Poem
By Rigoberto González
The rain, of course, as it dings
every leaf on the eucalyptus—
what was it doing there, on the US-
Mexico…
every leaf on the eucalyptus—
what was it doing there, on the US-
Mexico…
Theme
Poetry & Nature
Poetry about the environment and natural world, including poems about seasons, animals, and climate change, as well as traditions like pastoral poetry and ecopoetry.
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- PoemBy Camille T. DungyAsk me if I speak for the snail and I will tell you
I speak for the snail.
speak of underneathedness
and the welcome of mosses,
of life that springs up,
little lives that pull back and wait for a moment. - EventsPoetry FoundationPoetry and portraiture provide a rare view into contemporary Mexican American women’s equestrian performance in this exhibition.
- PoemBy Ada LimónOn my way to the fertility clinic,
I pass five dead animals.
First a raccoon with all four paws… - PoemBy Alice OswaldIt's a rush, a sploosh of sewage, twenty thousand cubic metres being pumped in, stirred and settled …
- PoemBy Andrew FrisardiThe city lies back in its winding-sheet
While little digits drum a steady beat
On roofs and terraces, … - PoemBy William OlsenObservation isn’t serious play. It is living serious. Same heron. It’s used to us, we are as twilight…
- PoemBy Zoë Skouldingwhat travessia/trip/travesia/trajet
traverses
the wreck/naufragio/
naufragio/naufrage
of… - PoemBy Liz HowardAmid moonscape railings
cognition drained its basinone brother was born
on land black from the mineall… 
- PoemBy Leah Naomi GreenTake all summer,
your ember from the sun,
its walking meditation. Store it in small
vaults of light to … - PoemBy Don Domanski*
clouds creak in the sky
herons creak in the sky.
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the dark approaches itself
from all sides once again… - PoemBy Stuart Cooke
Click the image above to access the JPG of this visual poem so you can zoom to read the text. A plain… - PoemBy Karen HouleOne man and one woman park the government Jeep
on the gravel shoulder of the Grand River watershed.
Paired… - PoemBy Maya KhoslaWater minus air becomes wound.
Her blowhole, bursts of breathing,
trapped in an endless curtain of netting… - PoemBy Jorie GrahamThe blades like irises turning very fast to see you completely—steel-blue then red where the cut occurs…
- PoemBy Brenda HillmanHaving stopped using dolphins to locate explosives in the Cold War
they had 30 leftover dolphins.
An officer… - PoemBy Raúl ZuritaTranslated By William RoweAnd then rained down from ferocious clouds
our empty pupils heard the suspended breakers
beat while down… - Glossary TermsClassically, an idyll is a pastoral poem about shepherds. In more contemporary contexts, an idyll is often seen as similar to a pastoral or descriptive poem depicting a peaceful, idealized, rural scene or setting. It often celebrates the beauty of nature, rural life, and the harmony that can be found between people and the natural world. Idylls typically evoke a sense of tranquility and nostalgia, as well as a longing for a simpler, rural way of life.Well-known historical examples of the idyll include…