The Nature
of Our
Times
Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders
The Anthology
The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders
Edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, and David Hassler · Foreword by Phillip Levin
Anthology Video Readings
Watch the gallery of video messages from contributors to The Nature of Our Times.
The Exhibit
The Nature of Our Times exhibit was a collaboration with Cleveland Public Library featuring poems included in the anthology, The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and other Natural Wonders. The exhibit explores through poetry and images how nature shapes our lives, and how we can shape nature’s future.
Share Your Voice
Contribute to the “Pledge” community poem, based on the poem by Gary Snyder.
About the Project
Originally envisioned as a companion to the first U.S. National Nature Assessment and now to the work of United By Nature, The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders gathers 210 voices from the arts, ecology, academia, and Indigenous communities from North America giving witness to how nature shapes our lives and how we can shape the future.
The Nature of Our Times is a shared initiative, bringing together the joint efforts of Paloma Press, Poets for Science, United By Nature, and Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, and is made possible with grant support from the Ohio Arts Council, the San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture and Arts Commission, and the Woodward Foundation. This anthology serves as a companion to the first national assessment of U.S. lands, waters, and wildlife.
Edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, and David Hassler, the anthology features poems from some of the country’s best-known poets, including Jane Hirshfield, Camille Dungy, Naomi Shihab Nye, Arthur Sze, Kimberly Blaeser, Nickole Brown, and Diane Ackerman.
