"The nature poet may (should in fact ), resort to the field guide or library but will keep coming back , figuratively …"

"Poets are supremely interested in what language can't do , in order to gesture outside, they use language in a way th…"

"The first indication of one's status as a nature poet is that one does not invoke language right off when talking abo…"

"Admitting you are a nature poet, nowadays, may make you seem something of a fool!"

"We inflict our rage for immortality on things, marooning them on static islands."

"Before the wonderful, terrible wrestling with words and music there is the state of mind I'm calling 'poetic attentio…"

"As I grew older the poetic surround becomes more important. I realize that the 'poetic attention' was more important …"

"The meditative approach acknowledges that one moment will inevitably lead on to the next. We accept immortality inste…"

"Phenomenology is one name for the path back from the object to the thing, the counterbalance to the objectification o…"

"McKay's meditations on times evidence acquire a similar heft, proposing, in their discipline of mind and generosity o…"