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

UK Oak Open Days 2025: Caerhays and Tregrehan

Visits to two gardens with collections of oaks and other...

Stephen Wood | Oct 27, 2025

IOS Service Awards Presented at the 11th IOS Conference

Plaques presented during the Gala Dinner in Oaxaca

Roderick Cameron | Oct 26, 2025

The 11th IOS Oak Conference in Oaxaca

140 participants from 20 countries attended the Triennial...

Nikola Šušić | Oct 25, 2025

Plant Focus

Species Spotlight: Quercus vulcanica Boiss. & Heldr. ex Kotschy

An oak endemic to Turkey