Turtle Island Themes

For me the poems in Turtle Island are more complex to understand than they appear. Yes, they’re short but it’s so much meaning and thought behind them regarding the world because of humans and their lack of concern for nature. I notice that Gary Snyder describes everything he mentions in great detail. I read Anasazi, Without, The Dead by the Side of the Road and The Way West, Underground. He focuses heavily on the surrounding area, like where everyone and everything is going and what they're trying to do. The environment, people and animals seem to be important to him. In his poems he captures so much that the audience is able to imagine what he's describing very vividly.  Thus, place is a main theme displayed, this far, in the poems I have read.