Dark Horses and Little Turtles: And Other Poems from the Anthropocene

Noted botanist and ecologist Richard Felger turns to poetry to explore the Southwestern desert in a time of catastrophic change, finding hope in the beauty of the natural world. The poems speak to the antiquity of the landscapes of the Southwest and the animals, plants, and people who have long made their homes here, all of whom can teach those new to the place how to live in it. The book contains poems, a play, photographs, drawings, and two essays describing how it evolved over 40 years.