"Of Grasses, Nuts, and Flies" - the most beautiful nature poems in the world. Rarely has nature been so much in the spotlight of astonished curiosity as it is today. Our longing for a counterbalance to the ongoing measurement of the world directs our gaze to its unresolved mysteries, which no literary genre captures better than poetry. John Burnside has compiled the 100 most beautiful nature poems from 17 languages, over 20 countries, and throughout history for this volume: from Horace's pre-Christian odes to the soul landscape of German Romanticism and modern eco-poetry. At the center of Burnside's anthology is a celebration - not of the bright, useful, or recognized, but of the world itself, however imperfect it may be.