Poem Themes

In Coyote Valley Spring, Snyder talks about how life is simple in the wilderness in this area. He talks about how people are far from where the animals are living. His theme in this poem is that without humans involved, nature is simple and happy. In Front Lines, Snyder writes about bulldozers ruining the land. This goes back to the theme that humans negatively impact nature. The theme of Manzanita seems to be that nature is beautiful, like in Coyote Valley Spring. Gary Snyder was concerned with the wilderness this long ago, and it has only gotten worse since then.