How Do You Write A Poem About Nature?
• Take some writing materials (pen/pencil, paper/journal/diary) and venture into nature. It could be somewhere in the woods, on a hill, near a creek, on a mountain, in a park, or maybe even just in your backyard. • Look around you. What do you find that is beautiful? What do you find that is not beautiful? • Close your eyes and listen (if your location permits) to the sounds of nature. Listen to the wind, the birds, the bugs, the grass growing…anything. • Take a deep breath in and sense your surroundings. Can you smell the trees? The water? • Think of some key words that come to mind when you observe your surroundings and write them down. • Concentrate on these words and how your surroundings make you feel. Take some time before writing anything to really feel your surroundings and become one with nature. • When you feel the time is right, start your poem. Remember the key words you wrote down, and what you felt when you looked, listened, and smelled your surroundings. Feel free to t
