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Poetry - Seeing Into The Life of Things • Peter Abbs

Issue 324 • January/February 2021 • Resilience > Regulars > Poetry

Exploring new poetry amid a reflective period of lockdown

In Defence of Eco-poetry • Peter Abbs

Issue 322 • September/October 2020 • Lessons for the Future > Reviews

Review of The Music of Time: Poetry in the Twentieth Century

Poetry - Uncharted Landscapes of the Heart • Peter Abbs

Issue 320 • May/June 2020 • Stubborn Optimism > Regulars > Poetry

Poems that open up our 'common world'

Poetry - John Keats, Eco-poet • Peter Abbs

Issue 317 • November/December 2019 • Where Do We Grow From Here? > Regulars > Poetry

Shedding new light on a much-loved classic

Poetry - Grounded Fury • Peter Abbs

Issue 316 • September/October 2019 • Listen Up! > Regulars > Poetry

Introducing two new volumes of eco-poetry

Poetry - Visions in Ditches • Peter Abbs

Issue 315 • July/August 2019 • Leading the Field > Regulars > Poetry

Reflections on the work of Jeremy Hooker

Poetry - The Secrets of the Garden • Peter Abbs

Issue 314 • May/June 2019 • Pathways > Regulars > Poetry

Delight in the poetry of Andrew Marvell

Poetry - At The Edge of Technological Breakdown • Peter Abbs

Issue 313 • March/April 2019 • Regeneration > Regulars > Poetry

A lyrical gift confronts apocalypse in Lynne Wycherley's latest volume of poetry

Poetry - In the Dead of Winter, Life Begins Again • Peter Abbs

Issue 312 • January/February 2019 • Courage > Regulars > Poetry

Moments of transformation and hope

Poetry - For Every Thing That Lives is Holy • Peter Abbs

Issue 311 • November/December 2018 • All Is One > Regulars > Poetry

A celebration of William Blake as Romantic eco-poet

Poetry - In Praise of Solidarity • Peter Abbs

Issue 310 • September/October 2018 • Inspired to Action > Regulars > Poetry

New poetic voices for social justice

Poetry - Uphill After Rain • Peter Abbs

Issue 309 • July/August 2018 • The Food Issue > Regulars > Poetry

Reflecting on the haunting work of Edward Thomas

Poetry - An Impression of Presence • Peter Abbs

Issue 308 • May/June 2018 • Working Together > Regulars > Poetry

Poet and author Fiona Sampon on how Nature informs her verse

Poetry - A Vision of Awe, From An Island Eden • Peter Abbs

Issue 307 • March/April 2018 • A Song for Spring > Regulars > Poetry

Reappraising the eco-poetry of Edwin Muir

Poetry - Headland and Heartland • Peter Abbs

Issue 306 • January/February 2018 • The Way of the Garden > Regulars > Poetry

A collaboration of poet and photographer on England's eastern shore

Poetry - Rehabilitating a visionary • Peter Abbs

Issue 305 • November/December 2017 • Light in Dark Days > Regulars > Poetry

Revisiting the work of D H Lawrence

Poetry - Celebrating A Sense of Place • Peter Abbs

Issue 304 • September/October 2017 • Together We Are Stronger > Regulars > Poetry

Poetry and images combine to reveal the splendour of the Glen of Balquhidder

Poetry - I Found the Poems in the Fields • Peter Abbs

Issue 303 • July/August 2017 • The Pilgrim's Path > Regulars > Poetry

Re-assessing the eco-poetry of John Clare

Poetry - The Quiet Voice of Humanity • Peter Abbs

Issue 302 • May/June 2017 • Real Wealth > Regulars > Poetry

Celebrating the rare power of Polish poet Adam Zagajewski

Poetry - Time to Kiss the Earth again • Peter Abbs

Issue 301 • March/April 2017 • Manifesto for A Green Mind > Regulars > Poetry

Celebrating the long-neglected Robinson Jeffers

Poetry - Verses to Defy the Dark • Peter Abbs

Issue 300 • January/February 2017 • A Plea for Empathy > Regulars > Poetry

Language enhances the quality of care for cancer sufferers

Poetry - Rhythms of the Seasons, Power of Place • Peter Abbs

Issue 299 • November/December 2016 • Brave New Worlds > Regulars > Poetry

An appreciation of Thomas Hardy's poetry

Poetry - Poets of the Anthropocene • Peter Abbs

Issue 298 • September/October 2016 • Regenerative Cities > Regulars > Poetry

New poetry for our uncertain age

Poetry - Nature's Eye and Tongue • Peter Abbs

Issue 297 • July/August 2016 • Natural Healing > Regulars > Poetry

The extraordinary poems of Emily Dickinson

Poetry - Who Owns the Field? • Peter Abbs

Issue 296 • May/June 2016 • Days of Hope > Regulars > Poetry

New poetry by Jane Clarke

The Master of Inscape • Peter Abbs

Issue 295 • March/April 2016 • Walking Back to Happiness > The Arts

The eco-poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins

Portrait of The Artist As Priest • Peter Abbs

Issue 294 • January/February 2016 • A Food Renaissance > The Arts

A new exhibition of work by David Jones

Review - The Triumph of Art • Peter Abbs

Issue 294 • January/February 2016 • A Food Renaissance > Web Exclusives > Review

Review of David Tress

Poetry - The Three Faces of Eco-Poetry • Peter Abbs

Issue 293 • November/December 2015 • Go With the Flow > Regulars > Poetry

New poems on the environment

Poetry - Fusing Nature and Consciousness • Peter Abbs

Issue 292 • September/October 2015 • Lines of Hope > Regulars > Poetry

Revisiting the poetry of Walt Whitman

Poetry - The Wounds of Being • Peter Abbs

Issue 291 • July/August 2015 • Climate: It is a moral issue > Regulars > Poetry

The poetry of Rebecca Seiferle

From Despair to Reconciliation • Peter Abbs

Issue 291 • July/August 2015 • Climate: It is a moral issue > Reviews

Review of Young Eliot: From St Louis to The Waste Land

Poetry - Visions of An Ecological Prophet • Peter Abbs

Issue 290 • May/June 2015 • Becoming Barbarian > Regulars > Poetry

The work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Poetry - Witnessing, and Warning • Peter Abbs

Issue 289 • March/April 2015 • We Need New Stories > Regulars > Poetry

Contemporary eco-poems

Poetry - One Spade of Earth • Peter Abbs

Issue 288 • January/February 2015 • Power to the People > Regulars > Poetry

New translations by Martyn Crucefix

Poetry - A Bone That God Can Whistle Through • Peter Abbs

Issue 287 • November/December 2014 • The Future We Want and the One We Can't Afford > Regulars > Poetry

Introducing Rowan William's most recent collection of poems

Poetry - Blessing the Biosphere • Peter Abbs

Issue 286 • September/October 2014 • Politics of Peace > Regulars > Poetry

Ecological writings by Helen Moore and Lynne Wycherley

Poetry - A Gathering of Spirits • Peter Abbs

Issue 285 • July/August 2014 • Energy of Nations > Regulars > Poetry

Poems by Anne Michaels

Poetry - A Language for our Dwelling Place • Peter Abbs

Issue 284 • May/June 2014 • Ecological Feminism > Regulars > Poetry

Eco-poets are turning attention to the natural apocalypse we are now facing

Poetry - The Blue inside the Black • Peter Abbs

Issue 283 • March/April 2014 • Small is the New Big > Regulars > Poetry

A tribute to the late Claire Clube

Poetry - A Sensuous Intelligence • Peter Abbs

Issue 282 • January/February 2014 • Benevolent Universe > Regulars > Poetry

A tribute to the late Seamus Heaney

Poetry - The Poetry of Meditation • Peter Abbs

Issue 281 • November/December 2013 • Protecting the Countryside > Regulars > Poetry

Introducing Buddhist poet Maitreyabandhu

Poetry - Small Epiphanies • Peter Abbs

Issue 280 • September/October 2013 • A Green Manifesto > Regulars > Poetry

The perceptive poetry of Ann Williams

Poetry - New Voices • Peter Abbs

Issue 278 • May/June 2013 • Natural Wealth > Regulars > Poetry

Eco-poetry that connects us to the intricate web of life

Poetry - Unexpected Gifts • Peter Abbs

Issue 277 • March/April 2013 • The Quiet Revolution > Regulars > Poetry

A tribute to Janice Fixter

Poetry - A Sense of Infinity • Peter Abbs

Issue 276 • January/February 2013 • The Tipping Point > Regulars > Poetry

Four modern Greek poets

Poetry - That Shiver of Recognition • Peter Abbs

Issue 275 • November/December 2012 • Pricing Nature > Regulars > Poetry

Introducing poems by Pauline Stainer

Poetry - Strangely at Home • Peter Abbs

Issue 274 • September/October 2012 • A Shared Agenda > Regulars > Poetry

Peter Abbs discovers a conservationist ethic in the poetry of Adam Thorpe

Poetry - Poet of Love • Peter Abbs

Issue 273 • July/August 2012 • Emerging Networks > The Arts > Poetry

Introducing Judith Kazantzis, poet of love

Poetry - In Praise of Trees • Peter Abbs

Issue 272 • May/June 2012 • Catalysts For Change > Regulars > Poetry

Introducing eco-poets Kim Lasky and Patrick Bond

Poetry - Room for the Soul • Peter Abbs

Issue 268 • September/October 2011 • What Comes Next? > Regulars > Poetry

The Poetry of Glyn Hughes

Poetry - Word Illuminating Word • Peter Abbs

Issue 267 • July/August 2011 • Once Upon A Time > Regulars > Poetry

The Poetry of Andy Brown

Poetry - Writing as Witnessing • Peter Abbs

Issue 265 • March/April 2011 • Intrinsic Values > Regulars > Poetry

The work of Linda France

Poetry - Unexpected Weather • Peter Abbs

Issue 264 • January/February 2011 • Leadership > Regulars > Poetry

The work of Abi Curtis explores the mysteries of the natural world, and our place within it

Poetry - The Nature of Being • Peter Abbs

Issue 262 • September/October 2010 • Embodied Wisdom > Regulars > Poetry

Collected Poems of P.K. Page.

Poetry - Answering Back • Peter Abbs

Issue 261 • July/August 2010 • Sustaining Life > Regulars > Poetry

A new volume of lyrical poetry from David Constantine.

Poetry - An Anthology of New Voices • Peter Abbs

Issue 260 • May/June 2010 • On Being Human > Regulars > Poetry

An appreciation of recently published poetry.

Poetry - Genius Loci • Peter Abbs

Issue 258 • January/February 2010 • Liberty > Regulars > Poetry

Poet Lesley Saunders is inspired by William Kent's garden at Rousham, Oxford.

Poetry - The Hope of Renewal • Peter Abbs

Issue 257 • November/December 2009 • Resilience & Climate Change > Regulars > Poetry

The epic power of Nature and the poignancy of love: the poetry of Robyn Bolam.

Poetry - New Voices • Peter Abbs

Issue 255 • July/August 2009 • Sacred Planet > Regulars > Poetry

An Anthology of new poetry.

A Poetics of the Spirit • Peter Abbs

Issue 255 • July/August 2009 • Sacred Planet > Reviews

Review of Hiddenness, Uncertainty, Surprise: Three Generative Energies of Poetry.

Poetry - A Tribute to Anna Adams • Peter Abbs

Issue 248 • May/June 2008 • The Money Delusion: In Search of True Wealth > Regulars > Poetry

Eco-poetry: earth must rebel or die.

Poetry • Peter Abbs

Issue 246 • January/February 2008 • Gandhi's Gift: The Power Of Nonviolence > The Arts

Two recent volumes of poetry by Henry Shukman and Mimi Khalvati.

We are Architects of an Empty House • Peter Abbs

Issue 245 • November/December 2007 • The Moral Economy > Reviews

Review of North Flight by Lynne Wycherley

Poetry • Peter Abbs

Issue 244 • September/October 2007 • The Green Imperative > The Arts

A tribute to the great Persian poet Rumi.

POETRY • Peter Abbs

Issue 242 • May/June 2007 • Do we need God? / Food Futures > The Arts

Into the Further Reaches (ed.) Jay Ramsay: work by sixty-four contemporary British poets celebrating the spiritual journey.

POETRY • Peter Abbs

Issue 240 • January/February 2007 • There is no wealth but life > The Arts

An anthology of new voices: Patrick Bond, Ann Williams, Janice Fixter, James Simpson.

Poetry: FOUR CONTEMPORARY ECO-POETS • Peter Abbs

Issue 239 • November/December 2006 • A Far Cry from Christmas > The Arts

Poems by Grevel Lindop, Lynne Wycherley, Alice Oswald and Charles Tomlinson.

Poetry - NIGEL McLOUGHLIN • Peter Abbs

Issue 237 • July/August 2006 • Reflecting on India > Regulars > Poetry

An Ulster poet with a compelling lyrical voice.

Poetry - CLARE BEST • Peter Abbs

Issue 236 • May/June 2006 • Animate Earth > Regulars > Poetry

Poems by a writer-in-residence on an organic farm and the children she inspired.

Poetry - AN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY POEMS • Peter Abbs

Issue 235 • March/April 2006 • From Ownership to Relationship > Regulars > Poetry

Poems by Lynne Wycherley, Jay Ramsey, Paul Matthews and David Barnett.

VISIONARY ACADEMY • Peter Abbs

Issue 234 • January/February 2006 • Earth, Wealth and Wellbeing > Frontline

The Center for the Fine Arts, on the Greek island of Paros, offers courses that focus on the whole person. An interview with the director, John Pack.

Poetry - CONTEMPORARY BUDDHIST POETRY • Peter Abbs

Issue 234 • January/February 2006 • Earth, Wealth and Wellbeing > Regulars > Poetry

Poems by Grevel Lindop, Padmakara, Linda France and Rachael Boast from The Heart as Origami.

Poetry - JUDY GAHAGAN • Peter Abbs

Issue 233 • November/December 2005 • The Answer is still Peace > Regulars > Poetry

Poetry • Peter Abbs

Issue 232 • September/October 2005 • Nature Knows us - do we know nature? > Regulars > Poetry

Poetry - MARTIN SCHMANDT and LOREN KLEINMAN • Peter Abbs

Issue 231 • July/August 2005 • The Four Pillars of Sustainability > Regulars > Poetry

Poetry - HOMAGE TO RILKE • Peter Abbs

Issue 230 • May/June 2005 • Inspired Designs > Regulars > Poetry

LOVE OF CREATION • Peter Abbs

Issue 226 • September/October 2004 • Ecoliteracy : Dancing Earth > Feature Articles

A celebration of nature through landscape.

Poetry • Peter Abbs

Issue 223 • March/April 2004 • Art for Earth's Sake > Regulars > Poetry

Poetry • Peter Abbs

Issue 222 • January/February 2004 • Natural Governance > Regulars > Poetry

Visionaries - Kathleen Raine • Peter Abbs

Issue 222 • January/February 2004 • Natural Governance > Regulars > Visionaries

Poetry • Peter Abbs

Issue 221 • November/December 2003 • Divine Earth > Regulars > Poetry

Poetry • Peter Abbs

Issue 220 • September/October 2003 • Science and Spirituality > Regulars > Poetry

Poetry • Peter Abbs

Issue 219 • July/August 2003 • A time to heal > Regulars > Poetry

A Sense of Place • Peter Abbs

Issue 217 • March/April 2003 • Myth of Prosperity > Regulars > A Sense of Place

Poetry • Peter Abbs

Issue 217 • March/April 2003 • Myth of Prosperity > Regulars > Poetry

Poetry • Peter Abbs

Issue 216 • January/February 2003 • Patterns of Wholeness > Regulars > Poetry

RECLAIMING ROMANTICISM • Peter Abbs

Issue 215 • November/December 2002 • The Power of Nature > Reviews

Review of The German Tradition and The Song of the Earth

Poetry • Peter Abbs

Issue 212 • May/June 2002 • Kamasutra: The Art of Love > Regulars > Poetry

POWER OF THE WORD • Peter Abbs

Issue 210 • January/February 2002 • In Adoration of Nature > The Arts

The gift of poetry involves prophetic insight.

SHE IS A TRUE POET • Peter Abbs

Issue 200 • May/June 2000 • Culture of Compassion > Feature Articles

A tribute to Kathleen Raine.

MISSION OF POETRY • Peter Abbs

Issue 200 • May/June 2000 • Culture of Compassion > Reviews

Review of W. B. Yeats and the Learning of the Imagination

A VISUAL LANGUAGE • Peter Abbs

Issue 194 • May/June 1999 • special crafts issue: A Tale of Tapestry > Frontline

To understand the art of Peter Baldwin we need to engage the active eye.

A SCULPTOR OF SPIRIT • Peter Abbs

Issue 191 • November/December 1998 • Wildlands Philanthropy > Feature Articles

To understand the work of John Meirion Morris we have to see the artist as a spiritual agent.

THE ART OF ATONEMENT • Peter Abbs

Issue 186 • January/February 1998 • Natural Spirituality > Feature Articles

The artist Andrzej Jackowski transforms objects of everyday life into a spiritual reality.