Ecopoetry

Poetry with an emphasis on the environment, ecology, ecosystems, empathy towards all living creatures, and providing a voice to nature and its natural processes. Global warming, climate change, and concern around lack of human urgency in the face of those things are frequent themes. Ecopoetry goes beyond nature poetry to include a sense of interconnectedness between humans and the environment and to protest against environmental injustices.

Updated February 14, 2026
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Nature poem
Pico, Tommy
Paper Book
A book-length poem about how an American Indian writer can't bring himself to write about nature, but is forced to reckon with colonial-white stereotypes, manifest destiny, and his own identity as an young, queer, urban-dwelling poet. A Best Book of the Year at BuzzFeed, Interview...
Sea change : poems
Graham, Jorie
Paper Book
"Jorie Graham's intricate, sophisticated, and mercurial poems have long been one of the splendors of contemporary American literature." --Village Voice A poetry collection that shows Pulitzer Prize winner Jorie Graham at the height of her considerable powers The New York Times...
Water Quality
Woodman Kerkham, Cynthia.
Ebook
Not for Luck : poems
Sheffield, Derek
Ebook
Selected by Mark Doty for the 2019 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize In Not For Luck, Derek Sheffield ushers us into the beauty and grace that comes from giving attention to the interconnections that make up our lives. In particular, these poems explore a father...
Shadow Price
Ghafoor, Farah
Paper Book
Shortlisted, 2025 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry Longlisted, 2025 Toronto Book Awards A CBC Best Book of 2025 Borrowing its title from a finance term--"the estimated price of a good or service for which no market price exists"--Shadow Price is a stunning debut...

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