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So come and explore the natural world through the eyes of our poets and experience the beauty of nature in a whole new way.<br><br>Displaying <strong>56,616</strong> poems from the <strong>Nature</strong> genre.</h4> </hgroup> </div> </div> </div> <div id="content-body" class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12"> <div class="row"> <div class="adunit-middle adunit-middle-2col clearfix"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6071864913982699" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block; text-align:center;" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-client="ca-pub-6071864913982699" data-ad-slot="2643431785"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div> </div> </div> <div id="content-filters" class="clearfix"> <div class="col-sm-offset-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 no-padding"> <span><span class="sort"><strong>Sort:</strong><span class="rc3 s">Popular</span><a href="genre.php?genre=Nature&o=2" class="rc3">Score</a><a href="genre.php?genre=Nature&o=1" class="rc3">A - Z</a></span></span> </div> </div> <div class="tdata-ext"> <table class="tdata"><colgroup><col style="width: 200px;"><col style="width: 340px;"><col style="width: 100px;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/30928/the-road-not-taken">The Road Not Taken</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Robert+Frost"><i>Robert Frost</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/30928/the-road-not-taken">Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,<br /> And sorry I could not travel both<br /> And be one traveler, long I stood<br /> And looked down one as far as I could<br /> To...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 884,055 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="30928" data-title="the-road-not-taken" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/42226/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud">I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/William+Wordsworth"><i>William Wordsworth</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/42226/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud">I wandered lonely as a cloud<br /> That floats on high o'er vales and hills,<br /> When all at once I saw a crowd,<br /> A host, of golden daffodils;<br /> Beside the lake,...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 351,255 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="42226" data-title="i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/14928/count-that-day-lost">Count That Day Lost</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/George+Eliot"><i>George Eliot</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/14928/count-that-day-lost">If you sit down at set of sun<br /> And count the acts that you have done,<br /> And, counting, find<br /> One self-denying deed, one word<br /> That eased the heart of him...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 350,252 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="14928" data-title="count-that-day-lost" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/23365/fragment.-where's-the-poet?">Fragment. Where's The Poet?</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/John+Keats"><i>John Keats</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/23365/fragment.-where's-the-poet?">Where's the Poet? show him! show him,<br /> Muses nine! that I may know him.<br /> 'Tis the man who with a man<br /> Is an equal, be he King,<br /> Or poorest of the...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 347,136 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="23365" data-title="fragment-where-s-the-poet" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/123017/wild-geese">Wild Geese</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Mary+Oliver"><i>Mary Oliver</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/123017/wild-geese">Wild Geese<br /> <br /> <br /> You do not have to be good.<br /> You do not have to walk on your knees<br /> for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.<br /> You only have to...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 74,011 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="123017" data-title="wild-geese" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/62930/waterfalls">Waterfalls</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Clifford+Villalon"><i>Clifford Villalon</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/62930/waterfalls">Love is like a waterfall that flows forever.<br /> A relationship of true love in different directions<br /> Through the steep, sharp and crooked lines of rocks are...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 63,526 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="62930" data-title="waterfalls" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/42183/daffodils">Daffodils</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/William+Wordsworth"><i>William Wordsworth</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/42183/daffodils">I wandered lonely as a cloud<br /> That floats on high o'er vales and hills,<br /> When all at once I saw a crowd,<br /> A host, of golden daffodils;<br /> Beside the lake,...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 35,377 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="42183" data-title="daffodils" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/44097/identity">Identity</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Julio+Noboa+Polanco"><i>Julio Noboa Polanco</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/44097/identity">Let them be as flowers,<br /> always watered, fed, guarded, admired,<br /> but harnessed to a pot of...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 31,987 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="44097" data-title="identity" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span 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class="se"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/33273/mandalay">Mandalay</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Rudyard+Kipling"><i>Rudyard Kipling</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/33273/mandalay">By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' eastward to the sea,<br /> There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me;<br /> For the wind is in the palm-trees,...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 20,533 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="33273" data-title="mandalay" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/175975/blue-melancholy-of-hong-kong">Blue Melancholy of Hong Kong</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/William+He"><i>William He</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/175975/blue-melancholy-of-hong-kong">Blue Melancholy of Hong Kong<br /> By William He<br /> <br /> A veil of purple vapour flows,<br /> In fancy's misty gleam,<br /> The sea spectral camp is seen.<br /> The street light...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 17,452 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="175975" data-title="blue-melancholy-of-hong-kong" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/1076/the-defence-of-lucknow">The Defence of Lucknow</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Alfred+Lord+Tennyson"><i>Alfred Lord Tennyson</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div 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