Nature Poetry Today: Why Is It So Stale?

David Oates has an idea. A new poem, from this quarter’s issue of ISLE:

        Nature poem

nature detail
nature detail
feeling
nature detail

scene setting        [beginners: do this first]
nature detail
feeling
feeling
nature detail
poignant feeling

civilization detail
bad feeling
nature detail
threatened feeling
nature detail
reassured feeling  [advanced: ironic, or, even more
threatened]

Published by Kit Stolz

I'm a freelance reporter and writer based in Ventura County.

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