Nature, As One Sees It - Softcover

Bennett, Thomas Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1403324123 ISBN 13: 9781403324122

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2002

Synopsis

Nature, As One Sees It is a collection of poems about nature in diverse environments.In part one, 'A Celebration,' the reader experiences some of the places and creatures in Florida and Philadelphia that inspired William Bartram's great nature work, Travels. Bennett translates poetically Bartram's observations into a contemporary two hundredth anniversary setting. 'Tidemarks' lyrically transports the reader to Bennett's summer coastal haunts in Maine and Washington. Here the creatures and habitats are in sharp contrast to those that appear in the Florida settings. The natural history of north central Florida, in and around a swimming pool set in a mesic hammock, is the subject for 'Aquarius.' 'At the Beach' gives Bennett's insights into the cultural and natural history of Florida's gulf coast. A native Floridian, Bennett has combined his scientific and museum experiences along with an appreciation of natural history in this four-part nature work. Mary Oliver has commented about the author: 'Peter Bennett is an accomplished professional in the field of natural science. His poems - primarily meditations upon this natural world - are succinct and wry. Their intent is not to persuade through language but, through the imposition of informed fact upon our consciousness, to make the reader come to a necessary conclusion.'

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas Peter Bennett is Director, South Florida Museum and Courtesy Professor, University of Florida. He received his biochemistry Ph.D. at Rockefeller University, served as Professor and Chairman of Biological Sciences at Florida State University, President of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for a decade and then Professor and Director of the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida. The Florida native is author of many scientific textbooks and articles. He recently published poems in Poetalk, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, Cosmos Club Poets through the Years, and Red Owl. In Writer's Digest, Michael J. Bugeja commented: 'A biochemist and published poet, Bennett packs so much information into so few lines that his lyrics resonate long afterward.'

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1403324123
• ISBN 13: 9781403324122
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136