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As Earth Begins to End New Poems Patricia Goedicke The author's twelfth collection was born out of a thirty-year love affair between two people who are now mourning-and celebrating-the diminishment of energy and eventual death of individual love. Their mortality mirrors the earth's entropy-an environment in which each one of us: plant, animal, human being, earth itself-is, quite naturally, ending.
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"In this collection, Nancy Willard shares her passion for observing the mysteries of the natural world, particularly the flora and fauna of Cape Cod and the Hudson Valley, where many of these poems are set. We see, through her eyes, the coming of darkness to an empty orchard, the retreat of deer at dusk, and the breakup of a river with the onset of spring. Willard is also deeply engaged with the living creatures that populate her world. Her poems...
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An anthology of Canadian nature poetry that surveys Canada's regions, poetries, histories, and peoples as they relate to the natural world. The poetic responses included here range from the heights of the sublime to detailed naturalistic observation, from the perspectives of pioneers and those who work in the woods and on the sea to the dismayed witnesses of ecological destruction, from a sense of terror in confrontation with the natural world to...
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This whimsical collection of poems in the haiku tradition celebrates the joy and wonder of nature. The twenty-eight playful poems take the young reader from early morning, through the day, and into the night's "gallery of diamonds". Sometimes serious, sometimes funny, but always surprising, these poems are sure to capture the imagination.
19) Sweep up the sun
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"Illuminated by exquisite photographs of eleven species of birds, a spare poem inspires readers to open their wings and soar"--Publisher's website.
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