The poems in this anthology first appeared in The Amicus Journal, the quarterly publication of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Selected by the journal's poetry editor, Brian Swann, they represent a broad array of responses to the natural world -- from warning to celebration -- by some of our most distinguished poets, including Wendell Berry, Michael Dorris, Denise Levertov, Mary Oliver, Pattiann Rogers, and William Stafford. All grapple with issues of nature and the environment from the perspective of the final decade of the millennium and remind us that we can be dazzled both by nature and by the poetry that explores the natural world.