April is National Poetry Month. In Washington, it is also marked by a shedding of coats and a gorgeous display of cherry blossoms, magnolias and dogwood trees — nature, in full bloom.

Ammons’s work “Uppermost” will accompany a view of the 14,411-foot peak from the park’s popular Paradise ... “The connection between poetry and nature is that they both give us a moment ...

Blossomise, a collection by the UK’s poet laureate Simon Armitage, celebrates the arrival of spring and the importance of nature in our lives. This anthology includes 21 poems, featuring 11 ...

an anthology of 50 original nature poems and a series of visits to national parks featuring installations of poetry as public art. (The final stop is in December at Saguaro National Park ...