Question

1. Write a short write up on ‘Can poetry save the earth and the natural surroundings?’

Answer 1

Explanation:

trio of award-winning poets, editors and creative writing lecturers from the School of English and Media Studies at Massey University’s Auckland campus in Albany, share their ideas on a provocative notion in a forthcoming public lecture.

In Can poetry save the Earth? (Thursday 31 May at 6:30pm), Associate Professor Bryan Walpert, Dr Jack Ross and Dr Jo Emeney explore the idea that writing and reading poetry can connect us to the natural world in a way that resonates with one of the most pressing issues of our time – the impact of climate change. They will discuss how imagination and thinking about nature can be opened up through poetry, and will read their own and others’ work – from home grown talent such as Hone Tuwhare and Brian Turner to American poet Robert Frost and Romantic English poet John Clare.

They’ve borrowed the lecture title from Can Poetry Save the Earth? A Field Guide to Nature Poems - poet and critic John Felstiner's 2009 exploration of how the human and natural worlds connect. While Felstiner may have intended just to give his book a catchy title, “Poetry and poets can use their sway to agitate for change. Why else would so many of us be put in prison?” says Jo. “I can think of at least one example where the use of a chemical pesticide (DDT) was banned across the United States as a direct result of a book on the subject written by a poet.”

“I think Felstiner chose the title in a teasing way, since it's so obvious that poetry can't save the Earth. It gets more interesting when you start to question ‘why not’, though,” says Jack. “Why couldn't it at least help? Doesn't poetry - by its nature - suggest certain attitudes which might be of value in keeping us alive?”

“I don’t think a particular poem is likely to save the Earth,” says Bryan, “but I think that poetry as a whole can have an important effect on the way we think about the problems around us.”

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Answer 2

Answer:

From Biblical times to the present day, poetry has continuously drawn us to the natural world. ... In our own time of environmental crises, he contends, poetry has a unique capacity to restore our attention to our environment in its imperiled state. And, as we take heed, we may well become better stewards of the earth.

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