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  1. Strike

    The phobia of a copperhead strike
    is made real by the lunge of a
    lawnmower into the brush to shred
    the coiling orange and brown with
    a screaming whump only to realize
    that it was an eastern box turtle
    I had set upon.

    Once again what I am afraid of
    has led me to destroy what I love
    and I weep, wondering if I will ever
    become one whose perceived fears
    are not acted on.

    I did not look to see if the
    slowmover was dead
    but I knew. I could see the
    bloody pieces of her
    shell scattered across
    the lawn.

    September 3, 1996

    #1996 #accidentalHarm #backyardEncounter #boxTurtle #compassion #confessionalWriting #copperheadFear #CreationCare #creaturelyGrief #destroyingWhatWeLove #ecologicalGrief #Fear #fearAndViolence #fearBasedAction #griefAndRemorse #HereAreWordPressTagsForThisPieceEasternBoxTurtle #humanFear #lawnmowerTragedy #moralReflection #Nature #NatureWriting #Nonviolence #orangeAndBrown #perceivedDanger #phobia #poem #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #Poetry #ProsePoem #Repentance #sacredCreatures #shell #SLOWMOVERFollowingGod3mph #Slowmover #Sorrow #SpiritualReflection #thoughts #turtle #turtleShell #unintendedViolence #Violence #vulnerableCreatures #whatIAmAfraidOf #whatILove #wildlife #Writing
  2. It happened: After a long creative crisis, I blogged again:
    steady.page/en/naturematchcuts

    I’ve regained my passion for #writing human-made texts in a world of slop and scraping. And with #NatureMatchCuts I'll talk about more than nature topics. I'll talk about how we can find #hope and motivation to act in these weird times.

    #blog #newsletter #activism #noAI #humanMade #natureWriting #nature #journalismMatters #Luddism #solarpunk #writers #writersCommunity #SupportCreatives #doodle #zine #blogging

  3. I’m happy to present another title in the Grammaticus Free Library series. This time it's “Squirrel”, a charming story written by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.

    The PDF comes with vocabulary notes and a grammar exercise on non-standard, dialectal forms used by the author - all of which are explained in the accompanying blog post.

    To get your copy, go to grammaticus.blog/2026/07/01/fr

    #englishteacher #learningenglish #americanliterature #shortstory #nature #naturewriting

  4. Quand la littérature rencontre la nature. Des suggestions de lecture de Catherine Gill, bibliothécaire à la Grande bibliothèque. 📚 banq.qc.ca/explorer/articles/n

    #Québec #BAnQ #NatureWriting #Naturalisme #Littérature

  5. A post about #water & #rivers: From the history of the #Danube to the #Wutach in the #BlackForest – one of the last wild rivers in Germany. With reflections by Alexander von Humboldt, one of the first ecologists, and a #readingtip: the new book by #RobertMacfarlane. Bonus track: a #photo exhibition.

    silberspur.de/blogs/read/113

    #River #WildRiver #Nature #Sustainability #Ecology #Time #AlexanderVonHumboldt #LivingRivers #Danube #NatureWriting #ClimateChange #NaturePhotography #Photography

  6. Ein Beitrag über #Wasser & #Flüsse: Von der Geschichte der #Donau bis zur #Wutach im #Schwarzwald – einer der letzten wilden Flüsse Deutschlands. Mit Gedanken von Alexander von Humboldt, einem der ersten Ökologen, & einem #Lesetipp: das neue Buch von #RobertMacfarlane. Bonustrack: eine Fotoausstellung...

    silberspur.de/blogs/read/111

    #Fluss #Wildfluss #Natur #Landschaftsfotografie #Ökologie #Zeit #AlexanderVonHumboldt #LebendigeFlüsse #Donau #NatureWriting #Klimawandel #NaturFotografie #Fotografie

  7. #BookReview - Gary Snyder’s 'The Practice of the Wild' offers nine thoughtful and beautifully crafted essays exploring our connection (and disconnection) to the wild, and why it matters.

    Snyder, now 95, was a leading member of the Beat Generation of 1950s American authors. This collection is strongly informed by a nature-reverent stream of Zen #Buddhism, and has been highly influential in #DeepEcology movements world-wide.

    Includes some very practical wisdom, and reads best in a mossy wood.

    Available at: uk.bookshop.org/a/17480/978164

    #naturewriting

  8. De como destrozar el presupuesto de libros del mes (y el general) pero estar contento porque esto mola mil.

    #NatureWriting
    #frikis
    #libros

  9. Lord Byron writes: "There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, there is a rapture on the lonely shore, there is society, where none intrudes, by the dip sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but nature more."

    Want more writing connected to land? Join us on Saturday: writingtheoccult.carrd.co 🧵⬇️

    #writingquotes #writersofmastodon #nature #naturewriting #climatefiction #ecofiction