NATURE POETRY BOOK

Nature Poetry Books consists of poems in praise of the beauty of nature. In most nature poetries , the poets express awe at its beauty as well as its ruthless destructive powers. Most nature poetry books glorify nature as an animate element. In rhythmic words these poems express -

• The wonder of the changing seasons
• The might and splendor of the sun, moon and starts
• The beauty of the parts of the day and the seasons
• The destructive powers of natural forces
• The loneliness and gloom of a dense forest
• The serene surroundings of a desolate village
• The silent and turbulent course of a river.

Almost all poets in their works have mentioned or glorified or worshipped nature at some point or the other. Their works have either been compiled in their own books or in collective works on nature poetry books .

Some famous poets and their poetries on nature are:

About Trees:

•  May Sarton - Leaves before the Wind

•  No Boundaries - Sin Barreras

•  David Wagoner - Lost

•  Edna St Vincent Millay - The Leaf and the Tree

•  Arthur Sze - The Shape of Leaves

•  The Old Red Kimono - Maples

•  Simone Muench - Dogwood

• Robert Frost – Birche

About seasons and weather:

•  Mary Oliver - The Summer Day

•  Ogden Nash - Summer Serenade

•  Percy Bysshe Shelley - The Cloud

•  Las Nubes Nos Banan - Verse Libre

•  Virgil Suarez - Hail Storm

• Andrew Young - Hard Frost

About Flowers:

•  Amy Lowell - Song

•  William Wordsworth - The Daffodils

•  George Eliot - Roses

• Ralph Waldo Emerson - The Rhodora

Moat of these poems are found in the form of collections in Nature poetry books.