When winter comes, the world holds its breath. Snow drapes the earth in silence, and light softens like a secret kept close.

David Crews' poem. Still Life, was inspired by Heidi Gutersloh's Nature’s Sheds Todd MoeDavid Crews: poetry inspired by art, nature It's the first morning of the Winter Solstice, and to celebrate we ...

On Thursday evening, Washington State Poet Laureate Derek Sheffield spoke in the Connolly House to an intimate crowd of ...

Last month, as a winter storm chilled Louisiana and much of the country, I sat in my armchair and read “Diving Into Nature,” a new poetry collection inspired by the skies, trees, fields, rivers and ...

Winter Poetus by Favorite American Poets. With Illustrations. Boston : Fields, Osgood, & Co. A Child’s Dream of a Star. By CHARLES DICKENS. With Illustrations by ...

Nature has been a theme and inspiration to poets since forever. When I first started writing, I hated nature poems. Poems about the trees in Massachusetts or those contemplating winter in Vermont felt ...

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 ...