I would like to add to Fleming Carswell's interesting Correspondence (Nature 411, 885; 2001) about the relevance of poetry to scientists today by mentioning a few of the scientists who in the past ...

It is 250 years since the birth of the great English poet William Wordsworth. A lover of nature, his poetry abounds with images of lambs, flowers in full bloom, windswept crags and woodland scenes.

"There was a boy named Emile / who fell in love with a field," poet Kevin Young writes. "It was wide and blue — and if you could have seen it / so would've you." Emile and the Field is the story of a ...

What may at first glance seem like a simple nature poem holds a deeper meaning that can teach children a lot about our world. First published in 1846, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “The Mountain and the ...

I hope you are enjoying our Sunday column, “Poetry from Daily Life,” which provides each week the wit, wisdom, and experiences of poets and authorities on poetry. By offering such a rich mix of voices ...

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 ...