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Let poetry speak: The transience of life in Autumn poems

For centuries, poets have turned to autumn as a mirror for the human condition, a season oscillating between abundance and decline, beauty and loss. In earlier traditions, from Shakespeare to Keats, ...
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Let poetry speak: The power of renewal in Autumn poems

Across centuries and continents, poets have turned to autumn as a mirror of human experience: a time when beauty and decay, fullness and farewell, coexist. From Shakespeare’s trembling sonnets to ...
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Black nature : four centuries of African American nature poetry / edited by Camille T. Dungy

Cycle one: Just looking. We must be careful / Ed Roberson -- Earth is a living thing / Lucille Clifton -- Mountains of California, part I / Al Young -- Mountain road ends here / G.E. Patterson -- ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Sonoma native Ada Limón’s poet laureate project boosts awareness of nature

Limón is in the midst of visiting seven national parks and unveiling poetry installations on accessible picnic tables that have been turned into works of art. Part of Ada Limón’s signature project as ...
The New York Times

How to Breathe With the Trees

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. Even on a computer screen, Ada Limón, who is serving her second term as poet laureate of ...
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Poetry in Place

With a series of poetic park installations and a new anthology, the U.S. poet laureate hopes to remind visitors and readers of their stake in the natural world. Around two years ago, Ada Limón started ...
Oman Observer

Young Indian student launches poetry anthology ‘The Fall’

MUSCAT: A 15-year-old Indian student and Omani resident, Hana Aneesa, launched her first anthology of poems, 'The Fall', at ...