We might place the nature poem beside nature photography as it is highly observational. Of course, to define the nature poem you first must define nature, which is tricky. With this rounder, more inclusive view of nature, the notion of a separate category of poem called the nature poem feels odd. 226 years later we can still feel Novalis’ prophetic longing…when geometric diagrams and digits are no longer the keys to living things...***Is the answer to no nature poems, please more nature poems, please? Allow poetry to flow into science, science into prayer, prayer into nature, nature into poetry, and around and around let it go.