oak poetry

"The Oak" by Alfred Tennyson

By Website Editor | October 29, 2025

A human life and an oak through the seasons

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"La quercia caduta" by Giovanni Pascoli

By Roderick Cameron | June 28, 2025

A meditation on a fallen oak

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Extract from "Oak" by Katharine Towers

By Website Editor | December 20, 2024

An extract from Oak, a book by British poet Katharine Towers

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"A um carvalho" by Miguel Torga

By Website Editor | October 25, 2024

A Quercus faginea known as "carvalho da Pedreira" on the riverbanks of Nabão, Pedreira, Centro, Portugal © Jorge A.Gonçalves, source: monumentaltrees.com

This new entry in our series on Oak Poetry was proposed by Hugo Ribeiro, IOS member from Portugal.

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"Burning Oak, November" by Joyce Carol Oates

By Website Editor | October 20, 2022

The fourth in a series of posts of poems featuring oaks.

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"Oxblood" by James Lasdun

By Website Editor | December 7, 2021

The first in a series of posts of poems featuring oaks.

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Editor's Picks

Yoko’s Oaks

"Japanese oaks" planted at Coventry Cathedral

Steve Potter | Dec 21, 2025

Post-Conference Tour: Oaxaca

Six days exploring Oaxaca’s oak diversity, as reported by...

Wally Wilkins | Dec 10, 2025

One of the first planted circles on Hampton Common, London, in partnership with Orleans House Gallery 2025. © Studio Ackroyd & Harvey

Virtuous Circles: Oaks and the Art of Ackroyd & Harvey

Oaks planted in circles as a continuation of the artwork...

Steve Potter | Dec 10, 2025

Plant Focus

Species Spotlight: Quercus castaneifolia C.A.Mey

Chestnut-leaf oak in habitat and in cultivation