Wild

And wild, wild sings the bird.

—Mary Oliver

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The bluebird carries the sky on its back.

—Henry David Thoreau

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I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

—Winston Churchill

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Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That's the problem.

―Winnie-the-Pooh

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You don’t put a saddle on a mustang.

—Chuck Daly

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The earth has music for those who listen.

—William Shakespeare

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Hey, honey
Take a walk on the wild side

Lou Reed

Poem: “There was this bear cam”

Poem: The Summer Day

Poem: Life is Beautiful

Poem: Wild Geese

Poem: Possum in the Garbage

Poem: Shark and Cockroach

Poem: For the Climbers

Poem: Zoophabet: Ants to Zorillas

Poem: Swan

Poem: The Dipper

Poem: Cold-Blooded Creatures

Poem: The Luck of Creatures

Poem: Mr. Cogito and the Little Creature

Poem: The Three-toed Sloth

Poem: Address: The Archaeans, One Cell Creatures

Poem: The Peace of Wild Things

Poem: Please Call Me By My True Names

Starling murmuration

Why do starlings form murmurations?

A journey into the animal mind

An immense world

Whale song

How to talk to whales

Why do deep sea creatures evolve into giants?

The sharks that live to 400

Sharks Unknown

A bird’s-eye view of a technicolor world

The hidden world of plant intelligence

The number of ants on Earth has a mass greater than all birds and mammals combined

Common swifts' airborne life: eat, sleep, and mate without touching Earth

Tiny frogs and giant spiders: best of friends

What the octopus knows

Long live the albatross

What owls’ silent flight tells us about the world

What is a species anyway?

Creature comfort

Xerces.org

National Audubon Society

Mary Oliver poems

Devotions

You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World

Do animals know that they will die?

Animal’s not gonna make it, man

Animal