Student Scholar Showcase Presentation:
Nature and Decay in the Context of Creative Writing
Michaela White
Nature Writing
Nature Writing is a type of writing that often describes the beauty of nature and the outdoors. However…
Aspects of Nature Writing
“…my body becoming one with the Earth…break down into bits of nutrients in the soil…
“...creeps into a bog or is frozen solid in the cold…reduced to nothing but bones and cloth and remnants of hair…maggots, who are born and live and reproduce on a single corpse with their life’s work only to feast on it…”
Aspects of Nature Writing
“…these filthy mice,/who make love in the trash/who live in their shit/who carry disease like a newborn…/…so let the mice breed…/their little lungs expanding and shrinking…”
Aspects of Nature Writing
“Light tries vainly to poke through the faded leaves of the trees that hang above you. Although the leaves have begun to grow crinkled and frail, most of them are still stuck stubbornly to their limbs, shadowing the clearing you fell asleep in. It is a pretty sight, although not a novel one, as this forest is no different than the ones you have called your home for the majority of your life. All the same, it brings a smile to your face. “