July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
Based in Berkeley, River of Words is a global watershed-based art and poetry contest for children. The group conducts teacher trainings, develops curriculum, and holds annual awards events in San Francisco and Washington, DC.
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
Poecology is an online literary journal that features writing about ecology and place. Our mission is to promote thought-provoking contemporary literature that contemplates human response to the environment. For more information, please visit www.poecology.org.
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January 01, 2011 by Robert Hass
The first thing that is apt to raise your eyesAbove the dove-grey and silvery thicketsOf lupine and coyote bush and …
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January 01, 2011 by Aleta George
After a one-year hiatus, the organizers behind the popular Geography of Hope conference in Point Reyes Station are back with a new topic. Event organizers honored Wallace Stegner at the inaugural conference in 2008 and celebrated sustainable farming in 2009. This year’s theme will be “Reflections on Water.”
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January 01, 2011 by William Keener
Here, the sedimentary rocksof the town where I was raisedlift up, the layers of ancient seabed exposed in ridges running …
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January 01, 2011 by John Hart
There is a godwho sits upon the sea’s blue monumentand breathes into the tide.He sits far off, and yet his …
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January 01, 2011 by Brenda Hillman
The sugars drop down in the berries,no longer specific. That mangy deersleeps the summer off. You’ve been herethe night …
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October 01, 2010 by Melanie Jones
This far-reaching anthology of poems is a lovely collection that speaks to what it is to be natural in the Bay Area.
July 01, 2009 by Rachel Dilworth
I think the mantis must taste like a high Aas it scalds through an alto sax: tangy, wounding, green.The tamarisk …
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April 01, 2009 by Tom Killion
Poet Gary Snyder and artist Tom Killion have been walking on and around Marin’s iconic mountain for decades. These prints and text from a new book capture the mountain’s magic and the allure it’s had for generations of artists, poets, and hikers.
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