Most people know Julie Marie Swanson as a retired nurse. But there is another side, a poetic side. Swanson recently published her second book of poems. Her poetry is about people, the old and the ...

Poets can bring the beauty of nature to life with their words. On your next hike, bring some poetry with you, and enjoy your time on trail in a new way. To get you started, here are six hikes, paired ...

Poet and author Stephanie Oakey debuts her first book, Poems of a Southern Nobody, a collection of over 60 poems that explores the kinship between nature, people, and time. She paints a vivid picture ...

California Lutheran University English professor Jacqueline Lyons has been awarded the inaugural 2025 Nature Poetry Prize by ...

Limón is in the midst of visiting seven national parks and unveiling poetry installations on accessible picnic tables that have been turned into works of art. Part of Ada Limón’s signature project as ...

Abigail Barronian is a senior editor at Outside. She is passionate about public lands and sustainable resource management, practical and supportive training and nutrition, and great writing. New perk: ...

Born in Boston, Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848) was a woman deep in the councils of the Transcendentalists and a regular poet in the pages of The Dial, their chief New England journal. In her 1840 “I ...

November stands as a quiet bridge between autumn’s golden farewell and winter’s silver silence. It is a month of reflection, change, and acceptance - where nature softens its colours and prepares for ...