The Tree That Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination
A Picture Books, Environment, Science book. I was given this book as a gift. Knowing my...
A poetry celebration of nature, science, the environment, and the wonder of it all, from the Children's Poet Laureate The Tree That Time Built is a moving anthology of more than 100 poems celebrating the wonders of the natural world and encouraging environmental awareness. With a focus on the outdoors, this collection taps into today's environmental movement and also presents wonders of nature and science, most especially Darwin's theory of evolution, from which this collection gains its name. Included is an exclusive audio CD of many of the poets reading their own work. Including dynamic introductions to nine sections of poems, plus brief introductions to many individual poems, this collection reaches out...
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I was given this book as a gift. Knowing my passion for reading poetry I read threw each poem. With care and not only did I enjoy this book. I was inspired to begain to write poetry of my own. I keep this book close by when I need renewed inspiration. The three that time built is the first book I turn to stilk to this day. Far too often poetic and scientific sensibilities are seen as being in conflict; this delightful anthology of science-related poetry is a welcome remedy to that mindset. The poems in this collectionostensibly for younger readers though there is not a "childish" poem in the bunchcomprise a wide range of styles, tones, and cadences. The... The list of poets is a roll call of luminaries - T.S. Eliot, May Swenson, X.J. Kennedy, Christina Rossetti, Dylan Thomas, Jelaluddin Rumi, Rainer Maria Rilke, Valerie Worth, Douglas Florian, and on and on. Not only does each section have an introduction that gives the reader some background, some context, or even just a telling anecdote,...
