Turtle Island 1

It has become obvious that Gary Snyder observes nature and human interactions within it. Snyder's poems are usually about criticizing the way we live and utilize the resources we have around us. Gary Snyder writes poems that are either embracing nature and all its beauty or portray nature in a very dark manner. In the poem "The Dead by the Side of the Road" he writes about something we see almost everyday, roadkill. Like this poem, many of Snyder's poems are very literal and in my opinion are write to create awareness amongst communities.