Brien Carr - Berry's Nature Poetry

I am having considerable trouble understand the label that Berry discusses called "nature poetry." Even he himself states that the term "is a clumsy term." At first thought, the idea of "nature poetry" seems to be a cop out on seperating poetry into an unecessary category. History suggest that people began to express their profound thoughts on nature and the origins of creation in literature and artistic mediums since the beginning of time. Even, as we have discussed before, the recording of the images on the caves in neolithic times is an expression of thoughts of the human existance.

Focusing poetry into the category "nature poetry" causes one to assume that all other poetry is a seperate entity from it. The understanding that I can embrace closet to this definition is that poetry is an artistic expression of thoughts and ideas that evolve with maturity and exploration. In order to look at nature poetry more clearly, I suppose the thought of nature, untouched and unexplored is more focused on in the comtemporary form of this thought. My understanding of nature is that everything is natural. Everything physical has in some way come from the Earth, therefore it is natural. This might be why it is difficult for me to seperate what others may consider nature. The only other alternative I can think of is what is derived from the metaphysical realms. But, from this, my personal believe is that because God creates, he is true nature, therefore nature comes from God. This is why I believe that all poetry is essentially natural.