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We live in turning point in a history of humans and Earth. Never in the known history has it been so obvious that civilization has to change its behavior towards nature. Thoroughly. And as soon as possible. Especially in the so called developed world, enthusiasm for faster and faster technological progress made people forget about equilibrium that should always be taken into account when intervening in nature. Constant balancing is one of the basic characteristics of nature. But looking at the human world it seems like the globe is about to overturn: on one side of the planet wealth and power are building up beyond reason, on the other side hunger and poverty just keep growing. It is interesting to ask oneself why we have come to this situation but the really important question is: what can one do to make a difference. To make it better. To make people happier and healthier. We have reached a point where madly speedy and ever louder pace of this artificially constructed world of society occupies us so much that we forgot how to sense the silent voice of nature, of Earth, whispering to us continuously. If we are not able to hear it we cannot know what is in accordance with it and what is not. And what is not in accordance with it cannot be the right solution. If we harm nature we harm ourselves because we are her part. An important part. We are merged in it like dolphins in the sea. We cannot exist without it. We wouldn't have existed without it. What have the poems got to do with it? Poets, artists, are extremely sensitive people who are able to perceive other, more sophisticated layers of the world. They can look at it from where it is even more beautiful, fuller, clearer. Many of them have heard this silent voice so strongly they had to put it in words or sound or color or shape so they could have shared it with others. The magic of their work is in the quality with which they express something eternal, persuading and reminiscent what reminds of something that was believed to be lost but is really always present within. Because it is the essence. The selected poems were created in different eras in history and in various parts of the world, but the feelings pervading them can be astonishingly similar. Walk through the poetry, feel the unity in their diversity. Take your time, afford yourself some peace, feel the nature within you and yourself within the nature. When you start feeling that you are actually an integral part of something immensely gigantic, like the Earth, like a universe – that is when you know where your place is and what you have to do.
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