Visit the Poetic Earth Month art gallery and let the Jewelweed sing to you, sparkling with dew beside the red maples and the firs.
The Breath of the Woods
excerpted from chapter seven of The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller. The book was first written in 1902 in magazine form, while she was in college, at the age of 22 For a long time I had no regular lessons. Even when I studied most earnestly it seemed […]
Autumn Leaves—A Meditative Nature Video
Attention Restoration Theory (ART) is that being in nature, and viewing green spaces, allows the brain to unwind, to notice without noticing. Enjoy this meditative nature video, a small experience of nature that can brighten your spirits, even in town.
art gallery: unforseen beauty – goeldi’s botanical photographs
Visit the Poetic Earth Month art gallery and enjoy André Goeldi’s sepia botanicals from the past.
It’s Already Too Late—A Short Story
House on a hill. River down below. And the rains speckling the grass, dots of cold, salt-ocean.
art gallery: swyers’ silvan cyanotypes
Visit the Poetic Earth Month art gallery and experience the details of botany on deep blue in these cyanotype prints from artist Julia Swyers.
10 Short Tree Poems For Every Season
Reading poems — need a reason?
Here are 10 short tree poems for every season!
From haiku to free-verse. Covering everything from spring and summer, to autumn and winter poems, all are thoughtful bursts of wonder.
10 Short Nature Poems to Delight
Need a little rest & respite? Try 10 short nature poems to delight! Includes every season: spring poems, summer poems, autumn poems and winter poems. Snow, kale, butterflies and geese — all are delightful gifts of wonder.
Day 7: Remembering Grandmother
From cherry pie to pigeon peas, berry bushes to fruit trees, there’s something for everyone where perennial staple foods are concerned. Plant yours in a memory poem!
Day 6: Eating From Your Yard
There’s an abundance of beautiful, free, nutritious food, just outside the door. Step out and see?
Wake Up! The World is Here.
Frog and Toad Are Friends is a book with something to teach all ages — in its stories, in its art, and even in its ability to make a little space for peace.
Waiting for Sauerkraut: Thoughts on Inconvenience
The best things require time. Sometimes it’s hard to reconcile.
