genre. When writing environmental poems today, contemporary poets tend to write about ...
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