Black Poets on Nature

This is a very partial list. May I recommend, Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry edited by Camille Dungy and published in 2009 by University of George Press. (Thanks to Barbara Johnstone for recommending it to me.) Ross Gay https://www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2019/07/02/397-a-small-needful-fact C. S. Giscombe https://poets.org/poem/portland-parish-blue-mountains https://poets.org/poem/first-dream Amber Flora Thomas https://poets.org/poem/bird-hand https://cavecanempoets.org/poetstour/amber-flora-thomas/ Major Jackson … More Black Poets on Nature

Going Astray

by Kate Porter In the middle of the night, lying awake in bed, I paint pictures of birds in my mind’s eye to soothe myself back to sleep. Tonight, I’m painting a picture of a dark-eyed junco. I’ve read that there are six, somewhat distinct, populations of dark-eyed juncos in North America, but I only … More Going Astray