What can poetry do to save the earth? Well, nothing, Dan Wylie begins. And yet! In this collection of sensitively calibrated readings, poems are our vectors of hope. Written from the perspective of our terrifying present moment of global environmental crisis, the book looks back to explore how seven southern African poets have written about the natural foundation of our existence. This makes for a sustained and attentive response to the textures of poetic language, and a substantial contribution to the emerging body of ecocritical work from the region.

Seven Southern African Poets and the Natural World explores nature-oriented poetry. It is an erudite, sensitive collection of ecologically focused essays.