YES! Magazine

Writers of Color Are Redefining Nature Writing

A new generation of poets, essayists, memoirists, and novelists is narrating stories of severed connections and exploitation—both their own and the Earth’s. In the winter of 2021, still very much in ...
The Christian Century

nature writing

This spring, I didn't find any morels in the woods around my house. But I did find a lot of other things. Barbara Crooker enters the shades and brush strokes of daily life with such reverence that ...
Yahoo

Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet who ranged from nature and classics to the Troubles

Longley resisted the temptation ‘to write the poem of the latest [terrorist] atrocity. We knew there was no point in versifying opinion’ - Irish Eye/Alamy Michael Longley, who has died aged 85, was a ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Sonoma native Ada Limón’s poet laureate project boosts awareness of nature

Limón is in the midst of visiting seven national parks and unveiling poetry installations on accessible picnic tables that have been turned into works of art. Part of Ada Limón’s signature project as ...
npca.org

Poetry in Place

With a series of poetic park installations and a new anthology, the U.S. poet laureate hopes to remind visitors and readers of their stake in the natural world. Around two years ago, Ada Limón started ...
Outside

The Newest National Parks Feature? Poetry.

Abigail Barronian is a senior editor at Outside. She is passionate about public lands and sustainable resource management, practical and supportive training and nutrition, and great writing. New perk: ...
The New York Times

Closing the Gap Between Nature and the Self

This transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this ...
insider.si.edu

Black nature : four centuries of African American nature poetry / edited by Camille T. Dungy

Cycle one: Just looking. We must be careful / Ed Roberson -- Earth is a living thing / Lucille Clifton -- Mountains of California, part I / Al Young -- Mountain road ends here / G.E. Patterson -- ...
PBS

Urban Sprawl Haiku: Capturing Nature vs. City Growth in Poetry | Jeff Kass | Read, Write, ROAR!

Learn how to capture the delicate balance between human-built cities and the natural world. How do cities impact nature? In this video, Jeff Kass introduces the concept of urban sprawl and teaches us ...
The New York Times

I Want This Poem Read Aloud at My Funeral

Jane Kenyon’s “The Pond at Dusk” is a quiet, mischievous reckoning with nature and mortality. Our critic A.O. Scott plumbs its depths. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott You can hear a reading of this poem ...
The Santa Barbara Independent

Poetry Connection | Year in Review, Resolutions, and Your Writing Goals

Godmothers Grow: The Sacred Circle with Diana Raab, Ph.D., a space to gather, reflect, and connect with kindred spirits ...