Nature is good for mental health!

• Write about the first wild creature that you see which inspires you on the day you write your poem (by wild creature I do not mean your spouse, etc.). *If you cannot get outside—write about the nature /wildlife within your home or visible from a window (even the window of your mind).
• Potential themes:

The important symbiosis of wildlife, nature and us;

Our emotional connection to the smallest of creatures (or the largest);

Anything about the natural world;

How your observation of an animal, insect, bird, or wildflower, etc. makes you feel;

How nature and wildlife are vital to mental health and physical wellbeing.

• Write in any poetry form or style you wish.

I sit outside

Cup of coffee in hand

A bird comes and lands

Next to me

On a blooming tree

What bird is it?

A sparrow

So small, so dainty

But with such a sweet song coming…