Turtle Island Poems

The main theme of "Without" is simply the title. Nature could disappear, and we could be without it. We need to find the power within and help preserve the "silence" of nature. In "Pine Tree Tops" Gary Snyder talks about the beauty of the pine tops with the frost against the starlight. He then asks "what do we know?" Saying that there is so much beauty and serenity in the earth and yet, we know nothing about it in the big scope of things. "The Uses of Light" describes numerous ways that light can be used. For example it can be used for warmth and it gives you the ability to see.