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The Honey Field—6: Scars and All

By Laura Boggess 1 Comment

white starwort flower in fog

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The Honey Field—5: Sugar Water for Honeybees

By Laura Boggess 2 Comments

double exposure bird flower

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Poems to Listen By: Black Bird Soirée 03—Magpie, Have You Seen My Sister?

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

blackbird on sand

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Earth Song Poem Featured on The Slowdown!—Birds in Home Depot

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

birds in home depot poem-birds in fountain

“Birds in Home Depot” makes a journey from poet Rick Maxson’s experience, to the Earth Song nature poems anthology, to Poetry Foundation’s The Slowdown!

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Earth Song, Nature Poems, poetry prompt, writing prompt, writing prompts

50 States of Generosity: Maine

By Nikki Rank 5 Comments

Bass Harbor Maine Coastline

Join teacher and library catalog coordinator Nikki Rank, in crossing the border from New Hampshire to Maine. There are clams, moose, and blueberries waiting for you!

Filed Under: 50 States, Nature Poems, poetry prompt, writing prompt, writing prompts

The Honey Field—2: Flower Remained Unheeded

By Laura Boggess 4 Comments

baby's breath in sunlight

In this next edition of “The Honey Field,” the narrator suffers an emotional setback—and feels like the flower that “remained unheeded.”

Filed Under: Blog, Earth Song, Nature Poems, Patron Only, Recipes, The Honey Field

The Honey Field-1 • I Am Not There

By Laura Boggess 12 Comments

Oswego Creek trees and frost

Read the first installment in a delightful new serial novel by Mildred’s Garden author Laura Boggess. Then check back every two weeks for more!

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Poems to Listen By: Black Bird Soirée 02—Into the Woods

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

black bird on wooden post

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Video: Earth Song: A Nature Poems Experience—Enchanting!

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Earth Song Horse apple nature poems

Get ready to be enchanted by this nature poems video, created especially for Earth Song: A Nature Poems Experience. We’d love to read a poem you write, inspired by your favorite moment!

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50 States of Generosity: Alaska

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

Alaska Northern Lights

We continue our 50 States of Generosity series with a focus on Alaska, whose flag makes you look up at the night sky.

Filed Under: 50 States, Emily Dickinson, Nature Poems

Poets and Poems: Jack Bedell and “Against the Woods’ Dark Trunks”

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

Oswego Creek Bedell

In “Against the Woods’ Dark Trunks,” poet Jack Bedell writes about the land and legends of south Louisiana.

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Earth Song Book Club: Poems in the Silence

By Rebecca D. Martin 7 Comments

dock in silence in sunset

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Earth Song Book Club: Garden Poems

By Rebecca D. Martin 2 Comments

Leafy greens in garden

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Earth Song Book Club: Force of Nature

By Rebecca D. Martin 9 Comments

misty rocky shore

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Earth Song Book Club: The Wild Places

By Rebecca D. Martin 11 Comments

yellow buds in spring trees

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Earth Song Book Club Announcement

By Rebecca D. Martin 6 Comments

bamboo forest

Rebecca D. Martin announces a new book club discussion of the symphonic nature poem collection edited by Sara Barkat, Earth Song.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Earth Song, Ecopoetry, Nature Poems

Tell the Bees—Event This Friday, August 5 + Prompt!

By L.L. Barkat 2 Comments

Orange Zinnias-High Res-Tell the Bees Poetry

Join us for bees poetry and some beekeeping chat. But, before that, pen your own poem where you tell the bees—or ask them—something.

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Poetry Prompt: Earth Song Nature Poems—Celebrate!

By T.S. Poetry 25 Comments

earth song nature poems climate poems daylilies

Celebrate the Earth Song nature poems anthology by penning your own song to or from the earth. Whether mountains, floral majesties, or monarchs, the lyrics are yours to compose.

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By Heart: ‘I so liked Spring’ + New Robert Frost Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

purple flowers out of focus

What do the thrushes sing? Ah Holy, Holy or Crack! Join us as we learn Charlotte Mew’s poem “I so liked Spring” By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Nature Poems, Spring Poems

50 States of Generosity: Florida

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Caladesi Island State Park Florida 50 States United States

We continue our 50 States of Generosity series with a focus on Florida and its unbelievable falling iguanas.

Filed Under: 50 States, Blog, nature, Nature Poems

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