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‘Carol Ann Duffy is the most humane and accessible poet of our time’ - Guardian
The wonders of nature have inspired poets for centuries, with their roots extending far beyond the Romantics. Beautifully curated by Carol Ann Duffy, the poems in "Earth Prayers" span a wide chronological range, but in moments of joy, sympathy, or diversity, even the earliest poems reveal a concern for the well-being of our planet. Duffy brings these early ecological poems into dialogue with contemporary voices writing about the environmental crisis, and through this dialogue, she calls for us to love and defend the planet as best as we can.
From John Clare to Lucille Clifton and Kathleen Jamie, the poets gathered in "Earth Prayers" sometimes speak as guardians and ambassadors of the earth, while at other times they express outrage against those who would exploit nature or question their role in its degradation. And the earth responds: in Stephanie Pruitt’s “Mississippi Gardens,” the soil bears witness to the worst pieces of human history, while in “Poem,” Jorie Graham conveys the earth’s plaintive voice: ‘remember me.’
To encounter nature, these poems tell us, is to be humbled, to experience our smallness magnified by the presence of the transcendent. "Earth Prayers" is a testament to the vast beauty of the natural world and a provocative reminder of our place ‘in the living thread / from which the world is woven’.
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- Macmillan Publishers
- Language
- English
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- Soft
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- ISBN-13
- 9781035048144
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