Contemplating Nature: Pictures, Passages & Haiku

by Robert Epstein, Kala Ramesh (Foreword)

Some of my greatest friends and mentors (in my heart) have been both living and deadwriters from around the poets, naturalists, artists, scientists, and philosophers.Their words speak deeply to me––a beacon in the dark––and I am eternally grateful fortheir insight, wisdom and fortitude. Out of gratitude, I have paired brief passages oftheirs with haiku poetry as well as vivid images from Nature evoked by their penetratingobservations and revelations. Whether it’s a global pandemic, a personal crisis, oreveryday stress, our own salvation is bound up with Nature’s, as Henry D.Thoreaueloquently “In Wildness is the Preservation of the World.” Find peace,inspiration and renewal in these pages.tall summer grass /so dry it hums /Dad’s death day*it’s all over /now that she named it /yarrow*blue jean patches /the sky will always belong /to my mother*zen tea garden –– /taking a long sip /of the red bridge*uncertain future /I rest my head on a stream / of moonlight*the answer is yes no yes breaking waves

229 pages, Paperback

Published February 9, 2021

About the author

Robert Epstein is a senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology in California. He is the author of 15 books, and the former editor-in-chief of Psychology Today.