Today I just flipped through Turtle
Island and stopped to read random poems. Oddly enough, they each seemed to
be about trees. I recall Ethnobotany the best out of all of them. I
remembered it talking about oak trees in specifically. It told of some that
fell over, some that were cut down by mankind and some that died. It also went
on to discuss two types of mushrooms, whether they were safe or not to eat. In
entirety I believe this poem was to make the negative things that happen to our
environment known but to also teach the readers something. In a way it was a
message to us to learn more about nature, teach others and for everyone to
embrace it. Therefore, again this poem was about awareness.
I definitely think that Snyder stresses the importance of respect for nature and informing the younger generation so that the environment will thrive in the future. He speaks much about the damage that humans do to nature, but still enlightens the reader about how to change this.
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