Nature poems that honor the earth Poetry, the magical result of putting words together in a way that moves one’s soul, has been a pillar of literature since the dawn of time and has occupied itself ...

A framed poster of a stamp depicting Langston Hughes, who wrote some of the best poems in American history. Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without the commitment ...

Visitors take photos of a giant panda at the Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo in East China's Jiangsu Province. "Giraffes lower ...

Last month, as a winter storm chilled Louisiana and much of the country, I sat in my armchair and read “Diving Into Nature,” a new poetry collection inspired by the skies, trees, fields, rivers and ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. April is National Poetry Month. In Washington, it is also marked by a ...

I cannot stop writing poems! … They come from the vocabulary of woods and animals and earth. Plath’s fascination with the natural world began in childhood, as she makes clear in her essay Ocean 1212-W ...

Sensory language is important in haiku writing as it helps paint vivid pictures in the minds of readers. Use words that ...

A new generation of poets, essayists, memoirists, and novelists is narrating stories of severed connections and exploitation—both their own and the Earth’s. In the winter of 2021, still very much in ...

A haiku builds a scene and then breaks it. Climate change has exactly that shape, which means the form itself can carry the ...