Easter MorningBy Andrew Frisardi PRIMEAt dawn, the shapes of cypresses in fogWere fingers pointing up from graves, as if what's born…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingEasterVerse FormsSonnetStanza FormsRhymed Stanza + 3 more
River PiecesBy Don Domanski*clouds creak in the skyherons creak in the sky. *the dark approaches itselffrom all sides once again…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsMelancholy & Despair
Twentieth Amanita OdeBy Peter O’LearyIn a windthe lake's scissoring surfaceand the Sun's vernal glarethe gulls cut to curlsin their turns…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryTypes/ModesOde + 4 more
[I saw a herd of toads]By Tilsa OttaI saw a herd of toads in the gully of my reflectionStaring at each other arguing over insects It wasn…NatureAnimalsLandscapes & PastoralsAnxiety & InsecurityMelancholy & Despair
[Vi una manada de sapos…]By Tilsa OttaVi una manada de sapos mirándose entre ellosDiscutiendo insectos en el cauce de mi reflejoNo fue rom…NatureAnimalsLandscapes & PastoralsAnxiety & InsecurityMelancholy & Despair
Winter Journal: Threshed Blue, Cardings, Dim TonsilsBy Emily Wilsonstripped batting of cloud glimpsed ligaments dusk coming up under lithographic, nib-hatchings instruments…NatureWinterLandscapes & PastoralsTrees & Flowers
Sound of Wave in Channel: 7.21By Stephen Ratcliffelight coming into fog against invisible top of ridge, blue jay on redwood fence in foreground, sound…NatureAnimalsLandscapes & PastoralsStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryTypes/ModesPastoral + 4 more
A river slipsBy Cole Swensena river slips in shifting leaves sifting. a river sifts and falls to pieces in which not seen (this …NatureLandscapes & PastoralsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsLivingTime & BrevityVerse FormsMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryTypes/ModesPastoral + 5 more
To a Wreath of SnowBy Emily BrontëO transient voyager of heaven! O silent sign of winter skies! What adverse wind thy sail has driven…NatureWinterLandscapes & PastoralsWeatherSocial CommentariesCrime & PunishmentReligionThe SpiritualLivingTime & BrevityStanza FormsQuatrainMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesOdeGratitude + 13 more
A Bird in BishopswoodBy John TickhillIn springtime, chief of all seasons, in May when new joys rise and flourish, the sun is lord and messenger…LoveHeartache & LossUnrequited LoveNatureSpringAnimalsLandscapes & PastoralsSocial CommentariesClassTown & Country LifeLivingGrowing OldLife ChoicesSorrow & GrievingActivitiesSports & Outdoor Activities + 9 more
On the Fifth DayBy Jane HirshfieldOn the fifth day the scientists who studied the rivers were forbidden to speak or to study the rivers…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsTrees & FlowersSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesArts & SciencesSciencesStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 7 more
Summer, AfternoonBy Alvin FeinmanThis this will it always be, and why To ever argue for: here walking In its life, or sprawled, or loitering…NatureSummerLandscapes & PastoralsTrees & FlowersLivingYouth
The HorsesBy Ted HughesI climbed through woods in the hour-before-dawn dark. Evil air, a frost-making stillness, Not a leaf…NatureAnimalsLandscapes & PastoralsStars, Planets, HeavensSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesLivingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesConsonanceImageryTypes/ModesPastoral + 12 more
WatershedBy Tracy K. Smith200 cows more than 600 hilly acres property would have been even larger had J not sold 66 acres to …NatureLandscapes & PastoralsTrees & FlowersSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeMoney & EconomicsTown & Country LifeLivingDeathActivitiesSports & Outdoor ActivitiesArts & SciencesSciencesMetersFree VerseTypes/ModesElegyPastoral + 12 more
KelpBy Jeffrey YangHow easy it is to lose oneself in a kelp forest. Between canopy leaves, sunlight filters thru the water…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsReligionThe SpiritualThe MindArts & SciencesSciencesMetersFree VerseTechniquesImagery + 5 more
p1The Sky Keeps SurprisesBy Ahmad Almallahthe wound is bleeding into white the wound is threading clouds across the eye, across its view and how…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsThe MindDoubt & ContemplationStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryAnxiety & InsecurityMelancholy & Despair + 5 more
I’M GOING BACK TO MINNESOTA WHERE SADNESS MAKES SENSEBy Danez SmithO California, don’t you know the sun is only a god if you learn to starve for him? I’m bored with the…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsLivingDeath
Walking HorizonBy Tristan Tzarathen the clouds rolled in young is the night that is to say a cellophane softness ensued which blew …NatureAnimalsLandscapes & PastoralsSocial CommentariesTown & Country LifeLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingActivitiesTravels & JourneysTechniquesConsonanceImageryTypes/ModesElegyGrief + 9 more
A Memory of UsBy Safia Elhillowhen i think of us i think of the lakewater near longtown, what might not technically constitute a lake…LoveRomantic LoveNatureLandscapes & PastoralsTrees & Flowers
Equinox Eve, Silent Meeting GroupBy CAConradOver seven billion human beings live on Earth now. We have displaced or made extinct so many other species…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeReligionThe SpiritualArts & SciencesPoetry & Poets