Tag Archives: Nature

The Otherworldly Cry of the Loon

By Robin Bates | Published: February 3, 2024

Nemerov’s “Loon’s Cry” searches for the transcendent in our world.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 22, 2023

In which I read Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” as a Thanksgiving poem.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 4, 2023

If you are a walker, read 17th century poet Thomas Traherne to deepen the experience.

By Robin Bates | Published: April 7, 2022

This Thich Nhat Hahn poem can be used to simultaneously celebrate Buddha’s birthday and National All Is Ours Day, both April 8 holidays.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 4, 2021

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

By Robin Bates | Published: August 11, 2021

Literature has a role to play in the fight against climate change. Coleridge early on showed us how.

By Robin Bates | Published: May 10, 2021

An Oliver poem and a Murdoch observation for the month of May.

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By Robin Bates | Published: November 7, 2020

“There are no creatures you cannot love,” Tom Hennen writes in “From a Country Overlooked.” It is a message America currently needs.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 29, 2020

In an age when we are exhausted by apocalyptic rhetoric, Richard Wilbur provides a poem that remind us of how much we owe to natural beauty.