Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Gary Snyder, Turtle Island ;"Affluence" (pg 50), "Without" (pg 6), "Coyote Valley Springs" (pg 15), "It pleases" (pg 44)

Gary Snyder focuses on nature in his poems. Nature is a beautiful thing that is some time corrupted by humans who do not know how to appreciate the wonders that are around them. In his poems, Snyder touches on many current issues, such as deforestation, fossil fuel usage, wild fires, the power of nature, and how we are all connected to nature. These poems personify nature and the other species that share the one-of-a-kind Earth, to the point that one may feel an actual connection with the world around her. 
Fossil fuel usage is greatly increasing the number of CO2 that would naturally be released into the air in a given time frame. This is depleting the Ozone layer and adding to global warming. Plants, especially trees, help with the CO2 in the air, but trees are being cut at a rate that is much higher than the rate that trees are being replaced. The Earth is being robbed of valuable elements, leading to a reduction in the number of species that can now be found and a decline in the quality of living for many others.

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