A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year - by Jane McMorland Hunter (Hardcover)

About the Book

From Wordsworth's springtime daffodils and Christina Rossetti's birdsong to John Keats's autumnal odes and Longfellow's "Woods in Winter," these poems pay tribute to the beauty of nature and the changing seasons. Works from such beloved writers as William Blake, Robert Burns, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Keats, Amy Lowell, and Shakespeare take you through the year, along with 12 evocative black-and-white line drawings.

Book Synopsis

Celebrate nature every day of the year with 365 of the most beautiful poems ever written.

From William Wordsworth's springtime daffodils and Christina Rossetti's birdsong to John Keats's autumnal odes and Longfellow's "Woods in Winter," these poems pay tribute to the beauty of nature and the changing seasons. Works from such beloved writers as William Blake, Robert Burns, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Keats, Amy Lowell, and Shakespeare take you through the year, along with 12 evocative black-and-white line drawings. Enjoy Thomas Hardy's "Birds at Winter Nightfall," Robert Frost's "Spring Pools," Rudyard Kipling's "The Glory of the Garden," Elizabeth Jennings's "Song at the Beginning of Autumn," and many more.

Review Quotes

'A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year is going to sit on my beside table, I can't wait to open it up each day, to reaffirm and celebrate my love for nature.' - LoveReading 'With the dawn of the new year, let nature be your guide, and keep this charming volume on the bedside table.' - The Field

About the Author

Jane McMorland Hunter's books include Ode to London and Favourite Poems of England (both published by Batsford), as well as The Tiny Garden (Frances Lincoln) and For the Love of an Orchard (Pavilion) both of which have been widely and favorably reviewed. She also wrote three books in the bestselling Teach Yourself series. Jane lives in London.