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Nature's Unifying Force Reflected in Poetry

Oct 12, 2001 - © Bernadette Geyer

Yes, it's hard to stand still, hour after hour,
fixed as a fencepost, hearing the steers
snort in the dark pasture, smelling the manure.

And paralyzed by the mystery of how a stone
can bear to be a stone, the pain
the grass endures breaking through the earth's crust.

I could go on with more snippets of other poems, but won't. I will merely recommend that all you nature lovers out there pick up a copy of this fine collection, and celebrate the world around you.

Essays by Pack and Parini on the history of nature in poetry and literature frame this collection, which is one of the "Bread Loaf Anthology" series sponsored by the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference at Middlebury College.

For more information on the Bread Loaf Anthology Series, check out http://www.dartmouth.edu/acad-inst/upne/...

For more information on the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, check out http://www.middlebury.edu/~blwc/

The copyright of the article Nature's Unifying Force Reflected in Poetry in Poetry Book Reviews is owned by Bernadette Geyer. Permission to republish Nature's Unifying Force Reflected in Poetry in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.

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