Tag Archives: nature poetry

Stay Focused When Out on a Walk

By Robin Bates | Published: October 4, 2021

When we walk in the woods, this Powys poem reminds us to stay focused.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Wood and Stone", hiking, John Cowper Powys, Nature | Comments closed

Nature Lit Has Healed for Centuries

By Robin Bates | Published: December 5, 2017

For years my Intro to Lit class has had a nature theme.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Bacchae, Barbara Kingsolver, climate change, environmental issues, Euripides, Flight Behavior, John Keats, Leslie Marmon Silko, Lord Byron, Lucille Clifton, Margaret Atwood, Mary Oliver, Midsummer Night's Dream, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Wendell Berry, William Blake, William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, Year of the Flood | Comments closed

Scorn No Vision That a Dewdrop Holds

By Robin Bates | Published: May 17, 2015

Eva Gore-Booth finds divinity with a dewdrop here, and twilight hour there. The “One” can be found in “the gentle Light that shines behind the storm.”

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Quest", Eva Gore Booth, Spirituality | Comments closed

Something Different Crosses the Threshold

By Robin Bates | Published: August 10, 2014

Mary Oliver gives a powerful reading of Jesus calming the storm.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Maybe", Christianity, Jesus, Jesus calming the storm, Mary Oliver | Comments closed