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The Honey Field—6: Scars and All

By Laura Boggess 2 Comments

white starwort flower in fog

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Filed Under: Blog, Nature Poems, Patron Only, Sara Teasdale, The Honey Field

The Honey Field—5: Sugar Water for Honeybees

By Laura Boggess 2 Comments

double exposure bird flower

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Filed Under: active, Blog, Moon poems, Nature Poems, Patron Only, Sara Teasdale, The Honey Field

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!

Filed Under: Earth Song, Nature Poems, The Honey Field

Flowers of California: Lily of the Nile

By Tania Runyan 5 Comments

purple lily of the nile

After a lifetime of taking the unassuming flower for granted, Tania Runyan pens a love letter to lily of the Nile.

Filed Under: Blog, California, Flower Poems, Flowers of California, poetry prompt

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

Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 01—The Wind and the Moon

By Laurie Klein 9 Comments

light reflected in water for the wind and the moon poem

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Poet Laura: Brain Fog, Fatigue and the Fireflies

By Laura Boggess 9 Comments

sunlight on buds - poet laura fireflies

As our worlds begin to reopen, the brain fog, fatigue, and discomfort can linger. Our Poet Laura, Laura Boggess, helps us reemerge with the fireflies.

Filed Under: Blog, Nature Poems, Pandemic Journal, Poet Laura

Poet Laura for Arbor Day: The Company of Trees

By Laura Boggess 6 Comments

Giant tree and couple in traditional japanese garb at Kanazawa

For Arbor Day, our Poet Laura reflects on the company of trees and a way of nurturing them from their infancy as backyard volunteers.

Filed Under: Blog, Nature Poems, Poet Laura, Tree Poems

By Heart: ‘Choices’ + New Kate Baer Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

bamboo forest

Sometimes our choices come down to nests or mountains. Learn Tess Gallagher’s poem “Choices” By Heart and see which one you choose.

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

Poet Laura: National Poetry Month

By Laura Boggess 4 Comments

Purple, white and yellow blooms

As Spring blooms, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, Laura Boggess, is finding floral and poetic awakening in the garden just in time for National Poetry Month.

Filed Under: Blog, National Poetry Month, Nature Poems, Poet Laura

Poems to Listen By: Heart & Soil 07—Sparrows

By Laurie Klein 3 Comments

small bird with red feathers for sparrows poem

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Evening Loveliness: poets Jane Kenyon & Sara Teasdale

By Megan Willome 8 Comments

As evening comes, author Megan Willome looks for wisdom and loveliness in the poetry of Jane Kenyon and Sara Teasdale.

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

Walking in the Dark: A Path Into Poetry

By Megan Willome 9 Comments

stars

Walking (especially in the dark) is author Megan Willome’s path to poetry. Her steps begin in early morning moonlight and sometimes trace past a windmill.

Filed Under: Haiku, Haiku Poems, nature, Nature Poems, poetry, Tea, Walking

National Poetry Month: Tony Hoagland and a Stolen Earth + Group Poetry Dare

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

Tony Hoagland Real Estate

Tony Hoagland writes words he cannot find, and plays to our baser instincts to call us to greater things in search of a stolen earth.

Filed Under: Blog, Ecopoetry, National Poetry Month, Patron Only, Tony Hoagland

Reader, Come Home: “Little Rhymes for Lowly Plants”

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Reader Come Home

Join us for deep reading with author Megan Willome as we discuss a poetry collection about plants for Poetic Earth Month. And share your March pages for our Reader, Come Home column.

Filed Under: nature, Nature Poems, Poems, Poetic Earth Month, Reader Come Home

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