★ As the shadow of the climate crisis looms over our planet, how can nature poetry still offer solace, hope, and the strength to take action?
★ Editor Rosie Storey Hilton curates a breathtaking anthology that shatters traditional stereotypes, tracing the ever-evolving relationship between humanity and the natural world through the changing seasons.
★ Featuring a diverse blend of beloved classics and emerging voices, these poems transform the urgency of ecological collapse into powerful, resonant verses that strike at the heart.
★ Spanning borders and generations, this collection is a profound testament to our shared bond with nature, celebrating the enduring human spirit and our collective duty to protect our home.

Taking time for nature poetry is an act of reverence for the natural world, and a path to understanding our part in it.

Nature poetry has been redefined through the centuries, shapeshifting through the major upheavals of our relationship with the landscapes, plants and non-human species with whom we share the earth. As our environment is destabilised and threatened by the climate crisis, we can once again find new meanings, causes for hope and catalysts for action in these poems.

Arranged by season – and full of surprises – this anthology shows the vast breadth of writing on the natural world, and challenges homogenous ideas of what a nature poet can look like. The choices in this anthology see beloved poets celebrated alongside new and emerging writers, who voices echo the urgency of the crisis we now face. Together, they show what we have in common across countries and centuries: an undeniable kinship with nature, and a fierce will to protect it.

These poems will transport you, sending you into the garden, forests and rockpools with searching hands and open eyes.

Rosie Storey Hilton
Rosie Storey Hilton is an editor and poet from North Yorkshire. Her 2022 poetry pamphlet, Between Solstices, was a collection of poems about building connections with each other and with the natural world. Since then, her poetry has focused on responses to the climate crisis. She is also involved in climate campaigns based in London, where she lives.