Description
A book-length poem that interrogates the very idea of a “nature poem,” this work challenges what the genre can hold—and who it has historically excluded. Speaking through an alter ego, Teebs, the poet braids personal reflection with incisive social commentary, tracing how identity, belonging, and inherited histories shape the way we see the natural world. With sharp attention to Indigenous ancestors and the cruelties of the past, the poem asks whether “human nature” can be separated from the violence embedded in culture and language. Blending lyric intensity with cultural critique, it’s a groundbreaking, necessary meditation on writing, justice, and the possibility of a more honest relationship to land and self.
Available Editions
paperback
Tin House Books
Published Jan 1, 2017
74 pages
ISBN: 9781941040638
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Details
First Published
2017
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Nature Poem by Tommy Pico.