Poetry, Subjects & Themes, Nature
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Traces of Pilgrimage
by Tom McKoy
This book of poems conveys experiences in the life of the poet, with occasional conjuring through the eyes of other beings. The poems range from the intimate to the universal. Wonder, grief and humor intertwine throughout the book, sometimes all...
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Every Religion Has Two Faces
Poetic Questionings by Henry Summerfield
The poems in this book explore humankind's relationship with nature, nature's combination of bountifulness and cruelty, and how man resembles and differs from other species. They ponder the tension between faith and doubt, the good and the evil...
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Between Disappointment and Delight
by Joy Lenentine
We get only one life So precious, so fleeting Is this how I’ll spend it Scrolling, posting, retweeting? The beauty of the natural world and the ups and downs of daily life—with all its gifts and losses, fear and joy, disappointment and...
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Burritt's Rapids and Beyond
by Louis Contant
In BURRITT’S RAPIDS AND BEYOND, “whatever flows, remains.” From Winnipeg, Vancouver, Montreal, and rural Ontario, Louis Contant considers his place in the world. Fireflies, whip-poor-wills, squirrels, dragonflies, waterfalls, and the soulful...
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Journey
an invitation to come along by Elizabeth Coffman
This poetry book is a search for connection. It is a journey through the beauty and metaphor of nature, through love and letting go in relationships, through a quest for deeper spiritual meaning and a response to world events.
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Walking Two Worlds
Poems and Drawings by Betty Nadine Thomas
This book has been a profound, personal journey across time, space and dimensions. Most of the poems have been given to me directly from my Spirit Guides, their words, ideas and concepts have not been altered in anyway. My role has only been to...
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Seventeen Breaths of Life
by Lesley Tannen
Seventeen breaths— lungs of the Earth heave again, life stirs Pause. Look at the natural world around you. Even in a busy urban setting, you can sit on a bench or lean against a tree and take in the world—even for just seventeen seconds....
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The Wilding
by Sandra Morris
In poems shot through with both wonder and woe, The Wilding celebrates the astonishing natural world and mourns the crises facing it. A clear-eyed, uncompromising, and cohesive first collection, it is a love letter and offering to the Earth, both...
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Moccasins on concrete and other poems
by Donald McKay
A collection of concise and mostly short poems with recurring themes of our relationship with nature, the complexities of love and social justice. These poems are unpretentious in their direct and often unexpected imagery, with occasional threads...
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Reflections of a Warrior Princess
by Stacey Shrout
Wishes and dreams piled deep below the turbulent seas Allowing it all to bring me to my knees Breaking away from the expectations at play I finally step out of my own way For once I see I can do nothing, but to let it all be
