My title may sound familiar. It was inspired by Billy Collins, former poet laureate of the United States, and his poem, “ The Trouble with Poetry.” Having read the final stanza of his great poem, "The Trouble with Poetry,” I believe he might forgive such “borrowing” by a largely unrecognized author in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I once saw Collins read, and he was a model of magnanimity.
Oh boy, don't I know it. I figured there'd be maybe 40 places for nature writing on substack, but nothing like 160 (where we are now, and they're still coming in!) It's trouble, indeed, all these nature writers -- the good kind of trouble, but I definitely need a couple of clones to have enough hours in the day to read all these great pieces, write my own stuff, and spend time in the sun. Whew!
Oh boy, don't I know it. I figured there'd be maybe 40 places for nature writing on substack, but nothing like 160 (where we are now, and they're still coming in!) It's trouble, indeed, all these nature writers -- the good kind of trouble, but I definitely need a couple of clones to have enough hours in the day to read all these great pieces, write my own stuff, and spend time in the sun. Whew!
So true! I need days inside days for all this reading, pondering, wandering, appreciating!
So the problem with nature writing is there's not enough time in a day to read and write it to our heart's content.
...and to get outside and enjoy the natural world.