Power of Nature by Patrick Fine

a world of dew

The world of dew is, yes,
a world of dew,
but even so

The Old Pond, Matsuo Bosho

The old pond-
a frog jumps in,
sound of water.

The Earth, Patrick Mikeska

Whistling green forests,
and vast wavy blue oceans.
Only on our Earth.

The Earth Shakes, Steve Sanfield

The earth shakes
just enough
to remind us.

The light of a Candle, Yosa Buson

The light of a candle
is transferred to another candle—
spring twilight.

Poetry has been used for thousands of years to
indirectly or simply convey ideas, feelings, or complaints.
With my collection, I have aimed to work on portraying
nature for all of the beauty that it beholds. Many poems,
especially haikus give brief explanations that make them
more interesting since it leaves a lot of the thought and
feeling to come from the reader's interpretation versus
directly from the author's symbolism and opinion as done
in books and short stories. I believe that Haiku is one of the
best styles of poetry when looking for reader creativity and
thought since they force you to create your own opinion or
beliefs about the poem based on the 17 syllables given.
Since my theme is nature I chose a collection of poems
that allude to nature's beauty, and aspects of it without
specifically talking about nature most of the time since as
I stated before it adds an extra layer of interest, and
mystery to the poems. In my poetry collection, we see
various types of poems, some modern, some from a more
classical era where nature was very prevalent in society,
and also some haikus that are by old Japanese poets.
These different types of poetry help illustrate the impact of
nature on people over various centuries since nature
changed, for better and worst over time due to human
influence. In many of the poems, nature is the main
theme/topic, but it is not directly so through words. The
authors in many of the poems make a point to speak of
nature in a way that isn’t super obvious. Like in Matsuo

Boshos's poem (The Old Pond) “The old pond-a frog
jumps in, sound of water.” Where there are elements of
nature or descriptive aspects that could be interpreted in
that way. Due to the vague poetry style and the few
syllables though the poem could be interpreted in many
different ways, and with many themes since it is so
open-ended and free to the interpretation of the reader. In
my personal poem I used more direct language, that
makes the lineage to nature more obvious and prevalent
in the poem, but still leaves room for reader interpretation
and analysis in the poem.