Something I admire greatly about the field of ecopoetry is that it contains such climactic depth to it. I think of far-ranging examples like Juliana Spahr’s oeuvre, Camille Dungy, or even considering Tommy Pico’s Nature Poem — these examples aren’t too exclude, either. I know there’s a tremendous amount of argument and scholarship toward ecopoetry’s definition and the inclusion of writings in the ecopoetic canon.
That all said, I think it does good to remind oneself that ecopoetry can come at the microscale too. That one can be inspired by something as small as a beetle, or a plastic bottle just the same as by large hyperobjects like the ozone layer or the great plastic island in the oceans.
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