Some Songs to the Stars : A Collection of

New poetic work from the Grandfather of Ecological Planning and author of the classic book Design with Nature. Twenty-five poems in all.

Ian McHarg founded the department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in 1954 and has become identified as founder of ecological planning and design. He has written numerous articles and professional reports, but is best known for the classic Design with Nature, a finalist for the National Book Award in 1969. He was awarded the National Medal of Art from President Bush in 1992. He lives with his wife and two sons in Pennsylvania.

Introduction

i

Space

7

(2)

Gravity

9

(2)

Matter-Anti-Matter

11

(2)

Entropy-Syntropy

13

(2)

Immateriality

15

(2)

Isostasy

17

(2)

Life

19

(2)

Spring

21

(2)

The Seasons

23

(2)

Cambium

25

(2)

Cultivating Poverty

27

(2)

Tears

29

(2)

Memories

31

(2)

Shadows

33

(2)

Firelight

35

(2)

Tides

37

(2)

Prayer

39

(2)

When God Became Natural

41

(2)

What Wonders Await

43

(2)

Subseafloor Biota

45

(2)

Inferno

47

(2)

A Poem for the World's Children

49

(6)

Epilogue

The City

55

(2)

Landscape

57

(2)

Architecture

59

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Some Songs to the Stars : A Collection of Poems

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