Art & nature

the long version

This beautiful anthology takes nature as its inspiration. Organized around the seasons of the year, the poems celebrate not only the grandeur and magnificence of the world's wild places but also the more subtle, unexpected, and everyday wonders -- the rhythm of crops growing beneath the soil and the feel of a cool breeze on a summer's evening. Each poem has been coupled with a work of art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and every match enhances the mood or meaning of the poem. - Jacket flap.