Many American poets have found God in nature, including Longfellow. His “Cathedral Towers” compares pine trees to a church.
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Stately Pines, Cathedral Towers
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Wander Slowly through the Forest
In this nature poem Mary Oliver tells us to open ourselves to “God or the gods,” to listen for “the words that will never leave God’s mouth,” to linger in the wind and the rain and to wander slowly through forests,
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The Pleasure of a Pathless Wood
For Americans, wilderness is a more unkempt affair than it for Europeans.
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