Hello! Welcome to my website. My name is Katharine Emlen and I am the writer / photographer behind The Poetry of Nature.

Nothing brings me greater joy than being outside in this beautiful world of ours. Nature, I find, provides the most wonderful canvas, no matter where you look. I have seen tremendous beauty in dying leaves, personalities hanging out in ditches, and remarkable compositions in the most unlikely of places.

Sometimes, I pretend I am an ant, because if I were an ant, those itty-bitty water drops would be pillows to rest upon, that blade of grass a slide, and the dew covered wheat, a jungle gym for play.

When I allow Nature to be sentient, I see all sorts of stories within her. Usually, I stumble upon these stories, and when I do, I hear a poem in my head. So, I write it down and include it with the image. This is why I call this my work, The Poetry of Nature. You can read the poem by clicking on the image.

All of my photographs were taken less than 6 inches from the ground.

Thank you for stopping by! Please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have, or to simply say hello and share a nature story!

~Katharine