Ecopoetry Stories

poems about nature

A poetry collection of love poems and eco poetry highest rankings: #1 in core core 3/26/24 #1 in nature poem 3/26/24

#WattpadShortys2025 first poetry submission. This prose poem reflects on the precarious existence of the Cape Peninsula baboons, challenging official narratives that reduce them to mere statistics. It highlights the deep connection between the baboons, the land, and local heritage, exposing how bureaucratic "management" masks ongoing population decline and ecological erasure. Through rich imagery and emotional resonance, the poem mourns loss, calls out the dismissal of dedicated conservationists, and confronts human responsibility for environmental degradation. Ultimately, it raises profound questions about memory, truth, and the urgency of bearing witness to protect not only the baboons but the shared natural legacy they represent. Entry to #WattpadShortys2025 #Shortys2025

A collection of Earth and Contemporary Pagan poetry.

This is my first book of peoms which is all about my love for nature. hope y'all support me on this journey ❤️

I have struggled to fully understand the nauseating, gut-wrenching horribly foul feeling I experience every time I come close to a dead fish. Although, I would argue, nobody particularly likes dead fish, I have yet to meet another person who fears them in the same way I do. Writing this poem was cathartic to me as I realized some feelings I carried about dead fish had purpose.

ocean spirit - thousands of ocean fireflies glisten as waves crash like fallen stars | Featured on Wattpad's StoriesUndiscovered List | | 1st Place in the Oasis Awards | | 1st Place in the Vintage Awards | | 1st Place in the Allen's Awards | | 2nd Place in the Phoenix Queen's Awards | | 2nd Place in the Summer Zodiac Awards | | Aesthete Magazine Featured | | Participant of the Great Beginnings Awards | | No capitalization and punctuation intended |

Submission 2 #WattpadShortys2025 - Baboons Witness (Acrostic Poem) A structured acrostic that captures the essence of environmental testimony in 16 lines. Using the phrase BABOONS WITNESS, this piece distills the crisis into sharp, haunting verses that echo the prose poem's themes while standing powerfully on its own. Word Count: ~80 words Genre: Structured Environmental Poetry Image by @thatgregwilliams

What Inscription Means Now A Meditation on Heritage, Silence, and the Unprotected Wild They wrote it in gold letters: Outstanding Universal Value. On South Africa's Cape Peninsula-a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a protected landscape of ancient fynbos and impossible beauty-baboons are being erased. Chased from dawn to dusk by paintball-wielding monitors. Shot in roosting sites and on the mountain that is meant to be their home. Buried in unmarked graves. Scheduled for enclosures euphemistically called "sanctuaries," with euthanasia protocols built into the fine print. And those who object are told: speak, and we take the better option away. This prose poem is a refusal of that silence. It is a cartography of the lost-the dispersing males who crossed invisible lines, the troops buried in soft sand, the euthanised whose deaths are spoken of only in passive voice. It is a meditation on what heritage means when protection can be revoked the moment it becomes inconvenient. It is an act of witness when all democratic channels have emptied into bureaucratic sand. What does aversion teach when there is nowhere left to go? For the baboons still running through a home that no longer answers when they ask where they can be. For those who cannot stay silent. For those who keep records. For those who grieve. For what inscription should have meant. This happened/is happening. It has a name. Look. Image courtesy of: Robert Sachowski on Unsplash Cover created with the assistance of Canva.com

A prose poetry exploration of Earth's largest living organism In the cathedral silence of Oregon's ancient forests, where time moves in geological whispers and consciousness takes forms we're only beginning to understand, lies a meditation on intelligence beyond human comprehension. What readers will discover: ✨ Contemplative prose poetry that bridges science and spirituality 🍄 Mycological mysticism - exploring the inner life of Earth's largest organism 🌲 Forest philosophy - what can a 2,400-year-old fungus teach us about existence? 💫 Consciousness expansion through the lens of underground networks 🔬 Scientific wonder transformed into lyrical meditation Perfect for readers who love: - Mary Oliver's nature mysticism - Annie Dillard's philosophical observations - Eco-poetry that asks the big questions - Meditative writing that slows time - The intersection of science and spirituality. Five movements of discovery: Each numbered section deepens like forest soil, from the surface wonder of an organism spanning 1,800 football fields to the profound questions of distributed consciousness, time, and what it truly means to be alive. "Beneath every forest floor, conversations older than language pulse through networks beyond naming." Tags: #ProsePoetry #Ecopoetry #Contemplative #Mycology #NatureWriting #Meditation #Consciousness #Philosophy #Science #Fungal #Oregon #Ancient #Underground #Networks #Time A quiet revolution in how we think about intelligence, connection, and our place in the vast mycelial web of existence. For those who find the sacred in soil, the profound in spores, and the mystical in mycorrhizae. Inspired by: Mushrooms and our Search for Meaning by Maria Popova: https://www.themarginalian.org/2025/06/03/fungi-orion/?mc_cid=504f020da2&mc_eid=8330bb8536