Narrative theme: Environmental issues & natural wo Books

Discover poetry that reconnects you with the earth-and yourself.The Land Will Hold You is a heartfelt collection of 62 poems that speak directly to anyone who loves the land and seeks solace, strength, and belonging in nature's embrace. Mary...

Poetry means what it says and has always been in a class by itself. Poetical expression has bucked the system from the get-go. Poems mean something even when they appear to be hanging upside down from a tree branch. Sincere poetry can't really be wrong...

“A stunning debut, navigating womanhood, mythology, the body, and the surreal knowledge that dwells within.”—Jane Wong, author of Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, How to Not Be Afraid of Everything (longlisted for the 2022 Pen/Voelcker...

In The Buried Stream, Shel Kim Rollison makes her debut into the world of poetry through a beautiful collection of heartfelt poems.Within these pages are explorations on the themes of nature, relationships, love, freedom, and the essence of how to be...

The stove light shining on starsThe linoleum dance floorSinging into a wooden spoonAn audience of bubbling cauldronsEpic moves too great for public eyesA celebration of simple pleasures and the everyday, Robin and Daisy Play in the Spring is also, at...

After witnessing a murder linked to a mysterious briefcase, a teen sparks an unraveling conspiracy. A grieving photographer and a fiery conservationist join forces against powerful enemies to expose buried treaties and a planetary threat-racing to...

AWARD-WINNING POET • AUTHOR OF ELEVEN POETRY COLLECTIONS • FORMER POET LAUREATE OF NEW ZEALAND • David Eggleton explores the voices of New Zealand, Australia, and Polynesia in his latest collection, LIFTING THE ISLAND"This is vital, elastic,...

All hope for survival is lost after a surprise raid by the Blues leads to the destruction of the CloAll hope for survival is lost after a surprise raid by the Blues leads to the destruction of the Cloud.With Dez critically injured, Emi takes on the...

The Hemogoblin Hypothesis is a thrilling blend of forbidden romance, supernatural conflict, and scientific intrigue.Lucian Searle is a college student by day and a vampire hunter by blood, raised to see vampires as nothing more than monsters. Alene...

Dreaming Amongst Sorrows and Stars is a collection of poetry about pain, depression, and feeling loss over family and joy while still trying to dream about better things, a better world, and a world where acceptance is the key to every part of life. It's...

Collected Verse 1963 - 2024. Poetry about marriage and family, love and romance, people, places, and things, and prayer, faith, and sin. The book is rich with full-color paintings and photographs to complement the poems.

"Kimberly Phinney's poetry does what poetry is meant to do: it sings, it dances, it cries, it praises, it searches, it laments. It shows us what it means to be creatures of language and words-and what the power of words can do..." -Dr. Karen Swallow...

The seasons shape us and provide an ever changing, and yet somehow familiar pattern to our lives. We know that winter will be a time of darkness, of candlelight and clinging to the warmth of home. Spring will bring signs of new life and hope, a waking...

River, Amen reclaims religious rituals and resurrects them in the wilderness. What emerges is a deliberate dialogue with rivers, a celebrative creed for rewilding post-industrial landscapes. This immersive, restorative collection offers a new...

<p>In <em>Mermaids of Albuquerque</em>, Cohen leaps off a trope of geological time, a past sea in the basin of Albuquerque, and finds there a fresh trough of poetry. These poems come to us flush with magic, with an imagined past,...

This collection of poetry acts as an addition to my first book, 'Blooming Us', to show the development in Gothic writing as I delve deeper into the supernatural. Indeed, travelling to Greece was pivotal for the process of comparing a palm tree to a...

In her mesmerizing sixth poetry collection, Blood Wolf Moon, Elise Paschen weaves constellations throughout, of stars and birds and light and darkness and beauty and horror and nature and humans and history, making shape and meaning of what's around us...

"He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty (Whose power no foe can withstand).I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God: on Him, I lean and rely upon, and in...

Whilst Walking Away is a beautifully simple collection of prose and poems written during a time of change and introspection. The author, Rowan J. Paige, brings a sense of peace, inspiration, and self-love with poems such as "Toasted Glaze," "Slugs," and...

Fairies and Fusiliers is a collection of poems by Robert Graves, published in 1918. The title of the book refers to the two main themes of the poems - fairies, which represent the mystical and supernatural, and fusiliers, which represent the harsh...

Embrace the Seasons: A Journey Through Nature's PoetryStep into a world where every season tells its own story. From the blooming promise of spring to the cozy whispers of winter, this collection of feel-good poetry captures the essence of nature's...

'I grew up in a small village in southern Greece. We had no toilet, no TV, and often no water or electricity. We were so isolated that we learnt about John Lennon's death in 1984 - four years after the incident. There were also very few people around to...

In an anthropomorphised world, a dreadful crime has been committed. The suspects face a lethal trial under the judgement of Empress PicaPica and Emperor Beetle II. Strangely, each suspect is convinced of their own guilt, but who will ultimately be deemed...

Words & Wit is a beautiful collection of poetry chronicling the expansive joys and journeys of life. These compelling works effortlessly translate experiences and recollections into delicately spun words that are a true work of the creative arts. Step...

Looking through the branches of a cedar tree, an infinite number of faces are revealed. Within each face is a story. The poems and stories in this book are life experiences filtered through the cedars. From the author of Nowhere to Hide & Other Stories...

The natural world is a place of solace and peace. When it is reflected in poetry, it brings the reader into that healing place. Nature's Call: Day-to-Day Poetry is just that kind of poetry collection. It will uplift readers with its clear language, its...

Experiences growing up on the Prairies and living in Winnipeg, Montreal and coastal British Columbia mesh with reflections from living and working in countries in the Global South affected by poverty, disasters and conflict. In this volume of...

A collection of concise and mostly short poems with recurring themes of our relationship with nature, the complexities of love and social justice. These poems are unpretentious in their direct and often unexpected imagery, with occasional threads of wry...

The following poems have been largely taken from facts about an incident that occurred in 2007 and 2008, and began many yearsbefore. In the 1920's the San Francisco Zoo brought Axis deer (from the Ceylon Islands, East India) and Fallow deer (from...

Emotions in Evolution is an emotional appreciation of our world through the exploration of nature. Colours, their meaning and the pleasure they bring us, are brought to life through words. Language explodes into a description of common and unusual plant...

From emerging writer Cheyanne Leonardo comes her debut poetry collection, more than metaphor. Cheyanne wrote this collection over a period of several months after moving back home to Scott County, Tennessee, from Stuttgart, Germany, in the middle of the...

Turn off the television, light a candle, and rest your eyes on the calming grayscale of Texas nature. May this collection of captured moments help you see beauty in the simplicity, as you unwind from the day.There are a thousand places one could go, and...

With many poems written in or around or about January and February, we hope this year is being kicked off to a delightful start.Between New Year's resolutions and Valentine's Day declarations, the subjects bring sweet, soft and fluffy feelings, as well...

The book of poems' title is Seasonal Symphony by Boyi Lee (author and illustrator) explores emotions ranging from profound melancholy to pure jubilation, encountering different feelings in each season through poetry. This book is published in June 2024,...

We all create false mountains to climb. Gypsy Muse is a collection of free verse poetry chronicling that journey, and how we move beyond. Its subject matter strolls the depth and breadth of life: reinvention of the self later in life, the majesty and...

גרין ראַשאַז, לאַנג און דיק, שטייענדיק אַרויף אויבן די ברעג פון די דיטש, דערציילט די שעה פון די יאָר ווי דיסטינגקטלי ווי די שאָטן אויף די רעדל די שעה פון די טאָג. גרין און דיק און סאַפּי צו די פאַרבינדן, זיי פּעלץ ווי זומער, ווייך און גומע, ווי פול פון...

This volume of beautiful poetry is a celebration of the coastal experience. In delightfully-crafted verses, the author explores the glory of nature, the allure of the sea, and the joys of combing shores for treasures.Kick off your shoes and follow Stein...

Is é seo an chéad chnuasach ó pheann Thaidhg Uí Chaoinleáin cé is go bhfuil sé ag cumadh dánta ar feadh i bhfad. Is turas taisceadála é an bailiúchán seo a chíorann a fhorbairt phearsanta mar Éireannach nua-aoiseach a léiríonn a ghrá dá theanga...

Alison Swan's collection of poems, A Fine Canopy, illustrates how the natural world envelops and encloses us with so many beautiful things: crowns of leaves, the ubiquitous blue sky, our luminous moon, and snow. So much snow. An ecopoet whose writing...

Some words rise like the sun,And illuminate your worldFor a seasonFor a dayA yearLearn the secrets of the roses, witness the companionship of two daffodils, lose your soul in a feline gaze, and ride away on a fairy steed, into a sunset or an eclipse...

PRAISE for ~ HUNGER FOR SALT“The poems of Elaine Fletcher Chapman are meditations waiting for our eyes to open. A few of these poems remind me of the beautiful seashells one finds on the beach after a storm. Chapman writes from the heart reminding...

Notice this moment-the texture at your fingertips, the breeze on your skin, the scents that greet your breath, the sounds that find your ears, the shapes and colors, light and shadow, movement and stillness that present themselves to your eyes. These are...

Being inspired by Jim Harrison and living in the southwest my whole life, I read a line about "a river never singing the same song twice." It immediately started the wheels turning about all the arroyos and dried up riverbeds I had grown up near. I have...