Narrative theme: Environmental issues & natural wo Books

The Amulet of the Seasons The signs' quest 2 Zia finally leaves the ginte where she has spent happy days near the New Sea in the east, her heart filled with contradictory feelings. She begins her journey of initiation as a priestess and...

What can I tell you of freedom that you do not feel within you? What can I tell you of the people of the valley that you would not recognize in those around you?There is community and kindness, and there is anger and darkness, too, for we are merely...

Aujourd'hui, la preuve est faite ; la fourmi est incontestablement l'un des êtres les plus nobles, les plus courageux, les plus charitables, les plus dévoués, les plus généreux, les plus altruistes que porte notre terre. Maurice Maeterlinck reçut...

"In Barbara Parchim's keenly observed poems, trees, birds, humans, and octopi are neighbors, friends, and confidantes. But far from anthropomorphizing, this is a book of conversations with the living: robins feasting on a too-brief crop of berries, a...

These poems are a journey. From one hill to another, from the world of the body to the world surrounding it, from birth to dancing to death. Here are creatures of the wild: birds and horses, dogs and deer, foxes and farmers. Here are stories told from a...

Join Meredith Heller as she immerses herself in nature to discover the metaphors that help us navigate and illuminate our human journey.Her poems offer a rich, lyrical, and intimate trail guide of animism, where rocks speak in tongues/ crickets gossip/...

This chapbook of poetry is set in a rich Alaskan landscape. Throughout these poems, place, weather, and nature are the vehicle through which family, motherhood, parenting, and marriage are explored. There is a sense of longing and loss, renewal and...

The lyrical, often elegiac poems in For Those Whose Lives Have Seen Themselves explore the act of seeing not merely as observation but as insight, revelation and often epiphany. Set in countries around the world as well in America, Stewart Moss looks out...

The thread that runs through the poems in The Geography of Kitchens is one that connects us to family members who shaped our lives, particularly the women who taught us to pay attention to the details we often miss. Drawing on actual letters exchanged...

Join Meredith Heller as she immerses herself in nature to discover the metaphors that help us navigate and illuminate our human journey.Her poems offer a rich, lyrical, and intimate trail guide of animism, where rocks speak in tongues/ crickets gossip/...

The citizens of the United Caves Society have lived below earth’s ground for three generations. The world above the cave ceilings became uninhabitable. All plant and animal life perished as the ancestors of the cave people moved underground to live...

"i grieve the death of my childhood i bury the girl who read books in blanket fortsand sang in public without fear i cremate my innocence along with my dreams from the ashes is born a new mei try to not envy my remains" In...

Offerings to Selene takes the reader on a magical journey of lunar splendor. Through illustrative poetic storytelling, Sophie Jupillat Posey masterfully paints the moon in all of her vibrant facets: the nurturer, the sacred one, the seeker of vengeance,...

The perfect gift for everyone who loves sea glass and combing beaches for treasures.The Sea Glass Sisterhood features the playful, whimsical collages of sea-debris assemblage artist Christina Gray and the charming lines of poet Silke Stein...

N.R.Hart's whimsical romantic flair captures the true essence of love in her poetry. She expresses so authentically her insight on love as she believes love to be many things, least of all predictable. Love will surprise you when you least expect it...

An uplifting collection of poems inspired by the author’s rich and varied life in rural Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.  The pages bring to life how the poet is touched by the magic of nature and rustic landscapes, but is also driven to face the social...

Since 2009, PS Cottier has been committed to posting a new poem each week on her blog, pscottier.com, usually on a Tuesday. That discipline has not only given her a collection of thirteen years of writing from which to choose the rich selection for this...

From Jalynn Renee comes her debut book of poetry, If I Say.If I Say encourages readers to confront their childhood trauma, explore the different dynamics inside their own person relationships, and look towards the future with endless waves of hope.This...

Lyrics Of The Southland is a book of poetry written by Emory Elrage Scott and originally published in 1913. The collection features poems that celebrate the beauty and culture of the American South, with themes ranging from love and nature to religion...

Look at Darla Himeles, there on the razor's edge of survival as a Jew, note-taker of past and future extinctions, a poet fearless of science, unafraid of love or laughter. Listen as she sings love songs to the cephalopod dead, the manatees' eyes...

This is a book of short stories that takes place in the “Great Land,” of Alaska. They say Alaska is the “Last Great Adventure,” and in these pages you will read about some of them.There is an Eskimo boy who overcomes adversity and...

Gus Helmer is the last white seal hunter.Helmer is an old man now and leans against the bow of his small boat with both hands grasping the rail and waits for the disturbance in the water to subside and end the rocking of the boat. He peers into the water...

Chuck the bucket list. The greatest adventure in life is not scaling Everest or swimming the English Channel. It is the courageous voyage of exploration into the uncharted ocean of the self. "Who am I?" is the question that begins the journey...

Where does time hide? How can we nudge it aside, yet, confront its murky presence? Can we ever really "find" time? Without a doubt. Probing experience and knowledge through the hypnotic lens of time, Hickman's first book of poetry...

The poems in EVIDENCE OF FLOSSING: WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND are, at their heart, love poems to the something greater within all of us. Inspired by Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and Mary Oliver, naturalist Jen Payne explores the essence of spiritual...

The Refuge of Trees: Loose PoeticsMeditative ecotheological poetry aimed to sink into a state of mind at peace with nature, while wrestling with spiritual questions in the face of traditional religion. These reflections take both a humorous and playful...

We observe nature's creatures and see how they interact with each other, the furry creatures, the birds, the beasts, and hosts of other species. We should take the time to observe and marvel at their interactions to one another, and in part to their...

"In her remarkable and assured debut, Alexandria Hall explores the boundaries and limits of language, place, and the self, as well as the complicated space between safety and danger, intimacy and isolation, playfulness and seriousness, home and away...

DRENCHED BY THE SUNI, who prophesyby reading the stars and the wind,now think of that country ...- excerpt from poem 'Green Sun'Syam Sudhakar 'has an eye for the strange and the uncanny and a way of building translucent metaphors,' according to leading...

118 haiku in Scots by haiku master John McDonald with transcreations in Irish by Gabriel Rosenstock. Raw, real, disturbing and beautiful, these haiku are "...an invitation to see more clearly, to hear more sharply, to feel more soulfully. If we have...

We read stories of those who live in wild places and are connected to nature, being protected when a firestorm circumnavigates, one nurtured and well tended property, whilst eradicating the modern, edifice to ego, in a heart beat.Nature heals, stirs...

Explore the changing seasons of nature, and travel with the poet across these pages.   For as long as she can remember, Carolyn Keith Hopper has loved spending time exploring the woods and fields around her home. Swaying tall grasses, mats...

INSIDE OUTSIDE is a composite of reflections and views of the natural word, inspired by the author's spiritual practice. As an outdoor woman, some of her poems reflect this physical energy. As a medical practitioner, hospital experiences are...

A collection created to revive, 'A Strong and Fragile Thing,' musings in reflection of the wisdom and wonder found in the natural world, is divided into 4 sections; sky winks, earth bodies, water faces and weather voices, that explore the beauty and...

In this new work, which intersperses the poetry with intimate drawings of her loved ones, she shares her poetic vision of the world, speaking with her innermost voice and the voice of nature. Included in this collection are earlier poems from her student...

This book contains a collection of nature poems and art work, lovingly designed and crafted by Melbourne-based artist, Bee Williamson. The work huddles around her love of Nature, where she finds peace, joy and the inspiration to write and draw, deep...

"The world is beautiful, and I am not."This collection from O.B. Thompson tackles a number of poignant global issues, offers tributes to personal heroes, delves into more in-depth self analysis and reflects on some of the most beautiful places in the...

The Mocking Bird's Breed is a novel written by Jennie McMillan and published in 1918. The story is set in the rural South and follows the life of a young woman named Mary Ware. Mary is a member of a wealthy family and is expected to conform to the...

A mysterious dog named Sirius with apparent supernatural abilities who saves the life of a man with a dark past. A double murder from long ago and an older man's efforts to solve it. A drug kingpin and a drug heist gone bad. A determined indigenous...

From a young man to someone now solidly in his eighties, Tony Lang has loved the art of poetry. The poems in The Channel Bank and other verses, reflect his love of family and of the natural world, and his take on the quirky twist on life. The poetry is...

North Point North: New and Selected Poems showcases the work of an important contemporary American poet, winner of the prestigious Kingsley-Tufts Award for Poetry.The volume opens with twenty-one new poems, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker,...