Flint Public Library (Middleton)

Poetry for the earth, edited by Sara Dunn, with Alan Scholefield

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non fiction

Poetry for the earth

25661118

edited by Sara Dunn, with Alan Scholefield

"The poetic concern for nature has been, in the words of Anna Akhmatova, "wild in our breast for centuries." Now, Poetry for the Earth collects an astonishing diversity of poetic response to the environment, from eras and places as diverse as classical Greece, Elizabethan England, seventeenth-century Japan, contemporary Africa, and modern America. In moods that range from urgent to contemplative, euphoric to indignant" "Even as these poets celebrate the vivid glories of the earth, their work is streaked with unease and fury. "Gold-empurpled autumn" and fierce leaping salmon give way to frosted marshes awaiting the ravage of war. London's sunlit mornings and haunting rain-slick nights contrast with the befouled rivers of Nicaragua and the noise and filth of ancient Rome." "From haiku and tribal riddles to blank verse, these poems speak anew to a relationship in crisis, propelling us all toward appreciation and reflection of the planet that gives us life. Book jacket."--Jacket