Ecopoetry

Ecopoetry is any poetry with a strong ecological or environmental emphasis or message. Many poets and poems in the past have expressed ecological concerns, but only recently has there been an established term to describe them; there is now, in English-speaking poetry, a recognisable subgenre of poetry, termed Ecopoetry, which can, on occasions, form a major strand of a writer's career, preoccupy entire poetry collections, or be the theme of international competitions. There is also a strong implication that Ecopoetry is not to do with traditional nature themes, but has some kind of grounding in the modern, post-industrial environmental crisis.