ecopoetry

Etymology

From eco- + poetry.

ecopoetry means poetry with a strong ecological message or emphasis. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why “ecopoetry” is a great word

ECOPOETRY — [Noun] Poetry that explicitly engages with ecological themes, environmental concerns, or the relationship between humanity and the natural world. From the combining form eco- (short for ecology or ecological) + poetry. Unlike "nature poetry" (which seeks aesthetic solace in the landscape) or the classical "pastoral" (which idealizes a tranquil, abstracted countryside), ecopoetry carries an ethic of entanglement and critique. It is the acidified rain measured in a stanza’s cadence, the stark inventory of a clearcut forest, and the elegy for a glacier written in the vanishing dialect of ice—a poetics where language is part of the ecosystem it describes, composing a field guide to a world it is trying to save.

noun

Poetry with a strong ecological message or emphasis.“The best ecopoetry, in Bate's view, is not overtly political, let alone propagandistic.”