Don McKay

“Admitting you are a nature poet, nowadays, may make you seem something of a fool!”

“The first indication of one's status as a nature poet is that one does not invoke language right off when talking about poetry.”

“The nature poet may (should in fact ), resort to the field guide or library but will keep coming back , figuratively speaking, to the trail - to the grain of experience.”

“Poets are supremely interested in what language can't do , in order to gesture outside, they use language in a way that flirts with its destruction.”