A Maritime VocabularyBy Zoë Skouldingwhat travessia/trip/travesia/trajet traverses the wreck/naufragio/naufragio/naufrageof language underwater...NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesArts & SciencesLanguage & Linguistics
Watershed and Shield ReminiscenceBy Liz HowardAmid moonscape railingscognition drained its basinone brother was bornon land black from the mineall...NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsAnxiety & Insecurity
CarrotBy Leah Naomi GreenTake all summer,your ember from the sun,its walking meditation. Store it in smallvaults of light to ...NatureActivitiesGardeningOptimism
River PiecesBy Don Domanski*clouds creak in the skyherons creak in the sky. *the dark approaches itselffrom all sides once againthe...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsMelancholy & Despair
Stream LoggersBy Karen HouleOne man and one woman park the government Jeepon the gravel shoulder of the Grand River watershed.Paired...NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMen & WomenArts & SciencesSciences
Disentangling a Gray WhaleBy Maya KhoslaWater minus air becomes wound.Her blowhole, bursts of breathing,trapped in an endless curtain of nettingand...NatureAnimalsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsHistory & Politics
ByzantiumBy William Butler YeatsThe unpurged images of day recede; The Emperor's drunken soldiery are abed; Night resonance recedes,...NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsLivingThe MindTime & Brevity
A Dialogue of Self and SoulBy William Butler YeatsI My Soul. I summon to the winding ancient stair; Set all your mind upon the steep ascent, Upon the broken, crumbling...NatureReligionThe Body
Deep Water TrawlingBy Jorie GrahamThe blades like irises turning very fast to see you completely—steel-blue then red where the cut occurs...NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesLivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationActivitiesTravels & JourneysArts & SciencesSciencesStanza FormsMixedTechniquesImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesProse Poem + 11 more
The CovenantBy Brenda HillmanHaving stopped using dolphins to locate explosives in the Cold Warthey had 30 leftover dolphins.An officer...NatureAnimalsLivingMarriage & CompanionshipMidlifeTime & BrevityTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 2 more
Breakers ["And then, rained down"]By Raúl ZuritaAnd then rained down from ferocious cloudsour empty pupils heard the suspended breakersbeat while down...LoveDesire & PassionRomantic LoveNatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsTechniquesImagerySimilePassion + 2 more
Black CherriesBy W. S. MerwinLate in May as the light lengthenstoward summer the young goldfinchesflutter down through the day for...NatureTrees & FlowersThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityJoy & Contentment
The TraditionBy Jericho BrownAster. Nasturtium. Delphinium. We thoughtFingers in dirt meant it was our dirt, learningNames in heat...NatureTrees & FlowersSocial CommentariesRace & EthnicityLivingSorrow & GrievingDisappointmentGrief
The SeedlingBy Paul Laurence DunbarAs a quiet little seedling Lay within its darksome bed,To itself it fell a-talking, And this is what...NatureTrees & FlowersLivingComing of AgeOptimism
Caterpillar ("Brown and furry")By Christina RossettiBrown and furry Caterpillar in a hurry, Take your walk To the shady leaf, or stalk, Or what not, Which...NatureAnimalsChildren (0-13)Early Readers (3-5)AnimalsTimeless Treasures
Lockdown Gardens: "Set with raindrops"By Arvind Krishna MehrotraSet with raindrops, displayedbetween the king’s mantle and the litchi tree,was the cobweb I almost walked...NatureAnimalsJoy & ContentmentAnimals
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
p1PhusisBy Mei-mei Berssenbrugge1A path through the woods winds along a stream that flows into the ocean.I look up at new leaves on ...Nature
From within my bodily singularityBy Julia FiedorczukFrom within my bodily singularityI play at sending out gentle sunbeams.I don't believe in myself, but...NatureAnimalsWeatherLivingDeathThe BodyTime & Brevity
On Leaping over the MoonBy Thomas TraherneI saw new Worlds beneath the Water ly,New Peeple; yea, another SkyAnd Sun, which seen by DayMight things...NatureStars, Planets, HeavensReligionGod & the DivineRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsJoy & ContentmentOptimism